SATURDAY 21 OCTOBER 2023

SAT 00:00 Midnight News (m001rh90)
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.


SAT 00:30 Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad by Daniel Finkelstein (m001rh5j)
5: Reunion

Daniel Finkelstein reads the final part of his heartrending memoir of his parents' experiences of persecution, resistance and survival during WWII, this week following his father's story at the hands of Stalin.

Daniel's father Ludwik was born in the Polish city of Lwow, now Lviv, the only child of a prosperous Jewish family. In 1939, after Hitler and Stalin carved up Poland, the family was rounded up by the communists. His grandfather Dolu was arrested and disappeared, while his 10-year-old father and grandmother were sent to Siberia, working as slave labourers on a collective farm. They somehow survived starvation and freezing winters, living in a house they built from cow dung, but always hoping to be reunited with Dolu.

Today: after being reunited, Daniel's grandparents and father, still now only 12, must find a way to live and to make sense of what happened to them at the hands of the communists...

Written and read by Daniel Finkelstein
Abridger: Richard Hamilton
Producer: Justine Willett


SAT 00:48 Shipping Forecast (m001rh92)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping


SAT 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (m001rh94)
World Service

BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.


SAT 05:20 Shipping Forecast (m001rh96)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping


SAT 05:30 News Briefing (m001rh98)
National and international news from BBC Radio 4


SAT 05:43 Prayer for the Day (m001rh9b)
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Seeta Lakhani, Hindu Tutor at Eton College

The Hindu Festival of Navratri Honours God as a Female

Good morning.

Right now we are in the midst of a beautiful Hindu festival called Navratri which literally means nine nights. It’s a festival which honours God as a female.

The festival of Navratri celebrates the mythological story of the mother goddess battling a demon over a period of nine days and nine nights. On the tenth day she is victorious. Hindus around the world celebrate this triumph with nine nights of dance and music.

However, this isn’t just a bread-and-butter, good over evil story. Behind the colour and music and dance, lies a potent message. It’s a way of reminding Hindus around the world to feel empowered to battle their own inner demons. Things like jealousy, anger and pride.

This festival is a metaphor for the struggles we all face as part of our human condition. Coming together in music and dance and prayer, helps Hindus to feel uplifted and inspired; to feel hope and resilience in the midst of hardships; to feel powerful and to be able to achieve anything.

Prayer, whether it’s in quiet solitude, or in the midst of colour and dance, is a way of realising the strength within, a strength we often forget we possess. ‘I am the power that manifests everywhere’ says the mother goddess. This festival reminds Hindus that we are in fact a chip off the old block. This festival helps me to remember our divine nature and inner strength, and to become triumphant like the Mother Goddess.


SAT 05:45 Close Encounters (m001mst2)
Edward Enninful and Naomi Campbell

In the sixth edition of her new series celebrating portraits and portraiture through the eyes of ten Great Britons, Martha Kearney's guest is the editor-in-chief of British Vogue, Edward Enninful. His choice is a photograph of super-model Naomi Campbell taken in 1987 when she was just 17.

After three years of closure for major refurbishment and expansion the National Portrait Gallery, just off London's Trafalgar Square is set for re-opening. To mark the occasion the gallery, along with BBC Radio 4 have launched a celebration of great Briton's, with Martha Kearney hosting a Close Encounter between the likes of Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Dame Katherine Grainger and Edward Enninful and a portrait they choose to champion. For Sir Tim Berners-Lee it's the Suffragette campaigner Christabel Pankhurst, for Dame Katherine Grainger it's the first English woman to swim the channel, the largely forgotten Mercedes Gleitze.

In each episode we find out about the subject of the portrait, the moment at which their image was captured for posterity and the importance of image and identity for those who find themselves in the eye of the nation's attention today.

Producers: Tom Alban and Mohini Patel


SAT 06:00 News and Papers (m001rppf)
The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers.


SAT 06:07 Ramblings (m001rgxv)
Boxing on the beach at Ainsdale

Rose Mac moved to the North West from London a year ago and is constantly delighted by the nature and walking possibilities of her new home. Ainsdale Nature Reserve houses a rare species of sand lizard as well as natterjack toads. A walk through the pine woodland close to the town's railway station brings you out into beautiful sand dunes and a massive expanse of beach with views of Blackpool Tower to the North and on a clear day the Isle of Man to the west. Rose enthusiastically shows Clare her new home territory and gives her an impromptu boxing lesson on Ainsdale Beach. She says people are becoming increasingly drawn to exercising on UK beaches. Tai chi and yoga work particularly well outdoors and Rose says there's something magical about watching the sunset whilst exercising.
The long walk along the beach is a workout in itself because of the sand underfoot.

Producer: Maggie Ayre


SAT 06:30 Farming Today (m001rppj)
21/10/23 Farming Today This Week: bird flu new research, Welsh farming budget, agricultural education

Some major new research into bird flu was published this week. The headlines are that this year has so far been better than last year, that the virus doesn't spread between poultry farms in the air and that spread from farm to farm has been very rare. We hear from the Animal and Plant Health Agency on the details.
Farmers are warning that cuts to the rural affairs budget in Wales are a significant blow, which put environmental targets at risk. The Farmers Union of Wales and NFU Cymru have both criticised the Welsh Government, which in an emergency budget this week announced cuts across departments.
A parliamentary committee is looking into land based education, so all week we've been doing the same. We asked the Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, Sir Robert Goodwill, why they launched the inquiry now.

Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Beatrice Fenton.


SAT 06:57 Weather (m001rppl)
The latest weather reports and forecast


SAT 07:00 Today (m001rppn)
Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.


SAT 09:00 Saturday Live (m001rpps)
Rory Bremner, Sue Kent, Giuseppe Dell'Anno, Simon Farnaby

Rory Bremner stand-up chameleon, actor and impressionist, who’s currently on tour as Chris Tarrant in the play Quiz, about the Millionaire cougher-case. He also reveals the shared passion for comedy he and his dad had, especially with the late Mike Yarwood, and how he is embracing his newly diagnosed ADHD.

The Gardeners World presenter Sue Kent, whose career has taken her from sports masseuse at the 2012 Olympics to award-winning garden designer, has lived with the physical consequences of the drug Thalidomide; taken by her mother whilst she was pregnant.

Bake Off’s first Italian winner Giuseppe Dell’Anno reveals how his training as an engineer, using accuracy and precision, raises the bar with his baking.

Plus...we have the Inheritance Tracks of the man who served tea for The Queen and Paddington Bear – star of Ghosts, Simon Farnaby.

Presenters: Nikki Bedi and Olly Mann
Producer: Ben Mitchell


SAT 10:00 Your Place or Mine with Shaun Keaveny (m001rppv)
Darren Harriott: Manila, The Philippines

Comedian Darren Harriott went to Manila on a whim, but really fell for this (extremely) warm and welcoming city. Will Shaun be persuaded to go? All bets are off. They talk holiday admin blunders, karaoke favourites and the joy of a city break with guaranteed WiFi. Resident geographer, historian and comedian Iszi Lawrence helps them explore the energetic metropolis.

Your Place Or Mine is the travel series that isn’t going anywhere. Join Shaun as his guests try to convince him that it’s worth getting up off the sofa and seeing the world, giving us a personal guide to their favourite place on the planet.

Producers: Sarah Goodman and Beth O’Dea.

Your Place or Mine is a BBC Audio production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.


SAT 10:30 Soul Music (m001rppx)
Defying Gravity from Wicked

Wicked the musical is 20 years old in 2023. The story of the Wizard of Oz told from the witches' perspective examines themes of difference, power and alienation. The so called Wicked Witch of the West Elphaba born with green skin experiences the pain of growing up different and of longing for acceptance. No surprise then that anybody who has ever felt marginalised or that they don't fit in is drawn to her story. Defying Gravity is Elphaba's war-cry at the end of Act One as she bravely decides to forge her own path in life - to "close her eyes and leap".
The song has become a powerful anthem for people from all different walks of life and this episode tells some of their stories.
Edward Pierce the Broadway set designer of Wicked knows the song through and through as he worked on the sequence where Elphaba takes flight and begins Defying Gravity. It wasn't until he became severely ill with Covid that the song took on a different meaning. While he was in an induced coma on a ventilator a nurse sang and hummed Defying Gravity to him. He believes that song played more than a minor role in his recovery. That nurse was singer Felicia Temple who had featured on The Voice America singing talent show performing Defying Gravity. When her musical career was cut short by lockdown in March 2020 she returned to nursing and when she found herself at the bedside of a Broadway set designer there was only one song that came to mind. But it has a personal resonance for her too as she went onto that TV show to sing the song one year on from her own illness with cancer and was resolute that as the song goes 'nothing was ever going to bring me down'.
The first British singer to play the role of Elphaba in the West End and Broadway is Kerry Ellis. She recounts how that song has given her so much in life and how grateful she is to its strong message of courage.
Kath Pierce formerly of the Manchester Proud Choir outlines why Defying Gravity is such an important song to the LGTBQ community and why the choir and members of the public took to the trams and streets of Manchester one November evening in defiance of a violent attack against two young gay men. They'd been on their way home on the tram singing songs from Wicked after a night out. Hundreds of people assembled in the city centre and sang Defying Gravity as a protest against the hate crime.
Musicologist Mel Spencer talks us through the genius of composer Stephen Schwartz's song and how it harks back to Somewhere Over The Rainbow as well as to Wagner!

Producer: Maggie Ayre


SAT 11:00 The Week in Westminster (m001rppz)
Is Labour on course for government after its historic by-election wins? How are MPs personally affected by the Israel Gaza conflict? Are politicians operating in an era of no money? And might Rishi Sunak defy the bookies and call a general election in the spring, or push on until January 2025?

Financial Times political editor George Parker and guests look back on a busy week in Westminster as MPs returned after the party conferences.


SAT 11:30 From Our Own Correspondent (m001rpq1)
Israel, Gaza and The Information War

Kate Adie presents stories on Israel and Gaza, Lebanon, Poland and Australia.

An explosion at a hospital in Gaza this week has thrown into sharp relief the challenges of establishing the facts during a time of war. Amid the claim and counterclaim, getting to the truth is harder than ever. Jeremy Bowen reflects on the speed at which stories unfold these days, and the challenges of reporting during the conflict, as competing narratives clash online.

The British and US governments urged their nationals to leave Lebanon this week due to risks associated with the ongoing conflict between Israel and Gaza. Israel’s military has also evacuated 28 communities near the northern border because of escalating hostilities with Hezbollah militants. Earlier this week, the group called for a ‘day of unprecedented anger’ in response to the conflict between Israel and Gaza. Hugo Bachega is in Lebanon.

In Poland, the right-wing Law and Justice party lost its majority in parliamentary elections last week – with a pro-EU coalition of opposition parties now likely to form a new government. It was young voters and women whose votes proved decisive, as Sarah Rainsford explains.

The swooping curves and white-tiled 'sails' of Sydney Opera House are recognised around the world. The building has just turned 50 and is seen as a glory of 20th-Century architecture - as well as an international icon. Nick Bryant reflects on its long journey from drawing board to concrete reality - and how truly symbolic it is of Australia.

Series Producer: Serena Tarling
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith
Production Coordinator: Gemma Ashman


SAT 12:00 News Summary (m001rpr4)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.


SAT 12:04 Money Box (m001rpq5)
£1.6m fraud investigation and Help to Buy

We investigate the case of Kent Brushes, a hairbrush company founded in 1777, which has had £1.6m stolen by thieves. The money was transferred in 40 separate transactions, all to new payees, in less than 20 minutes. Dan Whitworth reports.

And - the difficulties facing people in England who used the government’s Help To Buy loan scheme to get on the property ladder. What advice is there for those affected?

Presenter: Paul Lewis
Reporter: Dan Whitworth
Researchers: Jo Krasner and Sandra Hardial
Editor: Jess Quayle

(First broadcast 12pm Saturday 21st October, 2023)


SAT 12:30 The News Quiz (m001rh7x)
Series 112

Episode 7

Andy Zaltzman quizzes the week's news. Providing the answers, hopefully, are Ian Smith, Lucy Porter, Anushka Asthana, and Simon Evans.

In this episode Andy and the panel discuss the language of war, our crumbling infrastructure, and massive rats!

Written by Andy Zaltzman

With additional material by

Jade Gebbie, Simon Alcock and Cameron Loxdale

Producer: Sam Holmes
Executive Producer: James Robinson
Production Coordinator: Dan Marchini
Sound Editor: Marc Willcox

A BBC Studios Production


SAT 12:57 Weather (m001rpq7)
The latest weather forecast


SAT 13:00 News and Weather (m001rpq9)
The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4


SAT 13:02 Any Questions? (m001rh89)
Jackie Baillie MSP, Andrew Bowie MP, Christine Jardine MP, Blair Jenkins & Pete Wishart MP

Alex Forsyth presents political debate from the Maryhill Burgh Halls in Glasgow with a panel including Jackie Baillie MSP, Andrew Bowie MP, Christine Jardine MP, Blair Jenkins and Pete Wishart MP
Producer: Robin Markwell
Lead Broadcast Engineer: Ken Garden


SAT 14:00 Any Answers? (m001rpqc)
Call Any Answers? to have your say on the big issues in the news this week


SAT 14:45 For Human Consumption (m001npf8)
Driver

The last of three stories about people connected to The Fork, a pay-what-you-feel cafe making delicious meals from food thrown out by supermarkets and restaurants.

Sean is a volunteer driver for the cafe. He travels all over picking up rejected ingredients. But since his wife died, navigating his own life is proving much more difficult.

Written by Bethan Roberts
Read by Paul Copley

Photo: Bethan Roberts

Produced and Directed by Kate McAll
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4


SAT 15:00 Drama on 4 (m001rpqf)
A Matter of Life and Death - Part 2

Dr Frank Reeves' sudden death reunites him in the Other World with Peter Carter, who hovers between life and death as his operation begins. Can they win Peter's celestial court case?

A Matter of Life and Death is a new adaptation of the classic 1946 movie by Emeric Powell and Michael Pressburger. Commissioned by the Ministry of Information as a propaganda exercise to aid Anglo-American relations, Powell and Pressburger instead delivered an epic romance about love, the afterlife and brain surgery. Even today it frequently tops lists of the greatest films ever made, and is referenced in everything from Wallace and Gromit to the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony.

Cast:
Peter Carter….. Will Tudor
June Archer….. Lydia West
Frank Reeves….. Geoff McGivern
Administrator 48….. Miles Jupp
Bob Trubshawe….. Jonny Weldon
Bhagat….. Mikhail Sen
Judge….. Jacqueline King

Other roles played by Alix Dunmore, David Benson, Georgie Grier, Dan Starkey and Justice Ritchie

Written by Ben Cottam
Adapted from the film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Editing and sound design by Richard Fox
Music by Howard Carter
Produced and directed by Simon Barnard

A Bafflegab production for BBC Radio 4


SAT 16:00 Woman's Hour (m001rpqh)
Weekend Woman's Hour: Coleen Rooney, IVF add-ons, Online safety, Talking on the phone, Singer Mica Millar

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has launched a ratings system to let patients see which IVF add-ons are backed-up by evidence. Emma Barnett is joined by Professor Tim Child, chair of the HFEA's Scientific and Clinical Advances Advisory Committee, and Jessica Hepburn, who spent over £70,000 on unsuccessful fertility procedures.

In October 2019, Coleen Rooney was concerned by articles appearing in newspapers that could only have come from stories on her private Instagram account. She laid a trap for the account she suspected of the leak, and then told the world ‘It was…Rebekah Vardy’s account’. Rebekah Vardy, who continues to deny she was the source of those stories, sued Coleen for libel. In a radio exclusive, Coleen speaks to Emma about her side of the story, told in a new documentary: The Real Wagatha Story.

Jazz/soul singer Mica Millar is performing as part of the London Jazz Festival in November. She joins Anita Rani to talk about her new album, Heaven Knows, which she wrote while recovering from a spinal injury during lockdown.

Britain's long-awaited Online Safety Bill is days away from becoming law. Emma talks to legal expert Joshua Rozenburg about what will be in the act. She’s also joined by Baroness Kidron, who has been very involved in getting the act through the Houses of Parliament, and Rashik Parmar, CEO of BCS, the chartered institute of IT, about the future of online safety.

Are we becoming afraid of our phones? A recent survey suggest half of 12 to 26-year-olds don't answer the phone to their parents and a third of them feel awkward speaking on the phone generally. Emma speaks to Helen Thorn, a writer, podcaster and comedian and to 17-year-old Iona Cooke Mcintosh.

Presenter: Anita Rani
Producer: Lottie Garton


SAT 17:00 PM (m001rpqk)
Full coverage of the day's news


SAT 17:30 Political Thinking with Nick Robinson (m001rpqm)
The Radek Sikorski One

Poland's former foreign minister talks to Nick Robinson about his journey from rebelling against communist rule as a child, living in exile in the UK, being a leading diplomat, and his party on the brink of returning to power after 8 years


SAT 17:54 Shipping Forecast (m001rpqq)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping


SAT 17:57 Weather (m001rpqw)
The latest weather forecast


SAT 18:00 Six O'Clock News (m001rpr3)
He was one of England's greatest ever footballers and was key to 1966 World Cup triumph. Lorries with aid enter Gaza for the first time since Hamas' attacks on Israel.


SAT 18:15 Loose Ends (m001rprb)
Jeremy Dyson, Corinne Bailey Rae, Lucy Beaumont, Gaynor Faye, Bob Cryer, Rima Ahmed, Clive Anderson

Clive Anderson is joined by Jeremy Dyson, Corinne Bailey Rae, Lucy Beaumont and Bob Cryer for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy at The Holbeck in Leeds. With music from Corinne Bailey Rae.


SAT 19:00 Profile (m001rprg)
Donald Tusk

After helping to secure strong results for opposition parties in Poland’s most recent election, former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk looks highly likely to return to his country’s top job.

Best known in the UK as a former President of the European Council, Donald Tusk is a political survivor, forged in the struggle and resistance against communist-era Poland in the 1980s, but who then went on to scale political heights at home and abroad again and again. So how did this son of Gdansk and self-confessed former football hooligan become one of Europe’s most enduring politicians?

Paul Connolly speaks to those who watched his ascent first hand.

Presenter: Paul Connolly
Producer: Natasha Fernandes
Assistant Producer: Nathan Gower
Editor: Richard Vadon
Sound Engineer: James Beard

Archive:

Speech by Donald Tusk as President of the European Council, 14th October 2016
Interview with Donald Tusk on the website of the European Council
Speech by Donald Tusk as President of the European Council, 6th February 2019


SAT 19:15 This Cultural Life (m001rprl)
Bernie Taupin

Lyricist Bernie Taupin is one half of one of the most successful songwriting partnerships of all time. For more than 50 years, he has written the lyrics for Elton John’s songs including Tiny Dancer, Candle In The Wind, Rocket Man, Your Song and hundreds more. Having first met in 1967, after they both answered an advert in the NME placed by a record company seeking new musical talent, Elton John and Bernie Taupin have sold more than 300 million albums globally. Born in Lincolnshire, Bernie Taupin has lived in States since the mid 1970s and became an American citizen in 1990. With the publication of a memoir called Scattershot, he made a rare visit to the UK to look back at his life in lyrics.

For This Cultural Life, Bernie Taupin discusses his childhood fascination with narrative poetry and storytelling. Hearing the songs of 1950s American country singer Marty Robbins, which told stories of cowboys and outlaws, was a life changing experience for Taupin. He recalls the impact of seeing the Sam Peckinpah western movie The Wild Bunch in 1969, a film renowned for its violent portrayal of 19th century cowboy life, and how it influenced the themes explored in the lyrics of the third Elton John album, Tumbleweed Connection, in 1970. Bernie Taupin also explores the impact of literature on his lyric writing and how flawed protagonists in novels by W. Somerset Maugham and Graham Greene in particular helped inspire the characters and stories in his own songs. He tells John Wilson about the duo's unusual songwriting process in which he sends Elton John completed lyrics, who then composes the songs around the words, a method that they have used throughout their long partnership.

Producer: Edwina Pitman


SAT 20:00 Archive on 4 (m001rprq)
Fangirls and Teen Hysteria

Fifty years ago a viewing balcony at Heathrow Airport collapsed under the weight of fans desperate to see The Osmonds land. Ten thousand had turned out. Eighteen girls were injured.

It marked the start of a UK tour where "Osmondmania" peaked. The press used the word "hysteria" and David Dimbleby hosted a TV debate on whether The Osmonds were bad for the UK's youth.

Donny Osmond says "That hysteria and adulation will never happen again, ever, I don't think for any artist. Even Harry Styles, Justin Bieber. Yes, it's crazy but it's a different kind of hysteria. Social media has changed everything. There's no mystique. That hysteria of 'I can't get it, but I want it' will never happen again because you can get it now". Is Donny right? As teens have changed, has the nature of fandom changed too?

Tracing the history of teen idols, Josephine McDermott opens her own teenage diary for the first time and considers how her adulation for Take That compares to what went before for The Beatles and the Bay City Rollers, and what comes after with Harry Styles and social media influencers.

Contributors include psychologists Dr Linda Papadopoulos, and Dr Rebecca Tukachinsky Forster from Chapman University in the United States.

Presenter and producer: Josephine McDermott
Technical producer and sound design: Nicky Edwards
Editor: Tom Bigwood


SAT 21:00 GF Newman's The Corrupted (m000vws5)
Series 6

Episode 2

It's now 2001 and Brian Oldman is still in prison for a crime he didn't commit.

He found a man in jail able to prove his innocence - but that man was soon discovered dead in his cell. He suspects that Joseph Oldman, now Sir Joseph Olinska MP, organised the killing.

In this final series, taking us to 2008, Joseph Olinska gets ever more involved in New Labour, while Brian Oldman becomes a vegan and studies law in jail in a bid to win justice for himself. Tony Wednesday continues to work behind the scenes for Sir Joseph at the same time as moving ever further up the ranks of the police force.

GF Newman's The Corrupted weaves fiction with real characters from history, following the fortunes of the Oldman/Olinska family - from small-time business and opportunistic petty crime, through gang rivalries, to their entanglement in the highest echelons of society. It's the tale of a nexus of crime, business and politics that’s woven through the fabric of 20th and 21st century greed, as even those with hitherto good intentions are sucked into a web of corruption.

Whose fortunes will prosper? Who will get their just deserts?

Joey Oldman, an uneducated Jewish child immigrant from Russia, has a natural instinct for business and a love of money - coupled with a knack for acquiring it. His first wife Cath is as ruthless in both the pursuit of money and the protection of her son, Brian. Joey built his empire with the help of a corrupt bank manager in the 1950s, starting with small greengrocer shops before moving into tertiary banking and property development, dealing with many corrupt policemen on the way - and befriending Lord Goodman, Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair. Joseph now helps New Labour with their finances, while continuing to invest heavily in Russia, the US and a pharmaceutical company specialising in cancer drugs.

The characters are based on GF Newman's novels.

CAST
Sir Joseph - Toby Jones
Brian - Joe Armstrong
Tony Wednesday - Alec Newman
Sonia Hope/ Emma - Sarah Lambie
Catherine - Isabella Urbanowicz
Anatoly Popov/ Clive Bunter - Matthew Marsh
Leah - Jasmine Hyde
Margaret - Flora - Montgomery
PO Rogers - Paul Kemp
Pongo - David Ajao
EXO Avedlund - Nigel Pivaro
Sir Ralph Courtney - Nick Sampson
Jeremy Corbyn - Christopher Harper
DCS Redvers - Arty Froushan
Julian Tyrwhitt - Jonathan Tafler
DAC Henderson - Nicholas Murchie

Produced and directed by Clive Brill
A Brill production for BBC Radio 4


SAT 21:45 The Skewer (m001rh7p)
Series 10

Episode 2

Jon Holmes's comedy current affairs concept album remixes news into award-winning satirical shapes. This week - An Arse on a Plate, Corbyn Neutral, and Peter Bone-y M.

Created and produced by Jon Holmes

An unusual production for BBC Radio 4


SAT 22:00 News (m001rprv)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4


SAT 22:15 Add to Playlist (m001rh85)
Amy Harman and Keelan Carew add five more tracks

Bassoonist Amy Harman and pianist Keelan Carew are today's guests in the studio with Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye as they add the next five tracks to the playlist.

From a gentle nursery rhyme, the musical links take us to a Russian dance, a celebration of the Earth's origins in Estonia, and a testosterone-fuelled TV theme with helicopters and machine guns.

Dr Peter J Bentley discusses the increasing use - and challenges - of Artificial Intelligence in music, and the singer/songwriter Mari Kalkun tells us about the origins of her track Kui Kivid Olid Veel Pehmed.

Producer Jerome Weatherald
Presented, with music direction, by Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Mary Had a Little Lamb by Ramona Singh
What a Fool Believes by The Doobie Brothers
Russian Dance from Petrushka by Igor Stravinsky
Kui Kivid Olid Veel Pehmed by Mari Kalkun
The A-Team TV theme by Mike Post and Pete Carpenter

Other music in this episode:

I wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free (Live) by Nina Simone
The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky, performed at the BBC Proms by the Aurora Orchestra
Fingertips pt 2: Live by Stevie Wonder
Gymnopédie No.1 by Erik Satie
Theme from The Rockford Files by Mike Post and Pete Carpenter


SAT 23:00 Brain of Britain (m001rgv4)
Heat 10, 2023

(10/17)
Four contenders join Russell Davies for another heat of the general knowledge contest from London's Radio Theatre, as the competition for semi-final places hots up. Today's winner will go through, but will any of the others score well enough to win a place as a high-scoring runner-up?

Appearing today are
Karen Barnes from Woking
Andrew Craig from Pewsey in Wiltshire
Colin Kidd from Bushey in Hertfordshire
Carol Norton from Romsey in Hampshire

There's also a chance for a listener to win a prize by stumping the competitors with his or her own devious questions.

Assistant Producer: Stephen Garner
Producer: Paul Bajoria


SAT 23:30 Uncanny (m0012rvw)
Series 1

Classic Case: Don't Sleep in This House

Christmas 1974, and two young climbers stumble across an abandoned house in the Scottish mountains. It’s a bothy - a safe shelter for hunters and climbers out in the wilds of the highlands. But Phil and Jimmy are about to experience the most terrifying night of their lives, alone in the middle of nowhere.

Is a violent spirit determined to drive them out into the freezing night? Years later, Phil tells Danny Robins his story and about how he researched the house, discovering others had had similar experiences there. What's going on? Danny investigates.

Written and presented by Danny Robins
Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake
Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard

A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4

SUNDAY 22 OCTOBER 2023

SUN 00:00 Midnight News (m001rps3)
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.


SUN 00:15 Rethinking Music (m001k0l6)
Beyond Face Value

What is music education for? Beyond the pursuit of a creative career, we visit providers across the UK who have recognized that music has a wider beneficial impact, and ask if it can be argued for as an end in itself. Feversham Primary Academy in Bradford has seen their pupils’ behaviour and academic achievements skyrocket since they brought a holistic focus on music into their curriculum, taking them in 10 years from a school in special measures to being rated Outstanding by Ofsted. At Supajam, a college in Kent, centring the learning experience around live music and production skills has helped young people who have fallen out of mainstream education to gain key qualifications and transform their wellbeing. And in North Wales, we hear about the rollout of the nation’s brand new Music Service, where every child is offered a free musical instrument. Soweto explores how creative skills are useful in all walks of life, and how we need to rethink the value of music beyond the surface.

In a 3-part series, Soweto Kinch looks at music education across the UK and assesses how policy changes over the years are playing out. What impact is decades of underfunding going to have on our economy, culture, and children's development? How are new National Plans for Music announced last year going to address the situation across the UK? Reflecting on his own route to music, Soweto asks what music education could look like, and how much it matters if we don't get it right. Contributors include Nicola Benedetti, Anna Meredith, Nubya Garcia, Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason, Jamie Njoku-Goodwin and a range of music professionals and providers across the UK.

Produced by Megan Jones and Amelia Parker


SUN 00:48 Shipping Forecast (m001rps9)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping


SUN 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (m001rpsf)
World Service

BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.


SUN 05:20 Shipping Forecast (m001rpsh)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping


SUN 05:30 News Briefing (m001rpsk)
National and international news from BBC Radio 4


SUN 05:43 Bells on Sunday (m001rpsm)
The Minster Church of St Peter and St Paul, Howden

Bells on Sunday, comes from the Minster Church of St Peter and St Paul Howden in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The 135-foot-high central tower was completed around 1400, but a fire in 1929 resulted in the complete loss of the old ring of eight bells. In 1931 a new peal of eight was cast at the John Taylor foundry in Loughborough with a Tenor weighing twenty-two and a quarter hundredweight and tuned to E flat. We hear them ringing ‘Stedman Triples’.


SUN 05:45 Profile (m001rprg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 News Summary (m001rqfx)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4


SUN 06:05 Something Understood (b09lw2xd)
Fire and Flame

The spiritual and symbolic power of fire and flame is found in a wide variety of cultures and religions. Flames are an important metaphor in secular literature and art too. Mark Tully searches for what draws so many to the image of a flame - moths, lovers, worshippers and poets.

He meets designer Sarah Van Gameren and discusses her artistic preoccupations with fire and designs which actually burst into flame themselves.

There's poetry by Simon Armitage and Christina Rossetti, and prose by the Indian novelist and politician Shashi Tharoor. Music comes from Gustav Holst and American composer Morten Lauridsen.

The readers are Jane Whittenshaw and David Westhead,

Presenter: Mark Tully
Producer: Frank Stirling

A 7digital production for BBC Radio 4.


SUN 06:35 On Your Farm (m001rqg5)
BBC Food & Farming Awards finalist: The Green Farm Collective

Michael Kavanagh says he hasn't used insecticide 8 years on the farm he manages. Tim Parton says his wild bird numbers are booming. Both, say it's down to regenerative farming.

What is regenerative agriculture? The Green Farm Collective is a group of farmers - including Michael and Tim - who think they know. By concentrating on the health of their soil, through growing cover crops and reducing cultivation, they say they are able to use fewer inputs like artificial fertiliser, insecticide and fungicide. In turn, they say, that leads to increased biodiversity on their farms and higher levels of carbon sequestered into their soils.

At a time when Government money for farming is changing - since leaving the EU's Common Agricultural Policy - this group wants to help farmers find new sources of revenue that reward them for farming in this way...through selling carbon and biodiversity credits, and by getting a better price for their crops using a Green Farm Collective regenerative brand.

The Collective has been picked as a finalist in the "Farming for the Future" category of this year's BBC Food and Farming Awards. It's being judged by Farming Today presenter, Charlotte Smith, and actor, Lucy Speed - who plays Stella in The Archers. In this programme, they make their "judges' visit" to farms run by two of the collective's founding members.

Presenter by Charlotte Smith and Lucy Speed
Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons


SUN 06:57 Weather (m001rqgd)
The latest weather reports and forecast


SUN 07:00 News and Papers (m001rqgn)
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.


SUN 07:10 Sunday (m001rqgv)
The Israel-Hamas conflict and its repercussions in the UK

This week's Sunday explores the latest on the conflict in the Middle East, and its repercussions in the UK for Jewish and Muslim communities.

The archbishops of Canterbury and Jerusalem unite in a call for peace.

As the Metropolitan Police reports a spike in anti-semitic hate incidents, a Jewish woman from London tells the programme how her Muslim friends escorted her to synagogue in an act of solidarity.

And we examine the significance of the site of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, which is layered in history and meaning for Muslims and Jews alike.

Presenter: William Crawley
Producers: Bara'atu Ibrahim and Louise Clark
Editor: Dan Tierney.


SUN 07:54 Radio 4 Appeal (m001rq4y)
Theodora Children's Charity

Beneficiary Andy Emmott makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Theodora Children's Charity

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 ‘Theodora Children's Charity’.
- Cheques should be made payable to ‘Theodora Children's Charity’.
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: 1094532


SUN 07:57 Weather (m001rqh6)
The latest weather forecast


SUN 08:00 News and Papers (m001rqhh)
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the Sunday papers.


SUN 08:10 Sunday Worship (m001rqhv)
Faith Museum at Auckland Castle

Auckland Castle is the historic home of the Prince Bishops of Durham. Today it is host to the recently opened Faith Museum, which tells the story of six thousand years of spirituality in the UK, showcasing historic treasures such as the Binchester Ring and the Tyndale Bible. The Faith Museum explores the myriad ways in which faith has shaped lives and communities across Britain, inviting visitors to consider how people across history have encountered faith. This is also where the Auckland Project was born which combines the best of Bishop Auckland’s past and present. The Project’s founder Jonathan Ruffer shares his story of faith and passion for art, through which he has ensured a unique legacy for the town.

Leader and preacher: Rt Revd Paul Butler, Bishop of Durham
Producer: James Mountford.


SUN 08:48 A Point of View (m001rh8f)
On Deer Stalking

Edwin Landseer's famous painting of a majestic Highland stag, 'Monarch of the Glen', has been given pride of place in the newly opened galleries at the National in Edinburgh.

Alex Massie ponders the role of the deer - and deer stalking - in the Scottish psyche.

Producer: Adele Armstrong
Sound: Peter Bosher
Production coordinator: Gemma Ashman
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith


SUN 08:58 Tweet of the Day (b09534fz)
David Rothenberg on the Veery Thrush

Slow down the song of the veery thrush and what have you got? For David Rothenberg in this Tweet of the Day, its compressed tiny bits of music that humans can really relate to.

Producer Tim Dee

Image : Salaman.


SUN 09:00 Broadcasting House (m001rqj5)
News with Paddy O'Connell including Israel - families of hostages speak out. On the news review Grand Designs Kevin McCloud and political journalists Kate Ferguson and Aletha Adu.


SUN 10:00 The Archers Omnibus (m001rqjc)
Writer: Sarah Hehir
Director: Pip Swallow
Editor ..... Jeremy Howe

Cast:
Helen Archer …. Louiza Patikas
Henry Archer …. Blayke Darby
Pip Archer …. Daisy Badger
Lee Bryce …. Ryan Early
Ian Craig …. Stephen Kennedy
Alan Franks …. John Telfer
Clarrie Grundy …. Heather Bell
Eddie Grundy …. Trevor Harrison
George Grundy …. Angus Stobie
Brad Horrobin …. Taylor Uttley
Alistair Lloyd …. Michael Lumsden
Kirsty Miller .... Annabelle Dowler
Stella Pryor …. Lucy Speed
Lynda Snell …. Carole Boyd
Oliver Sterling …. Michael Cochrane


SUN 11:15 Desert Island Discs (m001rqjj)
Patrick Grant, designer and broadcaster

Patrick Grant is a designer, clothing entrepreneur and a judge on the BBC TV programme The Great British Sewing Bee.

Patrick was born in Edinburgh in 1972. His interest in clothes and in making things was evident from a very early age, along with a love of sport: his father was a rugby coach and trained Patrick and his friends. Some of his friends went on to represent Scotland and Patrick played for Scotland's under-19 team.

He studied Material Science and Engineering at Leeds University and worked in industry for a decade. Then, after spotting an advertisement in a newspaper, he bought an ailing Savile Row tailoring company. It was almost an impulse buy, at great financial risk. After a shaky start, he turned the business around, and within five years he was named menswear designer of the year at the British Fashion Awards. Patrick went on to buy a factory in Blackburn, Cookson and Clegg. He is passionate about British manufacturing, and set up Community Clothing with the aim of making good quality affordable day wear.

He has been a judge on The Great British Sewing Bee since the programme began in 2013. He divides his time between London, Blackburn and the Highlands.

DISC ONE: Les Fleurs - Minnie Riperton
DISC TWO: My Heart’s in the Highlands - Else Torp and Christopher Bowers-Broadbent
DISC THREE: Do You Wanna Funk - Sylvester
DISC FOUR: Big Time Sensuality, the Fluke Magimix - Björk
DISC FIVE: Harry Patch (In Memory of) - Radiohead
DISC SIX: Kill Dem - Jamie xx
DISC SEVEN: Get Better - alt-J
DISC EIGHT: I Saw - Young Fathers

BOOK CHOICE: Green Woodwork: Working with Wood the Natural Way by Mike Abbott
LUXURY ITEM: A complete set of woodworking tools
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Kill Dem - Jamie xx

Presenter Lauren Laverne
Producer Sarah Taylor


SUN 12:00 News Summary (m001rqmp)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.


SUN 12:04 Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz (m001rgxh)
Series 2

Episode 7 - Manchester

Which monkey, in the words of Winston Churchill, "caused the death of a quarter of a million people"? Which chimpanzee had the most commendably honourable attitude towards democracy? And what's wrong with the Um Bongo advertising jingle? This week, Paul Sinha is in Gorilla, Manchester to test his audience's knowledge on these questions, and more.

Written and performed by Paul Sinha
Additional material: Oliver Levy
Additional questions: The Audience

Original music: Tim Sutton

Sound engineer: Jerry Peal

Producer: Ed Morrish

A Lead Mojo production for BBC Radio 4


SUN 12:32 The Food Programme (m001rqk0)
Prescribing Fruit and Veg – A New Model for the NHS?

A pilot public health scheme in south east London is prescribing fresh fruit & veg to people with chronic disease and mental health conditions. Sheila Dillon meets Dr Chi-Chi Ekhator, an NHS GP and lead at the A.T Beacon Project, to hear how the prescriptions are working, and how it’s a part of their mission to bring healthcare out of GP surgeries and into the heart of Lambeth’s most hard-to-reach communities.

Presented by Sheila Dillon and produced by Sophie Anton for BBC Audio in Bristol


SUN 12:57 Weather (m001rqk9)
The latest weather forecast


SUN 13:00 The World This Weekend (m001rqkl)
Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world


SUN 13:30 Gangster (m001rgxf)
Killing Death Row

Killing Death Row: 1. The Hunt for Lethal Drugs

Join Livvy Haydock as she takes us deep into Death Row in the USA. While support for the Death Penalty in the US remains at over 50 per cent, there’s been a steady decline in the number of executions – from the modern era peak of 98 in 1999 to just 20 in 2023 so far. Only a handful of states actually carry out the killings. It’s even become more difficult for executioners to get hold of the drugs used in lethal injections, which is what led Livvy Haydock to a surreal story about a man in Acton, West London, who was supplying these lethal drugs to state penitentiaries in the US, and on to the macabre world of Death Row – and the people who live, work, and die on it.

Whether it’s the bizarre hunt for new lethal injection supplies, or the tip of the glasses that mark an executioner’s signal, Livvy goes right behind the scenes into the chamber itself to examine the pressures on the system that have left just 5 US states actively carrying out executions this year and around 2,400 Death Row prisoners in limbo. We’ll hear from an inmate waiting to die, and one saved at the last moment. We’ll chat to the wardens who make it happen, and the campaigners who want to stop it. And throughout it all, we’ll discover the possible future for Death Row in the only western democracy still carrying out capital punishment.

New episodes released weekly. If you’re in the UK, listen to Gangster Presents… Killing Death Row first on BBC Sounds: bbc.in/40W5Chz

Archive: KTVT-TV

Presenter: Livvy Haydock
Series producer: Anna Meisel
Sounds design and mix: Richard Hannaford
Editor: Clare Fordham
Production coordinator: Janet Staples


SUN 14:00 Gardeners' Question Time (m001rh6x)
Penzance

Considering the climate, what type of produce should we grow in Cornwall? How can I reduce the number of woodlice in my shed? I’ve been asked to grow flowers for a wedding in June. What would you recommend?

Kathy Clugston and her team of horticultural experts are in the coastal setting of Penzance for this week’s episode of Gardeners’ Question Time. Joining Kathy on the panel are houseplant expert Anne Swithinbank, self-proclaimed ‘botany geek’ James Wong, and garden designer Chris Beardshaw.

Head Gardener at Trebah Gardens, Darren Dickey chats to James Wong about the wonderful array of ferns growing on the sub-tropical site.

Producer: Bethany Hocken
Assistant Producer: Dulcie Whadcock
Executive Producer: Hannah Newton

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4


SUN 14:45 Opening Lines (m001rql0)
The Mahabharata - Episode 2

Originally composed about 2000 years ago, the Mahabharata is one of the world’s greatest pieces of storytelling, as well as a foundational Hindu text. Woven through its central account of a great dynastic family conflict and bloody war is the story of the gods and their relationship to humankind, as well as spiritual, philosophical and practical instruction about how to live one’s life in the best possible way.

In the second of two episodes about the Mahabharata, John asks why and how this 2000 year-old epic still resonates so strongly, what makes it such rich territory for modern re-tellings, and looks at some of its universal themes.

John Yorke has worked in television and radio for nearly 30 years, and he shares his experience with Radio 4 listeners as he unpacks the themes and impact of the books, plays and stories that are being dramatised on BBC Radio 4. From EastEnders to The Archers, Life on Mars to Shameless, he has been obsessed with telling big popular stories. He has spent years analysing not just how stories work but why they resonate with audiences around the globe and has brought together his experience in his bestselling book Into the Woods. As former Head of Channel Four Drama, Controller of BBC Drama Production and MD of Company Pictures, John has tested his theories during an extensive production career working on some of the world’s most lucrative, widely viewed and critically acclaimed TV drama. As founder of the hugely successful BBC Writers Academy John has trained a generation of screenwriters.

Credits:
Mahabharata, A Modern Retelling by Carole Satyamurti (W.W.Norton & Co. 2015)
The Mahabharata, abridged and translated by John D. Smith (Penguin Classics 2009)

Contributors:
Dr Arti Dhand, Department of Religious Studies, University of Toronto
https://www.themahabharatapodcast.com
Jatinder Verma, founder of Tara Arts, theatre director and Director of Mahabharata Now, BBC Radio 4

Readers:
Nadir Khan: Mumbai-based actor and director, producer of Mahabharata Now, BBC Radio 4
Shernaz Patel, Mumbai-based film and theatre actor, Gita in Mahabharata Now, BBC Radio 4

Producers: Sara Davies & Tolly Robinson
Executive Producer: Caroline Raphael
Researcher: Nina Semple
Production Manager: Sarah Wright
Sound Engineer and designer: Sean Kerwin

A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.


SUN 15:00 Mahabharata Now (m001rql8)
Episode 4: Dance of Defiance

In Mumbai, Dhruv is working hard to reinvent his public persona and doing everything he can to secure his grip on power. Shaks is no longer willing to go along with Dhruv's corruption and, making his way to Manchester, he becomes determined to help Yash and Padma complete their exile and succeed in taking over Hasta Enterprises.

Shaks arranges for Yash, Padma and Gopi to move in with Dr Sareek, a wealthy old man who is in very poor health. Sareek lives alone in a large house in Wilmslow, hidden away behind high walls and tall trees, and is in desperate need of a nurse to take care of him. That way, they can effectively withdraw from society for the remaining months of the fourth year.

Shaks begins to prepare Yash for his new role on their return to India. But Dhruv's best chance of controlling Hasta Enterprises in perpetuity is to trick Yash into breaking the terms of the contract. He sends spies into Manchester’s Asian communities to track down the couple and ensnare them.

Written by Ayeesha Menon

Cast

Dhruv: Neil Bhoopalam
Yash: Tavish Bhattacharyya
Gita: Shernaz Patel
Padma: Ira Dubey
Shaks: Vivek Madan
Karthik: Sukant Goel
Gopi: Mina Anwar
Dr. Sareek: Nitin Ganatra
Abhay: Ronny Jhutti
Swati: Rina Fatania
Bakhtiyar: Omkar Kulkarni
Lawyer: Devika Shahani Punjabi
Reporter: Prerna Chawla

Other roles played by Abir Abrar; Sean Connolly, Omkar Kulkarni, Devika Shahani Punjabi and Prerna Chawla

Sound Supervisor (Mumbai): Ayush Ahuja
Sound Design and Post Production: Wilfredo Acosta
Original Music: Imran Ahmad

Producer (Mumbai): Nadir Khan
Producer(s): Helen Quigley and Andrew Mark Sewell
Director: Jatinder Verma

A B7 Media production for BBC Radio 4


SUN 16:00 Open Book (m001rq56)
Karl Ove Knausgård

Chris Power speaks to Karl Ove Knausgård about his new book, The Wolves of Eternity.

Plus musician and writer Colin MacIntyre on his new Mull Historical Society album, with lyrics provided by authors, including Ian Rankin, Jacqueline Wilson, Sebastian Barry, Val McDermid, Alan Warner, Nick Hornby, and Jackie Kay.

And Mike Gayle explains why The Essence of The Thing by Madeleine St John is his Book I’d Never Lend.

Presenter: Chris Power
Producer: Emma Wallace

Book List – Sunday 22 October and Thursday 26 October

My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgård
The Wolves Of Eternity by Karl Ove Knausgård
The Morning Star by Karl Ove Knausgård
In My Mind There’s A Room (album) by Mull Historical Society
Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby
Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman
A Song Of Me And You by Mike Gayle
The Essence Of The Thing by Madeleine St John
The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan


SUN 16:30 Rethinking Music (m001k7v4)
Sounding the Future

What could the future of music education in the UK look like? In the final part of the series Soweto Kinch looks at how to keep music education relevant to today's world and tomorrow's musicians.

How are we going to ensure that systemic barriers to music are reduced? We visit Tomorrow’s Warriors, a jazz scheme in London that has diversity at its core, and is building bridges with conservatoires and the industry. The charity Youth Music argues that the curriculum could better cater to the young people of today by reflecting their passions and making it more relevant to today’s world. Ben Turner, a former classroom music teacher, tells us how his cohort of students completely changed his approach to education, and how a lunchtime Rap Club ended up forging a path for them into the industry. At DJ School UK in Leeds, we dig into the inclusivity of technology, and reconsider the way music is taught. Soweto asks how access to music and the way we teach it could change the cultural landscape of Britain.

Soweto Kinch looks at music education across the UK and assesses how cutbacks and policy changes over the years are playing out. What impact is decades of underfunding going to have on our economy, culture, and children's development? How are new National Plans for Music announced last year going to address the situation across the UK? Reflecting on his own route to music, Soweto asks what music education could look like, and how much it matters if we don't get it right. Contributors include Nicola Benedetti, Anna Meredith, Nubya Garcia, Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason, Jamie Njoku-Goodwin and a range of music professionals and providers across the UK.

Produced by Megan Jones and Amelia Parker

Photo: Tomorrow's Warriors (credit Graeme Miall)


SUN 17:00 File on 4 (m001rgzl)
Wilko Town

The collapse of retail giant Wilko in September left 12,500 people out of work across the UK.

No area has been harder hit by the redundancies than the Nottinghamshire town of Worksop, where Wilko employed 1,200 people at its head office, shop and distribution centre.

Citizen's Advice has been helping those affected warning that debt in the town was at a record level before the collapse and has doubled since this time last year.

Reporter Jane Deith has been following the lives of several former Wilko staff as they attempt to find new jobs.

Producer: Matt Pintus
Reporter: Jane Deith
Technical Producer: Craig Boardman
Production Coordinators: Tim Fernley and Jordan King
Editor: Tara McDermott


SUN 17:40 Profile (m001rprg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday]


SUN 17:54 Shipping Forecast (m001rqlm)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping


SUN 17:57 Weather (m001rqm3)
The latest weather forecast


SUN 18:00 Six O'Clock News (m001rqmj)
A second convoy of lorries carrying aid supplies is waiting to enter the Gaza Strip from Egypt, as Israel steps up its airstrikes.


SUN 18:15 Pick of the Week (m001rqn0)
Luke Wright

You know what you need, don’t you? A DNA test that alters your past as well as your future, Europe’s last primeval forest, a long winter spent in an adobe hut in Siberia, a two tier BBC, the Syrian Dolly Parton, and some teenage fans of Bay City Rollers emerging from a moat covered in mud and slime. Luke will bring you all these...and so much more...

Presenter: Luke Wright
Producer: Elizabeth Foster
Production Co-ordinator: Lydia Depledge-Miller


SUN 19:00 The Archers (m001rqnf)
Jakob tips off Lilian and Alice about an early fireworks display on Manorfield Close. Lilian wonders if she should have a word but Alice doesn’t think she’d convince them to cancel. They plan to stick to the usual routine with the horses and stick around to see how they fare. Later, Lilian reports to Jakob that the horses are very agitated with the noise of the fireworks. Alice suddenly appears to say one of the horses is badly injured after trying to jump some fencing. Jakob heads over straight away. He assesses the horse in the field. Lilian and Alice are shocked when he says she needs surgery immediately.

With Helen out with the boys, Lee and Ian catch up. Lee enthuses about their family hike yesterday. Ian wonders about Lee and Helen being able to have time to themselves. He invites them to join him and Adam bowling and Lee accepts. At the bowling lanes, Helen is reserved. She wasn’t expecting to go out again today and is feeling weary. Lee’s excitement grates on Helen and she dismisses his attempts to help her bowl. The evening is punctured by Helen turning on Lee and walking out. Lee’s bereft, and Adam advises him to let Ian go after her. Outside, Helen says she should have listened to her instincts and not come. Ian’s sorry he pushed for both Helen and Lee to join them. Helen realises this evening confirms that she and Lee can’t go on like this.


SUN 19:15 Agendum (m00094m2)
Series 2

Meltdown

A current affairs parody and stupidly feasible visit to the 24-hour Hall Of Opinion Mirrors, helmed by helmster Alexandra Palisades, in this parody created by Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris. Because there are two stories to every story.

In this show, we visit the English Channel, Liverpool and Waitrose, and have an enjoyable chat about a new form of murder.

With Carrie Quinlan as Alexandra Palisades and, at the very least, the voices of:

Justin Edwards
Melanie Hudson
Kath Hughes
Simon Kane
Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Jess Robinson
Kerry Shale
Luke Sumner
Tony Way

Produced by David Tyler

A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2019.


SUN 19:45 Moving Mountains by Jan Carson (m001rqnv)
Episode 5 - Colin

In rural Northern Ireland, the locals are horrified to learn that Slemish mountain – traditionally believed to be where Saint Patrick was brought to tend sheep before finding God – has been sold to a Japanese theme park. However on the day Slemish is to be removed and shipped across the world the diggers are beset by protesters, politicians and the Ballymena townsfolk caught in between.

Author
Born in Ballymena, Jan Carson is a writer and community arts facilitator. Her novel ‘The Fire Starters’ was awarded the EU Prize for Literature 2019 and the author was acclaimed as “one of the most exciting and original Northern Irish writers of her generation” by the Sunday Times. Her most recent novel ‘The Raptures’ was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year and the Kerry Group Novel of the Year. She has also written ‘Wings’ for BBC Three, ‘UnRaveling’ for BBC Radio 3, ‘The Last Resort’ for BBC Radio 4 and was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award 2020. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2023. Her new short story collection ‘Quickly, While They Still Have Horses’ will be published in 2024.

Reader: Michael Condron
Writer: Jan Carson
Producer: Michael Shannon
Editor: Andy Martin

A BBC Northern Ireland production.


SUN 20:00 Feedback (m001rh7h)
The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience


SUN 20:30 Last Word (m001rh78)
Charles ‘Chuck’ Feeney, Phyllis ‘Pippa’ Latour, Florence Fisher, Dr Nicholas Arnold

Kirsty Lang on

Charles ‘Chuck’ Feeney, the secret billionaire who gave most of his money away to good causes.

Phyllis ‘Pippa’ Latour, the fearless secret agent who was parachuted into Nazi occupied Normandy a month before D-Day.

Florence Fisher, who was adopted as a child and later led a movement to help millions of others find their birth parents.

Dr Nicholas Arnold, one of the world’s leading experts on reptiles.

Interviewee: Conor O'Clery
Interviewee: Clare Mulley
Interviewee: Lorraine Dusky
Interviewee: Andie Markoe-Byrne
Interviewee: Chris Arnold
Interviewee: Dr Colin McCarthy

Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies

Archive used:

Secret Billionaire: The Chuck Feeney Story, RTE Factual, YouTube, Atlantic Phil, Uploaded 05/06/2010; Chuck Feeney, Founding Chairman of The Atlantic Philanthropies, on Empathy, YouTube, Atlantic Phil, Uploaded 13/04/2011; Discovery with Jill Neville, BBC World Service, 01/06/1988; Adoption – The Right To Know, interview with Florence Fisher, Harvard University, 01/06/1990; Adoption records unsealed, News 8, News report, Wish-TV Indiana, YouTube uploaded 05/07/2018;


SUN 21:00 Money Box (m001rpq5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:04 on Saturday]


SUN 21:25 Radio 4 Appeal (m001rq4y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:54 today]


SUN 21:30 Loose Ends (m001rprb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Saturday]


SUN 22:00 Westminster Hour (m001rqpl)
Ben Wright is joined by Conservative MP Angela Richardson, Labour frontbencher Helen Hayes and the political commentator and former government adviser, Salma Shah. They discuss whether Rishi Sunak can turn around his party's fortunes after the two recent by-election losses, and reflect on the prospect of war in the Middle East and how the UK should respond. They also discuss inter-generational fairness, in terms of pensions and housing policy. Jason Groves - political editor of the Daily Mail - brings additional insight and analysis.


SUN 23:00 Moral Maze (m001rh6r)
Are prisons doing more harm than good?

The UK’s prisons are full, their corridors are understaffed and their Victorian buildings are crumbling. The answer, at least at the moment, is to lock up fewer criminals. The justice secretary has announced plans this week to phase out short sentences – anything less than 12 months - because they produce “hardened criminals rather than rehabilitated offenders.”

Prison reformers have long argued that short sentences don’t work anyway, citing a reoffending rate of over 50%. Others believe that the justice system is already too soft. Community sentences, they insist, send out the wrong message to criminals and open the door to further lawbreaking. Who should and who shouldn’t go to prison?

There’s a wider question; are prisons upholding or undermining justice? Reform campaigners say that prisons are failing both society and the prisoners themselves. The best outcome for everyone is the rehabilitation of criminals, and if that isn’t possible inside prison, it should be explored outside. Others see the redemption of criminals as secondary to justice for their victims and protection for their communities.

Depending on how people see it, prisons are either too harsh or too lax. How should the justice system decide whether to wield the carrot or the stick? Can punishment itself be a necessary step towards rehabilitation? Or is prison too often a futile expression of collective vengeance?

Are prisons doing more harm than good?

Producer: Dan Tierney.

MONDAY 23 OCTOBER 2023

MON 00:00 Midnight News (m001rqpy)
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.


MON 00:15 Thinking Allowed (m001rh59)
The Grave - Memorial Benches

THE GRAVE AND MEMORIAL BENCHES: Laurie Taylor talks to Allison C. Meier, New York based researcher, about how burial sites have transformed over time. Whilst the grave may be a final destination, it is not the great leveller, and permanency is always a privilege with the indigent and unidentified frequently being interred in mass graves. So what is the future of burial with the rise of cremation, green burial, and new practices like human composting? Can existing spaces of death be returned to community life?

Also, Anne Karpf, Professor of Life Writing and Culture at London Metropolitan University, explores the phenomenon of the memorial bench. Despite the proliferation of online spaces for memorialising a person who has died, there is a growing demand for physical commemorations in places that were meaningful to them, as evidenced by the waiting-lists for memorial benches in sought-after spots. Do such memorials constitute a ‘living obituary’, a celebration of seemingly undistinguished lives, beyond the grave?

Producer: Jayne Egerton


MON 00:45 Bells on Sunday (m001rpsm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:43 on Sunday]


MON 00:48 Shipping Forecast (m001rqq5)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping


MON 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (m001rqqd)
World Service

BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.


MON 05:20 Shipping Forecast (m001rqqn)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping


MON 05:30 News Briefing (m001rqqy)
National and international news from BBC Radio 4


MON 05:43 Prayer for the Day (m001rqr7)
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Seeta Lakhani, Hindu Tutor at Eton College

Learn to Live ‘For’ Each Other

Good morning.

Hinduism emphasises that spiritual living is all about putting the needs of others first. A family unit, a neighbourhood, a community, can only operate successfully if there is a shared concern and duty of care. Especially for those who are vulnerable and most in need of support.

I see this on a weekly basis when I get phone calls from families with concerns about their loved ones. I’m the manager of a care company. So I can see in front of my own eyes the very real challenges faced by elderly people and their families.

A central tenet of the Hindu religion is not just to learn to live ‘with’ each other. But to learn to live ‘for’ each other. As part of my job I’ve seen so many families where the children put the care needs of their elderly parents over and above their own.

The Sanskrit word ‘Seva’ means selfless service. It demolishes any sense of pride or ego. According to Hinduism, helping others is the most natural thing to do. In fact it’s a true privilege to be in a position to help. Hindu philosophy emphasises that it is not just the receiver, but the giver that is blessed.

Hinduism, as do so many religious traditions around the world, pays great emphasis on becoming a giver: a giver of love, help, service, any little thing possible. I pray that I can do my part in seeing and responding to the needs of those around me - because for me God is here, in everyone around me.


MON 05:45 Farming Today (m001rqrj)
23/10/23 - Seasonal worker treatment, Hereford livestock mart, native oysters

Nearly half the seasonal workers on farms inspected by the Home Office complained about their treatment... that's one of the findings of an investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism which is published this morning. The Bureau was granted access to reports from 19 farm inspections made between 2021 and 22 after a Freedom of Information battle with the Government - it says 44 % of the 845 workers interviewed by Home Office inspectors raised problems - from racism to being denied medical care and not being paid for all the hours worked.

Many livestock marts have moved from city centre sites to the edge of town - and for one of the largest marts in the country in Hereford its been a good move. It's seen sales quadruple since it relocated in 2011 to a purpose built, seven million pound facility on the outskirts of the city.

Native oysters used to be plentiful in the Solent, but numbers have declined to almost nothing. Now, environmentalists are trying to encourage re-generation with a five year project. We join local school children as they take part, releasing a thousand young oysters off West Cowes on the Isle of Wight.

Presented by Charlotte Smith
Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons


MON 05:56 Weather (m001rqrp)
The latest weather forecast for farmers.


MON 05:58 Tweet of the Day (b03bkt7v)
Firecrest

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

Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Firecrest. Firecrests are very small birds, a mere nine centimetres long and are often confused with their much commoner cousins, goldcrests. Both have the brilliant orange or yellow crown feathers, but the firecrest embellishes these with black eyestripes, dazzling white eyebrows and golden patches on the sides of its neck ... a jewel of a bird.


MON 06:00 Today (m001rqll)
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.


MON 09:00 Start the Week (m001rqm1)
Infected blood - from scandal to inquiry

The plasma product Factor VIII was heralded in the 1960s as a miracle treatment that helped those with haemophilia to live fuller lives. By the 1980s it was killing them in their thousands, as the product from the US was riddled with hepatitis and AIDs. The investigative journalist Cara McGoogan pieces together the sorry tale of medical negligence, commercial greed and government failures in The Poison Line: A True Story of Death, Deception and Infected Blood.

In many other countries inquiries have been held, compensation paid out and individuals sent to prison, but the victims and their families in the UK are still waiting, 40 years later. Jason Evans was just 4 years old when his father died after being infected by HIV in Factor VIII. He has dedicated his adult life to getting to the truth and is now awaiting the findings of the public inquiry which began in 2018, and is expected to publish its report in March 2024.

The public health expert and physician Dr Gabriel Scally is a veteran of medical inquires – from the Bristol heart scandal to the Cervical Smear failures in Ireland. He has spent his career arguing for a system of clinical governance with a duty of candour placed not just on organisations but individual medics too. He tells Tom Sutcliffe why he thinks scandals and cover-ups continue to happen, and whether a public inquiry is the best way to get to the truth.

Producer: Katy Hickman


MON 09:45 Behind These Doors by Alex South (m001rqmh)
Episode 1

Behind These Doors is a vividly honest interrogation of what it is like to live and work in the UK prison system. The individuals Alex South introduces us to are, for the most part, living on the margins of society and the impact of the cycles of violence that so often accompany those lives is clear to see.

Alex takes us by the hand, behind the gates and through security into prison cells, and shared kitchens, to meet men who will surprise and shock us in equal measure, as well as prison officers who struggle with the physical and emotional challenges the job presents.

This is an unflinching and eye-opening depiction of life in prison and its many devastating and sometimes inspiring, consequences.

The names, offences and identifying features of all individuals described have been altered.

The opening and closing recordings made in a UK prison are used with kind permission of the Prison Radio Association. Find out more here : https://prison.radio

Written by Alex South
Read by Hattie Morahan
Abridged by Jill Waters
Produced by Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4


MON 10:00 Woman's Hour (m001rqmz)
Ukrainian children in Russia, Fanny Mendelssohn, Men designing clothes for women

Ukraine claims it has identified 20,000 children who it alleges have been abducted by Russia since the start of the war. Arrest warrants have been issued to President Putin and his Commissioner for Children's Rights. It's the subject of the latest work from film maker Shahida Tulaganova, whose documentary Ukraine's Stolen Children airs on ITV tonight.

Now you may have heard of German composer Felix Mendelssohn but what about his sister, Fanny? A composer in her own right, Fanny was long ignored by the classical music world in favour of her brother. And despite being forbidden a musical career, Fanny persevered and composed 450 works. A new documentary, Fanny The Other Mendelssohn, explores her life and features never-before-heard or recorded pieces by her. Its director, BAFTA winner Sheila Hayman is also Fanny’s 3x great granddaughter and she joins Emma to discuss it.

An extra course of chemotherapy could cut the risk of death from cervical cancer by up to two fifths, according to a new study by scientists. The drugs used are already licensed for use in the UK so those involved say it should be straightforward to roll out because the treatment is 'cheap and accessible'. GP Dr Phillipa Kaye who is also an ambassador for Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust and Comedian, Ambassador for Eve Appeal and cervical cancer survivor Karen Hobbs both join Emma Barnett to discuss it.

Designer Sarah Burton has stepped down as Creative Director of the fashion brand Alexander McQueen, meaning that there are now only a tiny number of women designing clothes for the rest of us. So why are there so few female designers at the top fashion houses? And does it actually make a difference when the clothes women wear are designed by men?

Presenter: Emma Barnett
Producer: Emma Pearce


MON 11:00 Girl Stuck in Basketball Hoop (m000w4sp)
When stand-up comedian Ian Smith read the headline "GIRL RESCUED" in his local paper, The Goole Times, he wasn’t expecting to read about a young girl trapped in a basketball hoop. The article went on to say that this was the third time in as many months that a girl had to be prized from the rim of a basketball hoop in his home town. Maybe this wasn’t your regular teenage horseplay in the local basketball courts - Ian wondered if something more sinister was going on.

This is the story of his investigation into what happened, and more importantly, why it happened. It's not just a quest for the truth behind these "self-dunking" incidents but also a soul-searching examination of the lives of the teenagers of Goole and a probe into the psyche of people across the world who choose to squeeze themselves through small spaces.

Ian leaves no stone unturned as he asks the tough (and not so tough) questions to guests including his local MP, the education specialist Adele Bates author of "Miss I Don't Give a Sh*t", comedian Jessica Fostekew and the world famous contortionist, Captain Frodo.

Thanks to Angela Huzulak and Patrick Goldsborough at The Goole Times, Dan Sproats, Tilly Sproats, Terence Smith, Joe Zalias, Caroline Nicholls, The Delightful Sausage, Phil Ellis, Jack Gleadow, Nicky Wilkinson, Sebastian Søgaard Hansen and Bukky Fadipe.

Written and presented by Ian Smith with additional material by Alex Kealy
Production co-ordinator: Sarah Sharpe
Sound design: Chris Maclean
Producer: Richard Morris

A BBC Studios Production


MON 11:30 The Bottom Line (m001rh1x)
Rebranding

Elon Musk’s decision to rename Twitter ‘X’ has been met with confusion, and in some cases even anger, but where does it rank amongst the best and worst rebrands?

Evan Davis and guests discuss the complexity of changing a company or product name, logo and message, the reasons for doing it, and how to make it a success.

These overhauls can be risky, though, and failure expensive – the panel discusses one the UK’s textbook rebranding disasters.

Evan is joined by:

Lee Rolston, chief growth officer at Jones Knowles Ritchie;
Caroline Wiertz, professor of marketing at Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) – City, University of London;
Amanda Mackenzie, former chief marketing and communications officer at Aviva;
Keith Wells, founder and director of Brandwell.

PRODUCTION TEAM:

Producer: Simon Tulett
Editor: China Collins
Sound: Graham Puddifoot and Rod Farquhar
Production co-ordinator: Gemma Ashman

(Picture: The new ‘X’ logo displayed on a smartphone with the old Twitter logo in the background. Credit: Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images.)


MON 12:00 News Summary (m001rqng)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.


MON 12:04 You and Yours (m001rqny)
Scam Season: Heat Pumps and Travel Insurance

In our series on scams kicking off this week we consider what's known in the trade as "The Spell", it's what clever criminals use to persuade you to hand over your money.

We ask what's behind the enduring appeal of the UK's best selling scent sprays for men.

The government grant for heat pumps is rising to £7500 from today but will it be enough to persuade us all to switch off gas and go electric for our heating and hot water? We speak to the Energy Minister.

We speak to a terminally ill man who bought specialist travel insurance but still found himself out of pocket. We ask an expert what to look out for when buying travel insurance.

Airport lounges are expanding. More people than ever are prepared to buy a bit of peace and quiet. We'll hear from an operator about the growth and future of airport lounges.

The government have re-launched their passengers rights charter. They are hoping it will help travellers complain more effectively when things go wrong .. but does it have the power yet to make a difference?

PRESENTER: WINIFRED ROBINSON
PRODUCER: KEVIN MOUSLEY


MON 12:57 Weather (m001rqp9)
The latest weather forecast


MON 13:00 World at One (m001rqpp)
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.


MON 13:45 The Cows Are Mad (m001rrhx)
1. Zombie Apocalypse

Hidden deep in the heart of the Kent countryside is an abandoned factory with a dark past. In the 1980s and 1990s it processed tens of thousands of dead cows - some of which are thought to have been infected with a disease that would devastate British farming.

Then, when early human cases of BSE began to emerge in people living close to the rendering plant, paranoia also infected Kent’s countryside communities. People wanted answers - but there were none.

Today, science has failed to definitively answer two major questions about mad cow disease - where did it originally come from and how did humans get it?

Written, presented and produced by Lucy Proctor.


MON 14:00 The Archers (m001rqnf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Sunday]


MON 14:15 This Cultural Life (m001rprl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:15 on Saturday]


MON 15:00 Brain of Britain (m001rqq1)
Heat 11, 2023

(11/17)
The penultimate heat of this year's Brain of Britain tournament comes from London's Radio Theatre, with Russell Davies asking the questions. Which Chancellor of the Exchequer is remembered for the phrase 'Je ne regrette rien'? Who painted the canvas known as 'The Night Watch'? And of which reality TV show was Craig Phillips the first ever winner?

There's a place in the semi-finals on offer to the person who notches up the most points today. A listener also stands to win a prize if the questions he or she has devised succeed in Beating the Brains.

Appearing in today's quiz are:
Dan Adler from Surrey
Hazel Humphreys from Essex
Anne McElhinney from South Wales
Richard Pyne from Richmond on Thames.

Assistant Producer: Stephen Garner
Producer: Paul Bajoria

Producer: Paul Bajoria


MON 15:30 The Food Programme (m001rqk0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:32 on Sunday]


MON 16:00 How to Play (m001p1zx)
Fauré’s Requiem with the BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales

The BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales invite us behind the scenes at Cardiff’s Hoddinott Hall to eavesdrop on their rehearsals for a performance of Fauré’s Requeim. It’s a particularly beloved work and the pressure is on to make their upcoming performance a special one.

Conductor, Ludovic Morlot and Chorus Director, Adrian Partington explain how they work together to realise Fauré’s vision for a sacred Mass for the Dead that would bring hope and consolation to its listeners. Chorister’s Jeff Davies and Rebecca Jolliffe share their experiences from the choir stalls. Soprano Rhian Lois talks us through her preparations to sing the one of the most famous and exposed solos in the repertoire, Fauré’s mesmerising Pie Jesu.

Produced by Chris Taylor for BBC Audio Wales and West


MON 16:30 The Digital Human (m001rqqc)
Series 30

Subvert

Aleks Krotoski explores culture jamming in the digital world. Once used by "communications guerillas" to subvert corporate advertising, it's now taken on a new life online...


MON 17:00 PM (m001rqql)
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines


MON 18:00 Six O'Clock News (m001rqqw)
Israeli forces have carried out limited incursions into Gaza as the bombardment of the territory continues.


MON 18:30 Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz (m001rqr6)
Series 2

Episode 8 - Andover

Who's the most famous man to have been educated in Andover? What was the QE2 supposed to be called? And who is the only actor to appear in all of the top-three highest-grossing movie of all time? This week, Paul Sinha is in Andover to test his audience's knowledge on these questions, and more.

Written and performed by Paul Sinha
Additional material: Oliver Levy
Additional questions: The Audience

Original music: Tim Sutton

Sound engineer: David Thomas

Producer: Ed Morrish

A Lead Mojo production for BBC Radio 4


MON 19:00 The Archers (m001rqpj)
Mia calls in at The Stables to check on the injured horse, Sadie. Jakob remarks that considering the severity of the injury, she is doing well. Alice doesn’t want the village bonfire and fireworks to go ahead, and Mia joins forces with her. When Lilian hears they’re planning to petition for the Bonfire Night event to be cancelled, she’s dubious. It’s only just been reinstated, and she knows The Bull won’t want to lose all the custom. Lilian suggests a compromise of stabling the horses and playing them calming music. Mia still thinks they should tell Jolene and Kenton that fireworks aren’t fair on animals.

Lilian catches Alice and Mia outside the pub. Unsurprisingly, Kenton and Jolene said no to cancelling Bonfire Night, though they were sympathetic about the injured horse. Determined Mia wants to do more. Lilian suggests educational flyers, but Mia thinks they can do better than that.

Adam and Ian mull over what happened last night with Helen and Lee. Adam can only think it’s Rob that’s stressing Helen out and causing the tension between her and Lee. They move on to Pip and Stella who Adam spotted holding hands. They’re both really pleased for them. It leads them to discussing why they don’t show affection for one another in public. They hold hands on their way to The Bull, but then, to Adam’s dismay, Ian quickly lets go when he sees Jakob. Later, Ian tries to explain while Adam hides his hurt with a joke and tells Ian not to worry.


MON 19:15 Front Row (m001rqrf)
Aviva Studios, The Chemical Brothers, Rufus Norris on 60 years of the National Theatre, Danny Boyle's Free Your Mind

Aviva Studios, a reportedly £240 million pound arts complex, has opened in Manchester with Free Your Mind, an immersive stage version of The Matrix from Oscar winning director Danny Boyle. Joining presenter Nick Ahad to discuss the arrival of the UK’s biggest new cultural venue - and its inaugural production- are playwright and critic Charlotte Keatley and architecture writer and lecturer Paul Dobraszczyk.

The Chemical Brothers- AKA Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons- reflect on their 30 year journey from a Manchester house share to superstar DJ status, as they release their book Paused in Cosmic Reflection and embark on a UK tour.

The 22nd October 1963 saw the opening night of the first production by the National Theatre. Peter O’Toole played Hamlet, directed by Laurence Olivier. Front Row hears from Rufus Norris, the current artistic director, about the role of the National Theatre 60 years on.

Presenter: Nick Ahad
Producer: Ekene Akalawu


MON 20:00 A Wake for Lough Neagh (m001rq4z)
The environmental catastrophe can be seen from space. Satellite images show how Northern Ireland’s Lough Neagh - the largest freshwater lake in the British Isles – has been consumed by a thick blue-green sludge. Vast blooms of toxic algae have spread around the 100 miles or so of its shoreline, into its delicate reedbeds and deep through its waters. Triggered by a combination of sewage, agricultural pollution and climate change, it's devastating fish and bird populations, is dangerous to dogs and has led to a wholesale bathing ban. Despite the fact the algae can cause illness in humans, Lough Neagh continues to provide nearly half of Northern Ireland’s drinking water.

County Tyrone born author Nick Laird grew up near the shores of Lough Neagh and fished the rivers which flow into it as a boy. Now Nick is going back to meet some of the men and women living with the impact of this crisis, as well as those trying to do something about it. Sand dredged from the lough was used to build Stormont, Northern Ireland’s parliament building in 1932. The Stormont devolved government has been collapsed for the last 18 months, due to the DUP’s ongoing protest over the post-Brexit trade protocol. With the ecological collapse of a body of water central to the history, economy and public health of Northern Ireland, Nick Laird asks if what's happened to Lough Neagh is a consequence of political stagnation.

Producer: Conor Garrett


MON 20:30 Analysis (m001rqrn)
What on earth is the national interest?

Should we be sceptical when politicians claim to act in "the national interest"? The phrase is frequently trotted out to elevate policy and actions as unimpeachably serving us all. But what does it actually mean? So far the Oxford English Dictionary has steered clear of pinning down this "slippery" term.
Mark Damazer digs up its historical roots and talks to politicians, prime-ministerial speechwriters and policymakers to define a term that can obscure as much as it elucidates. Is its use just cynical high grounding or does it speak of a sincere effort to disentangle policy from personal or party interests? Is the national interest best served by a strong civic landscape where differing visions of “the national interest” are free to battle it out?

Presenter: Mark Damazer
Producer: David Reid
Editor: Clare Fordham

Contributors:
Michael Gove, Minister for Levelling up, Housing and Communities
Angela Rayner, shadow deputy prime minister and shadow levelling up secretary
Phil Collins, former prime-ministerial speechwriter
Munira Mirza, former Director of the No10 Policy Unit
Dame Linda Colley, Professor of History at Princeton
Fiona McPherson, Senior Editor at the Oxford English Dictionary, specialising in new words


MON 21:00 Young Again (m001rgtq)
3. Jamie Oliver

In Young Again Kirsty Young asks her guests what advice they would give to their younger selves and in this episode Jamie Oliver shares with Kirsty the ups and downs of his career. Despite having always struggled with the written word he’s published 25 cookbooks and is one of the UK’s best-selling authors. His original dream was to run a country pub but his TV career took off and led to cookbooks, a restaurant chain and high-profile campaigns for better food. It’s been a life lived in public. If he could go back, would he do it all again? He talks to Kirsty candidly about whether he’d choose the life he’s got or swap it for a quiet life running a pub instead.

Producer: Sam Peach
Content Editor: Richard Hooper
Editor: Alice Feinstein
Senior Technical Producer: Duncan Hannant
Presenter: Kirsty Young

A BBC Audio Production


MON 21:30 Start the Week (m001rqm1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 22:00 The World Tonight (m001rqrz)
Two more hostages released by Hamas

Two more hostages taken from Israel have been released by Hamas. We ask what it means for the fate of the more than 200 hostages still being held in Gaza.

Also on the programme:

We hear what retailers make of the new policing taskforce designed to tackle shoplifting.

And why Britney Spears's memoir - which hits the shelves tomorrow - is so highly anticipated.


MON 22:45 The Midnight News by Jo Baker (m001rqs4)
Episode Six

It's 1940 and 20 year-old Charlotte Richmond watches from her attic window as enemy planes fly over London. Still grieving her beloved brother, who never returned from France, she is trying to keep herself out of trouble - holding down a typist job at the Ministry of Information, sharing gin and confidences with her best friend Elena, and dodging her overbearing father.

On her way to work she often sees the boy who feeds the birds - a source of unexpected joy amid the rubble of the Blitz. But every day brings new scenes of devastation and, after yet another heart breaking loss, Charlotte has an uncanny sense of foreboding. Someone is stalking the darkness, targeting her friends. And now he's following her.

As grief and suspicion consume her, Charlotte's nerves become increasingly frayed. She no longer knows who to trust. She can't even trust herself.

The Midnight News is a love story, a war story, and an unforgettable journey into the fragile mind and fierce heart of an extraordinary young woman.

Episode Six
Charlotte encounters two very different men.

Jo Baker is the author of bestselling Longbourn, the 'below the stairs' story of the Bennet household from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. She was born in Lancashire and educated at Oxford University and Queen's University Belfast and is also the author of The Body Lies; A Country Road, A Tree; The Undertow; The Telling; The Mermaid's Child; and Offcomer. She lives in Lancaster, England.

Writer: Jo Baker
Reader: Rachael Stirling
Abridger: Jeremy Osborne
Producers: Caroline Raphael & Jeremy Osborne

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.


MON 23:00 Lights Out (m001rqsf)
Series 6

Lithified

“I was well aware of this synchronicity: that Cornwall was going onto lithium, or what I prefer to call ‘lithifying’, just as I was ‘delithifying’, or coming off it. This wasn’t an accidentally aligned pairing of incidents. I’d planned it that way.”

In 2022, Laura Grace Simpkins made two big life changes. She decided to stop taking lithium (a medication she was prescribed for her mental health) just as she moved to Cornwall—the only place where lithium is being mined in the UK. In 'Lithified', Laura gets ready for her future without the silvery-white metal, while exploring the landscape it will soon be coming from.

Featuring the voices of:
Marcia Bjornerud, Professor of Geology and Environmental Studies at Lawrence University
Jeremy Wrathall, Founder and CEO of Cornish Lithium
Dr Beth Simons, Cornish geologist and author of ‘Variscan Coast’

Written and narrated by Laura Grace Simpkins
Music and sound by Alice Boyd
Produced by Alice Boyd and Laura Grace Simpkins
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4


MON 23:30 Today in Parliament (m001rqsl)
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament

TUESDAY 24 OCTOBER 2023

TUE 00:00 Midnight News (m001rqss)
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.


TUE 00:30 Behind These Doors by Alex South (m001rqmh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Monday]


TUE 00:48 Shipping Forecast (m001rqt1)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping


TUE 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (m001rqtb)
World Service

BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.


TUE 05:20 Shipping Forecast (m001rqtn)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping


TUE 05:30 News Briefing (m001rqtv)
National and international news from BBC Radio 4


TUE 05:43 Prayer for the Day (m001rqv1)
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Seeta Lakhani, Hindu Tutor at Eton College

Our Dads' guidance

Good morning.

My dad has always been my inspiration and guiding light. He made spirituality so exciting and engaging for me, especially through the colourful stories he told me as a child.

Once upon a time, two boys were playing football. They started chatting about their mums. ‘My mum is the best in the world’ said one boy. The other boy piped up and said, ‘Hey hold on, my mum is the best in the world! Soon the boys were arguing and getting upset. They each loved their mother and couldn’t stand the thought that their mum wasn’t the best in the world.

A wise man passing by noticed the commotion and asked what the matter was. The boys explained: how can this boy’s mother be the best in the world, when my mum is!

The wise man calmly told the boys: there is a simple way to resolve this. Just add two magic words to the end of your sentence. Simply say: my mum is best – for me. And the boys said ah yes! That’s what we meant all along! My mum is the best for me – she doesn’t even know this other chap!

A simple story which can be translated into a much broader concept: my religion is best – for me;

Hindu scriptures emphasise that all these spiritual pathways ultimately lead to the same destination. ‘Ekam sat, vipra bahudha vadanti’: which means One truth can be approached in many different ways.


TUE 05:45 Farming Today (m001rqv9)
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.


TUE 05:58 Tweet of the Day (b020tq6h)
Great Skua

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

Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the Great Skua. Great skuas are often known as bonxies - their local name in Shetland where most of the UK's population breeds. Almost two thirds of the world's great skuas nest here or on Orkney.


TUE 06:00 Today (m001rqk1)
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.


TUE 09:00 The Long View (m001rqkm)
The Long Shadows of Dominant Leaders

Two of Britain’s ruling political parties find themselves without the strong, charismatic leaders who won them a handsome election victory – and now they’re struggling. At Westminster, it’s the Tories who are emerging, with difficulty, from the shadow of Boris Johnson. At Holyrood, it’s the Scottish National Party getting used to life without Nicola Sturgeon. Both were once riding high – yet this month, both the Conservatives and the SNP lost closely-watched byelection contests to Labour, those Tory defeats coming in Tamworth and mid-Bedfordshire just a few days ago. But the hole left after a once-dominant leader departs the stage is not new – not in Westminster and not in Edinburgh.

.Jonathan Freedland takes The Long View of the void left by once-dominant leaders - to the fall-out from the demise of Sir Robert Peel in the middle of the 19th century and the way Tory politics was upended by the exit of the man who had all but created the modern Conservative Party; and the power vacuum that was left by the sudden death of King James V of Scotland in 1542.

The Guests
Dr Luke Blaxill, political historian at Hertford College, Oxford
Dr Amy Blakeway, Senior Lecturer in Scottish History at St Andrews

Readers
Michael Bertenshaw
Kenny Blyth

Assistant Producer: Olivia Sopel
Production Coordinator: Shan Pillay

Producer: Mohini Patel


TUE 09:30 How to Win a Campaign (m001rqkx)
5. Away from Elections - Public Pressure and Changing Cultures

Former Downing Street strategist, adviser to Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings and Vote Leave insider Cleo Watson examines the building blocks and dark art of political campaigning.

We've had many electoral tests in the UK in the last decade or so – general elections in 2015, 2017 and 2019, and the 2016 EU referendum – and the results of nearly all of them have raised eyebrows. Why? Is it just the policies or the parties, or have some of these campaigns had some secret alchemy or luck that made them succeed or fail against expert opinion and the betting markets?

In this series, Cleo Watson sits down with some of the brains behind the biggest campaigns in recent history and tries to piece together where it went right – and wrong – for the teams and parties involved.

Along the way she asks key questions about the role of traditional and social media, the importance of authenticity and charisma in our politicians, and what lessons we can learn ahead of 2024.

What do polling and focus groups really tell us, and what do we mean by strategy, messaging and fieldwork? How are the ‘ground campaign’ and the ‘air campaign’ orchestrated? How are really effective slogans crafted and tested, how do you ace a TV debate, and what is campaigning’s digital future?

How are cutting-edge developments in data science changing the game, and how concerned should we be about these new methods of persuasion? Or do old-fashioned posters, leaflets, rosettes, door-knocking, manifestoes, party political broadcasts and speeches also still shift the dial?

And if you are thoroughly cynical about mainstream elections, what can you do as a citizen to persuade our elected representatives to prioritise the issues you care about the most? Cleo discovers what makes a successful campaign with those who have achieved recent notable successes in public health, gender equality and climate change.

Contributors across the series:

Pippa Crerar, political editor of the Guardian
Dominic Cummings, director of the Vote Leave campaign and former Chief Adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Julie Etchingham, ITV election debates host
Ayesha Hazarika, former adviser to the Labour party during the 2010 and 2015 elections, and political commentator
Fiona Hill, former Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Theresa May
James Johnson, pollster and Senior Opinion Research and Strategy Adviser to Prime Minister Theresa May, and now director of research company J.L. Partners
Gina Martin who led the campaign to make upskirting illegal in 2019
Charles Ogilvie, former Director of Strategy for Cop26
Craig Oliver, news editor, producer and media executive, and former Director of Politics and Communications for Prime Minister David Cameron
Stephen Parkinson, National Organiser of the ground operation for the Vote Leave campaign
Sarah Sands, former editor of The Sunday Telegraph and The Evening Standard and BBC Radio 4’s Today
James Schneider, co-founder of Momentum and senior adviser to Jeremy Corbyn
Joe Slater, polling strategist at Stack data agency
Paul Stephenson, former Director of Communications of the Vote Leave campaign
Dolly Theis, epidemiology researcher at Cambridge University and public health campaigner
Lucy Thomas, former deputy director of the Britain Stronger in Europe (Remain) campaign
Chris Ward, former political adviser to Sir Keir Starmer

Producer: Eliane Glaser
Executive Producers: Jon Holmes and Richard Danbury
Sound Design: Tony Churnside
An unusual production for BBC Radio 4


TUE 09:45 Behind These Doors by Alex South (m001rqn3)
Episode 2

Behind These Doors is a vividly honest interrogation of what it is like to live and work in the UK prison system. The individuals Alex South introduces us to are, for the most part, living on the margins of society and the impact of the cycles of violence that so often accompany those lives is clear to see.

Alex takes us by the hand, behind the gates and through security into prison cells, and shared kitchens, to meet men who will surprise and shock us in equal measure, as well as prison officers who struggle with the physical and emotional challenges the job presents.

This is an unflinching and eye-opening depiction of life in prison and its many devastating and sometimes inspiring, consequences.

The names, offences and identifying features of all individuals described have been altered.

The opening and closing recordings made in a UK prison are used with kind permission of the Prison Radio Association. Find out more here : https://prison.radio

Written by Alex South
Read by Hattie Morahan
Abridged by Jill Waters
Produced by Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4


TUE 10:00 Woman's Hour (m001rqlf)
Ruth Birch and Julia Curry, Liza Mundy, Lyse Doucet and Tal Hochman, Cindy Thomas and Laura Barton

Liza Mundy is the bestselling author of Code Girls, a book about the American women who broke codes during the Second World War. Her new book details the lives of spies and intelligence agents behind some of the biggest operations in postwar history including locating Osama bin Laden, and rescuing the schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram.

Around 80 Israeli rights groups have signed a letter calling on the organisation UN Women to condemn acts of violence against women by Hamas. The letter was addressing a statement issued by UN Women, a United Nations entity which aims to be a global champion of women and girls – which they said ‘ignored the atrocities that took place on Oct 7th’. Emma Barnett speaks to Tal Hochman from the Israeli Women’s Network who are one of the organisations involved and also by Lyse Doucet the BBC’s Chief International Correspondent.

According to a new trial published in the journal of Clinical Psychiatry involving 80 people from Massachusetts General Hospital - heated yoga sessions could lead to reduced depressive symptoms in adults with moderate-to-severe depression. The trial findings suggest that the combination of yoga and heat should be considered as a potential treatment for individuals experiencing depression. Hot yoga instructor Cindy Thomas and writer and broadcaster Laura Barton talk about the survey.

Ruth Birch and Julia Curry are a couple from South Wales. They met as young women in the British army, but had to leave because of the pressure they were under to lie about their sexuality and conceal their relationship. You were not allowed to be gay or lesbian in the UK military until the year 2000. The stress led to them breaking up, but twenty years later they reunited, and now campaign on behalf of fellow LGBT veterans. Ruth and Ju feature on You Had Me at Hello, a podcast where ordinary people tell their love stories.

Presenter: Emma Barnett
Producer: Lisa Jenkinson
Studio Manager: Giles Aspen


TUE 11:00 Young Again (m001rqlt)
4. Naomi Klein

In Young Again Kirsty Young asks her guests what advice they would give to their younger selves. In this episode Naomi Klein shares the origins of her political activism. Having shot to fame aged 29 with the anti-globalisation bestseller No Logo, Naomi Klein has gone on to publish several books about politics, climate, capitalism and the disorienting impact of social media. Growing up in a political family, Naomi initially rejected her parents' activism, but, as she describes to Kirsty, a series of painful events instilled in her the importance of campaigning for social change. She talks to Kirsty about the battles she has won and lost.

Producer: Laura Northedge
Research by: Martha Owen
Content Editor: Richard Hooper
Editor: Alice Feinstein
Senior Technical Producer: Duncan Hannant
Presenter: Kirsty Young

A BBC Audio Production


TUE 11:30 Poet Laureate in the Arctic (m001rqm8)
Episode 3

Simon Armitage is spending a few days at the Natural Environmental Research Council Arctic Station in Ny Alesund in Svalbard, by some measures the world's most northerly community. He spends time with research scientists working in the field to look at what's going on in this part of the globe which is warming faster than the rest of the planet.

Travelling by boat, Simon joins the BIOPOLE team Alanna Grant, Nathan Callaghan and Alex O'Brien as they sample glacial meltwater entering the Kongsfjord. The National Environmental Research Council's BIOPOLE long-term project examines how nutrients in polar waters drive the global carbon cycle and primary productivity.

Geologist Professor Jane Francis - CEO of the British Antarctic Survey - and Simon's conversation ranges from sleeping in 24 hours of daylight to the joy of finding fossils of leaves in rocks at the top of mountains in Ny Alesund from a time millions of years ago when the Arctic was tropical, and to the changes in the landscape that Jane has seen since her first visit over 30 years ago.

As well as experiencing the Arctic for himself - whist keeping a watch out for polar bears - Simon is trying to capture the majesty and vulnerability of this region in new poems written in response to what he finds.

with:

BIOPOLE field scientists Alanna Grant, Dr Nathan Christian Callaghan and Alex O'Brien
Professor Christopher Evans
Jane Francis - CEO the British Antarctic Survey
Iain Rudkin, station leader, the Natural Environment Research Council Arctic station

Producer Susan Roberts


TUE 12:00 News Summary (m001rqnk)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.


TUE 12:04 You and Yours (m001rqn7)
Call You and Yours: Have you ever been put under the spell of someone trying to scam you?

In today's phone in we're asking: Have you ever been put under the spell of someone trying to scam you?

"The Spell" is what banks and financial institutions call the psychological manipulation a scam puts you under that makes you follow it through against your better judgement.

This week on You and Yours we're describing how this psychological manipulation works. How criminals convince people, even some of the cleverest people, to hand over their money.

Have you ever been put under the spell of someone trying to scam you? If you managed to break the spell before the scammer stole your money, what was it that made you realise it was a scam?

Our phone lines open at 11am. The number to ring is 03700 100 444

You can email us - youandyours@bbc.co.uk.

PRESENTER: WINIFRED ROBINSON
REPORTER: SHARI VAHL
PRODUCER: LYDIA THOMAS


TUE 12:57 Weather (m001rqnq)
The latest weather forecast


TUE 13:00 World at One (m001rqp5)
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.


TUE 13:45 The Cows Are Mad (m001rrj0)
2. Hypothesis

It’s the mid 1980s and farm vet Colin Whitaker has the ominous realisation that a new disease is emerging in Kent’s cow herds. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food knows about it - and is determined to keep a lid on this potentially devastating news. But by 1987 officials know they have to act.

Government epidemiologist John Wilesmith is given a secret mission to find out how to stop the spread of what’s become known as BSE. He dons his wellies and works out one of the few things anyone can say for certain about the cause of the epidemic.

Written, presented and produced by Lucy Proctor.


TUE 14:00 The Archers (m001rqpj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Monday]


TUE 14:15 Trust (m001rqpx)
Ep 3 - A Non-Negotiable Blade

Trust by Jonathan Hall.
Ep 3 - A Non-Negotiable Blade

The school's computer systems are down due to the cyber attack, and they are no further on as to who has done it. Meanwhile a student loner seems troubled by strange graffiti around the school.

YVETTE ............................ JULIE HESMONDHALGH
TIM ....................................ASHLEY MARGOLIS
SIR KEN ............................JONATHAN KEEBLE
CAROL................................SUSAN TWIST
BILLY ..................................JASON DONE
GLORIA ............................EMMA GREGORY
MANDY ............................RACHEL AUSTIN
BARAN .............................TAREQ AL-JEDDAL

Production Co-ordinator - Pippa Day
Tech Team - Sharon Hughes & Amy Brennan
Sound Design - Sharon Hughes
Producer/Director - Gary Brown

A BBC Audio Drama North Production.


TUE 15:00 Short Cuts (m001rqq3)
Series 36

The Soil

A remnant from the Cold War becomes an accidental haven for wildlife, a poet and a tree surgeon search for the roots of a metaphor, and a musician searches for an anchor to home. Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about the ground beneath your feet.

Always Moving
Cello performed by Joe Reynolds
Engineered by Yuri Shibuichi
Composed and produced by Tendertwin (Bilge Nur Yilmaz)

Memorial Landscape
Featuring Kai Frobel
Translator Jana Kosok
Produced by Tom Phillips

Poet / Tree
A conversation between Matthew Reid and Raymond Antrobus

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4


TUE 15:30 Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley (p0c24xsc)
3. Lizzie Borden

On a hot August day in 1892, a wealthy Massachusetts couple, Andrew and Abby Borden, were hacked to death during broad daylight in their home in the small industrial city of Fall River.

Lizzie Borden, Andrew’s daughter from his first marriage, was arrested for double homicide. The trial gripped the nation – especially Victorian women who pack the courtroom to watch proceedings, in what one reporter described as a sea of calico and lace – referring to the female interest that bridges social divides.

But what does a wealthy white woman accused of murder reveal about the growing immigrant population, swirling politics and dark underbelly of Fall River, New England and beyond? Was the trial as much a battle for what kind of America would dominate in an age of deep-seated tensions? Could a woman of such standing be allowed to be seen as culpable of such a crime? Why, despite an avalanche of circumstantial evidence pointing to Lizzie as the culprit, was she acquitted, only to be judged forever after as guilty by the court of public opinion and in the realms of American folklore?

In this latest episode of Lady Killers, Lucy Worsley meets with journalist Erin Moriarty, who reinvestigates the case from a modern legal standpoint. They examine the differences in how women in such a case were treated back then, compared with what happens today.

And lawyer and historian Cara Robertson - who has written a book on the case - tours Fall River, examining exhibits from the trial and visiting the Borden family house.

We see how this case helps us understand the life of wealthy Victorian women, how they are perceived and their role in American society.

Producer: Diane Hope
Readers: Colleen Prendergast and William Hope
Sound Design: Chris Maclean
A StoryHunter production for BBC Radio 4


TUE 16:00 Law in Action (m001rq6t)
Exporting prisoners, is Joint Enterprise racist, and Gaza-Israel

Following the events of the 7th October in which around 1400 people were killed in Israel and over 200 taken hostage, Israel has been striking back against Hamas in Gaza. What does international law say about self-defence and proportionate responses to attacks? Joshua Rozenberg asks expert Professor Guglielmo Verdirame KC of Kings College.

The government is proposing to rent prison space abroad, due to a risk of prison overcrowding here. There is precedent: Norway sent prisoners to a Dutch prison, for example. How did that work out in practice? What lessons were being learnt? Prisons expert Professor Alison Liebling of Cambridge University has studied and evaluated the Norwegian-Dutch case.

How safe are Joint Enterprise convictions for murder? As a result of legal action on behalf of JENGbA (Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association), the Crown Prosecution Service has started to gather, and publish, data about those charged with Joint Enterprise homicide or attempted homicide. The figures show that young black men are vastly overrepresented among those charged under the Joint Enterprise doctrine. The convictions are difficult to appeal, as the threshold is high. In 2016 the Supreme Court admitted the law had "taken a wrong turn" on Joint Enterprise for 30 years. What went wrong, and is it being put right? We hear from Professor Felicity Gerry KC, who led the defence in the 2016 Supreme Court case, and from someone who served a Joint Enterprise sentence for murder, even though he says he was not present at the killing and only found out about it afterwards.

Presenter: Joshua Rozenberg
Producer: Arlene Gregorius
Researcher: Diane Richardson
Editor: Clare Fordham
Sound engineers: Neil Churchill and Rod Farquhar
Production coordinator: Maria Ogundele


TUE 16:30 A Good Read (m001rq25)
Anneka Rice and Maureen Freely

TV presenter Anneka Rice and writer Maureen Freely share favourite books. Maureen has chosen Marilynne Robinson's award winning Gilead, Anneka enjoyed Tan Twan Eng's The Garden of Evening Mists, and Harriett is charmed by The Mystery of Henri Pick by David Foenkinos.

Producer for BBC Audio Bristol: Sally Heaven


TUE 17:00 PM (m001rqqb)
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines


TUE 18:00 Six O'Clock News (m001rqqr)
Israel says it has hit at least 400 targets in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours. Hamas health officials say 700 people have been killed in the attacks.


TUE 18:30 Best Medicine (m001rqr2)
Series 1

3. Breast Medicine

Joining Kiri are friend of the show historian Dr Lindsey Fitzharris who shares her own breast cancer recovery story with a detour via Victorian breast cancer surgery, comedian Jordan Gray champions boob jobs, Sarah Kerruish unveils the life-saving power of AI with MIA, an algorithm that can read 80,000 mammograms in a weekend, and Dr Samantha Terry puts forward a case for injectable radioactive therapies that can destroy cancer cells you can't even see.

Best Medicine is your weekly dose of laughter, hope and incredible medicine. Award-winning comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean is joined by funny and fascinating comedians, doctors, scientists and historians to celebrate medicine’s inspiring past, present and future.

Each week, Kiri challenges her guests to make a case for what they think is 'the best medicine', and each of them champions anything from world-changing science to an obscure invention, an every-day treatment, an uplifting worldview, an unsung hero or a futuristic cure.

Whether it’s micro-robotic surgery, virtual reality syringes, Victorian clockwork surgical saws, more than a few ingenious cures for cancer, world-first lifesaving heart operations, epidurals, therapy, dancing, faith or laughter - it’s always something worth celebrating.

This week, it's a themed show - all the medicines featured have something in common. For one week only it's...Breast Medicine.

Hosted by Kiri Pritchard-McLean

Featuring: Dr Lindsey Fitzharris, Jordan Gray, Sarah Kerruish and Dr Samantha Terry

Written by Charlie George, Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Ben Rowse

Producer: Ben Worsfield

Assistant Producer: Tashi Radha

Executive Producer: Simon Nicholls

Theme tune composed by Andrew Jones

A Large Time production for BBC Radio 4


TUE 19:00 The Archers (m001rq60)
Helen’s reluctant to talk but Lee perseveres. Helen admits she handled Sunday badly, and Lee suggests she owes him an apology. Helen counters that she actually owes him an explanation. Lee is floored when Helen tells him their relationship is over. A nerve is touched when Helen says that Rob can’t be blamed for the end of their relationship and Lee lashes out. He grasps at anything as an alternative to breaking up, but Helen remains sure there is nothing that will change her mind. Lee graciously says he will start to look for somewhere else to live. But he makes clear he doesn’t understand what’s happening and is yet to give up on their relationship.

Will’s noticed that Clarrie’s got the hump and Eddie explains that Oliver needs funds for Grey Gables and he hasn’t ruled out selling Grey Gables. Will wonders about having a word with Oliver but Eddie doesn’t want to trouble him. He’s really busy with Grey Gables plus it’s his birthday tomorrow. Will remarks his parents never tackle a problem but just hope it will go away.

An emotional Ian apologises to Adam for dropping his hand yesterday and all the other times he’s not wanted to hold it in public. He can’t shake the shame and awkwardness he’s felt since he was a teenager. They delve into Ian’s experience of growing up gay. Ian wants Xander to know his dads love one another both at home and in public. They resolve to work on it together.


TUE 19:15 Front Row (m001rqrb)
Patrick Stewart, Steven Isserlis, The art of skateboard design

Sir Patrick Stewart's memoir Making It So looks back over his long and eclectic acting career encompassing stage, film and television and video games. He has played roles in productions as varied as I, Claudius, Shakespeare and Star Trek: the Next Generation. Samira talks to him about his journey from a poor childhood in Yorkshire to Hollywood.

The history and culture of the skateboard is the subject of an exhibition at London's Design Museum. Associate curator Tory Turk and film-maker and skateboarder Winstan Whitter discuss its development from a makeshift practice device for Californian surfers in the 1950s to a high-tech worldwide sport.

The great cellist, and advocate for peace, Pablo Casals died 50 years ago this week. Steven Isserlis explains his importance in redefining the role of the cello in music. In the Front Row studio Steven demonstrates on his cello the influence of Casals on cellists to this day and performs Song of the Birds one of Casals's own compositions for the instrument.


TUE 20:00 File on 4 (m001rqrl)
The Anatomy of a Fraud

File on 4 highlights one fraud phone call, in order to shine a light on how scammers work. A man rings a company pretending to be from the bank. How does he persuade a victim he is legitimate? We consider the psychological, financial and emotional impact fraud has on those involved, and we hear from experts hunting the perpetrators.

Producer: Vicky Carter
Reporter: Iona Bain
Technical Producer: Kelly Young
Production Coordinators: Tim Fernley and Jordan King
Editor: Clare Fordham


TUE 20:40 In Touch (m001rqrt)
Living Through War

We hear from two blind women about their experiences of living through the current conflict in Palestine and Israel. Dalal Al-Taji lives in Khan Yunis in the south of the Gaza Strip and Heather Stone lives in the northern area of Tel Aviv in Israel. They speak frankly about how their lives have been affected and dealing with the uncertainty of being blind during a war.

During the 2014 conflict, Peter spoke to two blind women on either side; one of them was Dalal Al-Taji. To listen to that programme, visit: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b049yqzl

Presenter: Peter White
Producer: Beth Hemmings
Production Coordinator: Liz Poole
Website image description: Peter White sits smiling in the centre of the image, wearing a dark green jumper. Above Peter's head is the BBC logo (three individual white squares house each of the three letters). Bottom centre and overlaying the image are the words "In Touch" and the Radio 4 logo (the word Radio in a bold white font, with the number 4 inside a white circle). The background is a bright mid-blue with two rectangles angled diagonally to the right. Both are behind Peter, one of a darker blue and the other is a lighter blue.


TUE 21:00 Inside Health (m001rq6g)
How do cold and flu remedies help when we're ill?

As the nights draw in and the spluttering sounds of coughs and colds seem to be all around us, presenter James Gallagher is getting ahead this year and stocking up his medicine cabinet. He gets some help from Inside Health’s resident GP Margaret McCartney and virologist Lindsay Broadbent from the University of Surrey to take look at a few of the nation’s best-loved remedies and find out what they will actually do to help him when he, inevitably, gets ill.

Presenter: James Gallagher

Speakers:
Dr Margaret McCartney, GP and expert in evidence-based medicine
Dr Lindsay Broadbent, Lecturer in Virology at the University of Surrey
Reshma Malde, Superintendent Pharmacist, John Bell & Croyden

Producer: Tom Bonnett


TUE 21:30 The Long View (m001rqkm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


TUE 22:00 The World Tonight (m001rqs0)
UN Secretary General: Hamas attacks "didn't happen in vacuum"

Lifting the cap on UK bankers' bonuses - could bankers' pay fall?

Is next week's UK AI summit too US-focused?


TUE 22:45 The Midnight News by Jo Baker (m001rqs6)
Episode Seven

It's 1940 and 20 year-old Charlotte Richmond watches from her attic window as enemy planes fly over London. Still grieving her beloved brother, who never returned from France, she is trying to keep herself out of trouble - holding down a typist job at the Ministry of Information, sharing gin and confidences with her best friend Elena, and dodging her overbearing father.

On her way to work she often sees the boy who feeds the birds - a source of unexpected joy amid the rubble of the Blitz. But every day brings new scenes of devastation and, after yet another heart breaking loss, Charlotte has an uncanny sense of foreboding. Someone is stalking the darkness, targeting her friends. And now he's following her.

As grief and suspicion consume her, Charlotte's nerves become increasingly frayed. She no longer knows who to trust. She can't even trust herself.

The Midnight News is a love story, a war story, and an unforgettable journey into the fragile mind and fierce heart of an extraordinary young woman.

Episode Seven
Charlotte feels betrayed by her family and misunderstood by Tom, but finds help from an unexpected quarter.

Jo Baker is the author of bestselling Longbourn, the 'below the stairs' story of the Bennet household from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. She was born in Lancashire and educated at Oxford University and Queen's University Belfast and is also the author of The Body Lies; A Country Road, A Tree; The Undertow; The Telling; The Mermaid's Child; and Offcomer. She lives in Lancaster, England.

Writer: Jo Baker
Reader: Rachael Stirling
Abridger: Jeremy Osborne
Producers: Caroline Raphael & Jeremy Osborne

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.


TUE 23:00 Call Jonathan Pie (p0fsz1pc)
Episode 10: The Environment

Pie is running late with a child in tow. For various reasons, Pie has to juggle fatherly duties whilst hosting a late night phone-in show. The subject for the evening is The Environment. What starts as a rather light-hearted discussion soon descends into an angry an emotional plea for us to stop setting light to things that help us all to breathe. Pie’s sign off at the end of the show contravenes all sorts of broadcasting standards, but he doesn’t seem to care. Will Roger?

Jonathan Pie ..... Tom Walker

Jules ..... Lucy Pearman

Sam ..... Aqib Khan

Roger ..... Nick Revell

Sandra .... Liz White

Conrad ..... Dash

Voiceovers ..... Bob Sinfield and Rob Curling


Callers ... .Daniel Abelson, Cole Anderson-James, Adam Byron,


Writer ..... Tom Walker

Script Editor ..... Nick Revell

Producer ..... Alison Vernon-Smith

Production Coordinator ..... Ellie Dobing

Original music composed by Jason Read


Additional music Leighton James House

A Yada-Yada Audio Production


TUE 23:30 Today in Parliament (m001rqsg)
Highlights from Westminster with Susan Hulme, as the government announces a cut in the number of hotels used to house migrants.