The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
Robert Peston and Paul Mortimer Lee discuss government plans to guarantee loans to small businesses.
CC Peter Neyroud says the fact that police radios can now operate from underground stations will transform their work.
Rockets have allegedly been fired from Lebanon into Israel. Mike Sergeant reports.
A US entrepreneur is leasing 400,000 hectares from a warlord in Sudan. Mike Thomson reports.
Beverley Cuddy, editor of Dogs Today, and Lilly Shahravesh, owner of a 'canine couture' company, discuss dressing dogs.
Sanchia Berg speaks to Palestinians in Gaza. Major Jacob Dallal of the Israeli Defence Force discusses accusations that humanitarian targets have been hit.
Lord Mandelson discusses the government's plan to underwrite 20 billion pounds of loans to small businesses.
Chairman of Standard Chartered Bank Mervyn Davies is to be made a life peer and Trade Minister. Nick Robinson reports.
Rebecca Jones talks to writer Armando Iannucci about Skin Deep, a satirical operetta about cosmetic surgery.
Former KGB officer Alexander Lebedev discusses if differences between Russia and Ukraine can be resolved.
Mark Mardell reports on a controversial art installation on display at the European Council building.
Prof Hugh Pennington and author Mark Bostridge discuss whether Florence Nightingale really was a good nurse.
Alistair Crooke discusses the Israeli Prime Minister's comments that the conflict in Gaza may be ending.
Sir Howard Davies gauges reactions to a speech by Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke.
Gideon Rachman and Bill Emmott discuss the political implications of the economic climate.
Julian Rhind Tutt reads from music critic Alex Ross's history of 20th-century music. The Beatles and Stockhausen - and how he ended up on the cover of Sgt Pepper's.
Granta's first female editor Alex Clark on her first edition. Plus marriage in 18th century Britain, and the discovery of the first gender-linked gene for Alzheimer's.
Burt Caesar tells the story of the students who, for three decades from the 1960s, were sent from developing countries to study in the Soviet Union, in the hope that they might become sympathetic to state socialism. He finds out what it was like to for them live and study in the USSR at the height of the Cold War, the long-term impact of the political scholarships and where the former students are now.
Spoof reminiscences of a former variety star. Count Arthur Strong is an expert in everything from the world of entertainment to the origins of the species, all false starts and nervous fumbling, poorly concealed by a delicate sheen of bravado and self-assurance.
A timely visit from the vicar interrupts Arthur's artistic flow as he pens a new novel, and reminds him that he needs to organise entertainment for a fundraiser that night.
The choice of headliner is obvious, but who will he get to support? Surely some auditions in the Shoulder of Mutton will tempt some local talent out of the woodwork.
Water companies have called on the government for a change in the law that would allow them to restrict the flow of water to homes of persistent bill evaders.
A consumer trial of domestic wind turbines found that they fell below manufacturers' expectations. We hear from Encraft, a consultancy that advises on environmentally friendly technologies and policy, on whether wind turbines are really any good at powering your home. The wind energy industry believes the research is flawed.
A report claims that 40 councils are planning 7000 redundancies across the UK. We hear from Sir Jeremy Beecham, vice chair of the Local Government Association, and from the BBC's Local Government Correspondent on how the public is likely to be affected.
Last year You and Yours reported on a sort of 'Dragon's Den' for social care at the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce, where five finalists pitched their ideas to an expert panel with funding to give. Melanie Abbott goes back to see what happened next.
We examine the predictions made by the retail research company Verdict about the future of high street retailing and hear from the director general of the British Retail Consortium.
The pest control group Rentokil reports that calls to tackle moths were up by a quarter across the UK last year. Aggie MacKenzie from How Clean Is Your House and Julia Dee from Total Wardrobe Care offer their advice on how to protect your home from moth damage.
Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the fast-changing media world.
The Great Kalanag, Adolf Hitler's favourite conjuror, is touring America during the 1950s when he is confronted by his dubious past in Nazi Germany. Has he used the skills of a magician, in particular the techniques of misdirection, to create an illusion of his entire career?
Kalanag ...... Geoffrey Durham.
Vincent Duggleby and guests answer calls on insurance. He is joined by Hayley Parsons from Gocompare.com, Malcolm Tarling of the Association of British Insurers and Peter Staddon of the British Insurance Brokers' Association.
Stories by short fiction writer Francis Wyndham, recalling England in the 1940s.
Agatha is drawn to her young cousin Phillip when he comes to stay, but should she really be snooping in his bedroom? Read by Emily Woof.
Exiles from the Iranian revolution talk to British-Iranian writer David Mattin about leaving their homeland and family behind to make a new life in Britain.
David meets middle-class Iranians for whom a new life in the UK often meant limited job prospects, financial insecurity, and a sudden loss of social status. One, a successful builder, left his wife and daughter in Tehran and ended up in Manchester. Lonely and with little English, he had to work nights, selling pizza and kebabs.
Different cultures have different beliefs, so what gives us the right to judge the behaviour of other people in a world where moralities often conflict? Is there a universal human standard of right and wrong, or does culture explain and excuse behaviour that other peoples might find abhorrent? How should the anthropologist understand cannibalism? Can a cultural context excuse female genital mutilation?
Laurie Taylor is joined by Professor Steven Lukes, author of a book on moral relativism, Henrietta Moore, Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge and Professor Conor Gearty, Professor of Human Rights Law at the London School of Economics, to discuss relationship of culture and morality in the debate on a universal notion of human rights.
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. Plus Weather.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by Weather.
Comedy series in which comedian Will Smith seeks help and advice - primarily from his godfather Peter - on coping with the onset of middle age.
To help Will become less cautious, Peter asks rock singer Alex to advise him. Will surprises Alex by revealing that he was once in a band himself.
Will ...... Will Smith
Peter ...... Roger Allam
Alex ...... Dan Tetsell
Dan ...... Roger Drew
Stripper ...... Manjeet Mann
Stag ...... Paul Rider.
Ruth and David find the time at last to go out for their anniversary meal. They both enjoy it and look forward to the coming years on the farm together.
Jazzer is despondent because he's getting nowhere with the lovely Hannah. He cries on Kenton's shoulder, and Kenton encourages him to keep trying. Jazzer decides he will.
Ryan is thrilled to have been successful with his job application, and he thanks Alistair for the reference he gave. It made all the difference. Alistair is pleased and feels vindicated, after his dilemma about whether to write it or not.
After the Gamblers Anonymous meeting, they bump into Kenton in the street. Alistair introduces him to Ryan, and Kenton has a feeling he's met Ryan somewhere before. Ryan doesn't remember him though. When Ryan's gone, Kenton asks if he's the young man Alistair has been helping. Alistair admits that it is - but things are going well. He lets slip that he wrote the reference, and Kenton is taken aback. What does Alistair actually know about Ryan? Alistair says he knows as much as he needs to. Why can't Kenton just trust his judgement?
Writer Martin Amis speaks to Mark about an exhibition of photographs from the private collection of his former fiancee Angela Gorgas.
A new encyclopaedia of British crime writing is published next month. Mark is joined by its editor, Barry Forshaw, and crime writer Martyn Waites takes a look at his own entry.
Nick Hytner, artistic director of the National Theatre in London, has revealed his plans for the theatre for 2009. In a time where cash is scarce and sponsorship drying up, where does that leave this institution?
Director Jonathan Demme talks about returning to fiction for his new film Rachel Getting Married, starring Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie De Witt and Debra Winger.
Dramatised by Elizabeth Kuti from by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele's 18th century 'Spectator' essays.
With financial crisis in the air and his business in peril, Gilbert decides to head for the coffee-house and consult Mr Spectator.
Mr Spectator ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Gilbert ...... Richard Lumsden
Kitty ...... Amy Marston
Jonathan ...... Sam Troughton
Coffee boy ...... Samuel Barnett
Leticia ...... Sarah Kants
Freddie ...... Richard Dormer
Stockjobbers ...... Miche Doherty, Mark Lambert
Max Mosley's successful court action against News of the World for invading his privacy has sent shockwaves through the newspaper world, which fears that this and earlier judgements will inhibit investigative journalism. How can the courts balance the conflicting rights of privacy and freedom of speech?
Hedge fund manager Hugh Hendry argues that in the present economic crisis it is the Austrian economist Joseph Schumpeter and not his British rival John Maynard Keynes that we should be heeding. Famous for the term 'creative destruction', the larger-than-life duel fighting, womanising Schumpeter believed that innovators rather than government were essential to economic recovery.
Claudia Hammond tells the story of mental health care in the UK from the 1950s to the present day and explores, with the help of listeners' testimonies, how treatment and understanding of mental illness has changed over the past 50 years.
The 1960s saw anti-psychiatrists including RD Laing question the notion of insanity, believing madness to be a special state. Claudia visits one of only two remaining NHS residential therapeutic communities, the Cassel Service in Richmond, Surrey, and goes to Bradford to meet the members of Sharing Voices, a community development approach to mental health services.
Michael Maloney reads from the novel by Andrew Miller set in Tokyo during World War II.
For Alissa Feneon and Yuji, a visit to the theatre is just the start of the evening.
The ups and downs of life on a fictional housing estate, told from the perspective of characters played by the comedian Phil Cornwell.
Veteran musician Mike Duggan makes ends meet by giving guitar lessons in a local school. But then a record company boss offers the him chance of a recording contract.
Series of comedy sketches by Emily Watson Howes set in a ladies' public toilet, featuring various female characters as they come and go.
Audrey has personal toilet problems of her own as a neurotic Egyptologist tries to come to terms with her heavy workload.
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Robert Orchard.
THURSDAY 15 JANUARY 2009
THU 00:00 Midnight News (b00gj81z)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
THU 00:30 Book of the Week (b00h3m97)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:45 on Wednesday]
THU 00:48 Shipping Forecast (b00gj867)
The latest shipping forecast.
THU 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (b00gj87w)
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
THU 05:20 Shipping Forecast (b00gj89y)
The latest shipping forecast.
THU 05:30 News Briefing (b00gj8nx)
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
THU 05:43 Prayer for the Day (b00gj8s8)
Daily prayer and reflection with Denis Rice.
THU 05:45 Farming Today (b00gj8v0)
News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
THU 06:00 Today (b00gj92z)
Presented by John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
Chief exec of HMV Simon Fox says the company had their 'biggest ever Christmas' despite the recession.
Chief economist at ECU Group Neil Mackinnon discusses the difficulty in setting interest rates for 16 countries.
Israeli spokesman Mark Regev says Hamas is being blamed for orchestrating the Gaza crisis.
Shadow Transport Secretary Theresa Villiers and Baroness Valentine, of business group London First, discuss if the third runway at Heathrow should go ahead.
Dale Vince, founder of wind farm operator Ecotricity, says UFOs have not been ruled out of an inquiry into a damaged wind turbine.
Health minister Lord Darzi says there should be 19 checks on a patient before a surgical incision is made.
Thought for the day with the Rev Angela Tilby.
Former policy holder Anne Berry and pensions advisor Ros Altmann discuss government plans to compensate savers who lost money in Equitable Life.
Richard Lambert of the CBI and economist Ben Broadbent discuss how to stop unemployment rising.
Baroness Vadera has been criticised as 'living in a parallel universe' after she claimed to be seeing a few 'green shoots' of recovery in the economy. Nick Robinson looks at her career.
Rebecca Jones and Mark Kermode discuss the nominations for the BAFTA Film Awards.
Author Deborah Moggach discusses the difficulties she faced in caring for her mother during her dementia.
Peter Sutherland, former chief of the WTO, discusses a campaign for the euro to be adopted.
Mike Thomson discusses developments in Eastern Congo.
Journalist Matthew Parris discusses memorable gaffes made by politicians.
Beijing correspondent James Reynolds and author Mark Leonard discuss China's ability to survive as economic growth slows.
THU 09:00 In Our Time (b00glr78)
Thoreau and the American Idyll
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 19th century American writer and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau. Anti-slavery activist and passionate environmentalist, Thoreau was above all a champion of self-reliance and individualism. He was also a champion of the simple life, a lover of nature and an enemy of the modern who lived alone in a log cabin in the woods away from society. In his seminal work, Walden, published in 1854, he wrote: “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life.” Thoreau has become emblematic of one version of American values and his work has been an inspiration to politicians and writers alike, from Martin Luther King to Gandhi, Yeats and Tolstoy. Yet in many ways Thoreau remains a mystery, a man of contradictions who advocated self-sufficiency but was happy to let his mother do his washing and cook his meals.With Kathleen Burk, Professor of American History at University College London; Tim Morris, Lecturer in American Literature at the University of Dundee; Stephen Fender, Honorary Professor in English Literature at University College London.
THU 09:45 Book of the Week (b00h3m99)
The Rest is Noise - Listening to the 20th Century
Episode 4
Julian Rhind Tutt reads from music critic Alex Ross's history of 20th-century music. The psychological realism of Peter Grimes and Britten's relationship with Peter Pears.
THU 10:00 Woman's Hour (b00gp372)
Edna O'Brien on Byron; Women in Obama's government
Author Edna O'Brien on Lord Byron. Plus the women in the Obama administration, and inventor Emily Cummins on why more women don't go into technical professions.
THU 11:00 From Our Own Correspondent (b00glr7b)
BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie.
THU 11:30 Triple Espresso, Marinetti and the Futurists (b00gm2y6)
Art critic Richard Cork tells the story of the Futurist movement and its founder, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. Featuring recordings of Marinetti himself and the music of composer and fellow Futurist Luigi Russolo.
THU 12:00 You and Yours (b00gkp2q)
Presented by Winifred Robinson.
If the government gives the go-ahead to Heathrow airport's expansion, the village of Sipson will be demolished. We hear from local people about the impact this would have on their lives.
Southern Cross Healthcare is ordered to pay 80,000 pounds after an 82-year-old woman fell from a first floor window at one of its homes.
Reporting from the last day for bids for outfits owned by the failed Yorkshire stage supplier Homburgs, with each one up for grabs to members of the public.
Gazprom has a sixth of the world's gas reserves. Who is behind it and what are its intentions?
Police in West Lothian branded a pilot project banning weekend off licence sales to the under-21s a success. Now the Scottish government would like to extend the ban to all Scottish off licences at all times.
Plans for a third runway at London's Heathrow airport include a high speed rail line linking Heathrow with London and Birmingham. But would having a new high speed rail service mean that more passengers will choose rail travel over air?
THU 12:57 Weather (b00gkpgz)
The latest weather forecast.
THU 13:00 World at One (b00gkplg)
National and international news with Martha Kearney.
THU 13:30 Costing the Earth (b00gl57w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
21:00 on Monday]
THU 14:00 The Archers (b00gkqfg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:00 on Wednesday]
THU 14:15 Drama (b00gm2y8)
Torch No. 1
By David Pownall.
Monologue exploring the mind and motives of the young Czech student, Jan Palach, who set fire to himself in the centre of Prague 40 years ago.
Jan Palach ...... Karl Davies
Directed by Martin Jenkins.
THU 15:02 Open Country (b00gh896)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:07 on Saturday]
THU 15:27 Radio 4 Appeal (b00ghq1s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:55 on Sunday]
THU 15:30 Afternoon Reading (b00gnfl3)
The Other Garden and Collected Stories by Francis Wyndham
Matchlight
Francis Wyndam's three stories of desire and yearning during the dark days of the second world war are matchless in tone and nuance. They centre on the young and old, on those upstairs and downstairs, on those in town and country...
3. Matchlight
After a dull night at the cinema, she is mysteriously
approached by someone on the way home...
Reader Amanda Root.
Producer Duncan Minshull.
THU 15:45 The Flight from Tehran: British-Iranians 30 Years On (b00gkrty)
Sister, Guard Your Veil
Exiles from the Iranian revolution talk to British-Iranian writer David Mattin about leaving their homeland and family behind to make a new life in Britain.
David hears how women's lives changed dramatically under the Ayatollah's regime and why, with modifications to family law and enforced adoption of the hijab in public, some women felt they had to leave. That included a bookish young girl who had been educated abroad and found herself on trial when she applied for a job at the university.
THU 16:00 Open Book (b00ghrlb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
16:00 on Sunday]
THU 16:30 Material World (b00gm2yb)
Medical Micro Machines - The Superorganism
Medical Micro Machines
In the 1966 film Fantastic Voyage, a motley crew of medics and glamorous assistants jumped aboard the submarine Proteus before being miniaturised and sent off into the body of Jan Benes.
Their mission was to remove a potentially fatal blood clot from his brain, and the idea of treating people with mini machines has been in our collective psyche ever since. Despite being unable to shrink either people or submarines, researchers are successfully combining biology with mechanics and electronics.
Professor Tony Turner from Cranfield University joins Quentin Cooper to discuss the world of biosensors – where special molecules read the make up of our bodily fluids and pass the information to electronic devices. But to keep all these devices running, we need more power.
So project leader Martin McHugh and researchers from Southampton University have developed a battery that’s powered by the heart. Both guests discuss this new frontier in medicine – including where it’s going, safety issues, and the public response to fusing man and machine.
The Superorganism
Ants are remarkable examples of miniaturisation. In computer terms, they pack a surprising processing power into a small space. But as animals go, they are still quite simple, relying on instinctive, repetitive behaviours.
But an ant colony is very different and can display complex behaviour and what looks like planning and even creativity far beyond the knowledge and capacity of any individual ant. According to biologists E.O.Wilson and Bert Hölldobler, writing in a new book, an ant colony is an example of a ‘superorganism’.
Altruistic cooperation, complex communication and division of labour all contribute to the biological organisation that transforms a colony of individuals into a superorganism. Research into the superorganism provides a deep look into a part of the living world hitherto glimpsed by only a few. Ants, termites, bees all make the transformation to superorganism.Could human society be going the same way?
Quentin is joined by Bert Hölldobler from Arizona State University and Charlotte Sleigh from the University of Kent, author of ‘Ant’ and ‘Six Legs Better’ and an expert on the history of the study of these fascinating creatures.
THU 17:00 PM (b00gkvsz)
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. Plus Weather.
THU 18:00 Six O'Clock News (b00gkvv2)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by Weather.
THU 18:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b00dv2p1)
Series 5
The CV of Dorian Gray
Comedy series by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds.
Ed Reardon, author, pipe smoker, consummate fare-dodger and master of the abusive email, attempts to survive in a world where the media seems to be run by idiots and lying charlatans.
It's time for Ed to drag out the old jeans, buy a mobile phone and cut ten years off the CV as the new Head of New Media Development is a genuine 12 year old.
Ed Reardon ...... Christopher Douglas
Olive ...... Stephanie Cole
Felix ...... John Fortune
George ...... Simon Greenall
Copper ...... Martin Hyder
Jaz ...... Philip Jackson
Pearl ...... Rita May
Ping ...... Barunka O'Shaughnessy
Market Researcher ...... Nicola Sanderson
Marcus ...... Richard Smith
Stan ...... Geoffrey Whitehead.
THU 19:00 The Archers (b00gkqfj)
Brian meets up with the supermarket buyer who has approached him about Tom's sausages. In a robust discussion, Gareth insists on a low selling price, telling Brian that the increased sales will mean that their profits remain secure despite the small margin.
Brian goes back to Home Farm still keen to take up the offer, but Jennifer is extremely worried that he is doing all this behind Tom's back. Brian's going to do a bit more research, but he's sure they can still make a decent profit. Jennifer says it's not her he's got to convince, it's Tom.
Alan and Usha finally let Blossom Hill Cottage to a couple about to marry. Usha goes out for a run and Alan arranges to meet her half way.
Shula has a lot of thinking to do, and goes out for a long ride. She is worried about the stables, and has realised that she is going to have to cut hours for some of the staff. She's not helped when she meets up with Alan and Usha. Usha is polite and civil, but it's still uncomfortable. Later, Alistair tries to console her.
Episode written by Simon Frith.
THU 19:15 Front Row (b00gkvwp)
Presented by Mark Lawson.
Authors Tim Lott and Lisa Gee review the revival of the Lionel Bart musical Oliver! starring Rowan Atkinson.
British actor Toby Jones discusses his Hollywood work, his role in an ambitious revival of Tom Stoppard's Every Good Boy Deserves Favour at the National Theatre, and playing the lead in the BBC Radio 4 production of John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany.
Will Smith's latest film, Seven Pounds, sees him playing a US tax agent with a dark secret. Jenny McCartney gives her verdict.
Barack Obama will become the 44th President of the United States but only the third President to commission a poet to recite a piece of work during the inauguration ceremony. Former US Poet Laureate Billy Collins discusses the pressure of writing a poem for such an occasion and how the previous inaugural poems have measured up.
THU 19:45 15 Minute Drama (b00gp374)
Dear Mr Spectator
Episode 4
Dramatised by Elizabeth Kuti from by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele's 18th century 'Spectator' essays.
Encouraged by Mr Spectator and Kitty, Gilbert buys some new-fangled Perspective Glasses, only to discover that they give him a rather shocking viewpoint of his nearest and dearest.
Mr Spectator ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Gilbert ...... Richard Lumsden
Kitty ...... Amy Marston
Jonathan ...... Sam Troughton
Coffee boy ...... Samuel Barnett
Spectacle inventor ...... Chris McHallem
Signior Niccolini ...... Mike Doherty
Lion ...... Richard Dormer
Directed by Heather Larmour.
THU 20:00 Investigation (b00gm35g)
Series 6
Episode 1
Simon Cox investigates the UN's principal human rights body, the Human Rights Council. He examines accusations that it is weak and subject to political manipulation and asks if it is achieving its aim of protecting people from violence and persecution.
THU 20:30 In Business (b00gm3bh)
Cracked China
Peter Day reports from China's heartland manufacturing cities on the global strains in the world's most vibrant economy, as hundreds of factories close and workers are laid off.
THU 21:00 The Line Between Life and Death (b00gm510)
Episode 2
Jonathan Miller explores the complex questions that arise from trying to define death.
He explores some of the difficult questions about exactly when the transition from life to death occurs. Are we dead when our hearts stops or when our brain has died, and what does brain death mean? Jonathan considers how medical technology has changed the process of dying and how controversies around defining death based on the heart or the brain have had an impact on organ donation and transplantion.
THU 21:30 In Our Time (b00glr78)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 21:58 Weather (b00gkw3n)
The latest weather forecast.
THU 22:00 The World Tonight (b00gkw4t)
National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. Including reports on Gordon Brown's diplomatic intervention into the Central European gas supply row, Israeli forces' attacks on the UN and the Africans who love President Bush.
THU 22:45 Book at Bedtime (b00gr4cm)
One Morning Like A Bird
Episode 4
Michael Maloney reads from the novel by Andrew Miller set in Tokyo during World War II.
Yuji meets the mysterious novelist Ishihara, as the wars in Europe and China move ever closer to home.
THU 23:00 Recorded for Training Purposes (b00gm512)
Series 3
Episode 2
Sketch show about modern communication and contemporary obsessions. With Ben Willbond and Rachel Atkins.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2009.
THU 23:30 Today in Parliament (b00gkxn1)
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Robert Orchard.
FRIDAY 16 JANUARY 2009
FRI 00:00 Midnight News (b00gj834)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
FRI 00:30 Book of the Week (b00h3m99)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:45 on Thursday]
FRI 00:48 Shipping Forecast (b00gj869)
The latest shipping forecast.
FRI 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (b00gj87y)
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
FRI 05:20 Shipping Forecast (b00gj8b0)
The latest shipping forecast.
FRI 05:30 News Briefing (b00gj8nz)
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
FRI 05:43 Prayer for the Day (b00gj8sb)
Daily prayer and reflection with Denis Rice.
FRI 05:45 Farming Today (b00gj8v2)
News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
FRI 06:00 Today (b00gj931)
Presented by John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
Housing minister Margaret Beckett discusses a government scheme aimed at helping homeowners facing repossession.
David Gleave, of Aviation Safety Investigations, says how he thinks the airliner crash in New York, in which all on board survived, was caused.
Vice-President of the EC Guenter Verheugen wants member states to work on a rescue plan for industry.
Karen Allen investigates calls from East Africa for Barack Obama to break with current US policy.
Robert Peston talks to Roger Carr, Chairman of Cadbury's, about the rewards given to company executives despite falls in performance.
Sarah Mukherjee discovers if catchers are making money out of molehills.
Thought for the day with writer Rhidian Brook.
June Kelly reports on the UK residents claiming compensation from Libya after suffering from IRA terrorism.
Rex Baintain says a lack of consumers is harming his business. Buyout expert Jon Moulton discusses whether the government should subsidise the manufacturing industry.
Robert Peston discusses the takeover of Merrill Lynch by the Bank of America.
Nicola Stanbridge considers the legacy of the London Astoria.
Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Greg Clarke discusses the billion pounds the Tories would invest in improving power distribution.
Michael Portillo and Antony Beevor discuss revisiting a nation's history.
Israeli spokesman Mark Regev says that 'Hamas is going to have a real problem with public opinion'. Palestinian PM Dr Salam Fayyad says that talks for a ceasefire must happen without rocket fire taking place.
Maurice Frankel, director of the Campaign for the Freedom on Information, discusses how much information MPs should disclose about spending.
FRI 09:00 Desert Island Discs (b00ghq25)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Sunday]
FRI 09:45 Book of the Week (b00h3m9c)
The Rest is Noise - Listening to the 20th Century
Episode 5
Julian Rhind Tutt reads from music critic Alex Ross's history of 20th-century music. John Cage, John Adams and the birth of political opera with Nixon in China.
FRI 10:00 Woman's Hour (b00gp3bp)
Children of drug abusers; Race jockey Hayley Turner
How much is being done to help the children and families of drug addicts? Plus growing up in the 1950s, and race jockey and sports personality of the year Hayley Turner.
FRI 11:00 Time and Tide: The Severn Barrage (b00gm5zv)
Miriam O'Reilly explores the viability of the Severn barrage project, potentially the biggest, most expensive and most controversial source of sustainable energy in the UK.
It could supply five per cent of our energy needs, but building it has a ten million-ton carbon footprint and a price tag of 15 billion pounds. It could supply clean, renewable energy for the next 100 years, but its construction would wipe out fragile and unique wildlife habitats and unpick European conservation legislation.
Miriam speaks to politicians, environmentalists and engineers to gauge the current mood and the future prospects of the project.
FRI 11:30 The Castle (b00gm5zx)
Series 2
Is This a Turnip That I See Before Me?
Hie ye to "The Castle", a rollicking sitcom set way back then, starring James Fleet ("The Vicar Of Dibley", "Four Weddings & A Funeral") and Neil Dudgeon ("Life Of Riley")
As the old showbiz saying goes, never work with children, animals or a high-speed turnip and a mead spittoon
Cast:
Sir John Woodstock ..... James Fleet
Sir William De Warenne ..... Neil Dudgeon
Lady Anne Woodstock ..... Montserrat Lombard
Cardinal Duncan ...... Jonathan Kydd
Lady Charlotte ..... Ingrid Oliver
Master Henry Woodstock ..... Steven Kynman
Merlin ..... Lewis Macleod
Written by Kim Fuller with additional material by Paul Alexander
Music by Guy Jackson
Produced and directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 12:00 You and Yours (b00gkp2s)
Presented by Peter White.
Top Gear magazine's Paul Regan reports on the North American International Car Show in Detroit. Are greener models now taking centre stage? Also joining the programme is Professor Karel Williams from Manchester Business School, who specialises in analysing the motor industry.
Should we be booking summer holidays now, or waiting to see how the holiday market, as well as our personal financial situations, develop? Tim Williamson, customer director for Thomsons and First Choice, and Chris Haslam, a Sunday Times travel writer, give their views.
Everton Football Club is hoping to move from its home at Goodison Park to Kirkby, just outside Liverpool. We hear the arguments for and against the relocation.
Jane MacQuitty, wine correspondent for The Times, talks through budget wines for the credit crunch and what we can expect from the industry in 2009.
How can first class travel survive the recession? A look at the ways transport providers are trying out new ways of getting their passengers to upgrade.
Regulations for new charities. Looking at a fundraiser in Manchester.
FRI 12:57 Weather (b00gkph1)
The latest weather forecast.
FRI 13:00 World at One (b00gkplj)
National and international news with Brian Hanrahan.
FRI 13:30 More or Less (b00gm5zz)
Politics Special
Politics Special
Tim Harford is joined by Vince Cable MP, Charles Clarke MP and the Spectator's political editor Fraser Nelson to discuss the use and abuse of numbers in politics.
Their political qualifications speak for themselves, of course, but what about their knowledge of numbers?
Vince Cable MP, the Chief Treasury Spokesman for the Liberal Democrats, used to teach economics at Glasgow University and later went on to become the Chief Economist at Shell.
Maths runs in the family for former Secretary of State for education and Home Secretary Charles Clarke MP, whose father was a mathematician and grandfather a maths teacher.
Lastly, self-confessed maths geek and political editor of Spectator magazine Fraser Nelson loves picking apart Gordon Brown's figures and had his biggest journalistic scoop in exposing the true figure of life expectancy of Glasgow.
But how does an interest in numbers affect their work and how do they view their use in politics and policy?
To find out, Tim Harford discusses New Labour's rallying cry of "What works", and asks what role research and evidence should have in Government policy making.
FRI 14:00 The Archers (b00gkqfj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:00 on Thursday]
FRI 14:15 Drama (b00gm601)
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Ferrers Documents
Series of four new tales of mystery and murder by Bert Coules, inspired by the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
What is the link between a slum landlord, a missing witness and a break-in at 221B Baker Street? In a case with no leads, the most important clue is that there are no clues at all.
Sherlock Holmes ...... Clive Merrison
Dr John Watson ...... Andrew Sachs
Lestrade ...... Stephen Thorne
Dawkins ...... Thomas Arnold
Ferrers ...... Jonathan Tafler
Alice ...... Donnla Hughes
George ...... Gunnar Cauthery
Mrs Radcliffe ...... Janice Acquah
Johnson ...... Dan Starkey
Directed by Patrick Rayner.
FRI 15:00 Gardeners' Question Time (b00gm603)
Peter Gibbs chairs the popular horticultural forum.
Pippa Greenwood, Bob Flowerdew and Matthew Biggs answer the questions posed by gardeners in Hertfordshire.
Including the Gardeners' Question Time gardening weather forecast.
FRI 15:45 The Flight from Tehran: British-Iranians 30 Years On (b00gkrv0)
Children of the Revolution
Exiles from the Iranian revolution talk to British-Iranian writer David Mattin about leaving their homeland and family behind to make a new life in Britain.
David discovers how a generation that has grown up both British and Iranian has coped with its dual identity. Including an interview with the son of a political satirist who was unable to return to Iran. He recalls a time when Scotland Yard warned his father that he was a target for assassination and regrets the rifts that the revolution caused among the Iranian community in Britain.
FRI 16:00 Last Word (b00gm62f)
Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series, analysing and celebrating the life stories of people who have recently died. The programme reflects on people of distinction and interest from many walks of life, some famous and some less well known.
FRI 16:30 The Film Programme (b00gm62h)
Mickey Rourke, the star of Angel Heart and 9 And A Half Weeks discusses his come-back that was crowned with a Golden Globe award this year.
The director and writer of Milk, Gus Van Sant and Dustin Lance Black, reveal what awards will mean to their bio-pic of the first openly gay man to be elected into public office in the United States.
Duane Hopkins, the debut director of the acclaimed drama Better Things discusses the reasons why he works with non-professional actors.
Arnaud Desplechin, one of France's leading directors discusses the concept of high culture, philosophy and The Bourne Ultimatum.
FRI 17:00 PM (b00gkvt1)
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. Plus Weather.
FRI 18:00 Six O'Clock News (b00gkvv4)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by Weather.
FRI 18:30 The News Quiz (b00gm62k)
Series 67
Episode 2
Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz, with panellists Francis Wheen, Sue Perkins, Carrie Quinlan and Jeremy Hardy.
FRI 19:00 The Archers (b00gkqfl)
Encouraged by Kenton, Jazzer tries once more with Hannah. He can offer her a night of passion like she's never had before. Amused, Hannah turns him down, using her mother's advice to soften the blow. She was brought up never to mix business with pleasure, she says. Jazzer has to be content with being friends.
Mike shows Jennifer proudly round the extension to Willow Farm, which is now his very own Willow Cottage. It's been cleverly done and she's impressed.
Brian sounds out Hannah to see if she'd be interested in doing a bit of work at odd times round her college course. He also checks with Neil about the availability of good quality pig meat in the local area. Neil thinks he could come up with names for some suppliers. Jennifer is getting more and more worried. Brian is doing all this without telling Tom - she's sure he's just putting it off. But Brian says he's just getting as many facts as he can. When Tom sees what a great opportunity this is, he'll come round.
Episode written by Simon Frith.
FRI 19:15 Front Row (b00gkvwr)
Presented by Kirsty Lang.
Author Hisham Matar , who spent several years of his childhood in Egypt, takes a look at a new Egyptian gallery at the British Museum.
Joanne Stefani Germanotta, otherwise known as Lady GaGa, talks to Kirsty about her journey to the top. She is currently supporting the Pussycat Dolls on their world tour.
Crime writer Mark Billingham reviews Stockwell, ITV's new docudrama that recreates the tragic chain of events leading up to the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes on the London Underground in July 2005.
Spring Awakening is the musical adaptation of Frank Wedekind's controversial play from 1891 which has taken Broadway by storm, winning eight Tony Awards. Kirsty meets writer Stephen Sater and director Michael Mayer to discuss how they have successfully brought a 19th Century work to 21st Century audiences.
Dramatist, novelist and barrister Sir John Mortimer has died at the age of 85. Mark Lawson talks to the creator of Rumpole of the Bailey in an excerpt from an interview recorded in 2005.
FRI 19:45 15 Minute Drama (b00gp3br)
Dear Mr Spectator
Episode 5
Dramatised by Elizabeth Kuti from by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele's 18th-century 'Spectator' essays.
As his fortieth birthday arrives, Gilbert's world seems to be in pieces, but perhaps things are not all that they appear.
Mr Spectator ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Gilbert ...... Richard Lumsden
Kitty ...... Amy Marston
Jonathan ...... Sam Troughton
Coffee boy ...... Samuel Barnett
Gravedigger ...... Chris McHallem
Isabel ...... Emma Bolger
Jacob ...... Daniel Walsh
Aggie ...... Laura Conway
Directed by Heather Larmour.
FRI 20:00 Any Questions? (b00gm683)
On the eve of a new American presidency, Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from The George Washington University in Washington, DC. The panel includes journalist Christopher Hitchens, Republican Renee Amoore, political analyst Thomas E Mann and former chief of staff to Colin Powell, Colonel Larry Wilkerson.
FRI 20:50 A Point of View (b00gm685)
A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Harold Evans.
FRI 21:00 Friday Drama (b00g45y4)
The Forgotten
Bee has been suffering alarming lapses of memory, losing time and numbers, and is forced to return home to live with her mother May and niece Thea. Desperate to understand Bee and what is happening to her May and Thea begin reading Bee's private notebooks, while Bee becomes increasingly frustrated with her inability to function in the world. There is something important she has forgotten.
And then one day, in the park, she meets a rather odd creature, known only as The Forgotten. A mysterious being, he declares to Bee that he is all the things she has forgotten, the memories and experiences she tries to piece together in understanding what is happening to her.
Taking her on a journey through her disparate memories we travel into Bee's increasingly isolated and solitary world, to explore where the mind might go when enslaved by a dementia that will not let it function meaningfully with the world, and to discover what secret it is that Bee has 'forgotten'.
Writer
Anne Devlin is an award-winning dramatist and screen writer. Her film and TV credits include 'Vigo', 'Titanic Town', 'The Venus de Milo Instead' 'Naming the Names' and dramatisations of 'Wuthering Heights' and 'The Rainbow', while her stage plays include 'After Easter', 'Heartlanders' and 'Ourselves Alone'. Anne adapted some of her screenplays for radio 'After Easter' (1997), 'Naming The Names' (1986) and 'The Long March' (1986).
All other parts were performed by members of the cast.
'The Forgotten' was written by Anne Devlin and directed in Belfast by Heather Larmour.
FRI 21:58 Weather (b00gkw3q)
The latest weather forecast.
FRI 22:00 The World Tonight (b00gkw4w)
National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah.
FRI 22:45 Book at Bedtime (b00gr4cp)
One Morning Like A Bird
Episode 5
Michael Maloney reads from the novel by Andrew Miller set in Tokyo during World War II.
Yuji's friend Junzo has enlisted in the war, but while one young man prepares to fight in China, another is soon to return from the front.
FRI 23:00 Great Lives (b00glbyv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
16:30 on Tuesday]
FRI 23:30 Today in Parliament (b00gkxn3)
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
15 Minute Drama
19:45 MON (b00gkvz6)
15 Minute Drama
19:45 TUE (b00gp30g)
15 Minute Drama
19:45 WED (b00gp32p)
15 Minute Drama
19:45 THU (b00gp374)
15 Minute Drama
19:45 FRI (b00gp3br)
28 Acts in 28 Minutes
23:00 TUE (b008khpv)
A Celestial Star in Piccadilly
11:30 TUE (b00gl694)
A Point of View
08:50 SUN (b00gf5df)
A Point of View
20:50 FRI (b00gm685)
A View Through a Lens
14:45 SUN (b00ghrfd)
Advertising: The Most Fun You Can Have With Your Clothes On!
20:00 MON (b00gl57t)
Afternoon Reading
15:30 TUE (b00glbkx)
Afternoon Reading
15:30 WED (b00gnfl1)
Afternoon Reading
15:30 THU (b00gnfl3)
Anthony Trollope - Orley Farm
21:00 SAT (b00g9f9q)
Anthony Trollope - Orley Farm
15:00 SUN (b00ghrhb)
Any Answers?
14:00 SAT (b00gh9dd)
Any Questions?
13:10 SAT (b00gf2g9)
Any Questions?
20:00 FRI (b00gm683)
Archive on 4
20:00 SAT (b00ghmdp)
Archive on 4
15:00 MON (b00ghmdp)
Art Made in China
05:45 SAT (b008th9c)
Bells on Sunday
05:43 SUN (b00ghmzh)
Bells on Sunday
00:45 MON (b00ghmzh)
Belsen After Belsen
13:30 SUN (b00f6q66)
Beyond Belief
16:30 MON (b00gl57p)
Beyond Westminster
11:00 SAT (b00gq5vl)
Black Students in Red Russia
11:00 WED (b00gllnn)
Book at Bedtime
22:45 MON (b00gkwkg)
Book at Bedtime
22:45 TUE (b00gr4p2)
Book at Bedtime
22:45 WED (b00gr4cj)
Book at Bedtime
22:45 THU (b00gr4cm)
Book at Bedtime
22:45 FRI (b00gr4cp)
Book of the Week
00:30 SAT (b00gh4fv)
Book of the Week
09:45 MON (b00gkkw3)
Book of the Week
00:30 TUE (b00gkkw3)
Book of the Week
09:45 TUE (b00h3m95)
Book of the Week
00:30 WED (b00h3m95)
Book of the Week
09:45 WED (b00h3m97)
Book of the Week
00:30 THU (b00h3m97)
Book of the Week
09:45 THU (b00h3m99)
Book of the Week
00:30 FRI (b00h3m99)
Book of the Week
09:45 FRI (b00h3m9c)
Brain of Britain
23:00 SAT (b00gb0bw)
Brain of Britain
13:30 MON (b00gl57m)
Broadcasting House
09:00 SUN (b00ghq21)
Broken Arts
18:30 TUE (b00glbyx)
Case Notes
21:00 TUE (b00glj3v)
Case Notes
16:30 WED (b00glj3v)
Costing the Earth
21:00 MON (b00gl57w)
Costing the Earth
13:30 THU (b00gl57w)
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!
11:30 WED (b00gllnq)
Crossing Continents
20:30 MON (b00gdjvc)
David Cook - Walter Now
14:30 SAT (b00gh9dg)
Desert Island Discs
11:15 SUN (b00ghq25)
Desert Island Discs
09:00 FRI (b00ghq25)
Drama
14:15 MON (b007rgnn)
Drama
14:15 TUE (b007sq3m)
Drama
14:15 WED (b007nf3v)
Drama
14:15 THU (b00gm2y8)
Drama
14:15 FRI (b00gm601)
Ed Reardon's Week
18:30 THU (b00dv2p1)
Excess Baggage
10:00 SAT (b00gh89j)
Farming Today This Week
06:30 SAT (b00gh898)
Farming Today
05:45 MON (b00gj8vg)
Farming Today
05:45 TUE (b00gj8tw)
Farming Today
05:45 WED (b00gj8ty)
Farming Today
05:45 THU (b00gj8v0)
Farming Today
05:45 FRI (b00gj8v2)
Friday Drama
21:00 FRI (b00g45y4)
From Our Own Correspondent
11:30 SAT (b00gh8f7)
From Our Own Correspondent
11:00 THU (b00glr7b)
Front Row
19:15 MON (b00gkvx4)
Front Row
19:15 TUE (b00gkvwk)
Front Row
19:15 WED (b00gkvwm)
Front Row
19:15 THU (b00gkvwp)
Front Row
19:15 FRI (b00gkvwr)
Gardeners' Question Time
14:00 SUN (b00gdzkc)
Gardeners' Question Time
15:00 FRI (b00gm603)
Go4it
19:15 SUN (b00gj7s2)
Great Lives
16:30 TUE (b00glbyv)
Great Lives
23:00 FRI (b00glbyv)
Home Planet
15:00 TUE (b00glbkf)
Hot House Kids
11:00 MON (b00gkz12)
In Business
21:30 SUN (b00gdyk8)
In Business
20:30 THU (b00gm3bh)
In Living Memory
23:02 SUN (b00cb4ht)
In Our Time
09:00 THU (b00glr78)
In Our Time
21:30 THU (b00glr78)
In Touch
20:40 TUE (b00glc61)
Investigation
20:00 THU (b00gm35g)
Just a Minute
12:00 SUN (b00gbc96)
Just a Minute
18:30 MON (b00gl57r)
Last Word
20:30 SUN (b00gf2dm)
Last Word
16:00 FRI (b00gm62f)
Loose Ends
18:15 SAT (b00ghmby)
Maadai-Kara
23:30 SAT (b00g9fp9)
Material World
16:30 THU (b00gm2yb)
Midnight News
00:00 SAT (b00gf5rd)
Midnight News
00:00 SUN (b00ghmz3)
Midnight News
00:00 MON (b00gj832)
Midnight News
00:00 TUE (b00gj81v)
Midnight News
00:00 WED (b00gj81x)
Midnight News
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Midnight News
00:00 FRI (b00gj834)
Midweek
09:00 WED (b00gllnl)
Midweek
21:30 WED (b00gllnl)
Money Box Live
15:00 WED (b00gllnv)
Money Box
12:00 SAT (b00gh8f9)
Money Box
21:00 SUN (b00gh8f9)
Money Can't Buy You Class?
11:00 TUE (b00gl692)
More or Less
20:00 SUN (b00gdz3t)
More or Less
13:30 FRI (b00gm5zz)
Music Feature
15:30 SAT (b00gkz7q)
News Briefing
05:30 SAT (b00gf5rn)
News Briefing
05:30 SUN (b00ghmzf)
News Briefing
05:30 MON (b00gj8p3)
News Briefing
05:30 TUE (b00gj8nr)
News Briefing
05:30 WED (b00gj8nt)
News Briefing
05:30 THU (b00gj8nx)
News Briefing
05:30 FRI (b00gj8nz)
News Headlines
06:00 SUN (b00ghmzk)
News and Papers
06:00 SAT (b00gf5rs)
News and Papers
07:00 SUN (b00ghmzt)
News and Papers
08:00 SUN (b00ghq1x)
News
13:00 SAT (b00gh8ff)
Obama: Professor President
17:00 SUN (b00gfqbd)
On Your Farm
06:35 SUN (b00ghmzp)
Online Damage: Porn in the 21st Century
20:00 TUE (b00glc5z)
Open Book
16:00 SUN (b00ghrlb)
Open Book
16:00 THU (b00ghrlb)
Open Country
06:07 SAT (b00gh896)
Open Country
15:02 THU (b00gh896)
PM
17:00 SAT (b00ghmbm)
PM
17:00 MON (b00gkvtv)
PM
17:00 TUE (b00gkvsv)
PM
17:00 WED (b00gkvsx)
PM
17:00 THU (b00gkvsz)
PM
17:00 FRI (b00gkvt1)
Pick of the Week
18:15 SUN (b00gj7ry)
Poetry Please
16:30 SUN (b00ghrld)
Prayer for the Day
05:43 SAT (b00gf5rq)
Prayer for the Day
05:43 MON (b00gj8sg)
Prayer for the Day
05:43 TUE (b00gj8s4)
Prayer for the Day
05:43 WED (b00gj8s6)
Prayer for the Day
05:43 THU (b00gj8s8)
Prayer for the Day
05:43 FRI (b00gj8sb)
Profile
19:00 SAT (b00ghmdk)
Profile
05:45 SUN (b00ghmdk)
Profile
17:40 SUN (b00ghmdk)
Radio 4 Appeal
07:55 SUN (b00ghq1s)
Radio 4 Appeal
21:26 SUN (b00ghq1s)
Radio 4 Appeal
15:27 THU (b00ghq1s)
Recorded for Training Purposes
23:00 THU (b00gm512)
Saturday Live
09:00 SAT (b00gh89g)
Saturday Review
19:15 SAT (b00ghmdm)
Says on the Tin
11:30 MON (b00gl50p)
Schumpeter Rising
20:45 WED (b00glndm)
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
01:00 SAT (b00gf5rj)
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
01:00 SUN (b00ghmz9)
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
01:00 MON (b00gj89r)
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
01:00 TUE (b00gj87r)
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
01:00 WED (b00gj87t)
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
01:00 THU (b00gj87w)
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
01:00 FRI (b00gj87y)
Shipping Forecast
00:48 SAT (b00gf5rg)
Shipping Forecast
05:20 SAT (b00gf5rl)
Shipping Forecast
17:54 SAT (b00ghmbr)
Shipping Forecast
00:48 SUN (b00ghmz7)
Shipping Forecast
05:20 SUN (b00ghmzc)
Shipping Forecast
17:54 SUN (b00gj7rr)
Shipping Forecast
00:48 MON (b00gj87p)
Shipping Forecast
05:20 MON (b00gj8np)
Shipping Forecast
00:48 TUE (b00gj863)
Shipping Forecast
05:20 TUE (b00gj89t)
Shipping Forecast
00:48 WED (b00gj865)
Shipping Forecast
05:20 WED (b00gj89w)
Shipping Forecast
00:48 THU (b00gj867)
Shipping Forecast
05:20 THU (b00gj89y)
Shipping Forecast
00:48 FRI (b00gj869)
Shipping Forecast
05:20 FRI (b00gj8b0)
Six O'Clock News
18:00 SAT (b00ghmbw)
Six O'Clock News
18:00 SUN (b00gj7rw)
Six O'Clock News
18:00 MON (b00gkvwh)
Six O'Clock News
18:00 TUE (b00gkvtx)
Six O'Clock News
18:00 WED (b00gkvv0)
Six O'Clock News
18:00 THU (b00gkvv2)
Six O'Clock News
18:00 FRI (b00gkvv4)
Something Understood
06:05 SUN (b00ghmzm)
Something Understood
23:30 SUN (b00ghmzm)
Start the Week
09:00 MON (b00gkz10)
Start the Week
21:30 MON (b00gkz10)
State of Mind
21:00 WED (b00glnj7)
Sunday Worship
08:10 SUN (b00ghq1z)
Sunday
07:10 SUN (b00ghq1q)
Take Two
13:30 TUE (b00gd1t2)
Taking a Stand
09:00 TUE (b00gl58x)
Taking a Stand
21:30 TUE (b00gl58x)
The Archers Omnibus
10:00 SUN (b00ghq23)
The Archers
19:00 SUN (b00gj7s0)
The Archers
14:00 MON (b00gj7s0)
The Archers
19:00 MON (b00gkqfn)
The Archers
14:00 TUE (b00gkqfn)
The Archers
19:00 TUE (b00gkqfd)
The Archers
14:00 WED (b00gkqfd)
The Archers
19:00 WED (b00gkqfg)
The Archers
14:00 THU (b00gkqfg)
The Archers
19:00 THU (b00gkqfj)
The Archers
14:00 FRI (b00gkqfj)
The Archers
19:00 FRI (b00gkqfl)
The Castle
11:30 FRI (b00gm5zx)
The Cornwell Estate
23:02 WED (b00glqw2)
The Film Programme
16:30 FRI (b00gm62h)
The Flight from Tehran: British-Iranians 30 Years On
15:45 MON (b00gkqp3)
The Flight from Tehran: British-Iranians 30 Years On
15:45 TUE (b00gkrtt)
The Flight from Tehran: British-Iranians 30 Years On
15:45 WED (b00gkrtw)
The Flight from Tehran: British-Iranians 30 Years On
15:45 THU (b00gkrty)
The Flight from Tehran: British-Iranians 30 Years On
15:45 FRI (b00gkrv0)
The Food Programme
12:32 SUN (b00ghqw8)
The Food Programme
16:00 MON (b00ghqw8)
The Fortune Hunters
09:30 TUE (b00gl690)
The Ladies
23:15 WED (b00gdhnr)
The Late Story
00:30 SUN (b007r96w)
The Line Between Life and Death
21:00 THU (b00gm510)
The Media Show
13:30 WED (b00gllns)
The News Quiz
12:30 SAT (b00gf2dr)
The News Quiz
18:30 FRI (b00gm62k)
The Railway Children
19:45 SUN (b00gj7s4)
The Shock of the Knee
10:30 SAT (b00gmdxp)
The World This Weekend
13:00 SUN (b00ghr98)
The World Tonight
22:00 MON (b00gkw50)
The World Tonight
22:00 TUE (b00gkw4p)
The World Tonight
22:00 WED (b00gkw4r)
The World Tonight
22:00 THU (b00gkw4t)
The World Tonight
22:00 FRI (b00gkw4w)
Thinking Allowed
00:15 MON (b00gd5hs)
Thinking Allowed
16:00 WED (b00glnb1)
Time and Tide: The Severn Barrage
11:00 FRI (b00gm5zv)
Today in Parliament
23:30 MON (b00gkxmv)
Today in Parliament
23:30 TUE (b00gkxmx)
Today in Parliament
23:30 WED (b00gkxmz)
Today in Parliament
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Today in Parliament
23:30 FRI (b00gkxn3)
Today
07:00 SAT (b00gh89d)
Today
06:00 MON (b00gjbc8)
Today
06:00 TUE (b00gj92v)
Today
06:00 WED (b00gj92x)
Today
06:00 THU (b00gj92z)
Today
06:00 FRI (b00gj931)
Triple Espresso, Marinetti and the Futurists
11:30 THU (b00gm2y6)
Unreliable Evidence
22:15 SAT (b00gd5hx)
Unreliable Evidence
20:00 WED (b00glndk)
Weather
06:04 SAT (b00gh894)
Weather
06:57 SAT (b00gh89b)
Weather
12:57 SAT (b00gh8fc)
Weather
17:57 SAT (b00ghmbt)
Weather
22:00 SAT (b00ghmfb)
Weather
06:57 SUN (b00ghmzr)
Weather
07:58 SUN (b00ghq1v)
Weather
12:57 SUN (b00ghr96)
Weather
17:57 SUN (b00gj7rt)
Weather
21:58 SUN (b00gj7s6)
Weather
05:57 MON (b00gkxtj)
Weather
12:57 MON (b00gkpl8)
Weather
21:58 MON (b00gkw4m)
Weather
12:57 TUE (b00gkpgv)
Weather
21:58 TUE (b00gkw3j)
Weather
12:57 WED (b00gkpgx)
Weather
21:58 WED (b00gkw3l)
Weather
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Weather
21:58 THU (b00gkw3n)
Weather
12:57 FRI (b00gkph1)
Weather
21:58 FRI (b00gkw3q)
Weekend Woman's Hour
16:00 SAT (b00ghmbk)
Westminster Hour
22:00 SUN (b00gj7s8)
Will Smith's Midlife Crisis Management
18:30 WED (b00glnb3)
Woman's Hour
10:00 MON (b00gkkw5)
Woman's Hour
10:00 TUE (b00gp2yd)
Woman's Hour
10:00 WED (b00gp32m)
Woman's Hour
10:00 THU (b00gp372)
Woman's Hour
10:00 FRI (b00gp3bp)
Word of Mouth
23:00 MON (b00gd3dy)
Word of Mouth
16:00 TUE (b00glblw)
World at One
13:00 MON (b00gkpln)
World at One
13:00 TUE (b00gkplb)
World at One
13:00 WED (b00gkpld)
World at One
13:00 THU (b00gkplg)
World at One
13:00 FRI (b00gkplj)
You and Yours
12:00 MON (b00gkp2z)
You and Yours
12:00 TUE (b00gkp2j)
You and Yours
12:00 WED (b00gkp2l)
You and Yours
12:00 THU (b00gkp2q)
You and Yours
12:00 FRI (b00gkp2s)
iPM
17:30 SAT (b00ghmbp)