The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Revd Andrew Martlew.
Imports of Indian Alphonso mangoes will be banned from Thursday to protect UK salad crops from an insect called tobacco whitefly, which transmits harmful viruses to tomatoes and cucumbers. Are product bans really the best way to protect Britain from invasive pests? Anna Hill hears from Uday Dholakia, chairman of the National Asian Business Association, who explains why the ban will deprive Asian communities of their "King of Fruits". He believes treating infested mangoes with either hot water or radiation is a more constructive way of ensuring safe supply chains. Anna also talks to Dr Helen Roy from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology who has given evidence to Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee on how well the UK is coping with the threat from invasive species.
Sarah Swadling has a report from a research site in Devon where Rothamsted Research and Aberystwyth University are trialling hybrid grasses which could help prevent flooding. Their deep root systems open up the soil structure - but will farmers buy into the science?
And we follow a group of 'gleaners' as they gather up fruit and vegetables that would otherwise go to waste.
Series of stories about British birds, inspired by their calls and songs. Kate Humble presents the fulmar.
Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Raul Midón has been described by the New York Times as "a one-man band who turns a guitar into an orchestra and his voice into a chorus." He has collaborated with Herbie Hancock and Stevie Wonder, along with contributing to recordings by Jason Mraz, Queen Latifah and Snoop Dogg and the soundtrack to Spike Lee's She Hate Me. The New Mexico native, blind since birth, has released seven albums since 1999, including State of Mind, his break-through album
He tells Peter White about his determination to shatter stereotypes - including those encountered as a child when he was told that his blindness meant "you can't do this, you can't do that," He and his twin brother Marco are both blind - the result of damage caused after being placed in incubators following their premature birth. Their Mum, Sandra, was adamant from the outset that her sons should be given every opportunity to achieve and the boys eventually went on to college together.
Raul tells Peter of his shyness as a boy growing up in rural New Mexico and the wasted opportunities when it came to meeting girls, for example. But he embraces the life he has achieved and says that he would not take the chance to see if it was offered to him now: "My life has been set up around this and I would not want my life to be about figuring out how to deal with seeing - I want my life to be about what it's about right now."
Peter questions Raul about the benefits and disadvantages of having a twin brother who is also blind: "there was this knowledge that you weren't totally alone in the world as a blind person.".
In April 1979, the brutal Ugandan dictator, Idi Amin, was ousted by invading Tanzanian troops. It was the culmination of a six month conflict between the two countries, which had been triggered by Amin's ill-fated invasion of northern Tanzania.
In parts of Uganda, the invading troops were greeted as liberators. During the eight years of Idi Amin's rule, it's estimated that up to 400,000 Ugandans were killed by the regime.
Abridged from Richard Benson's epic family saga The Valley, the focus of this Book of the Week is on the story of the author's grandmother - Winnie Hollingworth (1909 - 2002) - and her life in the mining villages of the Dearne Valley in South Yorkshire.
This remarkable social history draws on years of research, interviews and anecdote which chart generations of carousing and banter, tears and fights all set against the background of a close-knit community where almost everybody worked either in the mines or the mills.
Richard Benson's first book, THE FARM which related the story of his own parents and brother and their livelihood in the Yorkshire Wolds was described as ' an extraordinary mixture of hardness and tenderness, wit and slog.. wonderful ' Ronald Blythe author of Akenfield. It went on to be a no.1 bestseller .
This new book is a powerful and moving achievement - it follows Winnie from her first romantic encounter: 'her heart beating hard and fast down in her whalebone and elastic' to her final years sitting in the lounge of a long rubber-tiled room with high-backed chairs around the walls.. ' where 'the residents either roost mutely or chat while their eyes search the room for a younger person who might play the piano for them.'
Ep.2. On a summer evening in 1929 Winnie goes to her first dance at the Miners' Welfare Hall.
Kelly Holmes focuses on one of the subjects she is most passionate about: healthy eating and wellbeing. What can we all learn from athletes about how exercise and staying motivated can change the game in our own lives?
Set in modern day Naples - vibrant, picaresque, and for some, terrifying - where the Camorra has its hands in virtually every enterprise, from prostitution and drug running, to rubbish collection and street vendors. Series Two of 'Le Donne' ('The Women') focuses on Caterina Riccardi, a beautiful, privileged wife and mother. In Series One, she discovered that her husband Franco was actually a vicious Camorra boss. Her eldest son Nino was murdered and Caterina herself was forced to kill rival boss Vito Caporrino in an ultimately futile attempt to save her thirteen-year-old son Amedeo from also being killed.
Now, she has to face the consequences of her actions, and come to terms with her grief and guilt while trying to maintain a close relationship with her daughter Antonella, who still believes that her father is innocent.
2/5. Caterina is now the reluctant head of the Riccardi clan but rival family, the Caporrinos, pose a threat to her authority and possibly her life.
Written by Chris Fallon.
Chris Fallon is a writer and director. This is his second series of 'Le Donne'. He has previously written for film and television as well as writing adaptations for radio. His short film 'Killing Joe' was nominated for an Academy Award.
Original music........................................Simon Russell.
To say one's child might be brighter than the norm is obnoxious. To suggest it's genetic, just adds insult to injury. To publish scientific findings confirming that the reason some children do better than others at school is due to differences in their DNA, is controversial. Share these findings with Michael Gove's education advisor and, it seems, you're asking for trouble. When, at the end of last year, scientists did just that, there was a furore: what if it leads to streaming at birth, gross inequality, eugenic dystopia?
Adam Rutherford charts the rise, fall and rise of scientific interest in this area over the last hundred years, picking his way through an inordinate amount of historical and political baggage to find out why we find it so difficult to have a sensible discussion about the genetics of intelligence.
At best, he might be told to check his privilege. At worst, he'll be a Nazi sympathizer. But for all Adam's liberal views, and perhaps because of them, he is determined to tackle this elephant in the classroom.
By pretending there are no differences between us, we risk other prejudices. Watching children work really hard and fail to achieve much academically is painful. At the lower end of the intellectual spectrum, there's broad acceptance that you don't shout at a child with special needs: "Could do better!". But in the middle of a middle class world hell-bent on creating little miracles, the notion that there are losers as well as winners in the genetic lottery, is not welcome.
Is a deep-seated and morally-upright desire for social justice a good reason to avoid a whole area of scientific inquiry? Let alone a rather less morally-upright desire for there to be no barriers, genetic or otherwise, to the genius of one's own children?
Scientists who studied the genetic basis of intelligence in the 70s and 80s describe how they were howled down by colleagues, accused of being Nazis, and victims of a scientific witch-hunt. The main focus of scientific interest was on things that could be changed: the environment at home or at school, our ability to nurture, not our nature. The social not the biological sciences.
Today, there's a renewed interest in our genetic inheritance: how it links us to our ancestors or an increased risk of cancer. And a tentative resurgence of interest in the genetics of intelligence.
One great fear is that the winners in this genetic lottery will become ever more advantaged and obnoxious. Not fears that were shared by Darwin's half-cousin, Francis Galton, who coined the term eugenics. In 1869, he published Hereditary Genius, the first scientific study of the inheritance of intelligence. Himself a child genius, he wondered if his prodigious talent was inherited from his very clever ancestors.
Worried by the poor quality of recruits for the Boer War, Galton fantasised about a world in which children were subjected to countless physical and mental tests. Those who were deemed fit were given permission to reproduce, while the unfit were sent to labour camps. Not surprising then that we are a bit anxious about the science of human genetics that he founded.
Today, worried that our children are falling behind in the global league tables on academic performance, perhaps we have our own fears about degeneration? Meantime, there's a renewed interest in standards and measuring in schools and in the genetic basis of intelligence.
Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor, is one of the most popular and moving pieces of music but, as academic and composer Andrew Gant explains, it wasn't written by Albinoni and is now attributed to the twentieth century Italian composer, Giazotto.
Award-winning veteran BBC foreign correspondent, Malcolm Brabant recalls the ' cellist of Sarajevo', Vedran Smailovic, playing it everyday for weeks amidst the wreckage of the beautiful city, as Serbian gunfire raged around.
Virginia McKenna explains how the piece became so special to her and her late husband, Bill Travers, who died twenty years ago this month, the piece was played at the beginning and end of his memorial service.
And TV producer, Gareth Gwenlan reveals why it was chosen as the theme for the character played by Wendy Craig, in the seventies sitcom, Butterflies.
Cancer survival rates are improving constantly but there are concerns that improvements can still be made at the GP level. Why are our survival rates still lagging behind countries in Europe? Call 03700 100 444 [calls cost no more than to 01, 02 landline numbers] or email youandyours@bbc.co.uk.
National and international news with Martha Kearney. Listeners can share their views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato.
From the late Eighteenth Century, the treatment - or containment - of mentally ill people was taken out of the hands of the church and into the hands of doctors.
Martin talks to psychiatrist Professor Tom Burns about changing models of treatment and to Joanna Moncrieff, author of The Myth of the Chemical Cure.
The Vice Chancellor wants to restructure three departments into two, so one of the Deans is for the chop. Jim Blunt is determined it is not going to be him. But he hasn't reckoned on the Dean of Arts, baby faced killer Roland Keith Chubb.
The Vice Chancellor has to restructure the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Performing Arts into two faculties. This means "Scoping synergies using robust but flexible procedures so that they can maintain a missionary posture". In other words - someone's for the chop.
Meanwhile in Epithea David is preparing to launch his Centre for Pier and Wharf ethics. But the President keeps on mentioning 'Baksheesh'.
Josie Long investigates small mysteries in this sequence of mini documentaries.
Hearing tales of ghost ships, hidden underground kingdoms and the disappointment of discovering the banality of your family's secrets.
Feat. Alan Dearn
Feat. Ross Sutherland
With the end of April being the deadline for Syria's President Assad to sacrifice his entire arsenal of chemical weapons, Tom Heap finds out the nitty-gritty of how they're going to be disposed of. This involves previously untried methods such as neutralising the most dangerous chemicals on board an American vessel, the MV Cape Ray. This, as we'll hear, presents its own problems. Other Syrian chemicals will be destroyed in Port Ellesmere in Cheshire, as well as in the United States, Germany and Finland.
Tom puts these efforts of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) into a historical perspective, exactly 99 years after the first recorded use of chemical weapons in Ypres during the First World War.
Michael Rosen's version of a Brief History of Time, well sort of ...! He asks what is time and explores the words we use to talk about it. He looks at some of the earliest devices for measuring time and talks to some who believe they've got an answer to the question of what it is and when it began. Oh and along the way Michael gets in a muddle over a maths equation!
Novelist and screenwriter, Deborah Moggach, nominates the Potteries writer Arnold Bennett, whose work she thinks has been wrongly overlooked, as he was considered as being too popular.
Moggach believes that because he was a working writer who earned his living writing both serious and light fiction, he was not taken seriously until after his death in 1931, despite his books being hugely popular during his lifetime. Bennett wrote many novels including ‘Anna of the Five Towns’ and ‘The Old Wives Tale’.
As a journalist, Bennett also wrote self-help and lifestyle articles for magazines including 'How to Bathe a Baby Part One' and 'Do Rich Women Quarrel More Frequently Than Poor?'
Gyles Brandreth has been a lifelong Bennett fan and believes him to be one of the greatest writers of the 20th century who deserves to be rediscovered.
The return of the ground-breaking, Radio 4 show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy; brought to you by the creators of The Fast Show.
Down The Line stars Rhys Thomas as Gary Bellamy, with Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, Felix Dexter, Charlie Higson, Lucy Montgomery, and Paul Whitehouse.
Special guests are Rosie Cavaliero, Julia Davis, Robert Popper, Adil Ray and Arabella Weir.
Peggy and Jennifer are both concerned about overworked and tired Adam. Brian's sciatica means he can't help out. They also discuss Tony and Pat. Peggy wonders whether Tony was right. Is she to blame for Tom and Kirsty's wedding demise by helping to map out Tom's future for him? Jennifer assures Peggy she did nothing wrong.
Adam could do without Charlie's interference but is out of luck. Charlie criticises Adam's work. Adam is behind schedule and they need to be ready to drill as soon as possible. Adam defends himself but is clearly too tired for a spat. Charlie's disappointed that Adam doesn't have more fire in his belly.
Pat asks Tom if she can come and see him, but he insists he needs to sort things out himself.
Peggy visits Tom and offers some support. Tom hates himself, but Peggy gets him to face up to whether, in his heart of hearts, what he did was right - for himself, if no one else. He admits it was. Peggy later tells Pat that there's no doubt Tom's feelings about John go very deep.
Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott; Bad Neighbours; sculptor Phillip King; and Sally Wainwright
Sculptor Phillip King on his career as he turns 80 this week, Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott have released an album together for the first time since their multi-million selling days of The Beautiful South. They talk to John about their reunion and about Paul's belief in the importance of maintaining a "lippy" attitude. Writer Sally Wainwright talks about turning to crime with BBC One's Happy Valley after the success of Last Tango in Halifax; and we review Seth Rogan's latest film Bad Neighbours.
When the Democrats and Barack Obama won the US Presidency in 2008 - relatively comfortably - many in the Republican Party were genuinely shocked and they retreated to lick their painful wounds. A new political movement emerged, the Tea Party, which re-invigorated the defeated, demoralized Republicans, the GOP. The Tea Party dedicated itself to complete opposition both to Obama's presidency and to anyone they felt were compromising with the president. Long-standing Republican politicians were removed and many of those who remained shifted to the right, adopting Tea Party rhetoric. Republican opposition, encouraged by the Tea Party, destroyed many of President Obama's hopes in the last six years. In 2013, US federal lawmaking was brought to gridlock, shutdown, and impotence. Now, though, there's a growing sense that the Tea Party is a threat to the GOP's future - that it is weird and backward looking. "Establishment" Republicans are fighting back.
As the Republicans set out to regain the White House, BBC North America Editor Mark Mardell asks if the GOP can change sufficiently to regain power or whether it will remain The Party of No?
In England up until 2001, blind people were not permitted to hold the office of magistrate. It is now estimated that there more than 60 performing this function. Ian Pearson is a blind court chairman, and Paul Millross has been serving on the bench for just on a year. They talk to Peter White about some of the problems that still exist within the judicial system for some blind magistrates.
Reading printed documents is still one of the barriers that technology hasn't quite managed to fully resolve for visually impaired people, but this week, we test drive two developments in this area. While scanning software on a Smartphone isn't all that new, it's now much cheaper and more freely available than in the past. Ian Macrae, Editor of the magazine Disability Now demonstrates one app he finds useful.
Claudia Hammond is joined by mental health campaigner, Marion Janner to discuss some of the entries to the All in the Mind mental health awards. She hears from one pair of finalists, Helen and Lin. Helen nominated her mental health nurse, Lin in the professional category. Helen explains the difference Lin's help made and how she believes she saved her life. Also in the programme in World War I the Craiglockhart hospital near Edinburgh was a military psychiatric hospital treating shell shocked soldiers. Claudia travels to the hospital to see recently discovered editions of The Hydra - a magazine produced by patients and edited by Wilfred Owen with poems by Siegfried Sassoon who were both patients. Claudia hears how the magazine didn't talk directly about treatment or how soldiers were ill, referring instead to someone feeling a little seedy or not at the top of their game. And while the celebrated poets have made the magazine famous she finds out that the other contributions from regular soldiers are as equally moving.
At the height of a hot London summer, in which people are falling seriously ill from a highly contagious virus, TV shopping channel presenter Stevie Flint has discovered the body of her boyfriend, Simon Sharkey, lying dead in his bed. Still in shock, Stevie waits for the emergency services to arrive.
Simon Mayo hosts the three-way battle between the comedy generations to find out which is the funniest.
Will it be the Up-and-Comers, the Current Crop or the Old Guard who will be crowned, for one week at least, as the Golden Age of Comedy.
Holly Walsh is joined by Henry Paker, Lucy Porter by Miles Jupp and Tom O'Connor teams up with Duggie Brown.
WEDNESDAY 30 APRIL 2014
WED 00:00 Midnight News (b041v2kj)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
WED 00:30 Book of the Week (b042bfnl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:45 on Tuesday]
WED 00:48 Shipping Forecast (b041v2kl)
The latest shipping forecast.
WED 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (b041v2kn)
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
WED 05:20 Shipping Forecast (b041v2kq)
The latest shipping forecast.
WED 05:30 News Briefing (b041v2ks)
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
WED 05:43 Prayer for the Day (b041xttw)
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Revd Andrew Martlew.
WED 05:45 Farming Today (b041xyjt)
Badger cull, beavers and grass
DEFRA has confirmed that the 2nd year of the badger culling pilots in England won't be scrutinised by an Independent Expert Panel. The Panel's report on last year's cull in Somerset and Gloucs found that some humaneness and effectiveness targets hadn't been met.
A YouGov survey has found 60% of Scots would be happy with the reintroduction of Beavers to the Scottish countryside.
And, the race against time to restore pastures devastated by the Somerset Levels flooding.
Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Sarah Swadling.
WED 05:58 Tweet of the Day (b03zrcqw)
Stone Curlew
Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.
Kate Humble presents the stone curlew. Stone curlews belong to a family known as 'thick-knees' but their country name of 'goggle-eyed plover' suits them better. Their huge staring yellow eyes serve them well at night when they're most active. By day, they lie up on sparse grassland or heath where their streaky brown-and-white plumage camouflages them superbly.
WED 06:00 Today (b041xyjw)
Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
WED 09:00 Midweek (b041xyjy)
Sir Richard Eyre, Andrew Fusek Peters, Abbie Ross, Peter Francis
Libby Purves is joined by writer Abbie Ross; director Sir Richard Eyre; poet and and wild swimmer Andrew Fusek Peters and Peter Francis, warden of Gladstone's Library.
In 1972 when Abbie Ross was two her cosmopolitan parents moved from London to rural Wales to lead an alternative lifestyle. In her book, Hippy Dinners, she recreates this childhood - in particular her parents' friendships with local hippies and their embarrassing taste for hummus, cheesecloth and yoga. Hippy Dinners - A memoir of a rural childhood is published by Transworld.
Sir Richard Eyre CBE is a director of theatre, film, television and opera who brings his latest production of The Pajama Game to London's West End. He started his career in regional theatre before becoming director of the National Theatre in 1987. He has directed numerous productions including Betty Blue Eyes, Quartermaine's Terms and Stephen Ward: The Musical. He won the 2014 Olivier Award for Best Director for his production of Ibsen's Ghosts. His film and television credits include Notes on a Scandal; Iris; Henry IV Parts I and II and Tumbledown for which he won a BAFTA. The Pajama Game is at The Shaftesbury Theatre, London.
Andrew Fusek Peters is a poet and storyteller. His new book Dip - Wild Swims and Stories from the Borderlands is the story of his year of wild swimming in rivers, lakes, waterfalls and hidden pools. The book is an honest account of his recovery from a bout of severe depression and how swimming helped him regain a sense of purpose. Dip - Wild Swims and Stories from the Borderlands is published by Rider.
Peter Francis is an Anglican priest who became the warden of Gladstone's Library in 1997. Britain's only Prime Ministerial library, it was founded by the Victorian statesman himself and, following his death in 1898, became the national memorial to his life and work. Peter was instrumental in developing the Islamic Reading Room Project, a resource to nurture dialogue between Christians and Muslims.
WED 09:45 Book of the Week (b042bg3x)
Richard Benson - The Valley
Episode 3
Abridged from Richard Benson's epic family saga The Valley, the focus of this Book of the Week is on the story of the author's grandmother - Winnie Hollingworth (1909 - 2002) - and her life in the mining villages of the Dearne Valley in South Yorkshire.
This remarkable social history draws on years of research, interviews and anecdote which chart generations of carousing and banter, tears and fights all set against the background of a close-knit community where almost everybody worked either in the mines or the mills.
Richard Benson's first book, THE FARM which related the story of his own parents and brother and their livelihood in the Yorkshire Wolds was described as ' an extraordinary mixture of hardness and tenderness, wit and slog.. wonderful ' Ronald Blythe author of Akenfield. It went on to be a no.1 bestseller.
This new book is a powerful and moving achievement - it follows Winnie from her first romantic encounter: 'her heart beating hard and fast down in her whalebone and elastic' to her final years sitting in the lounge of a long rubber-tiled room with high-backed chairs around the walls.. ' where 'the residents either roost mutely or chat while their eyes search the room for a younger person who might play the piano for them.'
Ep 3. Winnie's pregnancy, the catalyst for her marriage turns out to be a false alarm, but when she becomes pregnant again, she and Harry decide they can just about afford to move into their own home.
Read by Richard Stacey
Producer: Jill Waters
Abridged and directed by Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 10:00 Woman's Hour (b040z014)
Woman's Hour Takeover
Naomi Alderman
Naomi Alderman, today's Guest Editor, investigates why transgender women don't always feel welcomed by feminists and why some feminists have a problem with including them, with Paris Lees and Finn MacKay. She celebrates some of the game changing women in science and technology and talks to Dr Rivka Isaacson about her work. Naomi is joined by Reni Eddo Lodge and Sarah Hughes to discuss whether TV dramas like Game of Thrones or The Fall are problematic for women. And she looks at public speaking with Professor Lis Howell and Rachel Caldecott - why is it so dominated by men? Jane Garvey presents.
WED 10:45 15 Minute Drama (b041xyk2)
Le Donne
Episode 3
Set in modern day Naples - vibrant, picaresque, and for some, terrifying - where the Camorra has its hands in virtually every enterprise, from prostitution and drug running, to rubbish collection and street vendors. Series Two of 'Le Donne' ('The Women') focuses on Caterina Riccardi, a beautiful, privileged wife and mother. In Series One, she discovered that her husband Franco was actually a vicious Camorra boss. Her eldest son Nino was murdered and Caterina herself was forced to kill rival boss Vito Caporrino in an ultimately futile attempt to save her thirteen-year-old son Amedeo from also being killed.
Now, she has to face the consequences of her actions, and come to terms with her grief and guilt while trying to maintain a close relationship with her daughter Antonella, who still believes that her father is innocent.
3/5. Set in contemporary Naples. Franco is released from prison for Antonella's eighteenth birthday party. Caterina has to hide her true feelings about him. But the party does not quite go according to plan.
Written by Chris Fallon.
Based on an original idea by Rosalynd Ward and Chris Fallon.
Chris Fallon is a writer and director. This is his second series of 'Le Donne'. He has previously written for film and television as well as writing adaptations for radio. His short film 'Killing Joe' was nominated for an Academy Award.
Credits
Caterina Riccardi........................................Indira Varma
Salvatore Beccafichi...................................Anton Lesser
Franco Riccardi...........................................Danny Webb
Antonella Riccardi.......................................Rebecca Callard
Marisa Pirenisi............................................Juliet Aubrey
Leo.............................................................Danny Mahoney
Carlo Caporrino..........................................Carl Prekopp
Senator Ferrezano.....................................Rufus Wright
TV Reporter................................................Federay Holmes
Newsreader................................................Vaughan Savidge
Original music.............................................Simon Russell
Pianist........................................................Isobel Tombling
Writer.........................................................Chris Fallon
Producer/Director.......................................Rosalynd Ward
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 11:00 Voices from Our Industrial Past (b041xyk4)
The industrial revolution was possibly the single most significant event in world history - the moment when one small nation left behind its agrarian past and entered decisively on the pathway to modernity. But what did it all mean for the ordinary people, who with their strong backs and nimble fingers did the most to power it?
All the great Victorian commentators - Engels, Dickens, Blake - painted Britain's industrial times in a very dark hue: the introduction of new working patterns which compelled men to work at the relentless pace of the machines; families squeezed into dark, disease-ridden cities and nothing but the workhouse for those who slipped through the net. Since then and although there were a few dissenting voices, for the most part this collective chorus of doom continues to colour the way we think about our industrial past.
In this programme, Professor Emma Griffin unpicks the dark myth of Britain's industrial revolution using accounts of everyday life written by working people. If we stop, and really listen to what these voices are trying to tell us, she says, we hear a version of our industrial past that contains a few surprises. They were often quick to gain advantage from industrialisation and as individuals, they expressed their own agency in many different ways.
Emma explores the lives of four men living and working during the industrial revolution - John Lincoln, Benjamin Shaw, William Marcroft and Emanuel Lovelin. While all come from desperately poor backgrounds and suffer though many adversities, their lives are by no mean downtrodden and all have benefitted from the opportunities that industrialisation brings. We bring John, Benjamin, William and Emanuel's voices to life once more.
Producer: Melissa FitzGerald
A Blakeway Productions.
WED 11:30 Gloomsbury (b041xyk6)
Series 2
The Theory and Practice of Hanky Panky
Vera and Henry are undecided about whether it is time for their Eton-educated sons, Charlie and Fred, to be told the facts of life. Neither parent feels that they are sufficiently qualified to discuss the birds and bees with their sons, so they go in search of somebody who is. Ginny and Lionel, conveniently staying, are invited to contribute, but it soon becomes clear that they are urgently in need of sex education themselves.
The Goslings deliver conflicting opinions: Mrs Gosling is affronted by the very mention of the facts of life, whilst Gosling, dealing with pollination on a daily basis, would happily talk of nothing else all year.
Finally a willing educator is found. Venus, deeply broody for her first child, volunteers to rush down to Eton and enlighten Charlie and Fred over ginger beer and crumpets. Worried lest they should suddenly become grandparents before their time, Henry and Vera swiftly call a halt to the whole scheme and pack Venus off to climb Everest instead.
GLOOMSBURY - THE SERIES
Green-fingered Sapphist Vera Sackcloth-Vest shares a bijou castle in Kent with her devoted husband Henry, but longs for exotic adventures with nervy novelist Ginny Fox and wilful beauty Venus Traduces. It's 1921, the dawn of modern love, life and lingerie, but Vera still hasn't learnt how to boil a kettle.
Producer: Jamie Rix
A Little Brother Production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 12:00 You and Yours (b041xyk8)
New figures show that people with learning disabilities are living for years in what are meant to be short term NHS assessment centres. Many are children hundreds of miles from home. Ministers say it must stop but health managers say there's no where else to put them. You and Yours investigates.
Plus the latest selfie trend revives legacy technology - we meet the youngsters taking pictures with old style polaroid cameras that develop while you watch.
And the British are back buying property in Spain - is it worth the trouble and risk involved?
WED 13:00 World at One (b041v2kw)
National and international news with Martha Kearney. Listeners can share their views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato.
WED 13:45 In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology and the Mind (b041xykb)
The Snake Pit
Martin talks to clinical psychologist Vaughan Bell about different forms of mental disturbance - psychoses and neuroses - and their manifestation in popular culture, including the Polanski film Rosemary's Baby and the poetry of Spike Milligan. And he meets Dolly Sen, a film-maker who's experienced psychosis for most of her life.
Producer: Alan Hall
A Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 14:00 The Archers (b041xdgp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:00 on Tuesday]
WED 14:15 Drama (b041xykd)
Higher
Rebrand, Relaunch
Higher: Ep 3 Rebrand, Relaunch by Joyce Bryant
To Jim's dismay Roland becomes Vice Chancellor and image consultants 'Harsover Tutt' are brought in to rebrand the university. Jim feels he's being forced out. Will he find an ally in Karen?
Producer Gary Brown
In the subsequent fall out from the University's dealings with a discredited African Dictator, it is decided to rebrand and relaunch the University. The first thing to do is sack the Vice Chancellor and ease Roland Chubb in. This makes Jim's position very tenuous, but Roland determines to get him out. He sneakily offers Karen the Deanship - is this the end of Jim Blunt?
Starring Sophie Thompson and Jonathan Keeble.
WED 15:00 Money Box Live (b041xykg)
DIY Investing
During this programme it was stated that Capital Gains Tax is charged at 40% which is not the case. Capital Gains Tax for individuals is charged at 18% or 28% depending on the total amount of taxable income. The CGT Annual Exempt Amount for individuals this tax year (2014/15) is £11,000.
Want to be a DIY Investor? Whether you're new to investing and wondering where to start or you would like to expand the range of investments you already hold why not ask the panel for their view.
Should you consider gilts, funds, investment trusts, bonds or shares?
What are the choices if you're looking for a lower risk investment to buy and hold?
Or perhaps you want to keep an eye on your cash and trade more frequently?
Maybe you want to ask about the New ISA rules?
Whatever your question, joining presenter Ruth Alexander to share their views and experience will be:
Darius McDermott, Managing Director, Chelsea Financial Services.
Rebecca O'Keeffe, Head of Investment, Interactive Investor.
Merryn Somerset Webb, Editor-in-Chief, MoneyWeek.
To talk to the team call 03700 100 444 from
1pm to
3.30pm on Wednesday or e-mail your question to moneybox@bbc.co.uk now. Standard geographic call charges apply.
WED 15:30 All in the Mind (b041xtmc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
21:00 on Tuesday]
WED 16:00 Thinking Allowed (b041y1mx)
Ethnography Award: The Winner
The winner of Thinking Allowed's first Ethnography award, in association with the British Sociological Association.
Laurie Taylor and a team of esteemed academics - Professor Beverley Skeggs, Professor Dick Hobbs, Professor Henrietta Moore and Dr Louise Westmarland - set themselves the task of finding the study that has made the most significant contribution to ethnography over the past year. In the past, ethnographic studies have cast light on hidden or misunderstood worlds, from the urban poor in 1930s Chicago to the mods and rockers in British seaside towns in the 1950s. This year they considered submissions of startling range, colour and diversity, in the process learning much about the struggles of the war wounded 'amputees' of Sierra Leone; the ties between mothers and daughters on a working class housing estate in South Wales; the hedonistic excess of young holidaymakers in Ibiza; and the dreams and desires of young women in hostess bars in Cambodia. After much passionate debate, finally the winner can be revealed.
Laurie Taylor presents a programme about the winning entry which, in the judges' view, has made the most significant contribution to ethnography, the in-depth analysis of the everyday life of a culture or sub culture.
Producer: Jayne Egerton.
WED 16:30 The Media Show (b041y1mz)
BBC Trust's review of News; Lachlan Murdoch
A BBC Trust review into the corporation's news and current affairs output says t it needs to do more to make an impact. The report found that audiences looking for quality investigative journalism rated Channel 4 higher than the BBC. It also said that on and off screen diversity needs to be addressed. In his first interview for the Media Show, James Harding, head of BBC News, sets out how he's going to improve coverage. Also in the studio; Richard Sambrook former director of Global News and the BBC and Stewart Purvis, non-executive director of Channel Four and former editor in Chief at ITN, discuss how improvements might be made at a time when money needs to be saved.
Lachlan Murdoch, son of Rupert, has been appointed non-executive co-chairman of both entertainment company 21st Century Fox and global newspaper company News Corp, alongside his father. He's finally been persuaded to rejoin the family business, and now looks set to be the heir to his father's empire. Richard Aedy, Presenter of The Media Report on ABC Radio National in Sydney, Australia - where Lachlan has been based - tells Steve Hewlett what's being made of the appointments back in the Murdochs' home country.
Producer: Katy Takatsuki.
WED 17:00 PM (b041y1n1)
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
WED 18:00 Six O'Clock News (b041v2ky)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
WED 18:30 Isy Suttie's Love Letters (b041y1n3)
Series 2
Eleanor and Mr Woodfield
Isy Suttie returns to her Derbyshire home town of Matlock and observes the unfolding romance between dinner lady, Eleanor, and teacher, Mr Woodfield.
Both are unhappily married, but find solace in their workplace friendship.
Isy's Sony Award winning show, recounts a series of love stories affecting people she's known throughout her life, told partly through song.
Sometimes Isy has merely observed other people's love lives; quite often she's intervened, changing the action dramatically - for better or worse. Intertwined within these stories are related real life anecdotes from Isy's own, often disastrous, love life.
With her multi-character and vocal skills, and accompanied by her guitar, Isy creates a hilarious and deeply moving world, sharing with us her lessons in life and love.
"A voice you want to swim in" The Independent
Producer: Lyndsay Fenner
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2014.
WED 19:00 The Archers (b041y1n5)
Susan and Jennifer talk cakes for May Day. Emma's making a Dalek and Fallon's busy promoting the event online. Jennifer won't be entering the cake bake as she can't even get to her tins at the moment. The builders start on the kitchen next week.
Jennifer innocently offers Susan her old kitchen units but Susan says no thanks to her cast offs. Emma's later annoyed with Susan for saying no. Emma could have done with those herself. Apologetic Susan points out that it could be a while yet before Emma and Ed have a place of their own.
Dan's preparing for army life and goes shopping for an ironing board with Shula. Dan tries on a smart suit and Shula is moved that he looks the spitting image of his blood father, Mark. Jennifer realises that Dan leaving is going to be an emotional wrench for Shula.
Eddie's in search of an idea for Clarrie's 60th birthday. Not to be outdone by Nic, Emma says she'll think of something. Neil finally comes up with the winning idea - a 1970s theme party. Eddie loves the idea.
WED 19:15 Front Row (b041y1n7)
The Black Keys; Neil Jordan on Bob Hoskins; Joel Dicker
John Wilson remembers the actor Bob Hoskins, whose death was announced today, talking to director Neil Jordan and actress Cathy Tyson about Hoskins' Oscar nominated performance in the film Mona Lisa.
Sports presenter Eleanor Oldroyd reviews Next Goals Wins, a film about the American Samoa football team, who after suffering the worst loss in international football history (31-0 to Australia), attempt to qualify for the World Cup.
Swiss novelist Joël Dicker is a publishing sensation - his novel The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair has won prizes in Europe and been translated into 38 languages. Now it's arrived in the UK. The novel is an intricate murder mystery and an exploration of writing and the writing industry. Joël Dicker talks to John Wilson about being at the centre of a publishing whirlwind and how similar - or not - his own life is to that of his glamorous novelist hero.
Grammy award winning duo The Black Keys discuss their new album Turn Blue. Guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Pat Carney reflect on their transition from garage band to stadium success, the impact of break-ups; and life on the road.
WED 19:45 15 Minute Drama (b041xyk2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:45 today]
WED 20:00 Leader Conference (b041yjnt)
Series 4
Episode 1
Andrew Rawnsley presents the first programme in a new series of the live, studio-based debate programmes which take the form of newspaper leader conferences.
He is joined by five prominent journalists, who write leading articles or editorials for their newspapers, representing the press in the nations of the UK and across the English regions as well as the leading national newspapers.
Three subjects in the news will be decided upon and discussed. Two of these reflect current events at home and abroad - and prompt lively and provocative discussion. The third subject is in a lighter vein.
Contributions from listeners are also encouraged throughout the programme and particularly at the start for the component they shape most: that final leader which is heard towards the end of the programme.
Following the discussion of each of the three subjects, Andrew invites one of his guests to draw up on air the "leader" for that subject setting out its main points. This important component of the programme helps ensure that resolution of the debate is achieved for listeners and that the full range of views expressed is reflected.
The leaders are posted online at the Radio 4 website following the programme.
Producer Simon Coates.
WED 20:45 Four Thought (b041yjnw)
Series 4
Philippa Perry
Philippa Perry explains why story telling is so powerful and how the stories we tell to and about ourselves affect our mental wellbeing.
Four Thought is a series of thought-provoking talks in which speakers air their thinking, in front of a live audience, on the trends, ideas, interests and passions that affect culture and society.
Presenter: Ben Hammersley
Producer: Sheila Cook.
WED 21:00 Costing the Earth (b041xbxr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
15:30 on Tuesday]
WED 21:30 Midweek (b041xyjy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
WED 21:58 Weather (b041v2l1)
The latest weather forecast.
WED 22:00 The World Tonight (b041yjny)
Nigerians protest over kidnapped girls, Iraq elections, Bob Hoskins remembered, with Ritula Shah.
WED 22:45 Book at Bedtime (b041yjp0)
A Lovely Way to Burn
Episode 3
At the height of a hot London summer, in which people are dying from a highly contagious virus, TV presenter Stevie Flint has discovered the body of her boyfriend, Simon Sharkey, lying dead in his flat.
Stevie has herself been laid low by the virus and, after eight days in bed, has finally recovered enough to act upon instructions left for her in a letter from Simon. She must deliver a mysterious package to his colleague, Malcolm Reah, at St Thomas' Hospital.
Extracts from the tense new thriller by the award-winning author Louise Welsh.
Reader: Nadine Marshall
Abridger: Siân Preece
Writer: Louise Welsh
Producer: Kirsteen Cameron.
WED 23:00 Elvis McGonagall Takes a Look on the Bright Side (b041yjp2)
Series 1
A Dog's Dinner
Stand-up poet, armchair revolutionary, comedian and broadcaster Elvis McGonagall (aka poet and performer Richard Smith) is determined to do something about his bitter, dyspeptic and bloody minded view of contemporary life. There are good things out there, if he could only be bothered to find them.
From his home in the Graceland Park near Dundee, the Scottish punk poet goes in search of the brighter side of life. With the help of his dog,Trouble, his friend, Susan Morrison, and his own private narrator, Clarke Peters, Elvis does his very best to accentuate the positive - he really does. Recorded almost entirely on location, in a caravan on a truly glamorous industrial estate somewhere in Scotland.
In the first episode, A Dog's Dinner, Elvis finds out what's so good about haute cuisine and celebrity chefs.
As Elvis, poet Richard Smith is the 2006 World Poetry Slam Champion, the compere of the notorious Blue Suede Sporran Club and appears regularly on BBC Radio 4 ("Saturday Live", the "Today Programme", "Arthur Smith's Balham Bash", "Last Word", "Off The Page" and others as well as writing and presenting the popular arts features "Doggerel Bard" on the art of satiric poetry and "Beacons and Blue Remembered Hills" on the extraordinary resonance of A.E. Housman's 'Shropshire Lad')
Written by Elvis MacGonagall, with Richard Smith, Helen Braunholtz-Smith and Frank Stirling.
Producer: Frank Stirling
A Unique production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 23:15 Bunk Bed (b041yjp4)
Series 1
Episode 5
Everyone craves a place where their mind and body are not applied to a particular task. The nearest faraway place. Somewhere for drifting and lighting upon strange thoughts which don't have to be shooed into context, but which can be followed like balloons escaping onto the air. Late at night, in the dark and in a bunk bed, your tired mind can wander.
This is the nearest faraway place for Patrick Marber and Peter Curran. Here they endeavour to get the heart of things in an entertainingly vague and indirect way. This is not the place for typical male banter.
From under the bed clothes they play each other music from The Residents and Gerry Rafferty, archive of JG Ballard and Virginia Woolf. Life, death, work and family are their slightly warped conversational currency.
Writers/Performers:
PETER CURRAN is a publisher, writer and documentary maker. A former carpenter, his work ranges from directing films about culture in Africa, America and Brazil to writing and presenting numerous Arts and culture programmes for both radio and television.
PATRICK MARBER co-wrote and performed in On The Hour and Knowing Me, Knowing You..with Alan Partridge. His plays include Dealer's Choice, After Miss Julie, Closer and Don Juan in Soho. Marber also wrote the Oscar-nominated screenplay for the film Notes on a Scandal.
Producer: Peter Curran.
WED 23:30 Today in Parliament (b041yjp6)
The Prime Minister clashes with the Labour leader after Ed Miliband complains that the taxpayer was "ripped off" when Royal Mail was privatised.
Mr Miliband tells MPs that a group of City investors received, what he called, a golden ticket to buy and sell large amounts of shares.
But David Cameron says the sell-off had been a success and accuses Mr Miliband of behaving like "old Labour" and painting himself into the red corner.
The Home Secretary announces an overhaul of police stop and search powers.
MPs debate the European economy and the most senior official in the Commons announces he is to retire at the end of August.
Sean Curran and team report on today's events in Parliament.
THURSDAY 01 MAY 2014
THU 00:00 Midnight News (b041v2m4)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
THU 00:30 Book of the Week (b042bg3x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:45 on Wednesday]
THU 00:48 Shipping Forecast (b041v2m6)
The latest shipping forecast.
THU 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (b041v2m8)
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
THU 05:20 Shipping Forecast (b041v2mf)
The latest shipping forecast.
THU 05:30 News Briefing (b041v2mh)
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
THU 05:43 Prayer for the Day (b041ybhv)
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Revd Andrew Martlew.
THU 05:45 Farming Today (b041ybhx)
Cheese ban, Oyster farming, grass
As of today, China has placed a temporary ban on cheese imports from the UK. It follows an inspection tour of European dairy plants by Chinese officials. There were concerns about processing plant maintenance, air sanitisation, raw milk transport temperatures and chemical storage. Charlotte Smith asks whether UK consumers should be concerned.
After almost 100 years, shellfish farming has returned to a seaside village in Somerset. Volunteers in Porlock aim to revive the ancient tradition. BBC Somerset's Charlie Taylor was there as the first oyster and mussel spawn were placed in the water.
And as Farming Today continues to look at the importance of grass, a dairy farmer in Cumbria explains why he is so fanatical about grassland management.
Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Lucy Bickerton.
THU 05:58 Tweet of the Day (b041ybhz)
Woodland Dawn Chorus
Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about British birds inspired by their calls and songs.
David Attenborough presents a dawn chorus recorded in Rutland Water. The outpouring of song is so dense that it is almost impossible to single out individual species but includes blackbirds, song thrushes, robins and newly-arrived migrants like garden warblers.
THU 06:00 Today (b041ybj1)
Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
THU 09:00 In Our Time (b041ybj3)
The Tale of Sinuhe
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss The Tale of Sinuhe, one of the most celebrated works of ancient Egyptian literature. Written around four thousand years ago, the poem narrates the story of an Egyptian official who is exiled to Syria before returning to his homeland some years later. The number of versions of the poem, which is known from several surviving papyri and inscriptions, suggests that it was seen as an important literary work; although the story is set against a backdrop of real historical events, most scholars believe that the poem is a work of fiction.
With:
Richard Parkinson
Professor of Egyptology and Fellow of Queen's College at the University of Oxford
Roland Enmarch
Senior Lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Liverpool.
Aidan Dodson
Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Bristol
Producer: Thomas Morris.
THU 09:45 Book of the Week (b042bjp5)
Richard Benson - The Valley
Episode 4
Abridged from Richard Benson's epic family saga The Valley, the focus of this Book of the Week is on the story of the author's grandmother - Winnie Hollingworth (1909 - 2002) - and her life in the mining villages of the Dearne Valley in South Yorkshire.
This remarkable social history draws on years of research, interviews and anecdote which chart generations of carousing and banter, tears and fights all set against the background of a close-knit community where almost everybody worked either in the mines or the mills.
Richard Benson's first book, THE FARM which related the story of his own parents and brother and their livelihood in the Yorkshire Wolds was described as ' an extraordinary mixture of hardness and tenderness, wit and slog.. wonderful ' Ronald Blythe author of Akenfield. It went on to be a no.1 bestseller.
This new book is a powerful and moving achievement - it follows Winnie from her first romantic encounter: 'her heart beating hard and fast down in her whalebone and elastic' to her final years sitting in the lounge of a long rubber-tiled room with high-backed chairs around the walls.. ' where 'the residents either roost mutely or chat while their eyes search the room for a younger person who might play the piano for them.'
Ep 4. Life in the Dearne changes with the outbreak of the Second World War. Harry continues to develop his musical and entertaining career, with more nights out on the circuit.
Read by Richard Stacey
Abridged and directed by Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 10:00 Woman's Hour (b040z035)
Woman's Hour Takeover
Doreen Lawrence
Doreen Lawrence (this year's number one game changer on the Power List) talks about the people who inspired her, from Maya Angelou to Barack Obama. She also investigates why fibroids are more common in Afro Caribbean women and discusses treatment options with Mr Yacoub Khalaf, Consultant at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital in London.
The Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust runs a number of training programmes and bursaries designed to help young people from the black community to gain access to the professions. So what are the best ways to make sure all young people are able to fulfil their potential? We discuss with Minister for Skills and Enterprise, Matthew Hancock and Lee Elliot from education think-tank The Sutton Trust.
And Beverley Knight sings Fallen Soldier.
THU 10:45 15 Minute Drama (b041ybj5)
Le Donne
Episode 4
Set in modern day Naples - vibrant, picaresque, and for some, terrifying - where the Camorra has its hands in virtually every enterprise, from prostitution and drug running, to rubbish collection and street vendors. Series Two of 'Le Donne' ('The Women') focuses on Caterina Riccardi, a beautiful, privileged wife and mother. In Series One, she discovered that her husband Franco was actually a vicious Camorra boss. Her eldest son Nino was murdered and Caterina herself was forced to kill rival boss Vito Caporrino in an ultimately futile attempt to save her thirteen-year-old son Amedeo from also being killed.
Now, she has to face the consequences of her actions, and come to terms with her grief and guilt while trying to maintain a close relationship with her daughter Antonella, who still believes that her father is innocent.
4/5. Set in contemporary Naples. Senator Ferrezano has been murdered. Caterina knows that her rival, Carlo Caporrino, is to blame and that she must act before he kills again.
Written by Chris Fallon.
Based on an original idea by Rosalynd Ward and Chris Fallon.
Chris Fallon is a writer and director. This is his second series of 'Le Donne'. He has previously written for film and television as well as writing adaptations for radio. His short film 'Killing Joe' was nominated for an Academy Award.
Original music................................................Simon Russell
Pianist...........................................................Isobel Tombling
Writer............................................................Chris Fallon
Producer/Director:Rosalynd Ward
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 11:00 Crossing Continents (b041ybj7)
Arizona: The Missing Migrants
Each year, thousands of illegal migrants try to enter the United States via a treacherous journey across the Arizona desert. Some succeed, while others are captured by US border patrols and are immediately deported - but not everyone is so fortunate. A growing number simply drop dead from exhaustion.
The Missing Migrant Project works on identifying the deceased, piecing together clues found in the personal effects collected alongside the decomposed bodies found in the desert.
In this programme, the BBC's Mexico correspondent Will Grant travels to Tucson, Arizona to meet project co-founder Robin Reineke to learn of the challenges facing her office in the small southwestern city of Tucson - which has the third-highest number of unidentified bodies in the United States, after New York and Los Angeles.
Migrant rights groups say the vast expansion of the US Border Patrol has exacerbated the problem because the heightened policing of the border along traditional urban crossing points has forced clandestine border crossers out into the wilds of the desert.
Such tough border protection is popular among many American voters, especially in conservative border states like Arizona and Texas - but some locals have shown sympathy, heading out into the desert to leave water, food and blankets in the hope of saving the lives of desperate migrants.
In Mexico, Crossing Continents also meets the relatives of those who have died in the desert, revealing their motivations to move north - motivations which they share with many men, women and children from across Latin America, who are still willing to risk their lives embarking on this increasingly dangerous and potentially deadly trip.
Reporter: Will Grant
Producer: Richard Fenton-Smith.
THU 11:30 Getting the Picture (b03phd4f)
1. The Camera Has Attitudes
David Bailey's portrait photographs are world famous, instantly recognisable and have charted decades of fashion, celebrity and notoriety.
"You can't be judgmental and be a photographer," Bailey says in the first of two programmes in which he tells Tim Marlow, how he’s gone about producing the images which have defined our times.
Bailey reveals how he got started and how the portraiture that shot him to fame makes fashion photography more potent. "I thought the best way to sell the frock is through the girl. If the girl doesn't work, the picture doesn't work," he says.
As he lights Tim's own photographic portrait and selects the cameras for the shoot, Bailey discusses how he has gone about portraiture over the last 50 years or more.
In the central London studio which houses his archive of images, Bailey also reveals to Tim how he made his name with photographs of such stars as Marianne Faithfull, most notably for "Vogue".
And Tim talks to Marianne Faithfull herself about the two striking images of her which Bailey shot - in youth and in later years - and the sharply contrasting views she has of them now.
As this first programme draws to a close, the first shots of Tim's photographic session with Bailey are taken.
Producer: Simon Coates
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014
THU 12:00 You and Yours (b041ybj9)
Consumer news with Winifred Robinson.
THU 12:57 Weather (b041v2mk)
The latest weather forecast.
THU 13:00 World at One (b041v2mm)
News and current affairs presented by Martha Kearney.
THU 13:45 In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology and the Mind (b041ybjc)
Sane in Insane Places
Psychiatric treatments have had their fair share of controversy.
In this episode, Martin looks at the extraordinary popularity of lobotomies during the middle of the last century, the continued use of Electroconvulsive Therapy and the 'anti-psychiatry movement' of RD Laing in the 1960s.
Producer: Alan Hall
A Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 14:00 The Archers (b041y1n5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:00 on Wednesday]
THU 14:15 The Interrogation (b041ybjf)
Series 3
Kellie
by Roy Williams, with Kenneth Cranham and Alex Lanipekun. The story of Kellie.
Sean agrees to go for a drink with his old schoolfriend, Kellie. Little does he know what he's letting himself in for. Exciting series-ender.
Directed by Mary Peate
Original music by David Pickvance.
THU 15:00 Open Country (b041yjy5)
The Avon Gorge, Bristol
With Brunel's iconic Clifton Suspension Bridge towering over head, pull on your hiking boots and join Felicity Evans as she steps away from Bristol's busy city streets and delves into the dense undergrowth of the Avon Gorge.
As a haven for rare plant species, it's been classed as one of the top three botanical sites in England and with peregrine falcons circling overhead and goats roaming the land below, you could be forgiven for thinking you are in the most wild of rural landscapes - but in reality you are just a stone's throw from Bristol's City Centre.
Felicity meets with botanist and rock climber Libby Houston, who for over 30 years has explored the craggy edges of the Avon Gorge, identifying and even discovering rare plant species - one of which, 'Houston's White Beam', bears her name.
Further along the gorge Felicity joins Ben Scouse as he does his daily check on his six 'hairy conservationists' otherwise known as the six billy goats who have been bought in to graze the land in order to support the cultivation of the rare plants.
Looking upwards, author and naturalist Ed Drewitt takes Felicity peregrine spotting and reveals their history with the gorge and their royal connections and finally, Merchant Venturer Francis Greenacre explains how this land - so close to a city - came to be preserved as a wild and wonderful open space.
THU 15:27 Radio 4 Appeal (b041vcpz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:55 on Sunday]
THU 15:30 Open Book (b041vcqm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
16:00 on Sunday]
THU 16:00 The Film Programme (b041yjy7)
Paths Of Glory, Blue Ruin, Walerian Borowczyk
With Francine Stock.
Stanley Kubrick's wife Christiane reveals how they met and fell in love on the set of World War I drama Paths Of Glory, and why he was misunderstood by the British press.
The star and director of Blue Ruin, Macon Blair and Jeremy Saulnier, discuss their award-winning revenge thriller, and how the director had to dip into his own pocket, and his wife's, to get the film made.
Walerian Borowczyk is best known as the director of La Bete, a surreal fantasy that was banned in cinemas across the country in the late 70s. Before that, he was regarded as one of the greatest film-makers of his generation, and a new season at the BFI hopes to restore his reputation.
Anthony Chen, the director of Ilo Ilo, discusses his award-winning autobiographical tale about growing up in Singapore during the financial crash of the late 90s, and why Singapore audiences don't like art-house movies.
THU 16:30 BBC Inside Science (b041yjy9)
Mice & Men; Fuel from CO2; fRMI; Insect calls
A recent paper demonstrated that mice show elevated stress levels in the presence of male hormones. What implications does this have for future mouse research? Adam Rutherford heads to University College London to speak to Dr Clare Stanford, who works with mice and men.
How do you get jet fuel from thin air? Just add water, carbon dioxide and a large amount of concentrated sunlight. A team from the European Solar Jet Project has, for the first time, proved that you can make 'green' or carbon neutral paraffin, the hydrocarbon used in jet fuel. It's feasible; the next step is to try and make this process commercially viable.
Neuroscience is a fast growing and popular field, so naturally there are an abundance of stories reported in the press often illustrated with a beautiful picture of the brain. But despite the advances, when an area of the brain 'lights up" it does not tell us as much as we'd like about the inner workings of the mind. Adam Rutherford speaks to neuroscientists to get to the bottom of what brain imaging can be useful for and when over-interpretation is an issue.
Our resident zoologist Dr Tim Cockerill recently found himself filming animals deep in the jungles of Borneo. Before he left, we gave him an audio recorder to see what he could discover about the animal communities there, just by listening to them. It seems you can set your watch by some of their calls.
Producer: Marnie Chesterton.
THU 17:00 PM (b041yjyc)
Coverage and analysis of the day's news, presented by Eddie Mair.
THU 18:00 Six O'Clock News (b041v2mp)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
THU 18:30 Cabin Pressure (b01qdzc4)
Series 4
Xinzhou
Sitcom by John Finnemore about the pilots of a tiny charter airline.
It's cold, it's dark & there's no food on board. What better time for Gertie to decide to fall to bits? And what worse time for Arthur to try out his maths skills?
Cabin Pressure is a sitcom about the wing and a prayer world of a tiny, one plane, charter airline; staffed by two pilots: one on his way down, and one who was never up to start with. Whether they're flying squaddies to Hamburg, metal sheets to Mozambique, or an oil exec's cat to Abu Dhabi, no job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult...
Written by John Finnemore
Produced & directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for the BBC.
THU 19:00 The Archers (b041yf8j)
Jill's happy to be back in the Brookfield kitchen. Jill and Shula discuss the plan for a new road with a distracted Pat. Shula says plans are being made public at the next council meeting.
Dan starts at Sandhurst on Sunday. Shula's going to miss him hugely. Shula feels heartbroken that Dan and his father Mark never knew each other. Dan has Mark's cufflinks though. Jill encourages Shula to let Dan go with good grace. He'll thank her for it. She can be really proud of Dan.
Tom finally lets Pat see him. Tom's emotions are very raw and Pat comforts him. Tom's full of remorse for letting everyone down. He opens up about what drove him to jilt Kirsty. Everything became too much to handle and he felt that his whole life is a fake. Tom breaks down as he says that it all goes back to John. Pat begs Tom to tell her about it.
Pat and Tony discuss Tom and his 16-year burden regarding John. Tony doesn't buy it and calls Tom arrogant. Tony and Tom argue and Tom leaves. Pat is horrified.
THU 19:15 Front Row (b041yjyf)
Jon Ronson; Julian Anderson; 24; Comics Unmasked
With Matthew d'Ancona
Jon Ronson discusses Frank - which he co-wrote with Peter Straughan (The Men Who Stare At Goats). The fictional film was inspired by Jon's experience of touring in Frank Sidebottom's cult band. Ronson talks about why he didn't make a biopic, his relationship with Sidebottom creator Chris Sievey; and working with Michael Fassbender, who plays Frank and wears a fake head for the majority of the film.
The multi Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning series, 24, is about to return. Four years have passed and Kiefer Sutherland's Jack Bauer is now living in London and being hunted by the CIA. But then Jack learns of a threat to kill the US President during an official visit to the British Prime Minister, and decides he has to come out of hiding, to prevent it. Critic Sarah Crompton joins Matthew to assess how Jack fares this side of the Atlantic.
Award winning composer Julian Anderson talks about his new opera Thebans, based on Sophocles' tragedies.
From early Victorian pamphlets to the latest underground offerings, a new exhibition explores the world of British comics. It includes work by Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore and Posy Simmonds and a specially commissioned piece by Tank Girl artist Jamie Hewlett and looks at the way graphic novels have entertained, shocked, disturbed and amused readers for over two hundred years.
Producer Timothy Prosser.
THU 19:45 15 Minute Drama (b041ybj5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:45 today]
THU 20:00 The Report (b041yjyh)
Sexual Harassment in Westminster
Simon Cox investigates allegations of abuse of power, a culture of silence, a lack of protection for junior staff and how effective measures introduced to combat the problem are likely to be.
THU 20:30 In Business (b041yjyk)
Battery Matters
Out of juice?
Perhaps the biggest problem facing makers of new technology is battery power.....or lack of it. The battery is so critical that engineers design handheld devices around the battery, rather than the other way round. It's not just mobile phone and wearable technology manufacturers that are striving for longer lasting batteries, the electric vehicle is stalling (so to speak) because of the short distances between recharging and a limited service life of the battery.
So what are businesses doing to reinvent the battery? Is an average annual gain in capacity of 6% really the best we can do?
We'll ask whether Lithium-Air batteries can revitalise the electric car market, explore whether flexible graphene batteries and solar cells hold the key to enhancements in mobile phone battery life and look at the 3D printing of micro batteries the size of a grain of sand.
THU 21:00 BBC Inside Science (b041yjy9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
16:30 today]
THU 21:30 In Our Time (b041ybj3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 21:58 Weather (b041v2mr)
The latest weather forecast.
THU 22:00 The World Tonight (b041yjym)
Justice debate after Gerry Adams arrest, Kenyan oil discovery, Kiev admits lost control of Eastern Ukraine, with David Eades.
THU 22:45 Book at Bedtime (b041yjyp)
A Lovely Way to Burn
Episode 4
Apocalyptic thriller by the award-winning novelist Louise Welsh.
London is in meltdown as the deadly virus known as "The Sweats" spreads rapidly through the population. Despite the danger, survivor Stevie Flint is determined to continue her search for answers to the mysterious death of her boyfriend, Dr Simon Sharkey.
Reader: Nadine Marshall
Abridger: Siân Preece
Writer: Louise Welsh
Producer: Kirsteen Cameron.
THU 23:00 A Short Gentleman (b019fxjh)
Episode 3
When dealing with his wife's lover, Robert employs his deadliest weapon: being a gentleman.
Hugh Bonneville stars as Robert Purcell, QC, a perfect specimen of the British Establishment, who applies faultless legal logic to his disastrous personal life.
Jon Canter's comic novel 'A Short Gentleman' adapted by Robin Brooks.
Robert Purcell ..... Hugh Bonneville
Elizabeth ..... Lyndsey Marshal
Max ..... Ted Allpress
Isobel ..... Lauren Mote
Mona/Ticky ..... Katherine Jakeways
Geoffrey ..... Paul Moriarty
Anthony ..... Carl Prekopp
Penelope ..... Tracy Wiles
With Adjoa Andoh, Ewan Bailey, Adam Billington and James Hayes.
Director: Jonquil Painting
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2012.
THU 23:30 Today in Parliament (b041yjyr)
Alicia McCarthy reports from Westminster.
FRIDAY 02 MAY 2014
FRI 00:00 Midnight News (b041v2np)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
FRI 00:30 Book of the Week (b042bjp5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:45 on Thursday]
FRI 00:48 Shipping Forecast (b041v2nr)
The latest shipping forecast.
FRI 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (b041v2nt)
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
FRI 05:20 Shipping Forecast (b041v2nw)
The latest shipping forecast.
FRI 05:30 News Briefing (b041v2ny)
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
FRI 05:43 Prayer for the Day (b041yd3y)
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Revd Andrew Martlew.
FRI 05:45 Farming Today (b041yd40)
BBC Food & Farming Awards
Farming Today brings you the results of the BBC Food and Farming Awards. Charlotte Smith presents the programme from the awards ceremony in Bristol, and meets the winner of the Outstanding Farmer of the Year category - dairy farmer Neil Darwent. She gets his reaction, and asks the judges, Adam Henson and Mike Gooding, what made them choose him.
Farm incomes are up by 13% on last year - but is it a real rise, or an illusion of statistics? Charlotte talks to a financial expert at an agricultural consultancy to get his opinion.
And the project to photograph red squirrels in Northern Ireland, which ended up also recording a second rare species by accident!
Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Emma Campbell.
FRI 05:58 Tweet of the Day (b041yd42)
Heather Moorland Dawn Chorus
Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about British birds inspired by their calls and songs.
David Attenborough presents the second of four recordings marking the dawn chorus, this time the heather moors of Allendale in Northumberland. Songs featured are that of the curlew, skylark, golden plover and redshank.
FRI 06:00 Today (b041yd44)
Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
FRI 09:00 The Reunion (b0076y1y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Sunday]
FRI 09:45 Book of the Week (b042bjzl)
Richard Benson - The Valley
Episode 5
Abridged from Richard Benson's epic family saga The Valley, the focus of this Book of the Week is on the story of the author's grandmother - Winnie Hollingworth (1909 - 2002) - and her life in the mining villages of the Dearne Valley in South Yorkshire.
This remarkable social history draws on years of research, interviews and anecdote which chart generations of carousing and banter, tears and fights all set against the background of a close-knit community where almost everybody worked either in the mines or the mills.
Richard Benson's first book, THE FARM which related the story of his own parents and brother and their livelihood in the Yorkshire Wolds was described as ' an extraordinary mixture of hardness and tenderness, wit and slog.. wonderful ' Ronald Blythe author of Akenfield. It went on to be a no.1 bestseller.
This new book is a powerful and moving achievement - it follows Winnie from her first romantic encounter: 'her heart beating hard and fast down in her whalebone and elastic' to her final years sitting in the lounge of a long rubber-tiled room with high-backed chairs around the walls.. ' where 'the residents either roost mutely or chat while their eyes search the room for a younger person who might play the piano for them.'
Ep 5. Children become adults, and Winnie and Harry grow frail, but there are still surprises in store.
Read by Richard Stacey
PRODUCER: JILL WATERS
Abridged and directed by Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC 4Extra.
FRI 10:00 Woman's Hour (b040z1cq)
Woman's Hour Takeover
Lauren Laverne
Lauren Laverne presents the final programme in the Takeover.
Power Lister Caitlin Moran invites her for a cuppa in her kitchen to talk all things women. So what is Caitlin's real relationship with power, money and family life? How has the success of 'How To Be A Woman' transformed the working class teenager from Wolverhampton? And what do you say to your daughters about feminism when you're watching music star Rihanna performing in very few clothes?
Did Girl Power make feminism accessible? The Spice Girls burst onto the music scene in 1996 and since then have sold 80 million records world-wide. Their extraordinarily success meant that young girls were introduced en mass to the Spice Girls take on Girl Power, which emphasised the importance of female friendship and independence. At the time some feminists criticised Girl Power for being superficial and consumerist, but what effect has it had on their fans, most of whom are now women in their mid to late twenties?
Plus The Staves - the acoustic folk-Americana playing sisters - take time out from working on their next album to play live in the Woman's Hour studio.
Presenter: Lauren Laverne
Producer: Kat Wong.
FRI 10:45 15 Minute Drama (b041yd46)
Le Donne
Episode 5
Set in modern day Naples - vibrant, picaresque, and for some, terrifying - where the Camorra has its hands in virtually every enterprise, from prostitution and drug running, to rubbish collection and street vendors. Series Two of 'Le Donne' ('The Women') focuses on Caterina Riccardi, a beautiful, privileged wife and mother. In Series One, she discovered that her husband Franco was actually a vicious Camorra boss. Her eldest son Nino was murdered and Caterina herself was forced to kill rival boss Vito Caporrino in an ultimately futile attempt to save her thirteen-year-old son Amedeo from also being killed.
Now, she has to face the consequences of her actions, and come to terms with her grief and guilt while trying to maintain a close relationship with her daughter Antonella, who still believes that her father is innocent.
5/5. Set in contemporary Naples. Franco is about to be released from prison; Carlo Caporrino is planning another murder. Trapped and confused, Caterina wants to reject the Camorra for good but can she do it?
Written by Chris Fallon.
Based on an original idea by Rosalynd Ward and Chris Fallon.
Chris Fallon is a writer and director. This is his second series of 'Le Donne'. He has previously written for film and television as well as writing adaptations for radio. His short film 'Killing Joe' was nominated for an Academy Award.
Original music....................................Simon Russell.
Pianist...............................................Isobel Tombling
Writer................................................Chris Fallon
Producer/Director...............................Rosalynd Ward
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 11:00 With Humble Duty Reports... (b041yd48)
After Labour's election victory in 1997, the MP Janet Anderson was appointed a government whip and found herself in a role unique in the British constitution. As Vice-Chamberlain of the Royal Household, Janet was charged with writing a daily message to Her Majesty the Queen on the proceedings in Parliament. Janet's messages went beyond the usual humdrum, regaling the Queen with a daily soap opera of life in the House of Commons, from the disappearing transport minister to the secret deals done with the Opposition to prevent the viewing of a critical football match being interrupted by parliamentary votes. Her accounts make vivid the characters, rivalries and absurdities of the Palace of Westminster in the first year of Tony Blair's government.
Producer: Adam Bowen.
FRI 11:30 Hobby Bobbies (b037jn8d)
Series 1
Dangerous Dogs
The useless officers are dispatched to investigate a nuisance caller and her dangerous dog - but stumble into the local drugs racket.
Britain's longest serving PCSO is paired with the laziest in Dave Lamb's sitcom. (Dave is the voice of TV's Come Dine With Me)
Geoff............................Richie Webb
Nigel............................ Nick Walker
The Guv....................... Sinead Keenan
Jermain.........................Leon Herbert
Bernie...........................Chris Emmett
Producer: Steve Doherty
A Top Dog production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 12:00 You and Yours (b041yd4b)
How to stop criminals stealing your house.
Food companies are too quick to use "May Contain" labels, say campaigners.
Busy doing nothing; the joys of a pointless walk.
How do you turn around a failing hospital?
What can ethical business structures add in a modern industrial economy?
The beach hut that's being left to fall apart
The wrong Note! Manchester United drop plans for singing areas.
The winners are crowned at the Food and Farming awards?
FRI 12:52 The Listening Project (b041yf8d)
Alyssia and Jessica - Time to Hit Delete
Fi Glover introduces a conversation between friends who believe it's high time to call time on their engagement with social media - another conversation in the series that proves it's surprising what you hear when you listen.
The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a snapshot of contemporary Britain in which people across the UK volunteer to have a conversation with someone close to them about a subject they've never discussed intimately before. The conversations are being gathered across the UK by teams of producers from local and national radio stations who facilitate each encounter. Every conversation - they're not BBC interviews, and that's an important difference - lasts up to an hour, and is then edited to extract the key moment of connection between the participants. Most of the unedited conversations are being archived by the British Library and used to build up a collection of voices capturing a unique portrait of the UK in the second decade of the millennium. You can upload your own conversations or just learn more about The Listening Project by visiting bbc.co.uk/listeningproject
Producer: Marya Burgess.
FRI 12:57 Weather (b041v2p0)
The latest weather forecast.
FRI 13:00 World at One (b041v2p2)
We're in Ukraine as forces attempt to remove pro-Russian separatists. We debate if those convicted of knife crime should be jailed automatically. Plus our survey suggests unions more trusted than big business.
FRI 13:45 In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology and the Mind (b041yf8g)
Care in the Community
At the end of this week of programmes examining psychiatry, the medicalised model for treating mental illness, Martin outlines the impact of reforms during the latter half of the Twentieth Century that resulted in the closure of Britain's Victorian asylums and a new policy of 'care in the community'.
Series consultant, Professor Daniel Pick, Birkbeck, University of London.
Producer: Alan Hall
A Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 14:00 The Archers (b041yf8j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:00 on Thursday]
FRI 14:15 Sally Griffiths - The Right Call (b041yr8t)
Following a sudden move to Swansea, Jo and Adrian are forced to reassess their relationship with their teenage daughter, Lexie.
Trying to appear normal under immense pressure begins to take its toll.
Sally Griffiths's gripping drama about keeping secrets in a tight-knit family.
Jo .... Anastasia Hille
Adrian .... Michael Bertenshaw
Lexie .... Tamsin Topolski
Mair .... Eiry Thomas
Becky .... Carys Eleri
Director: Gemma Jenkins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014.
FRI 15:00 Gardeners' Question Time (b041yf8l)
Gloucestershire
Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Gloucestershire. Answering local gardeners' questions are Chris Beardshaw, Pippa Greenwood and Anne Swithinbank.
Produced by Howard Shannon
Assistant producer: Darby Dorras.
A Somethin' Else Production for BBC Radio 4.
Q. What can I do to give my paved front garden the 'wow' factor?
A. If you have any areas of soil, you could plant something woody like a Caryopteris. You could plant a Pieris in a container. You could also plant a Sparmannia or a Purple Yam (a kind of Diasporia) or Pennesetum grasses.
Q. Does the panel think that I could cut my box hedges (Buxus Sempervirens) down to about 4 to 6 inches (10-15 cm) from 15 inches (38cm)?
A. The Box will come back from very hard pruning, but Box can suffer from box blight. When pruning you must ensure that the foliage is thoroughly wet and the tools used are all clean and sterile. Prune when the plant is actively growing, and it's a good idea to prune one side of the hedge per season to give the plant a better chance of surviving the trim.
3) Q. I have tried growing Acanthas and have good leaf growth, but no flower growth. Could the panel suggest the best growing conditions for this plant?
A. If you grow the plant in a smaller container or a smaller area, this will help encourage flower growth. Ensure the plant is kept moist (but with good drainage) and is exposed to lots of sunshine. You could also use high-pot-ash feed to encourage growth and try growing the plant in calcium rich soil.
4) Q. Is the growth of Mistletoe on an elderly Medlar Tree (Mespilus Germanica) harming the growth of the tree? If so, what is the best method of getting rid of it?
A. The Mistletoe won't cause too much damage so long as the growth is proportional to the tree. If you harvest the Mistletoe in the proportions that you harvest the fruits of the Medlar tree, a balance will be achieved.
5) Q. Will planting more fruit trees in a fruit cage keep the weeds away?
A. Yes, you could plant some Cherries, Golden Gages, Plums, Rhubarb, Red Gooseberries (Whinham's Industry is a good variety). You could also have a go at growing Japanese Wine Berry.
6) Q. What does the future hold for a 40ft (12m) high Larch tree, the top 30ft (9m) of which looks dead?
A. The dying wood is fabulous for wildlife, so you can let it decay naturally.
Be careful of the wood falling, this could be dangerous. If you do wish to prune down to the healthy growth, this will not harm the tree. It might be worth investigating what caused the upper part of the tree to die, this could be a case of phytopthora.
7) Q. Would it cause damage to prune the main stems of a 25-year-old climbing rose in order to encourage growth further down the plant?
A. Pruning would be necessary to encourage growth further down the plant. You must prune gradually (a third of the stems each season) and train the fresh growth to create a fan structure. Don't be afraid to be ruthless with the stems you chose to prune.
FRI 15:45 State of the Nation (b041yf8n)
Pot Luck
The second in a series of hard-hitting stories looking at the lives of those living on the economic margins of society in Britain today. In Lisa Blower's 'Pot Luck', a mother finds self-worth through those who have nothing in austerity-struck Stoke-on-Trent. The reader is Jaqueline Redgewell.
Producer: Justine Willett
Reader: Jacqueline Redgewell
Writer: Lisa Blower left full-time academia to become a writer in 2006. Her story 'Broken Crockery' won The Guardian's National Short Story Competition in 2009, and her story 'Barmouth' was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award in 2013. Her first novel is titled 'Sitting Ducks'.
FRI 16:00 Last Word (b041yf8q)
Bob Hoskins, U Win Tin, Ian McIntyre, Gailene Stock
Matthew Bannister on
The actor Bob Hoskins who starred in the films Mona Lisa and the Long Good Friday, the TV play Pennies from Heaven and Guys and Dolls at the National Theatre. We have tributes from Sir Richard Eyre and Gemma Craven.
Also, the Burmese journalist and activist U Win Tin, right hand man to Aung Sang Suu Kyi in the pro Democracy movement.
Ian McIntyre, the BBC broadcaster and manager. He presented Analysis on Radio 4 and went on to be the network's Controller.
And Gailene Stock, the Australian ballet dancer who became the principal of the Royal Ballet School. Deborah Bull pays tribute.
FRI 16:30 More or Less (b041yf8s)
British Law: Made in Brussels?
Tim Harford and the More or Less team return for another series on Radio 4.
How much British law is made in Brussels? In the lead up to the European elections, UKIP have put the issue back in the spotlight with posters claiming it's 75%. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says it's 7%. Who's right? And how do we go about working out how much say the EU has in British law?
As the aerial search for the Malaysian Airlines plane missing in the Indian ocean is called off, could the statistical ideas of an 18th century Presbyterian minister help find the plane?
And it's 60 years since Sir Roger Bannister became the first man to run a mile in less than four minutes. Tim Harford speaks to Sir Roger to find out if four minutes really was seen as an 'impossible' barrier and debunk some myths surrounding his famous run.
FRI 16:55 The Listening Project (b041yf8v)
Abbe and Eyal - Pen to Paper
Fi Glover introduces a conversation remembering a courtship conducted via pen and ink, and its romantic advantages over today's glib communications via social media, proving once again that it's surprising what you hear when you listen.
The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a snapshot of contemporary Britain in which people across the UK volunteer to have a conversation with someone close to them about a subject they've never discussed intimately before. The conversations are being gathered across the UK by teams of producers from local and national radio stations who facilitate each encounter. Every conversation - they're not BBC interviews, and that's an important difference - lasts up to an hour, and is then edited to extract the key moment of connection between the participants. Most of the unedited conversations are being archived by the British Library and used to build up a collection of voices capturing a unique portrait of the UK in the second decade of the millennium. You can upload your own conversations or just learn more about The Listening Project by visiting bbc.co.uk/listeningproject
Producer: Marya Burgess.
FRI 17:00 PM (b041yf8x)
Coverage and analysis of the day's news, presented by Eddie Mair.
FRI 18:00 Six O'Clock News (b041v2p4)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
FRI 18:30 The Now Show (b041yr8w)
Series 43
Episode 3
Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team present a comic take on the week's news. With guests Marcus Brigstocke, John Finnemore, Laura Shavin and Grace Petrie.
Written by the cast, with additional material from Sarah Morgan and Andy Wolton. Produced by Alexandra Smith.
FRI 19:00 The Archers (b041yr8y)
May Day preparations are in full swing at the village hall. Fallon has everyone organised. PC Burns is doing a road safety roadshow. Jazzer's not too impressed by him, but Lynda anticipates Jazzer will eat his words along with his cake. Emma spies some 1970s crockery that she can use for Clarrie's party next Thursday. Ed and Jazzer will be doing the music and Brookfield is hosting in one of their barns.
Lynda resolves to find out more about the plans for a new road, as soon as May Day is out of the way.
Pat's worried about Tom after his argument with Tony. Roy decides to go and check on Tom. Jazzer invites himself round as well to cheer Tom up, grabbing a few beers on the way. Tom's place is very clean and tidy. Roy and Jazzer find a note and share it with Pat. Tom has gone away to get his head straight and says not to worry. Roy tries to reassure Pat that Tom will be ok, but Pat breaks down, worried about her "baby".
FRI 19:15 Front Row (b041yr90)
Fiona Shaw, Edward St Aubyn, Under Milk Wood
The Testament Of Mary, Colm Tóibín's Man Booker-nominated novella, has now been adapted for the theatre - starring Fiona Shaw and directed by Deborah Warner. Fiona Shaw joins Razia to discuss the effort and concentration required for a 100-minute monologue, and the way the production mixes religious and secular aspects.
Award winning revenge thriller Blue Ruin tells the story of an American man, Dwight Evans, who is seeking to kill his parents killers. As events unfold Evans, played by Macon Blair, undergoes a transformation from traumatised homeless drop-out to novice assassin. Mark Eccleston reviews.
Novelist Edward St Aubyn talks about his new book Lost For Words, a satirical look at the world of literary prizes.
And a new BBC and theatre production of Under Milk Wood to mark the centenary of Dylan Thomas' birth which includes contributions from Charlotte Church, Tom Jones and Michael Sheen.
Razia Iqbal - Presenter
Nicola Holloway - producer
Image Credit: Hugo Glendinning.
FRI 19:45 15 Minute Drama (b041yd46)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:45 today]
FRI 20:00 Any Questions? (b041yr92)
George Eustice MP, Mary Creagh MP, Kelvin MacKenzie, Jack Monroe
Following the broadcast of this edition of Any Questions (Friday 2nd /Saturday 3rd May), the following candidates are standing alongside panellist Kelvin MacKenzie for the St George's Hill ward in Elmbridge Borough Council in Surrey:
Simon Foale (Conservative)
Thomas Wicks (Labour)
Other panellists include Farming Minister George Eustice MP; Shadow Transport Secretary Mary Creagh MP; Kelvin MacKenzie; and Jack Monroe; with chair Jonathan Dimbleby. This programme was broadcast from the Knowle West Media Centre in Bristol as part of the Bristol Food Connections festival.
FRI 20:50 A Point of View (b041yr94)
Digging Digitally
"The archaeological wonders of today" writes Mary Beard "don't come from heroic subterranean exploration, still less from the efforts of teenagers with their spades and trowels in damp Shropshire fields. They are much more often 'virtual'".
Mary reflects on the new face of archaeology - far removed from the days of Heinrich Schliemann who famously claimed "to have gazed on the face of Agamemnon".
She traces the history of virtual archaeology from the early 1900s and admits "part of me thrills to the magic of the technology, and to the sheer bravura of displaying the plans of lost buildings, even lost towns, at the touch of a few buttons". She recognises it's far cheaper, quicker and leaves ruins where they are safest: under the ground.
But she also admits a feeling of nostalgia for the old ways. When she sees an exciting new discovery, "my heart just itches to get out my spade and my trowel and go and actually dig it up".
Producer: Adele Armstrong.
FRI 21:00 In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology and the Mind (b041yr96)
Omnibus Edition
Episode 2
In the second week of his series about the history of psychology and the mind, Martin examines the medicalised model for the care of mentally disturbed patients, psychiatry. He visits a Victorian asylum, traces changing treatments - from lobotomies and Electroconvulsive Therapy to pharmacological solutions - and he considers the impact of reforms that led to 'care in the community'.
Producer: Alan Hall
A Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 21:58 Weather (b041v2p6)
The latest weather forecast.
FRI 22:00 The World Tonight (b041yr98)
Northern Ireland police granted another 48 hours to quiz Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams. Six years on from Cyclone Nargis, Robin Lustig reports from Burma, celebrity publicist Max Clifford is sentenced to 8 years in prison, and a massive landslide buries hundreds of homes in Afghanistan. With David Eades.
FRI 22:45 Book at Bedtime (b041yr9b)
A Lovely Way to Burn
Episode 5
Stevie Flint has survived "The Sweats", a deadly virus spreading rapidly through the population of London. Convinced that her boyfriend, Dr Simon Sharkey, has been murdered, she ignores the chaos on the streets around her to continue her investigation into his death.
Worryingly, it appears that she has herself become a target, attacked in the car park at work. Now she is pinning her hopes on the expertise of a computer hacker to gain access to the secrets she believes lie within Simon's laptop.
Apocalyptic thriller by the award-winning author Louise Welsh.
Reader: Nadine Marshall
Abridger: Siân Preece
Writer: Louise Welsh
Producer: Kirsteen Cameron.
FRI 23:00 Great Lives (b041xdgm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
16:30 on Tuesday]
FRI 23:30 Today in Parliament (b041yr9d)
Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.
FRI 23:55 The Listening Project (b041yr9g)
Suzanne and Julie - Rustic Rites
Fi Glover introduces a conversation between former May Queens from Lustleigh in Devon, reflecting upon the pagan roots of the coronation that marked their transition into womanhood, and proving once again that it's surprising what you hear when you listen.
The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a snapshot of contemporary Britain in which people across the UK volunteer to have a conversation with someone close to them about a subject they've never discussed intimately before. The conversations are being gathered across the UK by teams of producers from local and national radio stations who facilitate each encounter. Every conversation - they're not BBC interviews, and that's an important difference - lasts up to an hour, and is then edited to extract the key moment of connection between the participants. Most of the unedited conversations are being archived by the British Library and used to build up a collection of voices capturing a unique portrait of the UK in the second decade of the millennium. You can upload your own conversations or just learn more about The Listening Project by visiting bbc.co.uk/listeningproject
Producer: Marya Burgess.
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
10:45 MON (b041vvvk)
15 Minute Drama
19:45 MON (b041vvvk)
15 Minute Drama
10:45 TUE (b041xbx9)
15 Minute Drama
19:45 TUE (b041xbx9)
15 Minute Drama
10:45 WED (b041xyk2)
15 Minute Drama
19:45 WED (b041xyk2)
15 Minute Drama
10:45 THU (b041ybj5)
15 Minute Drama
19:45 THU (b041ybj5)
15 Minute Drama
10:45 FRI (b041yd46)
15 Minute Drama
19:45 FRI (b041yd46)
8.51 to Brighton
00:30 SUN (b01l7mc3)
A Point of View
08:48 SUN (b0418xym)
A Point of View
20:50 FRI (b041yr94)
A Short Gentleman
23:00 THU (b019fxjh)
Act Your Age
23:00 TUE (b00zm0mc)
All in the Mind
21:00 TUE (b041xtmc)
All in the Mind
15:30 WED (b041xtmc)
Any Answers?
14:00 SAT (b041txvw)
Any Questions?
13:10 SAT (b0418xyk)
Any Questions?
20:00 FRI (b041yr92)
Archive on 4
20:00 SAT (b041v27d)
BBC Inside Science
16:30 THU (b041yjy9)
BBC Inside Science
21:00 THU (b041yjy9)
Bells on Sunday
05:43 SUN (b041v54q)
Bells on Sunday
00:45 MON (b041v54q)
Book at Bedtime
22:45 MON (b041vvwg)
Book at Bedtime
22:45 TUE (b041xtmh)
Book at Bedtime
22:45 WED (b041yjp0)
Book at Bedtime
22:45 THU (b041yjyp)
Book at Bedtime
22:45 FRI (b041yr9b)
Book of the Week
00:30 SAT (b0418wy7)
Book of the Week
09:45 MON (b041vvvh)
Book of the Week
00:30 TUE (b041vvvh)
Book of the Week
09:45 TUE (b042bfnl)
Book of the Week
00:30 WED (b042bfnl)
Book of the Week
09:45 WED (b042bg3x)
Book of the Week
00:30 THU (b042bg3x)
Book of the Week
09:45 THU (b042bjp5)
Book of the Week
00:30 FRI (b042bjp5)
Book of the Week
09:45 FRI (b042bjzl)
Broadcasting House
09:00 SUN (b041vcq3)
Bunk Bed
23:15 WED (b041yjp4)
Cabin Pressure
18:30 THU (b01qdzc4)
Classic Serial
21:00 SAT (b0414qty)
Classic Serial
15:00 SUN (b041vcqk)
Costing the Earth
15:30 TUE (b041xbxr)
Costing the Earth
21:00 WED (b041xbxr)
Crossing Continents
20:30 MON (b0418rcc)
Crossing Continents
11:00 THU (b041ybj7)
Down the Line
18:30 TUE (b010m9tg)
Drama
14:15 MON (b041vvvw)
Drama
14:15 TUE (b041xbxm)
Drama
14:15 WED (b041xykd)
Elvis McGonagall Takes a Look on the Bright Side
23:00 WED (b041yjp2)
Farming Today
06:30 SAT (b041txvf)
Farming Today
05:45 MON (b041vvv9)
Farming Today
05:45 TUE (b041vyyl)
Farming Today
05:45 WED (b041xyjt)
Farming Today
05:45 THU (b041ybhx)
Farming Today
05:45 FRI (b041yd40)
Feedback
20:00 SUN (b0418x12)
Four Thought
20:45 WED (b041yjnw)
From Our Own Correspondent
11:30 SAT (b041txvr)
Front Row
19:15 MON (b041vvwb)
Front Row
19:15 TUE (b041xdgr)
Front Row
19:15 WED (b041y1n7)
Front Row
19:15 THU (b041yjyf)
Front Row
19:15 FRI (b041yr90)
Gardeners' Question Time
14:00 SUN (b0418wym)
Gardeners' Question Time
15:00 FRI (b041yf8l)
Getting the Picture
11:30 THU (b03phd4f)
Gloomsbury
11:30 WED (b041xyk6)
Great Lives
16:30 TUE (b041xdgm)
Great Lives
23:00 FRI (b041xdgm)
Hobby Bobbies
11:30 FRI (b037jn8d)
In Business
21:30 SUN (b0418rd0)
In Business
20:30 THU (b041yjyk)
In Our Time
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In Our Time
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In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology and the Mind
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In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology and the Mind
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In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology and the Mind
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In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology and the Mind
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In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology and the Mind
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In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology and the Mind
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In Touch
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India Uncorrupted?
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Infinite Possibilities and Unlikely Probabilities
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Intelligence: Born Smart, Born Equal, Born Different
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Isy Suttie's Love Letters
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Last Word
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Last Word
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Leader Conference
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Money Box
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More or Less
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No Triumph, No Tragedy
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No Triumph, No Tragedy
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Open Book
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Open Book
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Open Country
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Open Country
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Pick of the Week
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Prayer for the Day
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Prayer for the Day
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Prayer for the Day
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Prayer for the Day
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Prayer for the Day
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Profile
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Profile
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Profile
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Radio 4 Appeal
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Radio 4 Appeal
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Radio 4 Appeal
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Roddy Doyle on Radio 4
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Sally Griffiths - The Right Call
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Saturday Live
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Save the Moon!
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Secrets and Lattes
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Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
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Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
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Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
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Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
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Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
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Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
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Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
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Something Understood
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Something Understood
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Soul Music
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Start the Week
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Start the Week
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State of the Nation
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Suicide Watch
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Teachers vs Government: Seventy Years of Education Policy
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The 3rd Degree
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The 3rd Degree
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The Archers
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The Archers
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The Archers
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The Archers
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The Archers
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The Echo Chamber
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The Listening Project
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The Listening Project
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The Listening Project
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The Listening Project
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The Party of No
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The Unbelievable Truth
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The World This Weekend
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The World Tonight
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The World Tonight
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The World Tonight
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The World Tonight
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Thinking Allowed
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Thinking Allowed
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Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler
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Today in Parliament
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Tweet of the Day
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Voices from Our Industrial Past
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Westminster Hour
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What the Papers Say
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With Humble Duty Reports...
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Witness
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Woman's Hour
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Woman's Hour
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Woman's Hour
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Woman's Hour
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Woman's Hour
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Woman's Hour
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Word of Mouth
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Word of Mouth
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World at One
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World at One
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World at One
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World at One
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World at One
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Would That Work Here?
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You and Yours
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You and Yours
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You and Yours
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You and Yours
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You and Yours
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Zeitgeisters
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