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BBC Radio 4   -   Saturday, 9 August

 

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0520 : Shipping Forecast

The latest shipping forecast.

0530 : News Briefing

The latest news from BBC Radio 4.

0543 : Prayer for the Day

Daily prayer and reflection with Canon Noel Battye.

0545 : Big Fish, Small Ponds

David McKie explores some of Britain's most evocative spots and their local heroes.

0600 : News and Papers

The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.

0604 : Weather

The latest weather forecast.

0607 : Open Country

Countryside magazine.Matt Baker finds mud, fish and relics in the Bristol Channel.

0635 : Farming Today This Week

News and issues in rural Britain, with Charlotte Smith.

0657 : Weather

The latest weather forecast.

0700 : Today

With Edward Stourton and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk at 7.25am, 8.25am; Thought for the Day at 7.48am; Weather at 7.57am.

0900 : Saturday Live

Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues that matter to them. Presenter Richard Coles is joined by Sadie Jones. Featured poet is Elvis McGonagall.

1000 : Excess Baggage

Travellers' tales, anecdotes and conversation. Sandi Toksvig visits the National Portrait Gallery to explore the relationship between travel and portraiture.

1030 : Meter Mad

Jenny Eclair narrates a eulogy mourning the imminent death of the parking meter, compiled by Josie Barnard. Fifty years after the first parking meter was installed in London, new methods of paying parking charges by text threaten to make these potent articles of street furniture extinct.

1100 : Beyond Westminster

Elinor Goodman presents the series looking at politics beyond and outside the Westminster parliament.

1130 : From Our Own Correspondent

BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie.

1200 : Alvin Hall's World of Money

Financial guru Alvin Hall explores where investors put money during a credit crunch. He looks at the film industry.

1230 : The Now Show

Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team including Mitch Benn, Marcus Brigstocke, Laura Shavin and Jon Holmes.

1257 : Weather

The latest weather forecast.

1300 : News

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

1310 : Any Questions?

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Norton-sub-Hamdon, Somerset.

1400 : Any Answers?

Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls and emails in response to this week's edition of Any Questions? Call 03700 100 444 [calls cost no more than to 01, 02 landline numbers].

1430 : The Saturday Play

Comedy thriller by Joyce Porter, set in the 1970s, dramatised by Paul Mendelson.

1530 : Page to Performance

Lowri Blake explores the history of well-known pieces of music.

1600 : Weekend Woman's Hour

Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey.

1656 : 1968: Day by Day

John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 40 years ago. 48 passengers die as a British airliner carrying holiday-makers to Austria crashes near Munich.

1700 : Saturday PM

Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines. With Carolyn Quinn.

1730 : iPM

Eddie Mair presents the weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate.

1754 : Shipping Forecast

The latest shipping forecast.

1757 : Weather

The latest weather forecast.

1800 : Six O'Clock News

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by Weather.

1815 : Loose Ends

Peter Curran presents an eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music.

1900 : Profile

Series of profiles of people who are currently making headlines.

1915 : Saturday Review

Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the cultural highlights of the week.

2000 : The Archive Hour

Sue MacGregor explores the controversial life of Marie Stopes. One of feminism's most complex icons, Stopes is remembered not only as the founder of modern birth control but also of the Portland Museum in Dorset, where locals recall her penchant for nude sunbathing and tireless anti-litter campaigns. The programme features previously unaired personal recordings, testimony from women whose lives she changed, and revealing personal insights from her son.

2100 : Classic Serial

Ayeesha Menon's dramatisation of Orhan Pamuk's murder mystery set in Istanbul in 1590.

2200 : News and Weather

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.

2215 : Inside the Ethics Committee

Series in which Vivienne Parry is joined by a panel of experts to tackle the ethics involved in a real hospital case.

2300 : Round Britain Quiz

Tom Sutcliffe chairs the latest heat of the cryptic general knowledge quiz. The North of England take on Scotland.

2330 : Poetry and the Russian Soul

Martin Sixsmith explores the heart and soul of Russia's poetry.

0000 : News and Weather

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.

0030 : Confessions of a Failed Grown-Up

Stephanie Calman reads from her book about the perils of reaching 40.

0048 : Shipping Forecast

The latest shipping forecast.

0100 : As BBC World Service

BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.



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