BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Saturday 28 November 2009

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—28/11/2009
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—David Kynaston - Family Britain, A Pretty Mess
  5/5An increasingly affluent and confident Britain is rocked by the Suez crisis.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—28/11/2009
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Shipping Forecast—28/11/2009
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—28/11/2009
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—28/11/2009
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—28/11/2009
  Daily prayer and reflection with Alastair McIntosh.
8. 05:45
  Running Away—Shami Chakrabarti
  1/5Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty, heads for the British Film Institute.(R)
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Morning
1. 06:00
  News and Papers—28/11/2009
  News headlines, plus a look at the papers.
2. 06:04
  Weather—28/11/2009
  The latest weather forecast.
3. 06:07
  Open Country—The New Face of the Clyde
  Matt Baker finds how the River Clyde is being prevented from flooding Glasgow.
4. 06:30
  Farming Today—Farming Today This Week
  Charlotte Smith asks why buying British food is such a minefield.
5. 06:57
  Weather—28/11/2009
  The latest weather forecast.
6. 07:00
  Today—28/11/2009
  Including Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
7. 09:00
  Saturday Live—28/11/2009
  Fi Glover talks to author Justin Cartwright. With poetry from Luke Wright.
8. 10:00
  Excess Baggage—28/11/2009
  Sandi Toksvig looks at scenic and historical walks in Britain, including one from 1066.
9. 10:30
  In Search Of Beauty
  Erin O'Connor whose beauty defies convention discusses the significance of the superficial
10. 11:00
  The Week in Westminster—28/11/2009
  A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Steve Richards.
11. 11:30
  From Our Own Correspondent—28/11/2009
  Kate Adie introduces despatches from India, Russia, Egypt and the Palestinian Territories.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Money Box—28/11/2009
  Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance.
2. 12:30
  The Now Show—Series 29, Episode 1
  1/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical review of the week's news.
3. 12:57
  Weather—28/11/2009
  The latest weather forecast.
4. 13:00
  News—28/11/2009
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
5. 13:10
  Any Questions?—27/11/2009
  Eddie Mair chairs the topical debate from Tidworth in Wiltshire.
6. 14:00
  Any Answers?—28/11/2009
  Eddie Mair takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions?
7. 14:30
  Saturday Drama—Michael Dobbs - A Family Affair
  Michael Dobbs' play follows Margaret Thatcher's last traumatic days in power.
8. 15:30
  Nightingale of the Nile
  Justin Adams explores the life of 20th-century Egyptian singer, Umm Kulthum.
9. 16:00
  Woman's Hour—Weekend Woman's Hour
  Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey.
10. 16:56
  1989: Day by Day—28th November 1989
  Czech PM Ladislav Adamec formally announces the end of the communists' monopoly on power.
11. 17:00
  PM—28/11/2009
  Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn Quinn, plus sports headlines.
12. 17:30
  iPM—28/11/2009
  The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate.
13. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—28/11/2009
  The latest shipping forecast.
14. 17:57
  Weather—28/11/2009
  The latest weather forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—28/11/2009
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 18:15
  Loose Ends—28/11/2009
  Clive Anderson is joined by Dara O'Briain, Adrian Noble and Ruth Wilson.
3. 19:00
  From Fact to Fiction—Series 7, The Herald in the Sky
  4/8By Glyn Maxwell. Two nurses tend to a man who has been in a coma for over 20 years.
4. 19:15
  Saturday Review—French film Seraphine and Screen Epiphanies by Geoffrey Macnab
  Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Kathryn Hughes, Sir Christopher Frayling and Danny Robins.
5. 20:00
  Archive on 4—Lord Clark - Seeing Through The Tweed
  Richard Weight reassesses Kenneth Clark and his landmark BBC TV series, Civilisation.
6. 21:00
  Classic Serial—HE Bates - Fair Stood the Wind for France, Episode 2
  2/2Wounded British airman John Franklin is finally fit and keen to escape France.
7. 22:00
  Weather—28/11/2009
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
8. 22:15
  Moral Maze—25/11/2009
  With Michael Portillo, Matthew Taylor, Melanie Phillips and Clifford Longley.
9. 23:00
  Brain of Britain—23/11/2009
  Russell Davies chairs the seventh heat of the perennial general knowledge contest.
10. 23:30
  Adventures in Poetry—Series 10, Mending Wall
  3/6Robert Frost's Mending Wall gave us the epigram 'good fences make good neighbours'.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—29/11/2009
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Original Shorts—Series 3, Love among the Lobelias
  4/5Robert Shearman's persuasive fantasy depicts the devil in the guise of a romantic novelist(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—29/11/2009
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—29/11/2009
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—29/11/2009
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—29/11/2009
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Bells on Sunday—29/11/2009
  The sound of bells from St Mary Redcliffe Church in Bristol.
8. 05:45
  The Cases That Changed Our World—Episode 4
  4/4Clive Coleman revisits Donohue vs Stevenson, better known as The Case of the Paisley Snail

Sunday 29 November 2009