BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Saturday 26 November 2011

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—26/11/2011
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  My Week With Marilyn by Colin Clark—5. Realisation
  5/5After a tragic event, Colin realises that his friendship with Marilyn Monroe must end.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—26/11/2011
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—26/11/2011
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—26/11/2011
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—26/11/2011
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—26/11/2011
  Presented from Edinburgh by Alison Twaddle.
8. 05:45
  iPM—26/11/2011
  'Green Grows My Peston, Oh!' Ramblin' Syd Rumpo puts listeners' new swearwords to music.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  News and Papers—26/11/2011
  News headlines, plus a look at the papers.
2. 06:04
  Weather—26/11/2011
  The latest weather forecast.
3. 06:07
  Open Country—24/11/2011
  Research sheds light on acts of resistance in occupied Jersey during the Second World War.
4. 06:30
  Farming Today—Farming Today This Week
  Charlotte Smith investigates how the humble sheepdog has grown into a global industry.
5. 06:57
  Weather—26/11/2011
  The latest weather forecast.
6. 07:00
  Today—26/11/2011
  Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
7. 09:00
  Saturday Live—Patricia Cornwell, Elvis McGonagall, Cassius Clay's 'Stand By Me', Assisted Dying, Whisky Galore Shipwreck
  Richard Coles with crime writer Patricia Cornwell and Ulrika Jonsson's Inheritance Tracks.
8. 10:00
  Excess Baggage—Storytelling in Japan and Morocco - Coastal Stations
  John McCarthy explores storytelling in Japan and Morocco and coastal weather stations.
9. 10:30
  The Playlist Series—Robert Burns's iPod
  David Owen Norris hears songs the Scottish bard might have carried around with him.
10. 11:00
  The Week in Westminster—26/11/2011
  Jackie Ashley of the Guardian looks behind the scenes at Westminster.
11. 11:30
  From Our Own Correspondent—26/11/2011
  Correspondents with stories from Damascus, Cairo, Goma, Phnom Penh and Skopje.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Money Box—26/11/2011
  The latest news from the world of personal finance.
2. 12:30
  The Now Show—Series 35, Episode 3
  3/6Topical comedy with Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.
3. 12:57
  Weather—26/11/2011
  The latest weather forecast.
4. 13:00
  News—26/11/2011
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
5. 13:10
  Any Questions?—London Radio Theatre
  Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live topical discussion at the BBC Radio Theatre, London.
6. 14:00
  Any Answers?—26/11/2011
  Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions?
7. 14:30
  Saturday Drama—Dover and the Unkindest Cut of All
  Comedy thriller by Joyce Porter, set in the 70s, featuring Scotland Yard's laziest sleuth.(R)
8. 15:30
  Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats—Series 9, Zoot Sims
  2/4Ken Clarke QC MP and the composer John Altman discuss the music of Zoot Sims.
9. 16:00
  Woman's Hour—Christian Louboutin, History of Madame Tussauds
  Christian Louboutin; normalisation of lapdancing; the history of Madame Tussauds.
10. 17:00
  PM—Saturday PM
  A fresh perspective on the day's news with sports headlines.
11. 17:30
  iPM—26/11/2011
  'Green Grows My Peston, Oh!' Ramblin' Syd Rumpo puts listeners' new swearwords to music.
12. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—26/11/2011
  The latest shipping forecast.
13. 17:57
  Weather—26/11/2011
  The latest weather forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—26/11/2011
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 18:15
  Loose Ends—26/11/2011
  Clive Anderson talks to Terence Stamp and Rankin with music from Mariachi El Bronx.
3. 19:00
  Profile—Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi
  How Field Marshal Mohamed Tantawi rose to become the key figure in the Egyptian crisis.
4. 19:15
  Saturday Review—26/11/2011
  Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the week's cultural highlights.
5. 20:00
  Archive on 4—Rebuilding Britain for the Baby Boomers
  Maxwell Hutchinson on the architects who rebuilt Britain after the Second World War.
6. 21:00
  Classic Serial—Henry James - The Ambassadors, Episode 2
  2/2Strether falls under the spell of Paris, but his fiancee sends more men to bring him home.
7. 22:00
  News and Weather—26/11/2011
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
8. 22:15
  Moral Maze—The Morality of the F-Word
  Combative debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
9. 23:00
  Brain of Britain—21/11/2011
  With competitors from Nottinghamshire, Wiltshire, London and Northern Ireland.
10. 23:30
  Hilda Doolittle
  Diana Collecott on wartime poet Hilda Doolittle with readings by Sara Kestelman.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—27/11/2011
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Afternoon Reading—Three Stories By Giovanni Verga, Getting to Know The King
  2/3It should be an honour taking the King in your wagon, but Cosimo is worried.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—27/11/2011
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—27/11/2011
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—27/11/2011
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—27/11/2011
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Bells on Sunday—27/11/2011
  The bells of St Eadburgha in Ebrington, Gloucestershire.
8. 05:45
  Profile—Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi
  How Field Marshal Mohamed Tantawi rose to become the key figure in the Egyptian crisis.

Sunday 27 November 2011