BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Saturday 31 March 2012

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—31/03/2012
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—Book of the Week: Escape from Camp 14, Episode 5
  5/5After months in China, Shin has a lucky encounter and makes his way to South Korea.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—31/03/2012
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—31/03/2012
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—31/03/2012
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—31/03/2012
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—31/03/2012
  A spiritual comment and prayer with the Rt Rev George Stack, Archbishop of Cardiff.
8. 05:45
  iPM—31/03/2012
  Jennifer Tracey talks to Philip Rankin, the man who built Scotland's first chair lift.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  News and Papers—31/03/2012
  News headlines, plus a look at the papers.
2. 06:04
  Weather—31/03/2012
  The latest weather forecast.
3. 06:07
  Open Country—29/03/2012
  Helen Mark investigates the Flat Holm nature reserve off the Cardiff coast.
4. 06:30
  Farming Today—Farming Today This Week
  Charlotte Smith investigates the work to try to save the UK rarest breeds of farm animals.
5. 06:57
  Weather—31/03/2012
  The latest weather forecast.
6. 07:00
  Today—31/03/2012
  Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
7. 09:00
  Saturday Live—Jarvis Cocker, Elvis McGonagall, Garreth Smyth, Zuhal Sultan, Salvador Dali, Roger Lloyd Pack
  Richard Coles with Jarvis Cocker and the Inheritance Tracks of actor Roger Lloyd Pack.
8. 10:00
  Excess Baggage—Iceland
  Sandi Toksvig goes to Reykjavik to look at aspects of tourism in Iceland.
9. 10:30
  The Art of Monarchy—Legacy
  8/8Will Gompertz examines how the monarchy has dealt with a series of dynastic crises.
10. 11:00
  The Week in Westminster—31/03/2012
  Steve Richards of the Independent looks behind the scenes at Westminster.
11. 11:30
  From Our Own Correspondent—31/03/2012
  Insight, wit and colour from Togo, Manhattan, Mozambique, Tripoli and Mexico City.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Money Box—31/03/2012
  Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance.
2. 12:30
  The Now Show—30/03/2012
  Last show of the current series of topical comedy with Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.
3. 12:57
  Weather—31/03/2012
  The latest weather forecast.
4. 13:00
  News—31/03/2012
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
5. 13:10
  Any Questions?—Otley
  Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Otley, West Yorkshire
6. 14:00
  Any Answers?—31/03/2012
  Call Jonathan Dimbleby on 03700 100 444, email [email protected] or tweet #bbcaq.
7. 14:30
  Saturday Drama—The Jubilee Singers
  By Adrian Mitchell. The story of the Jubilee Singers' tour of Europe in the 19th century.(R)
8. 15:30
  Robert Winston's Musical Analysis—Series 3, Chopin
  2/4Prof Winston examines the curious theory that TB stimulated creativity in great artists.
9. 16:00
  Woman's Hour—Weekend Woman's Hour
  Karren Brady on being a 'Strong Woman,' plus who owns marriage - church or state?
10. 17:00
  PM—Saturday PM
  Carolyn Quinn presents a fresh perspective on the day's news, with sports headlines.
11. 17:30
  The Bottom Line—Ruthlessness
  Evan Davis and guests discuss ruthlessness, and investing and selling in deprived areas.
12. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—31/03/2012
  The latest shipping forecast.
13. 17:57
  Weather—31/03/2012
  The latest weather forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—31/03/2012
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 18:15
  Loose Ends—Julian Clary, Robert Powell and Max Hastings. Nikki Bedi chats to Amelia Bullmore. With music from Shearwater and Stush
  Clive Anderson is joined by Julian Clary and Robert Powell, with music from Shearwater.
3. 19:00
  Profile—Len McCluskey
  Mukul Devichand profiles union leader Len McCluskey, who leads the fuel tanker drivers.
4. 19:15
  Saturday Review—31/03/2012
  Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the week's cultural highlights.
5. 20:00
  Archive on 4—Greece: An Unquiet History
  Writer Maria Margaronis asks if the spectre of Greece's past haunts its current nightmares
6. 21:00
  Classic Serial—Out of the Hitler Time, A Small Person Far Away
  3/3It's now 1956 and a crisis with her mother means Anna must go back to Berlin.
7. 22:00
  News and Weather—31/03/2012
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
8. 22:15
  Moral Maze—Morality and social networks
  With Michael Buerk. Are social networks cheapening and brutalising human relationships?
9. 23:00
  The 3rd Degree—Series 2, Warwick
  3/6Three students from the University of Warwick take on their professors in the upbeat quiz.
10. 23:30
  Writing Madness
  Vivienne Parry takes her diagnoses of literary heroines into the early 20th century.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—01/04/2012
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Arthur Miller Short Stories—Fame
  1/3Alfred Molina performs Miller's New York story on the hateful pleasure of fame.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—01/04/2012
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—01/04/2012
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—01/04/2012
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—01/04/2012
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Bells on Sunday—01/04/2012
  The bells of St Helen's Church, Lundy Island.
8. 05:45
  Lent Talks—Prof Tariq Ramadan
  Prof Tariq Ramadan sets out the philosophy of the individual and its absence in Islam.

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