BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Saturday 30 March 2013

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—30/03/2013
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—Comandante, Episode 5
  5/5In 2009, Chavez guaranteed his political future.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—30/03/2013
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—30/03/2013
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—30/03/2013
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—30/03/2013
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—30/03/2013
  A spiritual comment and prayer with the Rt Rev Richard Chartres, Bishop of London.
8. 05:45
  iPM—30/03/2013
  The programme that starts with its listeners.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  News and Papers—30/03/2013
  News headlines, plus a look at the papers.
2. 06:04
  Weather—30/03/2013
  The latest weather forecast.
3. 06:07
  Open Country—Nuns of Yorkshire
  Helen Mark visits the sisters of the environmentally-friendly Stanbrook Abbey in Yorkshire
4. 06:30
  Farming Today—Farming Today This Week
  Charlotte Smith is in Somerset to assess new government plans to build in the countryside.
5. 06:57
  Weather—30/03/2013
  The latest weather forecast.
6. 07:00
  Today—30/03/2013
  Teachers' concerns at new pay model, plus are we 'too posh to push' for growth?
7. 09:00
  Saturday Live—Sebastian Faulks; Kerry Katona's Inheritance Tracks
  Suzy Klein and JP Devlin with author Sebastian Faulks; Kerry Katona's Inheritance Tracks.
8. 10:30
  South Africa Spits Back
  Roger Law, co-creator of Spitting Image, discovers South Africa's satirical puppets.
9. 11:00
  Open Air—Omnibus
  6/6Round-up of five works by artists broadcast throughout the week on BBC Radio 4.
10. 11:30
  From Our Own Correspondent—The Jihadi Vegetable Patch
  Marching through the Mali desert with the French Foreign Legion, and other despatches.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Money Box—Pension savers; the listener who took on HSBC; loyalty cards
  Some pension savers can access more cash, and the listener who took on HSBC wins £65,000.
2. 12:30
  The Now Show—Series 39, Episode 7
  7/8Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a comical look at everything 'now'.
3. 12:57
  Weather—30/03/2013
  The latest weather forecast.
4. 13:00
  News—30/03/2013
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
5. 13:10
  Any Questions?—Angela Eagle, Lord Trimble, Clare Gerada, Tom Newton Dunn
  Ritula Shah presents political debate and discussion from Chatham in Kent on Good Friday.
6. 14:00
  Any Answers?—30/03/2013
  Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions?
7. 14:30
  Saturday Drama—Jack Shaefer - Shane
  Homesteader Marian is caught between her dependable husband, and a mysterious stranger.
8. 15:30
  In Pursuit of Spring—Episode 2
  2/3Matthew Oates follows in the literary cycle tracks of writer Edward Thomas.
9. 16:00
  Woman's Hour—How to be a lady; William Hague
  How to be a lady, and foreign secretary William Hague on sexual violence as a war crime.
10. 17:00
  PM—Saturday PM
  Full coverage of the day's news.
11. 17:30
  The Bottom Line—The Education Business
  Education and how to make a profit from it is the subject for Evan Davis and his guests.
12. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—30/03/2013
  The latest shipping forecast.
13. 17:57
  Weather—30/03/2013
  The latest weather forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—30/03/2013
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 18:15
  Loose Ends—Nikki Bedi, John Simm, Howard Marks, Andrew Motion, Sheila Hancock, Jacob Banks, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
  Nikki Bedi and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
3. 19:00
  Profile—Lucy Winkett
  Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Lucy Winkett, a favourite to become the first female bishop.
4. 19:15
  Saturday Review—Judi Dench in Peter and Alice and Danny Boyle's film Trance
  Judi Dench in Peter and Alice and Danny Boyle's film Trance.
5. 20:00
  Archive on 4—In Event of Moon Disaster
  Daniel Finkelstein listens to the world's greatest unmade speeches, aided by Jon Culshaw.
6. 21:00
  Classic Serial—The Water Babies: A Modern Fairy Tale
  Paul Farley updates Charles Kingsley's tale of a child labourer's underwater adventures.
7. 22:00
  News and Weather—30/03/2013
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
8. 22:15
  Moral Maze—27/03/2013
  Should history lessons teach patriotism, national humility, citizenship or scepticism?
9. 23:00
  The 3rd Degree—Series 3, Anglia Ruskin University
  1/6Three Anglia Ruskin University students take on their professors in the upbeat quiz.
10. 23:30
  Ursula Vaughan Williams, Poet and Muse
  Irma Kurtz tells the story of poet Ursula Vaughan Williams, composer Ralph's second wife.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—31/03/2013
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Kenneth Cranham on the Water—Broad Reach, by Roy Apps
  2/3With the help of his son, a recently disabled man gets his confidence back to go sailing.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—31/03/2013
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 02:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—31/03/2013
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—31/03/2013
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—31/03/2013
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Bells on Sunday—31/03/2013
  The bells of Worcester Cathedral.
8. 05:45
  Profile—Lucy Winkett
  Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Lucy Winkett, a favourite to become the first female bishop.
9. 06:00
  News Headlines—31/03/2013
  The latest national and international news.
10. 06:05
  Something Understood—Rising from the Ashes
  Mark Tully discusses the meaning of Resurrection, in a programme about moving on.
11. 06:35
  Sunrise Service
  Service to mark the dawning of Easter Day.
12. 06:57
  Weather—31/03/2013
  The latest weather forecast.

Sunday 31 March 2013