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Radio 4 Listings for 30 July – 5 August 2011 Page 1 of 17 SATURDAY 30 JULY 2011 how the price paid for milk by retailers and processors is set. SAT 11:30 From Our Own Correspondent (b012w946) Many say the price they're paid is still well below that of their BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the world's SAT 00:00 Midnight News (b012r7w3) European counterparts and the rise in prices of commodities headlines. The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. like cheese, butter and milk powder should be better reflected Followed by Weather. in their profits. SAT 12:00 Poorer Than Their Parents (b012w9sr) Sarah hears what retailers, processors and the Government are Pensions SAT 00:30 Book of the Week (b012tn9j) doing to resolve the situation, and visits a farmer in Stafford Hood Rat who has invested half a million in a brand new farm. In this second part of our series on inter-generational finance, Alvin Hall talks to young people about their attitudes towards Episode 5 Presented by Sarah Swadling. Produced by Anne-Marie pensions. Bullock. Written by Gavin Knight. The reader is Siobhan Redmond. Fewer than 40% of under 30 year olds contribute to pension schemes offered by their employer. Alvin accompanies the Discovering an innovative new way of confronting gang crime SAT 06:57 Weather (b012r7wk) Pensions Advisory Service for a session educating young which has been developed in the US, Karyn McCluskey decides The latest weather forecast. workers at a hire car firm about the benefits of their scheme to try it out in Glasgow. There is scepticism amongst the cops and he meets pensions sceptic and youth activist George on the street, but Karyn is determined that something has to Lewkowicz to hear why he's stopped saving. change. SAT 07:00 Today (b012w93y) Morning news and current affairs with John Humphrys and Produced by Jill Waters James Naughtie, including: SAT 12:30 Chain Reaction (b012r9b1) A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. 07:50 Does "blue sky thinking" have a role in government? Series 7 08:10 What taxes could the government cut to stimulate the economy? Rhys Thomas talks to Simon Day SAT 00:48 Shipping Forecast (b012r7w5) 08:20 The UK anti-doping agency has suggested that the use of The latest shipping forecast. recreational stimulants, such as cocaine, should not necessarily Chain Reaction is Radio 4's tag-team interview show. Each lead to a sportsperson being banned. Are they right? week, a figure from the world of entertainment chooses another to interview; the next week, the interviewee turns interviewer, SAT 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes and they in turn pass the baton on to someone else - creating a (b012r7w7) SAT 09:00 Saturday Live (b012w940) 'chain' throughout the series. BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4 Anita Anand with Alexei Sayle, Elvis McGonagall and Eoin resumes at 5.20am. Colfer This seventh series starts with Rhys Thomas - perhaps better- known to the Radio 4 audience as Gary Bellamy, host of Down Anita Anand hears from creative polymath Alexei Sayle, poet The Line - interviewing the actor Simon Day. They have SAT 05:20 Shipping Forecast (b012r7w9) Elvis McGonagall, Richard Williams, who was caught up in the worked together since The Fast Show, when Simon was an The latest shipping forecast. bombing that killed and injured many people in Oklahoma City established member of the team, and Rhys was a supporting in 1995, Brian Belle-Fortune who was at Ben Johnson's cast member; Simon also appeared in the sitcom Swiss Toni, incredible 1988 Olympic 100 metre win and now has tickets for which Rhys co-wrote, and provides voices for Down The Line. SAT 05:30 News Briefing (b012r7wc) the 100 metre final in London in 2012 and Janet Barker who But Simon, sixteen years older than Rhys, came to prominence The latest news from BBC Radio 4. sets quiz questions for the big TV quizzes. And there are the in a very different comedy culture to Rhys. He also came from inheritance tracks of children's author Eoin Colfer. a live background, as opposed to Rhys's first break working as a runner on Shooting Stars; he also waited until this year to have SAT 05:43 Prayer for the Day (b012r9p1) his own show (Radio 4's The Simon Day Show), whereas Rhys A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Shaykh SAT 10:00 Excess Baggage (b012w942) had written two series of his own sitcom by the age of 21. All Michael Mumisa, Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study Holy places in Britain, Antarctica these differences, and all this common ground, makes for an of Muslim-Jewish Relations in Cambridge. absorbing and hilarious interview. Sandi is joined by Nick Mayhew Smith who has undertaken a pilgrimage to every "holy place" in England, Scotland and SAT 05:45 iPM (b012r9p3) Wales. Nick has compiled a travel guide which not only details SAT 12:57 Weather (b012r7wm) 'News of The World came to our rescue' The family of a shot where sacred treasures can be found, but also tells you what to The latest weather forecast. policeman explain why they are still grateful to the tabloid 60 expect and ranks them in terms of holiness. Sandi also talks to years after his murder. The News of The World raised money two Antarctic explorers: Angie Butler loves Antarctica so much for Nat Edgar's wife and children, and his next of kin reflect on she set about recovering the ashes of a forgotten Edwardian SAT 13:00 News (b012r7wp) that act of kindness and the scandal which has now destroyed Polar explorer and Katie Walter was only seventeen when she The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. the paper. With Eddie Mair and Jennifer Tracey. And Jeremy made it to base camp at the South Pole, the youngest person Paxman and Evan Davis make special guest star appearances. ever to walk there. [email protected]. Producer: Laura Northedge. SAT 13:10 Any Questions? (b012r9kz) Jonathan Dimbleby presents a discussion of news and politics from the RAF Museum in Colindale, London, with Leader of SAT 06:00 News and Papers (b012r7wf) SAT 10:30 The Ice Cream Van Cometh (b012w944) the House and Lord Privy Seal, Sir George Young; New The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. Sound designer Jim Carey celebrates the colourful history of Statesman columnist and senior editor, Mehdi Hasan; Director one of our great national treasures - the British ice cream van. of the Institute for Government and former Labour Cabinet member, Andrew Adonis; and columnist for the Spectator and SAT 06:04 Weather (b012r7wh) For over a hundred years extravagantly painted wagons have GQ magazines, Melissa Kite. The latest weather forecast. been delivering extravagant looking ice creams to the streets of Britain. What are the origins of these curvacious and pastel Producer: Victoria Wakely. skinned creatures? Why are there so many people of Italian SAT 06:07 Open Country (b012w8c8) origin involved? What has Margaret Thatcher got to do with it? Dale Farm Traveller site in Essex was started in the 70's. It's And, providing the acoustic backdrop for generations of British SAT 14:00 Any Answers? (b012w9w8) now the largest Irish Traveller site in the UK and as the site has summers, where do those evocative chimes come from? Have your say by ringing Jonathan Dimbleby on 03700 100 444 grown so has local opposition. Today Basildon Council have or email [email protected] on the issues raised in Any issued a notice of eviction but the Travellers say they will not Carey's quest leads us headlong into the rich whippy world of Questions? Including: the UK economy, NHS funding, leave without a fight. all things ice cream van; a story of art, science, music, cuisine, domestic extremism and high speed rail. royalty, turf war and childhood. Francis Rossi (co-founder of Helen Mark looks beyond the headlines to ask what this means Status Quo and ex-ice cream van man), Johnny Vegas Last night's panel from Colindale, North London included for the countryside. Some argue that with the urgent need for (entertainer and ice cream enthusiast) and Banksy (graffiti artist Leader of the House and Lord Privy Seal, Sir George Young; housing in the South East we need to look again at our greenbelt and ice cream van owner) join historians, engineers, and ice New Statesman columnist and senior editor, Mehdi Hasan; land. The Travellers themselves argue that they are very much a cream people to help piece together the story of how ice cream Director of the Institute for Government and former Labour part of the countryside and that they would rather be homeless vans have charmed and chimed their way into our Cabinet member, Andrew Adonis; and columnist for the than be moved into towns. Whilst Basildon Council argue that subconsciousness as icons of British cultural life. Spectator and GQ magazines, Melissa Kite. we cannot let rules be bent by some, especially when the precious green areas that surround our biggest urban areas are at Written and presented by Jim Carey stake. SAT 14:30 Saturday Drama (b00nwz36) Produced by Jim Carey The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial How we use our countryside in the future and how we see the A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4. Gypsy and Traveller communities as part of this will be a The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial debate which is hard to solve.