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25 December 2009 Page 1 of 13 Radio 4 Listings for 19 – 25 December 2009 Page 1 of 13 SATURDAY 19 DECEMBER 2009 SAT 10:00 Excess Baggage (b00pb8l1) SAT 12:00 Money Box (b00pb8l9) Sandi Toksvig meets David Winpenny, who has toured the Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal SAT 00:00 Midnight News (b00pb8fq) British Isles looking at the surprising number of pyramids there finance. The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. are scattered around - from gravestones and memorials to Followed by Weather. follies, works of art and functional buildings. The pyramid is not only one of the most ancient of structural designs but one of SAT 12:30 The Now Show (b00p99n5) the most modern, and all over the country people are proud of Series 29 SAT 00:30 Book of the Week (b00pgm7r) their local pyramids and welcome those who have travelled to Dear Granny Smith see them. Episode 4 Episode 5 Ruth Breckman's tour in search of buildings took her to five Tonight Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis explore pointless protests continents to see opera houses. Again these vary from the old, and Great British sentimentality; Mitch Benn sings an ode to A letter from your postman written by Roy Mayall and like the famous 18th-century La Scala in Milan, to the modern Simon Cowell; Marcus Brigstocke sees Copenhagen through the delivered by Philip Jackson; a heartfelt musing on the past, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall in Seattle. She explains why the eyes of Dr Seuss and Jon Holmes tries to wriggle past bank present and future role of one of the oldest British institutions, opera house can tell the visitor so much about the history and security. the Postie. culture of a city. The tale of Tom and Jerry and the big grey boxes. An object that travels all over the globe, often unnoticed but SAT 12:57 Weather (b00pb8lc) vital to the way the world works, is the shipping container. The latest weather forecast. A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. Jeremy Hillman explains how BBC News bought and tracked an individual container for a year, logging its travels, cargo and the crews who navigated its voyage. The journey tells us a lot about SAT 13:00 News (b00pb8vy) SAT 00:48 Shipping Forecast (b00pb8k8) globalisation and gives a telling insight into the current state of The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. The latest shipping forecast. the world's economy. SAT 13:10 Any Questions? (b00p99n7) SAT 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes SAT 10:30 Here We Come (b00pb8l3) Martha Kearney chairs the topical debate from Masham, North (b00pb8kb) USA: John Waite's personal take on the story of The Monkees, Yorkshire. The panellists are Labour peer Roy Hattersley, BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4 the wildly successful 1960s pop group. From December 2009. science writer and broadcaster Dr Gabrielle Walker, resumes at 5.20am. Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate and former diplomat Rory Stewart, and Nick Clegg's chief of staff, Danny SAT 11:00 The Week in Westminster (b00pb8l5) Alexander. SAT 05:20 Shipping Forecast (b00pb8kd) Peter Riddell, Steve Richards, Ben Brogan, Jackie Ashley and The latest shipping forecast. Peter Oborne reflect on an extraordinary year in politics. SAT 14:00 Any Answers? (b00pb8wz) Martha Kearney takes listeners' calls and emails in response to SAT 05:30 News Briefing (b00pb8kg) SAT 11:30 From Our Own Correspondent (b00pb8l7) this week's edition of Any Questions? The latest news from BBC Radio 4. Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines. SAT 14:30 Saturday Drama (b00pb8x1) SAT 05:43 Prayer for the Day (b00pb8kj) There are fears that north and south Sudan could be sliding L Frank Baum - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Daily prayer and reflection with Bishop Alan Abernethy. back towards conflict. A civil war between the country's two halves only ended five years ago. But now reports from the The story made famous by the iconic 1939 musical film is given region are increasingly disturbing. More than two thousand a distinctly different treatment in Linda Marshall Griffiths' SAT 05:45 Running Away (b00f678q) people have died there this year in battles between various dramatisation which reinstates some of the events and Hugh Dennis ethnic factions. And there are claims that the tensions in the characters of L Frank Baum's classic book. largely Christian south are being stoked by the sending of arms Tim Samuels joins five famous guests as they escape their work shipments from the mainly-Muslim north. This comes against a When a tornado strikes Dorothy's farmhouse in Kansas, she is for a few hours. Comedian Hugh Dennis takes one of his backdrop of a referendum in the south, in a year's time, in lifted to the magical world of Oz where she embarks upon a favourite walks near his home on the Sussex Downs. which people will vote on whether to break away and declare terrifying and perilous journey to find her way back home. independence. Will Ross has been to a town at the centre of this divided region. Immediately she makes some powerful enemies by accidentally SAT 06:00 News and Papers (b00pb8kl) killing the Wicked Witch of the East and claiming her silver The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. For months, all across Eastern Europe people have been shoes. Desperate to return home her adventure takes her to the marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of communism. And City of Emeralds to meet the Wizard of Oz. now, last in line, it's Romania's turn. Days of violent revolution SAT 06:04 Weather (b00pb8kn) in 1989 ended with the execution of the dictator Nicolae On the way she makes some new friends, a Scarecrow, a Tin The latest weather forecast. Ceausescu and his wife Elena. Gradually the country began to Woodman and a Lion who have their own reasons for wanting emerge from their shadow, and today it's a member of the to see the Wizard. Pursued by the frightening Kalidah beasts, European Union. But in some of Romania's darker corners little the violent Flying Monkeys and the all seeing Wicked Witch of SAT 06:07 Open Country (b00pb8kq) has changed, and Chris Rogers has been finding out that the the West will they make it to the Emerald City and have what Growing Tents Not Crops on Gower nation continues to fail some of its most vulnerable citizens: they most desire? What does it mean for the future of agriculture when farmers The South Pacific island nation of Tonga is the last Polynesian DOROTHY.............Amelia Clarkson find that tents are more profitable than crops? Helen Mark monarchy. At a coronation ceremony last year a crown was WIZARD OF OZ / KALIDAH / UNCLE HENRY..Jonathan visits the Gower Peninsula in south-west Wales, one of the UK's placed on the head of King Gorge Tupou the Fifth. And in his Keeble most popular holiday locations, to explore the long-term impact silk knee breeches and maroon cape, he rose from his golden SCARECROW................Kevin Eldon of tourism on farming. throne as the country's absolute ruler. But there have been years TINMAN.................Burn Gorman of pressure for political reform, and some serious resentment of LION......................Zubin Varla royal rule. The King now knows that his power may quite soon WITCH OF THE NORTH / SOUTH / WEST / AUNT EM SAT 06:30 Farming Today (b00pb8ks) ebb away. With his blessing Tonga is on course to become a .......Emma Fielding Farming Today This Week democracy, although the monarch will stay on as head of state. KING MONKEY / MINER............Andrew Westfield John Pickford first visited the country more than 30 years ago, MUNCHKIN / GATEKEEPER.........Graeme Hawley Charlotte Smith visits Melton Mowbray's farmers market to and he's just been back to see how it is coping with the tensions find out if the recession is making a dent in sales this year. between tradition and modernity. Original Music by Olly Fox. Sound Design by Steve Brooke. According to the Centre for Retail Research, people believe Christmas is a big season for the port wine industry. The they will spend an average of 168 pounds on food and drink for fortified wine is used to wash down mince pies and Stilton Director: Nadia Molinari Christmas. This is 14 pounds more than last year. The regions cheese. Visiting heads of state are offered it at royal banquets most likely to increase their spending are London and the south and cobwebbed bottles lie in the cellars of gentlemen's clubs in First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2009. east. Farming Today This Week investigates if this prediction is London. But how is this ancient drink standing up to these times a reality by asking turkey, sprout, parsnip and dairy farmers of recession? Humphrey Hawksley has travelled to the banks of across the country if they are seeing an increase in sales this the Douro River in Portugal where port wine has been made for SAT 15:30 Tales from the Stave (b00p8c19) Christmas. hundreds of years. He asks whether the traditions surrounding Series 5 the tipple are still relevant today and visits a wine bar to see what today's young drinkers make of it. Holst: The Planets SAT 06:57 Weather (b00pb8kv) The latest weather forecast. And from Ireland there's a tale of mad sporting determination Frances Fyfield tracks down the stories behind the scores of in the teeth of an Atlantic storm.
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