Radio 4 Listings for 6 – 12 April 2019 Page 1 of 14 SATURDAY 06 APRIL 2019 surfing community, from the pioneers who began surfing in the What needs to happen for you to achieve the life you desire? 1970s on empty waves, to the up-and-coming young surfers How much money is enough money? Just a few of the questions SAT 00:00 Midnight News (m0003rn6) hoping to make Scotland's national squad this year. likely to be asked by a lifestyle financial planner as they National and international news from BBC Radio 4 cashflow model your future. Julie Lord, Chief Executive of Presenter: Helen Mark Magenta Financial Planning, explains what it involves. Producer: Sophie Anton SAT 00:30 Book of the Week (m0003rlh) A report from Gingerbread, the charity for single-parent Two Weeks in November: The Astonishing Story of the Coup families, highlights concerns over the operation of one of the That Toppled Mugabe SAT 06:30 Farming Today (m00040q1) Child Maintenance Support payment methods called Direct Pay Farm Waste where parents manage payments between themselves. Guest: Episode 5 Sumi Rabindrakumar who wrote the report for Gingerbread. Barfoots UK is a multinational vegetable farming company with A thrilling, surreal, unbelievable and sometimes even funny true farms in the UK, Spain, Senegal and Peru. They produce veg all This week the Financial Conduct Authority issued a warning for story of four would-be enemies who team up to help unseat one year round for British supermarkets. people considering putting their cash into Innovative Finance of Africa’s longest serving dictators, Robert Mugabe. ISAs (IFISAs). It says mini-bonds or peer-2-peer investments Charlotte Smith visits their farm and processing factory in West "may not be protected by the Financial Services Compensation What begins as an improbable adventure destined for failure, Sussex to find out how they tackle on-farm waste. By selling pre- Scheme so customers may lose the money invested or find it marked by a mixture of bravery, strategic cunning and chopped vegetables, they're able to use produce that would hard to get back." It follows the collapse of London Capital & bumbling naiveté, soon turns into the most sophisticated otherwise be wasted because it doesn't meet the supermarket Finance. More than 11,000 people invested £236m with the political-military operation in African history. specifications to be sold whole. The waste from the processing failed mini-bond provider. factory is then fed into an AD plant which provides enough A high ranking politician, an exiled human rights lawyer, a electricity to power the whole plant. Reporter: Dan Whitworth dangerous spy and a low-key white businessman turned political Presenter: Paul Lewis fixer. By virtue of their being together, the unlikely team of The programme also looks for solutions to tackle other types of Producer: Charmaine Cozier misfit rivals is suddenly in position to spin what might have farm waste - from plastic to slurry. Editor: Richard Vadon been seen as an illegal coup into a mass popular uprising that the world – and millions of Zimbabweans – will enthusiastically Presented by Charlotte Smith support. Produced by Heather Simons SAT 12:30 The Now Show (m0003rmm) Series 54 The author Douglas Rogers is an award-winning journalist and travel writer who wrote The Last Resort: A memoir of SAT 06:57 Weather (m00040q3) Episode 7 Zimbabwe. He was born and raised in Zimbabwe and now lives The latest weather forecast. in Brooklyn, New York. For the final show this series, Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches Read by Joseph Kloska SAT 07:00 Today (m00040q5) Abridged by Polly Coles News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Featuring Angela Barnes spreading good news, Eshaan Akbar Produced by Clive Brill Thought for the Day. taking on the weighty issue of representation, and Luke Kempner asking to make it stop. Additional voices from A Brill production for BBC Radio 4 Gemma Arrowsmith. SAT 09:00 Saturday Live (m00040q7) Ben Elton, Andy Bell Written by the cast with additional material from Simon SAT 00:48 Shipping Forecast (m0003rn8) Alcock, Katie Storey, Phil Jerrod, Ben Clark, Catherine The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. Writer and comedian Ben Elton, sheep farmer Sally Urwin, Brinkworth and Amy Xander. Matt Bateman live from the British Quidditch Cup, and Jack Savoretti shares his Inheritance Tracks. Producer: Adnan Ahmed SAT 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (m0003rnb) BBC Studios Production BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. SAT 10:30 The Kitchen Cabinet (m0003zvb) Series 23 SAT 12:57 Weather (m00040qh) SAT 05:20 Shipping Forecast (m0003rnd) North Downs The latest weather forecast The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. Jay Rayner and his panel of culinary experts are in the Kentish North Downs. Dr Annie Gray, Tim Anderson, Jordan Bourke SAT 13:00 News (m00040qk) SAT 05:30 News Briefing (m0003rng) and Andi Oliver answer the audience questions. The latest news from BBC Radio 4. National and international news from BBC Radio 4 This week, the panel discusses the best way to butter bread, offers recipe suggestions for flavoured butters and provides SAT 13:10 Any Questions? (m0003rmt) SAT 05:43 Prayer for the Day (m0003rnj) interesting uses for dill in cooking. Katherine Bennett, Barry Gardiner, Kwasi Kwarteng MP, A reading and a reflection to start the day with the Very Rev'd Caroline Lucas MP Dr Sarah Rowland Jones, Dean of St David's Cathedral. As they're in Kent, the panellists also dissect the evocative Gypsy Tart with the help of local baker, Andy Davies. Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Aerospace Bristol with a panel including the Vice President of Airbus SAT 05:45 The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry Produced by Hannah Newton Katherine Bennett, Shadow Secretary of State for International (m0003r3f) Assistant Producer: Jemima Rathbone Trade Barry Gardiner, Brexit Minister Kwasi Kwarteng and the Series 13 Green MP Caroline Lucas. Food Consultant: Anna Colquhoun Producer: Lisa Jenkinson. The Mesmerist A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4 “Is hypnosis real, and if so how does it work? Does it have any SAT 14:00 Any Answers? (m00040qm) practical uses and which of Hannah and Adam is most Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? susceptible?” SAT 11:00 The Week in Westminster (m00040q9) Paul Waugh of HuffPost reviews the political week. This question came from two Curios, Peter Jordan aged 24 The editor is Marie Jessel SAT 14:30 Drama (b07g8pt3) from Manchester and Arran Kinnear aged 13 from Bristol. Ferguson Arch sceptics Hannah and Adam visit stage hypnotist Ben Dali SAT 11:30 From Our Own Correspondent (m00040qc) A new drama from playwright Bonnie Greer, inspired by to find out if they are susceptible to the power of suggestion. Mosul in colour August Strindberg’s play The Father, but set in the United States One of them will be successfully hypnotised, but who will it be? of 2016, against the legacy of the unrest in Ferguson and Insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists Chicago following the fatal shootings of young black men at the Along the way we hear about the history of hypnosis from and writers from around the world. hands of police officers. Wendy Moore author of 'The Mesmerist'. Plus psychologist Devin Terhune explains what we know about the science of Tavis Adolph is a jazz trumpeter of international standing, at hypnosis today. SAT 12:00 News Summary (m00040qf) war with his younger wife, Laura, over the future of their The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. daughter, Sippi. Tavis wants Sippi to join the struggle in Presenters: Hannah Fry, Adam Rutherford Ferguson; Laura wants her to go to Harvard Law School. Theirs Producer: Michelle Martin is a battle of the sexes, but also a battle of the generations - the SAT 12:04 Money Box (m00040j9) Civil Rights era vs the Obama generation. Fraud report follow-up failures SAT 06:00 News and Papers (m00040pz) Tavis Adolph.....Hugh Quarshie The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at The inconsistent manner in which police forces in England and Laura Abernathy-Adolph.....Clare Perkins the papers. Wales investigate reports of fraud is leaving victims 'confused Reverend Mike/ Dave.....Jason Barnett and disillusioned.' That's one of the findings in a report by the Token.....Eric Kofi Abrefa watchdog Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire Hamid Boubakir.....Nabil Elouahabi SAT 06:07 Open Country (m0003rjt) and Rescue Services. Money Box listener Emma lost her Sippi.....Tamara Lawrence Surfing on Scotland’s North Coast £25,000 new home deposit after criminals hacked emails Miss Carlotta.....Cecilia Noble between her and her solicitor in order to divert and steal the The reef break at Thurso on the rugged North Coast of Scotland money. She feels let down by the police and her bank. Guest Trumpet Player.....Pete Ringrose is one of the best waves in Europe. Helen Mark meets Thurso's HM Inspector of Constabulary Matt Parr. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Listings for 6 – 12 April 2019 Page 2 of 14 Directed by Emma Harding rapidly. If we carry on like this, scientists predict we will return who revolutionised radio production, who is still talked about to a pre-antibiotic era, where organ transplants, chemotherapy and revered today, his death was hardly reported in the press. and C-sections are impossible. SAT 15:30 Pursuit of Beauty (m00013nr) He is probably best known for his series of eight radio ballads Art Beneath the Waves We have come a long way since 1928, when the famous chance made with Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger.