Radio 4 Listings for 1 – 7 September 2018 Page 1 of 14 SATURDAY 01 SEPTEMBER 2018 Childhood Holidays in Pembrokeshire SAT 11:30 From Our Own Correspondent (b0bgbhkf) Charlotte Smith goes on a trip down memory lane, visiting St Brainwashing, Legal brothels, Hair transplants SAT 00:00 Midnight News (b0bgbhjs) Davids in Pembrokeshire. It's the area where she spent many of Is China trying to brainwash Muslim Uyhgurs? Kate Adie The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. her childhood summer holidays - but a place she hasn't been introduces stories and insights from correspondents around the Followed by Weather. back to in forty years. She meets the family still running the world. farm and campsite where she used to stay as a child, learns how to forage for food in rock pools along the shore, and discovers John Sweeney meets two men who say they fled China after SAT 00:30 Book of the Week (b0bgmxg7) that the 21st century has found a new use for a disused slate seeing inside a 're-education camp' in the north-west province A Boy in the Water, The weather window: Tom makes his quarry. Life may be very different from how it was in the of Xinjiang. It's claimed that up to a million Uyghur people challenge 1970s, but Charlotte finds nostalgia in the unchanging nature of may be incarcerated in similar camps. In September 1988, eleven-year-old Tom Gregory became the the Welsh landscape. Lucy Ash meets the professional pimp running for office in youngest person ever to swim the English Channel, trained by a Nevada. Dennis Hof runs a string of legal brothels in the state, coach at his local swimming baths in Eltham, South East Produced by Emma Campbell. but in one county people will soon be voting on whether to end London. legal sex work. Tim Ecott hears how two new sub-sea tunnels could change the Tom first went to the swimming baths in Eltham when he was SAT 06:30 Farming Today (b0bgbhk7) lives of some of the 50,000 people who live on the Faroes seven. As one of the slowest swimmers in his class at school, he Farming Today This Week: Succession islands. When the work is complete 90% of the population will could barely make it across a width without taking a break half The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. be connected by road. way. Despite a reluctant start, his potential was soon spotted by Chris Robinson is in Istanbul where an increasing number of the coach who ran the club. John Bullet was an old-school men, many of them British, are traveling to undergo hair disciplinarian and a maverick in the Channel Swimming SAT 06:57 Weather (b0bgbhk9) transplant surgery. establishment, who had an impressive track record for training The latest weather forecast. And Hugh Schofield is just back from his summer break, and distance swimmers. He had established a team of local kids who he wants to tell you why camping in rural France offers the best trained together in open water at Dover, in the cold waters of holiday there is. Windermere, and in London Docks. When John singled Tom SAT 07:00 Today (b0bgp089) out as a Channel contender, Tom's training began in earnest; as News and current affairs including Sports Desk, Weather and Producer: Joe Kent. his ability and stamina became evident, his (and John's) sights Thought for the Day. focussed on the world record for the youngest swimmer to make a solo crossing of the Channel. SAT 12:00 News Summary (b0bgbhkh) SAT 09:00 Saturday Live (b0bgbhkc) The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. As coach, mentor and inspiration John Bullet inspired Space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock extraordinary loyalty from his young swimmers. Tom and his Maggie Aderin-Pocock on her love of the moon and Nigerian older sister Anna were part of a close-knit group of young heritage; Ali Payne tweeted to try and find the inscribed copy SAT 12:04 Money Box (b0bgp09w) people who spent their holidays being mini-bussed around the of Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist given to her by her late Millions in persistent credit card debt now to get help country, camping out and listening to Top Twenty mix tapes, all husband. She continues her search on Saturday Live. Paul Lewis presents the latest news from the world of personal the while training in conditions which would challenge Celebrating 30 years of marriage, The Alarm's Mike and Jules finance. swimmers of any age. Peters discuss working together and dealing with individual cancer diagnoses. Rehana Popal is the first practising female Tom describes the intensity and closeness of these five years of Afghan at the Bar. Coming to the UK as a refugee when she SAT 12:30 The News Quiz (b0bgmy02) his life with affection and honesty; the account of his gruelling was five, Rehana talks about her path to law. Helen Lederer Series 97, Episode 1 training and his record-breaking Channel swim, all before his shares her Inheritance Tracks: Que Sera Sera and All I Want by Miles Jupp is joined by Mark Steel, Angela Barnes, Helen twelfth birthday, is both exhilarating, and, to a generation Joni Mitchell. Ann Cleeves talks about remote living and Lewis and Simon Evans for the first episode of the new series. brought up on stricter health and safety regulations, occasionally writing the final book in her Shetland series. disquieting. This week dancing, scallops and energy drinks - but not all Producer: Claire Bartleet necessarily at the same time. Tom's world record still stands today and can never be broken; Editor: Eleanor Garland. since his swim the qualifying age for an official Channel Written by Madeleine Brettingham, Max Davis, James Kettle challenge has been raised to sixteen. and Mike Shephard SAT 10:30 Beautiful Britain (b0b1tgkg) Tom Gregory went on to become an officer in the Royal Over the sound of ripping wax-strips, nail drills, clippers and Producer: Richard Morris Anglican Regiment and served in Iraq and Afghanistan. He now trimmers, Toyah Willcox invites us to eavesdrop on usually A BBC Studios Production. lives in Surrey with his wife and daughter. private conversations taking place in hair and beauty salons across the UK. Reader: Patrick Kennedy SAT 12:57 Weather (b0bgbhkk) Abridged and produced by Sara Davies. We drop in on appointments at Totally Polished in Blackpool, The latest weather forecast. The Topiary Salon in Basingstoke, Smith Hair Studio in Edmonton and Not Another Salon in London's East End. SAT 00:48 Shipping Forecast (b0bgbhjv) SAT 13:00 News (b0bgbhkm) The latest shipping forecast. From holidays and bingo wins to hospital appointments and The latest news from BBC Radio 4. bereavements, customers relish the opportunity to swap stories, gossip and enjoy an hour's escape from the stresses of daily life. SAT 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes Beauticians and hairdressers are trusted confidantes, privy to SAT 13:10 Any Questions? (b0bgmy04) (b0bgbhjx) shocking secrets, but they also provide an independent ear and a Hilary Benn MP, Helen Grant MP, Isabel Oakeshott, Tom comforting shoulder to cry on. Shakespeare SAT 05:20 Shipping Forecast (b0bgbhjz) Shaun Ley presents political debate from the Radio Theatre at The latest shipping forecast. For Toyah's friend and hairdresser to the stars, Keith Broadcasting House, London with a panel including the Wainwright MBE, a trip to the salon is also an important source Chairman of the House of Commons Brexit Select Committee of physical and social contact in an increasingly online world. Hilary Benn MP , Vice Chair of the Conservative Party for SAT 05:30 News Briefing (b0bgbhk1) Communities Helen Grant, the journalist Isabel Oakeshott and The latest news from BBC Radio 4. According to industry reports, women and men of all ages and the sociologist and bioethicist Tom Shakespeare. means are spending increasing amounts of time, and money, at Producer: Emma Campbell. hair and beauty salons in the UK. British consumers spent an SAT 05:43 Prayer for the Day (b0bgmy2n) estimated 1.89 billion pounds on salon services in the last A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Dr Eve quarter of 2017. We find out why. SAT 14:00 Any Answers? (b0bgbhkp) Poole, Third Church Estates Commissioner for the Church of Listeners have their say on the issues discussed on Any England. Producer: Victoria Ferran Questions? Executive Producer: Susan Marling A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4. SAT 05:45 iPM (b0bgbhk3) SAT 14:30 Jaws by Peter Benchley (b0bgp1xx) Finding my real dad Henry Goodman reads Peter Benchley's classic 1974 novel, and Our listener James only learned as an adult that he'd been SAT 11:00 The Forum (b0bgp09q) one of the greatest movies of all time. conceived by sperm donation. Ten years later, he's now found Sankara: Africa's Revolutionary President his biological father and plans to meet him for the first time. He Thomas Sankara is the revolutionary who became the first It's high summer on Cape Cod's Amity Island, and the tourists tells iPM why he hopes to recognise himself in another person. president of Burkina Faso in West Africa, and gave the country are arriving in their hundreds. But something dangerous is its name, meaning "the land of upright people". In his four years lurking off the coast... It's the start of a summer of horror that And Simon Jack reads our Your News bulletin. as leader he instituted sweeping reforms to empower rural will take police chief Martin Brody into battle with the town, people and make society more equal.