RADIO GUIDE
RADIO 4
5.30 News Briefing. 5.43 Prayer for the Day. 5.45 Close Encounters. 6.00 News and Papers. 6.07 Ramblings. 6.30 Farming Today This Week. 6.57 Weather. 7.00 Today. 9.00 Saturday Live. 10.00 You’re Dead to Me. 10.30 My Dream Dinner Party. 11.00 Reflections. 11.30 From Our Own Correspondent. 12.00 News. 12.01 ((LW)) Shipping Forecast. 12.04 Money Box. 12.30 The News Quiz. 12.57 Weather. 1.00 News. 1.10 Any Questions? 2.00 Any Answers? 2.45 Dementia: Unexpected Stories of the Mind. 3.00 Drama: Kaleidoscope 3. 4.00 Weekend Woman’s Hour. A round-up of highlights from the weekday programmes. 5.00 Saturday PM. News and sports headlines. 5.30 Political Thinking with Nick Robinson. An interview with a major political figure. 5.54 Shipping Forecast. 5.57 Weather. 6.00 Six O’Clock News. 6.15 Loose Ends. Clive Anderson is joined by Caroline Quentin, Jay Blades, Tom Walker and Sam Quek. With music from Roberto Cacciapaglia. 7.00 Profile. Friends, adversaries, colleagues and confidants provide an insight into the personality and motivation of a person who is making the headlines. 7.15 This Cultural Life. John Wilson talks to leading cultural figures about their life, work and creative process. 8.00 Archive on 4: 20 Years of Funny Women. Kerry Godliman presents a look back over 20 Years of the Funny Women Awards, with archive performances and new interviews with Diane Morgan, Zoe Lyons, Desiree Burch and Jo Brand. 9.00 Stone. With Layla still missing and time running out for Charlene, the pressure is mounting for DCI Stone, and Jax is forced to make a heartbreaking decision. 9.45 Short Works. Goosegrass, by Emma Kane. A mother can’t help feeling left behind in her life when her son announces his engagement. Read by Andrea Irvine. 10.00 News. 10.15 Screenshot. 11.00 Brain of Britain. 11.30 Seek the Light. 12.00 Midnight
News. 12.15 The Death of Pablo Neruda. 12.48 Shipping Forecast. 1.00 As BBC World Service. 5.20 Shipping Forecast.
RADIO 3
7.00 Breakfast. 9.00 Record Review. 11.45 Music Matters. 12.30 This Classical Life. 1.00 Inside Music. 3.00 Sound of Cinema. 4.00 Music Planet. Kathryn Tickell is joined in conversation by Vik Sohonie. 5.00 JtoZ. Julian Joseph pays tribute to pioneering multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers, who would have been 100 on the 25th of September. 6.30 Opera on 3. John Adams’s Nixon in China from the Opéra Bastille in Paris, starring Thomas Hampson and Renée Fleming, and conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. 10.00 New Music Show. 12.00 Freeness. 1.00 Through the Night.
CLASSIC FM
7.00 Alan Titchmarsh. 10.00 Aled Jones. 1.00 Alexander Armstrong. 4.00 Moira Stuart’s Hall of Fame Concert. Moira Stuart highlights a recording of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No 5 in E Minor, performed by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under Manfred Honeck. 7.00 Saturday Night at the Movies. Jonathan Ross celebrates prequels and sequels to some classics and upcoming releases, including the scores to The Godfather Part II, A Fistful of Dollars and the Dial of Destiny. 9.00 David Mellor’s Melodies. David presents his favourite music including the Oulu Sinfonia’s latest album Overtures from Finland, conducted by Rumon Gamba. 10.00 Calm Classics. 1.00 Katie Breathwick. 4.00 Sam Pittis.
RADIO 4 EXTRA
5.00 Whispers. 5.30 Barbara Nice. 6.00 Michael Arditti – The Family Hotel. 7.30 Lowborn Omnibus. 8.45 Uncle Mort’s South Country. 9.00 The Men from the Ministry. 9.30 Something to Shout About. 10.00 Down by the River. 11.00 Michael Arditti – The Family Hotel. 12.30 Lowborn Omnibus. 1.45 Uncle Mort’s South Country. 2.00 The Men from the Ministry. 2.30 Something to Shout About. 3.00 Down by the River. 4.00 Body Horror. 4.45 Get Carter: The Bloody Chamber. 5.00 Michael Arditti – The Family Hotel. 6.30 Lowborn Omnibus. 7.45 Uncle Mort’s South Country. 8.00 The Men from the Ministry. 8.30 Something to Shout About. 9.00 Down by the River. 10.00 Comedy Club. 10.00 The Mitch Benn Music Show. 10.30 John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme. 11.00 Big Problems with Helen Keen. 11.30 Seekers. 12.00 The Man in Black. 12.30 A Short History of Gothic. 1.00 Michael Arditti – The Family Hotel. 2.30 Lowborn Omnibus. 3.45 Uncle Mort’s South Country. 4.00 The Men from the Ministry. 4.30 Something to Shout About.