RADIO GUIDE

RADIO 4

5.30 News Briefing. 5.43 Prayer for the Day. 5.45 Lent Talks. 6.00 News and Papers. 6.07 Ramblings. 6.30 Farming Today This Week. 6.57 Weather. 7.00 Today. 8.31 ((LW)) Yesterday in Parliament. 9.00 Saturday Live. 10.00 You’re Dead to Me. 10.30 The Kitchen Cabinet. 11.00 The Week in Westminster. 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 The Banksy Story. 3.00 Drama: Arthur (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire). 4.00 Weekend Woman’s Hour. Anita Rani presents highlights from the week. 5.00 Saturday PM. Presented by Caroline Wyatt. 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 and Rachel Parris are joined by Bruce Dickinson and Siobhán McSweeney for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from MT Jones. 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

The Infinite Monkey Cage. Brian Cox and Robin Ince journey through the asteroid belt to discuss space rocks with comedian John Bishop, planetary scientist Sara Russell and astrophysicist Alan Fitzsimmons. 8.00

Archive on 4: RNLI at 200. Griffin Rhys Jones takes a deep dive into the RNLI archive in search of stories as we mark the bicentenary of this iconic British institution. 9.00

Drama: China Towns. By Arnold Bennett. Darius Clayhanger faces his day of reckoning, while across the channel love finds a way to thrive during the Siege of Paris. Starring Tim McInnerny. 10.00 News. 10.15 Add to Playlist. 11.00 Counterpoint. 11.30 Offstage: Inside the X Factor. 12.00 Midnight News. 12.15 The Poetry Detective. 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 Gaming. 4.00 Music Planet. With Mexican singersongwriter Lila Downs. 5.00 JtoZ. Saxophonist Charles Lloyd shares his inspirations. 6.30 Opera on 3. Kate Molleson presents a production of Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande starring Bernard Richter and Patricia Petibon, recorded at the Bela Bartok National Concert Hall in Budapest. 10.00 New Music Show. 12.00 Freeness. 1.00 Through the Night.

CLASSIC FM

7.00 Classic FM’s More Music Breakfast with Tim Lihoreau. 10.00 Aled Jones. 1.00 Alexander Armstrong. 4.00 Alan Titchmarsh. Alan highlights Eric Coates’ theme to the 1967 TV adaptation of The Forsyte Saga, performed by John Galsworthy and plays one of Gustav Holst’s most popular works. 7.00 Classic FM at the Movies with Jonathan Ross. Jonathan celebrates the change in season with some scores to put some spring in his step.

Featuring music from Bambi, Mary Poppins and

Memoirs of a Geisha. 9.00 Dame Kiri Te Kanawa at 80: A Classic FM Exclusive. The famed soprano gives an insight into her favourite recordings as she reveals the classical artists who have been with her throughout her career and who continue to inspire her. 10.00 Calm Classics. 1.00 Katie Breathwick. 4.00 Sam Pittis.

RADIO 4 EXTRA

5.00 The 3rd Degree. 5.30 In and Out of the Kitchen. 6.00 Rebecca. 7.30 Why Women Read Fiction Omnibus. 8.45 Uncle Mort’s Celtic Fringe. 9.00 Not in Front of the Children. 9.30 Robbing Hood. 10.00 The Sondheim Archive. 11.00 Rebecca. 12.30 Why Women Read Fiction Omnibus. 1.45 Uncle Mort’s Celtic Fringe. 2.00 Not in Front of the Children. 2.30 Robbing Hood. 3.00 The Sondheim Archive. 4.00 Fridays When It Rains. 4.45 Ghost Stories by HG Wells. 5.00 Rebecca. 6.30 Why Women Read Fiction Omnibus. 7.45 Uncle Mort’s Celtic Fringe. 8.00 Not in

Front of the Children. 8.30 Robbing Hood. 9.00 The Sondheim Archive. 10.00 Comedy Club. 10.00 Saturday Night Fry. 10.30 I’ve Never Seen Star Wars. 11.00 Please

Use Other Door. 11.30 Sarah Millican’s Support Group. 12.00 LP Hartley: Short Stories. 12.30 Haunted. 1.00 Rebecca. 2.30 Why Women Read Fiction Omnibus. 3.45 Uncle Mort’s Celtic Fringe. 4.00 Not in Front of the Children. 4.30 Robbing Hood.