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 Short Works. 3.00 Drama: Turning Point: This Is for Everyone. 4.00 Weekend Woman’s Hour. Anita Rani presents a round-up of highlights from the weekday programmes. 5.00 Saturday PM. Presented by Caroline Wyatt. 5.30 Political Thinking with Nick Robinson. An interview with a major political figure. Last in the series. 5.54 Shipping Forecast. 5.57 Weather. 6.00 Six O’Clock News. 6.15 Loose Ends. Clive Anderson and Arthur Smith are joined by Emmanuel Sonubi. 7.00 Profile. Friends, adversaries, colleagues and confidants provide an insight into the personality and motivation of a person who is making the headlines. With Mark Coles. 7.15 The Infinite Monkey Cage. Brian Cox and Robin Ince unbottle the history of poison with comedian Hugh Dennis, chemist Andrea Sella and Agatha Christie aficionado and former chemist Kathryn Harkup. 8.00 Archive on 4: The Upside of Anxiety. Andrew Hussey examines the prevalence of anxiety, looking at how it has come about and revealing why he believes it to be a peculiarly modern phenomenon. 9.00 Drama: China Towns. Tellwright has become the most feared man in the Five Towns, and his daughter Anna receives life-changing news on her 21st birthday. 10.00 News. 10.15 Add to Playlist. 11.00 Counterpoint. 11.30 Uncanny. 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 Cinema. 4.00 Music Planet. Femi Kuti and the Positive Force at last year’s Womad festival. 5.00 JtoZ. Drummer Jas Kayser and friends are live in session for an International Women’s Day special, while bassist and singer-songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello shares her inspirations. 6.30 Opera on 3. Hannah French introduces performances of two Purcell operas, with William Christie conducting Les Arts Florissants in Dido and Aeneas and The Fairy Queen. 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 John Brunning. 1.00 Alexander Armstrong. 4.00 Alan Titchmarsh. Alan presents three hours of classical music, including the theme to 1987 TV drama London Embassy by Nigel Hess. Plus, his Gardening Tip and the Titchmarsh Teaser. 7.00 Classic FM at the Movies with Jonathan Ross. Jonathan prepares for the upcoming 96th Academy Awards by featuring the scores from Oscar nominated films. Including music from Oppenheimer, Maestro and Rustin. 9.00 Connecting Notes. John examines how belief has shaped classical music and discovers some stories that connect classical music to the world beyond. Featuring music by Paganini, Verdi and Mahler’s. 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 The Years Between. 7.30 Motherwell 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 The Years Between. 12.30 Motherwell 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 Find

Me. 4.45 Ghost Stories by HG Wells. 5.00 The Years Between. Comedy adventure, by Peter Tinniswood. 6.30 Motherwell Omnibus. By Deborah Orr. 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 Space Force. 12.30 The Woman in Black. 1.00 The Years Between. 2.30 Motherwell Omnibus. 3.45 Uncle Mort’s Celtic Fringe.

4.00 Not in Front of the Children. 4.30 Robbing Hood.