RADIO GUIDE

RADIO 4

5.30 News Briefing. 5.43 Prayer for the Day. 5.45 In Touch. 6.00 News and Papers. 6.07 Open Country. 6.30 Farming Today This Week. 6.57 Weather. 7.00 Today. 9.00 Saturday Live. 10.00 Your Place or Mine. 10.30 Soul Music. 11.00 The Great PFI Debt. 11.30 From Our Own Correspondent. 12.00 News. 12.04 Money Box. 12.30 The Now Show. 12.57 Weather. 1.00 News. 1.10 Any Questions? 2.00 Any Answers? 2.45 The Archers. 3.00 Drama: RL Stevenson’s Weir of Hermiston. 4.00 Weekend Woman’s Hour. Highlights from the week. 5.00 Saturday PM. News and sports headlines, with Caroline Wyatt. 5.30 Toast. 5.54 Shipping Forecast. 5.57 Weather. 6.00 Six O’Clock News. 6.15 Loose Ends. Clive Anderson is joined by Ruby Wax, Anuvab Pal, and Paul Hartnoll of the dance act Orbital. With music from Tiger Braun-White and Nerina Pallot. 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. Actor, comedian and writer Michael Palin talks to John Wilson about his creative influences, including his love of radio comedy as a child and meeting Terry Jones. 8.00 Archive on 4: Abba: Inside the Music.

On the 50th anniversary of Abba’s Eurovision win with Waterloo, this programme explores the group’s music from the inside out, both in the studio and translated for the stadium. 9.00 Legend: The Joni Mitchell Story. Jesca Hoop presents this documentary tribute to the singer, exploring her life, music and influence, to mark her 80th birthday. This episode focuses on her early years. 9.30

Helen Lewis Has Left the Chat. Helen Lewis delves into the fast paced, casual world of instant messaging, asking what is happening in the secrecy of direct message inboxes. 10.00 News. 10.15 The Food Programme. 11.00

You Heard It Here First. 11.30 Round Britain Quiz. 12.00 Midnight News. 12.15 Open Book. 12.48 Shipping Forecast. 2.00 As BBC World Service. 5.20 Shipping Forecast.

RADIO 3

6.30 Breakfast. 9.00 Saturday Morning. 12.00 Earlier... with Jools Holland. 1.00 News. 1.03 Music Matters: The Land Without Music? 2.00 Record Review. 4.00 Sound of Gaming. Games that offer a peaceful and contemplative experience. 5.00 This Classical Life. Jess Gillam chats to guitarist Milos. 6.00 Opera on 3. Georgia Mann presents a Munich Opera production of Handel’s Semele, starring soprano Brenda Rae in the title role and tenor Michael Spyres as her lover Jupiter. 9.30 Music Planet. The best roots-based music from across the world, featuring a session by New York-born, Tamil Nadu-raised vocalist, composer and multi-instrumentalist Ganavya. 10.30 New Music Show. 12.30 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. Music for Saturday morning. 7.00 Classic FM at the Movies with Jonathan Ross. Jonathan shares some Hall of Fame movie favourites, some of the biggest film scores in Hollywood and a handful of listener requests. Including music from Batman and Final Fantasy. 9.00 Classic Parent Power with Myleene Klass. As exam season begins, Myleene presents an hour of relaxing music to study to and tips for parents of studying children. 10.00 Calm Classics. 12.00 Katie Breathwick.

4.00 Sam Pittis.

RADIO 4 EXTRA

5.00 The Master of Ballantrae. 6.00 A Year and a Day. 7.30 Shakespeare in a Divided America Omnibus. 8.45 Singular Women. 9.00 Not in Front of the Children. 9.30 Ray’s a Laugh. 10.00 Michael Palin’s Radio Adventures. 11.00 A Year and a Day. 12.30 Shakespeare in a Divided America Omnibus. 1.45 Singular Women. 2.00 Not in Front of the Children. 2.30 Ray’s a Laugh. 3.00 Michael Palin’s Radio Adventures. 4.00 The Honeybourne Tapes. 4.45 Ghost Stories by HG Wells. 5.00 A Year and a Day. 6.30 Shakespeare in a Divided America Omnibus. 7.45 Singular Women. 8.00 Not in Front of the Children. 8.30 Ray’s a Laugh. 9.00 Michael Palin’s Radio Adventures. 10.00 Comedy Club. 10.00 Paul Sinha’s General Knowledge. 10.30 That Mitchell and Webb Sound. 11.00 Andrew Maxwell’s Public Enemies. 11.30 Hut 33. 12.00 The Honeybourne Tapes. 12.45 Ghost Stories by HG Wells. 1.00 A Year and a Day. 2.30 Shakespeare in a Divided America Omnibus. 3.45 Singular Women. 4.00 Not in Front of the Children. 4.30 Ray’s a Laugh.