BBC Radio Programme Synopsis last updated Thu 18 Mar 2010 0912 GMT
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Radio 4

Afternoon Play
THU Final Demands: Series of plays by Frederic Raphael. 3/6: Point Counterpoint. At a publisher's launch party, Adam Morris runs into several old friends and a few enemies.
FRI Final Demands: Series of plays by Frederic Raphael. 4/6. And A Happy New Year: Adam and Barbara meet their daughter-in-law Juliana and grandson for the first time.
MON Hitched, by Doug Lucie. 1/2: Emma and Richard have done their best to keep their families apart, but as their wedding day approaches it's time for the two sides to finally meet.
TUE Hitched, by Doug Lucie. 2/2: Emma and Richard's wedding day arrives - will it go without the proverbial 'hitch'?
WED Walking on Sunshine: Why do you rarely see a black face in the country - apart from the sheep? Heartwarming comedy by Leah Chillery about a black male walking group.

Woman's Hour
THU With Jenni Murray. A special programme on the mother-daughter relationship. With Sam Roddick, Olivia Lichtenstein, Yasmeen Khan, Laverne Antrobus, Kath Woodward and Sophie Woodward.
FRI With Jenni Murray.
SAT With Jane Garvey. Including Helen Skelton on kayaking up the Amazon; Lynda Bellingham on being adopted; should the burka be banned?
MON With Jane Garvey. Going out without a bra? Listener feedback on home births.
TUE With Jane Garvey. Sian Phillips on playing Juliet. Political parties and the glossies. Women jockeys - serious contenders? Latvian women - through the glass ceiling?
WED With Jenni Murray. Including the new children's commissioner, women and Parkour, feminism reclaiming the term 'victim', and does the 20-year itch exist?

Book at Bedtime
THU Trespass: Sara Kestelman reads from the new novel by Rose Tremain. 9/10: With the discovery of a body, can it be long before the murderer is unmasked?
FRI Trespass: Sara Kestelman reads from the new novel by Rose Tremain. 10/10: A return to the place where they began; peace and reconciliation at last.
MON Solar: Hugh Bonneville reads from Ian McEwan's new novel. 1/10. Michael Beard, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, finds that his fifth marriage is floundering.
TUE Solar: Hugh Bonneville reads from Ian McEwan's new novel. 2/10. Michael Beard has been humiliated to discover that his fifth wife, Patrice, is having an affair with their builder.
WED With Jenni Murray. Including the new children's commissioner, women and Parkour, feminism reclaiming the term 'victim', and does the 20-year itch exist?
WED Solar: Hugh Bonneville reads from Ian McEwan's new novel. 3/10: Prof Michael Beard returns home early from a climate change expedition in the Arctic to find an unexpected visitor.

Book of the Week
THU Did You Really Shoot the Television? Max Hastings recalls the marriage of his Fleet Street parents. 4/5: The story of the family's beleaguered TV set.
FRI Did You Really Shoot the Television? Max Hastings recalls the marriage of his Fleet Street parents. 5/5: More trouble for Mac, and Anne's later 'business' with the small Picasso.
MON Chopin - Prince of the Romantics: Adam Zamoyski's portrait of the life of the composer Frederic Chopin. 1/5: Chopin's prodigious talent as a pianist is recognised early on.
TUE Chopin - Prince of the Romantics: Adam Zamoyski's portrait of the life of the composer Frederic Chopin. 2/5: The young Chopin becomes one of the most celebrated figures in Paris.
WED Chopin - Prince of the Romantics: Adam Zamoyski's portrait of the life of the composer Frederic Chopin. 3/5: Chopin and the notorious writer George Sand become lovers.
WED Solar: Hugh Bonneville reads from Ian McEwan's new novel. 3/10: Prof Michael Beard returns home early from a climate change expedition in the Arctic to find an unexpected visitor.

BBC Radio 2

Ken Bruce
THU Ken Bruce today - Popmaster, Tracks of My Years, Record and Album of the Week and a Love Song. Plus many of your favourite songs.
FRI It's the final Popmaster of the week. Listen out for George Benson's Tracks of My Years.
MON Ken Bruce presents another edition of the Ken Bruce Show. Something of a speciality of his. Ryan Tedder chooses two of his favourite tunes in Tracks of My Years.
TUE With the Popmaster music quiz, a love song and Tracks of My Years chosen by Ryan Tedder from OneRepublic. He features classics from Stevie Wonder and Tears for Fears.
WED Ryan Tedder from OneRepublic picks two more of his favourite songs in Tracks of My Years. You will hear classics from The Police and Seal.
WED Solar: Hugh Bonneville reads from Ian McEwan's new novel. 3/10: Prof Michael Beard returns home early from a climate change expedition in the Arctic to find an unexpected visitor.



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