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BBC Radio 4 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced BBC Home Service.

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Shipping Forecast

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

Shipping Forecast: 10/04/2008

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Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

News Briefing

News Briefing: 10/04/2008

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Prayer for the Day

Prayer for the Day: 10/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Prayer for the Day, 10/04/2008

Daily prayer and reflection from Wales with Rev Craig Gardiner.

Farming Today

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

Farming Today: 10/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 10/04/2008

News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.

Presented by Anna Hill. Producer Chris Impey

Today

Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme; including Thought for the Day

Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme; including religious reflections from Thought for the Day at 0748

Today: 10/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 10/04/2008

Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.

With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports Desk at 6.25am, 7.25am, 8.25am; Weather at 6.05am, 6.57am, 7.57am; Thought for the Day at 7.48am.

With Sarah Montague and James Naughtie. 
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News 748 Thought for the Day With Rev Roy Jenkins.

In Our Time

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.

In Our Time: The Norman Yoke

The Norman Yoke

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ‘the Norman Yoke'.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ‘the Norman Yoke’ – the idea that the Battle of Hastings sparked years of cruel Norman oppression for the Anglo Saxons.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ‘the Norman Yoke’ – the idea that the Battle of Hastings sparked years of cruel oppression for the Anglo Saxons by a Norman ruling class. ‘Norman saw on English oak,On English neck a Norman yoke;Norman spoon in English dish,And England ruled as Normans wish.’Taken from Sir Walter Scott’s novel ‘Ivanhoe’, these words encapsulate the idea of ‘the Norman Yoke’ – that the Battle of Hastings sparked the cruel oppression of Anglo-Saxon liberties by a foreign ruling class. Certainly, William the Conqueror proclaimed his power in great castles and cathedrals, turned the church upside down and even changed the colour of scribal ink. But was it really such a terrible time for the Anglo Saxons or was the idea of beastly Norman oppressors and noble Saxon sufferers invented later to shore up the idea of Englishness? With Sarah Foot, Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Christ Church, Oxford; Richard Gameson, Professor in the Department of History at Durham University; Matthew Strickland, Professor of Medieval History at the University of Glasgow.

The Norman Yoke. Melvyn Bragg is joined by Richard Gameson , Sarah Foot and Matthew Strickland to discuss what happened in the days after the Battle of Hastings in 1066, and to consider whether Norman rule was as oppressive as later historians would give out. Producer James Cook Shortened repeat at 9.30pm Melvyn Bragg 's Travels in Written Britain Views of the Lakes: page 32

The Suspicions of Mr Whicher

The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale: Episode 4

Episode 4

The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale

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Years after the gruesome killing there is a surprise confession.

Years after the gruesome killing there is a surprise confession, but does it explain what happened? Read by Deborah Findlay.

1865. Bow Street, London. One April morning, Constance Kent, now 21, arrives at the magistrate's Court to confess a murder. 

On being told she will be sent for trial, Constance sighs, as if in relief.

After a short trial, in which Constance pleads guilty, the judge passes the death sentence, and Constance's notoriety is assured. Her crime is extolled in broadside ballads of the day, and her figure takes pride of place in Madame Tussaud's, Chamber of Horrors. 

But for a cold-blooded child murderer Constance has aroused an extraordinary level of sympathy, and within a matter of weeks, Queen Victoria spares her life. Only after the trial, do Constance's motives begin to come to light. Yet, somehow, the murder still doesn't add up....

Kate Summerscale's gripping account of the Victorian murder case that shook the nation.

Read by Deborah Findlay.

Abridged by Doreen Estall.

Producer: Justine Willett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2008.

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama. With recent favourites from BBC Radio 4.

Deborah Findlay reads from Kate Summerscale's account of a Victorian murder case

Deborah Findlay reads from Kate Summerscale's account of a Victorian murder case that gripped the nation

Book of the Week:The Suspicions of Mr Whicher

4/5. By Kate Summerscale. A woman confesses to the crime and is sentencea to death, only to be spared by Queen Victoria. Yet still the murder doesn't add up. For details see Monday Repeated at 12.30am

Daily Service

Led by Becky Harris. Before the Throne of God Above (Cook). Luke 24, W13-20, 28-32 I Want Jesus to Walk with Me (Trad, Spiritual). Lord, I Come Before Your Throne of Grace (Critchley).

Woman's Hour

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.

Woman's Hour: Fertility treatment; Artist Joanna Kane

Fertility treatment; Artist Joanna Kane

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Fertility treatment; Artist Joanna Kane

Why is fertility treatment in the UK 'the least safe in Europe'?

Why is fertility treatment in the UK 'the least safe in Europe'? Plus, artist Joanna Kane on resurrecting forgotten faces, and what are the pleasures and pitfalls of the home dye?

Presented by Jenni Murray. 
10.45 Lucia's Progress 4/5 The Woman's Hour drama. 
For details see drama repeat at 7.45pm

Crossing Continents

Series focusing on foreign affairs issues

Crossing Continents: Illegal Logging in the Siberian Taiga

Illegal Logging in the Siberian Taiga

BBC Radio 4 - Crossing Continents, Illegal Logging in the Siberian Taiga

Lucy Ash follows a frequently illegal timber trade from the Siberian forests to China.

Illegal Logging in the Siberian Taiga: Lucy Ash visits an area in Siberia where the vast forests are being cut down, frequently illegally, to meet China's surging demand for wood.

4/8. Illegal Logging in the Siberian Taiga 
Reporter Lucy Ash visits Chita Oblastin Siberia, where she explores the issue of illegal logging with local police and people who log the forests, asking why they sometimes breaK the law. She then follows the flow of timber across the border to Manzhouli in China and to 
Beijing, where she discovers Russian wood is being used for products exported to the West. 
Producer Mukul Devichand Rptd on Monday at 8.30pm

1968: It's Not Just about the Music

BBC Radio 4 - 1968: It's Not Just about the Music

Joe Queenan looks back at 40 years of Rolling Stone magazine.

Joe Queenan looks back at 40 years of Rolling Stone magazine, which became the voice of its generation and has retained its iconic status with later generations.

Joe Queenan looks back at 40 years of Rolling Stone magazine. Founded by college drop-out Jan Wenner, who still remains the driving force behind it, the publication became the voice of its generation and has retained its iconic status with later generations. 

Joe meets Jan Wenner, still the driving force behin the magazine, and also talks to writers Griel Marcus and Joe Klein.

Joe Oueenan looks at the 40-year history of the American rock magazine 
CHOICE Rolling Stone. He talks to its founder, 
Jann Wenner , who is still very much at the helm, and to some of the writers who have contributed to its iconic status, including 
Griel Marcus and Joe Klein. The magazine is known for its political articles as well as its music coverage, and Oueenan asks it it has now found its radical voice again. Producer Richard Mcllroy

You and Yours

You and Yours: 10/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, 10/04/2008

Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson and Liz Barclay.

Presented by Liz Barclay and Winifred Robinson.

Weather

Weather: 10/04/2008

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World at One

Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.

World at One: 10/04/2008

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National and international news with Martha Kearney.

The World at One

Open Country

Countryside magazine featuring the people and wildlife that shape the landscape of Britain

Countryside magazine featuring the people and wildlife that shape the landscape of the British Isles

Open Country: Longwood Community Forest

05/04/2008

Longwood Community Forest

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Caroline Saarl meets the Ceredigion Young Carers learning about having fun in the outdoors

Caroline Saarl travels to Longwood Community Forest to meet some of the Ceredigion Young Carers taking time out from their stressful lives to learn about having fun in the outdoors.

Countryside magazine.

Caroline Saarl travels to Longwood Community Forest to meet some of the Ceredigion Young Carers taking time out from their stressful lives to learn about having fun in the outdoors.

The Archers

An intense and gripping week of events unfolds in Ambridge. Listen to all the drama here.

The Archers: 09/04/2008

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Pat explains the court procedures to Nigel while Kenton's giving his evidence. Nigel can't wait to get it over with. They make small talk, discussing Abbie's homecoming and Lewis doing the plans for Mike's conversion.
 
Kenton gives the prosecutor a clear account of his relationship with Kathy, and how she eventually told him what had happened to her. The defence makes out the change in Kathy's behaviour was due to Kenton leaving her to visit his ex-wife but Kenton strongly denies this and defends Kathy.
 
Pat tells the prosecution how badly Kathy was affected by the rape, and explains that Taylor had left her in such a terrible state she couldn't even seek justice. Pat then responds strongly to the tough defence questioning to justify why Kathy has now found the strength to come forward - to help another woman.
 
Kenton's impressed with Pat's evidence. If Nigel's as good as her, there'll be nothing to worry about. But Nigel finds it hard going with the defence questioning. He just hopes the prosecution do to Taylor what the defence has done to them.
 
Episode written by Mary Cutler.

Drama on 4

Drama from BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra.

Afternoon Play

Drama on 4: Tarzan of the Antirrhinums

Tarzan of the Antirrhinums

BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, Tarzan of the Antirrhinums

Comedy by Lavinia Murray. Tarzan attempts to save a garden centre from financial ruin.

Tarzan of the Antirrhinums: Comedy by Lavinia Murray. Tarzan emerges from the bushes and announces that he will save Marx's failing garden centre from financial ruin.

Afternoon Play: Tarzan of the Antirrhinums

In Lavinia Murray's rip-roaring comedy with talking plants, Marx is worried about the plight of the garden centre he runs when Tarzan, a man raised entirely by pot plants, emerges from the leylandii to help Marx.

Questions, Questions

Problem-solving programme addressing listeners' questions

Problem-solving programme which addresses the intriguing and seemingly imponderable questions posed by everday life

Questions, Questions: 10/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Questions, Questions, 10/04/2008

Stewart Henderson answers those niggling questions from everyday life.

2/10 Stewart Henderson presents the interactive problem-solving programme. Producer Kevin Dawson 
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Radio 4 Appeal

Highlighting a charity and appealing for donations. The presenters donate their time.

A weekly programme highlighting the work of a charity and appealing for donations. The presenters give their time without payment.

Radio 4 Appeal: 06/04/2008

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Felicity Kendal appeals on behalf of Target TB.

Felicity Kendal appeals on behalf of Target TB. Donations: Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal. Credit cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144.

Afternoon Reading

Short stories or abridged books, often from new writers

Afternoon Reading: What I Learned from the Metaphysical Poets

Afternoon Reading: What I Learned from the Metaphysical Poets: Episode 4: The Tiny and the Light

Episode 4: The Tiny and the Light

What I Learned from the Metaphysical Poets

The Tiny and the Light

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By Ruth Thomas. Anna procrastinates by playing with her daughter's doll's house.

By Ruth Thomas. Overwhelmed by the upheaval of moving house, Anna procrastinates by playing with her daughter's doll's house. Read by Cara Kelly.

By Ruth Thomas.

A funny and profound story on the nature of transience and permanence, tonight's story, by the acclaimed poet and novelist Ruth Thomas, takes its inspiration from John Donne's poem "The Blossom". 

A week before moving house, Anna finds distraction from packing by arranging and rearranging the furniture in her daughter's doll's house: "procrastination in miniature".

Reader: Cara Kelly
Produced by Kirsteen Cameron.

Short stories inspired by the poetry of John Donne, George Herbert and Andrew Marvell

What I Learned from theMetaphysical Poets

4/5 The Tiny and the Light. By Ruth Thomas , inspired by John Donne 's The Blossom. 
Overwhelmed by the upheaval of moving house Anna procrastinates by playing with her daughter's doll's house. Read by Cara Kelly. For details see Monday

Inheritance

Inheritance: Episode 4: Nana Quajo the First

Episode 4: Nana Quajo the First

Nana Quajo the First

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Humphrey Barclay inherited a remote village in Ghana and become their first white chief.

James Maw presents a series on life-changing inheritances. 4/5. Nana Quajo the First. TV producer Humphrey Barclay inherited a village in Ghana and became their first white chief.

James Maw presents a series on life-changing inheritances

4/5 Nana Quajo the First. James Maws tells of the life-changing legacy left by Christopher Asante to his close friend Humphrey Barclay. The TV producer was shocked to discover he had inherited a village in Ghana and become their first white Chief. For details see Monday

Bookclub

Led by James Naughtie, readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best-known novels

Led by James Naughtie, a group of readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best-known novels

Bookclub: Simon Armitage

Simon Armitage

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Simon Armitage discusses his translation of the epic poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

Poet Simon Armitage joins James Naughtie and readers to discuss his translation of the Middle English epic Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

Simon Armitage discusses his translation of the Middle English epic Sir Gawain and the Green Knight with a group of readers. Repeated from Sunday at 4pm

Material World

Science programme reporting on developments across the disciplines

Science programme reporting on developments across the disciplines. Each week, scientists describe their work, conveying the excitement they feel for their research projects

Material World: Humans and Crops - Rosalind Franklin

Humans and Crops - Rosalind Franklin

BBC Radio 4 - Material World, Humans and Crops - Rosalind Franklin

Quentin Cooper reveals how domesticated crops spread through Europe.

Quentin Cooper reveals how the charred remains of ancient cereal grains reveal how and when domesticated crops spread through Europe.

Humans and Crops
How is DNA analysis and radio carbon dating helping bioarchaeologists understand when and where farming first started and the kinds of crops our ancestors grew? Quentin Cooper is joined by Professor Glynis Jones from the Department of Archaeology at the University of Sheffield and by Professor Huw Jones from the National Institute of Agricultural Botany in Cambridge to find out.

Rosalind Franklin
Material World will be shedding light on the woman who has been called by some 'the dark lady of DNA'. It is 50 years since the death of Rosalind Franklin, the woman who made a major contribution to the discovery of the structure of DNA. Quentin meets Nobel laureate Sir Aaron Klug who worked with Rosalind Franklin in the 1950s to discuss her life, legacy and incredible contribution to science and medicine.

Material World: Humans and Crops

The Material World

Archaeobotanist Glynis Jones explains to Quentin Cooper how radiocarbon dating is uncovering the history of how arable farming replaced the hunter-gatherer lifestyle. And Wayne Powell shows how ancient DNA might fortify the genetic diversity of modern crops against an uncertain climatic future. Producer Pamela Rutherford

1968: Day-by-Day

London Transport is accused of racism. For details see Saturday

1968 Day by Day

A look back at the events making the news 40 years ago

1968: Day by Day

1968 Day by Day: 10th April 1968

10th April 1968

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The TUC ignores the government pay ceilings and London Transport is accused of racism.

John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 40 years ago. The TUC ignores the government pay ceilings and accusations of racism are levelled at London Transport.

John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 40 years ago.

The TUC ignores the government pay ceilings and accusations of racism are levelled at London Transport.

Afternoon news and current affairs programme

Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines

PM: 10/04/2008

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Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.

Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. Including Weather at 5.57pm.

Six O'Clock News

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4

Six O'Clock News: 10/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Six O'Clock News, 10/04/2008

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by Weather.

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