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Shipping Forecast

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

Shipping Forecast: 28/05/2008

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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

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Prayer for the Day

Prayer for the Day: 28/05/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Prayer for the Day, 28/05/2008

Daily prayer and reflection with Canon Noel Vincent.

Farming Today

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

Farming Today: 28/05/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 28/05/2008

News and issues in rural Britain with Mark Holdstock.

With Mark Holdstock. Producer Sarah Swadling

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: 28/05/2008

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Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.

With James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.

Presented by James Naughtie and Evan Davis.

Including:

Researchers say that the number of dementia sufferers in England will increase by almost two thirds over the next 20 years because of the ageing population.

Dan Griffiths in Beijing reports on new aftershocks in Sichuan province.

The curse of Shakespeare's tomb means that workmen will be treading carefully in Stratford today.

Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan claims there is an opportunity for the UK to lead the world on human rights as long as it put its own house in order.

Protests over rising fuel prices are spreading across Europe.

Inspired by historian Robert Lacey's Great Tales from English History, schoolchildren from years 10-13 were asked to write their own great tale.

Thought for the Day with Anne Atkins, novelist and columnist.

Can the Left be tax-cutters? With MP Dennis MacShane and Will Hutton.

A look at the state of child protection in this country. With Berthe Climbie, the mother of eight-year-old Victoria who was tortured and murdered in 2000.

Michael Palin is championing the cause of Oxford University as it tries to raise over a billion pounds to safeguard its future.

What is the best strategy to deal with knife crime?

Primatologist Dr Jane Goodall is visiting the European Parliament to call for the EU to replace animal experiments.

Was Mary Whitehouse right about declining moral standards on TV?

With oil and food prices rocketing and house prices falling, should politicians try to intervene in the markets?

With Evan Davis and James Naughtie. 
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News 
7.48 Thought for the Day Presented by Anne Atkins.

Midweek

Lively and diverse conversation with weekly guests

Midweek: 28/05/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Midweek, 28/05/2008

Diverse and lively conversation with Libby Purves and her guests. 
Producer Chris Paling Shortened repeat at 9.30pm

Book of the Week

Serialised book readings, featuring works from various genres

Serialised book readings, featuring works of non-fiction, biography, autobiography, travel, diaries, essays, humour and history

Book of the Week: Bearded Tit

Book of the Week: Bearded Tit: Episode 3

Episode 3

Bearded Tit

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Rory's romance with JJ is taking its time, until a brief encounter interferes.

Rory McGrath reads from his comic memoir, a story of love and birdwatching. Rory's romance with JJ is taking its time, until a brief encounter interferes.

Rory McGrath reads from his comic memoir, a story of love and birdwatching

3/5. By RoryMcGrath. The comedian's romance with JJ is slow to blossom, until there's a timely interference in the shape of a brief encounter. Read by the author. For details see Monday Repeated at 12.30am

Daily Service

With the Rev Tony Burnham. I Want to 
Serve the Purpose of God (Altrogge, arr Leddington Wright ). Colossians 3, vv12-17. Come Let Us Sing of a Wonderful Love 
(Wonderful Love, arr Bertalot). Forth in the Peace of Christ We Go (Song 34). Director of music Neil Taylor. Organist Graham Eccles.

Woman's Hour

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

Woman's Hour: Cynthia Nixon; Miss Landmine

Cynthia Nixon; Miss Landmine

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Sex and the City actress Cynthia Nixon on the cast reunion for the film. With Jenni Murray

Sex and the City actress Cynthia Nixon on the cast's reunion for the film. Plus, the controversial 'Miss Landmine' pageant for survivors of Angolan landmine injuries.

Presented by Jenni Murray. 
10.45 Jane and Prudence 3/10 The Woman's Hour drama. 
For details see drama repeat at 7.45pm

Mind Changers

Series exploring the development of the science of psychology during the 20th century

Mind Changers: Case Study: Little Hans

Case Study: Little Hans

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A small boy's phobia of horses seemed unlikely evidence for the Oedipus complex.

A phobia of horses developed by a boy living in Vienna in 1904 seemed unlikely evidence for the Oedipus complex. But for Sigmund Freud, this was the proof he had been waiting for.

Claudia Hammond presents a series on case studies that have made a significant contribution to psychological research.

A phobia of horses developed by a small boy living in Vienna in 1904 seemed unlikely evidence for the Oedipus complex. But for Sigmund Freud, this was the proof he had been waiting for. His study of Little Hans was the first recorded case of child psychoanalysis, and, with its detailed recording of a how a child makes sense of the world, continues to provide rich pickings for all who are interested in child development. 

Claudia investigates the legacy of the study, and visits one of the centres run by Childhood First, which deals with some of the most disturbed and damaged children using a model informed by psychoanalysis.

Case Study

4/4. Little Hans. Claudia Hammond revisits the case of Little Hans , the first recorded study of child psychoanalysis. She investigates its legacy by visiting one of the centres run by Childhood First, which deals with disturbed and damaged children. producer Marya Burgess

Hut 33

Three code-breakers hate each other and their draughty hut. James Cary's wartime sitcom.

Three code-breakers are forced to share a draughty wooden hut as they try to break German ciphers. Unfortunately, they hate each other. James Cary's wartime sitcom.

Hut 33: Series 2: Episode 2: Pigs n Spivs

Episode 2

Episode 2: Pigs n Spivs

Series 2

Pigs n Spivs

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The codebreakers run out of rations. Can special new recruit Willis save their bacon?

The codebreakers run out of rations. Can special new recruit Willis save their bacon? Stars Robert Bathurst. From May 2008.

It's 1941 and supplies are running short in Bletchley Park, centre of the Allies' codebreaking effort. 

Archie reluctantly uses the services of Mrs Best's shady contact to get some extra food and Gordon is seduced by the promise of a Superman comic.

James Cary's sitcom set at Bletchley Park - the top-secret home of the Second World War codebreakers.

Charles …. Robert Bathurst
Archie …. Tom Goodman-Hill
Minka …. Olivia Colman
Mrs Best …. Lill Roughley
Gordon …. Fergus Craig
Joshua … Alex McQueen
Spiv    ......    Stephen Critchlow

Producer: Adam Bromley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2008.

Hut 33: Series 2

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.

Sitcom by James Cary, set in Bletchley Park in 1941

Pigs 'n' Spivs. It's 1941 and supplies are running short in Bletchley Park, centre of the Allies' code-breaking effort. Archie reluctantly uses the services of Mrs Best 's shady contact to get some extra food and Gordon is seduced by the promise of a Superman comic. Comedy by James Cary.  
Producer Adam Bromley

You and Yours

You and Yours: 28/05/2008

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, 28/05/2008

Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson and Sheila McClennon.

Consumer and public interest reports, with Sheila McClennon and Winifred Robinson.

Weather

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World at One

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

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National and international news with Martha Kearney.

The World at One

Quote... Unquote

Celebrity panel game about quotations featuring questions posed by listeners

Quote... Unquote: 28/05/2008

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Guests are Alison Baverstock, Clive Coleman, Gwyneth Lewis and Arabella Weir.

Nigel Rees exchanges quotations and anecdotes with guests Alison Baverstock, Clive Coleman, Gwyneth Lewis and Arabella Weir. The reader is Peter Jefferson.

Quote.... Unquote

2/6. Guests Alison Baverstock , Clive Coleman , Gwyneth Lewis and Arabella Weir exchange quotations and anecdotes. Hosted by Nigel Rees , with Peter Jefferson as the reader. Producer Claire Bartlett 
ADDRESS: Quote.... Unquote, Henry Wood House, London W1A 1AA; email: [address removed]

The Archers

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

The Archers: 27/05/2008

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For Farm Sunday, Eddie wants to rub the digger down and charge people to have a go. Clarrie thinks it's a bad idea. They have completely different ideas of how the day should be. Ed has a lot on his mind and isn't himself. Clarrie tries to find out what's bothering him but he won't say.

David and Ruth also discuss Farm Sunday. Tony arrives, asking for the name of the consultant who sorted a similar problem to his, at Waterley Cross. Tony says the Tenant Farmers Association has looked at his lease agreement. It seems Matt's within his rights but Tony's going to fight it. According to the TFA, there is a good chance they could win. They'll need a lot of public support. David's surprised to learn that Brian voted in favour of the idea, albeit unknowingly.

At Bridge Farm yard, Eddie's shocked at Tony's news. Ruth arrives with the consultant's details. Eddie asks Ruth if she'd mark Brookfield's signs for Farm Sunday, pointing them in the direction of Grundys' Field also. She politely refuses. Thinking about how expensive the consultant might be and the fact that they might not win, Tony feels downhearted. He says it doesn't feel like it's worth all the effort.

Episode written by Caroline Harrington.

Drama on 4

Drama from BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra.

Afternoon Play: The Antisocial Behaviour of Horace Rumpole

Drama on 4: The Antisocial Behaviour of Horace Rumpole: Episode 1: Rumpole on Trial

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Episode 1: Rumpole on Trial

The Antisocial Behaviour of Horace Rumpole

Rumpole on Trial

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Rumpole is uneasy about Hilda's continuing friendship with a high court judge.

Another adventure for John Mortimer's wily defender of our civil liberties. Rumpole is uneasy about exactly what Hilda is up to in her continuing friendship with a high court judge.

John Mortimer's two part Radio 4 Rumpole story brings us the magician of the Old Bailey at his implacable best as he defends our ancient freedoms, while remaining uneasy about exactly what his wife Hilda is up to in her continuing friendship with a high court judge

ASBOs may be the pride and joy of new Labour, but they don't cut much ice with Horace Rumpole; he takes the old fashioned view that if anyone is going to be threatened with a restriction of their liberty then some form of meaningful legal procedure ought to be put in place. 

Not that Hilda agrees of course, but she's too busy completing her memoirs and planning a radical new career to dissuade him from taking an interest when one of the Timson children is given an ASBO for playing football in the street. And if that wasn't enough, Rumpole's colleagues have voiced some rather prudish objections to the small cigars and glasses of red wine he enjoys in his room in Chambers. They may even slap an ASBO on him, which won't help his cause of being appointed a QC at long last!


Cast:
Horace Rumpole ..... Timothy West
Hilda Rumpole ..... Prunella Scales 
'Soapy Sam' Ballard ..... Michael Cochrane 
Bonny Bernard ..... Nicholas le Prevost 
Prosecutor Parkes ..... Roger May 
Madam Chair of Magistrates ..... Jillie Mears 
Graham Wetherby ..... David Holt 
Lars Bergman ..... Matthew Morgan 
Judge Bullingham ..... David Shaw-Parker 
Fig Newton ..... Geoffrey Whitehead


Producer/Director: Marilyn Imrie
A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4.

Drama on 4: The Antisocial Behaviour of Horace Rumpole

Another adventure for John Mortimer's wily defender of our civil liberties

Afternoon Play: The AntisocialBehaviour of Horace Rumpole

1/2. By John Mortimer. Rumpole continues to weave his magic at the Old Bailey, while remaining uneasy about the nature of Hilda's friendship with a judge. Concludes tomorrow.      
   Director Marilyn Imrie

Gardeners' Question Time

Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts

A panel of horticultural experts answer gardening questions from a live audience. Recorded in a different location each week

Gardeners' Question Time: 25/05/2008

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Eric Robson chairs. With Anne Swithinbank, Pippa Greenwood and John Cushnie.

Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum. Anne Swithinbank, Pippa Greenwood and John Cushnie answer questions from members of Kingsley Garden Club near Frodsham, Cheshire.

Anne Swithinbank , Pippa Greenwood and John Cushnie answer questions posed by members of Kingsley Garden Club near 
Frodsham in Cheshire. Eric Robson is in the chair. At 3.25pm Gardening Weather Forecast. Shortened repeat from Sunday at 2pm

Afternoon Reading

Short stories or abridged books, often from new writers

Afternoon Reading: Hay-on-Wye Stories

Afternoon Reading: Hay-on-Wye Stories 2008: Episode 2: Travels with a Hydrosextant

Episode 2: Travels with a Hydrosextant

Hay-on-Wye Stories 2008

Travels with a Hydrosextant

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By Bill Paterson. Young Willie Paterson, apprentice quantity surveyor, tours Glasgow.

Stories from the renowned literary festival. Bill Paterson's story is based on his own experiences as an apprentice. A trainee quantity surveyor tours his beloved Glasgow.

With his polaroid hydrosextant in hand, young Willie Paterson, apprentice quantity surveyor, takes us on a tour of his beloved Glasgow. Little does he imagine that most of the streets and buildings he knows are about to be flattened by the wrecker's ball. 

For this is the 1960s and over the next decade, the structure and architecture of Glasgow will change beyond all recognition. Whole swathes of tenements and back greens will disappear to make way for the new age of the tower block. And apprentice quantity surveyors are on the front line, helping to tally up the demolitions and measure the concrete on nearly 300 tower blocks all over Glasgow. 

Read by Bill Paterson
Producer: Emma Harding.

Afternoon Reading: Hay-on-Wye Stories 2008

Stories from the renowned literary festival, read by the authors before an audience

Hay-on-Wye Stories

2/4. Travels with a Hydrosextant. Written and read by Bill Paterson. Set in the 1960s, the author tours his beloved Glasgow - unaware that many of the places he holds so dear are to be flattened by the wrecker's ball. For details see yesterday

Cosmic Quest

Cosmic Quest: Stories of the Sky

Stories of the Sky

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How our ancestors mapped the stories of their mythology onto the constellations in the sky

Astronomer Heather Couper reflects on how early man mapped the stories of his mythology onto the constellations in the sky.

Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy

Astronomer Heather Couper charts the history of our growing understanding of the universe and progress of astronomy.

3/30. Stories of the Sky. Heather Couper reflects on how early man mapped the stories of his mythology onto the constellations in the sky, often giving rise to legend. For details see Monday

Thinking Allowed

Thinking Allowed: Boxing - Urban Outcasts

Boxing - Urban Outcasts

BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, Boxing - Urban Outcasts

Laurie Taylor considers boxing in terms of race, class, and representation.

Laurie Taylor considers boxing in terms of race, class, and representation with Kasia Boddy and Professor Loїc Wacquant.

BOXING
Laurie Taylor is joined by Kasia Boddy, author of Boxing: A Cultural history, and Professor Loїc Wacquant, sociologist, ethnographer and former apprentice boxer to consider the sport’s history in terms of race, class, and representation, from bare-knuckle fights to attempts to tame the Kray Twins.

URBAN OUTCASTS
Loïc Wacquant, Professor of sociology at the University of California-Berkeley, looks at the trend amongst academics and certain commentators for talking about “ghettoisation” in Europe’s cities, and questions the idea that our cities are becoming Americanised. He discusses his theory of ‘advanced marginality’, symptoms of which, he says, can be found on both sides of the Atlantic.

Thinking Allowed: Boxing

Laurie Taylor talks to key thinkers as he explores new research on how society works. Producer Charlie Taylor Repeated on Sunday at 12.15am

Case Notes

Medical programme exploring a different topic each week

Medical programme exploring a different topic each week, with reports and input from experts

Case Notes: Back Problems

Back Problems

BBC Radio 4 - Case Notes, Back Problems

Dr Mark Porter reports on treatment for back problems, including his own.

Dr Mark Porter investigates health issues of the day. He has recently undergone an operation on his back to relieve his sciatica and reports on how the treatment has gone.

1968: Day-by-Day

Nuns stage a revolt in Los Angeles. 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: 28th May 1968

28th May 1968

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Douglas Bader returns to Bomber Command. Students take over Hornsey College of Art.

John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 40 years ago. Douglas Bader returns to Bomber Command. Students take over Hornsey College of Art.

Afternoon news and current affairs programme

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

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

Six O'Clock News

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4

Six O'Clock News: 28/05/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Six O'Clock News, 28/05/2008

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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