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The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

Shipping Forecast: 15/05/2007

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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: 15/05/2007

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Prayer for the Day

Prayer for the Day: 15/05/2007

BBC Radio 4 - Prayer for the Day, 15/05/2007

Daily prayer and reflection with Jonathan Bartley.

Farming Today

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

Farming Today: Farming Today

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News and issues in rural Britain. Presented by Anna Hill.

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; 15/05/2007

Today: 15/05/2007

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 15/05/2007

Including Sports Desk; Weather; Yesterday in Parliament; Thought for the Day.

With Edward Stourton, Carolyn Quinn. Sports Desk at 6.25am, 7.25am, 8.25am. Yesterday in Parliament at 6.45am; Weather at 6.05am, 6.57am, 7.57am; Thought for the Day at 7.48am.

Between Ourselves

Series bringing together people who have had profound and similar experiences

Series bringing together people who have had profound and similar experiences to hear their individual stories and compare the long-term effects on each of their lives

Between Ourselves: Series 1

Between Ourselves: Series 1: Episode 1

Episode 1

Series 1

BBC Radio 4 - Between Ourselves, Series 1, Episode 1

Two young people, one male and one female, discuss what it means to sell the body for sex.

Olivia O'Leary brings together people who have had similar experiences. Two young people, one male and one female, discuss what it means to sell the body for sex.

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

Series bringing together people who have had profound and similar experiences to hear their individual stories and compare the long-term effects on each of their lives. Presented by Olivia O'Leary

The Enigma I Will Not Explain

The Enigma I Will Not Explain: Episode 4

Episode 4

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Enigma I Will Not Explain, Episode 4

Having depicted 13 of his friends, Elgar used the final movement for his own self-portrait

Having depicted 13 of his friends in the Variations, Elgar used the final movement for his own self-portrait. What is the mystery of the titular variations? Presented by Ruth Padel.

Ruth Padel presents a series exploring the music of Elgar's Enigma Variations and analysing what the composition tells us about Elgar himself. 

Having depicted 13 of his friends in the Variations, Elgar used the final movement for his own self-portrait. What does the music tell us about him, and how did the problems he faced while writing it prepare him for composing his first symphony?

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.

Ruth Padel presents a four-part series exploring Elgar's Enigma Variations

Ruth Padel presents a four-part series exploring Elgar's Enigma Variations and analysing what the music tells us about the composer's character

Daily Service

Spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.

A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.

Daily Service: 15/05/2007

BBC Radio 4 - Daily Service, 15/05/2007

Christian worship and music led by Rev'd Roger Hutchings.

Christian worship and music led by Rev Roger Hutchings.

Woman's Hour

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

Woman's Hour: 15/05/2007

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, 15/05/2007

With Jenni Murray. Drama: A Confidential Agent (Retired).

With Jenni Murray. Including the drama A Confidential Agent (Retired): Alarm bells start to ring when a troubled businessman fails to show up for a meeting.

Nature

Natural history programme offering a unique insight into the natural world

Natural history programme offering a unique insight into the natural world and the rich variety of creatures inhabiting it

Series

Nature: Unearthing Buried Rivers

14/05/2007

Unearthing Buried Rivers

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Paul Evans reports on the rebirth of the urban waterway.

Unearthing Buried Rivers: Paul Evans reports on the rebirth of the urban waterway, helping to reduce flooding and pollution and create a better environment to live.

Unearthing Buried Rivers

Paul Evans reports on the rebirth of the urban waterway. For centuries, we have covered up our city streams and built over the top. But now the buried rivers are being brought back to life as the realisation dawns that natural water flowing through our cities can reduce flooding and pollution as well as creating a better environment for people and animals to live.

[Rptd Tue 11.00am].

Rebecca's Daughters

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Justine Picardie explores Daphne Du Maurier's legacy and her influence on modern writers.

Paul Evans reports on the rebirth of the urban waterway, helping to reduce flooding and pollution and create a better environment to live.

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast

News, weather and Shipping Forecast updates. 

News and Weather

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast: 15/05/2007

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National and international news and the shipping forecast.

The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast.

You and Yours

You and Yours: 15/05/2007

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Weather

Weather: 15/05/2007

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World at One

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

World at One: 15/05/2007

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National and international news with Martha Kearney.

Lost Albums

Pete Paphides reveals the stories behind great albums which were never released

Music journalist Pete Paphides reveals the stories and music behind some of the great albums which were never released

Lost Albums: Series 1

Lost Albums: Series 1: Episode 3: Robin Gibb: Sing Slowly Sisters

Episode 3

Episode 3: Robin Gibb: Sing Slowly Sisters

Robin Gibb: Sing Slowly Sisters

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The Bee Gee talks about a solo album recorded in 1970 when the group had temporarily split

Robin Gibb talks for the first time about a collection of songs whose existence he denied until 5 years ago. Sing Slowly Sisters was recorded in 1970 when the Bee Gees had split up.

Pete Paphides explores albums which were never released

The Archers

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

The Archers: 15/05/2007

BBC Radio 4 - The Archers, 15/05/2007

Lilian finds a new hobby.

[Rpt of Mon 7.00pm].

Drama on 4

Drama from BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra.

Afternoon Play

Drama on 4: Henry's Girls

Henry's Girls

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Alan Stafford's reconstruction of the 1689 premiere of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas.

Alan Stafford's reconstruction of the first performance of an English opera, Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, at a girls' boarding school in Chelsea in 1689.

Making History

Popular history series where the past connects with the present.

Making History: Monmouth Rebellion - Roman Road Network

Monmouth Rebellion - Roman Road Network

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Vanessa Collingridge explores the Roman road network.

Roman Road Network
A Making History listener with an interest in the Eleanor crosses of the late thirteenth century, noticed that the route taken from the place of her death near Lincoln in 1290 to London did not follow the great arterial routes of either Watling Street or Ermine Street. Could this be because those routes were now largely abandoned? 

David explained that roads would have been drawn towards new settlements, furthermore, Roman roads often ignored the constraints imposed by landscape and would therefore have been expensive to maintain. Therefore by the thirteenth century parts of these earlier routes may well have been little used and in a state of disrepair. To confirm the difference between the Roman road network and that of the middle ages, David visited the Bodleian Library in Oxford to view one of our earliest maps – the Gough Map. This dates from around 1360 and was bought by a Richard Gough at a sale in 1774 for half a crown. 

Monmouth Rebellion
Were rebel soldiers sold as slaves after the Battle of Sedgemoor in July 1685? Making History consulted the author John Tincey who explained that hundreds were transported to the Caribbean and sold to work on the sugar plantations. However, unlike African slaves, they did not lose their identities and their term was limited to 10 years – not a lifetime.

Last Night I Dreamed

Last Night I Dreamed: Episode 2: Daffodil Dell

Episode 2

Episode 2: Daffodil Dell

Daffodil Dell

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By Zoe Fairbairns. Customer choice exists in dental treatment, but is this a good idea?

Stories celebrating the centenary of Daphne du Maurier's birth. In Zoe Fairbairns's tale, customer choice in dental treatment is now a reality. But the customer is not always right.

Stories celebrating the centenary of Daphne du Maurier's birth.

In Zoe Fairbairns's tale, the small suburban practice has now become a Dental Care Facility and a taxpayer can exercise customer choice in treatment. But the customer is not always right.

Read by Jenny Coverack.

Five stories celebrating the centenary of Daphne du Maurier's birth

Me and my Poison

Me and my Poison: Episode 4

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Jolyon Jenkins investigates curare, the plant poison used by Amazonian tribes.

Jolyon Jenkins presents a series about poisons. This edition looks at curare, the plant poison used by Amazonian Indians to put on the tips of their blow darts.

Jolyon Jenkins presents a series about poisons

Jolyon Jenkins presents a series about poisons, looking at different aspects of the subject and talking to people involved in the study of poisonous substances

Transcending the Troubles

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Chris Bowlby reports on the new political compromise in Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland has found a new political compromise, but bitter memories linger. Chris Bowlby revisits Derry, where the Troubles began, to see how the future is being shaped.

Great Lives

Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.

Great Lives: Series 12

Great Lives: Episode 7: Claude McKay

Episode 7

Episode 7: Claude McKay

Claude McKay

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Theatre director, actress and writer Yvonne Brewster nominates poet Claude McKay.

4 Extra Debut. Theatre director Yvonne Brewster chooses poet, and key figure of 1920s Harlem, Claude McKay. With Matthew Parris. From May 2007.

Afternoon news and current affairs programme

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

PM; 

PM: 15/05/2007

BBC Radio 4 - PM, 15/05/2007

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: 15/05/2007

BBC Radio 4 - Six O'Clock News, 15/05/2007

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

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

Dead Ringers

Award-winning topical satire show, featuring a huge cast of characters drawn from the worlds of celebrity and politics.

Dead Ringers: Dead RingersTony Blair Special

Dead RingersTony Blair Special

BBC Radio 4 - Dead Ringers, Dead RingersTony Blair Special

Impressions with Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Kevin Connelly, Mark Perry and Phil Cornwell.

Comedy impressions with Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Kevin Connelly, Mark Perry and Phil Cornwell.

Fallon asks Kirsty to cover her shift at the Bull because Ed's coming round for the evening. Lilian teases her, saying no wonder she's cancelling her shift when she's got the chance of a night out with the luscious Ed. But they're only going to watch tv and eat pizza.

Tom's snappy after he's called out to help Adam at Home Farm because Brian's 'swanned off' on business again. Tom complains that he can't build up his and Brian's sausage business if has to keep covering for Brian at Home Farm. Tom's even more irritated when Adam asks him for one last favour - to help with the deer.

Mike arrives at Lilian's to give her a secret dancing lesson. Lilian tells him not to worry about Matt as he won't be back until later. They start off with the foxtrot and Lilian's impressed when Mike points out her obvious problem - she's starting with the wrong foot...

Kirsty, Brenda and Fallon arrange a night out with Emma on Thursday - they think it's what Emma needs as she hasn't had much fun lately, what with work and George. They're sure that once she gets going there'll be no stopping her.

Episode written by Keri Davies.

Front Row

Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music

Front Row: 15/05/2007

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, 15/05/2007

With Mark Lawson, including an interview with the renowned American singer Bobby McFerrin.

Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including an interview with the renowned American singer Bobby McFerrin.

15 Minute Drama

Classic and contemporary original drama and book dramatisations

Woman's Hour Drama: A Confidential Agent (Retired)

15 Minute Drama: A Confidential Agent (Retired): Episode 2

A Confidential Agent (Retired)

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, A Confidential Agent (Retired), Episode 2

Alarm bells start to ring when a troubled businessman fails to show up for a meeting.

Another adventure for Nick McCarty's former private eye Liz Parker, now retired in France. 2/5. Alarm bells start to ring when a businessman fails to show up for a meeting.

15 Minute Drama: A Confidential Agent (Retired)

The further adventures of former private investigator Liz Parker, now retired in France

The further adventures of Nick McCarty's former private investigator Liz Parker, now retired in France

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