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Shipping Forecast

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

Shipping Forecast: 26/05/2007

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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 and Weather

The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4

News and Weather: 26/05/2007

BBC Radio 4 - News and Weather, 26/05/2007

Prayer for the Day

Prayer for the Day: 26/05/2007

BBC Radio 4 - Prayer for the Day, 26/05/2007

Daily prayer and reflection with the Reverend Sharon Grenham-Toze.

Apprentice to the Past

Apprentice to the Past: Episode 2

Episode 2

BBC Radio 4 - Apprentice to the Past, Episode 2

Clare Jenkins talks to three Norfolk flint-knappers about their prehistoric skill.

Clare Jenkins presents a series about ancient British trades. 2/4: She talks to three Norfolk flint-knappers about this prehistoric skill.

Series about ancient British trades, presented by Clare Jenkins

Series about ancient British trades, many of which are in danger of disappearing due to a lack of people willing to learn them. Presented by Clare Jenkins

The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.

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: 26/05/2007

BBC Radio 4 - Open Country, 26/05/2007

Farming Today

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

Farming Today: 26/05/2007

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 26/05/2007

Miriam O'Reilly presents the rural magazine programme.

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: 26/05/2007

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 26/05/2007

With Edward Stourton and John Humphrys. Including at 7.25am, 8.25am Sports Desk. 7.48am Thought for the Day. 7.57am Weather.

Saturday Live

Radio 4's Saturday morning show brings you extraordinary stories and remarkable people.

Saturday Live: 26/05/2007

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Live, 26/05/2007

Fi Glover is joined by entrepreneur Felix Dennis and poet Alison Brumfitt.

Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues that matter to them. Fi Glover is joined by entrepreneur Felix Dennis and poet Alison Brumfitt.

Excess Baggage

Travel magazine, featuring travellers' tales, experiences and anecdotes

Excess Baggage: Bears - Wilderness

Bears - Wilderness

BBC Radio 4 - Excess Baggage, Bears - Wilderness

John McCarthy explores the concept of wilderness with Jo Roberts.

BEARS
Brian Payton was impressed by his sighting of bears in British Columbia when he visiting a sanctuary in search of grizzlies in the wild.  This experience sparked his interest and he set himself the task of trying to see all eight types of bear in their natural habitats, to find out what is happening to the populations of the world.  He has written up an account of his adventures in a book called In Bear Country: a global journey in vanishing wilderness.

WILDERNESS
Once upon a time the wilderness was everywhere but mankind brought about a distinction between hearth and home and the great outdoors.  Agriculture tamed and harnessed the wilderness of the natural world. In the twenty first century how much of it is left and should we even contemplate going to what remains? 

John McCarthy asks what is wilderness and talks to Jo Roberts, Director of the Wilderness Foundation and to DrNick Middleton, Supernumerary Fellow in Physical Geography at St Anne's College, Oxford whose main research interest is in the nature and human use of deserts and their margins.

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

A Letter for Daphne

BBC Radio 4 - A Letter for Daphne

Novelist Julie Myerson pays a very personal tribute to Daphne du Maurier.

Novelist Julie Myerson pays a very personal tribute to Daphne du Maurier. Aged fourteen, Julie wrote to the famous novelist, beginning a correspondence that lasted over two years.

Test Match Special

Test Match Special: Test Match Special

BBC Radio 4 - Test Match Special, Test Match Special

Second day of the Second Test between England and West Indies at Headingley.

Ball-by-ball commentary on the second day of the Second Test between England and West Indies at Headingley. Commentary by Jonathan Agnew, Tony Cozier and Christopher Martin-Jenkins.

Ball-by-ball commentary on the second day of the Second Test between England and West Indies at Headingley.

Commentary by Jonathan Agnew, Tony Cozier and Christopher Martin-Jenkins, with analysis from Geoff Boycott, Vivian Richards and Vic Marks.

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast

News, weather and Shipping Forecast updates. 

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast: 19/05/2007

19/05/2007

BBC Radio 4 - News Headlines; Shipping Forecast, 19/05/2007

Six O'Clock News

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4

Six O'Clock News: 26/05/2007

BBC Radio 4 - Six O'Clock News, 26/05/2007

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

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

Loose Ends

An eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy

Loose Ends: 26/05/2007

BBC Radio 4 - Loose Ends, 26/05/2007

An eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music.

Peter Curran is joined by soul legend Mavis Staples, actor Matthew Kelly and comedian Greg Proops. Gideon Coe talks to actor Danny Dyer. Comedy comes from Paul Sinha.

From Fact to Fiction

Series in which writers create a fictional response to recent headlines.

From Fact to Fiction: Series 2

From Fact to Fiction: Series 2: Episode 2: Authentic

Episode 2: Authentic

Series 2

Authentic

BBC Radio 4 - From Fact to Fiction, Series 2, Authentic

Rebecca Lenkiewicz creates a fictional response to the week's news.

Rebecca Lenkiewicz's story, Authentic, explores whether constant surveillance makes us feel more or less secure.

This story, exploring whether constant surveillance makes us feel more or less secure, is by Rebecca Lenkiewicz.

Sandra ...... Lizzy McInnerney
Clive ...... Shaun Dooley
Frank/Man/Policeman ...... Lloyd Hutchinson
Gary/Manager ...... Stephen Critchlow
Lynne ...... Jasmine Callan

[Rptd Sun 5.40pm].

Series in which writers create a fictional response to the week's news

Saturday Review

Sharp, critical discussion of the week's cultural events, with Tom Sutcliffe and guests

Presenter Tom Sutcliffe and guests offer sharp, critical discussion of the week's cultural events

Saturday Review: Ray Lawrence's Jindabyne, Matthew Kneale’s When We Were Romans

Ray Lawrence's Jindabyne, Matthew Kneale’s When We Were Romans

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Review, Ray Lawrence's Jindabyne, Matthew Kneale’s When We Were Romans

Tom Sutcliffe, Louise Doughty, Patrick Gale and Michael Ardittiand review cultural items.

Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the cultural highlights of the week.

The Royal Observatory Greenwich And Planetarium
Yesterday the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich opened its £16 million redevelopment of the Royal Observatory. The central feature of the redesigned site is the Peter Harrison Planetarium which is equipped with one of the most advanced digital laser projects in the world. The shows in the planetarium will all be presented by astronomers working at the Royal Observatory.

Jindabyne
The latest film from the award-winning Australian director Ray Lawrence stars Gabriel Byrne and Laura Linney. It was inspired by a Raymond Carver short story in which a group of men go fishing and find the body of a girl, but instead of immediately reporting it decide to carry on fishing. 


Death In Venice
English National Opera’s production of Benjamin Britten’s opera Death in Venice is directed by Deborah Warner and marks the debut of ENO’s new Music Director Edward Gardner. The role of von Aschenbach is sung by Ian Bostridge. 


Guest Choice
This week Laurence Olivier would have been 100 years old. To mark his centenary Michael Arditti has nominated Olivier’s performance as James Tyrone in Eugene O’Neill’s play Long Day’s Journey Into Night. This National Theatre production was directed by Michael Blakemore at the Old Vic in 1971 and then filmed by ATV. The film is available as part of a box set marking Olivier’s centenary.


When We Were Romans
Matthew Kneale’s new novel is narrated by a ten year old boy who, together with his sister, is taken to Rome by his mother for reasons that gradually become clear.

Archive on 4: Test Match Special - Ball By Ball

Archive on 4

Brilliant stories told using archive from the BBC and beyond.

Archive on 4: Test Match Special: Ball by Ball

Test Match Special: Ball by Ball

BBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, Test Match Special: Ball by Ball

Rory Bremner looks back at 50 years of BBC Radio coverage of Test Match cricket.

Cricket enthusiast Rory Bremner looks back at, what is for many, a vivid herald of summer - Test Match Special. From May 2007.

Rory Bremner looks back at 50 years of BBC Radio coverage of British test match cricket.

'Test Match Special' has seen a rich variety of commentators, including the poetic elegance of John Arlott, the japes of Brian Johnston and the exuberance of Jonathan Agnew. 

For some the atmosphere has resembled that of an elite club, but for thousands of others the experience has been as vivid a depiction of summer as the smell of cut grass.

Producer: Tom Alban

First broadcast ion BBC Radio 4 n May 2007 to mark Test Match Special's 50th anniversary.

Classic Serial

Adaptations of works which have achieved classic status

Classic Serial: Tom Jones

Classic Serial: Henry Fielding - Tom Jones: Episode 1

Episode 1

Henry Fielding - Tom Jones

BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, Henry Fielding - Tom Jones, Episode 1

The wealthy Squire Allworthy steps into bed and finds an infant wrapped between his sheets

Tom Jones: Stephen Wyatt's adaptation of Henry Fielding's classic comic adventure. 1/3: The wealthy Squire Allworthy steps into bed and finds an infant wrapped between his sheets.

Classic Serial: Henry Fielding - Tom Jones

Stephen Wyatt's adaptation of Henry Fielding's classic comic adventure

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

Unreliable Evidence

Series exploring and analysing the legal issues of the day

Series

Unreliable Evidence: Episode 2: Internet Law

Episode 2: Internet Law

Internet Law

BBC Radio 4 - Unreliable Evidence, Internet Law

Clive Anderson discusses internet law with a panel of judges, barristers and academics.

Clive Anderson presents the series analysing legal issues. 2: Internet Law. The internet has enriched our lives in many ways, but it has also generated many ways to break the law.

Clive Anderson presents the series analysing the legal issues of the day.

2/6. Internet Law.

The internet has enriched our lives in many ways, but it has also generated many ways to break the law.  How well does our legal system protect us from the dangers of being libelled, defrauded, having our intellectual property stolen or being exposed to pornography or violent images? A panel of senior judges, barristers and academics identify the shortcomings of the law and discuss possible solutions.

[Rpt of Wed 8.00pm].

Counterpoint

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Edward Seckerson chairs the first semi-final of the quiz on music of all kinds.

Poetry Please

Roger McGough introduces selections of poetry on various themes, chosen by listeners.

Poetry Please: 26/05/2007

BBC Radio 4 - Poetry Please, 26/05/2007

Roger McGough introduces requests for poems that mark life's turning points.

Roger McGough introduces requests for poems that mark life's turning points. Featured writers include Thom Gunn, Kahlil Gibran and Helen Dunmore.

Roger McGough introduces requests for poems that mark life's turning points. Featured writers include Thom Gunn, Kahlil Gibran and Helen Dunmore. Readers are Amanda Horlock, Iain Mitchell and Duncan Bonner.

[Rpt of Sun 4.30pm]

Followed by News.

The Norwegian Feeling for Real

The Norwegian Feeling for Real: The Norwegian Feeling for Real

The Norwegian Feeling for Real: The Norwegian Feeling for Real: Episode 3: The Dogs in Thessaloniki

Episode 3

Episode 3: The Dogs in Thessaloniki

The Dogs in Thessaloniki

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By Kjell Askildsen. A long-term relationship is beginning to show the strain.

Four short stories by Norwegian writers. 3: The Dogs in Thessaloniki, by Kjell Askildsen. A long-term relationship is beginning to show the strain.

Series of four short stories by Norwegian writers

Selection of BBC World Service Programmes

A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes

BBC Radio 4 presents a selection of news and current affairs, arts and science programmes from the BBC World Service

Selection of BBC World Service Programmes: 27/05/2007

27/05/2007

BBC World Service Online - Schedules

BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of news and current affairs.

BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of news and current affairs, arts and science programmes. BBC Radio 4 resumes at 5.20am.

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