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Shipping Forecast

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

Shipping Forecast: 18/08/2007

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BBC Radio 4

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: 18/08/2007

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Prayer for the Day

Prayer for the Day: 18/08/2007

BBC Radio 4 - Prayer for the Day, 18/08/2007

Daily prayer and reflection with the Rev Dr Kate Coleman.

Gardens of Faith

Gardens of Faith: Episode 5: Sikhism

Episode 5

Episode 5: Sikhism

Sikhism

BBC Radio 4 - Gardens of Faith, Sikhism

Peter France visits the Khalsa Wood project near Nottingham.

Series examining the relationship between different faiths and nature by looking at their gardens. 5/5: Sikhism. Peter France visits the Khalsa Wood project near Nottingham.

Peter France examines the relationship between different faiths and the natural world

Peter France examines the relationship between different faiths and the natural world by looking at their gardens

News and Papers

The news headlines, including a look at the newspapers

News and Papers: 18/08/2007

BBC Radio 4 - News and Papers, 18/08/2007

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

Weather

Weather: 18/08/2007

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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: 18/08/2007

BBC Radio 4 - Open Country, 18/08/2007

Farming Today

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

Farming Today: 18/08/2007

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 18/08/2007

Rural magazine programme with Miriam O'Reilly.

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: 18/08/2007

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 18/08/2007

With James Naughtie and Tim Franks. Including Sports Desk; Thought for the Day; Weather.

With James Naughtie and Tim Franks. Including Sports Desk at 7.25am, 8.25am; Thought for the Day at 7.48am and Weather at 7.57am.

Saturday Live

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

Saturday Live: 18/08/2007

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Live, 18/08/2007

Muriel Gray is this edition's guest presenter.

Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues that matter to them. Guest presenter is Muriel Gray.

Excess Baggage

Travel magazine, featuring travellers' tales, experiences and anecdotes

Excess Baggage: Asuncion - Family Car Journey 

Asuncion - Family Car Journey 

BBC Radio 4 - Excess Baggage, Asuncion - Family Car Journey

Rob Crossan explains to Sandi Toksvig how Asuncion, became the cheapest city in the world.

How did Paraguay's capital, Asuncion, become the cheapest city in the world?  Journalist and Broadcaster, Rob Crossan, explains how to Sandi Toksvig.

ASUNCION
“An island surrounded by land” is how novelist Roa Bastos described his native Paraguay, as much in reference to its political and social isolation, as to its landlocked geography.  In 1969, Graham Greene went to Paraguay as a reporter for the Sunday Telegraph, taking a boat upriver to Asuncion, just as Henry Pulling and Aunt Augusta would do later, in Travels With My Aunt. Paraguay is considered by some to be South America’s so-called “Empty Quarter”.  Its eccentricity leaves many outsiders puzzled or uninterested. 

So how did its capital, Asuncion, become the cheapest city in the world?  Journalist and Broadcaster, Rob Crossan, explains. 

FAMILY CAR JOURNEY
Going on holiday, the family car journey is sometimes the longest period a family will spend together in the same place, in a whole year.  The misery of sitting in the back seat, squashed between brothers and sisters, the embarrassment of singing Wally Whyton songs, the queasiness, the boredom are all too familiar feelings in our collective memory, or are they? 

Sandi Toksvig debates how much things have changed.  Is it now prime family time, quality time or still just bickering, scrapping, telling off and tears?  Sandi is joined by Professor Andrew Blake, one of the researchers involved in a recent anthropological study into human behaviour behind the wheel, entitled The Secret Life of Cars and Jackie Clune, one of four children, who travelled on holiday by car although the family didn’t own one.

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Friends Provident Trophy final between Durham and Hampshire at Lord's.

Ball-by-ball coverage of the Friends Provident Trophy final between Durham and Hampshire at Lord's. Commentary by Jonathan Agnew, Christopher Martin-Jenkins and Simon Mann.

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast

News, weather and Shipping Forecast updates. 

News and Weather

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast: 18/08/2007

BBC Radio 4 - News Headlines; Shipping Forecast, 18/08/2007

Ball-by-ball coverage of the Friends Provident Trophy final between Durham and Hampshire at Lord's. Commentary by Jonathan Agnew, Christopher Martin-Jenkins and Simon Mann.

Including at 5.54pm Shipping Forecast.

Loose Ends

An eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy

Loose Ends: 18/08/2007

BBC Radio 4 - Loose Ends, 18/08/2007

An eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music from the Edinburgh Festival.

An eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music from the Edinburgh Festival. Peter Curran talks to actor Les Dennis, former MSP Tommy Sheridan and percussionist Evelyn Glennie.

Profile

An insight into the character of an influential figure making news headlines

Profile: Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

BBC Radio 4 - Profile, Mitt Romney

Allan Little profiles Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney.

Series on people who are currently making headlines. Allan Little profiles Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney.

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: Matt Damon & The Bourne Ultimatum, Andy Warhol – A celebration of Life

Matt Damon & The Bourne Ultimatum, Andy Warhol – A celebration of Life

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Review, Matt Damon & The Bourne Ultimatum, Andy Warhol – A celebration of Life

Sarfraz Manzoor, Jackie Kay, Kwame Kwei Armah and Ian Rankin at the Edinburgh Festival.

Sarfraz Manzoor, Jackie Kay, Kwame Kwei Armah and Ian Rankin review the some of the cultural highlights of the Edinburgh Festival.

The Bacchae
Alan Cumming returns to the stage after 16 years away to appear as the god Dionysus in John Tiffany’s new and very modern production of Euripedes' The Bacchae which has the Theban woman dressed in scarlet gowns singing a mixture of gospel and soul

The Bacchae is at The Kings Theatre in Edinburgh until 18 August as part of the Edinburgh International Festival. It then travels to the Theatre Royal in Glasgow from August 28 – September 1, and then the Lyric Hammersmith, in London, from Sept 5 – 22.

The Bourne Ultimatum
The mystery is solved. Matt Damon takes on the role of Jason Bourne once again to find out just who is and why he has turned into an expert killing machine, as he takes on an evil element inside the CIA


Andy Warhol – A celebration of Life….. and Death 
The blockbuster exhibition presents a broad range of Warhol’s work from the early 1950s to 1986 in various media – including painting, sculpture, photography, and of course painting.


Our Guests’ Fringe selection

Ian Rankin – Frankie Boyle’s Morons I Can Heal You
The comedian and star of BBC2's Mock The Week returns to Edinburgh with a new show.


Jackie Kay - Hotel World 
Ali Smith's Booker-shortlisted novel, adapted for the stage for the first time in a fast-moving physical style. 

Kwame Kwei-Armah – The Human Computer
Will Adamson turns himself into a computer and interacts with audience members.

The Archive Hour

BBC Radio 4 Extra

A look back at programmes and recordings from the BBC archives

The Archive Hour: On the Grapevine: Oral History of the Wine Trade

On the Grapevine: Oral History of the Wine Trade

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Archive Hour, On the Grapevine: Oral History of the Wine Trade

Jancis Robinson looks at how the British wine trade has changed within the last 50 years.

On the Grapevine: Oral History of the Wine Trade. Jancis Robinson tells the story of how the British wine trade has changed within the last half century.

Classic Serial

Adaptations of works which have achieved classic status

Classic Serial: The Card

Classic Serial: The Card: Episode 1: A Hatbox Full of Sovereigns

Episode 1

Episode 1: A Hatbox Full of Sovereigns

The Card

A Hatbox Full of Sovereigns

BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, The Card, A Hatbox Full of Sovereigns

Featuring a ball, a shipwreck and romance, all laced with honest Staffordshire humour.

The Card: Jennifer Howarth's dramatisation of Arnold Bennett's exuberant story charting the rise and rise of Denry Machin in 19th-century Bursley. 1/2. A Hatbox Full of Sovereigns.

Jennifer Howarth's dramatisation of Arnold Bennett's exuberant and cheerful story

Jennifer Howarth's dramatisation of Arnold Bennett's exuberant and cheerful story charting the rise and rise of Denry Machin in nineteenth-century Bursley

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

News and Weather: 18/08/2007

BBC Radio 4 - News and Weather, 18/08/2007

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

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

Hecklers

Series in which people argue a provocative thesis

Hecklers: Series 3

Hecklers: Series 3: Episode 3

Episode 3

Series 3

BBC Radio 4 - Hecklers, Series 3, Episode 3

Patrick Clawson argues the case for a war against Iran.

Evan Davis presents the series in which provocative theses are put to an audience. 3/4. Patrick Clawson argues the case for a war against Iran.

Evan Davis presents the series in which someone argues a provocative thesis

Round Britain Quiz

Radio's most fiendish quiz, with cryptic questions on unpredictable fields of knowledge

Radio's most fiendish quiz, with cryptic questions drawing on unpredictable fields of knowledge

Round Britain Quiz: 2007

Round Britain Quiz: 2007: Episode 9

Episode 9

2007

BBC Radio 4 - Round Britain Quiz, 2007, Episode 9

Tom Sutcliffe chairs the cryptic quiz. The North of England team meets Northern Ireland.

Tom Sutcliffe chairs the cryptic general knowledge quiz. The North of England team meets Northern Ireland.

Tom Sutcliffe chairs radio's most fiendish quiz, with cryptic questions

Tom Sutcliffe chairs radio's most fiendish quiz, with cryptic questions drawing on unpredictable fields of knowledge

Poetry Please

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

Series

Poetry Please: Episode 6: Susan Jameson, Tom Lawrence, Peter Marinker, Jenny Coverack and Phyllida Nash

Episode 6

Episode 6: Susan Jameson, Tom Lawrence, Peter Marinker, Jenny Coverack and Phyllida Nash

Susan Jameson, Tom Lawrence, Peter Marinker, Jenny Coverack and Phyllida Nash

BBC Radio 4 - Poetry Please, Susan Jameson, Tom Lawrence, Peter Marinker, Jenny Coverack and Phyllida Nash

Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' favourite poetry.

Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' favourite poetry, read by Susan Jameson, Tom Lawrence, Peter Marinker, Jenny Coverack and Phyllida Nash.

Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' favourite poetry, read by Susan Jameson, Tom Lawrence, Peter Marinker, Jenny Coverack and Phyllida Nash.

Psalm Concerning the Castle by Denise Levertov
From: The Sorrow Dance
Publ: Jonathan Cape

The Secret by Denise Levertov
From: New selected Poems
Publ: Bloodaxe

The Levelled Churchyard by Thomas Hardy
From: Thomas Hardy
Publ: Oxford

The Walk by Thomas Hardy
From: Thomas Hardy
Publ: Oxford

The Haunter by Thomas Hardy
From: Thomas Hardy
Publ: Oxford

A Quoi Bon Dire by Charlotte Mew
From: The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse
Publ: Oxford 

No Road by Philip Larkin
From: Collected Poems
Publ: faber 

Men and their Boring Arguments by Wendy Cope
From: Serious Concerns
Publ: faber

Loss by Wendy Cope
From: Serious Concerns
Publ: faber

After Blenheim by Robert Southey
From: The School Bag
Publ: faber

The Old Man’s Comforts by Robert Southey
From: Everyman’s Book of Evergreen Verse
Publ: Everyman 

Menelaus and Helen by Rupert Brooke
From: The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke
Publ: Sidgwick and Johnson

Mirror Image by Anne Ridler
From: Collected Poems
Publ: Carcanet

Jenny Kissed Me by Leigh Hunt
From: The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse
Publ: Oxford

From Morituri Salutamus by Longfellow
From: Selected Poems
Publ: Penguin

Go the Long Way, the Long Way Home by Sylvia Townsend Warner
From: Poems of Twenty Years 1918-1938
Publ: MacMillan

Opening Lines

Series showcasing first-time and emerging writers

Opening Lines: Series 7

Opening Lines: Series 7: Episode 1: Classic Recipes For Cauldron Cookery

Episode 1: Classic Recipes For Cauldron Cookery

Series 7

Classic Recipes For Cauldron Cookery

BBC Radio 4 - Opening Lines, Series 7, Classic Recipes For Cauldron Cookery

By Sheila Burns. Shakespeare's sisters take a break from interfering in Scottish history.

Series showcasing cutting-edge contemporary writing. 1/5. Classic Recipes for Cauldron Cookery, by Sheila Burns. Shakespeare's sisters take a break from interfering in history.

Series showcasing cutting-edge contemporary writing

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: 19/08/2007

19/08/2007

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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