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Test Match Special

Test Match Special: Test Match Special

22/12/2007

BBC Radio 4 - Test Match Special, Test Match Special

Third Test between Sri Lanka and England at the International Stadium in Galle.

Third Test between Sri Lanka and England at the International Stadium in Galle. Commentary by Jonathan Agnew, Christopher Martin-Jenkins and Roshan Abeysinghe.

Ball-by-ball coverage of the final day's play of the Third Test between Sri Lanka and England at the International Stadium in Galle.

Commentary by Jonathan Agnew, Christopher Martin-Jenkins and Roshan Abeysinghe with summaries from Angus Fraser, Simon Hughes and Russel Arnold.

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 Headlines; Shipping Forecast

News, weather and Shipping Forecast updates. 

News and Weather

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast: 22/12/2007

BBC Radio 4 - News Headlines; Shipping Forecast, 22/12/2007

National and international news and the shipping forecast.

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

Money Box

The latest news from the world of personal finance

The latest news from the world of personal finance plus advice for those trying to make the most of their money.

Money Box: 22/12/2007

BBC Radio 4 - Money Box, 22/12/2007

Paul Lewis reports on pensions, spotlighting workers and stay at home mums.

Paul Lewis reports on pensions, spotlighting workers who lost theirs when companies went bust, and investigating whether stay at home mums will receive a full state pension.

The Now Show

Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and guests

The Now Show: Series 22

The Now Show: Series 22: Episode 4

Episode 4

Series 22

BBC Radio 4 - The Now Show, Series 22, Episode 4

Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team.

4/6. Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team including Mitch Benn, Laura Shavin and Jon Holmes.

Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team

Weather

Weather: 22/12/2007

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News Headlines

The latest national and international news headlines

News Headlines: 22/12/2007

BBC Radio 4 - News Headlines, 22/12/2007

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

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

Any Questions?

Topical discussion posing questions to a panel of political and media personalities

Topical discussion in which a panel of personalities from the worlds of politics, media and elsewhere are posed questions by the audience. From a different location each week

Any Questions?: 21/12/2007

21/12/2007

BBC Radio 4 - Any Questions?, 21/12/2007

Panellists include Michael Wills, Dominic Grieve, Sarah Teather and A N Wilson.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a topical discussion from East Molesey, Surrey. Panellists include Michael Wills, Dominic Grieve, Sarah Teather and A N Wilson.

Any Answers?

Listeners respond to the issues raised in the preceding edition of Any Questions?

Any Answers?: 22/12/2007

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Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions?

Listeners' calls and emails in response to this week's edition of Any Questions? Call 08700 100 444 [calls from land lines cost no more than 8p a minute].

Saturday Drama

Thrillers, mysteries, love stories and detective fiction.

Thrillers, mysteries, love stories and detective fiction, as well as an occasional special series

Saturday Play

Saturday Drama: The Wooden Overcoat

The Wooden Overcoat

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Drama, The Wooden Overcoat

Pamela Branch's comic murder mystery set in London in 1951, adapted by Mark Gatiss.

Pamela Branch's comic murder mystery set in London in 1951, adapted by Mark Gatiss. Benji Cann has got away with murder, but then he turns up dead.

Pamela Branch's comic murder mystery set in London in 1951, adapted by Mark Gatiss.

Much to his surprise, Benji Cann has got away with murder. He gravitates to the Asterisk Club, a place of refuge for those who have strayed beyond the pale and not paid the ultimate price. But then Benji turns up dead. Who killed him and how will they be able to get rid of the body without the neighbours noticing?

Peter ...... David Tennant
Fan ...... Julia Davis
Rex ...... David Benson
Beesum ...... Alan David
Colonel Quincey ...... Graham Crowden
Creaker ...... David Ryall
Flush ...... John Castle
Benji ...... Tom Allen
Mrs Barratt ...... Barbara Kirby
Lilli Cluj ...... Katherine Jakeways.

Comparing Notes

18/12/2007

BBC Radio 4 - Comparing NotesSearch BBC

Conductors Simon Halsey and Harry Christophers discuss Handel's Messiah.

Conductors Simon Halsey and Harry Christophers discuss Handel's Messiah, one of the most famous of all choral works.

Weekend Woman's Hour

Highlights of the week's Woman's Hour programmes

Highlights of the week's Woman's Hour programmes, featuring the best the long-running magazine has to offer

Weekend Woman's Hour: 22/12/2007

BBC Radio 4 - Weekend Woman's Hour, 22/12/2007

Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey.

Saturday PM

Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines

Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines. Presented by Carolyn Quinn

Saturday PM: 22/12/2007

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday PM, 22/12/2007

Coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines. With Ritula Shah.

Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines. With Ritula Shah.

iPM is the news programme that starts with its listeners.

The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate.

iPM: 22/12/2007

BBC Radio 4 - iPM, 22/12/2007

Eddie Mair presents the weekly interactive current affairs magazine.

Eddie Mair presents the weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate.

Shipping Forecast

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

Shipping Forecast: 22/12/2007

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Six O'Clock News

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4

Six O'Clock News: 22/12/2007

BBC Radio 4 - Six O'Clock News, 22/12/2007

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: 22/12/2007

BBC Radio 4 - Loose Ends, 22/12/2007

Peter Curran's guests are Ben Schott, Richard Ingrams and Ray Gelato.

An eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music. Peter Curran gets into the Christmas spirit with seasonal contributions from guests Ben Schott, Richard Ingrams and Ray Gelato.

From Fact to Fiction

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

From Fact to Fiction: Series 3

From Fact to Fiction: Series 3: Episode 7: Christmas Recess

Episode 7

Episode 7: Christmas Recess

Series 3

Christmas Recess

BBC Radio 4 - From Fact to Fiction, Series 3, Christmas Recess

Jeremy Hardy and Paul B Davies create a comic play about a crisis of conscience for an MP.

Jeremy Hardy and Paul B Davies create a comic play about a crisis of conscience for a backbench MP.

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: Todd Haynes’s I’m Not There - Bob Dylan, Noel Streatfeild’s Ballet Shoes

Todd Haynes’s I’m Not There - Bob Dylan, Noel Streatfeild’s Ballet Shoes

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Review, Todd Haynes’s I’m Not There - Bob Dylan, Noel Streatfeild’s Ballet Shoes

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

Maev Kennedy – writer
Piers Plowright – radio producer
Fay Weldon - novelist

Much Ado About Nothing
Zoë Wanamaker and Simon Russell Beale star as Shakespeare’s merry sparring partners, Beatrice and Benedict, in Nicholas Hytner’s production for the National Theatre.

Much Ado About Nothing is in the Olivier auditorium at the National Theatre and continues in repertory until March 29 2008.

I’m Not There
Todd Haynes’s film about Bob Dylan is not a conventional biopic, but employs six actors, including Christian Bales and Cate Blanchett, to play seven different versions of Dylan. 


The Pitmen Painters
This play by Billy Elliott writer Lee Hall was written for the re-opening of Newcastle’s Life Theatre after a major refurbishment and has now been recorded for Radio 3. Inspired by the book by William Feaver, it tells the true story of a group of miners in the 1930s who met in an old army hut in Ashington in Northumberland to learn about art. 

The Human Animal in Western Art and Science
Art historian Martin Kemp explores the relationship between animals and humans and how it has been regarded scientifically, artistically and philosophically.

The Human Animal in Western Art and Science by Martin Kemp is published by The University of Chicago Press.

Ballet Shoes
This dramatisation for BBC television of Noel Streatfeild’s classic story contains a cluster of stars, including Victoria Wood, Eileen Atkins, Harriet Walter and Richard Griffiths. The adaptation is by Heidi Thomas who also adapted Cranford.

The Archive Hour

BBC Radio 4 Extra

A look back at programmes and recordings from the BBC archives

The Archive Hour: Virtuoso

Virtuoso

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Archive Hour, Virtuoso

Peggy Reynolds takes a look at the history of the virtuoso, from Paganini to Eric Clapton.

Virtuoso: Peggy Reynolds takes a wry, informative and highly entertaining look at the history of the virtuoso performer, from Paganini to Eric Clapton.

Classic Serial

Adaptations of works which have achieved classic status

Classic Serial: Dr Zhivago

Classic Serial: Dr Zhivago: Episode 6

Episode 6

Dr Zhivago

BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, Dr Zhivago, Episode 6

Yuri, Lara and Pasha face death in the purges. Komarovsky brings them an impossible choice

Dr Zhivago: Jonathan Myerson's dramatisation of Boris Pasternak's epic tale. 6/6: Yuri, Lara and Pasha face death in Bolshevik purges. Komarovsky brings them an impossible choice.

Jonathan Myerson's dramatisation of Boris Pasternak's epic tale spanning four decades

Jonathan Myerson's dramatisation of Boris Pasternak's epic tale spanning four decades of war, revolution, passion and terror

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

News and Weather: 22/12/2007

BBC Radio 4 - News and Weather, 22/12/2007

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

Unreliable Evidence: Youth Justice

19/12/2007

Youth Justice

BBC Radio 4 - Unreliable Evidence, Youth Justice

Key figures involved discuss concerns that the system for young offenders is in crisis.

Clive Anderson presents the series analysing the legal issues of the day. 4/4: Youth Justice. Key figures involved discuss concerns that the system for young offenders is in crisis.

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

4/4. Youth Justice

Record numbers of young people are currently being held in custody, with children as young as ten being brought to court for offences as trivial as stealing half a sausage roll or a marble. Police stand accused of targeting young offenders in order to enhance their arrest figures. Key figures involved discuss concerns that the system is in crisis and in need of a complete overhaul.

Brain of Britain

General knowledge in which listeners compete for the title of Brain of Britain.

The nationwide general knowledge contest in which 48 listeners from all parts of the UK fight their way to the final. The prize is a silver salver and the title Brain of Britain.

Brain of Britain: 17/12/2007

17/12/2007

BBC Radio 4 - Brain of Britain, 17/12/2007

Peter Snow hosts the third quarter-final in the nationwide general knowledge quiz.

The Poetry of History

Series examining historical events through the poetry they inspired.

The Poetry of History: Series 2

The Poetry of History: Series 2: Episode 4: Death of King George V

Episode 4: Death of King George V

Series 2

Death of King George V

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Poetry of History, Series 2, Death of King George V

John Betjeman's Death of King George V captures not just the passing of a monarch.

Jonathan Bate examines historical events through the poetry they inspired. 4/4: John Betjeman's Death of King George V captures a subtle shift in the Britain where he had grown up.

Jonathan Bate examines historical events through the poetry they inspired

Jonathan Bate presents a series examining historical events through the poetry they inspired

News and Weather: 23/12/2007

23/12/2007

BBC Radio 4 - News and Weather, 23/12/2007

Addiction

Addiction: Episode 3: The Eyes of the Soul

Episode 3

Episode 3: The Eyes of the Soul

The Eyes of the Soul

BBC Radio 4 - Addiction, The Eyes of the Soul

By Michael Faber. After a saleswoman knocks, Jeanette's view of the world changes forever.

Stories on the theme of addictions and obsessions. 3/5: The Eyes of the Soul, by Michael Faber. After a saleswoman knocks on her door, Jeanette's view of the world is changed.

Stories on the theme of addictions and obsessions

Shipping Forecast: 23/12/2007

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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: 23/12/2007

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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