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Shipping Forecast

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

Shipping Forecast: 02/04/2008

02/04/2008

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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

News Briefing: 02/04/2008

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Prayer for the Day

Prayer for the Day: 02/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Prayer for the Day, 02/04/2008

Daily prayer and reflection with Kevin Franz of the Religious Society of Friends.

Farming Today

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

Farming Today: 02/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 02/04/2008

News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.

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: 02/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 02/04/2008

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

With John Humphrys and Evan Davis. 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.

Midweek

Lively and diverse conversation with weekly guests

Midweek: 02/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Midweek, 02/04/2008

Lively and diverse conversation with Hardeep Singh Kohli and guests.

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

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: 02/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Daily Service, 02/04/2008

Christian worship and music led by John Forrest.

Woman's Hour

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

Woman's Hour: Bette Davis and Joan Crawford rivalry; Alcoholism in older women

Bette Davis and Joan Crawford rivalry; Alcoholism in older women

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford rivalry; Alcoholism in older women

The rivalry between Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. Plus, alcohol misuse among older women.

The rivalry between Joan Crawford and Bette Davis discussed. Plus, alcohol misuse among older women, and writer Melanie Challenger on the threat facing the blue whale.

Marshall's Plan

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Allan Little recalls the postwar aid programme developed by General George Marshall.

Allan Little recalls the programme developed by George Marshall, the recently installed US Secretary of State in 1947, which injected 13 billion dollars into a postwar Europe.

Potting On

Potting On: Something for Me

Something for Me

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Potting On, Something for Me

Computer or sports car? Pam and Gordon argue over how to grow old.

Computer or sports car? Pam and Gordon argue over how to grow old. Stars Pam Ayres and Geoffrey Whitehead. From April 2008.

Pam has a win on the Premium Bonds. 

Gordon earmarks the money for a new office computer, but Pam fancies splashing out on a sports car!  

Sitcom about a couple at odds over running a garden centre and growing older.

Starring Pam Ayres as Pam and Geoffrey Whitehead as Gordon.

Written by Chris Thompson and Peter Reynolds with Pam Ayres.

With Trevor Bannister, Karl Theobald and Alex Tregear.

Sitcom by Chris Thompson and Peter Reynolds.

Producer Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2008.

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.

Pam Ayres and Geoffrey Whitehead star as couple at odds over running a garden centre.

Pam Ayres and Geoffrey Whitehead star as a couple at odds running a rural garden centre and growing older...

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast

News, weather and Shipping Forecast updates. 

News and Weather

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast: 02/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - News Headlines; Shipping Forecast, 02/04/2008

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: 02/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, 02/04/2008

Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson and Sheila McClennon.

Weather

Weather: 02/04/2008

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World at One

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

World at One: 02/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - World at One, 02/04/2008

National and international news with Martha Kearney.

Britain in a Box

Series exploring the stories behind programmes which have become part of TV history

Series exploring the stories behind the making of programmes which have become part of TV history

Britain in a Box: Series 3

Britain in a Box: Series 3: Episode 5: Art for Art's Sake

Episode 5

Episode 5: Art for Art's Sake

Series 3

Art for Art's Sake

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Britain in a Box, Series 3, Art for Art's Sake

In 1957, the BBC launched the arts programme Monitor.

Paul Jackson with a series exploring TV's ability to reflect and influence the society it serves. 5/5: Art for Art's Sake. In 1957, the BBC launched the arts programme Monitor.

The Archers

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

The Archers: 01/04/2008

01/04/2008

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Amy and Alan are upset by Mabel's religious disapproval of Alan and Usha's planned marriage. Amy's really pleased for her dad and Usha, and pleads with her Gran to be happy for them. Mabel says that unless Usha converts to Christianity, they will never be married in the eyes of God. Alan and Amy realise they are fighting a losing battle.

Ruth is about to leave to pick up Pip from a sleepover at Izzy's, when she receives a text from Pip asking her to collect her from Jonathan's instead. David is really angry and threatens to go round. Just after, Pip sends another text reminding them it's April 1st! David is left very cross but Ruth tells him that sleepovers with boyfriends will soon be a reality.

Nic and Will prepare to set off on holiday. As Will goes to fetch the car, George starts fighting with Mia and pushes her over. She hits her head on the floor. Nic's smacks him, just as Will comes back. Will is horrified and tells her of Ed and Emma's concerns. A huge argument ensues. Will says he can't risk losing George over Nic. Nic is appalled and says, "Good job I packed, isn't it?"

Episode written by Mary Cutler.

Drama on 4

Drama from BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra.

Afternoon Drama

Drama on 4: Peter Souter - Goldfish Girl

Peter Souter - Goldfish Girl

BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, Peter Souter - Goldfish Girl

After ten years, Joe clearly remembers everything about Ally, but she recalls nothing.

After ten years, Joe clearly remembers everything about Ally, but she recalls nothing. Stars Alex Jennings and Juliet Stevenson.

By Peter Souter

What if you couldn't remember a single minute of the ten years you'd spent with the love of your life? Joe can remember everything about Ally; Ally remembers nothing about Joe.


Joe ..... Alex Jennings
Ally ..... Juliet Stevenson

Directed by Gordon House.

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: 30/03/2008

30/03/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Gardeners' Question Time, 30/03/2008

Peter Gibbs chairs. With Peter Seabrook, Bunny Guinness and Bob Flowerdew.

Peter Gibbs chairs the popular horticultural forum. Peter Seabrook, Bunny Guinness and Bob Flowerdew answer questions from gardeners in Essex.

Afternoon Reading

Short stories or abridged books, often from new writers

Afternoon Reading: Countryman's Cooking

Afternoon Reading: Countryman's Cooking: Episode 3: Of Poultry and Poison

Episode 3

Episode 3: Of Poultry and Poison

Countryman's Cooking

Of Poultry and Poison

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Willie realises that the jolly, bucolic animal-loving Farmer Giles is a myth.

Leslie Phillips reads from WMW Fowler's definitive cookery manual for men. Willie realises that the jolly, bucolic animal-loving Farmer Giles is a myth.

Leslie Phillips reads from WMW Fowler's definitive cookery manual for men.
 
Willie realises that the jolly, bucolic animal-loving Farmer Giles is a myth.

A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.

Leslie Phillips reads from WMW Fowler's definitive cookery manual for men

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's History of Home

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's History of Home: Episode 8: Retail

Episode 8

Episode 8: Retail

Retail

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The history of shopping for the home from colonial imports to passions for European design

A history of shopping for the home from imports from India during colonial times to the Conran-fuelled passion for European design. From April 2008.

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen explores the history of our homes from the 1920s to the present

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen explores the history of our homes from the 1920s to the present day

Thinking Allowed

Thinking Allowed: Cities and Ethnicities

Cities and Ethnicities

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Laurie Taylor asks if identifying cities rather than nations can help racial integration.

Can identifying with a city rather than a nation help racial integration? Laurie Taylor asks what causes harmony and what causes racial tension in today's cities.

CITIES AND ETHNICITIES
Last week Laurie Taylor travelled to Marseille to find out how the city’s ethnic diversity helped it to escape the race riots that scarred much of the rest of France.  Can lessons be learnt from France’s most diverse city?  And how successful is the British model of multi-culturalism? Laurie Taylor is joined by four experts on ethnic diversity, Professor Tariq Modood, Professor Sophie Watson, Professor Lola Young (Baroness Young of Hornsey) and Ted Cantle to discuss race, immigration and ethnicity in our cities and to debate the relative merits of multicultural and assimilatory approaches to migrant cultures.

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: Thyroid

Thyroid

BBC Radio 4 - Case Notes, Thyroid

Dr Mark Porter looks at problems that occur with abnormal activity of the thyroid gland.

Dr Mark Porter investigates health issues of the day. He looks at the latest treatments for the problems that occur with abnormal activity of the thyroid gland.

1968 Day by Day

A look back at the events making the news 40 years ago

1968: Day by Day

1968 Day by Day: 2nd April 1968

2nd April 1968

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Snow covers Britain and two bombs placed by the Baader-Meinhof group explode in Frankfurt.

John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 40 years ago. Snow covers much of Britain and two bombs placed by the Baader-Meinhof group explode in Frankfurt.

John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 40 years ago.

Snow covers much of Britain, spinsters are put under the spotlight on the BBC and two bombs placed by the Baader-Meinhof group explode in Frankfurt.

Afternoon news and current affairs programme

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

PM: 02/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - PM, 02/04/2008

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: 02/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Six O'Clock News, 02/04/2008

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

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

Look Away Now

Topical comedy show looking over the sporting news

Look Away Now: Series 2

Look Away Now: Series 2: Episode 1

Episode 1

Series 2

BBC Radio 4 - Look Away Now, Series 2, Episode 1

With Laurence Howarth, Richie Webb, Dave Lamb, Mark Evans, Katherine Jakeways and guests.

Garry Richardson presents a topical sports comedy show. With Laurence Howarth, Richie Webb, Dave Lamb, Mark Evans, Katherine Jakeways and special guests.

Garry Richardson presents a topical comedy show looking at the week's sporting news

Garry Richardson presents a topical comedy show looking at the week's sporting news and the weekend ahead

The Archers: 02/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - The Archers, 02/04/2008

Alan suggests to Usha that it might be better to give Mabel some space for a while. He explains that Mabel wants her to convert but it's more Mabel's relationship with Amy that concerns him. Satya leaves a message on Usha's phone saying she is coming to see her! 

Emma receives an unexpected call from Will. Will tells her that they haven't gone away and asks he if can drop George back to Emma's. Emma is confused and worried, as Will won't tell her what's happened over the phone. Will takes George back to Emma's and explains what he saw. Begrudgingly he admits Ed was right and that he and Nic have split up. Emma is shocked but reassures worried Will that he can still see George. She knows how much he loves him.

Kathy calls Kenton to say she will be late as Jacqui, her liaison officer, wants to meet her urgently. At home, she tells Kenton it's bad news. The prosecution is applying to have the two rape charges heard separately. It appears to be a ploy to delay it. Kathy knows her case is the weaker. If the judge agrees to the separation, she feels she'll have to pull out.

Episode written by Mary Cutler.

Front Row

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

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