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Shipping Forecast

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

Shipping Forecast: 04/04/2008

04/04/2008

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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: 04/04/2008

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Prayer for the Day

Prayer for the Day: 04/04/2008

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

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: 04/04/2008

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

News and issues in rural Britain with Mark Holdstock.

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: 04/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 04/04/2008

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

With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. 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.

Desert Island Discs

Castaway guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

Desert Island Discs: Penelope Wilton

30/03/2008

Penelope Wilton

BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Penelope Wilton

Kirsty Young invites actress Penelope Wilton to choose eight records.

Kirsty Young invites actress Penelope Wilton to choose eight records to take to Radio 4's mythical desert island.

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the actress Penelope Wilton. Her first love is the theatre and she's been highly acclaimed for her stage work in plays by Ibsen, Shaw, Shakespeare, Beckett - she relishes and shines in the difficult roles. Yet as one of our leading classical actresses she has no qualms about turning her talents to TV and film - Calendar Girls, Shaun of the Dead and Dr Who are among her more recent on screen appearances. 

In-spite of being one of our best regarded actresses she is intensely private, intent upon disappearing into the lives of her characters. Penelope says that thing about being an actor is that you turn into other people, you have to hide yourself a bit in order to let that other person come out. People should see the character on the stage, not the actor. 

Penelope grew up the middle of three girls and says that her mother was frail and often ill - she says this taught her to be self contained: "I was always worried that I would hurt her by taking a different view so one was sort of being terribly amenable - well of course that’s not in one's nature, I’m quite sharp and rather argumentative."

Favourite track: The 2nd movement of String Quintet in C Major by Franz Schubert
Book: An anthology of 20th Century European poetry 
Luxury: An open-air cinema with a selection of films

Act of Worship

Act of Worship: 04/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Act of Worship, 04/04/2008

An act of worship and music from Cardiff, presented by Rev Roy Jenkins.

Woman's Hour

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

Woman's Hour: Heather Brooke; The sexual double standard

Heather Brooke; The sexual double standard

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Heather Brooke; The sexual double standard

Heather Brooke on her battle to get MPs to publically account for their expenses.

Campaigner Heather Brooke on her battle to get MPs to publically account for how they spend their expenses. Plus, the sexual double standard debated.

Encounters with the Pink Dame

13/10/2007

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Liz Kershaw presents a profile of Barbara Cartland.

Liz Kershaw presents a profile of Barbara Cartland. Tales from those who met the best-selling writer reveal a woman of huge contradictions and unsurpassed eccentricity.

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

The Casebook of Inspector Steine

The Casebook of Inspector Steine: Episode 1: The Entertainer

Episode 1

Episode 1: The Entertainer

The Entertainer

BBC Radio 4 - The Casebook of Inspector Steine, The Entertainer

Criminal mastermind Mrs Groynes is inspired by a performance at the Hippodrome.

Comedy drama series by Lynne Truss set in 1950s Brighton. Mrs Groynes, the charlady and criminal mastermind, is inspired by a performance at the Hippodrome.

Comedy drama series by Lynne Truss set in 1950s Brighton.

Crime is at a low ebb, but Mrs Groynes, the cockney charlady who is actually a criminal mastermind, is determined to reverse the trend. A matinee performance at the Hippodrome gives her an idea. 

Inspector Steine ...... Michael Fenton Stevens
Sergeant Brunswick ...... John Ramm
Mrs Groynes ...... Sam Spiro
Constable Twitten ...... Matt Greem
Albert ...... David Holt
Ventriloquist Vince ...... Kim Wall.

Comedy drama series by Lynne Truss set in 1950s Brighton

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast

News, weather and Shipping Forecast updates. 

News and Weather

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast: 04/04/2008

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

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: 04/04/2008

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

Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson and John Waite.

Weather

Weather: 04/04/2008

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World at One

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

World at One: 04/04/2008

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

National and international news with Shaun Ley.

The Message

Discussion programme looking at how current media trends affect our lives

The Message: 04/04/2008

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Jenni Murray and guests in conversation about how current media trends affect our lives.

The Archers

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

The Archers: 03/04/2008

03/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - The Archers, 03/04/2008

Satya tells Usha that the marriage news has broken her mother's heart. Usha says she thought her parents were fine with it. Satya explained that they had already been patient, letting her pursue a career over marriage and children. She tells Usha that if she marries Alan she will be cut off from the family and it cannot happen.

Clarrie is shocked to hear of Will's split with Nic. Susan breaks the news while Clarrie is shopping. Susan gives her all the details but Clarrie cannot believe what she's hearing. She is extremely concerned for Will as she learns he doesn't want to talk to anyone.

At the Bull, Kathy starts to worry about what the judge will decide over the trial. Kenton tries to reassure her that it will be fine. Elizabeth sees them and says that Nigel has persuaded Matt to sponsor his team chase course. As Kathy goes to congratulate him, Kenton tells Elizabeth about the last minute application to have two trials. Elizabeth tries to be positive but Kenton is full of regret for not having been around. If Kathy has been through all this for nothing, how can they live with that?

Episode written by Mary Cutler.

Drama on 4

Drama from BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra.

Afternoon Drama: On Mardle Fen: Series 1

Drama on 4: On Mardle Fen: Series 1: Part 1: Distant Cold Light

Part 1 Part 1: Distant Cold Light

On Mardle Fen

Distant Cold Light

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By Nick Warburton. Trevor Peacock stars as idiosyncratic chef Warwick Hedges.

By Nick Warburton. Trevor Peacock stars in this comedy drama set in an idiosyncratic restaurant in the Cambridgeshire Fens.

by Nick Warburton. Trevor Peacock stars as ancient, earthy, inspired chef Warwick Hedges, in a four part series set in an idiosyncratic restaurant in the Cambridgeshire Fens. 
Part 1: Distant Cold Light. A mysterious young man brings his mother for a special meal. 

Warwick Hedges.....Trevor Peacock 
Jack Hedges.....Sam Dale
David.....Chris Pavlo 
Fay.....Liza Sadovy 
Marcia.....Kate Buffery
Imogen.....Liz Sutherland
Zofia.....Helen Longworth
Samuel.....John Rowe

Director Claire Grove.

Drama on 4: On Mardle Fen

Drama on 4: On Mardle Fen: Series 1

Series 1

Series of plays by Nick Warburton, set in an idiosyncratic restaurant in the Fens

Ramblings

Clare Balding joins notable and interesting people for a walk through the countryside

Ramblings: Walking through Time

Ramblings: Walking through Time: Episode 2: Wales - Abergavenny

Episode 2

Episode 2: Wales - Abergavenny

Walking through Time

Wales - Abergavenny

BBC Radio 4 - Ramblings, Walking through Time, Wales - Abergavenny

Clare Balding joins a group of ley hunters at Llanthony Priory near Abergavenny.

Walking through Time: Clare Balding explores routes with connections to the past. 2/5: She joins a group of ley hunters at Llanthony Priory near Abergavenny.

Clare Balding explores routes with connections to the past

Afternoon Reading

Short stories or abridged books, often from new writers

Afternoon Reading: Countryman's Cooking

Afternoon Reading: Countryman's Cooking: Episode 5: Of Gin and Soft-Soap

Episode 5

Episode 5: Of Gin and Soft-Soap

Countryman's Cooking

Of Gin and Soft-Soap

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Willie reveals why kissing the pastry-maker too early can be disastrous.

Leslie Phillips reads from WMW Fowler's definitive cookery manual for men. Willie reveals why kissing the pastry-maker too early can be disastrous.

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

Willie reveals why kissing the pastry-maker too early can be disastrous.

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 10: Ideal Home Show

Episode 10

Episode 10: Ideal Home Show

Ideal Home Show

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's History of Home, Ideal Home Show

Laurence talks to philosopher Alain de Botton about how our ideas of the home have changed

Laurence talks to philosopher Alain de Botton about how our ideas of the home have changed and what the future holds. From 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.

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

Last Word

Radio 4's weekly obituary programme, telling the life stories of those who have died recently

Last Word: 04/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, 04/04/2008

Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series.

Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series, analysing and celebrating the life stories of people who have recently died.

The Film Programme

The latest releases, the hottest stars and the leading directors, plus news and insights

The latest releases, the hottest stars and the leading directors, plus news and insights from the film world

The Film Programme: 04/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - The Film Programme, 04/04/2008

Nigel Floyd talks to Garth Jennings about his autobiographical tale Son of Rambow.

Nigel Floyd talks to Garth Jennings about Son of Rambow, his autobiographical tale about two schoolboys who decide to re-make Rambo: First Blood with a camcorder.

1968 Day by Day

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

1968: Day by Day

1968 Day by Day: 4th April 1968

4th April 1968

BBC Radio 4 - 1968 Day by Day, 4th April 1968

The assassination of Dr Martin Luther King in Memphis marks a dark day in American history

John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 40 years ago. The assassination of civil rights leader Dr Martin Luther King in Memphis marks a dark day in American history.

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

The assassination of civil rights leader Dr Martin Luther King in Memphis marks a dark day in American history.

Afternoon news and current affairs programme

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

PM: 04/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - PM, 04/04/2008

Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.

Six O'Clock News

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4

Six O'Clock News: 04/04/2008

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

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

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

The Now Show

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

The Now Show: Series 23

The Now Show: Series 23: Episode 5

Series 23

BBC Radio 4 - The Now Show, Series 23, Episode 5

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

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

The Archers: 04/04/2008

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

David admonishes Ruth for doing spring cleaning. She should be resting. He tells her that Oliver had called and is having a tough time. His existing cheese stock is ok. He has accepted Brookfield's offer of milk to continue cheesemaking, but a couple of health shops have cancelled their orders.

Usha confides in Ruth about Satya's total disapproval of her engagement to Alan. She is very upset at being an outcast but determined to go ahead with the wedding. She is worried that Alan may change his mind as it's upsetting so many people they love. Alan convinces her otherwise.

Elizabeth discusses the impending decision from the judge with Kathy. Kathy is worried about letting Kenton down but cannot bear the thought of going through a trial alone. She receives a text from Jacqui with good news. The judge has denied the application. Kathy has now tortured herself for so long that she decides she cannot go through with it anyway. Elizabeth tries to talk her round and reassure her that by telling the truth justice will be - and needs to be - done. Kenton calls Kathy for an update and Kathy tells him that she will be there on Monday!

Episode written by Mary Cutler.

Front Row

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

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