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Shipping Forecast

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

Shipping Forecast: 05/04/2008

05/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Shipping Forecast, 05/04/2008

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: 05/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - News Briefing, 05/04/2008

Prayer for the Day

Prayer for the Day: 05/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Prayer for the Day, 05/04/2008

Daily prayer and reflection from Wales with Rev Craig Gardiner.

Fish Tales

Fish Tales: Episode 1: The Carp

Episode 1

Episode 1: The Carp

The Carp

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Chris ponders the carp's reputation as the wiliest of freshwater fish.

Chris Yates explores the traits of some of Britain's coarse fish. Aided by Paul Whitehouse, Chris ponders the carp's reputation as the wiliest of freshwater fish.

Chris Yates and guests explore the finer traits of some of Britain's coarse fish

Series in which Chris Yates and guests explore the finer traits of some of Britain's coarse fish

News and Papers

The news headlines, including a look at the newspapers

News and Papers: 05/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - News and Papers, 05/04/2008

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

Weather

Weather: 05/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Weather, 05/04/2008

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: Longwood Community Forest

Longwood Community Forest

BBC Radio 4 - Open Country, Longwood Community Forest

Caroline Saarl meets the Ceredigion Young Carers learning about having fun in the outdoors

Caroline Saarl travels to Longwood Community Forest to meet some of the Ceredigion Young Carers taking time out from their stressful lives to learn about having fun in the outdoors.

Countryside magazine.

Caroline Saarl travels to Longwood Community Forest to meet some of the Ceredigion Young Carers taking time out from their stressful lives to learn about having fun in the outdoors.

Farming Today This Week

Farming Today This Week: 05/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today This Week, 05/04/2008

Issues of the week for the food chain and the countryside, presented by 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: 05/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 05/04/2008

Including Sports Desk; Thought for the Day; Weather.

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

Saturday Live

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

Saturday Live: 05/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Live, 05/04/2008

Presenter Fi Glover is joined by writer Nick Hornby. Featured poet is Matt Harvey.

Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues that matter to them. Presenter Fi Glover is joined by writer Nick Hornby. Featured poet is Matt Harvey.

Excess Baggage

Travel magazine, featuring travellers' tales, experiences and anecdotes

Excess Baggage: Narrow Boat - Sicily

Narrow Boat - Sicily

BBC Radio 4 - Excess Baggage, Narrow Boat - Sicily

Food writer Matthew Fort shares his recent trip to Sicily with Sandi Toksvig.

After a thirty three year gap Food writer Matthew Fort returned to Sicily. He shares anecdotes and describes some of its culinary delights with Sandi Toksvig.

NARROW BOAT
Sandi Toksvig meets Terry and Monica Darlington, a couple who shipped their narrow boat to the United States and sailed with their dog Jim, the whippet, down the Intra Coastal Waterway to the Gulf of Mexico.  The 1,100 mile journey was the first time a narrow boat had sailed in the US.  Swapping rusty bicycle wheels and old umbrellas for alligators and tornados made for a very eventful trip.

SICILY
After a thirty three year gap Food writer Matthew Fort returned to Sicily travelling on a scooter called Monica.  He shares anecdotes from his trip and describes some of its culinary delights.

This Are 2-Tone

BBC Radio 4 Extra - This Are 2-Tone

Phill Jupitus investigates the social importance of 2 Tone music in Britain.

Phill Jupitus investigates the social importance of 2 Tone music in Britain – a mix of ska and punk music. From 2008.

Back in the 1980s bands like the Specials, the Beat, Madness and the Selecter created a new sound born from a blend of punk, reggae and ska.

Phill Jupitus investigates the social importance of 2 Tone music in Britain.

Featuring: 

Pauline Black
Neville Staple
Ranking Roger
Woody Barson
Mike Barson
Les Black
Jerry Dammers

Producer: Geoff Bird

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.

The Week in Westminster

Radio 4's weekly assessment of developments at Westminster

Week in Westminster

The Week in Westminster: 05/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - The Week in Westminster, 05/04/2008

A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Steve Richards.

From Our Own Correspondent

Kate Adie introduces insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents and writers.

Kate Adie introduces insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers telling stories from around the world.

From Our Own Correspondent: 05/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent, 05/04/2008

Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.

BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie.

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast

News, weather and Shipping Forecast updates. 

News and Weather

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast: 05/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - News Headlines; Shipping Forecast, 05/04/2008

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: 05/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Money Box, 05/04/2008

Paul Lewis with the latest news and advice from the world of personal finance.

Paul Lewis with news from the world of personal finance plus advice for those trying to make the most of their money. Including reports on developments in the mortgage market.

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

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

News Headlines

The latest national and international news headlines

News Headlines: 05/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - News Headlines, 05/04/2008

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

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?: 04/04/2008

04/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Any Questions?, 04/04/2008

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Cardiff.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Cardiff. Panellists include Rhodri Morgan, Cheryl Gillan, Evan Harris and Helen Mary Jones.

Any Answers?

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

Any Answers?: 05/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Any Answers?, 05/04/2008

Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions, with Jonathan Dimbleby.

Listeners' calls and emails in response to this week's edition of Any Questions, with Jonathan Dimbleby. 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: Shell Shocked

13/05/2006

Shell Shocked

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Drama, Shell Shocked

Gregory Burke's moving story of two brothers who are separated in the trenches of WW1.

Shell Shocked: Gregory Burke's moving story of two brothers who are separated in the trenches of the First World War and whose lives take very different paths.

Music Feature

Programmes exploring music and music-related subjects

Music Feature: Angelic Voices

01/04/2008

Angelic Voices

BBC Radio 4 - Music Feature, Angelic Voices

Jeremy Summerly takes a look at the history of boy choristers.

Jeremy Summerly takes a look at the history of the boy choristers who have sung the daily liturgy in English cathedrals and collegiate churches for fourteen hundred years.

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: 05/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Weekend Woman's Hour, 05/04/2008

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

Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour with Jane Garvey. Including features on sexual honesty, Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, older women and alcohol and music hall stars.

1968 Day by Day

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

1968: Day by Day

1968 Day by Day: 5th April 1968

5th April 1968

BBC Radio 4 - 1968 Day by Day, 5th April 1968

Riots rage in America following the death of Dr Martin Luther King.

John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 40 years ago. Riots rage in America following the death of Martin Luther King. Barbara Castle becomes Minister of Labour.

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

Riots rage in America following the death of Dr Martin Luther King, Barbara Castle becomes Minister of Labour and the BBC is accused of television fakery.

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: 05/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday PM, 05/04/2008

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

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

iPM is the news programme that starts with its listeners.

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

iPM: 05/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - iPM, 05/04/2008

Eddie Mair presents the weekly interactive current affairs magazine.

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

Six O'Clock News

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4

Six O'Clock News: 05/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Six O'Clock News, 05/04/2008

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: 05/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Loose Ends, 05/04/2008

Clive Anderson's guests include Donal MacIntyre, Henry Naylor and Bernard Cribbins.

Clive Anderson is joined by Donal MacIntyre, Henry Naylor and Bernard Cribbins, who is appearing in Doctor Who. Gideon Coe talks to John Bryant about marathon running.

Profile

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

Profile: 05/04/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Profile, 05/04/2008

Gordon Farquhar assesses the form of Comte Jacques Rogge.

Gordon Farquhar assesses the form of Comte Jacques Rogge and asks if he is strong enough to smooth the path of the Olympic torch as it makes its way to Beijing.

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

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