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Shipping Forecast

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

Shipping Forecast: 21/05/2008

21/05/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Shipping Forecast, 21/05/2008

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: 21/05/2008

BBC Radio 4 - News Briefing, 21/05/2008

Prayer for the Day

Prayer for the Day: 21/05/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Prayer for the Day, 21/05/2008

Led by the Rt Rev David Chillingworth, Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane.

Daily prayer and reflection led by the Rt Rev David Chillingworth, Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane.

Farming Today

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

Farming Today: 21/05/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 21/05/2008

News and issues in rural Britain, presented by Melanie Abbott.

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: 21/05/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 21/05/2008

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

With James Naughtie, Evan Davis. Sports Desk 6.25am, 7.25am, 8.25am; Yesterday in Parliament 6.45am, 8.31am; Weather 6.05am, 6.57am, 7.57am, 8.58am; Thought for the Day 7.48am.

Midweek

Lively and diverse conversation with weekly guests

Midweek: 21/05/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Midweek, 21/05/2008

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: 21/05/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Daily Service, 21/05/2008

Christian worship and music led by Mike Ford.

Woman's Hour

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

Woman's Hour: Phone In: Infertility

Phone In: Infertility

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Phone In: Infertility

Listener's views on infertility. Does society place too high a value on parenthood?

Listener's views on infertility. Does society place too high a value on parenthood? Should infertility treatment be freely available on the NHS, or is it simply a lifestyle choice?

Mind Changers

Series exploring the development of the science of psychology during the 20th century

Mind Changers: Case Study: The Man with a Hole in His Head

Case Study: The Man with a Hole in His Head

BBC Radio 4 - Mind Changers, Case Study: The Man with a Hole in His Head

Phineas Gage was a railway worker in 19th-century Vermont who survived a bizarre accident.

Phineas Gage was a railway worker in 19th-century Vermont who survived a bizarre accident that changed him - and the study of neuroscience - forever.

Claudia Hammond presents a series on case studies that have made a significant contribution to psychological research.

Phineas Gage was a railway worker in 19th-century Vermont who survived a bizarre accident. A metre-long iron rod shot through his head, changing him and the study of neuroscience forever.

Claudia visits Harvard Medical School Museum in Boston to see for herself what remains of The Man With The Hole In His Head. At the Oliver Zangwill Centre for Neuropsychological Rehabilitation in Ely, Cambridgeshire she meets clients with brain injuries similar to those suffered by Phineas Gage and discovers how far we've come in understanding and treatment since Gage suffered his appalling trauma on 13 September 1848.

Hut 33

Three code-breakers hate each other and their draughty hut. James Cary's wartime sitcom.

Three code-breakers are forced to share a draughty wooden hut as they try to break German ciphers. Unfortunately, they hate each other. James Cary's wartime sitcom.

Hut 33: Series 2: Episode 1: Royal Visit

Episode 1

Episode 1: Royal Visit

Series 2

Royal Visit

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Hut 33, Series 2, Royal Visit

The Bletchley Park codebreakers hit panic stations when a royal visitor arrives.

The Bletchley Park codebreakers hit panic stations when a royal visitor arrives. Stars Robert Bathurst. From May 2008.

It's panic stations at Hut 33!    

A member of the royal family is paying a visit but the top brass suspect he might be a Nazi sympathiser. 

The team has to delay him and make sure he doesn't see any of the codebreaking machines.

James Cary's sitcom set at Bletchley Park - the top-secret home of the Second World War codebreakers,

Archie …. Tom Goodman-Hill
Charles …. Robert Bathurst
Gordon …. Fergus Craig
Joshua … Alex McQueen
Minka …. Olivia Colman
Mrs Best …. Lill Roughley
Duke of Kent .... Michael Fenton Stevens

Producer: Adam Bromley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2008.

Hut 33: Series 2

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.

Sitcom by James Cary, set in Bletchley Park in 1941

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast

News, weather and Shipping Forecast updates. 

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast: 21/05/2008

BBC Radio 4 - News Headlines; Shipping Forecast, 21/05/2008

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: 21/05/2008

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, 21/05/2008

Consumer news and issues with John Waite and Sheila McClennon.

Consumer news and issues with John Waite and Sheila McClennon. Including What Disability Means to Me: Gwyneth Lewis, Wales's first National Poet, describes living with depression.

Weather

Weather: 21/05/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Weather, 21/05/2008

World at One

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

World at One: 21/05/2008

BBC Radio 4 - World at One, 21/05/2008

National and international news with Martha Kearney.

Quote... Unquote

Celebrity panel game about quotations featuring questions posed by listeners

Quote... Unquote: 21/05/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Quote... Unquote, 21/05/2008

Guests are Pam Ayres, Trevor McDonald, Sue Limb and Gervase Phinn.

Nigel Rees exchanges quotations and anecdotes with guests Pam Ayres, Trevor McDonald, Sue Limb and Gervase Phinn. The reader is Peter Jefferson.

The Archers

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

The Archers: 20/05/2008

20/05/2008

BBC Radio 4 - The Archers, 20/05/2008

Clarrie's overheard Usha talking about Shula but Pat already knows, via Lynda, that she was the Echo's source.

Adam believes Pat's scheme is on too small a scale. Pat disagrees.

Lynda wants to clear up the misunderstanding with Will over the poisoning. Although responsibility still lies with the shoot, allowances should be made for Will's inexperience. Will tells her he doesn't need Lynda, or anyone, sticking their nose in. 

Will doesn't care that George won't eat his proper meal. He's got George an enormous chocolate cake and just wants to have a good time with him. 

Eddie asks Tony to oversee their risk assessment for Farm Sunday, assuring him it just means ticking a few boxes. Tony gives it the ok but, with all this hard work, Eddie thinks they ought to charge an entrance fee. Joe insists that's against the true spirit of the day - although a parking fee is a different matter altogether...

Pat opens a letter from the District Council. It's an application for planning permission to convert their packhouse across the yard into a dwelling. Beginning to panic, Pat and Tony think it through and realise there's only one explanation. This has to be a mistake.

Episode written by Adrian Flynn.

Drama on 4

Drama from BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra.

Afternoon Play: To Serve them All my Days

Drama on 4: To Serve them All my Days: Episode 5

Episode 5

To Serve them All my Days

BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, To Serve them All my Days, Episode 5

Davy cannot work with the new Headmaster Alcock. One of them will have to go.

Shaun McKenna's dramatisation of RF Delderfield's classic novel of life between the wars. Davy is about to face his greatest challenge yet at Bamfylde School.

Drama on 4: To Serve them All my Days

Shaun McKenna's dramatisation of RF Delderfield's classic novel of life between the wars

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: 18/05/2008

18/05/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Gardeners' Question Time, 18/05/2008

Eric Robson chairs. With John Cushnie, Bunny Guinness and Pippa Greenwood.

Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum. John Cushnie, Bunny Guinness and Pippa Greenwood answer questions from gardeners in North Wales.

Afternoon Reading

Short stories or abridged books, often from new writers

Afternoon Reading: Anger

Afternoon Reading: Anger: Episode 3: So Many Things

Episode 3

Episode 3: So Many Things

Anger

So Many Things

BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Reading, Anger, So Many ThingsSearch BBC

Martina Cole reveals how her anger at injustice inspired her to take direct action.

Stories about rage and its different manifestations. Martina Cole reveals how her anger at injustice inspired her to take direct positive action.

Stories about rage and its different manifestations

Joan Armatrading's Favourite Choirs

Joan Armatrading's Favourite Choirs: Episode 3: London Bulgarian Choir

Episode 3: London Bulgarian Choir

London Bulgarian Choir

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Joan Armatrading's Favourite Choirs, London Bulgarian Choir

Joan meets a choir that practices in an embassy and reflects the culture of its homeland.

Joan meets a choir that practices in an embassy, learns about their distinctive techniques and the difficulty the British have with learning to sing less politely. From May 2008.

Joan Armatrading visits choral assemblies across the country.

Joan tunes into the musical traditions of Bulgaria with Dessislava Stefanova and the London Bulgarian Choir. She learns about the group's distinctive singing techniques and the difficulty the British have with learning to sing less politely.

Joan visits choral assemblies across the country

Thinking Allowed

Thinking Allowed: Population Control - Torture and Democracy

Population Control - Torture and Democracy

BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, Population Control - Torture and Democracy

Laurie Taylor debates how much influence states should have on their administrations.

Laurie Taylor discusses with Professors Matthew Connelly, John Cleland and Darius Rejali, the extent to which states and governments should be able to control and influence their administration.

POPULATION CONTROL
Reduction of fertility is estimated to have contributed to about thirty percent of the huge improvement in living standards in the East Asian tiger economies and there are claims it has averted mass starvation in many developing countries. A new book Fatal Misconception by Professor Matthew Connelly debates the value of control projects and highlights the often extreme human rights violation they entail. Professor Connelly debates the issue with John Cleland, Professor of Medical Demography at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

TORTURE AND DEMOCRACY
Does the need for security justify the increasing use of ‘clean torture’, torture such as sleep deprivation, electro-torture and the infamous water-boarding?  Despite a number of international condemnations of torture from bodies like the United Nations, the Council of Europe and Amnesty International, some argue in favour of torture as an efficient way of detecting plots that might otherwise lead to the deaths of a great number of innocent citizens. Professor Darius Rejali monumental new work Torture and Democracy documents the history of torture in modern democracy and debates its efficacy.

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: Prostate Problems

Prostate Problems

BBC Radio 4 - Case Notes, Prostate Problems

Dr Mark Porter looks at diagnosis and treatment of prostate problems.

Dr Mark Porter investigates health issues of the day. He looks at diagnosis and treatment of prostate problems and asks whether screening for prostate cancer is successful.

1968 Day by Day

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

1968: Day by Day

1968 Day by Day: 21st May 1968

21st May 1968

BBC Radio 4 - 1968 Day by Day, 21st May 1968

The Nigerian army captures the Biafran stronghold of Port Harcourt.

John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 40 years ago. Reporters witness bitter fighting as the Nigerian army captures the Biafran stronghold of Port Harcourt.

Afternoon news and current affairs programme

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

PM: 21/05/2008

BBC Radio 4 - PM, 21/05/2008

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.

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BBC Radio 4 - Weather, 21/05/2008Close menu

Six O'Clock News

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4

Six O'Clock News: 21/05/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Six O'Clock News, 21/05/2008

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

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

Double Science

Double Science: Episode 2: Moving House

Episode 2

Episode 2: Moving House

Moving House

BBC Radio 4 - Double Science, Moving House

The department is in turmoil. Someone is breaking into the labs at night.

Comedy by Ben Willbond and Justin Edwards about two science teachers at a sixth form college that specialises in drama. The department is in turmoil.

Comedy by Ben Willbond and Justin Edwards about two science teachers

Comedy by Ben Willbond and Justin Edwards about Colin and Kenneth, two science teachers at a sixth form college that specialises in drama

The Archers: 21/05/2008

BBC Radio 4 - The Archers, 21/05/2008

Unimpressed at the progress with grants for the digester. Matt's decided it's time he and Annabelle took control. Annabelle wants to try for a bigger unit and, with Adam weakening, Ruth and David's protests get them nowhere. They reluctantly agree to a few discreet enquiries but insist that Adam talks with Debbie. Ruth can't see how a different consultant can change things - he can't make the roads any wider! David's worried about what the village will think if they go back on their word now.

Pat wants an explanation from Rodways about the proposal to redevelop their packhouse. Graham Ryder suggests she'll find their tenancy agreement gives the landlord the right to seek planning permission for any part of the farm. Pat assures him they'll lodge an objection. 

To Pat's surprise, Matt immediately offers an apology but only for not telling them the letter was on its way. He insists they mustn't worry - if planning permission is granted, he'll help them adjust. As family, Pat asks him to drop the whole stupid idea but Matt won't let personal loyalties cloud business decisions. Pat retorts that she and Tony will get the best professional advice available, and fight him all the way.

Episode written by Adrian Flynn.

Front Row

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

Front Row: 21/05/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, 21/05/2008

With Mark Lawson, including a report from the opening night of Marguerite, a new musical.

Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including a report from the opening night of Marguerite, a new musical from French composer Michel Legrand and the writers of Les Miserables.

15 Minute Drama

Classic and contemporary original drama and book dramatisations

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