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Shipping Forecast

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

Shipping Forecast: 04/06/2008

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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: 04/06/2008

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Prayer for the Day

Prayer for the Day: 04/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Prayer for the Day, 04/06/2008

Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Leslie Griffiths.

Farming Today

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

Farming Today: 04/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 04/06/2008

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: 04/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 04/06/2008

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

With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton. Including Yesterday in Parliament; Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.

Midweek

Lively and diverse conversation with weekly guests

Midweek: 04/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Midweek, 04/06/2008

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: 04/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Daily Service, 04/06/2008

Christian worship and music led by Rev Stephen Shipley.

Woman's Hour

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

Woman's Hour: Wendy Cope; The life of Hannah More

Wendy Cope; The life of Hannah More

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Wendy Cope; The life of Hannah More

Poet Wendy Cope on why schoolchildren need to read more poetry. With Jenni Murray.

Poet Wendy Cope on why schoolchildren need to read more poetry. Plus the life of bluestocking philanthropist Hannah More, and how to grow and eat amaranth. With Jenni Murray.

After The Floods: Hull One Year On

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Michelle Dewberry revisits her home town of Hull a year after it was hit by flooding.

...Hull One Year On: Michelle Dewberry revisits her home town of Hull one year after the city was devastated by flooding, in the concluding part of After The Flood.

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: Yellow

Yellow

Series 2

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Hut 33, Series 2, Yellow

The codebreakers must get jabs, but they all rustle up excuses to avoid the needle.

The code breakers must get jabs - but they all rustle up excuses to avoid the needle. Stars Robert Bathurst. From June 2008.

The code breaking staff are ordered to be vaccinated against yellow fever, but Charles refuses to be injected by an Australian.

Archie is scared of needles and Gordon needs a note from his mum. 

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

Charles …. Robert Bathurst
Archie …. Tom Goodman-Hill
Minka …. Olivia Colman
Mrs Best …. Lill Roughley
Gordon …. Fergus Craig
Joshua … Alex McQueen

With: 

Ben Crowe
Brendon Burns

Producer: Adam Bromley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 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: 04/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - News Headlines; Shipping Forecast, 04/06/2008

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: 04/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, 04/06/2008

Consumer news and issues with Liz Barclay and Sheila McClennon.

Weather

Weather: 04/06/2008

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World at One

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

World at One: 04/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - World at One, 04/06/2008

National and international news with Martha Kearney.

Quote... Unquote

Celebrity panel game about quotations featuring questions posed by listeners

Quote... Unquote: 04/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Quote... Unquote, 04/06/2008

Guests are Michael Aspel, Ann Leslie, Kate Mosse and John Julius Norwich.

Nigel Rees exchanges quotations and anecdotes with guests Michael Aspel, Ann Leslie, Kate Mosse and John Julius Norwich. 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: 03/06/2008

03/06/2008

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Blood proves thicker than water for Usha.

Phil's pleased to see Shula - at least she doesn't think he can't cope. Shula's considering resigning as churchwarden. Phil doesn't think she should but Shula feels Alan no longer trusts her. She notices the water in the washing machine is bright red but Phil explains he's left a gardening glove in a trouser pocket. 

Tony and Pat receive confirmation that if Matt gets planning permission they'd have to move their packhouse elsewhere. There's nowhere vacant locally, and they know the cost of renting commercial property so they've no idea where to go from here. Reassuring Pat that the report is a worst case scenario, Tony knows they need to convince the planning authority that they can't manage without the packhouse.

Usha's dad calls. Satya's told him of her concerns and he's on his way to see her. When he hears of Shula's involvement, he recalls that it was she who called them after the racial attack, and can't understand what's gone wrong. Usha explains how their friendship was shattered when Shula took Richard. Usha's dad feels strongly that Alan's failing to protect her. Privately, to Alan, Usha thinks Satya's set this up. Even though things are tricky, Alan hopes it works in their favour.

Episode written by Caroline Harrington.

Drama on 4

Drama from BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra.

Afternoon Play

Drama on 4: The Highest Tide

The Highest Tide

BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, The Highest Tide

Jim Lynch's coming-of-age adventure story set on the Pacific Coast.

Jim Lynch's coming-of-age adventure story set on the Pacific Coast. Miles, 13, escapes the fallout from his parents' impending divorce by taking his kayak out on the mudflats.

Jim Lynch's coming-of-age adventure story set on the Pacific Coast, adapted by Rebecca Trick-Walker. 

Thirteen-year-old Miles escapes the fallout of his parents' impending divorce by taking his kayak out on the mudflats at night, looking for rare sea creatures to sell to the local aquarium. One night, he comes across a remarkable sight.

Miles ...... Forrest Landis
Florence ...... Katherine Helmond
Angie ...... Missy Yager
Professor Kramer ...... David Selby
Mom ...... Shannon Cochran
TV Reporter ...... Kirsten Potter

Directed by Kate McAll.

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: 01/06/2008

01/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Gardeners' Question Time, 01/06/2008

Eric Robson chairs. With Matthew Biggs, Bunny Guinness and Bob Flowerdew.

Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum. Matthew Biggs, Bunny Guinness and Bob Flowerdew answer questions from gardeners in Suffolk.

Afternoon Reading

Short stories or abridged books, often from new writers

Afternoon Reading: Spy Stories

Afternoon Reading: Spy Stories: Episode 3: A Double Double-Cross

Episode 3

Episode 3: A Double Double-Cross

Spy Stories

A Double Double-Cross

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In Peter Cheyney's story, a French spy and a British agent are caught in a beguiling web.

Five classic tales of deception and betrayal. In Peter Cheyney's story, a beautiful French spy and an affable British Intelligence agent are caught in a web of counter-espionage.

Cosmic Quest

Cosmic Quest: Mathematics of the Sky

Mathematics of the Sky

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Cosmic Quest, Mathematics of the Sky

Heather Couper considers the Islamic scholar, poet and mathematician, Omar Khayyam.

Astronomer Heather Couper considers the contribution of the Islamic scholar, poet and mathematician Omar Khayyam.

Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy

Astronomer Heather Couper charts the history of our growing understanding of the universe and progress of astronomy.

Thinking Allowed

Thinking Allowed: Horses - Comfort of Things

Horses - Comfort of Things

BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, Horses - Comfort of Things

Laurie Taylor explores how humans relate to horses and their personal possessions.

Laurie Taylor explores how humans relate to horses with Dr Joanna Latimer before considering the relationship between people and their personal possessions. Is lusting for material objects damaging?

HORSES
Dr Joanna Latimer, has co-authored with Lynda Birke, a recent paper Natural relations: horses, knowledge and technology.  Their research examines the different ways in which humans relate to horses and their various attitudes towards horses and horsemanship.  It throws some light upon the division between the human and the non-human world. 

COMFORT OF THINGS
Laurie Taylor is joined by Professor Daniel Miller, anthropologist and the author of a new book entitled The Comfort of Things.  They consider the relationship between people and the personal possessions that adorn their homes and explore whether our lust for material objects could be damaging to widely accepted ideals of community spirit.

All in the Mind

The show with the latest evidence on psychology, mental health and neuroscience.

The show on how we think, feel and behave. Claudia Hammond delves into the evidence on mental health, psychology and neuroscience.

All in the Mind: Paranoia - Heroes - Mental Health Act Commission

Paranoia - Heroes - Mental Health Act Commission

BBC Radio 4 - All in the Mind, Paranoia - Heroes - Mental Health Act Commission

Claudia Hammond takes a virtual reality ride designed to test paranoid thoughts.

Claudia Hammond explores current developments in psychiatry. She takes a virtual reality ride on the London Underground designed to test paranoid thoughts in the population.

PARANOIA
Paranoia, the feeling that people are out to get you is often thought of as a symptom of serious mental health problems like schizophrenia, but new research conducted at the Institute of Psychiatry has found that paranoia might be far more common than previously thought. In new research published in the British Journal of Psychiatry Dr Daniel Freeman measured people’s paranoia by putting them on a virtual reality underground train journey. Claudia went to the Institute of Psychiatry in London to test the virtual tube ride and to talk to Dr Daniel Freeman. 

HEROES
The psychologist Philip Zimbardo is famous for the classic Stanford Prison Experiment when back in 1971he turned the university basement into a fake prison where the young men playing the guards soon started abusing the people they were told were their prisoners. He showed how much circumstances can distort individual personalities and how given complete control over others, anyone can act as a monster. Now he’s turned his attention to promoting positive, even heroic behavior. Through research and education he’s wants young people to believe they are all “ heroes in waiting”. Claudia went to meet Professor Zimbardo in San Francisco and hears from a real, home-grown hero, Andrew Antonio, whose act of heroism helped to save a woman’s life. 

MENTAL HEALTH ACT COMMISSION
Every year fifteen thousand people are detained in locked unit under the Mental Health Act. Once there they have very few powers and someone has to make sure that these psychiatric units are run properly. At the moment inspectors from the Mental Health Act Commission visit each unit every 18 months and talk to at least four patients there to check on what’s really going on. But there are fears that this level of scrutiny won’t survive the new Health and Social Care Bill. In the future a new body covering the whole of health care The Care Quality Commission will be responsible for checking on standards in psychiatric units. There are concerns that under the new regime the sorts of abuses that have been uncovered in the past in psychiatric units might not get picked up. Professor Chris Heginbotham who ran the Mental Health Act Commission for England and Wales for 8 years talks to Claudia about his fears.

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 June 1968

4th June 1968

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

Scientologists are turned away from the UK. De Gaulle borrows millions from the IMF.

John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 40 years ago. Scientologists are turned away from the UK. De Gaulle is forced to borrow 310 million dollars from the IMF.

Afternoon news and current affairs programme

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

PM: 04/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - PM, 04/06/2008

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: 04/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Six O'Clock News, 04/06/2008

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 4: Field Trip

Episode 4

Episode 4: Field Trip

Field Trip

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A trip to look at some wind farms doesn't turn out quite as planned.

Comedy by Ben Willbond and Justin Edwards about two science teachers at a sixth form college. A trip to look at some wind farms doesn't turn out quite as planned.

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: 04/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - The Archers, 04/06/2008

Helen feels sorry for Oliver. Pat asks about the theory of mineral deficiency in badgers - he has nothing to lose so is laying down mineral licks to see what happens. They're trying the new cheese, which  Pat likes, but Oliver's disappointed. He wouldn't want to market it as Sterling Gold. Helen suggests Sterling Silver to keep the brand alive. Oliver's still not keen but agrees to let Helen arrange a tasting. 

Clarrie wants to help Pat, so she organises a petition, starting in The Bull. Lilian's not happy but Clarrie tells her she can't avoid what's going on. Lilian insists the dispute's with Borchester Land, not Matt. Oliver has no qualms about signing and allows Clarrie to take the petition to Grey Gables.

Tom and Brenda have agreed Will can show Clarrie and Eddie what he's done to 1, The Green. Clarrie's proud of his achievements but isn't pleased to see Will spoiling George. Will's more worried about Brian, who no longer seems to trust Will. Clarrie compares Brian with Matt and blames it on their wealth. Will knows it's not easy. When the likes of Crawford and Brian call the shots no-one else stands a chance.

Episode written by Caroline Harrington.

Front Row

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

Front Row: 04/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, 04/06/2008

With Mark Lawson. Plus a review of Ben Affleck's directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone.

Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Jenny McCartney gives her verdict on Ben Affleck's directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone.

Presented by Mark Lawson.

Including:

Actor Ben Affleck has co-written and directed his first feature film, Gone Baby Gone. The film's release in the UK was postponed by six months because of sensitivities about its subject matter. It deals with the disappearance of a 4-year-old girl in a tough Boston neighbourhood and what happens when the parents hire private detectives to get on the case. Jenny McCartney gives her verdict. 

Six female writers are waiting to find out if they have won this year's Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction. The recipient of the prize will be announced later. Front Row has the first interview with the winning author, live from the Royal Festival Hall in London. 

Now in its 240th year, the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition 2008 continues the tradition of displaying a wide range of work by both established and emerging artists in all media including painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture and architecture. With this year's show about to get under way, curator Tracey Emin discusses what it means to her to be a Royal Academician, the moment she first realised she saw things as an artist, and whom she doesn't allow to buy her work. 

Nick Harkaway's debut novel The Gone-Away World is a post-apocalyptic tale which is difficult to categorise, but has been described by some as fantasy for non-fantasy readers. Harkaway talks about writing the book and why he chose not to adopt the pseudonym of his father, John le Carre.

15 Minute Drama

Classic and contemporary original drama and book dramatisations

15 Minute Drama: Barbara Pym - Jane and Prudence

15 Minute Drama: Barbara Pym - Jane and Prudence: Episode 8

Episode 8

Barbara Pym - Jane and Prudence

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, Barbara Pym - Jane and Prudence, Episode 8

When Fabian hosts a tea party, Prudence hopes she will get to pour the tea.

When Fabian hosts a tea party, Prudence hopes she will get to pour the tea. Comedy of rural relationships stars Susie Blake and Emma Fielding.

Barbara Pym's delightful comedy of rural relationships, set in 1950

Barbara Pym's delightful comedy of rural relationships, set in 1950, about two women in pursuit of happiness

Moral Maze

Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze

Combative, provocative and engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze

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