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The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

Shipping Forecast: 11/06/2008

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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: 11/06/2008

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Prayer for the Day

Prayer for the Day: 11/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Prayer for the Day, 11/06/2008

Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Jenny Wigley.

Farming Today

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

Farming Today: 11/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 11/06/2008

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: 11/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 11/06/2008

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

With Sarah Montague and James Naughtie. Including Yesterday in Parliament; Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.

Midweek

Lively and diverse conversation with weekly guests

Midweek: 11/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Midweek, 11/06/2008

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: 11/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Daily Service, 11/06/2008

Christian worship and music led by Nigel Swinford.

Woman's Hour

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

Woman's Hour: Assisted suicide; The legacy of Golda Meir

Assisted suicide; The legacy of Golda Meir

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Assisted suicide; The legacy of Golda Meir

Multiple sclerosis sufferer Debbie Purdy on being in control of the end of her life.

Multiple sclerosis sufferer Debbie Purdy on being in control of the end of her life. Plus the legacy of Golda Meir, and what it's like to be a father today. With Jenni Murray.

The Brixmis Story

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The Brixmis officer spies in uniform were the unsung heroes of the Cold War.

The Brixmis officer spies in uniform were the unsung heroes of the Cold War. Jolyon Jenkins tells their story. From 2007.     

They were unsung heroes of the cold war: some of the most effective gatherers of military intelligence behind the iron curtain. 

But compared to the glamorous spies of MI6, the Brixmis officers were virtually unknown. 

Jolyon Jenkins tells the story of the spies in uniform, who stole bit of Soviet military hardware and went through East German rubbish dumps in search of classified information.

Producer: Jolyon Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2007.

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.

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: Where Boffins Dare

Where Boffins Dare

Series 2

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To avoid a war posting to Burma, the blundering codebreakers must catch a German spy.

To avoid a war posting to Burma, the blundering codebreakers must catch a German spy. Stars Robert Bathurst. From June 2008.

The codebreakers are threatened with being sent to Burma after making yet another mistake with a message.  

In an attempt to redeem themselves before their superiors, they set out to capture a German spy. 

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 Willbond as Wilhelm.

Producer: Adam Bromley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2008.

Hut 33: Series 2

Sitcom by James Cary, set in Bletchley Park in 1941

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast

News, weather and Shipping Forecast updates. 

News and Weather

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast: 11/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - News Headlines; Shipping Forecast, 11/06/2008

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: 11/06/2008

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Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson and Sheila McClennon.

With Winifred Robinson and Sheila McClennon. Including reports on charges for protests on public highways, the effect of higher motoring costs and advice on solid fuel.

Presented by Winifred Robinson and Sheila McClennon.

As some councils begin charging people who want to protest on public highways, we speak to Edward Welsh of the Local Government Association, Alex Gask from Liberty and Prof John Tonge from University of Liverpool.

Big rises at the petrol pumps, congestion charges and hikes in car tax have led to an increasing number of people to consider getting rid of their car, according to Carplus. Dr Peter Marsh, author of Driving Passion: The Psychology of Car Ownership, Jillian Anable from the Centre for Transport Studies and Robert Gordon of the University of Aberdeen discuss.

We speak to Malcolm Tarling from the Association of British Insurers as the organisation calls a conference of interested parties next week to discuss what it hopes will be in the government's Flood Bill due to be published soon.

With a boom in wood burning stoves and heaters, Jim Lambeth, general manager at the Solid Fuel Association, which operates as an advice centre for domestic consumers and professionals, talks about matters related to solid fuel.

In a recent Call You and Yours, cereal farmer Oliver Wilson said that the price rises are bringing boom times for some. We speak to Sean Rickard from Cranfield Business School.

Why are digital gizmos so power-hungry and what can be done about it? We speak to Colin Crawford of Pure Digital.

Weather

Weather: 11/06/2008

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World at One

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

World at One: 11/06/2008

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National and international news with Martha Kearney.

Quote... Unquote

Celebrity panel game about quotations featuring questions posed by listeners

Quote... Unquote: 11/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Quote... Unquote, 11/06/2008

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: 10/06/2008

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Lilian's loyalties are called into question.

Will's pleased to learn that Brian wants him to sit in on the interviews for the new assistant keeper. Lilian mistakenly thinks Will's ignored her. She tells Jennifer she's removed the petition from The Bull. When Jennifer tells Lilian that she's finally persuaded Brian to go on holiday, Lilian wonders if she and Matt should go away - but knows that's not the answer to their problem.

Alice is doing well with the petition and Pat suggests that Susan writes to the council if she wants to back Bridge Farm. Susan tries to speak to Will about George but is interrupted by Pat. Pat's hoping Susan will take on a committee role for the transition village. Susan's flattered but on discovering it would be in 'waste', she's not keen and comes up with an idea for a local food swap club. Pat's enthusiastic, suggesting that if people don't grow food, they could swap skills or services instead. 

Pat asks Jennifer to promote the food club on the website. Lilian avoids Pat by hiding in another room. Once Pat's gone, she emerges but Pat returns unexpectedly. Pat says if Lilian's conscience is getting to her, she should stop condoning what Matt's doing to them. 

Episode written by Joanna Toye.

Drama on 4

Drama from BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra.

Afternoon Play

Drama on 4: Venus to Go

01/03/2007

Venus to Go

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By Fiona Mackie. Redundancies loom for three machinists in Portsmouth's corset industry.

By Fiona Mackie. When cutbacks happen in Portsmouth's corset industry and redundancies loom, three machinists choose to face the future in very different ways.

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: 08/06/2008

08/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Gardeners' Question Time, 08/06/2008

Eric Robson chairs. With John Cushnie, Anne Swithinbank and Bob Flowerdew.

Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum. John Cushnie, Anne Swithinbank and Bob Flowerdew answer questions from gardeners in Cumbria.

Afternoon Reading

Short stories or abridged books, often from new writers

Afternoon Reading: Wireless Connections

Afternoon Reading: Wireless Connections: Episode 3: Kimble and Phillp

Episode 3

Episode 3: Kimble and Phillp

Wireless Connections

Kimble and Phillp

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By Edward Dock. A loss adjuster finds himself embroiled in a beguiling mystery.

Short stories exploring the phenomenon of personal broadcasting. In Edward Dock's story, a loss adjuster becomes embroiled in a mystery involving the abduction of his friend's nose.

Short stories exploring the phenomenon of personal broadcasting

Cosmic Quest

Cosmic Quest: Episode 13: Halley - A Comet's Tale

Episode 13

Episode 13: Halley - A Comet's Tale

Halley - A Comet's Tale

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Heather Couper considers how Edmund Halley went about calculating the orbit of a comet.

Astronomer Heather Couper considers how Edmund Halley went about calculating the orbit of a comet. From June 2008.

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: Gentrification in Harlem

Gentrification in Harlem

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Laurie Taylor presents a special programme from New York.

Laurie Taylor presents a special programme from New York, exploring the changes in a neighbourhood undergoing a huge economic revival and their effect on local residents.

GENTRIFICATION IN HARLEM - A THINKING ALLOWED/OPEN UNIVERSITY SPECIAL 

Harlem is transforming. 

The ‘capital of black America’ has made it through the cultural ferment of the 1960s, the disinvestment and urban decay of the 1970s, the rampant crime and crack house era of the eighties only to find that its greatest threat could be the investment now pouring in to New York’s famous black neighbourhood. 

Harlem is finally gentrifying: The brownstone apartment houses that line Marcus Garvey Park are being gutted, re-fitted and sold for upwards of $3 million – even during the Credit Crunch; Columbia University has hired the architect of the Pompidou Centre, Renzo Piano and has plans to spend an astonishing $7 billion to expand its campus there; and 125th Street, which used to be a no go area for whites, now holds the offices of the Bill Clinton, former President of the United States.

But what of the Harlem’s long term residents? 

For years they had to put up with violent crime, burnt out buildings, rubbish strewn streets and very limited services – with rising rents can they afford to live in the new Harlem? ‘Fusion’ restaurants, delicatessens, wine bars and smart coffee shops have moved onto 125th Street – along with the white and black professionals who like use them. Starbucks café tables now line the street corner where Malcolm X used to preach. 

Is the very culture of Harlem – radical centre of politics, music and religion now under threat?

In a special edition of Thinking Allowed produced in association with the Open University, Laurie Taylor travels to Harlem to explore the changes. He speaks to the outspoken minister Reverend James Manning, who has organised a black boycott of Harlem businesses to try and halt the area's economic revival. He meets the sociologist Lance Freeman who thinks gentrification is the key to Harlem’s salvation and meets some of the new black middle class who are tasting cheese and sipping Sauvignon in Harlem’s fist wine bar.

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: Drug Trials - Schizophrenia - Smokers' Brains

Drug Trials - Schizophrenia - Smokers' Brains

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Claudia Hammond follows Janey Antoniou, a woman who hears constant voices in her head.

Claudia Hammond presents the series exploring current developments in psychology and psychiatry. She follows Janey Antoniou, a woman who hears constant voices in her head.

DRUG TRIALS
Anyone who has to take a drug for a mental health problem wants to know that it's been tested to make sure that it's safe and that if trials had shown it wasn't you or your doctor would know about it.  But recently various trials have come to light showing that anti-depressants don’t always work or worse, that they can do harm. Now question marks hang over how open drug companies are being with their results. After the biggest investigation ever held into a drug company – an investigation that involved more than a million pages of data, Glaxo SmithKline were criticised for having kept quiet about trial results that revealed an increased suicide risk in children, using the antidepressant Seroxat. 
Dr Tim Kendall, Joint Director, National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, Deputy Director, Royal College of Psychiatrists', research Unit, Medical Director & Consultant Psychiatrist, Sheffield Care Trust; and Dr Richard Tiner, the Medical Director of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, discuss transparency in drugs trials.

SCHIZOPHRENIA
When ambulance staff are faced with someone with chest pain they know just what to do, but when it comes to mental health emergencies it can be hard to know exactly what kind of illness they’re dealing with. To help staff from the emergency services Janey Antoniou is running training courses on how to understand the situation from the patient’s perspective. Janey Antoniou hears voices constantly in her head, she was diagnosed with schizophrenia and depression 20 years ago and has learned ways of coping with the condition. Now she teaches police and ambulance crews about how to deal with greater sensitivity with people who have this illness. Kathleen Griffin went with Janey to a training course for staff at The Ambulance Training Centre in Bedford.

SMOKERS' BRAINS
When most people look back on a decision they think about how things might have turned out differently and then take that into account when they make the next decision: they learn to avoid bad things and to take advantage of good things.  But extraordinarily, the same doesn’t seem to happen with people who smoke. Dr Read Montague, who did the research at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, USA, found that smokers' brains acknowledge risk, but they then ignore it. For the first time scientists have realised that the brain recognises the risk Claudia Hammond spoke to Professor Montague about his research.

1968 Day by Day

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

1968: Day by Day

1968 Day by Day: 11th June 1968

11th June 1968

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Henry Cooper is involved in controversy at Eton. The Beatles show tensions in the studio.

John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 40 years ago. A drowned boy becomes a martyr for Paris students. Henry Cooper is involved in controversy at Eton.

Afternoon news and current affairs programme

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

PM: 11/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - PM, 11/06/2008

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

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

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Six O'Clock News

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4

Six O'Clock News: 11/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Six O'Clock News, 11/06/2008

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 5: Bonfire Night

Episode 5

Episode 5: Bonfire Night

Bonfire Night

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Kenneth and Colin are planning their annual fireworks display.

Comedy by Ben Willbond and Justin Edwards about two science teachers. Kenneth and Colin are planning their fireworks display, but budgetary constraints force them to make their own.

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: 11/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - The Archers, 11/06/2008

Brian isn't really interested in the interview questions Will has prepared, and it's clear that Will's not going to have any input into the decision making. Brian has made his mind up - and they're going with his choice.

Eddie is trying the new cheese. Oliver's pleased to hear Eddie would buy it but his pleasure is short-lived when he realises Eddie's motive is to keep Ed in a job! Later, Helen presents Oliver with the feedback from the taste testing. Oliver is extremely disappointed with the results and doesn't want to go on. Helen tries to talk him round but he won't budge, and is very downhearted. Helen tries to persuade him to go to Ruth's party.

Usha talks to Alan about her father's visit. It's made her realise just how much her father has to cope with looking after her mother, and Usha's delighted when Alan agrees to a Hindu ceremony alongside their marriage at St Stephen's. Later, Dr Gupta leaves for Wolverhampton. He and Usha share an emotional goodbye. Although his parting with Alan is a little more formal, the visit has enabled Dr Gupta to feel a good deal warmer towards his future son-in-law. 

Episode written by Joanna Toye.

Front Row

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

Front Row: 11/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, 11/06/2008

With Mark Lawson. Including a review of Michael Frayn's new play Afterlife.

With Mark Lawson. Including a review of Michael Frayn's new play Afterlife, a report from the Folkestone Triennial festival, and Jeff Park selects the best of recent crime fiction.

Presented by Mark Lawson.

Justin Cartwright reviews Michael Frayn's new play Afterlife, about the influential Austrian theatrical impresario Max Reinhardt, played by Roger Allam, who lived in a large castle near Salzburg and founded the Salzburg Festival before emigrating to America following the 1938 Nazi annexation of Austria.

Concrete slabs which once formed a crazy golf course in Folkestone have been cut up by sculptor Richard Wilson and re-assembled in the shape of beach huts as one of 23 artworks in the Folkestone Triennial - a festival that aims to use art as a catalyst for regeneration. Mark Lawson reports, speaking to artists Richard Wilson and Mark Wallinger and curator Andrea Schlieker.

Jeff Park selects the best of recent crime fiction, exploring The Murder Farm by Andrea Maria, The Widow's Secret by Brian Thompson and The Headhunters by Peter Lovesey.

Since her first collection of short stories Self-Help was published in 1985, Lorrie Moore has become one of the most influential voices in American fiction, her work frequently appearing in The New Yorker magazine. As her stories are gathered together in a single volume for the first time, Lorrie discusses why she is so drawn to short fiction.

15 Minute Drama

Classic and contemporary original drama and book dramatisations

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