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Shipping Forecast

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

Shipping Forecast: 21/06/2008

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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: 21/06/2008

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Prayer for the Day

Prayer for the Day: 21/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Prayer for the Day, 21/06/2008

Daily prayer and reflection with Mike Ford.

iPM is the news programme that starts with its listeners.

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

iPM: 21/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - iPM, 21/06/2008

Eddie Mair presents the weekly interactive current affairs magazine.

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

News and Papers

The news headlines, including a look at the newspapers

News and Papers: 21/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - News and Papers, 21/06/2008

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

Weather

Weather: 21/06/2008

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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: 21/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Open Country, 21/06/2008

A visit to the North Kent coast to examine the battle the coast has fought with the sea.

The countryside magazine visits the North Kent coast to examine the battle the coast has fought with the sea over the centuries.

Farming Today This Week

Farming Today This Week: 21/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today This Week, 21/06/2008

News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.

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

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: 21/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 21/06/2008

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

With John Humphrys and James Naughtie. Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Thought for the Day, Weather.

Presented by John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.

Including:

The Olympic flame has arrived in Tibet. James Reynolds reports. 

The opposition in Zimbabwe, Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change, still has to decide whether it will fight the presidential election next week. Roy Bennett, the MDC's representative in South Africa, explains what is happening. Peter Biles assesses the situation.

17 girls in one school in Massachusetts are pregnant. Iain Mackenzie reports. 

Thought for the day with Canon David Winter. 

French actress Sandrine Bonnaire has directed a documentary about her autistic sister Sabine, who spent five years in a psychiatric hospital. The film has inspired much soul-searching in France about the provision of mental health facilities.

Why do we get so excited about Wimbledon? Maybe it is because we never win but live in hope. Mihir Bose looks at why the tournament retains such a hold on our affections and former champion Pat Cash explains the British love affair with the tournament.

Saturday Live

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

Saturday Live: 21/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Live, 21/06/2008

Presenter Fi Glover is joined by Dame Joan Bakewell. Featured poet is Murray Lachlan Young

Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues that matter to them. Fi Glover is joined by newly created Dame Joan Bakewell. Featured poet is Murray Lachlan Young.

Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues that matter to them. Presenter Fi Glover is joined by newly created Dame Joan Bakewell. Plus escapologist Danny Hunt from Scarborough, the stories of Norwegian 'war children', Lola Lamour's 1950s kitchen and listener Brenda Coyle's inheritance tracks. Featured poet is Murray Lachlan Young.

Excess Baggage

Travel magazine, featuring travellers' tales, experiences and anecdotes

Excess Baggage: Stonehenge - Eclipse

Stonehenge - Eclipse

BBC Radio 4 - Excess Baggage, Stonehenge - Eclipse

John McCarthy discovers the experiences, spiritual or otherwise, of an eclipse chaser.

STONEHENGE
More than 20,000 people will have travelled to Stonehenge on Friday 20th June to experience its atmosphere on the longest day of the year.  But how long has this ancient monument been a tourist attraction and what is its significance?  John McCarthy is joined by Rosemary Hill, author of a new book entitled Stonehenge and Neil McDonald who takes parties of people interested menhirs, to see standing stones around UK and abroad.  They discuss why the mystery of the stones has such a hold on travellers.

ECLIPSE
Total solar eclipses are extraordinary events which have awed and terrified people throughout history and until the 16th century the only way to experience one was to be in the right place at the right time.  More recently people have been able to find out when and where eclipses happen and have been keen to travel to out of the way places all around the world see them.
John meets DJ Annie Nightingale and eclipse veteran Sheridan Williams to discover the kind of experiences, spiritual or otherwise, an eclipse chaser can expect to find.

International Cricket

BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

Ball by ball coverage of Twenty20 and One Day International events

International Cricket; International Cricket

International Cricket: International Cricket

BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra - International Cricket, International Cricket

Third one day international between England and New Zealand from Bristol.

Coverage of the third one day international between England and New Zealand from Bristol. Commentary from Jonathan Agnew, Mark Pougatch and Simon Mann.

Coverage of the third one day international between England and New Zealand from Bristol. Commentary from Jonathan Agnew, Mark Pougatch and Simon Mann, with summaries by Chris Cairns, Dominic Cork and Vic Marks.

Continued coverage of the third one day international between England and New Zealand from Bristol. Commentary from Jonathan Agnew, Mark Pougatch and Simon Mann.

Continued coverage of the third one day international between England and New Zealand from Bristol. Commentary from Jonathan Agnew, Mark Pougatch and Simon Mann, with summaries by Chris Cairns, Dominic Cork and Vic Marks.

Loose Ends

An eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy

Loose Ends: 21/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Loose Ends, 21/06/2008

Clive Anderson talks to Anne De Courcy, David Bradley and Peter Moffat.

Clive Anderson talks to Anne De Courcy, David Bradley and Peter Moffat, while Rachael Stirling discusses B Movies with Matthew Sweet.

Clive Anderson talks to Anne De Courcy, David Bradley and Peter Moffat. Rachael Stirling discusses B Movies with Matthew Sweet and comedy from Todd Barry. James provides the music along with Alison Burns and Martin Taylor.

Profile

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

Profile: Arthur Ryan

Arthur Ryan

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The spotlight falls on Arthur Ryan, the force behind Primark's rise to the top.

The spotlight falls on Arthur Ryan, who has steered clothes chain Primark to top of the UK retail sales league. Tanya Datta is on the trail of the man behind 'Prim-ani'.

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

Saturday Review: 21/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Review, 21/06/2008

Maev Kennedy and guests review the cultural highlights of the week.

The Archive Hour

BBC Radio 4 Extra

A look back at programmes and recordings from the BBC archives

The Archive Hour: Like Blackpool Went Through Rock

Like Blackpool Went Through Rock

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Archive Hour, Like Blackpool Went Through Rock

Sean Street recalls the groundbreaking 50s series Radio Ballads.

Sean Street recalls the Radio Ballads, a series which began in 1958, mixing original voices and sounds with specially composed music to document ordinary people's lives.

Sean Street recalls the Radio Ballads, a series which heralded a completely new form of radio feature making which began in 1958. Mixing original voices and sounds with specially composed music, producer Charles Parker and folk singers Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger eloquently documented the lives of people who, up to that point, had rarely been heard on the BBC. Charles's daughter Sara recounts how the series began and its continuing influence on programme makers and listeners.

Classic Serial

Adaptations of works which have achieved classic status

Classic Serial: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

Classic Serial: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists: Episode 2

Episode 2

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Episode 2

Jack Linden is struggling to keep his family out of the workhouse. Easton turns to drink.

Jack Linden is feeling the effects of unemployment and struggling to keep his family out of the workhouse. Meanwhile Easton, under pressure to provide for his family and keep his job, turns to drink. His wife Ruth is left at home with the baby and their new lodger, with shocking consequences.

Owen ...... Andrew Lincoln
Easton ...... Johnny Vegas
Crass ...... Timothy Spall
Hunter (Old Misery) ...... Paul Whitehouse
Ruth ...... Shirley Henderson
Rushton ...... Bill Bailey
Barrington/Rev Starr ...... Tom Goodman-Hill
Slyme/Rev Belcher ...... Kevin Eldon
Linden ...... Philip Jackson
Nora ...... Raquel Cassidy
Mrs Linden/Mrs Crass ...... Gwyneth Powell
Philpot ...... Tony Haygarth
Bundy ...... Tony Pitts
Bert ...... Des O'Malley
Mr Didlum ...... Rupert Degas
Frankie ...... Robert Madge
Mary ...... Emma Fryer
Elsie ...... Yasmin Garrad
Charlie ...... Jake Pratt

Directed by Dirk Maggs.

Andrew Lynch's dramatisation of Robert Tressell's celebrated socialist masterpiece

Andrew Lynch's dramatisation of Robert Tressell's celebrated socialist masterpiece following a group of exploited builders renovating a house in the early 1900s

News and Weather

The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4

News and Weather: 21/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - News and Weather, 21/06/2008

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

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

The Reith Lectures

Significant international thinkers deliver the BBC's flagship annual lecture series.

The Reith Lectures: The Reith Lectures 2008

The Reith Lectures: Jonathan Spence - Chinese Vistas: Episode 3: American Dreams

Episode 3

Episode 3: American Dreams

Jonathan Spence - Chinese Vistas

American Dreams

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Spence explores the relationship between China and the US over two centuries.

Chinese Vistas: Jonathan Spence lectures about China. Spence explores relations between China and the US over two centuries. Is America right to be wary of the emerging superpower?

Chinese Vistas: Jonathan Spence lectures about China.

Recorded at The Asia Society in New York.

Spence explores the two centuries in which the United States gradually moved from its position as a dominant beacon of freedom and democracy for China, to becoming a more demanding global rival during and since World War II. Is America right to be wary of the emerging superpower or can the two economic and military giants co-exist happily?

The Reith Lectures: Jonathan Spence - Chinese Vistas

Jonathan Spence delivers a series of lectures about China.

Counterpoint

Paul Gambaccini presents radio's widest-ranging music quiz.

Counterpoint: Series 22: 2008 Final

2008 Final

Series 22

BBC Radio 4 - Counterpoint, Series 22, 2008 Final

Paul Gambaccini chairs the final of the music quiz.

The remaining three contestants battle it out as Paul Gambaccini chairs the final of the music quiz.

Paul Gambaccini chairs the 2008 final of the much-loved music quiz.

Three contestants have fought through heats and semi-finals to reach this thrilling stage of the series. Paul's questions cover the whole gamut of musical knowledge - covering the classics, world music, show tunes, film scores, jazz, rock and pop.

Producer: Paul Bajoria

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008.

Counterpoint: Series 22

Poetry Please

Roger McGough introduces selections of poetry on various themes, chosen by listeners.

Poetry Please: 15/06/2008

15/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Poetry Please, 15/06/2008

Including a short interview with poet Mimi Khalvati.

Roger McGough introduces listeners' requests, including a short interview with poet Mimi Khalvati. Readers are Mark Meadows, Rebecca Smart and William Hope.

This week’s programme includes an intriguing “English ghazal”, - the ghazal being a Middle-Eastern verse form not normally associated with English.

Ghazal: The Candles of the Chestnut Trees by Mimi Khalvati
From: The Meanest Flower
Publ: Carcanet

Ghazal: After Hafez by Mimi Khalvati
From: The Meanest Flower
Publ: Carcanet

In the Orchard by Muriel Stuart
From: The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century Verse
Publ: Oxford

At Last The Secret is Out by W.H. Auden
From: Collected Shorter Poems 1927-1957
Publ: faber

Be Frugal by Richard Church
From: The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse
Publ: Oxford

R.I.P by Alan Garner
From: Occasional Poets
Publ: Viking

If the Past Year Were Offered Me Again by Lady Augusta Gregory
From: Irish Poetry – an Interpretive Anthology
Publ: New York University Press

This poem features only in the Sunday afternoon edition
Heraclitus by W.J. Cory
From: Everyman’s Book of Victorian Verse

Dear Bryan Winter by W.S. Graham
From: Collected Poems 1942-1977
Publ: Faber

Far in a western brookland by A.E. Housman
From: Poems selected by Alan Hollinghurst
Publ: faber

Watermelon, the only word I have by Noel Rowe
From: The Sydney Society of Literature and Aesthetics

Poem for Everyone by John T Wood

The Saturday night edition finishes with Carla Bruni’s 
rendition of WH Auden’s At Last the Secret is Out,
from her album ‘No Promises’

The Late Story

The Late Story: Dora's Women

The Late Story: Dora's Women: Episode 4: The Child Within

Episode 4

Episode 4: The Child Within

Dora's Women

The Child Within

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By Wally K Daly. Waiting in the wings, can the Good Fairy empathise with all the children?

Readings specially written for Dora Bryan. In Wally K Daly's story, the Good Fairy of the pantomime is waiting in the wings. Can she empathise with all the excited children?

Readings specially written for Dora Bryan

Selection of BBC World Service Programmes

A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes

BBC Radio 4 presents a selection of news and current affairs, arts and science programmes from the BBC World Service

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