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Shipping Forecast

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

Shipping Forecast: 01/07/2008

01/07/2008

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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: 01/07/2008

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Prayer for the Day

Prayer for the Day: 01/07/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Prayer for the Day, 01/07/2008

Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Ruth Patterson.

Farming Today

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

Farming Today: 01/07/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 01/07/2008

News and issues in rural Britain, with Anna Hill.

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: 01/07/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 01/07/2008

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

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

Presented by James Naughtie and Evan Davis.

Including:

The government faces a new rebellion over its abolition of the 10p tax band as the Finance Bill returns to the Commons. Labour MP David Taylor explains why he has tabled an amendment calling for all losers to be compensated in full. 

Turkey's chief prosecutor will give evidence to the country's constitutional court calling for the governing AK Party to be closed down for trying to impose Sharia law on Turkey, a strictly secular state. Sarah Rainsford reports. 

An interview given by the the Beatles to Scottish TV has recently been rediscovered, having languished in a damp garage in South London for over 30 years. Richard Jeffs explains the significance of his discovery.

Thought for the Day with Dr Indarjit Singh, director of the Network of Sikh Organisations.
 
Documentary film maker Sean Langan has returned home after three months in captivity in Afghanistan. Security correspondent Frank Gardner and John Williams from the Foreign Office discuss his release. 

Science correspondent Tom Feilden visits Charles Darwin's garden in Kent, which he used as an open air laboratory, to find out how Kentish hedge parsley helped Darwin to refine his theory of natural selection. 

A new report claims that good grades in science subjects are harder to obtain than those in arts subjects. Dr Robert Coe, author of the report, discusses the findings with Julian Petley, professor of film and television studies. 

Can China ever become a more democratic society in the western sense? Professor Edward Burman from the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts discusses the future of the country with Will Hutton of the Work Foundation.

The NHS at 60: The Cost of Health

The NHS at 60: The Cost of Health: Episode 1: Dementia v Mental Wellbeing

Episode 1

Episode 1: Dementia v Mental Wellbeing

Dementia v Mental Wellbeing

BBC Radio 4 - The NHS at 60: The Cost of Health, Dementia v Mental Wellbeing

Examining the funding dilemmas surrounding dementia and mental health care services.

Branwen Jeffreys presents a debate examining funding dilemmas as the NHS marks its 60th anniversary. Dementia and mental health care are always pressed when budgets are tight.

BBC Health Correspondent Branwen Jeffreys presents a series of debates as the NHS marks its sixtieth anniversary.

A panel of guests examines funding dilemmas that face the NHS and analyses how the cost of health is balanced against quality of care and the values of the NHS. Each programme features two expert advocates who marshall supporting evidence using case studies and data to argue their position. And in the studio, a business person and a politician are forced to reconcile principle with pragmatism and make tough choices between deserving cases. Niall Dickson of the King's Fund is on hand to provide the context for these important choices and explain how decisions are actually made within the NHS.

Dementia and mental health care services are always pressed when budgets are tight, yet both are areas of increasing importance that seldom get the attention they deserve. The burden on families and carers of dementia sufferers is intense while in the case of mental health, the cost to society is huge. Alzheimer's patients and their families are challenging NICE's rulings about drug treatments in court; mental health advocates are calling on greater provision of effective but costly talking therapies over traditional drug treatments. So who gets priority?

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

A series of debates examining funding dilemmas as the NHS marks its sixtieth anniversary

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: 01/07/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Daily Service, 01/07/2008

Christian worship and music, led by the Rev Roger Hutchings.

Christian worship and music, led by the Rev Roger Hutchings. Director of music: Ian Tracey. Organist: Philip Rushforth.

Woman's Hour

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

Woman's Hour: Victoria Hislop; Congolese widows

Victoria Hislop; Congolese widows

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Victoria Hislop; Congolese widows

Author Victoria Hislop on the Spanish Civil War and her novel The Return.

Author Victoria Hislop on the Spanish Civil War and her novel The Return. Plus new proposals for equal pay, the abuse of widows in the Congo, and a look at Hestercombe gardens.

World On The Move: Great Animal Migrations

Series following the movement and migration of animals across the planet

Series following the movement and migration of animals across the planet, with Philippa Forrester and Brett Westwood

World On The Move: Great Animal Migrations: 01/07/2008

BBC Radio 4 - World On The Move: Great Animal Migrations, 01/07/2008

Philippa Forrester and Brett Westwood follow the movement and migration of animals.

Philippa Forrester and Brett Westwood feature various migrant species passing through three gardens in Devon, Wolverhampton and Scotland.

Philippa Forrester and Brett Westwood present the series following the movement and migration of animals across the planet, from the European eel to the African white-eared kob antelope. A team of wildlife specialists are joined by zoologists and conservationists around the world to present regular reports.

This programme features various migrant species passing through three gardens in Devon, Wolverhampton and Scotland.

The Tiger Who Came to Tea

BBC Radio 4 - The Tiger Who Came to Tea

Ian Sansom talks to Judith Kerr, author of the children's book The Tiger Who Came to Tea.

Judith Kerr's The Tiger Who Came to Tea is one of the best-selling children's books of all time. On the 40th anniversary of its publication, Ian Sansom talks to the author and fans.

Judith Kerr's The Tiger Who Came to Tea is one of the best-selling children's books of all time. On the 40th anniversary of its publication, Ian Sansom talks to the author and fans of the story to find out the reasons for its enduring popularity.

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast

News, weather and Shipping Forecast updates. 

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast: 01/07/2008

BBC Radio 4 - News Headlines; Shipping Forecast, 01/07/2008

National and international news and the shipping forecast.

The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast.

Call You and Yours

Listeners air their views on consumer news and issues

Call You and Yours: 01/07/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Call You and Yours, 01/07/2008

Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson and Peter White.

Presented by Winifred Robinson and Peter White.

As the world faces a food crisis, should we embrace GM crops?

With guests:
Helen Browning, Food and Farming Director, Soil Association.
Dr Julian Little, Agriculture Biotechnology Council.
Andrew Opie, Food Policy Director, British Retail Consortium.

Weather

Weather: 01/07/2008

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World at One

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

World at One: 01/07/2008

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National and international news with Martha Kearney.

Music Feature

Programmes exploring music and music-related subjects

Music Feature: The Lost Beatles Interview

The Lost Beatles Interview

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The story of a lost TV interview with the Beatles that was recorded in April 1964.

Helen Shapiro presents the story of a lost TV interview with the Beatles recorded in April 1964 and recently found languishing in a rusty film can in a garage in South London.

Sixties star Helen Shapiro presents the story of a lost TV interview with the Beatles that was recorded in April 1964 and recently found languishing in a rusty film can in a garage in South London. Experts say it's the earliest surviving interview where Lennon and McCartney talk about how they met and discuss the song writing process.

With contributions from the original TV interviewer Paul Young - who had never seen the footage, which was part of a regional television programme broadcast only in Scotland - Beatles expert and writer Mark Lewisohn and Dick Fiddy of the BFI.

The Archers

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

The Archers: 30/06/2008

30/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - The Archers, 30/06/2008

David is still troubled by the thought of Pip on the Young Farmers' Moulin Rouge float. Pip teases him about it. Annabelle comes round to persuade David and Ruth to come rejoin the digester project. After some discussion, they agree. 

Lilian comes down in the early hours of the morning, to find Matt sitting with a glass of whisky. He wishes Lilian had never opened this can of worms - making him tell her he was adopted. He's on his own - that's how it's always been. He isn't sure that he wants to know the woman who cast him off so lightly. And anyway, she's probably dead. Lilian speculates that she might not be.

Later in the day, Lilian finds him looking at the website. He's started to look for his mother. He knows her name - Cave - and he knows his date of birth. So he makes an appointment to see social services about it, knowing that his birth was registered in Peckham. Lilian wants to come with him, but Matt would prefer to go alone. He'll do it his own way. 

Episode written by Tim Stimpson.

Drama on 4

Drama from BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra.

Afternoon Drama

Drama on 4: Annamaria Murphy - Rosie's Beauty

16/02/2007

Annamaria Murphy - Rosie's Beauty

BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, Annamaria Murphy - Rosie's Beauty

A woman running a village beauty parlour becomes privy to the community's secrets.

Rosie runs a beauty parlour in her village. Most of her clients come to talk and Rosie is invited to share some of the community's dark secrets.

By Annamaria Murphy.  

Rosie runs a beauty parlour in her village. Most of her clients come to talk and Rosie is invited to share some of the dark secrets that make up the community in which she lives.  

Rosie Craze ...... Mary Woodvine
Martha Taper ...... Barbara Jefford
Lily Harvey ...... Amanda Lawrence
Ellen Hosken ...... Mandy Simons
Michael Harvey ...... Stephen Hall 
Irish Reilly ...... Charles Barnecut

Directed by Claire Grove.

Home Planet

Programme answering listeners' questions about planet Earth and our impact upon it

Home Planet: 01/07/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Home Planet, 01/07/2008

Richard Daniel and his team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world.

Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.

Afternoon Reading

Short stories or abridged books, often from new writers

Afternoon Reading: SOS: Save Our Souls

Afternoon Reading: SOS: Save Our Souls: Episode 2: The Longsight Branch

Episode 2

Episode 2: The Longsight Branch

SOS: Save Our Souls

The Longsight Branch

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Paul Magrs's quirky tale of friendship and survival is set in the trees above Manchester.

Short stories to mark the 100th anniversary of the SOS call. Paul Magrs's quirky tale of friendship and survival is set in the trees high above Manchester. Read by Laura Smales.

Short stories to mark the 100th anniversary of the international distress call.

Paul Magrs's quirky tale of friendship and survival is set in the trees high above Manchester.

Read by Laura Smales.

Five stories to mark the 100th anniversary of the international distress call

Cosmic Quest

Cosmic Quest: Episode 27: The Life and Death of Stars

Episode 27

Episode 27: The Life and Death of Stars

The Life and Death of Stars

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Cosmic Quest, The Life and Death of Stars

Heather Couper looks at research that shows stars are like controlled nuclear explosions.

Astronomer Heather Couper looks at the research which showed that stars are like controlled nuclear explosions. From July 2008.

Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy.

Until the modern era of astrophysics, nobody knew what made stars shine. The answer arose from the nuclear age. The sun and stars are like giant hydrogen bombs, controlled nuclear explosions.

In the 1950s, Fred Hoyle and his colleagues showed how new elements are created in stars as they burn hydrogen and helium. In the case of relatively small stars such as our sun, the fuel eventually runs out, the bloated outer layers are lost into space and a slowly cooling white dwarf remains. But massive stars begin to collapse in on themselves when fuel runs out at the core, creating a huge explosion known as a supernova.

Readers are Timothy West, Robin Sebastian, Julian Rhind-Tutt and John Palmer.

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.

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.

The Law Show

Conversation about the laws making headlines, and the laws that shape everyday life.

The Law Show is your guide to the law and the legal decisions that have a bearing on everyone in the UK.

Weekly conversation that will give you an in-depth understanding of the law stories making news and the legal decisions that could have a bearing on everyone in the UK. Whether it's unpicking a landmark legal ruling, explaining how laws are made or seeking clarity for you on a legal issue, The Law Show will be your guide.

Law in Action

The Law Show: Who Can Plead Insanity?

Who Can Plead Insanity?

BBC Radio 4 - The Law Show, Who Can Plead Insanity?

Clive Coleman explores the the issue of who should be allowed to plead insanity.

Clive Coleman explores who should be allowed to plead insanity. As more mentally ill people enter the justice system, is the law is as up-to-date and fair as it should be?

Clive Coleman explores the issue of who should be allowed to plead insanity. As more mentally ill people enter the justice system, Clive asks if the law is as up-to-date and fair as it should be.

A Good Read

A Good Read: Les Dennis and Michael Simkins

Les Dennis and Michael Simkins

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Les Dennis and Michael Simkins

Actors Michael Simkins and Les Dennis join Sue MacGregor to discuss some favourite reads.

4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor, Les Dennis and Michael Simkins discuss books by Saul Bellow, Patrick Hamilton and Gene Wilder.  From 2008.

Sue MacGregor and her guests - actors Les Dennis and Michael Simkins - discuss their favourite paperbacks by Saul Bellow, Patrick Hamilton and Gene Wilder.

Seize the Day by Saul Bellow
Publisher: Penguin

The Slaves of Solitude by Patrick Hamilton
Publisher: Constable and Robinson Limited

My French Whore: A Love Story by Gene Wilder
Publisher: Old Street

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008.

1968 Day by Day

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

1968: Day by Day

1968 Day by Day: 1st July 1968

1st July 1968

BBC Radio 4 - 1968 Day by Day, 1st July 1968

With John Tusa. Red rain falls over much of Britain.

Afternoon news and current affairs programme

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

PM: 01/07/2008

BBC Radio 4 - PM, 01/07/2008

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

Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn Quinn.

Six O'Clock News

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4

Six O'Clock News: 01/07/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Six O'Clock News, 01/07/2008

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

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

Footlights at 125: A Retrospective

Footlights at 125: A Retrospective: Episode 3

Episode 3

BBC Radio 4 - Footlights at 125: A Retrospective, Episode 3

Former alumni come together to recreate past gems in the club's history.

A celebration of 125 years of comedy at Cambridge Footlights. Former alumni come together to recreate past gems in the club's history, sourced from the extensive archives.

Steve Punt hosts celebration of 125 years of comedy at Cambridge Footlights. Former alumni come together to recreate past gems in the club's history, sourced from the extensive archives and performed anew.

Performed by Mel Giedroyc, Lucy Montgomery, James Bachman, John Finnemore, Geoff McGivern and Simon Munnery.

Series celebrating 125 years of comedy at Cambridge Footlights

Series celebrating 125 years of comedy at Cambridge Footlights. Former alumni come together to recreate past gems in the club's history, sourced from the extensive archives and performed anew

The Archers: 01/07/2008

BBC Radio 4 - The Archers, 01/07/2008

Mildred and Joe have a look round Lower Loxley - she's very impressed. Mildred is driving, which is a bit of a challenge for Joe as she's a terrible driver. He's very relieved when they stop. 

Will and Emma take George out for a picnic. It all goes very well, and Will makes a big effort to please. They talk about George, and his behaviour - Will is beating himself up about spoiling the boy, and Emma consoles him. Fallon and Ed happen by and see the little family, and Ed can't cope - he steers Fallon away. Fallon is worried, but Ed comes up with an idea. He thinks he and Fallon should get away from Ambridge. Why don't they go down to Woolacombe again - where they had such a good time. Fallon is thrilled. 

As he drops George and Emma at Ambridge View, Will invites her to have tea at Casa Nueva. Thinking how lovely it is for George to see his parents getting on so well, she agrees.

Episode written by Tim Stimpson.

Front Row

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

Front Row: 01/07/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, 01/07/2008

With Mark Lawson. Critic Bidisha gives her verdict Tom McCarthy's new film The Visitor.

Presented by Mark Lawson.

Including:

Critic Bidisha gives her verdict on writer and director Tom McCarthy's new film The Visitor, in which a college professor becomes embroiled in the lives of a young immigrant couple living in New York and discovers that his life will never be the same again.

Lisa Gee's six-year-old daughter Dora played one of the Gretls in the Connie Fisher production of The Sound of Music. She never went to stage school and only attended the first audition for fun. In her new book Stage Mum, Gee tells the story of the journey from an open audition to the gradual realisation that Dora had won the part.

Every Summer the National Theatre's New Connections season premieres new plays, written for and about young people by the country's top playwrights. This year's writers include Moira Buffini and Timberlake Wertenbaker, both of whom Mark Lawson joins in rehearsal. He visits Timberlake and the Daydreamer Youth Theatre in Watford as they prepare Arden City for performance at the Cottesloe theatre.

As the British Museum publishes its Annual Review, Neil MacGregor discusses the museum's record-breaking year, forthcoming exhibitions and why it has always relied on the kindness of strangers.

15 Minute Drama

Classic and contemporary original drama and book dramatisations

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