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Shipping Forecast

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

Shipping Forecast: 19/07/2008

19/07/2008

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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: 19/07/2008

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Prayer for the Day

Prayer for the Day: 19/07/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Prayer for the Day, 19/07/2008

Presented by Scot Peacock of the Vajrayana Buddhist Centre in Glasgow.

Daily prayer and reflection, presented by Scot Peacock of the Vajrayana Buddhist Centre in Glasgow.

iPM is the news programme that starts with its listeners.

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

iPM: 19/07/2008

BBC Radio 4 - iPM, 19/07/2008

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: 19/07/2008

BBC Radio 4 - News and Papers, 19/07/2008

News headlines, plus a look at the papers.

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

Weather

Weather: 19/07/2008

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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: 19/07/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Open Country, 19/07/2008

Helen Mark asks whether animals which have died out should be reintroduced into the wild.

Countryside magazine. Helen Mark asks whether animals which have become extinct should be reintroduced into the wild in Scotland.

Farming Today This Week

Farming Today This Week: 19/07/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today This Week, 19/07/2008

News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.

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: 19/07/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 19/07/2008

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

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

Presented by James Naughtie and Edward Stourton.

Including:

Pope Benedict has apologised in Australia for the pain caused to victims of sexual abuses committed by some priests. Nick Bryant reports. 

Gordon Brown is going to Southwold in Suffolk for his summer holidays while David Cameron is visiting Cornwall. Do politicians feel they can't be seen holidaying abroad? Patricia Yates of Visit Britain and Andrew Gimson of the Daily Telegraph discuss the benefits of a British holiday.
 
Thought for the day with Rev Rob Marshall.
 
Diplomats from six countries are to sit down with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator in Geneva. Philip Bobbitt, former director for intelligence programmes at the White House, discusses the possible results of the talks. 

Should art galleries continue to explain art by placing captions next to works? Critic and cartoonist Tom Lubbock and Tate creative director Jane Burton discuss. 

Citibank head Win Bischoff says that the housing market may not recover for two years. Gerard Lyons, chief economist at Standard Chartered, discusses whether there is a pessimistic mood in the City. 

George W Bush has called on Congress to lift its ban on offshore oil exploration. Kevin Connolly reports from the New Jersey coast, one of the places where prospectors say there could be vast untapped resources. 

It is rumoured that Margaret Thatcher will be the first Prime Minister since Winston Churchill to be afforded a state funeral. Brian Wilson, a former Labour minister, and Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the RSA, discuss whether she should be given this honour.

Saturday Live

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

Saturday Live: 19/07/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Live, 19/07/2008

Fi Glover is joined by actor Charles Collingwood. 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 Archers actor Charles Collingwood. 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 Archers actor Charles Collingwood. Featured poet is Murray Lachlan Young.

Guests include Ben Mee, who bought a zoo in Devon, and American cyclist Matt DeCanio, whose career came to an end when he received a ban for taking performance-enhancing drugs.

Terry Wogan chooses his Inheritance Tracks.

Excess Baggage

Travel magazine, featuring travellers' tales, experiences and anecdotes

Excess Baggage: North Korea - Brunei

North Korea - Brunei

BBC Radio 4 - Excess Baggage, North Korea - Brunei

Sandi Toksvig discusses tourism in one of the last communist totalitarian states.

Sandi Toksvig is joined by Robert Willough to discuss one of the last communist totalitarian states where much of the countryside is totally unspoilt but freedom is not what we expect in the west.

NORTH KOREA
North Korea, officially The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, has been more or less a closed country since the 1950s and is visited by only about a couple of thousand westerners a year. The recent de-escalation of its nuclear programme has raised the possibility of a more open approach. 

Sandi Toksvig is joined by Robert Willough, author of the revised edition of the Bradt Travel Guide to North Korea and keen traveller Doris Richards to discuss one of the last communist totalitarian states where much of the countryside is totally unspoilt but freedom is not what we expect in the west. They outline what the country has to offer to its tourists.

BRUNEI
On the island of Borneo lies the Sultanate of Brunei, officially the State of Brunei, Abode of Peace. This hugely wealthy country, an absolute monarchy, attracts a limited number of visitors despite boasting some of world’s most pristine rainforest. Journalist and Broadcaster Rob Crossan visited Brunei earlier this year and brought back a mixed bag of impressions ranging from fascination to weirdness.

Phill Jupitus' Comic Love

BBC Radio 4 - Phill Jupitus' Comic Love

Phill Jupitus offers some insights into the world of the satirical newspaper comic strip.

Phill Jupitus offers some personal insights into the world of the satirical newspaper comic strip. Contributors include The Daily Telegraph duo who lampoon the City in Alex.

Phill Jupitus offers some personal insights into the world of the satirical newspaper comic strip. Contributors include the Daily Telegraph duo who lampoon the City in Alex and the American right's nemesis Garry Trudeau of Doonesbury fame. They discuss the impact and political significance of their work.

Test Match Special

Test Match Special: 19/07/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Test Match Special, 19/07/2008

Coverage of the Second Test between England and South Africa.

Coverage of the Second Test between England and South Africa. Commentary by Jonathan Agnew, Christopher Martin-Jenkins, Henry Blofeld. Including Shipping Forecast.

Coverage of the second day in the Second Test between England and South Africa at Headingley. Commentary by Jonathan Agnew, Christopher Martin-Jenkins and Henry Blofeld. With summaries from Geoff Boycott, Shaun Pollock, Vic Marks and Angus Fraser, plus reports from Alison Mitchell.

Including Shipping Forecast.

Six O'Clock News

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4

Six O'Clock News: 19/07/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Six O'Clock News, 19/07/2008

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

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

Loose Ends

An eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy

Loose Ends: 19/07/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Loose Ends, 19/07/2008

Peter Curran presents conversation, comedy and music from the Latitude Festival.

Peter Curran presents from the Latitude Festival. Guests include Guillemots, Simon Day, Seasick Steve, Emma Freud and Esther Freud, Miles Jupp, Gary Dourdan and Eli 'Paperboy' Reed.

Peter Curran presents an eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music from the Latitude Festival. 

Guests include Guillemots, Simon Day, Seasick Steve, Emma Freud and Esther Freud, Miles Jupp, Gary Dourdan and Eli 'Paperboy' Reed.

Profile

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

Profile: Luis Moreno-Ocampo

Luis Moreno-Ocampo

BBC Radio 4 - Profile, Luis Moreno-Ocampo

Brian Hanrahan looks at Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court

Series of profiles of people who are currently making headlines. Brian Hanrahan looks at Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Chief Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

Series of profiles of people who are currently making headlines.

Brian Hanrahan looks at Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Chief Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. He made his reputation as deputy public prosecutor in the trial of former members of Argentina's military government, the first trial for the mass killing of civilians since Nuremberg. His recent announcement that he is seeking an arrest warrant for the President of Sudan has attracted controversy.

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: 19/07/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Review, 19/07/2008

Tom Sutcliffe 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

Archive Hour

The Archive Hour: The Dirtiest Race in History

The Dirtiest Race in History

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Archive Hour, The Dirtiest Race in History

Steve Cram talks to Ben Johnson about the men's 100 metres race at the 1988 Seoul Olympics

Steve Cram talks to Ben Johnson about the infamous men's 100 metres race at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Johnson won, only to be stripped of his gold medal after failing a drugs test.

BBC athletics commentator Steve Cram talks to Ben Johnson about the infamous men's 100 metres race at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Johnson won, only to be stripped of his gold medal after failing a drugs test. He talks about the events leading up to the race, his feelings as he handed back his medal and the impact on his life back home in Canada.

The Portrait of a Lady

Portrait of a Lady: Innocence

Innocence

Portrait of a Lady

BBC Radio 4 - Portrait of a Lady, Innocence

Isabel Archer thinks she is in control of her fate, but others are pulling the strings.

Isabel Archer, a beautiful young woman, thinks she is in control of her fate.  With Anna Maxwell Martin and Robert Bathurst.

Young and beautiful, Isabel Archer thinks that she is in control of her fate. 

Little does she know, however, that others behind the scenes are pulling the strings.

Henry James's popular novel, dramatised in three parts by Rachel Joyce.

Isabel Archer ...... Anna Maxwell Martin
Madame Merle ...... Haydn Gwynne
Lord Warburton ...... Robert Bathurst 
Mrs Touchett ...... Gayle Hunnicutt 
Mr Touchett ...... Peter Marinker 
Ralph Touchett ...... Paul Venables 
Henrietta Stackpole ...... Laurel Lefkow 
Caspar Goodwood ...... Corey Johnson 
Mr Bantling ...... Dan Starkey 
Narrator ...... William Hope 

Pianist: Duncan Walsh Atkins

Director: Tracey Neale.

First broadcast in July 2008.

Henry James's novel, dramatised by Rachel Joyce

Henry James's novel, dramatised by Rachel Joyce, about a young American girl in England

News and Weather

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

News and Weather: 19/07/2008

BBC Radio 4 - News and Weather, 19/07/2008

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

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

Moral Maze: 11/06/2008

11/06/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Moral Maze, 11/06/2008

Melanie Phillips, Claire Fox, Michael Portillo and Clifford Longley question witnesses.

Michael Buerk chairs a special edition recorded at the Cheltenham Science Festival. Melanie Phillips, Claire Fox, Michael Portillo and Clifford Longley cross-examine witnesses.

Round Britain Quiz

Radio's most fiendish quiz, with cryptic questions on unpredictable fields of knowledge

Radio's most fiendish quiz, with cryptic questions drawing on unpredictable fields of knowledge

2008

Round Britain Quiz: 2008: Episode 3

Episode 3

BBC Radio 4 - Round Britain Quiz, 2008, Episode 3

The South of England take on the North of England. Tom Sutcliffe chairs.

Tom Sutcliffe chairs the latest heat of the cryptic general knowledge quiz. The South of England take on the North of England.

Tom Sutcliffe chairs the latest heat of the cryptic general knowledge quiz. The South of England take on the North of England.

Questions from Programme 4

Question 1
South of England

Can you modernise the following, and explain their names: Woolsorters’ Disease, jail fever, and The King’s Evil?

Question 2
North of England

What is terminal about Eleanor’s twelfth; a cameraman’s best-known creation, and ‘one that holds or rules everything’, but was beheaded anyway?

Question 3
South of England

How might these three transport you…and which is the odd one out?

Question 4
North of England

Subject-wise, what makes this music suitable for Minerva, the inhabitants of Athens, and a baker’s daughter?

Question 5 - Listener question from Peter Cole in Cardiff
South of England

Where will you find all of these next month: Phaseolus coccinus; a Northumbrian wall; an addition to a contract; a gallery in Liverpool; and a fondly remembered gardener?

Question 6 - Listener question from Nicholas Wall in London

What connects a pedunculate cirriped, Joyce’s wife and muse, a Saracen instrument of torture, and a means for controlling a horse? And why is this all a wild goose chase?

Question 7
South of England

Why might an unusually large 13th century occupant of the Tower of London, an unusually small artist, and the City of Coventry, be considered for admission to Denmark’s highest order of chivalry?

Question 8
North of England

Which Goodie would flourish in the company of an Australian cricketing legend, a Colossal Tunny-hunter, and a giant of German post-war literature?

Round Britain Quiz: 2008

Tom Sutcliffe chairs radio's most fiendish quiz, with cryptic questions

Tom Sutcliffe chairs radio's most fiendish quiz, with cryptic questions drawing on unpredictable fields of knowledge

Poetry Please

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

Poetry Please: 13/07/2008

13/07/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Poetry Please, 13/07/2008

Roger McGough introduces some classic ballads, including the tale of Sir Patrick Spens.

Roger McGough introduces requests for some classic ballads, including the sorry tale of Sir Patrick Spens. Readers include Jimmy Yuill and Lesley Stone.

The Mouse’s Reply to Robert Burns by Frank Richards
From: How to be Well-Versed in Poetry
Publ: Penguin

Sir Patrick Spens by Anon
From: The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918

Tam Lin by Anon
From: The New Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1950

The Ballad of David Peters by Andy Conner
From: Red
Publ: Dynamic Press

This Poem features only in the Saturday night edition
Back in the Playground Blues by Adrian Mitchell
From: Adrian Mitchell’s Greatest Hits
Publ: Bloodaxe 

Lord Ullin’s Daughter by Thomas Campbell
From: The Oxford Book of Regency Verse 1798-1837

Kidspoem/Bairnsang by Liz Lochhead
The Colour of Black & White
Publ: Polygon

Midnight News

The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.

Midnight News: 19/07/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Midnight News, 19/07/2008

The Late Story

The Late Story: The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God and Other Stories by Etgar Keret

The Late Story: The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God and Other Stories by Etgar Keret: Episode 3: A Souvenir of Hell and Katzenstein

Episode 3: A Souvenir of Hell and Katzenstein

The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God and Other Stories by Etgar Keret

A Souvenir of Hell and Katzenstein

BBC Radio 4 - The Late Story, The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God and Other Stories by Etgar Keret, A Souvenir of Hell and Katzenstein

Two stories of the afterlife from young Israeli writer Etgar Keret. Read by Henry Goodman.

Two stories of the afterlife from young Israeli writer Etgar Keret: A Souvenir of Hell and Katzenstein. Read by Henry Goodman.

Short stories by the young Israeli writer Etgar Keret.

Two stories of the afterlife from Keret: A Souvenir of Hell and Katzenstein.

Read by Henry Goodman.

Short stories by the young Israeli writer

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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