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The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

Shipping Forecast: 19/08/2008

19/08/2008

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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: 19/08/2008

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Prayer for the Day

Prayer for the Day: 19/08/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Prayer for the Day, 19/08/2008

Daily prayer and reflection with Graham Daniels.

Farming Today

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

Farming Today: 19/08/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 19/08/2008

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: 19/08/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 19/08/2008

Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.

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

Presented by James Naughtie and Edward Stourton.

Including:

Tube Lines chief executive Terry Morgan and RMT General Secretary Bob Crow discuss the current dispute.

Dr Zoe Hilton, who advises the NSPCC, explains her concerns over the release of Gary Glitter from prison.

Andrew Wilson, senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, explains how the crisis in Georgia has affected the Ukraine.

Jemima Harrison and Caroline Kisko, secretary of the Kennel Club, discuss endangered breeds of dogs.

Journalist David McKitterick and Paul Leighton, Deputy Chief Constable of Northern Ireland Police, discuss the use of Semtex in Northern Ireland.

Thought for the day with Vishvapani, a member of the Western Buddhist Order.

Nato foreign ministers are gathering in Brussels for an emergency summit to discuss how the alliance should respond to Russia's military action in Georgia. Jessica Barry, spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, explains the situation.

John Major discusses whether lottery funding, which he began in 1994, is behind recent Olympic successes.

Nick Jones and Michael Dobbs explain how a leader's final speech creates a lasting impression.

Author Ron Susskind and former MI6 chief Sir Richard Dearlove discuss the intelligence gathered before the Iraq war.

Vic Hopkin of the Board of British Cycling discusses the planning and development of the Redbridge Cycling Centre.

How should Russia's actions in Georgia be interpreted by the international community? General Sir Michael Jackson, former head of the army, and historian Anthony Beevor discuss the resurgent Russian bear.

1968: The Year of Revolutions

1968 - The Year of Revolutions: Episode 3

Episode 3

1968 - The Year of Revolutions

BBC Radio 4 - 1968 - The Year of Revolutions, Episode 3

In Prague, John is joined by those who witnessed the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.

John Tusa and guests discuss the impact of the tumultuous world events of 1968. In Prague, John is joined by those who witnessed the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.

John Tusa and guests discuss the impact of the tumultuous world events of 1968

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: 19/08/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Daily Service, 19/08/2008

Christian worship and music led by Fr Philip Sumner.

Woman's Hour

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

Woman's Hour: Hannah Frank; Rokia Traore

Hannah Frank; Rokia Traore

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Hannah Frank; Rokia Traore

Sculptor Hannah Frank on her diaries and life in Glasgow between the wars.

Sculptor Hannah Frank on her diaries and life in Glasgow between the wars. Plus new treatment for leukaemia, and Malian musician Rokia Traore performs live.

The Computer with a Poker Face

02/01/2008

BBC Radio 4 - The Computer with a Poker Face

Simon Singh witnesses the first man versus machine poker championship in Vancouver.

Simon Singh explores the significance of a new milestone when he witnesses the first man versus machine poker championship in Vancouver.

Simon Singh explores the significance of a new milestone when he witnesses the first man versus machine poker championship in Vancouver. The world's best poker-playing robot Polaris takes on human poker champions Ali Eslami and Phil Laak.

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

From the Ban to the Booker

From the Ban to the Booker: Episode 2

Episode 2

BBC Radio 4 - From the Ban to the Booker, Episode 2

In 1950 a novel called Women's Barracks sparked a new genre of lesbian pulp fiction.

Author Val McDermid examines the development of the lesbian novel. She examines the influence of feminist publishing houses on the growth of novels with a lesbian theme.

Best-selling author Val McDermid examines the development of the lesbian novel and its transition from the margins to the mainstream.

In 1950, a novel called Women's Barracks was published. It sold in the millions and sparked an entire new genre: lesbian pulp fiction. Val McDermid samples Tender Torment, Warped Women and Satan Was a Lesbian. These books weren't entirely positive in their portrayal of lesbian life; Patricia Highsmith's Carol was a rare, classic exception. Maureen Duffy recalls the publication of her critically acclaimed Microcosm in 1966 and Val examines the influence of feminist publishing houses on the growth of novels with a lesbian theme. Jeanette Winterson talks about why she hates the label 'lesbian novel' and Sarah Waters describes the importance of television drama in bringing lesbian fiction into the living rooms of the nation.

Best-selling author Val McDermid examines the development of the lesbian novel

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast

News, weather and Shipping Forecast updates. 

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast: 19/08/2008

BBC Radio 4 - News Headlines; Shipping Forecast, 19/08/2008

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: Call You and Yours

Call You and Yours

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Call You and Yours

Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson and Peter White.

Presented by Winifred Robinson and Peter White.

Skills Shortage.

Will we be able to do more than just pour concrete? This question has been asked by the CBI this week, warning the UK will lack the skills to implement grand projects such as Crossrail and the next generation of nuclear power stations. 

Are we equipped for industry and society's future needs or does Britain have a skills gap?

With guests:
Hugh Pym, BBC Economics Editor
Andy Powell, Chief Executive of Edge
Rachael Hoyle, Advanced Apprentice of the Year
John McGurk, Skills Advisor, CIPD
Prof Malcolm McIntosh.

Weather

Weather: 19/08/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Weather, 19/08/2008

World at One

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

World at One: 19/08/2008

BBC Radio 4 - World at One, 19/08/2008

National and international news with Shaun Ley.

Why Do We Sing?

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Why Do We Sing?

Gareth Malone explores how the ability to sing evolved over time.

Choirmaster Gareth Malone mixes science and cultural history to explore the role of singing in our development. From August 2008.

Gareth Malone explores how man developed the vocal capability to sing. He investigates how singing as we know it today began hundreds of millions of years ago and how prehistoric man used a type of vocal communication which could be called the precursor of singing. He finds out how this changed and developed as man evolved and explores what this tells us about human communication and how our relationship with song has grown out of moments in early history.

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.

The Archers

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

The Archers: 18/08/2008

18/08/2008

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Tom's commitment is called into question.

Jack's having a good day. Peggy reminds Helen gently not to discuss the passing of Mrs Antrobus - although Jack's been told, he may have forgotten, and it might upset him. They talk about his many business successes over the years, and Jack remembers fondly the flower that was named after him. 

When Tom tells Pat and Tony he intends to run two pig businesses in parallel, Tony's furious; Tom can't give his full commitment to Bridge Farm with a foot in both camps. Tempers flare, and Tony ends up telling Tom the deal's off. When Tom talks to Helen it turns out she had her doubts about Tom's suggestion too. If Tom doesn't change his mind it's her future at stake; she can't run the farm on her own. Tom doesn't know what to do; he's spent years building up his non-organic brand.

Tom confides to Peggy that he's facing a challenge, and he admires Jack's past business acumen. Peggy asserts that Jack concentrated all his energies into the things he really cared about, and never looked back. Tom goes home and announces he'll give up Home Farm. Everyone's delighted, and Helen tells him he won't regret it.

Episode written by Joanna Toye.

Drama on 4

Drama from BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra.

Afternoon Drama

Drama on 4: Ian Kershaw - Alan and Jean's Incredible Journey

Ian Kershaw - Alan and Jean's Incredible Journey

BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, Ian Kershaw - Alan and Jean's Incredible Journey

Alan and Jean Warburton decide to spend their holiday in their bedroom.

Alan and Jean Warburton decide to spend their holiday in their bedroom. Poignant comedy drama starring Julie Hesmondhalgh.

Home Planet

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

Home Planet: 19/08/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Home Planet, 19/08/2008

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: Sunshine and Showers

Afternoon Reading: Sunshine and Showers: Episode 2: Goodnight Mrs Tanner

Episode 2: Goodnight Mrs Tanner

Sunshine and Showers

Goodnight Mrs Tanner

BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Reading, Sunshine and Showers, Goodnight Mrs Tanner

By Rosie Thomas. A coastguard tries to persuade an old lady that her house is at risk.

Stories exploring the nature of our relationship with the British weather. In Rosie Thomas's tale, a coastguard tries to persuade an old lady that her clifftop house is at risk.

Stories exploring the nature of our relationship with the British weather. 

In Rosie Thomas's tale, a coastguard tries to persuade an old lady that her house on the clifftops is at risk from the approaching storm.

Read by Susan Brown.

Stories exploring the nature of our relationship with the British weather

Team Spirit: Episode 2

Team Spirit

BBC Radio 4 - Team Spirit, Episode 2

Claudia Hammond looks at the psychology of team dynamics.

The Jockey Morris Men deploy team dynamics to dance around Birmingham's city centre. Presented by Claudia Hammond. From March 2008.

Claudia Hammond joins teams around the UK to investigate group psychology.

Word of Mouth

Series exploring the world of words and the ways in which we use them

Word of Mouth: 19/08/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Word of Mouth, 19/08/2008

Peggy Reynolds investigates the world of language guardians.

Peggy Reynolds investigates the world of language guardians and explores the battles raging on the internet blogs that have superseded the letters once written to newspapers.

Peggy Reynolds investigates the world of language guardians and explores the battles raging on the internet blogs that have superseded the letters once written to newspapers. And while we might ask for a hotel room with an 'en suite', the French would never use the phrase in that context. So which other French words and phases are we misusing?

Great Lives

Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.

Great Lives: Series 16

Great Lives: Episode 3: Robert Hooke

Episode 3: Robert Hooke

Robert Hooke

BBC Radio 4 - Great Lives, Robert Hooke

David Attenborough nominates the largely forgotten 17th-century inventor and illustrator.

David Attenborough nominates the 17th-century inventor, Robert Hooke. With Lisa Jardine and Matthew Parris. From August 2008.

Series of biographical discussions with Matthew Parris.

David Attenborough nominates the largely forgotten 17th century-inventor and illustrator. His beautiful drawings of microscopic animals first attracted Attenborough to Hooke, who also helped to design the dome of St Paul's and claimed to have arrived at some of Isaac Newton's groundbreaking laws before Newton himself. Biographer Lisa Jardine joins in the debate.

1968 Day by Day

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

1968: Day by Day

1968 Day by Day: 19th August 1968

19th August 1968

BBC Radio 4 - 1968 Day by Day, 19th August 1968

Two planes collide over the Norfolk town of Holt.

John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 40 years ago. Two planes collide over the Norfolk town of Holt.

Afternoon news and current affairs programme

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

PM: 19/08/2008

BBC Radio 4 - PM, 19/08/2008

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

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

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Six O'Clock News

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4

Six O'Clock News: 19/08/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Six O'Clock News, 19/08/2008

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

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

4 at the Fringe: 2008

4 At the Fringe: Episode 1

Episode 1

4 At the Fringe

BBC Radio 4 - 4 At the Fringe, Episode 1

Michael McIntyre introduces some of the best acts that appeared at Edinburgh Fringe 2008.

Michael McIntyre introduces comedy and music from the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe. Featured performers include John Bishop, Ed Byrne, Kerry Godliman and Rich Hall as Otis Lee Crenshaw.

Four At The Fringe is the first of two half hour comedy shows for Radio 4 which features some of the best acts who appeard at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2008, recorded at The Pleasance Beyond.

The series is hosted by comedian Michael McIntyre with his own unique style - he'll be introducing the eight acts over the two shows.

This first show features Ed Byrne; cheeky comedienne Kerry Godliman, Liverpudlian comic John Bishop and Rich Hall as his musical alter-ego Otis Lee Crenshaw who offers his unique perspective on life from an American perspective 

Four At The Fringe brings the best of the acts appearing at The Fringe in Edinburgh in one bite sized audio chunk!

The producer is Paul Russell, and the programme is an Open Mike production for BBC Radio 4.

Michael McIntyre introduces comedy and music from the Edinburgh Festival

The Archers: 19/08/2008

BBC Radio 4 - The Archers, 19/08/2008

Neil's helping Susan with the stock take, and Hayley chats to him about Alan's stag night. Later he worries that Susan's wearing herself thin fretting about the shop's low takings; it's not her fault. But Susan feels bad giving Peggy the decreasing figures every month. She feels they need to do something. Neil has a brainwave. What about reinstating the upstairs of the shop as a flat, as it used to be?  He could do the work, with some help from Christopher. If it secures Susan's job, wouldn't it be worth it?

Roy wonders whether the timing's wrong to ask Will to be Abbie's godfather, but he decides to go for it anyway. At Casa Nueva he finds a tense Will trying to cope with how upset George was when Will told him he was going away. Will says it's all such a mess. Roy assures him that kids are resilient. Will's incredulous when Roy asks him to be a godfather; he's hardly a worthy candidate, he nearly killed his own brother. Roy says he can't think of anyone he'd rather have. Will eventually says he'll think about it. As Will leaves for Gloucester, Roy comforts a tearful Clarrie. 

Episode written by Joanna Toye.

Front Row

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

Front Row: 19/08/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, 19/08/2008

With Kirsty Lang. Including a review of Somers Town, the new film from Shane Meadows.

Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang. Including a review of Somers Town, the new film from BAFTA award-winning British director Shane Meadows.

Presented by Kirsty Lang.

Including:

US actor John C Reilly's latest film Stepbrothers sees him reunited with Will Ferrell as a pair of forty-year-old men trapped in adolescence. John reflects on the enduring appeal of immature men and why comedies rarely win Oscars. 

Gaylene Gould reviews Somers Town, the latest film from Shane Meadows. 

Author Aleksandar Hemon talks to Kirsty about how reality and fiction overlap in his writing, the effect of leaving one's country, fractured narrative and his beautiful and distinctive use of English, which he learned only 15 years ago.

When a hip-hop dance company was selected to represent Britain during the closing ceremony for the Beijing Olympics, there were many who questioned whether what they saw as an American import should represent the UK on an international stage. However, 2008 has been an important year for British hip-hop dance for many reasons.

15 Minute Drama

Classic and contemporary original drama and book dramatisations

15 Minute Drama: Writing the Century 1939-1944: Hostages to Fortune

15 Minute Drama: Writing the Century 1939-1944: Hostages to Fortune: Episode 2

Writing the Century 1939-1944: Hostages to Fortune

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, Writing the Century 1939-1944: Hostages to Fortune, Episode 2

Marianne is angry at the restrictions she has to endure as an Enemy Alien.

Series exploring the twentieth century through diaries and correspondence of real people, dramatised by Mick Martin. Marianne is angry at the restrictions she has to endure.

Series exploring the twentieth century through diaries and correspondence of real people, dramatised by Mick Martin.

Marianne is angry at the restrictions she has to endure as an Enemy Alien. Grace's marriage is under strain.

Marianne ...... Vanessa Ackerman
Mrs Carter ...... Sue Ryding
Edith/Alice ...... Olwen May
Will/Franz ...... David Fleeshman
Grace ...... Sue Kelly
Bessie ...... Lisa Moore
Cliff ...... Terence Mann
Miss Courtauld ...... Maggie Fox
Geoff ...... Martin Michael

Original music by Nicolai Abrahamsen.

Directed by Gary Brown.

Series exploring the twentieth century through diaries and correspondence of real people

Series exploring the twentieth century through diaries and correspondence of real people, dramatised by Mick Martin

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