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Shipping Forecast

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

Shipping Forecast: 05/02/2009

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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: 05/02/2009

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Prayer for the Day

Prayer for the Day: 05/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Prayer for the Day, 05/02/2009

Daily prayer and reflection with Prebendary Edward Mason.

Farming Today

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

Farming Today: 05/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 05/02/2009

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: 05/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 05/02/2009

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

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

Presented by Evan Davis and Sarah Montague.

Paul Bettison, from the LGA, and Derek Turner, from the Highways Agency, discuss how councils will cope if the snow continues.

Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg outlines plans to increase tuition for poor children.

Sanchia Berg visits the Museum of Childhood to find out about the history of the Golliwog.

Berlin correspondent Tristana Moore and historian Laurence Rees discuss if Nazi criminal Aribert Heim died in 1992.

Explorer Pen Haddow explains the damage being done to the North Pole.

Shadow Security Minister Baroness Neville-Jones examines the relationship between US and UK intelligence agencies.

Thought for the day with writer Rhidian Brook.

President Obama has put a limit on executive pay for US firms that need government aid. John McFall discusses if the same thing could happen in the UK.

Carol Thatcher has been fired for 'inappropriate behaviour' by the BBC. Jay Hunt, controller of BBC 1, says that no-one thought her remark was a joke and Miss Thatcher has not apologised. 

Alex Bushill reports on the heavy snow.

Dr Harry Cocks and Rowan Pelling discuss how personal ads have changed over the years.

Dr Edward Kessler, of the Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian relations, and William Oddie, formerly of the Catholic Herald, discuss the outrage at the denial of the Holocaust by a UK bishop.

How does the judicial system deal with miscarriages of justice? Danny Shaw interviews Richard Foster, head of the Criminal Cases Review Commission. Criminal lawyer Michael Turner reacts.

Footage has emerged of Christian Bale in a furious outburst on a movie set. Michael Winner discusses such outbursts.

Scientist Duncan Forgan explains the University of Edinburgh's research on aliens.

In Our Time

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.

In Our Time: The Brothers Grimm

The Brothers Grimm

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, The Brothers Grimm

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm and what they can tell us about the German imagination and 19th-century romantic nationalism.

Melvyn Bragg discusses the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm with Juliette Wood, Marina Warner and Tony Phelan. The German siblings who in 1812 published a collection of fairy tales including Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella and Rumpelstiltskin. But the Grimm versions are surprisingly, sometimes shockingly, different. Cinderella has no fairy godmother, her ugly sisters are not ugly but they do have their eyes pecked out by pigeons. Sleeping Beauty does not have an evil stepmother, Rapunzel is pregnant and Frog Princes do not get kissed but thrown against walls. They may not be the fairy tales as we know them, but without the Brothers Grimm we might not know them at all. But why did two respectable German linguists go chasing after fairy stories, what do the stories tell us about German culture and romantic nationalism at the time and why do these ever-evolving tales of horror, wonder and fantasy continue to hold us in thrall?With Juliette Wood, Associate Lecturer in Folklore at Cardiff University; Marina Warner, Professor in the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies at the University of Essex; Tony Phelan, Professor in German at Keble College, Oxford.

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: 05/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Daily Service, 05/02/2009

Christian worship and music, led by Becky Harris.

Woman's Hour

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

Woman's Hour: Author Charlotte Roche; Women's politics in the US

Author Charlotte Roche; Women's politics in the US

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Author Charlotte Roche; Women's politics in the US

Author Charlotte Roche on her explicit novel Wetlands. Plus, women's politics under Obama.

Author Charlotte Roche on her explicit debut novel Wetlands. Plus the changing face of women's politics under President Obama, and the re-release of the music of Victoria Spivey.

From Our Own Correspondent

Kate Adie introduces insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents and writers.

Kate Adie introduces insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers telling stories from around the world.

From Our Own Correspondent: 05/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent, 05/02/2009

Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.

BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie.

The Monsarrat Archive

BBC Radio 4 - The Monsarrat Archive

Barry Norman explores the archive of material amassed by author Nicholas Monsarrat.

Barry Norman explores the newly-opened archive of material amassed by writer Nicholas Monsarrat, author of The Cruel Sea.

Barry Norman explores the newly-opened archive of material amassed by writer Nicholas Monsarrat, author of The Cruel Sea. 

Monsarrat was a meticulous recorder of the minutiae relating to his work and personal life, and during the course of his lifetime amassed a vast archive of scrapbooks, manuscripts, letters, accounts and other memorabilia. Barry is granted access to this collection, which gives an intimate insight into the writer's life and work.

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

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast

News, weather and Shipping Forecast updates. 

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast: 05/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - News Headlines; Shipping Forecast, 05/02/2009

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: 05/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, 05/02/2009

With Winifred Robinson. Including an interview with Higher Education Minister David Lammy.

Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. Including an interview with Higher Education Minister David Lammy.

Presented by Winifred Robinson.

If you can't get a mortgage from a bank or building society, might your local authority step in to lend you the money you need? Steve Reed, the Labour leader of Lambeth Council, and Chris Leslie, director of the New Local Government Network, discuss.

The Home Office has announced a joint project between the Association of Chief Police Officers and the British Transport Police to tackle metal theft which is estimated to cost the UK 360 million pounds every year. Paul Crowther, assistant chief constable for the British Transport Police, explains more.

Extra university places for the next academic year have been scaled back. The Higher Education Minister, David Lammy, explains why.

Some post offices have re-opened in Essex after the county council stepped in to support them, but other councils aren't finding it so easy to prevent their post offices from shutting for good. Reporter Henrietta Harrison investigates.

Audio description gives visually impaired people a commentary on the action taking place on screen. It has existed for many years but still only a small proportion of programmes have it. Hear from the charity RNIB, which has been campaigning for more programmes to feature audio description.

Three hundred 'smart' fridges, which turn themselves on and off according to energy demand, are being tested by Npower at the moment. But should our domestic appliances be used to regulate supply and demand across the national grid?

Weather

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World at One

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

World at One: 05/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - World at One, 05/02/2009

National and international news with Martha Kearney.

Costing the Earth

Fresh ideas from the sharpest minds working toward a cleaner, greener planet

Costing the Earth: Totally Uncool

02/02/2009

Totally Uncool

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Investigating the harmful effects of the over-use of air conditioning and chiller cabinets

Tom Heap investigates those businesses and organisations that over-use air conditioning, and in doing so make a significant contribution to global warming.

Tom Heap investigates those businesses and organisations that over-use air conditioning, and in doing so make a significant contribution to global warming. 

It is a little-known fact that the gases used in air conditioning and chiller cabinets are between two and three thousand times more potent in terms of global warming than CO2. And yet air conditioning is becoming more commonplace in modern buildings and the home. 

The other major source of these harmful HFC gas emissions in Britain is supermarket chiller cabinets. Some supermarkets are making efforts to switch to natural 'green freeze' refrigerants, though others are reluctant to act.

The Archers

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

The Archers: 04/02/2009

04/02/2009

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Jill and Ruth are in the Brookfield orchard, inspecting a damaged hive. Jill's so upset. Ruth asks what Jill thinks about Shula leaving St Stephen's. Jill can't believe this - she had no idea. She goes to see Shula, and tries to persuade her otherwise. If she must leave St Stephen's, maybe time away will help her realise how much she misses it.

Shula phones Neil, to tell him she won't be ringing any more. Tony appears to talk to Neil about the flat. But he's stopped in his tracks by Neil who tells him they've decided Chris won't be moving in. Neil tells him not to tell Chris what's happened. Tony reassures him, telling him he couldn't be happier about it.

Lilian finds Stephen Chalkman on her doorstep, looking for Matt. She tells him Matt's in London, so Chalky goes to leave. Lilian says his trip shouldn't be wasted and invites him for coffee. He tells Lilian he's got to talk business with Matt. She tells him she's worried: Matt's very stressed. Chalky agrees. Maybe Matt should go on holiday? Lilian thinks this is a brilliant idea. Chalky says he'll look after the business. Lilian's grateful. She'll drag Matt away on holiday whether he likes it or not.

Episode written by Tim Stimpson.

Drama on 4

Drama from BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra.

Afternoon Drama

Drama on 4: Monkeyface

Monkeyface

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By Linda Marshall Griffiths. 8-year-old Siddy and his big sister search for their father.

By Linda Marshall Griffiths. Eight-year-old Siddy and his big sister Frannie search for their father. All they have is a newspaper cutting and a memory of a trip to Scarborough.

By Linda Marshall Griffiths. Eight-year-old Siddy and his big sister Frannie search for their father. Armed only with a newspaper cutting of him at a peace demonstration and a memory of a trip to a beach in Scarborough, do they have any hope of tracking him down? 

With Aidan Parsons, Rachel Brogan, Siobhan Finneran, Craig Cheetham. 

Directed by Nadia Molinari.

Test Match Special

Test Match Special: 05/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Test Match Special, 05/02/2009

Coverage of the second day of the First Test between West Indies and England in Jamaica.

Coverage of the second day of the First Test between West Indies and England from Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica. Including Shipping Forecast.

Coverage of the second day of the First Test between West Indies and England from Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica. Commentary by Jonathan Agnew, Christopher Martin Jenkins, Tony Cozier and Arlo White and summaries from Sir Viv Richards, Geoffrey Boycott and Vic Marks.

Including Shipping Forecast.

The World Tonight

In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and major breaking news from a global perspective

The World Tonight: 05/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - The World Tonight, 05/02/2009

National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig.

With Robin Lustig. Including reports on whether reducing interest rates is the right tactic to stimulate the economy and whether restrictions on executive pay should be introduced.

National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. Including reports on whether reducing interest rates again is the right tactic to stimulate the economy, whether President Obama's restrictions on executive pay should be introduced in Britain and whether the authorities are prepared as more snow is forecast.

Book at Bedtime

Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and world literature

Readings from modern classics, new works by leading writers and literature from around the world

Book at Bedtime: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Book at Bedtime: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: Episode 9

Episode 9

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

BBC Radio 4 - Book at Bedtime, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Episode 9

Juliet continues to live in Elizabeth's old home and look after her daughter, Kit.

Juliet has finally made it clear that she has no intention of marrying Markham Reynolds, and continues to live in Elizabeth's old home and look after her daughter, Kit.

Stewart Clapp, Emilia Fox and Ben Crowe read from Mary Ann Shaffer's novel, set in the aftermath of the Second World War. 

Juliet has finally made it clear that she has no intention of marrying Markham Reynolds, and continues to live in Elizabeth's old home and look after her daughter, Kit.

By Mary Ann Shaffer, set in the aftermath of the Second World War

Emilia Fox, Ben Crowe, Stewart Clapp and Sian Thomas read from Mary Ann Shaffer's novel, set in the aftermath of the Second World War

Recorded for Training Purposes

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions

Recorded For Training Purposes

Recorded for Training Purposes: Series 3: Episode 5

Episode 5

Series 3

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Recorded for Training Purposes, Series 3, Episode 5

Sketch show about modern communication and contemporary obsessions.

Sketch show about modern communication and contemporary obsessions. With Ben Willbond and Rachel Atkins. From February 2009.

Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions.

Starring:

Ben Willbond
Dominic Coleen
Ingrid Oliver
Rachel Atkins
Lewis Macleod
Julie Mayhew

Writers:

Mike Ryan, Joel Morris, Peter Brooksbank, John Dorney, Jason Hazeley, Joel Morris, James Kettle, Robbie Dale, Madeleine Brettingham, Michael Balazo, Terry Adlam, Ciaran Murtagh, Stuart Cooper, Griff Phillips, Phil Jacobs, Kate Chedgey, Tyrone O'Donoghue, Marc Whiteley and, Dale Shaw.  

Script editors: James Cary, Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris

Producer: Ed Morrish

First heard on BBC Radio 4 in JFebruary 2009.

Recorded for Training Purposes: Series 3

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.

Today in Parliament

News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament

Today in Parliament: 05/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Today in Parliament, 05/02/2009

News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.

Midnight News

The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.

Midnight News: 06/02/2009

06/02/2009

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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

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

Book of the Week

Serialised book readings, featuring works from various genres

Serialised book readings, featuring works of non-fiction, biography, autobiography, travel, diaries, essays, humour and history

Book of the Week: The Last Supper

Book of the Week: The Last Supper: Episode 4

Episode 4

The Last Supper

BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, The Last Supper, Episode 4

The family see Rafael's masterpieces in Florence and then head south to Naples and Pompeii

Holly Aird reads Rachel Cusk's story of her family's three-month tour of Italy. The family see some of Rafael's masterpieces in Florence and then head south to Naples and Pompeii.

Holly Aird reads Rachel Cusk's story of her family's three-month tour of Italy, during which they discover some of the country's rich artistic heritage and enjoy adapting to a more relaxed way of life.

The family see some of Rafael's masterpieces in Florence and then head south to Naples and Pompeii.

Holly Aird reads Rachel Cusk's story of her family's three-month tour of Italy

Holly Aird reads Rachel Cusk's story of her family's three-month tour of Italy, during which they discover some of the country's rich artistic heritage and enjoy adapting to a more relaxed way of life

Shipping Forecast: 06/02/2009

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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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