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The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

Shipping Forecast: 06/02/2009

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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: 06/02/2009

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Prayer for the Day

Prayer for the Day: 06/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Prayer for the Day, 06/02/2009

Daily prayer and reflection with Prebendary Edward Mason.

Farming Today

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

Farming Today: 06/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 06/02/2009

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: 06/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 06/02/2009

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

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

Presented by Sarah Montague and Evan Davis.

Guy Hayhurst, a public health consultant from Cheshire, explains how the area has fought measles.

Sarah Ransome and Alex Bushill report on the latest travel disruptions caused by the snowfall.

Binyamin Netanyahu is expected to become the next Israeli prime minister following the forthcoming elections. What will this mean for the Middle East peace process? 

Tim Franks examines the right-wing opposition party's prospects in the forthcoming election in Israel.

When is it good to be angry, and when is it good to be calm? We compare the pilot landing in the Hudson with actor Christian Bale's on-set outburst.

Novelist Anne Atkins and Ben Summerskill of Stonewall discuss if the BBC is out of touch with the public mood.

Sudarsan Raghavan and Patrick Cockburn discuss whether the results in Iraqi elections will lead to greater stability.

Thought for the day with Lord Harries of Pentregarth, Gresham Professor of Divinity.

Sports editor Mihir Bose and Olympics minister Tessa Jowell discuss the Olympic budget.

Prof David Salisbury of the Department of Health discusses the rise in cases of measles in England and Wales.

Prof John Sutherland and novelist Will Self discuss what effect the credit crunch will have on satire.

Business editor Robert Peston and banker Sir George Cox discuss whether bonuses should be paid to banking staff.

Israeli writer Amos Oz and Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev discuss what Israel's response will be to any further attack by Hamas.

Justin Webb asks what kind of administration is being revealed in these very early days of Barack Obama's presidency.

Former cricketer Ed Smith and investment banker Keith Harris examine whether sport is recession-proof.

Desert Island Discs

Castaway guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

Desert Island Discs: Thomas Quasthoff

01/02/2009

Thomas Quasthoff

BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Thomas Quasthoff

Kirsty Young's castaway is bass-baritone singer Thomas Quasthoff.

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff. He has performed in concert halls the world over under the batons of the finest conductors and, while he made his name as a Lieder singer, he's equally popular for his jazz, spiritual and gospel recordings. 

Music critics say he is "one of the great singers of our time and one of the most remarkable of any time." That his life has been remarkable is a reference to his disability: he was born suffering the effects of Thalidomide and although his early musical talent was spotted, his inability to play the piano meant he was not allowed to take up a place at a conservatoire.

In this candid and moving interview, though, he describes how, with his family's support, he went on to build a highly successful career. Now, living contentedly with his wife and daughter, he says his life is a full and satisfying one. He adds that when he sees how readily people become consumed by envy and resentment, he questions whether that too isn't a kind of disability.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: The Adagietto from 5th symphony by Gustav Mahler
Book: Long Walk to Freedom  by Nelson Mandela
Luxury: Good wine.

Act of Worship

Act of Worship: 06/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Act of Worship, 06/02/2009

An act of worship and music, led by Rev Angela Tilby.

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

Woman's Hour

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

Woman's Hour: Ectopic pregnancies; Baby Boomer envy

Ectopic pregnancies; Baby Boomer envy

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Ectopic pregnancies; Baby Boomer envy

Do women face a post-code lottery when it comes to the management of an ectopic pregnancy?

Do women face a post-code lottery when it comes to the management of an ectopic pregnancy? Plus, do the post-war generation deserve resentment or gratitude?

The Battle of the Tweed

BBC Radio 4 - The Battle of the Tweed

Can new money and new ideas save the Harris Tweed industry of the Outer Hebrides?

Financial journalist Lesley Campbell finds out if new money and new ideas from outside the Outer Hebrides can save the Harris Tweed industry, which is on the brink of disappearing.

Financial journalist Lesley Campbell finds out if new money and new ideas from outside the Outer Hebrides can save the local Harris Tweed industry, which is on the brink of disappearing. She visits the boardrooms and the windswept island homes of those battling to preserve this iconic fabric.

The Castle

Hie ye to The Castle,a rollicking sitcom set way back then with James Fleet & Neil Dudgeon

Hie ye to The Castle, a rollicking sitcom set way back then, starring James Fleet (The Vicar Of Dibley, Four Weddings and a Funeral) and Neil Dudgeon (Life Of Riley)

The Castle: Series 2

The Castle: Series 2: Episode 6: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Filled With Helium

Episode 6

Episode 6: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Filled With Helium

Series 2

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Filled With Helium

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Castle, Series 2, Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Filled With Helium

Love is in the air and helium is in the offing as a new SatNav causes chaos at the altar.

Love is in the air and helium is in the offing as a new SatNav causes chaos at the altar. With James Fleet. From September 2009.

Hie ye to "The Castle", a rollicking sitcom set way back then, starring James Fleet ("The Vicar Of Dibley", "Four Weddings & A Funeral") and Neil Dudgeon ("Life Of Riley")

In this episode, love is in the air as a new suitor for Anne puts De Warenne's visor firmly out of joint. Meanwhile, a primitive SatNav and some surgically-introduced helium cause chaos at the altar...

Cast:
Sir John Woodstock ...... James Fleet
Sir William De Warenne ........ Neil Dudgeon
Lady Anne Woodstock ....... Montserrat Lombard
Cardinal Duncan ...... Jonathan Kydd
Lady Charlotte ....... Ingrid Oliver
Master Henry Woodstock ........ Steven Kynman
Merlin ...... Lewis Macleod


Written by Kim Fuller with additional material by Paul Alexander
Music by Guy Jackson


Produced and directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4.

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.

Hie ye to The Castle, a rollicking sitcom set way back then

Hie ye to The Castle, a rollicking sitcom set way back then, starring James Fleet and Neil Dudgeon

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast

News, weather and Shipping Forecast updates. 

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast: 06/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - News Headlines; Shipping Forecast, 06/02/2009

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: 06/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, 06/02/2009

With Peter White. Why is 3D being tipped to take off in a way it never has done before?

Consumer news and issues with Peter White. Why is 3D being tipped to take off in a way it never has done before?

Presented by Peter White.

Andy Simpson from Mountain Rescue England and Wales explains the financial problems facing the voluntary organisation.

A training programme linked to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will aim to help unemployed people get back into work.

Why is 3D being tipped to take off in a way it never has done before? Front Row presenter Mark Lawson and Matt Eyre, the Vice President of Operations for Cineworld, discuss.

In the war of the cheap seats, Ryanair has taken several travel websites that sell its flights to court.

A diving school boss has been jailed for more than five years in Plymouth after charging the NHS for expensive treatment for the 'bends' that never took place. Daniel Jeff of the Plymouth Herald reports.

The cost of joining a golf club has contributed to it being considered a well-heeled, middle class sport which doesn't always welcome players from poorer families. Fiona Clampin visits Teignmouth Golf Club in Devon to find out more.

The mayor of London and the Government have set up a company to organise all the houses, offices and leisure facilities that will make up the Olympic legacy. Tessa Jowell, Minister for the Olympics, discusses.

Weather

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World at One

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

World at One: 06/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - World at One, 06/02/2009

National and international news with Shaun Ley.

Feedback

Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations

Feedback: 06/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Feedback, 06/02/2009

Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy.

The Archers

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

The Archers: 05/02/2009

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David's helping Lynda measure the village telephone box before the parish council meeting. They need to decide what to do with it, now it belongs to them. 

Tom sees Matt going into the shop. Tom tells David he's got a business proposition for Matt, as a silent partner. David's not sure how the silent part would work. Tom tries to catch Matt but Matt tells him now's not a good time. 

Matt arrives home. He's disappointed that Lilian's going to the parish meeting. Tom drops in to talk to Matt. He explains he needs Brian out of the business, and it would be a sound investment for Matt. Matt's uninterested - Tom's caught him at a bad time: he can't help.

At the parish meeting Lynda argues that the phone box should become an art work - Ambridge's own Angel of the North. Lilian's suggestion is a tourist information booth. She ends up with the vote. It just needs someone to maintain it.

Lilian returns home and tells Matt they should go on holiday. Matt says he's too busy. Lilian explains - Chalky's agreed to look after things. Matt explodes. He wouldn't let Chalky look after paperclips! Chalky's not going to get rid of Matt that easily.

Episode written by Tim Stimpson.

Drama on 4

Drama from BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra.

Afternoon Drama

Drama on 4: Phumzile

Phumzile

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By Matthew Hurt. In South Africa, Pete is mugged for his phone - a local woman intervenes.

By Matthew Hurt. A British man meets and tries to help an HIV positive woman that he meets on holiday in South Africa. But is she telling the truth about her illness?

By Matthew Hurt. Tom and Pete are on holiday in South Africa. When a mugger tries to snatch Pete's phone a local woman intervenes, but when she asks him for money Tom is suspicious. 

Phumzile...Nadine Marshall
Pete...Stephen Hogan
Tom...Nathan Stewart-Jarrett
Emilia...Syan Blake
Harry...Matt Addis

Directed by Claire Grove

Exploring the complicated relationships we have with poverty. What should our personal response be to the suffering of others? And how do we deal with approaches from individuals? 

Matthew Hurt (writer) is South African. His plays include 'Believe' with Linda Marlowe at the Traverse Theatre and 'Singing, Dancing, Acting' with Simon Callow at the Soho Theatre. He won the Peggy Ramsay bursary to develop a stage play The Time Step premiered at The Traverse Theatre in 2009.

Test Match Special

Test Match Special: 06/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Test Match Special, 06/02/2009

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

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

Coverage of the third 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: 06/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - The World Tonight, 06/02/2009

National and international news and analysis with Carolyn Quinn.

With Carolyn Quinn. Including reports on local authorities running out of salt as winter deepens and an end in sight to nuclear proliferation as leaders meet in Munich.

National and international news and analysis with Carolyn Quinn. Including reports on local authorities running out of salt as winter deepens, an end in sight to nuclear proliferation as leaders meet in Munich and why recession is good for the arts.

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 10

Episode 10

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

BBC Radio 4 - Book at Bedtime, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Episode 10

Isola decides to combine the role of Miss Marple with that of Cupid.

Juliet grows increasingly fond of Elizabeth's young daughter, Kit, and Isola decides to combine the role of Miss Marple with that of Cupid.

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

Juliet grows increasingly fond of Elizabeth's young daughter, Kit, and Isola decides to combine the role of Miss Marple with that of Cupid.

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

Great Lives

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

Great Lives: Series 17

Great Lives: Episode 9: Robert Kennedy

Episode 9

Episode 9: Robert Kennedy

Robert Kennedy

BBC Radio 4 - Great Lives, Robert Kennedy

Ken Livingstone discusses his hero, US politician Robert Kennedy.

4 Extra Debut. Former London mayor Ken Livingstone chooses US politician Robert Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1968. With Matthew Parris. From February 2009.

Today in Parliament

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

Today in Parliament: 06/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Today in Parliament, 06/02/2009

News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.

Midnight News

The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.

Midnight News: 07/02/2009

07/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Midnight News, 07/02/2009

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 5

Episode 5

The Last Supper

BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, The Last Supper, Episode 5

The family explore Rome's artistic heritage, as their trip draws to an end.

Holly Aird reads Rachel Cusk's story of her family's three-month tour of Italy. The family explore Rome's artistic heritage, as their trip draws to an end.

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 explore Rome's artistic heritage, as their trip draws to an end.

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: 07/02/2009

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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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