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Shipping Forecast

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

Shipping Forecast: 13/02/2009

13/02/2009

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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: 13/02/2009

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Prayer for the Day

Prayer for the Day: 13/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Prayer for the Day, 13/02/2009

Daily prayer and reflection with Andrea Rea.

Farming Today

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

Farming Today: 13/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 13/02/2009

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: 13/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 13/02/2009

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

With John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.

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: David Suchet

08/02/2009

David Suchet

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Kirsty Young's castaway is actor David Suchet.

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the actor David Suchet. He has won armfuls of awards for his work - most recently an Emmy for his portrayal of Robert Maxwell - but he is best known for the character he has been associated with for 20 years, Hercule Poirot.

His approach to his work is meticulous and he says he has to inhabit each role he takes on. In this illuminating interview he recalls how, early in his career, a psychologist showed him how to shed his character at the end of each performance otherwise, he found, the edges between his own life and those of the person he was playing became blurred.

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

Favourite track: When I Fall In Love by Nat King Cole
Book: Magnum Magnum by Brigitte Lardinois
Luxury: His clarinet and an unlimited supply of reeds.

Act of Worship

Act of Worship: 13/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Act of Worship, 13/02/2009

An act of worship and music, led by the Right Rev Stephen Oliver.

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: Women's rights in Iraq; Hughes Syndrome

Women's rights in Iraq; Hughes Syndrome

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Women's rights in Iraq; Hughes Syndrome

What needs to be done to safeguard the rights of women in Iraq?

What needs to be done to safeguard the rights of women in Iraq? Plus, should testing for Hughes Syndrome be made routine for women who have suffered a miscarriage?

The Sarah Party

BBC Radio 4 - The Sarah Party

The UK's first 'Sarah Party', inspired by two US women who wanted to celebrate the name.

Programme that follows the UK's first ever 'Sarah Party', inspired by an event held by two US women named Sarah who wanted to celebrate the name.

Programme that follows the UK's first ever 'Sarah Party', inspired by an event held by two US women named Sarah who wanted to celebrate the name. 

Those Sarahs invited include Sarah Cracknell from the pop band St Etienne, Sarah Whatmore from Pop Idol, Sarah Anderson from The Travel Bookshop and Sarah Jane Morris. The programme asks if other new sorts of self-styled communities are springing up, besides this one, and whether people of the same name feel a bond because of it.

Comedy drama series by Nigel Williams that charts the misfortunes of an HR officer

Comedy drama series by Nigel Williams that charts the misfortunes of a middle-aged HR officer and his trouble-making colleague

HR: Series 1: Episode 1: An Appraisal

Episode 1

Episode 1: An Appraisal

Series 1

An Appraisal

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Caught verbally abusing a client, an angry senior manager faces his HR officer.

Caught verbally abusing a client, an angry senior manager faces his HR officer. Stars Jonathan Pryce. From February 2009.

An angry senior manager has been caught verbally abusing a client. His HR officer must take him to task. Can he? 

Nigel Williams’ comedy drama series charting the misfortunes of a middle-aged HR officer and his trouble-making colleague.

Peter ...... Jonathan Pryce 
Sam ...... Nicholas Le Prevost 

Director: Peter Cavanagh

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2009.

HR: Series 1

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast

News, weather and Shipping Forecast updates. 

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast: 13/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - News Headlines; Shipping Forecast, 13/02/2009

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: 13/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, 13/02/2009

With Peter White. Including an interview with TV chef Anthony Worrall Thompson.

Consumer news and issues with Peter White. Including an interview with TV chef Anthony Worrall Thompson.

Presented by Peter White.

Some people who have bought tickets to win a house want their money back.

The European Court of Justice has ruled that a technical fault is no longer an 'extraordinary circumstance' that can be used as an excuse by airlines to avoid paying compensation to delayed passengers.

TV chef Anthony Worrall Thompson explains why he thinks his bank is to blame for his company, AWT Restaurants Ltd, going into administration: something Lloyds TSB strenuously denies.

Some small businesses are now choosing not to play music to their staff and customers because of a major clampdown on licensing.

The O2 Arena sold 1.8 million tickets in 2008, making it more popular than Madison Square Gardens in New York. So what is the secret of its success?

Three primary schools are among the promised developments to go inside London 2012's flagship building. But what else will remain after the games have gone?

The government has awarded a contract to build a fleet of new inter-city trains to a Japanese (rather than a British) firm. Leo Lewis of The Times and Philip Haigh of Rail Magazine discuss.

Weather

Weather: 13/02/2009

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World at One

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

World at One: 13/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - World at One, 13/02/2009

National and international news with Shaun Ley.

Test Match Special

Test Match Special: 13/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Test Match Special, 13/02/2009

Coverage of the first day of the Second Test between West Indies and England in Antigua.

Coverage of the first day of the Second Test between West Indies and England from the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua. Including Shipping Forecast.

Coverage of the first day of the Second Test between West Indies and England from the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua. 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.

America, Empire of Liberty Omnibus

America, Empire of Liberty Omnibus: Episode 10: Reform to Expansion

Episode 10

Episode 10: Reform to Expansion

Reform to Expansion

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How America reformed its city politics and tried to bring big business to heel.

How America reformed its city politics, tried to bring big business to heel, and the history of its expansion overseas and within.

Omnibus edition of the series charting the history of America, written and presented by David Reynolds.

How America reformed its city politics and tried to bring big business to heel. Plus, the history of its expansion overseas for a taste of empire and into its own Wild West.

Omnibus edition of the series charting the history of America

Omnibus edition of the series charting the history of America, written and presented by David Reynolds

The World Tonight

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

The World Tonight: 13/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - The World Tonight, 13/02/2009

National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah.

News and analysis with Ritula Shah. Including reports on the swearing-in of Zimbabwe's new government, the US Congress vote on the stimulus package and was Henry VIII a romantic?

National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. Including reports on the swearing-in of Zimbabwe's new government, will Americans spend or save after the Congress vote on the stimulus package, and, after the unearthing of a love letter to Anne Boleyn, was notorious womaniser Henry VIII  also a romantic?

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: An Equal Stillness

Book at Bedtime: An Equal Stillness: Episode 5

Episode 5

An Equal Stillness

BBC Radio 4 - Book at Bedtime, An Equal Stillness, Episode 5

Returning to England with little money, Jennet realises that the future lies in her hands.

Returning to England, with little money and an unreliable husband, Jennet realises that their future lies in her hands.

Tom Goodman-Hill reads Francesca Kay's story of a painter's lifelong struggle to balance her vocation with her life as a lover, wife, daughter and mother. 

Returning to England, with little money and an unreliable husband, Jennet realises that their future lies in her hands.

Tom Goodman-Hill reads Francesca Kay's story of a painter's life

Tom Goodman-Hill reads Francesca Kay's story of a painter's lifelong struggle to balance her vocation with her life as a lover, wife, daughter and mother

A Good Read

A Good Read: Victoria Derbyshire and Paul Blezard

Victoria Derbyshire and Paul Blezard

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Victoria Derbyshire and Vikas Swarup join Kate Mosse to discuss some favourite books.

4 Extra Debut. Kate Mosse, Victoria Derbyshire and Paul Blezard on Vikas Swarup, Antoine de Saint-Exupery and Arthur Koestler. From 2009.

Kate Mosse and her guests - BBC TV news presenter, Victoria Derbyshire and writer and broadcaster Paul Blezard to discuss favourite books by Vikas Swarup, Antoine de Saint-Exupery and Arthur Koestler.

Slumgdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup. 
Publisher: Doubleday 

Letter to a Hostage by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. 
Publisher: Babelcube Inc. 

The Scum of the Earth by Arthur Koestler.
Publisher: Jonathan Cape

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2009.

Today in Parliament

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

Today in Parliament: 13/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Today in Parliament, 13/02/2009

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: 14/02/2009

14/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Midnight News, 14/02/2009

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: Tequila Oil

Book of the Week: Tequila Oil: Episode 5

Tequila Oil

BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, Tequila Oil, Episode 5

Hugh discovers that the market in Belize for big American cars is not as he had expected.

Finally arriving in Belize, Hugh discovers that the market for big American cars is not quite as he had believed it to be.

Jot Davies reads Hugh Thomson's account of his 1979 road trip through Mexico to Belize, aged 18 and without knowing how to drive. 

Finally arriving in Belize, Hugh discovers that the market for big American cars is not quite as he had believed it to be.

Jot Davies reads Hugh Thomson's account of his 1979 road trip through Mexico

Jot Davies reads Hugh Thomson's account of his 1979 road trip through Mexico, aged 18 and without knowing how to drive

Shipping Forecast: 14/02/2009

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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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