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The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

Shipping Forecast: 26/02/2009

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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: 26/02/2009

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Prayer for the Day

Prayer for the Day: 26/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Prayer for the Day, 26/02/2009

Daily prayer and reflection with Mark Coffey.

Farming Today

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

Farming Today: 26/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 26/02/2009

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: 26/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 26/02/2009

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

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

Presented by James Naughtie and Evan Davis.

Business editor Robert Peston talks to the new chief executive of RBS, Stephen Hester, about record losses announced by the firm.

Economist Ian Senior discusses government plans to part-privatise Royal Mail.

Reporter Mark Hutchings speaks to two 16-year-olds with babies and their mothers from the valleys of Pontypridd and Aberdare in Wales.

Professor Mark Pagel of Reading University discusses some of the oldest words in use and the ones that are likely to become extinct.

Michelle Ricard, who had a gastric band fitted, and weight loss surgery specialist Mr Justin Morgan discuss why the numbers of people having obesity surgery have increased.

Derek Simpson, joint general secretary of the union Unite, discusses how many workers could be lost at the Royal Bank of Scotland.

Reporter Sanchia Berg speaks to Lucy Bennett, an out-of-work young architect in London.

Thought for the day with the Reverend Dr David Wilkinson, principal of St John's College, Durham.

Children's Minister Beverley Hughes discusses if figures for young pregnancies (which are expected to rise) can be curbed by government intervention.

Chancellor Alistair Darling discusses a scheme to siphon off RBS's toxic assets, said to be worth 325 billion pounds.

Reporter Angus Stickler accompanies one postman on his round in Oxfordshire to discover what people in the area think about part-privatisation.

Cllr Bob Jones and Elizabeth Truss of think-tank Reform discuss how police efficiency can be improved.

Arts correspondent Razia Iqbal talks to Antony Gormley about the ambitious plans to fill the vacant fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square.

Orwell Prize director Jean Seaton and blogger Hopi Sen discuss if blogging has become as respected as novel writing or journalism.

Correspondent James Alexander reports on the transfer of many personal records underground to be stored down Britain's biggest salt mine, at Winsford in Cheshire.

Columnist Polly Toynbee and Anastasia De Waal of the think tank Civitas discuss why the UK still has the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in Europe.

In Our Time

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

In Our Time: The Waste Land and Modernity

The Waste Land and Modernity

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, The Waste Land and Modernity

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss TS Eliot's seminal poem The Waste Land.

Melvyn Bragg and guests, including Steve Connor and Lawrence Rainey, discuss TS Eliot's poem The Waste Land and its ambivalence to the modern world that was being forged around it.

Melvyn Bragg and guests, including Steve Connor and Lawrence Rainey, discuss TS Eliot's seminal poem The Waste Land and its ambivalence to the modern world of technology, democracy and capitalism that was being forged around it.

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: 26/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Daily Service, 26/02/2009

Christian worship and music, led by Canon Noel Vincent.

Woman's Hour

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

Woman's Hour: Children and bereavement, Menage a trois

Children and bereavement, Menage a trois

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Children and bereavement, Menage a trois

The effect the passing of a child has on families with several young children.

The effect the passing of a child has on families with several young children. Plus, the reality of a menage a trois, and the battle to change the status of women in Saudi Arabia.

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: 26/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent, 26/02/2009

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 Art Of Litter

The Art of Litter

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John Wilson explores the reasons why some artists use rubbish in their work

John Wilson explores the reasons why some artists use rubbish in their work. With Sir Peter Blake and Gavin Turk. From 2009.  

Beginning in the 1950s,  Keep Britain Tidy has been encouraging us to think about our rubbish. 

Through campaign after campaign they have attempted to shock, amuse and cajole us into thinking about how we dispose of our litter and the consequences of not putting it in the bin.

And yet the detritus continues to pile up and despite the ugliness and potential harm it brings to our environment, it has increasingly become a resource for artists. 

Going back over 100 years, the likes of Picasso, Dali, Georges Braque and Joan Miro have all used discarded objects in their art.  But in the last few decades there has been an explosion of artists using 'found objects' in their work to communicate many different messages about waste, consumerism and the dispensability of modern life.

To explore these themes, John Wilson talks to the father of Brit-pop art, Sir Peter Blake, to Gavin Turk, one of today’s provocative YBAs [Young British Artists], and chats to Fran Crowe as she walks along the beach collecting the litter she needs for her work.

Fran is a campaigner and artist in equal measure – engaging in performance art with the rubbish she finds near her Suffolk home. 

Sir Peter Blake celebrates litter and constantly challenges himself  to create something of aesthetic value from a pile of junk. 

Meanwhile sculptor, Gavin Turk [and his stuffed black bin bags and used plastic cups cast in bronze] looks for the beauty in objects that have been thrown away

Why are these artists [and others] attracted by other people's trash?

Producer: Helen Lee

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2009.

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.

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast

News, weather and Shipping Forecast updates. 

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast: 26/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - News Headlines; Shipping Forecast, 26/02/2009

National and international news and the shipping forecast.

The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast.

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

You and Yours

You and Yours: 26/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, 26/02/2009

With Winifred Robinson. Are Sharia approved financial products good value?

Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. Are Sharia approved financial products good value?

Presented by Winifred Robinson.

The Appeal court has ruled against the banks in the Bank Charges test case. So what happens now? We hear from Phil Jones of Which.

Gary Jones is from the credit services association – he represents the companies who collect debt and specialises in tracing people.

Next week a rock concert in Toronto two hundred deaf people will take it in turns to use chairs, designed for them to experience the music. Lee Carter reports.

Next week a debate in the House of Commons will call for new laws governing mobile home sites. Melanie Abbott reports.

Research has found we have the 8th biggest Islamic finance sector in the world. So what is an Islamic investment exactly and how good is what’s on offer?

An American salvage company has found HMS Victory – the forerunner of Nelson’s flagship. Sir Norman Browse of the Alderney Marine Trust explains me why the ship is so important.

Weather

Weather: 26/02/2009

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World at One

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

World at One: 26/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - World at One, 26/02/2009

National and international news with Shaun Ley.

Test Match Special

Test Match Special: 26/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Test Match Special, 26/02/2009

Coverage of the first day of the Third Test between West Indies and England in Barbados.

Coverage of the first day of the Third Test between West Indies and England from the Kensington Oval in Barbados. Including Shipping Forecast.

Coverage of the first day of the Third Test between West Indies and England from the Kensington Oval in Barbados. Commentary by Jonathan Agnew, Christopher Martin Jenkins and Tony Cozier and summaries from Sir Viv Richards, Geoffrey Boycott and Vic Marks.

Including Shipping Forecast.

Leading Edge

Geoff Watts explores the world of science and the people, passions and policies behind it

Leading Edge: Larynx Transplant and The First Fish Embryo

Larynx Transplant and The First Fish Embryo

BBC Radio 4 - Leading Edge, Larynx Transplant and The First Fish Embryo

Geoff Watts discusses the future of the larynx transplant procedure.

Geoff Watts with the latest stories from the world of science including the future of the larynx transplant procedure.

Larynx Transplant
Worldwide only one voicebox or larynx transplant has taken place, but accidents or disease of the larynx means thousands of people in Britain are left having to breath through a hole in the neck with a mechanical sounding voice. Transplants are now technically possible but the risks and benefits of a laryngeal transplant remain uncertain. Geoff discusses the future of the transplant procedure with medical ethicist Dr Daniel Sokol, and with surgeon Professor Martin Birchall. 


First Fish Embryo
Placoderms are a type of fish that went extinct more than 300 million years ago. New work shows that natural selection not only finds solutions to problems, but may come up with the same answer on more than one occasion. The evidence, published in this weeks issue of Nature, comes from a very rare embryo.


Location, Location
Whenever you pay with a credit card or withdraw cash from a hole in the wall, you reveal where you were at a particular time. Some people resent the existence of this invisible computerised trail. Others, are untroubled by electronic disclosure of their whereabouts. Bill Thompson is a new technology guru. Where does he stand on the issue of location, location? 


Understanding Cruelty
Cruelty is a new book by neuroscientist Kathleen Taylor. She believes that the rapid development of psychology and other brain sciences leads to a better understanding of cruelty.

The World Tonight

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

The World Tonight: 26/02/2009

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National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig.

National and international news with Robin Lustig. The government apologises to Parliament over renditions and RBS reports a record loss in UK corporate history.

National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. The government apologises to Parliament over renditions, RBS reports a record loss in UK corporate history and China warns of the 'consequences' of selling ancient bronze artefacts.

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 White Tiger

Book at Bedtime: The White Tiger: Episode 4

Episode 4

The White Tiger

BBC Radio 4 - Book at Bedtime, The White Tiger, Episode 4

Balram's wealthy employers are moving to Delhi, but only one driver will be needed.

Balram's wealthy employers are moving to Delhi, but only one driver will be needed - Balram is determined to make sure the job is his.

Sagar Arya reads Aravind Adiga's Man Booker Prize-winning satire on contemporary India. The story of Balram Halwai, the son of a rickshaw puller, who escapes the rural poverty of his village into the bright lights and corruption of the city. 

Balram's wealthy employers are moving to Delhi, but only one driver will be needed - Balram is determined to make sure the job is his.

Sagar Arya reads Aravind Adiga's Man Booker Prize-winning novel, set in Delhi

Sagar Arya reads Aravind Adiga's Man Booker Prize-winning novel that explores contemporary India through the eyes of streetwise Delhi chauffeur Balram

Inside Alan Francis

Inside Alan Francis: Episode 2

Episode 2

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Inside Alan Francis, Episode 2

Insight and absurdity. Does Alan have the nerve to break up with Jane?

Insight and absurdity from within the comedian's psyche. Does Alan have the nerve to break up with Jane? From February 2009.

Alan Francis explores the workings of his own mind in relation to his life, friends and long-suffering girlfriend Jane.

Alan has come to the conclusion that he needs to talk to Jane about their relationship.

With:

Julian Dutton
Barnaby Power
Kali Peacock.

Written by Alan Francis with Julian Dutton, Anthony Neilson and Richard Turner.

Producer Julia McKenzie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2009.

Comedian Alan Francis explores the workings of his own mind

Comedian Alan Francis explores the workings of his own mind in relation to his life, friends and long-suffering girlfriend Jane.

Today in Parliament

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

Today in Parliament: 26/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Today in Parliament, 26/02/2009

News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Robert Orchard.

Midnight News

The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.

Midnight News: 27/02/2009

27/02/2009

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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: Martin Gayford - Constable in Love

Book of the Week: Martin Gayford - Constable in Love: Episode 4

Martin Gayford - Constable in Love

BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, Martin Gayford - Constable in Love, Episode 4

Despite fierce opposition from Maria's powerful grandfather, John is determined to marry.

Despite fierce opposition to the courtship from Maria's influential grandfather, John is determined to marry and to succeed as a painter. Read by Anton Lesser.

Anton Lesser reads Martin Gayford's account of the early career of John Constable and his long battle to win the hand of his future wife, Maria Bicknell, based on correspondence between the pair.

Opposition to the courtship between John and Maria was particularly fierce from her wealthy and influential grandfather, Dr Rhudde. But Constable remained as determined that they should marry as he was to succeed as a landscape painter.

Martin Gayford's account of John Constable's battle to win the hand of his future wife

Martin Gayford's account of the early career of John Constable and his long battle to win the hand of his future wife, Maria Bicknell, based on correspondence between the pair

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