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Shipping Forecast

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

Shipping Forecast: 27/02/2009

27/02/2009

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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: 27/02/2009

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Prayer for the Day

Prayer for the Day: 27/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Prayer for the Day, 27/02/2009

Daily prayer and reflection with Mark Coffey.

Farming Today

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

Farming Today: 27/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 27/02/2009

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: 27/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 27/02/2009

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

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

Presented by Edward Stourton and Evan Davis.

Michael Fallon, a Conservative member of the Commons Treasury Select Committee, discusses banker Sir Fred Goodwin's pension arrangements.

Jonny Dymond reports on the effects of the economic crisis on the people of Hungary.

Foreign Secretary David Miliband has been in Iraq on his first visit since April 2008. He discusses what he hopes the trip will achieve.

Business editor Robert Peston discusses the scale of losses announced by RBS, Lloyds Banking Group. 

Academics Professor Don Braben and Lord Krebs discuss if the government should increase funding for science.

Farmers ploughing their fields in the Fens have been uncovering an unusually large number of 'bog oaks'. Environment correspondent Sarah Mukherjee explains the importance of such finds.

Professor Tony Travers of the LSE and Sir Jeremy Beecham of the LGA discuss rises in council tax.

The former RBS boss Sir Fred Goodwin has rejected calls to give up his £693,000-a-year pension. Political editor Nick Robinson reports on the Treasury's reaction to this announcement and Labour MP John Prescott discusses his reaction to Sir Fred's decision.

Today presenter Evan Davis has turned his talents to stand-up comedy for a Comic Relief series on Radio 4. Comedian Paul Merton, one of the mentors on the programme, discusses what makes a good stand-up routine.

Publisher Tim Hely Hutchinson and independent bookseller James Daunt discuss if exclusive deals benefit booksellers.

Nick Bryant reports on Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's apology to the Aborigines.

Matthew Hill reports on a debate whether it is ethical to start clinical trials of voice box transplants.

Nicola Stanbridge reports on a new exhibition of Gerhard Richter paintings at the National Portrait Gallery. 

Headteachers Anthony Seldon and Liz Steele discuss the efficiency of IT in schools.

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 Walliams

22/02/2009

David Walliams

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Kirsty Young's castaway is comedian David Walliams.

Kirsty Young's castaway on Desert Island Discs this week is David Walliams. He has seen extraordinary success - as one half of the comedy duo behind Little Britain, as a cross-channel swimmer and more recently on the West End stage and as a novelist. In this frank interview, he describes his life away from the spotlight; how he used to practise comedy routines in his bathroom, the excitement of an early trip out wearing a John Paul Gaultier skirt, the inner drive that propels him and the unhappiness he feels when he has no company except his own.

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

Favourite track: Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want by The Smiths
Book: Collected Poems by Philip Larkin
Alternative to Bible: None - Bible not taken
Luxury: A gun.

Act of Worship

Act of Worship: 27/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Act of Worship, 27/02/2009

An act of worship and music with Rev Roger Hutchings.

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: Ann Widdecombe; Wendy Richard obituary

Ann Widdecombe; Wendy Richard obituary

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Ann Widdecombe; Wendy Richard obituary

Ann Widdecombe on why she glories in spinsterhood. Plus, actor Wendy Richard remembered.

Ann Widdecombe on why she glories in spinsterhood. Plus actor Wendy Richard remembered, and are Asian women in theatre today the 'Angry Young Men' of the 1960s?

Hairspray and Harmonies

Hairspray and Harmonies: Episode 1

Episode 1

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Hairspray and Harmonies, Episode 1

Kit Hesketh-Harvey follows the ladies barbershop chorus Second City Sound.

4 Extra Debut. Kit Hesketh-Harvey attends rehearsals of Birmingham's Ladies Barbershop Chorus before an important competition. From February 2009.

Kit Hesketh-Harvey follows the Birmingham-based ladies barbershop chorus Second City Sound as it prepares to compete in the Ladies Association of British Barbershop Singers in Harrogate.

Kit attends rehearsals in Birmingham, where he meets the 60-strong chorus of singers - and they put him through his musical paces.

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.

Kit Hesketh-Harvey follows a Birmingham-based ladies barbershop chorus, Second City Sound

Kit Hesketh-Harvey follows the Birmingham-based ladies barbershop chorus, Second City Sound, as they prepare to compete in the Ladies Association of British Barbershop Singers in Harrogate

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: A Commute

A Commute

Series 1

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Manager Peter and HR's Sam are late, but is their new boss also on the train?

Manager Peter and HR's Sam are late, but is their new boss also on the train? Stars Nicholas Le Prevost. From February 2009.

Senior manager Peter is late for work. But so is his Human Resources officer, Sam. They meet on the train, both fearful of a call from their new boss. 

But, hold on, is that him in the next carriage?  

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
Nigel ...... Paul Rider 
Guard ...... Stephen Critchlow

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: 27/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - News Headlines; Shipping Forecast, 27/02/2009

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: 27/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, 27/02/2009

With Peter White. Including interview with Mary Wilkinson, fmr editor of Disability Now.

Consumer news and issues with Peter White. Including an interview with Mary Wilkinson, former editor of Disability Now magazine.

Presented by Peter White.

Ryanair is considering charging customers to use the toilets on its planes and has decided to close down its check-in desks.

The Premier League wants to stop websites which it says screen unauthorised broadcasts of live football matches. So why is one of the world's biggest bookmakers and sports sponsors advertising on one of the websites involved?

Mary Wilkinson, former editor of Disability Now magazine, talks about her new book which gives an insight into those people who have fundamentality changed the way disability is viewed in Britain.

The office block where if you're fired the boss doesn't show you the door but the helter skelter.

One magazine company is hoping to beat the recession by persuading readers to try a new title every month. Simon Parkes takes a look at the magazine market.

An increasing number of barriers are being installed at railway stations. The novelist Andrew Martin is dismayed by this trend.

Mountain rescue teams in England and Wales have told us before they could do with greater tax relief and direct government funding. So why wouldn't our lifeboat crews welcome a similar deal?

Weather

Weather: 27/02/2009

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World at One

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

World at One: 27/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - World at One, 27/02/2009

National and international news with James Robbins.

Feedback

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

Feedback: 27/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Feedback, 27/02/2009

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

Test Match Special

Test Match Special: 27/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Test Match Special, 27/02/2009

Coverage of the second day of the Fourth Test between West Indies and England in Barbados.

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

Coverage of the second day of the Fourth 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.

America, Empire of Liberty Omnibus

America, Empire of Liberty Omnibus: Episode 12: Boom to Bomb

Episode 12

Episode 12: Boom to Bomb

Boom to Bomb

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The Great Depression, the New Deal, Pearl Harbor and dropping the atomic bomb.

The Great Depression and the New Deal which got America working again. Plus how America floundered into war after Pearl Harbor and ended hostilities by dropping the atomic bomb.

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

The Great Depression and the New Deal which got America working again. Plus how America floundered into war after Pearl Harbor and ended hostilities by dropping the atomic bomb on Japan.

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: 27/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - The World Tonight, 27/02/2009

With Robin Lustig. President Obama sets out the US withdrawal timetable from Iraq.

National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. President Obama sets out the US withdrawal timetable from Iraq, plus reports on data sharing and house price bubbles.

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 5

Episode 5

The White Tiger

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Balram quickly learns he will need some sharp survival tactics to make his way in the city

Balram has made it to the city, and quickly learns that he will need some sharp survival tactics to make his way.

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 has made it to the city, and quickly learns that he will need some sharp survival tactics to make his way.

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

A Good Read

A Good Read: Jenny Agutter and Adam Hart-Davis

Jenny Agutter and Adam Hart-Davis

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Kate Mosse invites Jenny Agutter and Adam Hart-Davis to discuss their favourite books.

4 Extra Debut. Kate Mosse, Jenny Agutter and Adam Hart-Davis discuss favourite books by Per Petterson, Anne Donovan and Josie Dew. From 2009.

Kate Mosse invites her guests - actress, Jenny Agutter, and photographer and author, Adam Hart-Davis - to discuss favourite books by Per Petterson, Anne Donovan and Josie Dew. 

In the Wake by Per Petterson
Publisher: Vintage 

The Wind in My Wheels by Josie Dew
Publisher: Sphere

Being Emily by Anne Donovan:
Publisher: Canongate

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009.

Today in Parliament

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

Today in Parliament: 27/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Today in Parliament, 27/02/2009

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: 28/02/2009

28/02/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Midnight News, 28/02/2009

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: Martin Gayford - Constable in Love

Book of the Week: Martin Gayford - Constable in Love: Episode 5

Martin Gayford - Constable in Love

BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, Martin Gayford - Constable in Love, Episode 5

Finally married, the serious production of both paintings and children can now begin.

After John and Maria finally married, the serious production of both paintings and children could begin. 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.

After seven years of courtship, Maria and John finally married in a quiet ceremony with no family members in attendance. Now the serious production of paintings and of children could begin in earnest.

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

Shipping Forecast: 28/02/2009

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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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