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The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

Shipping Forecast: 28/03/2009

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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: 28/03/2009

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Prayer for the Day

Prayer for the Day: 28/03/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Prayer for the Day, 28/03/2009

Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Leslie Griffiths.

iPM is the news programme that starts with its listeners.

The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate.

iPM: 28/03/2009

BBC Radio 4 - iPM, 28/03/2009

News and Papers

The news headlines, including a look at the newspapers

News and Papers: 28/03/2009

BBC Radio 4 - News and Papers, 28/03/2009

News headlines, plus a look at the papers.

The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.

Weather

Weather: 28/03/2009

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Open Country

Countryside magazine featuring the people and wildlife that shape the landscape of Britain

Countryside magazine featuring the people and wildlife that shape the landscape of the British Isles

Open Country: 28/03/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Open Country, 28/03/2009

How the parklands and wetlands of the Lea Valley are being transformed for London 2012.

Matt Baker investigates how the parklands and wetlands of the Lea Valley are being transformed for London 2012 into the largest urban park created in Europe for more than 150 years.

Countryside magazine. Matt Baker investigates how the parklands and wetlands of the Lea Valley are being transformed for the 2012 Olympics into the largest urban park created in Europe for more than 150 years.

Farming Today This Week

Farming Today This Week: 28/03/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today This Week, 28/03/2009

News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.

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

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: 28/03/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 28/03/2009

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

With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton. Including Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament; Thought for the Day.

Presented by John Humphrys and Edward Stourton.

President Obama has outlined a new strategy for fighting al-Qaeda and Taleban militants. Correspondent Barbara Plett describes the reaction in Pakistan.

Thousands of people march through London to demand 'jobs, justice and climate' ahead of the G20 summit. Jane Hadden reports from central London. 

Morgan Tsvangirai, the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, has issued a warning that anyone who invades the country's commercial farms will be arrested. Wilf Mbanga, editor of The Zimbabwean newspaper, discusses whether the comments will bring conflict. 

Liberal Democrat MP Evan Harris has put forward a bill to amend the laws of succession. Correspondent Mark D'Arcy reports on the reaction in parliament. 

Dr Sushil Wadhwani CBE and Sir Howard Davies of the LSE discuss the Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King's performance during the economic downturn.

Reporter Sanchia Berg talks to three children about the appeal of the classic children's book 'Le Petit Nicolas'.

Thought for the day with Catherine Pepinster. 

Professor Andrew Hunt discusses whether the new GCSE science exams reflect the content of the new courses.

President Obama has announced his new strategy for Afghanistan. Jason Burke, correspondent for the Observer, speaks to some of the troops there.

Brendan Barber, General Secretary of TUC, discusses the policy changes that a coalition of campaigners called 'Put People First' would like to see implemented after G20.

James Naughtie looks back at the events that led to Margaret Thatcher's victory over Jim Callaghan 30 years ago.

Deputy Chairman of the British Phonographic Industry Mike Batt discusses the problems faced by musicians due to lack of copyright protection.

Rape victim 'Rebecca' describes how she was treated by police. Brian Paddick, former Deputy Assistant Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, discusses the reasons for police failings in dealing with rape cases.

President Obama has announced that it will send funds to Pakistan to help build up the country's infrastructure in exchange for help in tackling terrorism. Author Tariq Ali discusses the plan.

Gordon Brown has been on a five-day, three-continent trip ahead of the G20 summit with the intention of drumming up support for his economic policies. Political editor Nick Robinson considers how successful he has been. 

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has hinted on television that Russian 'anti-terror' operations in Chechnya will soon come to an end. Professor Mark Almond discusses the President's remarks. 

Professor Richard Wiseman and Dr Ciaran O'Keeffe, presenter of TV's 'Most Haunted', discuss people's enduring belief in ghosts.

Saturday Live

Radio 4's Saturday morning show brings you extraordinary stories and remarkable people.

Saturday Live: 28/03/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Live, 28/03/2009

With Prue Leith. Plus Brad Moss - a practitioner of parkour, or street running.

Richard Coles hears from a woman who sleeps with an ice crusher under her pillow thanks to a former lover who has been stalking her for 15 years. He is also joined by Marc Koska.

Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues that matter to them. Richard Coles hears from a woman who sleeps with an ice crusher under her pillow thanks to a former lover who has been stalking her for 15 years. 

There's a guerrilla report from Brad Moss - a practitioner of parkour, or street running.

Richard is also joined by Marc Koska, whose simple invention of a non-reusable syringe has saved millions of lives.

Plus the Inheritance Tracks of post-punk hero Jah Wobble, poetry from Elvis McGonagall and a returning studio guest - restaurateur, much-respected foodie and novelist Prue Leith.

Excess Baggage

Travel magazine, featuring travellers' tales, experiences and anecdotes

Excess Baggage: 28/03/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Excess Baggage, 28/03/2009

Sandi Toksvig explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel.

Wah! Wah! Wah! Waaaaah! The Comedy Scores

19/12/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Wah! Wah! Wah! Waaaaah! The Comedy Scores

Huw Williams appraises classic comedy music written for film, television and radio.

The Week in Westminster

Radio 4's weekly assessment of developments at Westminster

Week in Westminster

The Week in Westminster: 28/03/2009

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A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Matthew D'Ancona.

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: 28/03/2009

BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent, 28/03/2009

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.

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast

News, weather and Shipping Forecast updates. 

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast: 28/03/2009

BBC Radio 4 - News Headlines; Shipping Forecast, 28/03/2009

National and international news and the shipping forecast.

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

Money Box

The latest news from the world of personal finance

The latest news from the world of personal finance plus advice for those trying to make the most of their money.

Money Box: 28/03/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Money Box, 28/03/2009

Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance.

With Paul Lewis. Including reports on the future of Scotland's largest building society and anger over a new alternative to bankruptcy. Plus a look at the best cash ISA deals.

Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. Including reports on the future of Scotland's largest building society and mounting anger over a new alternative to bankruptcy. Plus a look at the best cash ISA deals as the tax year draws to a close.

The Now Show

Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and guests

The Now Show: Series 27

The Now Show: Series 27: Episode 4

Episode 4

Series 27

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Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team.

Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team including Mitch Benn, Laura Shavin, Jon Holmes and Holly Walsh.

Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team

News

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4

News: 28/03/2009

BBC Radio 4 - News, 28/03/2009

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

Any Questions?

Topical discussion posing questions to a panel of political and media personalities

Topical discussion in which a panel of personalities from the worlds of politics, media and elsewhere are posed questions by the audience. From a different location each week

Any Questions?: 27/03/2009

27/03/2009

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Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Dalston, Cumbria.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Dalston, Cumbria. Panellists are Sir Menzies Campbell MP, Chris Grayling MP, Kitty Ussher MP and Quentin Letts.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Dalston, Cumbria. Panellists are former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell, shadow home secretary Chris Grayling, work and pensions minister Kitty Ussher and Daily Mail parliamentary sketch-writer Quentin Letts.

Any Answers?

Listeners respond to the issues raised in the preceding edition of Any Questions?

Any Answers?: 28/03/2009

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Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners responses to this week's Any Questions?

Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls and emails in response to this week's edition of Any Questions?

The Complete Ripley

The Complete Ripley: Episode 5: Ripley Under Water

Episode 5

Episode 5: Ripley Under Water

Ripley Under Water

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Ripley discovers his nosey neighbours aren't who they say. Will his dealings be exposed?

Ripley discovers his odd new nosey neighbours aren't who they say they are. Will his shady dealings be exposed? Stars Ian Hart, Helen Longworth.

by Patricia Highsmith. Ian Hart stars as charming, cultured Tom Ripley, in Patricia Highsmith's classic thriller. Strange new neighbours show an overdeveloped interest in Ripley's past. Tom discovers they are not who they say they are but will his shady dealings be exposed after all?

Tom Ripley...Ian Hart
Heloise...Helen Longworth
Madame Annette...Caroline Guthrie
David Pritchard...William Hope
Janice Pritchard...Janice Acquah
Jeff Constant...Stephen Hogan
Cynthia Gradnor...Lizzy Watts
Policeman...Matt Addis

Dramatist Stephen Wyatt
Director Steven Canny
Producer Claire Grove.

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.

Series of five plays based on the novels by Patricia Highsmith

Series of five plays based on the novels by Patricia Highsmith about the suave and amoral Tom Ripley

Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats

Former chancellor Ken Clarke profiles great jazz musicians of the 20th century

Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats: Series 7

Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats: Series 7: Episode 3: Benny Goodman

Episode 3

Episode 3: Benny Goodman

Series 7

Benny Goodman

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Clarinettist and bandleader Benny Goodman became known as the King of Swing.

Clarinettist and bandleader Benny Goodman became known as the King of Swing. Brought up in poverty, by the end of the 1930s he had achieved the adulation of a modern-day pop star.

Ken Clarke MP profiles great jazz musicians of the 20th century.

Clarinettist and bandleader Benny Goodman became known as the King of Swing. Brought up in extreme poverty in the Jewish ghetto of Chicago's South Side, by the end of the 1930s he had achieved the adulation of a modern-day pop star

There were reports of ballroom riots, jitterbuggers dancing in the aisles at his concerts and solemn words being written about how the nation's youth was being corrupted by his music.

Ken Clarke MP profiles great jazz musicians of the 20th century

Woman's Hour

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

Woman's Hour: 28/03/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, 28/03/2009

Presented by Jane Garvey. Including Delia Smith on her life and career.

Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey. Including Delia Smith on her life and career; women and sport; female ambassadors working in Russia and Spain.

Afternoon news and current affairs programme

Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines

PM: 28/03/2009

BBC Radio 4 - PM, 28/03/2009

Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn Quinn, plus sports headlines.

Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn Quinn, plus the sports headlines.

The Bottom Line

Evan Davis hosts the business conversation show with insights from the people at the top.

The Bottom Line: 28/03/2009

BBC Radio 4 - The Bottom Line, 28/03/2009

Evan Davis asks his guests what they fear more, inflation or deflation.

Evan Davis asks his guests from car maker Nissan, baby retailer Mothercare and financial firm Barchester Group what they fear more, inflation or deflation.

Six O'Clock News

Six O'Clock News: 28/03/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Six O'Clock News, 28/03/2009

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by Weather.

Loose Ends

An eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy

Loose Ends: 28/03/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Loose Ends, 28/03/2009

Clive Anderson's guests are Ben Miller, Roger Lloyd Pack and Marcus du Sautoy.

Clive Anderson's guests are comedian Ben Miller, actor Roger Lloyd Pack and mathematician Marcus du Sautoy, and Rachael Stirling talks to impressionist Jon Culshaw.

Clive Anderson presents an eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music.

Actor Ben Miller chats to Clive Anderson in the studio. With Moving Wallpaper, The Armstrong and Miller Show, The Worst Week of my Life and not quite a PhD in Quantum physics under his belt, Ben Miller reprises his role as Sir James Lester in the new series of Primeval.

Having starred in such successful television sitcoms as Only Fools and Horses, The Vicar of Dibley and most recently The Old Guys, Roger Lloyd Pack returns to the theatre to take the lead in George Bernard Shaw's biting fiscal satire Widowers' Houses in a production at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.

Prof Marcus du Sautoy imparts some of the wonder and power of mathematics - and in a new edition of Horizon is charged with enthusing QI's Alan Davies with a love of the subject and they set of on a mathematical road trip together.

Rachael Stirling talks to impressionist Jon Culshaw, who has impersonated Tony Blair, William Hague and Ozzy Osbourne.

Plus comedy from Tony Law, who is currently touring the UK, and music from 19-year-old singer and songwriter Jessica Lea Mayfield, with Kiss Me Again from her debut album With Blasphemy So Heartfelt.

And hailing from a horse farm along the banks of the Mississippi River, William Elliot Whitmore performs Hell or Highwater from his album Animals in the Dark.

Profile

An insight into the character of an influential figure making news headlines

Profile: Richard Holbrooke

Richard Holbrooke

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Mary Ann Sieghart profiles the American diplomat Richard Holbrooke.

Mary Ann Sieghart profiles the American diplomat Richard Holbrooke, the US Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Mary Ann Sieghart profiles the American diplomat Richard Holbrooke, the US Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan. 

He has a reputation for getting results, and from Asia to the Balkans, and from Germany to Wall Street, he has spurned old-style diplomacy, provoking praise and fury in equal measure. In his current role he is tasked with leading President Obama's new strategy for the war-torn region and seeking an exit plan for western troops.

Saturday Review

Sharp, critical discussion of the week's cultural events, with Tom Sutcliffe and guests

Presenter Tom Sutcliffe and guests offer sharp, critical discussion of the week's cultural events

Saturday Review: The Damned United, A Single Swallow, and Dimetos at the  Donmar Warehouse

The Damned United, A Single Swallow, and Dimetos at the  Donmar Warehouse

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Review, The Damned United, A Single Swallow, and Dimetos at the  Donmar Warehouse

Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the new film The Damned United, starring Michael Sheen.

Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week's cultural highlights, including the new film The Damned United, which stars Michael Sheen as Brian Clough.

Guests: 
Journalist Jim White
Historian and former Cabinet Minister Roy Hattersley
Comedian Natalie Haynes

The Damned United
By 1974, the legendary football manager Brian Clough had taken Derby County from the bottom of the second division to the top of the first. Then he landed the job of managing his arch-rival’s team, Leeds United. 44 days later, he was gone. 

Now writer Peter Morgan and actor Michael Sheen have brought to Clough the close-up, fiction-from-fact treatment they’ve already applied to Tony Blair and David Frost. Some of those involved cried ‘foul’ in response to the novelist David Peace’s take on this story. But how successfully have this new team tackled it?
The Damned United is on general release from Friday 27 March, certificate 15.

Five Minutes Of Heaven
In 1975, in Lurgan, Northern Ireland, a young Ulster Volunteer Force recruit shot a man he suspected of threatening Protestants. The man’s younger brother witnessed the killing. 33 years later, they have never met.

But in this new drama by Guy Hibbert, author of Omagh, a meeting between the two men is imaginatively played out, based on interviews with both of them. Liam Neeson plays the killer; James Nesbitt his victim’s brother. 

Five Minutes Of Heaven is broadcast on BBC2  Sunday 5 April at 9.00pm.

Dimetos
In 1976, Paul Scofield starred in a new play by the great playwright of the anti-Apartheid struggle, Athol Fugard. But the play was an abstract departure from Fugard’s usual township terrain, and left many nonplussed.

Now the Donmar Warehouse in London has revived it, with Jonathan Pryce as Dimetos. So after the lukewarm critical reception for the Donmar’s West End production of Madame de Sade last week, have they plucked out another play better left on the shelf – or rediscovered a lost classic?

Dimetos at the  Donmar Warehouse in London until 9 May. 

The Collection
What links art and dance? Choreographer Siobhan Davies and gallery owner Victoria Miro’s new collaborative show aims to explore the connections between their two arts. The show features a machine that casts constantly changing shadows around a dance studio in south London, while in north London dancers dance in a gallery. And there’s a mirrored box festooned with coloured lights that stretch to infinity. 

The Collection is at the Siobhan Davies Studio in south London and the Victoria Miro Gallery in north London until 9 April. Admission is free.

A Single Swallow
The thirtysomething writer Horatio Clare has chronicled the collapse of his parents’ attempt to relocate their marriage from London to a Welsh hillside, and his own later descent into drug use. Now he follows the swallows that sit outside his window in Wales from South Africa back to his home, in an attempt to finish growing up. 

A Single Swallow is published by  Chatto and Windus.

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