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Shipping Forecast

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

Shipping Forecast: 09/04/2009

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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: 09/04/2009

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Prayer for the Day

Prayer for the Day: 09/04/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Prayer for the Day, 09/04/2009

Daily prayer and reflection with the Archbishop of Wales, Rev Dr Barry Morgan.

Farming Today

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

Farming Today: 09/04/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 09/04/2009

News and issues in rural Britain with Chris Impey.

News and issues in rural Britain with Chris Impey. New visa regulations are forcing globetrotting shearers to return home for finger-printing before they are allowed into the UK.

News and issues in rural Britain with Chris Impey. 

Shearers from Australia and New Zealand are traditionally regarded as the Olympic champions of world shearing and British farmers have relied on their speed and efficiency for many years. However, new visa regulations are forcing the globetrotting shearers to return to their home country for finger-printing and retina-scanning before they are allowed into the UK.

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: 09/04/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 09/04/2009

Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.

With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.

Presented by James Naughtie and Sarah Montague.

Economics editor Stephanie Flanders and Michael Coogan of the Council of Mortgage Lenders discuss the interest rate decision facing the Bank of England.

Solicitor Harriet Wistrich discusses the footage of a police officer pushing a man to the ground at a G20 protest minutes before he died.

Nursery teacher Angela Forkin says children are being taught to read and write too early.

Broadcaster Charles Shoebridge, a former counter terrorism intelligence officer, and shadow security minister Baroness Neville-Jones discuss if an anti-terror operation was jeopardised.

Dame Joan Bakewell, the government's Voice of Older People, says some of the care provided for the elderly is deplorable.

Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has said the US and Russia should not force former Soviet states to pick between an alliance with Washington and Moscow, RIA news agency reports. Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports on if there are "hidden agendas" in relations between the two nations. 

Thought for the day with the Reverend Angela Tilby, vicar of St Bene't's Church in Cambridge.

Washington correspondent Richard Lister and Admiral Richard Gurnon, president of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, discuss what the US can do to thwart Somali pirates. 

Britain's most senior counter-terrorism officer, Bob Quick, has resigned after he accidentally revealed details of a secret anti-terrorism operation. Security correspondent Frank Gardner, Panorama reporter Peter Taylor and David Winnick MP discuss the blunder. 

London Mayor Boris Johnson announces that he has accepted the resignation of Assistant Commissioner Bob Quick.

Broker Terry Smith and Angela Knight, of the British Bankers Association, discuss if some banks are "potentially too big to bail". 

Richard Vinen, professor of Modern European History at King's College, London, and author Simon Jenkins discuss the legacy of Mrs Thatcher and Thatcherism.

Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen has been on both sides of the Gaza border to see what has changed since the Israeli offensive earlier this year.

Former London mayor Ken Livingstone discusses the resignation of Bob Quick and the announcement of his replacement, Assistant Commissioner John Yates.

What impact has the recession had on people's holiday plans? Ben Ross, travel editor of The Independent, and comedian Arthur Smith discuss if many more people are tempted to holiday in the UK.

In Our Time

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

In Our Time: Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aldous Huxley's dystopian 1932 novel Brave New World.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aldous Huxley's dystopian 1932 novel Brave New World and its vision of a future of test tube babies, free love and round-the-clock surveillance.

Melvyn Bragg and guests David Bradshaw, Daniel Pick and Michele Barrett discuss Aldous Huxley's dystopian 1932 novel, Brave New World. 

In Act V Scene I of Shakespeare's The Tempest, the character Miranda declares 'O wonder! How many Godly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O Brave new world! That has such people in it!'. It is perhaps the only line of Shakespeare to be made famous by someone else, for Brave New World is not associated with Prospero's Island of sprites, magic and wondrous noises, but with Aldous Huxley's dystopia of eugenics, soma and zero gravity tennis. A world, incidentally, upon which literary references to Shakespeare would be entirely lost. 

Brave New World is a lurid, satirical dystopia in which the hopes and fears of the 1930s are writ large and yet the book seems uncannily prescient about our own time. But why did Huxley feel the need to write it and is Brave New World really as dystopian as we are led to believe?

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: 09/04/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Daily Service, 09/04/2009

Christian worship and music, led by Rev Dr David Wilkinson.

Woman's Hour

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

Woman's Hour: The life of Sheila Scott; Ursula King; Baldness

The life of Sheila Scott; Ursula King; Baldness

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, The life of Sheila Scott; Ursula King; Baldness

The life and achievements of aviator Sheila Scott. Professor Ursula King on spirituality.

The life and achievements of aviator Sheila Scott. Plus, Professor Ursula King on the search for spirituality; and what's so bad about being bald?

Crossing Continents

Series focusing on foreign affairs issues

Crossing Continents: Kosovo

Kosovo

BBC Radio 4 - Crossing Continents, Kosovo

Michael Montgomery reports on hidden alleged atrocities in Kosovo.

Michael Montgomery reports on alleged atrocities in Kosovo which have remained hidden and reveals evidence of another side to the conflict which the world was not meant to see.

Michael Montgomery reports on alleged atrocities in Kosovo which have remained hidden for 10 years. To mark the 10th anniversary of the war in Kosovo, and using documents and interviews he has gathered over more than five years, Michael reveals detailed evidence of another side to the conflict which the world was not meant to see.

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The Great Architect of Home

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Great Architect of Home

Susan Marling pays tribute to architect Frank Lloyd Wright's influence on house design.

4 Extra Debut. Susan Marling pays tribute to the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and assesses his influence on house design. From April 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: 09/04/2009

BBC Radio 4 - News Headlines; Shipping Forecast, 09/04/2009

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: 09/04/2009

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, 09/04/2009

Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.

Weather

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World at One

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

World at One: 09/04/2009

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National and international news with Martha Kearney.

National and international news with Martha Kearney. Former Home Secretary John Reid discusses the challenges that Bob Quick's successor will face.

National and international news with Martha Kearney.

Britain's most senior counter-terrorism officer, Bob Quick, has resigned because of a security blunder which meant a major police operation had to be brought forward. Former Home Secretary John Reid discusses the challenges that Quick's successor will face. 

Plus an assessment of the Bank of England's quantitative easing measures.

Costing the Earth

Fresh ideas from the sharpest minds working toward a cleaner, greener planet

Costing the Earth: Antarctic Treaty

06/04/2009

Antarctic Treaty

BBC Radio 4 - Costing the Earth, Antarctic Treaty

Tom Heap reports on the Antarctic Treaty.

Tom Heap reports on the Antarctic Treaty, a little known beacon of global co-operation that has kept the soldiers at bay and the scientists in harness there for the last 50 years.

Tom Heap reports on the Antarctic Treaty, a unique but little-known beacon of global co-operation which has kept the soldiers at bay and the scientists in harness on the continent for the last 50 years. 

It has survived Cold War tension, the Falklands war and rapacious fishing to emerge as a textbook study of how diplomacy can avoid conflict. But can it rebuff the pressures of the next 50 years, with tourists, bio-prospectors and energy companies all scouring the planet for scarce resources?

The Archers

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

The Archers: 08/04/2009

08/04/2009

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Before the Borchester Land meeting commences, Annabelle asks Brian if Matt's had any more visits from the SFO. The ongoing investigation is making things very uncomfortable for the other board members and shareholders. Matt's new business proposals aren't met with a great deal of enthusiasm. Securing finance is difficult enough, let alone when the company chair is being investigated by the SFO.

Annabelle collars Brian after the meeting. Matt's position on the board is becoming untenable. They need to think about bringing new blood onto the board.

Ed visits Emma at Jaxx. He's feeling down. There's no way he'd be able to pay back a loan for the tenancy at Grange Farm. At least they've got each other, unlike poor Brenda. Emma tells Ed about Brenda's plans to leave Ambridge; she just can't face bumping into Tom now they're not together. Ed leaves Jaxx to get back to work. He decides to put off telling Oliver about his decision until tomorrow. He wants to sleep on it. 

Emma tells Joe the bad news about the Grange Farm tenancy. They'd need at least two thousand pounds for a business plan, which they just can't afford. Ed's going to have to tell Oliver he can't do it. 

Episode written by Mary Cutler.

Drama on 4

Drama from BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra.

Drama on 4: Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke: Tested

Tested

Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke

BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke, Tested

Five plays reimagine Jesus's story through the eyes of those who witnessed it.

Jesus's arrest tests the courage and faith of his supporters. Stars Tom Goodman-Hill and Peter Firth.

Jesus's arrest will test the faith, heart and courage of everyone who plays a part in what will follow.

Over the Easter season, Nick Warburton's five plays reimagine Jesus? story through the eyes of those who witnessed it. 

Jesus.......................Tom Goodman-Hill
Peter.......................Peter Firth
Judas.......................Paul Hilton
Pilate.......................Colin Stinton
Caiaphas.......................Robin Soans
Mary.......................Penelope Wilton
Baker.......................Ben Crowe
Centurion	.......................Peter Marinker
Girl.......................Anna Bengo
Guard.......................Lloyd Thomas

Music by David Pickvance.
Director: Jonquil Panting

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.

Drama on 4: Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke

Plays imagining the story of Jesus through the eyes of those who witnessed it

Plays by Nick Warburton imagining the story of Jesus through the eyes of those who witnessed it

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: 04/04/2009

04/04/2009

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Helen Mark explores the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.

Abraham Darby fired up his furnace in Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, 300 years ago, which was the spark that lit the Industrial Revolution. Helen Mark visits the original foundry.

Three hundred years ago, Abraham Darby fired up his furnace in Coalbrookdale, Shropshire. It was the spark that lit the Industrial Revolution. Darby's technological leap would allow iron to be manufactured on an enormous scale, opening the door to the creation of the machines, factories, trains and ships that made the modern world. 

Helen Mark visits the original foundry, joins in an archaeological dig on the site, hears how the Aga company keeps the gorge's traditions alive and meets a contemporary artist inspired by the tough life of the original ironworkers.

Radio 4 Appeal

Highlighting a charity and appealing for donations. The presenters donate their time.

A weekly programme highlighting the work of a charity and appealing for donations. The presenters give their time without payment.

Radio 4 Appeal: SOS Sahel

05/04/2009

SOS Sahel

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Valerie Singleton appeals on behalf of SOS Sahel.

Valerie Singleton appeals on behalf of SOS Sahel.

A donation of 15 pounds could train a water committee in Sudan enabling a community to share precious water - helping to preserve peace.  If you are a UK taxpayer, please provide SOS Sahel with your full name and address so they can claim the Gift Aid on your donation - worth another 25 percent. Online and phone donation facilities are not currently available to listeners without a UK postcode.

Registered Charity No 296311.

Donations: Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal, please mark the back of your envelope SOS Sahel.

Credit cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144.

Afternoon Reading

Short stories or abridged books, often from new writers

Afternoon Reading: The Burying of Joe Bloggs

Afternoon Reading: The Burying of Joe Bloggs: Episode 3: Murray

Episode 3

Episode 3: Murray

The Burying of Joe Bloggs

Murray

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Joe Bloggs is dead but who knew him best: his first love, his wife or his lawyer?

Joe and his lawyer Murray shared a passion for collecting fine art, but it was Joe who hid the stuff. Now Murray waits for the two women, but who holds the right key?

The third specially-commissioned story by Frances Fyfield examining the life of the deceased, from the perspectives of those who knew - or thought they knew - him best: his first love, his wife, and his trusted and shadowy lawyer. 

Joe's trusted lawyer waits for the hearse outside a church in the City of London. While the two women put down Joe's frequent absences to assumed infidelity, Murray has a different take: 'Only two women in a life of fifty-five years? Well, that's because he was a man of huge but bridled passion.' And Murray and Joe shared a passion, namely, the less-than-kosher collecting of fine art and antiques. Murray is also waiting for the two women, but which one has the right key? 

Readers: Sophie Stanton, Liza Ross and Hugh Ross

Producer: Karen Rose
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.

Series of three stories by Frances Fyfield examining the life of the deceased Joe Bloggs

Series of three stories by Frances Fyfield examining the life of the deceased Joe Bloggs from the perspectives of those who knew - or thought they knew - him best

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Men of Fashion

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Men of Fashion: Episode 4: Beau Nash - The Rise of the Middling Sort

Episode 4

Episode 4: Beau Nash - The Rise of the Middling Sort

Beau Nash - The Rise of the Middling Sort

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Men of Fashion, Beau Nash - The Rise of the Middling Sort

Laurence visits Bath, the setting for the 18th-century revolution in men's clothing.

The impact of an English dandy. The interior designer visits Bath, the hub of the 18th-century men's clothing revolution.

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen tells the story of dandyism and male peacockery through the ages

Bookclub

Led by James Naughtie, readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best-known novels

Led by James Naughtie, a group of readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best-known novels

Bookclub: Andrew Motion

Andrew Motion

BBC Radio 4 - Bookclub, Andrew Motion

Andrew Motion talks to James Naughtie about his 10 years as Poet Laureate.

As he prepares to leave the post, Andrew Motion talks to James Naughtie about his 10 years as Poet Laureate and discusses his collection Public Property.

As he prepares to leave the post, Andrew Motion talks to James Naughtie about his 10 years as Poet Laureate. He discusses his collection Public Property, which was the first to be published after he became Poet Laureate. Some of the poems were written to mark or celebrate events or people. Others reveal some of his own strongest influences - the countryside, his upbringing and his parents as well as poets he most admires, including Wordsworth, Keats, Ted Hughes and Philip Larkin.

Material World

Science programme reporting on developments across the disciplines

Science programme reporting on developments across the disciplines. Each week, scientists describe their work, conveying the excitement they feel for their research projects

Material World: 09/04/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Material World, 09/04/2009

Forty years after the first British Concorde flight what happened to the supersonic dream?

Quentin Cooper discusses the Italian earthquake, celebrates Concorde's 40th anniversary and asks if brain scans can shed light on our emotions and aesthetic sensibilities.

Quentin Cooper talks to Professor Robert Holdsworth about the Italian earthquake, an earth scientist at Durham University. One of his colleagues, Ken McCaffery, has gone to L'Aquila with a laser scanning device called a LiDAR. Similar to radar, but using laser light instead of radio waves, Ken plans to deploy the device on the ground near the earthquake site to survey with millimetre accuracy the new scarps of rock. 

The Apennine area of Italy has long been interesting to geologists for the bed of limestone very close to the surface. New rock protruding from the surface allows scientists to see and measure recent faulting and shifting as the mountains continue to settle. 

It is generally believed that the L'Aquila earthquake produced a shift of about 25 centimetres. If Ken can find the new scarp, he can make a series of accurate measurements over a period of weeks. He hopes that these measurements will help him to build an accurate picture of how the earthquake has affected the local rock structure. It might also help answer questions about what has been going on under Italy for the last 30 million years, and what might happen in the future. 

On the 9th April 1969, people in the west of England saw the first British Concorde on its maiden flight from Filton, near Bristol. At the time it seemed to herald a new age of faster-than-a-bullet travel for all. But, as history shows, Concorde remained a luxury for the rich and famous. The planes were decommissioned in 2003.  

Quentin speaks to Peter G Coen, Principal Investigator in Supersonic Aeronautics at NASA's Langley Research Centre. He asks what happened to the supersonic dream and whether supersonic passenger travel might one day take to the sky again, with or without its tell-tale sonic boom.

Also, Quentin discusses brain scans with Geraint Rees from the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, and with Daniel Glaser, Head of Special Projects at the Wellcome Trust. 

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (FMRI) and magnetoencephalography (MEG) have become essential tools for investigating the brain. Thanks to brain scanning, our knowledge of core physical processes - memory, sight, muscle control - has been hugely improved. But are researchers justified in using these tools to delve into more complex and subjective areas such as emotions, aesthetics and morality?

Afternoon news and current affairs programme

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

PM: 09/04/2009

BBC Radio 4 - PM, 09/04/2009

Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.

Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. Plus Weather.

Six O'Clock News

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4

Six O'Clock News: 09/04/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Six O'Clock News, 09/04/2009

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

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

4 Stands Up

Stand-up comedy show featuring big names from the circuit

4 Stands Up: Series 3: Episode 2

Episode 2

Series 3

BBC Radio 4 - 4 Stands Up, Series 3, Episode 2

Chris Addison introduces Sarah Millican, James Sherwood and Jeff Green.

Chris Addison with more big names from the comedy circuit - Sarah Millican, James Sherwood and Jeff Green. From April 2009.

Chris Addison hosts the stand-up comedy series.

Featuring some of the top names on the circuit.

With:

Sarah Millican
James Sherwood
Jeff Green

Producer: Sam Michell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2009.

4 Stands Up: Series 3

The Archers: 09/04/2009

BBC Radio 4 - The Archers, 09/04/2009

Nic tells Will that Eddie's offered to take her on a long drive to boost her confidence before her driving test next week. Will says it's not often Eddie does someone a favour without strings attached. Later, Eddie's tells Joe he's going to ask Nic to drive them to a real ale pub the other side of Felpersham. 

Ed receives a call from Joe telling him not to turn down Oliver's offer. He wants to speak to Ed first and will be over to Grange Farm later that morning. 

Joe tells Ed he'll lend him the two thousand pounds he needs. Ed's reluctant to take the money, Joe's funeral savings. But Joe doesn't care. He'd rather see a Grundy back at Grange Farm. Ed's worried he'll let his grandfather down but Joe has every faith in him.

Matt's still annoyed at the lack of support he received from the Borchester Land board. Lilian rallies his spirits, he's twice the man Brian will ever be and more than a match for Annabelle.  

Lilian goes riding again. The motorcyclist returns, this time revving his engine right behind her, causing her horse to throw her. Matt's convinced it's Chalkman. She musn't go riding alone again, it's too dangerous.  

Episode written by Mary Cutler.

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Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music

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