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The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

Shipping Forecast: 22/04/2009

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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: 22/04/2009

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Prayer for the Day

Prayer for the Day: 22/04/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Prayer for the Day, 22/04/2009

Daily prayer and reflection, with Bishop George Stack.

Farming Today

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

Farming Today: 22/04/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 22/04/2009

Anna Hill learns how damage to crops and trees caused by deer has become a serious problem

Anna Hill learns how damage to crops and trees caused by deer has become a serious problem, and finds out how one estate is managing deer numbers.

Anna Hill learns how damage to crops and trees caused by deer has become a serious problem, and finds out how one estate is managing deer numbers. Plus why lambs in Cumbria are sporting plastic macs in the interests of advertising.

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: 22/04/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 22/04/2009

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

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

Presented by John Humphrys and James Naughtie.

Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman Vince Cable says the budget cannot stand any overall tax cuts.

Correspondent Sanjoy Majumdar gives details about the hijacking of a train in eastern India.

Peter Biles reports on why a high turnout is expected in the South African elections.

Mark Simpson visits Cupar Street in west Belfast to discuss the redecoration of so-called peace walls.

Business editor Robert Peston says the IMF believes the bank bail-out will cost the taxpayer 130 billion pounds. 

Nine men questioned in connection with a suspected bomb plot have been handed over to the UK Border Agency. Inayat Bunglawala, of the Muslim Council of Britain, discusses how this decision may be seen by the Islamic community.

Jack Jones, the former general secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union, has died aged 96. Politician Tony Benn remembers "one of the finest men [he] ever met".

Thought for the day with the Right Reverend James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool.

Charu Lata Hogg, of foreign affairs think tank Chatham House, and Lal Wickrematunge, managing editor of Colombo newspaper the Sunday Leader, discuss the chance for a lasting peace in Sri Lanka.

Economist John Wraith and BBC editors Nick Robinson and Stephanie Flanders discuss what will be in the budget.

What happens in the daily life of a hospital chaplain? Reporter Angus Stickler visits Homerton Hospital in east London to find out. 

Conservative education spokesman Michael Gove discusses allegations that last year's Sats fiasco was misrepresented by ministers.

Elliot Abrams, of the think-tank the Council on Foreign Relations, says a two-state solution in Palestine is possible.

Cook Tamasin Day-Lewis and Matthew O'Callaghan, of the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association, discuss Britain's long love affair with the pie.

A senior official in the White House under George Bush's presidency has made a damaging claim about a memo he wrote warning against torture. North America editor Justin Webb explains the allegations. 

Author and astronomer Dr David Whitehouse and Professor Sir David King, of Oxford University, discuss the benefits of space travel.

Rodney Bickerstaffe, former president of the UK National Pensioners' Convention, remembers former union leader Jack Jones, who has died at the age of 96.

Midweek

Lively and diverse conversation with weekly guests

Midweek: 22/04/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Midweek, 22/04/2009

With Libby Purves & guests Barry Fantoni, Ernest Borgnine, Zoya Phan and Matthew Dunster.

Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests - Barry Fantoni, Ernest Borgnine, Zoya Phan and Matthew Dunster.

BARRY FANTONI 
Barry Fantoni is the cartoonist, painter, playwright, jazz musician and poet.  He is probably best known as Private Eye’s foremost cartoonist over the past forty years - the pen behind “EJ Thribb’s” rhyming obituaries,  “Neasden FC” with its glum manager Ron Knee, and the new cartoon series “Scenes you Seldom See”.  An exhibition of his paintings, Public Eye, Private Eye is at the Thomas Williams Gallery from 22nd April until 22nd May. 

ERNEST BORGNINE
Ernest Borgnine is the veteran Hollywood actor, now aged 93. Born the son of Italian immigrants, he has had a long and fascinating career in film and television.  He’s played many character roles in films like From Here to Eternity, Dirty Dozen and The Wild Bunch and more sensitive ones, like the eponymous lead in the 1955 film Marty, for which he won an Oscar.  He has now endeared himself to a new generation of fans in the cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants playing Mermaid Man.  His autobiography, Ernest Borgnine: My Autobiography is published by JR Books.

ZOYA PHAN
Zoya Phan was born to the Karen tribe of Burma but was forced to flee her country as a teenager after her village was attacked by the Burmese army.  She eventually escaped to the UK to claim asylum and now lives in London, working for the human rights organisation Burma Campaign UK.  Her memoir Little Daughter is published by Simon and Schuster. 

MATTHEW DUNSTER
Matthew Dunster is an actor, playwright and director.  He is currently an Associate Director of the Young Vic Theatre.  His play You Can See the Hills, which is an autobiographical portrait of growing up in Oldham in the 1980s, is currently on at the Young Vic.  He is also working on several other projects including a ballet with the Pet Shop Boys, which they are composing for Sadler's Wells for 2011.  You Can See the Hills is at the Young Vic from 23rd April until 9th May.

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

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: 22/04/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Daily Service, 22/04/2009

Christian worship and music with Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze.

Woman's Hour

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

Woman's Hour: Sinead O'Connor; Writer Azar Nafisi; Death of a pet

Sinead O'Connor; Writer Azar Nafisi; Death of a pet

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Sinead O'Connor; Writer Azar Nafisi; Death of a pet

Singer Sinead O'Connor on her career and living with a bipolar disorder.

Singer Sinead O'Connor on her career and living with a bipolar disorder. Plus, Azar Nafisi on her stormy relationship with her family and Iran; and the grief of pet bereavement.

Life's Soundtrack

28/07/2008

BBC Radio 4 - Life's Soundtrack

Trevor Cox explores how our voice and our hearing develop and change through our lives.

Trevor Cox explores how our voice and our hearing develop and change through our lives, from the vague rumblings that first greet us in the womb to our last gasping breath.

Safety Catch

Laurence Howarth's black comedy of modern morality set in the world of arms dealing.

Darren Boyd stars in Laurence Howarth's black comedy about a man who's reluctantly drifted into the arms dealing trade.

Safety Catch: Series 2: There Will Be Paint

There Will Be Paint

Series 2

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Simon and his arms-selling colleagues go paintballing to better understand the art of war.

Simon and his arms-selling colleagues go paintballing to better understand the art of war. Stars Darren Boyd. From April 2009.

Simon decides it's about time he and his colleagues prove they understand the true horrors of war by getting out there and actually fighting. 

So it is that team Heathcote Sanders go paintballing. 

Okay, so it's not quite the same as fighting in an actual war, but you can't expect Simon to take part in one of those - I mean, people actually die in those things. 

Will he manage to find the hero inside himself? 

Starring Darren Boyd.

Laurence Howarth’s black comedy of modern morality.

Simon is essentially a nice man who also happens to be an arms dealer.

Simon McGrath ....... Darren Boyd
Anna Grieg ....... Joanna Page
Boris Kemal ....... Lewis Macleod
Judith McGrath ....... Sarah Smart
Angela McGrath ....... Brigit Forsyth
Madeleine Turnbull ....... Rachel Atkins
Roger/Dave ....... Philip Fox
Guide ....... Gus Brown

Producer: Dawn Ellis.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2009.

Safety Catch: Series 2

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.

Sitcom by Laurence Howarth about a man who has reluctantly drifted into the arms trade

Sitcom by Laurence Howarth about a man who has reluctantly drifted into the arms dealing trade

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast

News, weather and Shipping Forecast updates. 

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast: 22/04/2009

BBC Radio 4 - News Headlines; Shipping Forecast, 22/04/2009

National and international news and the shipping forecast.

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

Budget Special

BBC Radio 4 - Budget Special

Live from Westminster, Alistair Darling presents his Budget to the House of Commons.

Weather

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The Archers

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

The Archers: 21/04/2009

21/04/2009

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Lilian's visiting Jennifer at Home Farm. Jennifer's been shopping for Phil's birthday present. She says Lilian should have gone with her; she mustn't be a prisoner in her own home. Lilian goes to look for her handbag. Brian appears in the kitchen and starts talking about Matt. He can't continue as Borchester Land chair. Brian's surprised when Lilian appears! 

Usha returns from a run. She was taking it easy but Annabelle sped past her. Later, Usha can't sleep. She can't stop thinking about the marathon, or comparing herself to Annabelle. Alan has every faith in her. She'd better get some sleep.

Jennifer finds Brian working late. He's worried about the board meeting. They've been scheming behind Matt's back and he isn't going to like it. And if he ends up replacing Matt as chair, things will be awkward. 

Matt's trying to read in bed but can't concentrate. Lilian tries to cheer him up with village news, but their alarm goes off. Matt goes downstairs and Lilian tries to stop him - someone might be down there. Matt searches through bushes outside but there's no-one there. Lilian begs him to call the police; she won't be able to sleep now. But Matt says there's nothing else they can do.

Episode written by Tim Stimpson.

Drama on 4

Drama from BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra.

Afternoon Play

Drama on 4: The Gallery

The Gallery

BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, The Gallery

A new Tyneside art gallery's opening night is thrown into jeopardy by ill-trained staff.

A new Tyneside art gallery's opening night is thrown into jeopardy by well-meaning but ill-trained staff. Alan Plater's comedy stars Joe Caffrey.

A second chance to hear Alan Plater's final play for radio. The opening night of a new Tyneside art gallery is thrown into jeopardy by the well-meaning but ill-trained staff. Dodgy wiring, an over-zealous cleaner and a retired greyhound add to the comic mix.
Trevor ... Joe Caffrey
Liz ... Janice Acquah
Michael ... Deka Walmsley
Heather ... Caroline Guthrie
Julie ... Phillippa Wilson
Neville ... Chris Connel
Chris ... Benjamin Askew
Norma ... Tracey Wilkinson
Susie ... Lizzy Watts
Sammy ... Lisa McGrillis
Tomlin ... Malcolm Tierney

Director ... Alison Hindell

Alan Plater is the much-loved author of hundreds of stage, radio and television dramas including The Beiderbecke Affair, The Last of the Blonde Bombshells, Close the Coalhouse Door, The Pallisers, Z Cars and Lewis. His work for radio includes an adaptation of his own autobiography, Stories For Another Day, and the original drama series The Devil's Music. The Gallery was his final play for radio before his death in June 2010.

Money Box Live

Phone-in programme with discussion and advice on personal finance

Money Box Live: 22/04/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Money Box Live, 22/04/2009

Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on mortgages.

Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on mortgages, plus Vincent Duggleby on the Budget.

Afternoon Reading

Short stories or abridged books, often from new writers

Afternoon Reading: Penelope's People

Afternoon Reading: Penelope's People: Episode 2: Making Ends Meet

Episode 2

Episode 2: Making Ends Meet

Penelope's People

Making Ends Meet

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By Cathy Feeny. A chance meeting offers lonely widow Cora a way out of mounting debt.

By Cathy Feeny. Lonely widow Cora has been made redundant. Cash is tight, but a chance meeting offers her a way to beat the credit crunch and get out of mounting debt.

Series of monologues performed by Penelope Keith, presenting resourceful characters responding very differently to big changes in their lives. 

By Cathy Feeny. Lonely widow Cora has been made redundant. Cash is tight, but she still cannot resist the tempting knick-knacks from the mail order catalogues. A chance meeting offers her a way to beat the credit crunch and get out of mounting debt.

A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.

Series of three monologues performed by Penelope Keith

Series of three monologues performed by Penelope Keith, presenting resourceful characters responding very differently to big changes in their lives

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Men of Fashion

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Men of Fashion: Episode 13: The King's Road - Granny Takes a Trip Into Punk

Episode 13

Episode 13: The King's Road - Granny Takes a Trip Into Punk

The King's Road - Granny Takes a Trip Into Punk

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Men of Fashion, The King's Road - Granny Takes a Trip Into Punk

Malcolm McLaren joins Lawrence to assess the partnership between pop music and fashion.

Malcolm McLaren joins Lawrence to assess the insoluble partnership between pop music and fashion through the decades.

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

Thinking Allowed

Thinking Allowed: History of Murder - Scottish Conservatives

History of Murder - Scottish Conservatives

BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, History of Murder - Scottish Conservatives

From duels to drive-by, Laurie Taylor discusses the history of murder.

From duels to drive-by, Laurie Taylor discusses the history of murder. He also hears from a German ethnographer on the hunt for the Young Scottish Conservatives.

Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how society works.

Laurie discusses the history of murder, from duelling to drive-by killings, with Pieter Spierenburg, author of A History of Murder: Personal Violence in Europe from the Middle Ages to the Present and Joanna Bourke, author of An Intimate History of Killing. Why was the murder rate higher in the Middle Ages than it is now? What factors have pushed the practice of killing men down the social order and should we worry about the first increase in the murder rate for over 200 years? 

Laurie also hears of the surprise of Antje Bednarek, a German sociologist pursuing an ethnography of Young Scottish Conservatives. She had not realised that tracking them down would be such a tricky business.

Case Notes

Medical programme exploring a different topic each week

Medical programme exploring a different topic each week, with reports and input from experts

Case Notes: Strokes

Strokes

BBC Radio 4 - Case Notes, Strokes

Dr Mark Porter visits Glasgow where doctors have pioneered a new treatment for strokes.

Dr Mark Porter visits Glasgow where doctors have pioneered a treatment for strokes and are calling the clot-busting therapy the Lazarus effect because it has such a dramatic result.

Dr Mark Porter explores health issues of the day. He visits Glasgow where doctors have pioneered a new treatment for strokes, which is common in older people. They are calling the clot-busting therapy the Lazarus effect because it has such a dramatic result.

Afternoon news and current affairs programme

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

PM: 22/04/2009

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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: 22/04/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Six O'Clock News, 22/04/2009

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

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

Mark Steel's in Town

Comedian Mark Steel visits towns across the UK and creates a stand-up show for the locals.

Comedian Mark Steel visits towns across the UK, meets the locals, and creates a stand up show for them - and us - about the town.

Mark Steel's In Town

Mark Steel's in Town: Series 1: Portland

Portland

Series 1

BBC Radio 4 - Mark Steel's in Town, Series 1, Portland

Stand-up from the Isle of Portland, Dorset: what makes the island so distinctive.

Stand-up from the Isle of Portland, Dorset, celebrating what makes the island and its people so distinctive. From April 2009.

Comedian Mark Steel gets to grips with the bird observatory, stone quarries and customs of the Isle of Portland in order to find out what makes it so distinctive. 

Find out why the locals are obsessed with obelisks and why you must never say the 'r' word. 

Series in which the comedian visits towns across the UK and creates a stand-up show for the locals.

Producer: Julia McKenzie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2009.

Mark Steel's in Town: Series 1

Comedian Mark Steel visits towns across the UK and creates a show for a local audience

The Archers: 22/04/2009

BBC Radio 4 - The Archers, 22/04/2009

Helen persuades Tom to do the delivery to Ambridge Organics, to avoid seeing Pat or Tony. As Helen and Annette leave for the shop, Helen sees Brenda approaching, so hurries Annette into the car, leaving Tom alone with Benda. Their conversation's awkward but Brenda finds herself telling Tom she might move away to find work once she's finished her finals. Not knowing what else to say, Tom finds himself wishing her luck.

Mike's still buzzing from last night's dancing. A new lady, Vicky, seems to have stood out. But, after bumping into Tom, Brenda's in no mood to appreciate Mike's enthusiasm. 

Annette quizzes Helen about Brenda. Helen tries to get her to concentrate on work but when Kirsty arrives Annette wants her opinion too. Helen explains that Kirsty used to go out with Tom, so asks her to be careful, but Annette still questions Kirsty at the first opportunity.

When Helen asks Tom how he got on with Brenda, it's clear that he's feeling equally deflated. Brenda's obviously planning her future, so what can he say. Helen invites him round for dinner again. That's great news to Annette, especially when he offers to help her write her CV.

Episode written by Tim Stimpson.

Front Row

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

Front Row: 22/04/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, 22/04/2009

Natalie Haynes reviews the revival of TV comedy Reggie Perrin.

Natalie Haynes reviews a revival of the TV comedy Reggie Perrin starring Martin Clunes and writer James Patterson discusses his new literacy initiative.

Comedian Natalie Haynes reviews a revival of the TV comedy classic Reggie Perrin about a suburban middle-manager and his repetitive routine, with Martin Clunes taking on the role made famous by Leonard Rossiter in the '70s. 

The writer James Patterson was the biggest-selling hardback fiction author last year, and is the most borrowed author from UK libraries. James Patterson discusses his new literacy initiative and the nine hardbacks he's publishing this year. 

In his last audio diary as judge of the Art Fund prize for the best museum or gallery in the UK, Grayson Perry reports from the Ruthin Craft Centre in Denbighshire, Orleans House in Richmond and the Sackler Centre for Education at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. 

The novelist Elizabeth Taylor has long been over shadowed by her more celebrated Hollywood namesake, but many believe her to be one of Britain's great unsung literary talents. Her biographer Nicola Beauman and writer Phillip Hensher talk to Mark about why Taylor has suffered relative neglect as a writer, and the problems faced by literary biographers.

15 Minute Drama

Classic and contemporary original drama and book dramatisations

15 Minute Drama: ME Braddon - Lady Audley's Secret

15 Minute Drama: ME Braddon - Lady Audley's Secret: Episode 3

Episode 3

ME Braddon - Lady Audley's Secret

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, ME Braddon - Lady Audley's Secret, Episode 3

Robert invites George to meet his uncle's young wife. But she's reluctant to receive them.

Curious Robert invites George to meet his uncle's beautiful young wife. But she's reluctant to receive them. Stars Sam Dale. From April 2009.

Dramatisation of the classic Victorian thriller by Mary Elizabeth Braddon.

Curious to meet his uncle's beautiful young wife, Robert Audley travels to Essex. He invites his widowed friend George Talboys to distract him from his grief. But Lady Audley is most reluctant to receive them.

Mary Braddon ...... Hattie Morahan
Robert Audley ...... Alex Wyndham
George Talboys ...... Joseph Kloska
Sir Michael Audley ...... Sam Dale
Alicia Audley ...... Perdita Weeks
Phoebe Marks ...... Lizzy Watts

Directed by Julie Beckett and Fiona Kelcher.

Dramatisation of the classic Victorian thriller by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Bringing Up Britain

Helping families make sense of one big parenting question.

Bringing Up Britain: Series 2

Bringing Up Britain: Series 2: Episode 3

BBC Radio 4 - Bringing Up Britain, Series 2, Episode 3

Exploring step-parenting and 'blended families'.

Exploring step-parenting and 'blended families'. How can parents help their children to adapt and what do we know about the impact of blended families on children?

Mariella Frostrup hosts a debate about parenting with families, experts and policy-makers. 

Exploring step-parenting and 'blended families' from the point of view of parents, children and society. 

By the age of 16, one in eight children has been through parental separation and is living with a 'new' parent. For some children such changes can be problematic, while others thrive in stepfamilies. How can parents help their children to adapt and what do we know about the impact of blended families on children?

Featuring the story of Darren, who has two teenage children, as does his partner. However, the children do not get on and Darren is worried that the situation is putting strain on all involved. 

With guests Christine Tufnell of Care for the Family, Penny Mansfield from the relationship charity One Plus One, Nick Woodall from the Centre for Separated Families, and Elly Farmer, a clinical psychologist who also speaks for the Centre for Social Justice on family issues.

Mariella Frostrup hosts a debate about parenting with families, experts and policy-makers

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