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The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

Shipping Forecast: 10/06/2009

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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: 10/06/2009

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Prayer for the Day

Prayer for the Day: 10/06/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Prayer for the Day, 10/06/2009

Daily prayer and reflection with the Right Rev Richard Chartres, Bishop of London.

Farming Today

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

Farming Today: 10/06/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 10/06/2009

A scientist claims dairy cows are being 'milked to starvation'.

Charlotte Smith hears from a leading scientist who says dairy cows are being 'milked to starvation'.

Charlotte Smith hears from a leading scientist who says dairy cows are being 'milked to starvation'. A report for the European Commission is to be published, but in an exclusive interview for Farming Today, one of its authors, Professor Don Broome from Cambridge University, says farmers should be paid not just for the milk they produce, but also for the welfare of their cows.

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: 10/06/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 10/06/2009

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

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

Presented by Edward Stourton and John Humphrys.

Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley discusses how NHS managers can prepare for a possible financial shortfall.

Middle East correspondent Tim Franks reports on how the half a million Jewish settlers who live in East Jerusalem and the West Bank feel about the cooler diplomatic tone from Washington.

Eric Metcalfe, director of Human Rights Policy at Justice - a legal group supported by many of the UK's most eminent lawyers - discusses a major Law Lords judgement on secret material against terrorism suspects.

Former presiding officer of the Scottish Parliament Lord Steel discusses how Westminster can learn from Holyrood.

Consultant neurologist Jeremy Brown discusses a new mental agility quiz that could help detect Alzheimer's disease more accurately than the traditional test.

Correspondent Mike Thomson reports on the plight of Zimbabwe's orphaned youngsters. The BBC is not allowed to operate legally in Zimbabwe so some names and places in Mike's report have been changed to protect the identities of some of those he's spoken to. 

Thought for the day with Professor Mona Siddiqui, of the University of Glasgow.

RMT leader Bob Crow and Mayor of London Boris Johnson discuss if strikes on London Underground are justified.

Liberal Democrat peer Lord Carlile QC and lawyer Matthew Ryder discuss how far the state should set aside normal rules of fairness to protect itself against the threat of terrorism.

Word experts Paul Payack and Benjamin Zimmer discuss whether there are a million words in the English language.

Health Secretary Andy Burnham discusses whether modest funding increases could be outstripped by rising costs within the NHS.

Roger Shipman, director for children at Ofsted, discusses what more can be done to identify the needs of young carers.

Sarah Rainsford reports on the 1500 mainly Islamic art objects excavated illegally in Afghanistan and sent to the National Museum in Kabul.

Dr Colin Brown, of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, defines and explains the importance of tribology.

Formula 1 driver Jenson Button discusses how he is handling the pressure of being ahead of his rivals in the World Championship.

Midweek

Lively and diverse conversation with weekly guests

Midweek: 10/06/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Midweek, 10/06/2009

Lively and diverse conversation with guests including art expert Philip Mould.

Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests Philip Mould, Stefanie Marsh, Baluji Shrivastav and Ben Crystal.

Libby Purves is joined by Philip Mould, Stefanie Marsh, Baluji Shrivastav and Ben Crystal.

Philip Mould is an international art dealer and a regular expert on the Antiques Roadshow. In his latest book, Sleuth: The Amazing Quest for Lost Art Treasures, he delves into the world of art detection with stories of discoveries of Gainsboroughs, Rembrandts and Damien Hirst's restaurant fixtures and fittings. Sleuth: The Amazing Quest for Lost Art Treasures is published by HarperCollins.

Journalist Stefanie Marsh writes for The Times; she was one of the first English-speaking reporters to break the case of Josef Fritzl. For her book, The Crimes of Josef Fritzl, she spent a year in Austria interviewing many who were directly involved in the case, including police, psychiatrists, doctors and lawyers, to try to understand what forces drove Fritzl to commit such terrible crimes. The Crimes of Josef Fritzl: Uncovering the Truth is published by HarperCollins.

Baluji Shrivastav is a maestro sitar player. Tragically blinded as a baby, he was sent to the Ajmer Blind School, where music was a compulsory subject. He excelled and was soon conducting the 80-strong school orchestra and supporting his whole family, touring India with the National Ballet Troupe. His philosophy that music is a universal language is demonstrated by his work with George Harrison, Kaiser Chiefs and Oasis. He is currently on tour with Song Celestial. 

Ben Crystal is an actor and writer. Known to some as the Jamie Oliver of Shakespeare, in his book Shakespeare on Toast he attempts to dispel the myth that Shakespeare is difficult. By explaining the universality and timelessness of his appeal, he believes that if Shakespeare were alive today, he would be writing scripts for EastEnders and Coronation Street rather than for elite theatregoers.  Shakespeare on Toast is published by Icon Books.

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: 10/06/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Daily Service, 10/06/2009

Christian worship and music led by Nigel Swinford.

Woman's Hour

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

Woman's Hour: Anthony Browne; Dressing appropriately on holiday

Anthony Browne; Dressing appropriately on holiday

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Anthony Browne; Dressing appropriately on holiday

Children's Laureate and illustrator Anthony Browne. Plus, Justine Hardy on Kashmir.

Children's Laureate and illustrator Anthony Browne. Plus, journalist Justine Hardy on Kashmir; and do we think enough about what is appropriate wear at our holiday destinations?

Ireland: From Boom to Bust

BBC Radio 4 - Ireland: From Boom to Bust

Olivia O'Leary explores Ireland's economic crisis and its search for a post-crash identity

Olivia O'Leary tells the story of the biggest economic crisis Ireland has ever known and its search for a post-crash identity.

Olivia O'Leary tells the story of the biggest economic crisis Ireland has ever known and its search for a post-crash identity. 

For the last 20 years the Irish economy was the pride of Europe. If the rush to riches was very un-Irish, Olivia tries to find out if her country is now reverting to a more familiar state of penance. William Butler Yeats described the indigenous character trait as an abiding sense of tragedy that sustained people through temporary periods of joy. 

For many younger people, who were told that they had more money and more freedom than any previous generation, the maudlin emigration songs with their tales of yearning and aching loneliness felt like stories from a distant era. Suddenly, though, they no longer feel so remote. As the shutters are pulled down on job opportunities at home, the harsh prospect of having to find work abroad is all too real for thousands of young people. 

Olivia finds that Ireland's economic crisis is far from over and finds out how the country is re-imagining itself anew.

Spread a Little Happiness

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Comedy by John Godber and Jane Thornton, set in a Yorkshire sandwich bar

Spread A Little Happiness

Spread a Little Happiness: Series 1: Episode 3

Episode 3

Series 1

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Spread a Little Happiness, Series 1, Episode 3

A recent jog to work seems to have improved more than Hope and Jodie's muscles.

A recent jog to work seems to have improved more than Hope and Jodie's muscles, judging by the number of breakfast baps they are selling.

Comedy by John Godber and Jane Thornton, set in a Yorkshire sandwich bar. 

A recent jog to work seems to have improved more than Hope and Jodie's muscles, judging by the number of breakfast baps they are selling. 

Hope ...... Suranne Jones
Jodie ...... Susan Cookson
Dave ...... Neil Dudgeon
Ray ...... Shaun Prendergast
Ben ...... Ben Crowe

Directed by Chris Wallis.

Spread a Little Happiness: Series 1

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast

News, weather and Shipping Forecast updates. 

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast: 10/06/2009

BBC Radio 4 - News Headlines; Shipping Forecast, 10/06/2009

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: 10/06/2009

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, 10/06/2009

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: 10/06/2009

BBC Radio 4 - World at One, 10/06/2009

National and international news with Martha Kearney.

As the Prime Minister unveils new proposals to debate Constitutional Reform and 'recall' for errant MPs, Martha Kearney asks whether there is any chance of real change in this Parliament.

The Media Show

This is the programme about a revolution in media.

Social media, anti-social media, breaking news, faking news: this is the programme about a revolution in media.

The Media Show: 10/06/2009

BBC Radio 4 - The Media Show, 10/06/2009

The future of local TV news, anti-terror laws and press freedom and women on panel shows.

Steve Hewlett discusses the future for local TV news, the extent to which anti-terror laws are restricting freedom of expression and Victoria Wood's criticism of panel shows.

Steve Hewlett examines the future for local TV news with Ofcom's Stewart Purvis and the BBC's John Tate. Steve also discusses the extent to which anti-terror laws are restricting freedom of expression with journalist Shiv Malik. Plus, as Victoria Wood accuses quiz shows of being male-dominated and testosterone-fuelled, Steve is joined by the writer Kathy Lette and Jo Bunting, producer of Have I Got News for You, to discuss whether or not it is a fair criticism.

The Archers

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

The Archers: 09/06/2009

09/06/2009

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Tony collects a map for the Ambridge Wanderers reunion this week. Neil seizes the opportunity to ask if Tom would consider obtaining his weaners from Neil again, instead of his current supplier. Tony is optimistic but warns Neil that Tom is tied into his existing contract for three months. Neil is disappointed: he has weaners available now.

Mike talks to Eddie, metal detecting at Grange Farm. Eddie is doleful but just as he's about to give up, the detector whines and he uncovers an old, broken bracelet. Back at Keeper's Cottage, Joe recognises it as one that Susan lost fifty years ago. They agree to get it cleaned and fixed. Clarrie should have this unexpected heirloom.

Mike enjoys another dance class with Vicky. Afterwards, as they kiss on the street, Vicky says that she's brought an overnight bag with her - just in case Mike wanted her to come home with him. Delighted Mike kisses her again.

Episode written by Keri Davies.

Drama on 4

Drama from BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra.

Afternoon Play

Drama on 4: Puddle

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Puddle

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Romantic comedy by Peter Souter. Sam's efforts to win his girlfriend back land him in jail

Romantic comedy by Peter Souter. Sam is desperate to win back his girlfriend, who is in New York. But when he gets to America, he finds himself in jail.

Romantic comedy by Peter Souter.

Advertising agency director Sam has mislaid his actress girlfriend Gemma, who is shooting a soap in New York, and is desperate to win her back. But when Sam finally gets to America, he hasn't the courage to confront her. Instead he ends up in a New York jail, where he pours out his a heart to a distinctly unimpressed fellow inmate.

Sam ...... Rory Kinnear
Gemma ...... Tamsin Greig 
Fats/NoNeck ...... Nicky Henson
VO/Bella/Girl 2 ...... Laura Molyneux 
Jo/Girl 1 ...... Joannah Tincey
Charlotte ...... Rachel Atkins
Aaron/Noodle/NoNeck/Customer ...... Kerry Shale

Directed by Gordon House.

Money Box Live

Phone-in programme with discussion and advice on personal finance

Money Box Live: 10/06/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Money Box Live, 10/06/2009

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

Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on insurance. He is joined by Peter Staddon of BIBA, Clare Francis from moneysupermarket.com and Malcolm Tarling of the ABI.

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

He is joined by Peter Staddon of BIBA, Clare Francis from moneysupermarket.com and Malcolm Tarling of the ABI.

Afternoon Reading

Short stories or abridged books, often from new writers

Afternoon Reading: More Love in the Afternoon

Afternoon Reading: More Love in the Afternoon: Episode 2: A Fortnight in Tuscany

Episode 2

Episode 2: A Fortnight in Tuscany

More Love in the Afternoon

A Fortnight in Tuscany

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By Katie Fforde. A high-flying business executive signs up for a cookery course in Tuscany

By Katie Fforde. When a high-flying business executive signs up for a cookery course in Tuscany, it is not just her knife skills that improve. Read by Candida Benson.

Series of three new short stories by leading romantic novelists.

When a high-flying business executive signs up for a cookery course in Tuscany, it is not just her knife skills that improve. By Katie Fforde, read by Candida Benson.

Series of new short stories by leading romantic novelists

America, Empire of Liberty

America, Empire of Liberty: Episode 68: Black Power

Episode 68

Episode 68: Black Power

Black Power

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African-American frustration at the slow pace of change results in riots.

By David Reynolds. Despite the gains of the civil rights movement, African-American frustration at the slow pace of change results in riots and the emergence of militant leaders.

Series charting the history of America, written and presented by David Reynolds. 

Despite the gains of the civil rights movement, African-American frustration at the slow pace of change results in riots and the emergence of militant leaders.

Series charting the history of America, written and presented by David Reynolds

Thinking Allowed

Thinking Allowed: Human Zoos - Girl Racers

Human Zoos - Girl Racers

BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, Human Zoos - Girl Racers

Exhibiting the 'Savage'. How Paris and London created human zoos in the name of science.

Laurie Taylor discusses the ideas behind the exhibitions held at the height of the Imperial era, when colonial powers brought back 'exotic' examples of the peoples they found.

Laurie Taylor discusses 'human zoos', the practice of putting colonial subjects on display to western audiences. He is joined by Charles Forsdick, co-editor of Human Zoos: Science and Spectacle in the Age of Colonial Empires, and the cultural commentator Kate Berridge.

There were 20-25,000 on display, in special villages, in circuses and in bars. Millions of spectators from New York to London, Tokyo to Warsaw visited at their feeding times, watched as they gave birth and came to ogle at their extraordinary physicality as they stood nude behind bars. These were the people of Africa, Aboriginals from Australia, Fijians, Zulus and even Laplanders, brought to the cradle of imperialism to tell a story of savagery and civilisation.

Also Girl Racers, an ethnographic study of car modifiers in Aberdeen, and how the women involved in the youth cult intergrate themselves in a traditionally male pass time. Karen Lumsden from Aberdeen University tells Laurie about her research.

All in the Mind

The show with the latest evidence on psychology, mental health and neuroscience.

The show on how we think, feel and behave. Claudia Hammond delves into the evidence on mental health, psychology and neuroscience.

All in the Mind: Freud & Fund Managers - Fabricated or Induced Illnesses - The Recovery Model

Freud & Fund Managers - Fabricated or Induced Illnesses - The Recovery Model

BBC Radio 4 - All in the Mind, Freud & Fund Managers - Fabricated or Induced Illnesses - The Recovery Model

The reasons behind the financial crisis. Women who deliberately injure their children.

A psychoanalyst explains why fund managers hitched themselves so firmly to the bloated financial bubble and why the whiz-kid financiers really believe they can beat the market.

Afternoon news and current affairs programme

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

PM: 10/06/2009

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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.

World Twenty20 Cricket

Ball by ball coverage of World Twenty20 international cricket

World Twenty20 Cricket: 10/06/2009

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Coverage of India v Ireland at Trent Bridge.

Coverage of India v Ireland at Trent Bridge. Commentary from the Test Match Special team including John Kenny and Arlo White.

Coverage of India v Ireland at Trent Bridge. Commentary from the Test Match Special team including John Kenny and Arlo White, with expert analysis from Sunil Gavaskar and Dermot Reeve.

Including Shipping Forecast.

Street Circus

19/04/2009

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Midge Ure travels to Cape Town to visit Zip Zap School of Circus Arts for Social Change.

Midge Ure travels to Cape Town to visit Zip Zap School of Circus Arts for Social Change. The vision for the school was to teach circus skills to children from all walks of life.

Midge Ure travels to Cape Town in South Africa to visit Zip Zap School of Circus Arts for Social Change. Midge is expecting the big top, bright lights and clowns in comedy big shoes and red noses, but this is something entirely different.

Founded in 1992 by Laurence and Brent van Rensburg, the vision for the Zip Zap circus school was to teach circus skills to South African children from all walks of life - from Cape Town's wealthy middle class elite to children born in the townships. Boys, girls, wealthy, homeless, extroverted, introverted, aged eight to 18, all have their places and responsibilities at Zip Zap, which attempts to embody Mandela's vision of the Rainbow Nation.

Midge meets Zip Zap's founders in Cape Town, and joins Shannon and Neville, two trainers from Zip Zap who travel to Khayelitsha township once a week to run the circus outreach programme there for kids born with HIV.

Shannon and Neville seem to embody what Zip Zap is all about. The former is a white American from Minneapolis who went over to train with Zip Zap and the latter is a black South African from Khayelitsha township - they got together at Zip Zap.

At the Khayelitsha outreach programme, there is no big top or paying audiences, just 25 children aged between eight and 13 who were all born with HIV. They practise circus skills in the street, including juggling, unicycle and throwing hoops. Midge is initially a little sceptical about how teaching circus skills to kids born with HIV can improve their lives. He hears how they have been ostracised by their own communities and how the circus workshops attempt to enable these children to develop their physical strength and abilities, while gaining self-confidence.

Midge says, 'I get it now. It's not about building up wonderful performers, it's about integration, it's about self-esteem. The circus works - it gives all these kids a focus, it gives them something to do, something to learn. But most importantly it gives them a little bit of hope.'.

Nature

Natural history programme offering a unique insight into the natural world

Natural history programme offering a unique insight into the natural world and the rich variety of creatures inhabiting it

Nature: Series 2

Nature: Series 2: Episode 8: Pollination

Episode 8

Episode 8: Pollination

Series 2

Pollination

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Paul Evans asks if enough is being done to conserve honeybees.

Paul Evans asks if enough is being done to conserve honeybees, their habitats and the flowers which provide them with pollen and nectar.

Paul Evans asks if enough is being done to conserve honeybees, their habitats and the flowers which provide them with pollen and nectar. 

The modern threats to honeybees, which include varroa mites and colony collapse disorder, are being widely publicised. But the honeybee in the UK is just a single species - there are over 260 species of solitary bees and bumblebees in the British Isles, all of which perform a free and efficient pollination service.

The World Tonight

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

The World Tonight: 10/06/2009

BBC Radio 4 - The World Tonight, 10/06/2009

National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig.

News and analysis with Robin Lustig. Including reports on Gordon Brown's package to cleanse Parliament and Morgan Tsvangirai's declaration that Zimbabwe needs aid immediately.

National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig.

Morgan Tsvangirai says Zimbabwe needs aid immediately.

Gordon Brown's package to cleanse Parliament.

Mars may collide with Earth (but not soon).

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

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