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Shipping Forecast

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

Shipping Forecast: 09/08/2009

09/08/2009

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BBC Radio 4

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: 09/08/2009

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Bells on Sunday

The sound of church bells ringing on Sunday from around the country

Bells on Sunday: 09/08/2009

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The sound of bells from St Mary's Church, Barnes in London.

Profile

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

Profile: James Murdoch

08/08/2009

James Murdoch

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Clive Coleman profiles the media mogul James Murdoch.

Clive Coleman profiles James Murdoch, son of Rupert and a growing influence within News Corp, who is credited with the development of the satellite broadcaster BSkyB.

Clive Coleman profiles the media modul James Murdoch, son of Rupert and a growing influence within News Corp. 

He is an unusual business giant; he is young, has an interest in green issues and was the founder of a rap music studio, launching new acts onto the New York scene. But his biggest contribution to popular culture has been his development of the satellite broadcaster BSkyB, which now boasts a 40 per cent share of the UK television market.

News Headlines

The latest national and international news headlines

News Headlines: 09/08/2009

BBC Radio 4 - News Headlines, 09/08/2009

The latest national and international news.

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

Something Understood

Ethical and religious discussion that examines some of the larger questions of life

Ethical and religious discussion that examines some of the larger questions of life, taking a spiritual theme and exploring it through music, prose and poetry

Something Understood: Miracles of Thrift

Miracles of Thrift

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Mark Tully wonders why habits of thrift have been lost in a generation.

Mark Tully wonders why habits of thrift have been lost in a generation, and asks how they can be recovered - and even celebrated once again - in response to the needs of the day.

On Your Farm

Getting to the heart of country life with a look at individual farming endeavours

On Your Farm: 09/08/2009

BBC Radio 4 - On Your Farm, 09/08/2009

Cumbrian hill farmer, Simon Bland, on an alternative use for sheep's wool and bracken.

Charlotte Smith visits hill farmer Simon Bland, who has an unusual way of dealing with the problems of unwanted sheep's wool and bracken from the Cumbrian fells around him.

Charlotte Smith visits hill farmer Simon Bland, who has developed  a new use for unwanted sheep's wool and bracken from the Cumbrian fells - which is threatening the very existence of the sheep grazing there.

Weather

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News and Papers

The news headlines, including a look at the newspapers

News and Papers: 09/08/2009

BBC Radio 4 - News and Papers, 09/08/2009

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

Sunday

A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week

Sunday: 09/08/2009

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Jane Little discusses the religious and ethical news of the week.

Jane Little discusses the religious and ethical news of the week. Moral arguments and perspectives on stories, both familiar and unfamiliar.

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: Grasslands Trust

Grasslands Trust

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Chris Beardshaw appeals on behalf of The Grasslands Trust.

Chris Beardshaw appeals on behalf of The Grasslands Trust. 

Donations to The Grasslands Trust should be sent to FREEPOST BBC Radio 4 Appeal, please mark the back of your envelope The Grasslands Trust. Credit cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144. If you are a UK tax payer, please provide The Grasslands Trust with your full name and address so they can claim the Gift Aid on your donation. The online and phone donation facilities are not currently available to listeners without a UK postcode. so they can claim the gift aid on your donation.

Registered Charity No: 1097893.

Sunday Worship

Sunday Worship: 09/08/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Sunday Worship, 09/08/2009

Martin Palmer visits Syria to experience the living spirituality of a community.

Martin Palmer visits Syria to experience the living spirituality of a community stretching back to the birth of Christianity.

Martin Palmer visits Syria to experience the living spirituality of a community stretching back to the birth of Christianity, yet which has adapted to its current status as a minority faith. Homily: Metropolitan Yohanna Ibrahim.

David Attenborough's Life Stories

Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural histories of creatures and plants

Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural histories of creatures and plants from around the world

 David Attenborough's Life Stories

David Attenborough's Life Stories: Series 1: Birds of Paradise

Birds of Paradise

Series 1

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Musings on the New Guinea residents, who fooled early explorers with their adornments.

Sir David muses on how New Guinea residents fooled early explorers with resplendent adornments and decorations. From 2009.

Sir David Attenborough talks about the Birds of Paradise.

This is a group of birds which evolved in the relative safety of New Guinea, allowing them to acquire adornments and feathered decorations so resplendent that they fooled the early explorers who discovered them.

Series of talks by Sir David  on the natural histories of creatures and plants from around the world. 

Producer: Julian Hector.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in August 2009.

David Attenborough's Life Stories: Series 1

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.

Broadcasting House

The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.

The Sunday morning magazine programme with a fresh approach to the news and discussion about the big stories of the week. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.

Broadcasting House: 09/08/2009

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News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.

Desert Island Discs

Castaway guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

Desert Island Discs: Dame Joan Bakewell

Dame Joan Bakewell

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Kirsty Young's castaway is broadcaster Dame Joan Bakewell.

Kirsty Young's castaway is the broadcaster Dame Joan Bakewell. Born in Stockport in 1933, it was in the 1960s that she first started to shape the cultural agenda, interviewing the likes of Kingsley Amis and Stockhausen for the radical BBC TV show Late Night Line-Up. It was also during the 1960s that she had an affair with Harold Pinter, a relationship which inspired his play Betrayal. Looking back on it now from the age of 76, she says, "We always said we had a damn good time".

Now appointed as the Voice of Older People by Gordon Brown, her passion for debate and social change is as strong as ever. She says she has always regarded the world to be improved and is not afraid of being called a wishy-washy liberal. "It's a good thing to do," she says, "you feel you can be part of change."

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

Favourite track: String Quintet in C Major by Franz Schubert
Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Luxury: An abundance of paper and pencils.

Test Match Special

Test Match Special: 09/08/2009

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Coverage of the third day of the Fourth Test between England and Australia from Headingley

Coverage of the third day of the Fourth Test between England and Australia from Headingley. Commentary by Jonathan Agnew, Henry Blofeld and Jim Maxwell.

Coverage of the third day of the Fourth Test between England and Australia from Headingley. Commentary by Jonathan Agnew, Henry Blofeld and Jim Maxwell and summaries from Geoff Boycott, Matthew Hayden and Phil Tufnell.

Including Shipping Forecast.

Six O'Clock News

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4

Six O'Clock News: 09/08/2009

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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

Pick of the Week

A selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.

Pick of the Week: 09/08/2009

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Liz Barclay introduces her selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.

Liz Barclay introduces her selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.

Programmes featured: 

Billy Liar 50 Years On - Radio 4 
Great Lives: Tennyson - Radio 4 
Searching For Alfred - Radio 3 
M16: A Century in the Shadows - Radio 4 
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Radio 2 
Benjamin Jealous: The Future of the NAACP - Radio 4 
The Election Agent - Radio 4 
The Odd Half Hour - Radio 4 
Between Ourselves - Radio 4 
The Now Show - Radio 4 
The Movie That Changed My Life - Radio 2 
Very Amazing - Radio 4 
The Long View - Radio 4 
The Hidden World of Jacques Cousteau - Radio 4 
Last Chance For Africa's Elephants - Radio 4 
Muriel Spark: The Biography - Radio 4 
Gesualdo: Musician and Murderer - Radio 4.

The Archers

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

The Archers: 09/08/2009

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David asks Tom how he's getting on with Pat and Tony away on holiday. Tom says he's stretched but just managing. David tells Tom that they've have decided to go to Sharm El Sheikh for his 50th birthday. The kids can't wait. 

David gets a call from Ed, asking if he can help with a cow which has some chaff stuck in its eye. Ed's really grateful. They manage to help the cow and Ed apologises for being such a wuss. David says Ed's done a great job. David thinks their share farming idea is great, though he can't help with extra land. 

Vicky confides in Lynda about her tricky relationship with Brenda. She also tells her that Mike's told her their second honeymoon involves a boat, and the destination begins with B. It must be the Bahamas or Bermuda. She can't wait!

Jolene tries to persuade Sid to let her take Lilian to a bar supplies promotion, to take her mind off things. Sid doesn't want Lilian to be more involved with the Bull, after last time. But Jolene says if Lilian's unhappy, she might leave Ambridge. They could end up with an even more difficult partner. Is that what Sid really wants? 

Episode written by Adrian Flynn.

Americana

An insider's guide to the stories and people shaping the USA today

From coast to coast, an insider's guide to the stories and people shaping the USA today

Americana: 09/08/2009

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Matt Frei presents an insider guide to the people and the stories shaping America today.

Is President Obama's massive spending rejuvenating the American economy? Jane Little finds out about the effects of the stimulus package.

Jane also visits the oldest new-age institute in the US, and talks to a man whose anonymous name has earned him a place in the spotlight.

Afternoon Reading

Short stories or abridged books, often from new writers

Afternoon Reading: An Audience with Max Wall

Afternoon Reading: An Audience with Max Wall: Episode 1: First Footings

Episode 1

Episode 1: First Footings

An Audience with Max Wall

First Footings

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Max recalls his birth into a showbiz world of spit and sawdust in Brixton in 1908.

Max recalls his birth into a showbiz world of spit and sawdust in Brixton in 1908. His father was Scottish character comedian Jack Lorrimer, famous for songs and eccentric dancing.

Tony Lidington plays entertainer Max Wall in a series of shows recorded before an invited audience at the Concert Artistes' Association in Covent Garden.

Max recalls his birth into a showbiz world of spit and sawdust in Brixton in 1908. His father was Jack Lorrimer, a Scottish character comedian famous for songs and eccentric dancing. Max recalls seeing Marie Lloyd and Little Titch perform.

A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.

Tony Lidington plays the entertainer Max Wall in this series of shows

Tony Lidington plays the entertainer Max Wall in this series of shows recorded before an invited audience at the Concert Artistes' Association in Covent Garden

More or Less

Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics used in everyday life

Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life

More or Less: 07/08/2009

07/08/2009

BBC Radio 4 - More or Less, 07/08/2009

Tim Harford investigates statistics which some claim reveal the 'Islamification' of Europe

Tim Harford investigates statistics which some claim reveal the 'Islamification' of Europe and checks whether the Home Office's claims about the DNA Database really add up.

Tim Harford investigates statistics which some claim reveal the 'Islamification' of Europe and checks whether the Home Office has been doing its sums properly. Do its claims about the DNA Database really add up?

An Open University co production for BBC Radio 4.

Last Word

Radio 4's weekly obituary programme, telling the life stories of those who have died recently

Last Word: 07/08/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, 07/08/2009

Jane Little presents the obituary series.

Jane Little presents the obituary series, analysing and celebrating the life stories of people who have recently died.

Jane Little presents the obituary series, analysing and celebrating the life stories of people who have recently died. The programme reflects on people of distinction and interest from many walks of life, some famous and some less well known.

Face the Facts

Original investigations into social injustice, public policy, inefficiency and fraud

Face the Facts: Beaten by the Bullies

Beaten by the Bullies

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John Waite investigates what schools are doing to tackle bullying and to help its victims.

John Waite investigates why all too often it is the victims of bullying, rather than the bullies themselves, who have to leave schools.

John Waite presents the investigative consumer series. 

John looks at why, all too often, it is the victims of bullying, rather than the bullies themselves, who have to leave schools. One estimate suggests that up to 6,000 children have been bullied so badly they have quit mainstream education. The programme hears from the victims of bullying and their parents, who say that schools are not doing enough to tackle bullying.

In Business

Series about the world of work from vast corporations to modest volunteers

Series of programmes about the whole world of work, public and private, from vast corporations to modest volunteers

In Business: Hell for Leather

06/08/2009

Hell for Leather

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Peter Day meets John Timpson, head of Timpsons shoe repair firm.

Peter Day joins John Timpson, head of Timpsons shoe repair firm, as he pursues his policy of 'upside-down management' by dropping in on some of their 550 outlets.

How do you manage a traditional family shoe repair firm with 550 outlets all over the country? John Timpson does it by dropping in on them all the time to find out what's going on, day by day. He calls it 'upside-down management'. Peter Day went along for the ride.

Westminster Hour

Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme

Westminster Hour: 09/08/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Westminster Hour, 09/08/2009

Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including The Election Agent.

The Film Programme

The latest releases, the hottest stars and the leading directors, plus news and insights

The latest releases, the hottest stars and the leading directors, plus news and insights from the film world

The Film Programme: 07/08/2009

BBC Radio 4 - The Film Programme, 07/08/2009

Father and son Freddie And Toby Jones on the art of being a character actor.

Father and son Freddie and Toby Jones on the art of being a character actor, plus Mark Gatiss's alternative guide to British cinema.

Father and son Freddie and Toby Jones talk to Matthew Sweet about the art of being a character actor, from The Elephant Man to Harry Potter. 

Mark Gatiss presents his alternative guide to British cinema. 

Jane Graham on what makes an evil organisation tick.

Midnight News

The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.

Midnight News: 10/08/2009

10/08/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Midnight News, 10/08/2009

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

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