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Shipping Forecast: 22/10/2009

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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: 22/10/2009

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Prayer for the Day

Prayer for the Day: 22/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Prayer for the Day, 22/10/2009

Daily prayer and reflection with Shaunaka Rishi Das.

Farming Today

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

Farming Today: 22/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 22/10/2009

A lack of skilled farmworkers couldl threaten our ability to grow enough food.

There are warnings that a lack of skilled workers in farming will threaten our ability to grow enough food according to Lantra, the skills council for agriculture.

There are warnings that a lack of skilled workers in farming will threaten our ability to grow enough food according to Lantra, the skills council for agriculture. Plus campaign group Pub is the Hub recommend that publicans diversify if they want pubs to survive in rural areas.

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: 22/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 22/10/2009

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

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

Presented by John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.

Royal Mail staff begin the first of two 24-hour walkouts this week, in an increasingly bitter dispute over modernisation. Paul Tolhurst, operations director of Royal Mail, explains why talks broke down. 

The appearance of BNP leader Nick Griffin on tonight's Question Time panel has clear parallels with the first appearance of far-right French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen, leader of the Front National, on a French TV programme in 1984. Dr Jim Shields, Associate Professor in French Studies at the University of Warwick, explains how Le Pen used the show to gain the acceptability that had eluded him previously. 

The White House has indicated it is to limit the bonuses and other remuneration given to the executives who run companies which have been bailed out by the American taxpayer. Former Wall Street banker William Cohen, author of House of Cards: How Wall Street Gamblers Broke Capitalism, examines the implications. 

The Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary, published today, has taken more than 40 years to compile. It is twice the size of Roget's Thesaurus and contains more than 600,000 words. Professor Christian Kay, lead author of the dictionary, explains why it has taken so long. 

It is 25 years since the world learned of the terrible famine in Ethiopia. Michael Buerk's television news reports were the inspiration for Bob Geldof's fundraising efforts, including Live Aid, and all those pledges that it would never be allowed to happen again. But our reporter Mike Wooldridge, who had actually broken the story of the famine on this programme 48 hours earlier, has been back to Ethiopia to find that it is happening again. 

Breakfast with Socrates, a new book by Robert Rowland Smith, explores the hidden philosophy of everyday life in the company of some of the greatest thinkers in history. The author explains what is going through our minds as we get up in the morning. 

Thought for the Day with Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner from Alyth Gardens Synagogue. 

The BBC Trust has said it was a 'question of editorial judgement' whether or not it was appropriate for the BNP to appear on tonight's Question Time. Mark Byford, deputy director general of the BBC and head of all its, journalism and the former Mayor of London and chair of Unite against Fascism, Ken Livingstone, discuss leader Nick Griffin's appearance. 

Workers at Royal Mail have begun a two-day strike after talks between the company and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) broke down. It is the first nationwide strike in two years, with more dates expected to be announced. Correspondent Nick Ravenscroft reports from a business that has been badly affected by the strike action and the CWU's general secretary Billy Hayes and shadow business secretary Kenneth Clarke discuss the future of Royal Mail. 

The think tank Reform has published a report into the cost of middle-class benefits. The report has calculated that these payments, including free TV licences and child benefit, total 31 billion pounds. Reform's director, Andrew Haldenby, and Guardian columnist Deborah Orr discuss whether the welfare the middle classes receive is responsible. 

The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, has delivered an attack on the Conservative Party's plans to replace the Human Rights Act with a British bill of rights. Mr Starmer's comments came during a speech last night to mark his first anniversary in charge of the Crown Prosecution Service. Mr Starmer explains the significance of the Human Rights Act on British law. 

The financial crisis has brought many new words and phrases into our vocabulary. Comedian Harry Shearer, best known as the voice of Mr Burns and other characters on The Simpsons, has plundered the lexicon of the crisis to produce a new album of satirical songs. He gives us a taste of some of his new work including Bonus Baby, Little GM and Troubled Assets. 

Israel has been talking with Iran about nuclear weapons. It is the first time official talks have been disclosed since the 1979 revolution. Correspondent Paul Wood comments on the latest developments. 

The first recipients of money from the organisers behind the Cultural Olympiad will be announced today. The Olympiad, part of London's winning bid to host the Olympic Games in 2012, is aimed at showcasing Britain's arts and culture. While the Olympics venues promise to leave a legacy, what future is there for the artists? Reporter Nicola Stanbridge met some of the first artists to be commissioned, and the chair of the Cultural Olympiad Board, Tony Hall, discusses the Olympiad's legacy. 

The Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary is published today. It has taken more than 40 years to compile and is twice the size of Roget's Thesaurus. Especially for the Today programme, the lead author of the dictionary, Professor Christian Kay, has re-written one of the reports from our news bulletin using an entirely different s

In Our Time

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

In Our Time: The Geological Formation of Britain

The Geological Formation of Britain

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the geological formation of Britain.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the geological formation of Britain, tracing how its pieces came together on their journey north from the Antarctic Circle.

Melvyn Bragg and guests Richard Corfield, Jane Francis and Sanjeev Gupta discuss the geological formation of Britain.Around 600 million years ago the island that we now call Britain was in two parts, far to the south of the Equator. Scotland and north-western Ireland were part of a continent (Laurentia) that also included what is now North America. To the south-east, near the Antarctic Circle, meanwhile, you would have found southern Ireland, England and Wales. They formed a mini-continent (Avalonia) with what is now Newfoundland.Over the course of hundreds of millions of years, as they inched their way north, the two parts came together - first as part of a vast unitary continent (Pangaea), later as a promontory on the edge of Europe, and eventually, as sea levels rose, as an island.  The story of how Britain came to be where it is now, in its current shape - from the separation of North America and Europe to the carving out of the English Channel - is still being uncovered today.Richard Corfield is Visiting Senior Resarch Fellow at Oxford University; Jane Francis is Professor of Palaeoclimatology at the University of Leeds; Sanjeev Gupta is a Royal Society-Leverhulme Trust Research Fellow at Imperial College London.

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: 22/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Daily Service, 22/10/2009

Christian worship and music led by Canon Chris Chivers.

Woman's Hour

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

Woman's Hour: A Room of One's Own

A Room of One's Own

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Celebrating Virginia Woolf's essay A Room of One's Own, 80 years on.

Celebrating Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own, 80 years on. Woman's Hour examines this remarkable essay and its continuing relevance to women today.

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: 22/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent, 22/10/2009

Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.

Mohammed Hanif in Karachi hears a nervous humming of Abba tunes, as urban Pakistanis try to carry on as usual as the Taliban carry their fight to the cities. Presented by Kate Adie.

Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.

Mohammed Hanif in Karachi hears a nervous humming of Abba tunes, as urban Pakistanis try to carry on as usual as the Taliban carry their fight to the cities.

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

Texting Andy Warhol

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Texting Andy Warhol

Are words on a gallery wall art or literature? Bidisha looks at text in art.

Are words on a gallery wall art or literature? The writer Bidisha looks at the use of text in in the visual arts. From 2009.

Does a picture made from words count as literature or art? 

Bidisha talks to gallery visitors reading Richard Long's words on the walls - how is that different from a book by Dali?  

With Keith Tyson, Fiona Banner, Ed Ruscha and John Baldessari. 

Producer: Robyn Read

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 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: 22/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - News Headlines; Shipping Forecast, 22/10/2009

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: 22/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, 22/10/2009

Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.

Weather

Weather: 22/10/2009

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World at One

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

World at One: 22/10/2009

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National and international news with Martha Kearney.

Costing the Earth

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

Costing the Earth: Guilt-Free Flying

19/10/2009

Guilt-Free Flying

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Can technology remove the guilt from flight? Tom Heap and Bruce Dickinson investigate.

Tom Heap and Iron Maiden frontman and professional pilot Bruce Dickinson ask if new technology can drastically reduce the aviation industry's emissions.

Can technology turn aviation green? A new report suggests that flying has a 4.9 per cent share of the overall contribution to climate change. That is a figure that seems certain to rise once the dampening effects of recession disappear. 

Tom Heap asks if this means that the era of cheap flights is over, or can man's infinite capacity for invention keep the industry alive? Tom explores the options with Iron Maiden singer, professional pilot and keen enthusiast for 'green aviation', Bruce Dickinson. 

They examine the use of lighter materials for aircraft, changes in air traffic control to cut down time spent in the air and more radical solutions, from biofuels to the rebirth of the airship.

The Archers

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

The Archers: 21/10/2009

21/10/2009

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Leon goes round to see Helen, but she's not there. Annette is though, and so he invites himself in. He soon gets Annette talking about Max, and the breakup - and then about all her previous disastrous relationships. Annette clearly enjoys talking to him, though they both jump up to tidy the room when Helen finally gets home. 

Clarrie and Eddie are looking forward to living at Brookfield for the week next week. Ed comes round to Keeper's Cottage to see them, not knowing that Will is there. Will overhears them talking about how much George loves Ed's cows. When the brothers are alone together it escalates into a row. Clarrie and Eddie have to calm things down. 

Afterwards, Clarrie is upset. She was hoping they could put all their differences on one side and have a family meal together in Brookfield's spacious kitchen. But there's no chance of that now. 

Episode written by Tim Stimpson.

Drama on 4

Drama from BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra.

Afternoon Play

Drama on 4: The Decoy

The Decoy

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Thriller by Matthew Broughton. Daniel is groomed by the state as a body-double.

Thriller by Matthew Broughton. Daniel is plucked from the factory floor and groomed by the state as a body-double.

Thriller by Matthew Broughton. Daniel is plucked from the factory floor and groomed by the state as a body-double. 

Daniel ...... Ifan Meredith
Victor ...... Stephen Hogan
Katrina ......Abigail Hollick
Adam ...... Joseph Cohen Cole
Simon ...... Rhys Jennings

Other parts played by Kate Layden, Piers Wehner, Rhys Jennings, Emerald O'Hanrahan, Tessa Nicholson and Melissa Advani.

Directed by Faith Collingwood.

Ramblings

Clare Balding joins notable and interesting people for a walk through the countryside

Ramblings: Series 13

Ramblings: Series 13: Episode 5: Northumberland - St Oswald's Way: Rothbury

Episode 5

Episode 5: Northumberland - St Oswald's Way: Rothbury

Series 13

Northumberland - St Oswald's Way: Rothbury

BBC Radio 4 - Ramblings, Series 13, Northumberland - St Oswald's Way: Rothbury

Clare Balding walks the fifth leg of St Oswald's Way, from Rothbury to Simonside.

Former hill shepherd Russell Tait, Northumberland's answer to George Clooney, is Clare's guide as she walk's the fifth leg of the route from Rothbury to Simonside.

Clare Balding walks the length of St Oswald's Way in Northumberland. 

Former hill shepherd Russell Tait, Northumberland's answer to George Clooney, is Clare's guide as she walk's the fifth leg of the route from Rothbury to Simonside.

St Oswald's Way is a 97-mile route, running from Holy Island in the north, along the stunning Northumberland coast before heading inland to Heavensfield and Hadrian's Wall. The path links some of the places associated with St Oswald, the King of Northumbria in the early-seventh century, who played a major part in bringing Christianity to his people.

Clare Balding walks the length of St Oswald's Way in Northumberland

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: Fauna & Flora International

18/10/2009

Fauna & Flora International

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Sir David Attenborough appeals on behalf of Fauna & Flora International.

Sir David Attenborough appeals on behalf of Fauna & Flora International.

Donations to Fauna & Flora International should be sent to FREEPOST BBC Radio 4 Appeal, please mark the back of your envelope FFI. Credit cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144. If you are a UK tax payer, please provide FFI 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. 

Registered Charity No: 1011102.

Afternoon Reading

Short stories or abridged books, often from new writers

Afternoon Reading: A Glimpse of Stocking

Afternoon Reading: A Glimpse of Stocking: Episode 3: A Silly Gigolo

Episode 3

Episode 3: A Silly Gigolo

A Glimpse of Stocking

A Silly Gigolo

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By Shena Mackay. A schoolgirl feels the pull of the stage after a humiliating encounter.

By Shena Mackay. A shy schoolgirl feels the pull of the stage after a humiliating encounter with a glamorous fellow pupil. Read by Joanna Tope.

Series of stories celebrating 70 years of nylon stockings. 

By Shena Mackay, read by Joanna Tope .

A shy schoolgirl feels the pull of the stage after a humiliating encounter with a glamorous fellow pupil.

Series of stories celebrating 70 years of nylon stockings

Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life

Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life: Episode 19: Widows

Episode 19

Episode 19: Widows

Widows

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How the richest widow in 18th-century England spent her late husband's coal fortune.

Historian Amanda Vickery discovers how the richest widow in 18th-century England spent her late husband's coal fortune.

Historian Amanda Vickery presents a series which reveals the hidden history of home over 400 years. She draws on first-hand accounts from letters and diaries, many of which have never been heard before. Including songs which have been specially recorded for the series. 

When we think of the history of home, the cosy experiences of the nuclear family spring easiest to mind. But what of those who had no family or home of their own? 

Widows had enormous status and power in the 18th century. And for some women, the death of a spouse was a fairytale release. This programme tells the story of the richest widow in England, Elizabeth Montagu, and how she spent her late husband's coal fortune.

Readers: Deborah Findlay, John Sessions, Madeleine Brolly and Simon Tcherniak.

Singers: Gwyneth Herbert and Thomas Guthrie, with David Owen Norris at the keyboard.

A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4.

Historian Amanda Vickery reveals the hidden history of home over 400 years

Historian Amanda Vickery presents a series which reveals the hidden history of home over 400 years, drawing on first-hand accounts from letters and diaries

Open Book

Programme looking at new fiction and non-fiction books

Programme looking at new fiction and non-fiction books, talking to authors and publishers and unearthing lost classics

Open Book: William Boyd, Ruth Rendell, Colm Toibin, Hari Kunzru and Susan Hill nominate Neglected Classics

William Boyd, Ruth Rendell, Colm Toibin, Hari Kunzru and Susan Hill nominate Neglected Classics

BBC Radio 4 - Open Book, William Boyd, Ruth Rendell, Colm Toibin, Hari Kunzru and Susan Hill nominate Neglected Classics

Leading novelists nominate books they think have been unfairly neglected.

Mariella Frostrup presents the first of two programmes in which ten leading novelists nominate books they think have been unfairly neglected.

Mariella Frostrup presents the first of two programmes in which ten leading novelists nominate books they think have been unfairly neglected. In this edition William Boyd, Ruth Rendell, Colm Toibin, Hari Kunzru and Susan Hill unveil their choices. 

Once the final five authors have made their choices, listeners can vote for their favourite neglected classic, and the winning title will be dramatised on Radio 4.

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: 22/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Material World, 22/10/2009

NASA's new Ares 1 rocket; Ardi the human ancestor.

NASA is about to test launch its massive Ares 1 rocket, the replacement for the Shuttle; Ardi the human ancestor; what's wrong with Ida?

NASA plans to launch its massive Ares 1 rocket, the first test flight of its vehicle planned to replace the Shuttle in the next decade. Gareth Mitchell looks forward to this first step in NASA's Constellation programme for human space exploration. 

Also, earlier this month, the cover of Science was graced with a collection of bones - the fossil of Ardi, possibly the most important human ancestor yet found. With its two key discoverers at the Royal Society, Gareth grabbed the chance to hear what it's like to uncover such a rare piece of pre-history.

And if you thought you'd already about the most important human ancestor this year, that was Ida, the much-celebrated 47 million-year-old lemur lookalike, which scientists now report in Nature had nothing to do with our origins after all.

1989: Day by Day

1989: Day by Day: Episode 18: 22nd October 1989

Episode 18

Episode 18: 22nd October 1989

22nd October 1989

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Margaret Thatcher causes consternation at the Commonwealth.

Margaret Thatcher causes consternation at the Commonwealth over sanctions against South Africa and the Irish prime minister calls for a review of the Birmingham Six case.

Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20 years ago.

Margaret Thatcher causes consternation at the Commonwealth over sanctions against South Africa, and, following the release of the Guildford Four, the Irish prime minister calls for a review of the Birmingham Six case.

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.

Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20 years ago

Afternoon news and current affairs programme

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

PM: 22/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - PM, 22/10/2009

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: 22/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Six O'Clock News, 22/10/2009

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!

The life of Count Arthur Strong, one-time variety star and expert in absolutely everything

The muddled life of Count Arthur Strong, one-time variety star and expert in absolutely everything.

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