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News Briefing

News Briefing: 28/10/2009

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Prayer for the Day

Prayer for the Day: 28/10/2009

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Daily prayer and reflection with the Very Rev John Cairns.

Farming Today

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

Farming Today: 28/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 28/10/2009

Dog attacks cost sheep farmers a million pounds a year; our right to roam is being blamed.

Dog attacks cost sheep farmers one million pounds a year, and our right to roam is being blamed. Anna Hill hears from a farmer whose flock was destroyed by a Rottweiler.

Dog attacks cost sheep farmers one million pounds a year, and our right to roam is being blamed. Anna Hill hears from a farmer whose flock was destroyed by a Rottweiler and a fighting dog. 

Plus a cut-price version of the world's most prized meat could soon be at a supermarket near you; we visit the Yorkshire farmer who is breeding Japanese Wagyu cattle.

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: 28/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 28/10/2009

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. 

An attack on a guesthouse in Kabul has killed six UN workers. Adrian Edwards, chief spokesman for the UN mission in Afghanistan, discusses its impact. 

The review into MPs' expenses is expected to recommend substantial measures to reform the system of parliamentary allowances. MPs will no longer be able to employ family members on the parliamentary payroll and will be banned from claiming expenses for mortgages on their second homes. Instead, second homes will need to be rented. Sally Hammond, wife of Tory MP Stephen Hammond and who works for him, and Tory MP Roger Gale, who employs his wife, discuss the Kelly committee's reported conclusions. 

The government is expected to perform a U-turn on its plans to cut the budget of the Territorial Army. Correspondent Iain Watson comments on the decision. 

The setting for the end of Shakespeare's Richard III is being marked with a stone memorial and visitors' centre. The battle of Bosworth on the Leicestershire/Warwickshire border is said to be where King Richard reeled around the battlefield and vainly offered his "kingdom for a horse". But for years historians have disagreed on the precise location of the battle. Correspondent Bob Walker reports from the site. 

US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has arrived in Pakistan for a mission President Obama considers crucial in the military strategy against the Taliban. While the outside world focuses on the Pakistan/Afghan border and the offensive launched by the Pakistan army against the Taliban in south Waziristan, many Pakistanis blame their troubles less on the insurgents and more on their old antagonist, India, and their long-term ally, the US. Correspondent Andrew Hosken reports from the extraordinary ceremony which marks the closure of the Pakistan-India border crossing near Lahore each evening. 

Rare birds are becoming more common, and common birds are becoming rarer, according to the latest assessment from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). The research shows that the numbers of almost 60 per cent of the 63 rare birds that breed in the UK have increased over the last ten years compared with only just over one third of common species. Dr Mark Avery, the RSPB's conservation director, examines the change in bird populations. 

A 106-year-old board game designed to entertain supporters of the Suffragette Movement, while raising funds for them, will be sold today at Bonhams auctioneers. The game, 'Pank-A-Squith', titled after the leader of the Suffragettes, Emmeline Pankhurst and Britain's prime minister of the time, Herbert Asquith, is expected to fetch between Â£600 and Â£800. Luke Honey, who is handling the sale for Bonhams, discusses the historical importance of the game and demonstrates how it was played. 

Thought for the day with Oliver McTernan, director of NGO Forward Thinking. 

The European Commission is expected to approve the government's plan to split Northern Rock into a "good" and "bad" bank. The plan was submitted to European regulators earlier this year, and forms a central part of the government's aid package. The bank's toxic assets will be placed into the "bad" bank, which will remain in state ownership. The more profitable banking business will be put into the "good" bank and sold off. The same is also likely to happen to Lloyds and the Royal Bank of Scotland. John McFall, who chairs the Treasury Select Committee, and the Liberal Democrat's treasury spokesman, Vince Cable, analyse the strategy. 

The BBC understands that the review of MPs' allowances will recommend a number of measures to reform the current system. MPs will no longer be able to employ family members on the parliamentary payroll and will be banned from claiming expenses for mortgages for their second homes. And MPs who represent constituencies within a reasonable distance of London will no longer be able to claim expenses for a second home. The changes will be phased in over five years. Labour MP Sir Stuart Bell, who is on the Members' Estimates Committee, discusses how MPs have reacted to the expenses review's recommendations. 

The government is expected to perform a U-turn on its plans to cut the budget of the Territorial Army. Shadow Defence Secretary Liam Fox discusses the change in the government's stance, and political editor Nick Robinson sums up the mood in Westminster. 

Comic Hollywood actor Steve Martin, famous for his films including Cheaper by the Dozen and Father of the Bride, is producing an album of banjo music. Mr Martin has been paying the instrument for 40 years and his album, The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo, topped the bluegrass charts when it was released this year. Sarah Montague spoke to the star about his musical career. 

In Pakistan up to 50 people may have died in a bombing in a market in the city of Peshawar. Correspondent Orla Guerin reports on the latest from Islamabad. 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition

Midweek

Lively and diverse conversation with weekly guests

Midweek: 28/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Midweek, 28/10/2009

Lively conversation with Libby Purves and guests including bear expert Dr Lynn Rogers.

Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests Ben Haggarty, Dr Lynn Rogers, Aarathi Prasad and Vincent Osborne.

Ben Haggarty is a performance storyteller and artistic director of The Crick Crack Club, which promotes the best of British and international storytelling. He brings his new work to the Barbican Pit with Mr Sandmann: Bringer of Dreams - Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, in which he explores the ambivalent mythology of the Sandman and questions the purpose of dreams.

Dr Lynn Rogers is a behavioural biologist and director of the Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Centre in Minnoesota. For over 40 years he has studied the black bears of the Northwoods of Minnesota. He has developed a radical method of habituating the bears to allow him to follow them all day just a few feet away, which has earned him the epithet 'the Jane Goodall of bears' and is featured in a new series of Natural World on BBC Two - Bearwalker of the Northwoods.

Aarathi Prasad is a geneticist and is also the mother of a mixed race child. In a programme for Channel 4 she sets out to challenge the ideas of racial purity and examines provocative claims that there are in fact biological advantages to being mixed race. Is It Better To Be Mixed Race? is part of Channel 4's Race: Science's Last Taboo season.

Vincent Osborne runs the Black British Classical Foundation which aims to find and promote black arts talent across the UK and the Commonwealth. He is organising the inaugural Voice of Black Opera Awards (VOBOs) to find the best black or Asian voice of classical opera. Seven finalists will compete in Birmingham in front of a distinguished panel of judges including opera stars Grace Bumbry and Maria Ewing.

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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: 28/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Daily Service, 28/10/2009

Christian worship and music led by Bishop George Stack.

Woman's Hour

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

Woman's Hour: Katie Piper; Grandparent carers

Katie Piper; Grandparent carers

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Katie Piper; Grandparent carers

Model and TV presenter Katie Piper on the horrific attack that changed her life.

Katie Piper on the acid attack that changed her life. Plus, grandparents who take on the role as full-time carer for their grandchildren; and the positive effect of mentoring.

M1 Magic

BBC Radio 4 Extra - M1 Magic

Historian Juliet Gardiner explores the surprising story of 'Motorway One'.

4 Extra Debut. Historian Juliet Gardiner explores the surprising story of how 'Motorway One' came to be built, slashing through the countryside. From 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.

Hut 33

Three code-breakers hate each other and their draughty hut. James Cary's wartime sitcom.

Three code-breakers are forced to share a draughty wooden hut as they try to break German ciphers. Unfortunately, they hate each other. James Cary's wartime sitcom.

Hut 33: Series 3: Back to Your Post

Back to Your Post

Series 3

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Hut 33, Series 3, Back to Your Post

With everything German under suspicion, the codebreakers tackle censoring letters.

With everything German under suspicion, the codebreakers tackle censoring letters. Stars Robert Bathurst. From October 2009.

Everything German's under suspicion in 1942, especially in Bletchley Park. When it's discovered Charles has German relatives, he's threatened with internment. 

Will Archie help him, and can he avoid Minka's attention now she knows a true German is among them?

James Cary's sitcom set at Bletchley Park - the top-secret home of the Second World War codebreakers.

Professor Charles Gardner …. Robert Bathurst
Archie …. Tom Goodman-Hill
Gordon ...... Fergus Craig
3rd Lieutenant Joshua Featherstonhaugh-Marshall …. Alex MacQueen
Minka …. Olivia Coleman
Mrs Best …. Lill Roughley

Producer: Adam Bromley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2009.

Hut 33: Series 3

Sitcom by James Cary, set in Bletchley Park in 1941

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast

News, weather and Shipping Forecast updates. 

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast: 28/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - News Headlines; Shipping Forecast, 28/10/2009

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: 28/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, 28/10/2009

Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.

Weather

Weather: 28/10/2009

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World at One

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

World at One: 28/10/2009

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National and international news with Martha Kearney.

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: 28/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - The Media Show, 28/10/2009

Minister David Lammy on copyright, BNP on Question Time, the web as a great democracy.

Minister David Lammy on the government's review of copyright law, the fall-out of having the BNP on Question Time, and busting the myth of the digital democracy.

Twentieth-century copyright law has been struggling for some time to keep up with 21st-century technology. Consumers all too often don't understand what they can do and creative industries are keen to protect their businesses. David Lammy, the Minister for Intellectual Property, joins Steve to discuss the government's review of copyright law and their decision to end the consequence-free days of illegal file sharing. 

We also examine the coverage of the BNP's first outing on Question Time with the BBC's Ric Baily and James Mcintyre from the New Statesman. What were the editorial choices behind the broadcast and will we now see more of Nick Griffin on our TV screens?      

And we are joined by Dr Natalie Fenton from Goldsmith's University in London, who argues that instead of democratising information, the internet has narrowed our horizons.

The Archers

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

The Archers: 27/10/2009

27/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - The Archers, 27/10/2009

Tired Lilian gives Peggy a hand with Jack. She knows her mum needs her around at the moment. 
Lynda looks over the land Brian has promised to the village. She's keen for it to be used for green burials. Robert thinks that not everyone will like the idea, and that some people might come up with alternatives. 

Pat calls on Peggy and suggests that the solution to her shop problem might be for Peggy to rent the shop to the community to run. Peggy is happy for Pat to investigate - she's got nothing to lose. 

Matt unexpectedly whisks Lilian off to the airport. He's packed her bags, and booked the flights. Lilian is anxious and confused, especially when he announces he's taking her to Costa Rica. Lilian is very reluctant to go. She knows he's doing a runner. It's a fantasy as far as she's concerned, and she's terrified they'll get caught. She doesn't want to get on the plane. Matt insists he's doing what's right for him. Either she comes with him, or he goes alone. 

Episode written by Caroline Harrington.

Drama on 4

Drama from BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra.

Afternoon Drama: A Tokyo Murder

Drama on 4: A Tokyo Murder: Episode 1: The Parents

Episode 1

Episode 1: The Parents

A Tokyo Murder

The Parents

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Jennifer and Peter Whitelock arrive in Japan to help find their daughter Daisy's killer.

Jennifer and Peter Whitelock arrive in Japan to help find their daughter's murderer. Frustrated with the progress of the police investigation, Peter puts his trust in a TV producer.

By John Dryden and Miriam Smith.

Jennifer and Peter Whitelock arrive in Japan to help find their daughter Daisy's murderer. Frustrated with the progress of the police investigation, Peter puts his trust in TV producer Norio Ito, who promises to champion their cause on his popular 'news and entertainment' show, while Jennifer tries to discover what her daughter's life in Tokyo was like. Then she starts getting calls from a man claiming to be the killer. 

Jennifer Whitelock ...... Lynne Hobday 
Peter Whitelock ...... Martin Burns 
Akira Takahashi ...... Nariyasu Kato
Norio Ito ...... Ryuji Yoshimura 
Brie ...... Erika Hirokawa  

Other parts played by Junnichi Takahashi, Sachiko Yamada, Gemma Nokes, Shinji Kobata, Michael Ryhs, Hiroyuki Nojima, Teruhiko Nakajima, Adam Browning, Masaru Yoshihara, Harumi Tsumoto, Takako Anami, Kei Katsumoto.

Directed by John Dryden.

A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4.

Drama on 4: A Tokyo Murder

Murder mystery by John Dryden and Miriam Smith

Money Box Live

Phone-in programme with discussion and advice on personal finance

Money Box Live: 28/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Money Box Live, 28/10/2009

Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on benefits and tax credits.

Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on benefits and tax credits.

Guests:  

Jean French, advice and information manager, Carers UK 

Sally West, policy manager, Age Concern and Help the Aged'

Rachel Hadwen, advisor, Working Families.

Afternoon Reading

Short stories or abridged books, often from new writers

Afternoon Reading: Sophie Hannah - The Fantastic Book of Everybody's Secrets

Afternoon Reading: Sophie Hannah - The Fantastic Book of Everybody's Secrets: Episode 2: Friendly Amid the Haters

Episode 2

Episode 2: Friendly Amid the Haters

Sophie Hannah - The Fantastic Book of Everybody's Secrets

Friendly Amid the Haters

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A woman asks a joiner to re-hang some doors, but his response is frightening.

A woman asks a joiner to re-hang some doors, but his response is frightening. Read by Kathryn Hunt.

Three chilling tales from crime writer Sophie Hannah's first short story collection mark her debut on Radio 4.
Read by Kathryn Hunt.

A woman asks a joiner to re-hang some doors but when she challenges his laid-back approach with sarcasm, he flips and she is left in fear of her life. Worse is her feeling that she deserves her shame and humilation.


Producer: Melanie Harris
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.

Series of chilling tales from crime writer Sophie Hannah's first short story collection

Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life

Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life: Episode 23: Science and Nature at Home

Episode 23

Episode 23: Science and Nature at Home

Science and Nature at Home

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How eccentric homes reflected wider 18th-century ideas about science and nature.

A room made of feathers? Historian Amanda Vickery reveals how eccentric homes reflected wider 18th-century ideas about science and nature.

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. 

These days we take it for granted that the home is a place of refuge in which we express our true self; that idea was an invention of the 18th century. Prof Vickery explores the invention of taste, and the role of interior decor in creating both social prestige and a successful marriage.

A room constructed entirely of feathers, a hermitage in the garden of a Lincolnshire vicarage, Alexander Pope's grotto - how eccentric homes reflected wider 18th-century ideas about science and nature.

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

Thinking Allowed

Thinking Allowed: Organ Donation - Flip Flops

Organ Donation - Flip Flops

BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, Organ Donation - Flip Flops

The social and cultural influences on bereaved families' decisions to donate organs.

Laurie Taylor discusses new research into the reasons people decide to donate or not donate the organs of a recently dead family member or loved one.

While nine out of ten people agree organ donation is a good thing, a recent audit found 40 per cent of bereaved families, when approached, didn't agree to donate. Laurie Taylor discusses new research which uncovers some of the reasons behind this apparent anomaly. 

Magi Sque, from the University of Southampton, was part of a team who interviewed families who had declined organ donation. While many agreed in principle, carried organ donor cards and knew their relatives desire to donate, they still didn't feel able to let their loved ones organs be used. The most common reason families gave for this was a simple desire to keep the body intact. They didn't want the dead to be 'hurt' any more. 

Magi explains why the research reveals some of our deep-seated cultural beliefs, and how those beliefs have their roots in wider society's values and, at times of grief, can completely overcome our pre-existing views.

We also hear from Professor Caroline Knowles of Goldsmiths College, London who has researched the history, meaning and journey of the flip flop sandal.

Metaphor for Healing

BBC Radio 4 - Metaphor for Healing

Dr Phil Hammond explores the use of metaphorical language in health care.

Dr Phil Hammond finds out how the use of metaphorical language in health care is increasingly accepted as a powerful aid to healing.

Dr Phil Hammond finds out how the use of metaphorical language in health care is increasingly accepted as a powerful aid to healing. 

The power of the right metaphor, long exploited in poetry, politics and marketing, is being increasingly recognised in health care, coaching and therapy, engaging the unconscious to activate self-healing. Dr Phil talks to patients, doctors and therapists, and discovers why doctors should pay closer attention to the answer to their routine question, 'And what does it feel like?'.

1989: Day by Day

1989: Day by Day: Episode 24: 28th October 1989

Episode 24

Episode 24: 28th October 1989

28th October 1989

BBC Radio 4 - 1989: Day by Day, 28th October 1989

A pro-democracy rally in Prague turns violent after police move in.

A pro-democracy rally in Prague turns violent after police move in; a Northern Irish peace train is held overnight due to a bomb scare.

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

A pro-democracy rally in Prague turns violent after police move in; a Northern Irish peace train is held overnight due to a bomb scare; Prince Charles calls on politicians and business leaders to tackle global warming.

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: 28/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - PM, 28/10/2009

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: 28/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Six O'Clock News, 28/10/2009

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

Rudy's Rare Records

Sitcom by Danny Robins, set in a Birmingham record shop

Rudy's Rare Records: Series 2: Daddy Cool

Daddy Cool

Series 2

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Rudy's Rare Records, Series 2, Daddy Cool

When his teenage son won't be seen out with him, Adam's determined to prove he's cool.

When his teenage son won't be seen out with him, Adam's determined to prove he's cool. Starring Lenny Henry. From October 2009.

When his teenage son won't be seen in public with him, Adam is determined to prove that he's got what it takes to be cool. 

And his elderly dad, Rudy, is on hand to give some unexpected advice.

Sitcom by Danny Robins, set in the finest, feistiest, family-run record shop in Birmingham.

Adam ...... Lenny Henry 
Rudy ...... Larrington Walker
Richie ...... Joe Jacobs
Tasha ...... Natasha Godfrey
Clifton ...... Jeffery Kissoon
Doreen ...... Claire Benedict
DJ Karel ...... Andrew Brooke
Tunde ...... Femi Elufowoju 
Rapper ...... Doc Brown.

Additional material by Doc Brown and Leah Chillery. 

Producer: Lucy Armitage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2009.

Rudy's Rare Records: Series 2

Sitcom by Danny Robins, set in a Birmingham record shop.

The Archers: 28/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - The Archers, 28/10/2009

Brian is pleased to report to Adam that the parish council has accepted his offer of a piece of land - a secret deal he cut with Lynda in return for her dropping her opposition to the moving of their footpath. Brian is a little taken aback by the news that it might be used as a green burial site. 

Jennifer comes in from a birthday party with Ruairi, to find that Lilian has failed to turn up to help Peggy. Jennifer is irritated, and has to go straight round to the Lodge to help her mum. 

Lilian and Matt arrive in Costa Rica after a long and exhausting flight. Lilian feels better for a shower in the hotel, but she is determined that this will be a holiday and nothing more, while Matt is determined to stay. Lilian phones Jennifer and tells her where they are. Brian immediately assumes Matt has done a runner. Lilian asks Jennifer not to tell Peggy where they are, and Jennifer wonders what on earth to say. 

Episode written by Caroline Harrington.

Front Row

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

Front Row: 28/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, 28/10/2009

Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including a vampire special.

Arts news and reviews. Mark Lawson reports on why vampires continue to inspire best-selling books, new films and TV series, with Dacre Stoker, great-grandnephew of Bram Stoker.

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