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The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

Shipping Forecast: 29/10/2009

29/10/2009

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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: 29/10/2009

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Prayer for the Day

Prayer for the Day: 29/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Prayer for the Day, 29/10/2009

Daily prayer and reflection with the Very Rev John Cairns.

Farming Today

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

Farming Today: 29/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 29/10/2009

The price of food could quadruple in the next 20 years according to one analyst.

Anna Hill reports that the price of food could quadruple in the next 20 years according to one analyst and talks to a carrot farmer about how he cuts down on the waste he produces.

Anna Hill reports that the price of food could quadruple in the next 20 years according to one analyst and talks to a carrot farmer about how he cuts down on the waste he produces by using everything but the stalk.

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: 29/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 29/10/2009

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

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

Presented by James Naughtie and Sarah Montague.

The second phase of nationwide postal strikes is now underway. Talks between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) failed to reach agreement. Mark Higson, managing director of Royal Mail letters, discusses the newest round of strikes. 

Conservative policy towards the EU has always been to take a cautious stance and move away from full integration with member states. With opinion polls showing that David Cameron could be the next prime minister, will the Tories' policy towards the EU have to change? Political editor Nick Robinson considers the question. 

Metropolitan Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson has said he will not be making armed police foot patrols "routine". It emerged last week that such patrols had been introduced in London to help deal with gun crime, but without the mayor, deputy mayor, Metropolitan Police Authority nor the Met Commissioner being consulted over the policy. Sir Paul Stephenson will face tough questions at a Metropolitan Police Authority meeting today over the way the policy was introduced. Kit Malthouse, Deputy London Mayor with responsibility for the Met Police, discusses the policy. 

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Lahore for the next stage of her important three day trip to Pakistan. Yesterday, more than 90 people died in a bomb attack in the north-west city of Peshawar. Pakistan's security situation has worsened since its army began a military offensive against Taliban insurgents in south Waziristan, the region bordering Afghanistan. Correspondent Andrew Hosken reports from Lahore on US policy towards Pakistan. 

An independent review into the 2006 Nimrod crash in Afghanistan which killed 14 service personnel, has accused the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of sacrificing safety to cut costs. The highly critical report by Charles Haddon-Cave QC said crash occurred because of a "systemic breach" of the military covenant. The report also criticises the defence contractor BAE Systems for carrying out an inadequate safety review of the aircraft. An apology from the Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth has not satisfied the families who are pursuing their negligence claim against the MoD. The families' lawyer, John Cooper, discusses their reaction to the report. 

The Coen brothers are among America's most prolific and inventive film directors, and are releasing a new film in November. A Serious Man will join the brothers' long list of successes, which include the Oscar winners Fargo and No Country for Old Men, to Raising Arizona, Barton Fink and Blood Simple. The new film tells the story of the unbearable pressures on a Jewish academic in the mid-west in the sixties. Evan Davis speaks to Joel and Ethan Coen about their new movie, and whether the film was true to their own Jewish upbringing in the American Midwest. 

Thought for the day with the writer Rhidian Brook. 

The Chair of the Advisory Council on Drug Misuse, Professor David Nutt, is to give a speech arguing that the relative harms caused by legal drugs such as alcohol and tobacco are greater than those of a number of illegal drugs, including cannabis, LSD and ecstasy. Professor Nutt's arguments have caused political controversy in the past. Home Editor Mark Easton examines the conflicting views around drug use, and Prof Nutt discusses the evidence behind his claims. 

European Union leaders are meeting in Brussels to discuss a wide ranging agenda, from climate change to the economy. Foreign Secretary David Miliband and shadow foreign secretary William Hague discuss the EU summit's agenda. 

A 10-year-old Nigerian girl who attempted suicide after being detained for a second time in an immigration removal centre has been released with her mother on the orders of Home Secretary Alan Johnson. The conditional temporary release of Adeoti Ogunsola and her mother Clementina means they can now challenge their intended removal from the UK in the Immigration Appeals Tribunal. The family's lawyer, Harriet Wistrich, comments on the case. 

Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan is releasing his autobiography, Time to Declare. Described as the most successful of all England cricket captains, in his five years leading the side, he won 26 tests. Mr Vaughan discusses his career. 

The story of John Lennon's early life is the subject of a new film, Nowhere Boy. The feature-length film is a first for its director, the Turner Prize-nominated artist Sam Taylor-Wood. Sarah Montague went to talk to Ms Taylor-Wood about whether the film is an accurate portrayal of Lennon's early life. 

EU leaders meeting in Brussels will discuss the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. The Czech Republic is the only country in the EU not to have ratified the Treaty. Europe correspondent Jonny Dymond reports from the Czech capital Prague, and examines why its leader, President Vaclav Klaus, is reluctant to secure the deal. 

A poll published in BBC History magazine found that many of us ta

In Our Time

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

In Our Time: Schopenhauer

Schopenhauer

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Schopenhauer

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pessimistic philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pessimistic philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer and his extraordinary influence.

Melvyn Bragg and guests AC Grayling, Beatrice Han-Pile and Christopher Janaway discuss the dark, pessimistic philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer.As a radical young thinker in Germany in the early 19th century, Schopenhauer railed against the dominant ideas of the day. He dismissed the pre-eminent German philosopher Georg Hegel as a pompous charlatan, and turned instead to the Enlightenment thinking of Immanuel Kant for inspiration.  Schopenhauer's central idea was that everything in the world was driven by the Will - broadly, the ceaseless desire to live. But this, he argued, left us swinging pointlessly between suffering and boredom. The only escape from the tyranny of the Will was to be found in art, and particularly in music.  Schopenhauer was influenced by Eastern philosophy, and in turn his own work had an impact well beyond the philosophical tradition in the West, helping to shape the work of artists and writers from Richard Wagner to Marcel Proust, and Albert Camus to Sigmund Freud.AC Grayling is Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London; Beatrice Han-Pile is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Essex; Christopher Janaway is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton.

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: 29/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Daily Service, 29/10/2009

Christian worship and music led by Becky Harris.

Woman's Hour

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

Woman's Hour: Women's relationship with clothes

Women's relationship with clothes

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Women's relationship with clothes

A special programme looking at the relationship women have with clothes.

The relationship women have with clothes. Including the legacy of Coco Chanel; emotional attachment to clothes; and what do the contents of our wardrobes say about us?

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: 29/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent, 29/10/2009

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

BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie.

Reece Shearsmith's Haunted House

Reece Shearsmith's Haunted House: Episode 1: An Appointment with Fear

Episode 1

Episode 1: An Appointment with Fear

An Appointment with Fear

BBC Radio 4 - Reece Shearsmith's Haunted House, An Appointment with Fear

Reece Shearsmith examines some classic scary moments from British radio and television.

Reece Shearsmith examines some classic scary moments from British radio and television and explores the ingredients for a classic horror story.

Comic actor Reece Shearsmith hosts energetic and witty illustrated discussions on horror, before an audience inside the reputedly haunted Sutton House in Hackney. 

Reece examines some classic scary moments from British radio and television and explores the ingredients for a classic horror story. 

He is joined by horror enthusiasts Mark Gatiss, Vic Reeves, Yvette Fielding and Mike Roberts.

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

Reece Shearsmith hosts energetic and witty illustrated discussions on the horror genre

Comic actor Reece Shearsmith hosts energetic and witty illustrated discussions on the horror genre, before an audience inside the reputedly haunted Sutton House in Hackney

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast

News, weather and Shipping Forecast updates. 

News Headlines; Shipping Forecast: 29/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - News Headlines; Shipping Forecast, 29/10/2009

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: 29/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, 29/10/2009

Consumer news and issues with Peter White.

Weather

Weather: 29/10/2009

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World at One

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

World at One: 29/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - World at One, 29/10/2009

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: Countdown to Copenhagen

26/10/2009

Countdown to Copenhagen

BBC Radio 4 - Costing the Earth, Countdown to Copenhagen

Tom Heap on the prospects for the United Nations' crucial climate change conference.

Tom Heap looks behind the jargon and political scene-shifting to ask whether or not a definitive new deal on climate change will come out of the 2009 Copenhagen talks.

Tom Heap looks behind the jargon and political scene-shifting to ask whether or not a definitive new deal on climate change will come out of the talks at Copenhagen in December 2009.

Politicians from around the world will attempt to thrash out a deal in Denmark's capital city to limit the damage that the changing climate on the planet. Most now accept that this means drastic cuts in the use of oil, coal and gas. Getting agreement on how that should be achieved among 192 nations seems impossible. Tom seeks to find out how to interpret the codes of official statements and off-the-record briefings.

He also hears from some of the people who will have to live with the consequences and ask how their voices are working their way into the Copenhagen process. These include the President of the Maldives, who warns that his fight against the encroaching seas is our fight too. Children in Sri Lanka who have been exchanging experiences with English counterparts by the sea in Essex, and a group of children working under the banner Generation Green struggle to produce an action plan for Downing Street.

And in case anyone thinks the Jeremy Clarkson worldview has withered in the face of this upsurge of youthful greenery, Tom joins a group of boy and girl racers in Cheltenham for a petrol-fuelled conversation about living now and paying later.

The Archers

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

The Archers: 28/10/2009

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.

Drama on 4

Drama from BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra.

Afternoon Drama: A Tokyo Murder

Drama on 4: A Tokyo Murder: Episode 2: The Detective

Episode 2

Episode 2: The Detective

A Tokyo Murder

The Detective

BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, A Tokyo Murder, The Detective

Detective Inspector Julie Hill is sent to Tokyo to investigate Daisy's disappearance.

By John Dryden and Miriam Smith. Detective Inspector Julie Hill is sent to Tokyo to investigate the disappearance of British teacher Daisy Whitelock.

By John Dryden and Miriam Smith.

Detective Inspector Julie Hill is sent to Tokyo to investigate the disappearance of British teacher Daisy Whitelock. Working with the Tokyo police, who are reluctant to have a foreign police officer interfering with the case, she has to overcome cultural and bureaucratic obstacles as she attempts to untangle what really happened at the foreign language school Daisy taught at. 

Julie Hill ...... Rachel Ferguson
Assistant Inspector Takasugi ...... Takuya Matsumoto               
Superintendent Yamagawa ...... Teruhiko Nakajima                                
Alex ...... Micheal Naishtut
Brie ...... Erika Hirokawa
Akira Takahashi ...... Nariyasu Kato

Other parts played by Ken Endo, Daan Archer, Shinji Kobata, Hiroyuki Nojima, Masaru Yoshihara, Takako Anami, Rika Wakasugi and 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

Ramblings

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

Ramblings: Series 13

Ramblings: Series 13: Episode 6: Northumberland - St Oswald's Way: Hadrian's Wall

Episode 6

Episode 6: Northumberland - St Oswald's Way: Hadrian's Wall

Series 13

Northumberland - St Oswald's Way: Hadrian's Wall

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

Clare Balding walks the final stage of St Oswald's Way.

Clare walks the final stage of her journey with the men who designed and look after St Oswald's Way, Gary Cambell and Martin Paminter.

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

Clare walks the final part of the route in the company of the men who were responsible for designing and looking after the path, Gary Cambell and Martin Paminter. They explain how the route was launched three years ago and their plans for its future. Clare is also, once again, joined by walking expert Jenny Walters, who wants to discover if the advice she gave Clare 90 miles ago has helped her remain fit and healthy throughout her journey.

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: Asylum Aid

25/10/2009

Asylum Aid

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Baroness Neuberger appeals on behalf of Asylum Aid.

Baroness Neuberger appeals on behalf of Asylum Aid.

Donations to Asylum Aid should be sent to FREEPOST BBC Radio 4 Appeal; please mark the back of your envelope Asylum Aid. Credit cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144. If you are a UK tax payer, please provide Asylum Aid 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: 328729.

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 3: You Are a Gongedip

Episode 3

Episode 3: You Are a Gongedip

Sophie Hannah - The Fantastic Book of Everybody's Secrets

You Are a Gongedip

BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Reading, Sophie Hannah - The Fantastic Book of Everybody's Secrets, You Are a GongedipSearch BBC

William's day is interrupted by an irate woman, with unexpected vengeful results.

William's day is interrupted by an irate woman, with unexpected vengeful results. Read by Charles Swift.

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

When William's daily routine is interrupted by an irate woman he vaguely recognises, he is irritated and soon shakes her off. But he vastly underestimates her capacity for revenge.


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

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.

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 24: Courtship and Setting Up Home

Episode 24

Episode 24: Courtship and Setting Up Home

Courtship and Setting Up Home

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life, Courtship and Setting Up Home

Two 18th-century marriages, and how the husbands prepared new houses for their bride.

Historian Amanda Vickery reveals how the preparations of two 18th-century husbands for their new wives had very different outcomes.

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.

The story of two 18th-century marriages and how the husbands prepared new houses for their bride. One got it right, the other destroyed any chance of a happy partnership.

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: Dame Beryl Bainbridge, Howard Jacobson, Joanna Trollope, Michael Morpurgo and Val McDermid nominate their Neglected Classics

Dame Beryl Bainbridge, Howard Jacobson, Joanna Trollope, Michael Morpurgo and Val McDermid nominate their Neglected Classics

BBC Radio 4 - Open Book, Dame Beryl Bainbridge, Howard Jacobson, Joanna Trollope, Michael Morpurgo and Val McDermid nominate their Neglected Classics

Five more leading novelists nominate books they think have been unfairly neglected.

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

Mariella Frostrup presents the second of two programmes in which ten leading novelists nominate books they think have been unfairly neglected. In this edition, Dame Beryl Bainbridge, Howard Jacobson, Joanna Trollope, Michael Morpurgo and Val McDermid unveil their choices. 

After the programme, listeners can vote for their favourite neglected classic of the ten; 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: 29/10/2009

BBC Radio 4 - Material World, 29/10/2009

Quentin Cooper explores mundane science fiction, where imagination meets reality.

Mundane science fiction - reality confronts Star Trek; humans still evolving; where have all the metals gone? Presented by Quentin Cooper.

Quentin Cooper hears from participants in a new collaboration between writers and scientists, assembled by novelist Geoffrey Ryman.

Where have all the metals gone? Jason Rauch discusses his mineralogical map showing metals usage around the world, and how landfills and city streets may be the mines of the future.

150 years after Darwin's Origin of Species, Yale University's Steve Stearns forecasts the trends in human evolution over the next few generations.

1989: Day by Day

1989: Day by Day: Episode 25: 29th October 1989

Episode 25

Episode 25: 29th October 1989

29th October 1989

BBC Radio 4 - 1989: Day by Day, 29th October 1989

Walter Sisulu addresses 70,000 people at the biggest ever ANC rally.

Walter Sisulu addresses 70,000 people at the biggest ever ANC rally; East Berlin's Communist party chief tells socialists, 'we need to practise democracy'.

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

Walter Sisulu addresses 70,000 people at the biggest ever ANC rally; East Berlin's Communist party chief tells socialists, 'we need to practise democracy'; the great British cup of tea comes under threat as prices rise by 10 per cent.

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.

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

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

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