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Today is Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme. It is widely considered the most significant news broadcast in the UK, and numbers among its listeners most of the country's politicians, opinion-formers and journalists. Number 10 Downing Street - the Prime Minister's residence - records the entire three-hour programme each day, and since its inception every Prime Minister has appeared on the programme from Tony Blair to Harold Macmillan . Former presenter, the late Brian Redhead dubbed it "the newspaper of the airwaves", and said "If you want to drop a word in the ear of the nation, then this is the programme in which to do it."
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News and analysis, February 17, 2006
Reviewer: girijad83
from India
Today-BBC podcast is BBC Radio 4's highly esteemed news and analysis program. It is hosted by Robin Aitken and John Humphrys, both of whom conduct each session commendably. The podcast is broadcast through the week, and features important news, analyses and interviews.
For example, the October 10 and 11 podcasts report on the devastating earthquake that hit Pakistan. In the former, BBC reporter Andrew North is on the ground in Balakot, Pakistan, in front of a school in which many children are feared dead. We can hear the sound of a relief helicopter in the background. The report also has an interview with a British High Commissioner in Islamabad describing the situation and relief measures. In the October 11 podcast, Pakistan's minister and Salvano Briceno of the UN are interviewed for updates on the situation.
Each broadcast gives the listener in-depth reportage, analyses and interviews. It gives us the news in a short yet comprehensive manner. I would recommend this podcast to everybody interested in trustworthy reporting of current affairs.
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Today: 2000 years of love letters
Author: BBC Radio 4
Tue, Feb 14, 2012
A new collection of love letters, drawn from the archives of the British Library, has been published in time for Valentine's Day. The letters of Wallis Simpson to King Edward VIII are included and biographer Ann Sebba outlines what makes a good love letter.
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Today: Majority of Christians 'tick the box'
Author: BBC Radio 4
Tue, Feb 14, 2012
Research carried out by for a secularist foundation has suggested that most of those who describe themselves as Christian in Britain have only a low level of belief and practice of the religion. Professor Richard Dawkins, founder of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, and Reverend Giles Fraser, former Canon Chancellor of St Paul's, debate the role of religion in people's lives.
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Today: 'The idea that I've abandoned growth is nonsense'
Author: BBC Radio 4
Tue, Feb 14, 2012
The credit rating agency, Moody's, has placed Britain and two other countries on a "negative outlook" meaning a risk of losing its triple-A status. Chancellor George Osborne responds.
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Today: Business news with Simon Jack
Author: BBC Radio 4
Tue, Feb 14, 2012
Laurie Lambie, investment director at Williams de Broe, reflects on Moody's decision to place the United Kingdon on "negative outlook". And Ruth Lea, director of Arbuthnot Banking Group, talks about the implication for a fall in the rate of inflation which is expected to be announced later.
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Today: Are fairytales too scary?
Author: BBC Radio 4
Mon, Feb 13, 2012
According to research by TV channel Watch, parents are avoiding reading their children fairytales because they are too scary. Dr Jacqueline Simpson, formerly of the Folklore Society, and Nicholas Tucker, educational psychologist, discuss whether this is a good or a bad thing.
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Today: 'Civil war' at NewsCorp
Author: BBC Radio 4
Mon, Feb 13, 2012
The Sun's Trevor Kavanagh has written an opinion piece in response to the arrest of five senior journalists from the paper . "The Sun's journalists are being treated like members of an organised crime gang" he complains. And both the Telegraph and the Daily Mail also carry editorials criticising the scale of the their operations. Media commentator Roy Greenslade, a former journalist at the Sun and former editor of the Daily Mirror, gives his thoughts on the article.
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Today: Greece 'No light at the end of the tunnel'
Author: BBC Radio 4
Mon, Feb 13, 2012
Violence on the streets of Greece rages on as a further austerity measures are passed in the Greek parliament.
The austerity package is being demanded by the eurozone and IMF in return for a £110bn bailout to avoid default.
Alexandros Papadamos, a young engineer from Athens, spoke to the Today programme's John Humphyrs and described what life was like for ordinary Greek people.
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Today: Business news with Simon Jack
Author: BBC Radio 4
Mon, Feb 13, 2012
Takis Georgakopoulos, chief financial officer of Global Corporate Banking at JP Morgan, reflects on news that harsh austerity measures were passed in the Greek parliament last night in order to secure a further EU bailout. And Professor Russel Griggs, head of the External Review Board talks about how figures released show that while banks have exceeded their overall lending targets set under Project Merlin, they have fallen short on lending the SMEs.
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Today: Carey: Christianity 'marginalised'
Author: BBC Radio 4
Sat, Feb 11, 2012
The High Court has ruled that a Devon town council acted unlawfully by allowing prayers to be said before meetings. Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey, explains why he is upset at the ruling.
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Today: Jade: My teenage years in care
Author: BBC Radio 4
Sat, Feb 11, 2012
This week, the Today programme reported that local authorities in England are making more applications than ever to put children into care. Jade is someone who has been through care, and she shares her story.
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Today: Hugh Grant: No one is allowed to question the Mail
Author: BBC Radio 4
Sat, Feb 11, 2012
The actor tells Evan Davis about his ongoing spat with the Daily Mail
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Today: 'Why do we struggle with Maths?'
Author: BBC Radio 4
Fri, Feb 10, 2012
A report from the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) says maths education in England is not fit for purpose and is damaging competitiveness. But how do you motivate children in maths and to keep them doing it to an advanced level? Lucie Green, Solar Researcher at the Mullard Space Science Lab, Matt Parker, Maths Outreach Coordinator at Queen Mary University, debate how the problem can be solved.
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Today: Lansley has 'lost confidence of medical professions'
Author: BBC Radio 4
Fri, Feb 10, 2012
The Conservative Home website, seen as the voice of the Conservative Party grassroots, has published an editorial calling for the government's controversial Health and Social Care Bill to be dropped altogether. Conservative Home was urged to make the call by three Conservative cabinet members who believe David Cameron is not listening on the issue. The editor of the website, Tim Montgomerie, explains why some in the party are expressing doubts.
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Today: Is the future financial?
Author: BBC Radio 4
Fri, Feb 10, 2012
As Barclays Bank posts annual pre-tax profits for last year of $5.9bn - a fall of three percent and announces that a ceiling of £65,000 has been imposed on cash bonuses, Stuart Fraser from the City of London Corporation and the TUC's Brendan Barber debate the proper balance between the UK's manufacturing and finance sectors.
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Today: Business news with Simon Jack
Author: BBC Radio 4
Fri, Feb 10, 2012
Georg Grodzki, head of credit at Legal and General, correspondent Michelle Fleury, and Paul Thandi, chief executive of The NEC Group.
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Today: Redknapp 'will want the job'
Author: BBC Radio 4
Thu, Feb 09, 2012
Fabio Capello has resigned as England football manager, hours after the favourite to replace him, Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp, was cleared of tax evasion charges. Former FA chief executive David Davies and Telegraph football correspondent Henry Winter debate the change at the top of English football.
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Today: Death and hysteria in Homs
Author: BBC Radio 4
Thu, Feb 09, 2012
The city of Homs in city is in a state of brutal civil war, with civilians bearing the brunt of an army onslaught. After being smuggled out of Syria, the BBC's Paul Wood reflects on his time reporting from inside the embattled city.
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Today: Why is the number of children in care rising?
Author: BBC Radio 4
Thu, Feb 09, 2012
Since the Baby P case hit the headlines in late 2008, there has been a significant rise in the number of children in England being taken away from their parents and put into care. Bristol social worker Anne Farmer explains what the marginal care cases look like. Matt Dunkley, president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services, and Christina Blacklaws, a lawyer specialising in this area, debate what the trend means.
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Today: Business news with Simon Jack
Author: BBC Radio 4
Thu, Feb 09, 2012
Simon Jack interviews Christian Shulz from Berenberg Bank, James Bevan Chief Investment Officer at CCLA Investment Management and Theresa Wise, Independent Media Analyst.
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Today: Is Qatari comedy any laughing matter?
Author: BBC Radio 4
Wed, Feb 08, 2012
The Arab Spring has seen a new permissiveness across the Middle East but jokes about the ruling emir and his ministers, and even the World Cup, are still not allowed in Qatar. Kevin Connolly reports from the autocratic Gulf state.
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Today: Paul Wood: Despair in Homs
Author: BBC Radio 4
Wed, Feb 08, 2012
Opposition activists in the Syrian city of Homs say more than 40 people have already been killed today in shooting and shelling by government forces. The BBC's Paul Wood has been in Homs for the last few days and explained that locals say the shelling is heavier now than it has been since the beginning of the uprising.
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Today: Hester: I am not a robot
Author: BBC Radio 4
Wed, Feb 08, 2012
In his first broadcast interview since turning down his bonus, the RBS boss explains how he considered resigning and why defusing the "time bomb" of the RBS balance sheet is good for the UK.
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Today: Business news with Simon Jack
Author: BBC Radio 4
Wed, Feb 08, 2012
The European Central Bank has made some key concessions to help solve the Greek debt crisis. And more than 100 London-based bankers are suing Germany's second-largest bank Commerzbank for breaking a pledge made months before the takeover to pay them 52 million euros in bonuses.
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