20/08/2015
Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
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What a world leader's vehicle says about them
Duration: 03:03
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The brothers kept in virtual isolation for 14 years
Duration: 04:30
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What makes a great national anthem?
Duration: 04:02
Today's running order
0650
When was the last time you read the credits of a film? The credits for Pixar’s latest offering, ‘Inside Out’, last a total of eight minutes. We speak to Marc Samuelson, deputy chair of the BAFTA Film Committee.
0710
A new joint French-British command centre is being set up in Calais to tackle people-smuggling networks in Northern France. We hear from Madeleine Sumption, director of the Oxford Migration Observatory.
0715
The National Living Wage could result in a "catastrophic collapse" in the number of care homes, according to the five biggest providers. Chris Ham is chief executive of The King’s Fund.
0720
There's been a fall in the number of British people leaving this country to go to live or fight with so-called Islamic State in Syria, but the proportion of women has risen dramatically. Our security correspondent Frank Gardner reports.
0725
Cricket's fifth and final Ashes test of the summer starts at the Oval later. We speak to ECB member Richard Thompson.
0730
Sixteen year olds get their GCSE results this morning, good results are vital if they're aiming for university. But will a degree be as appealing now as it was five or ten years ago? We speak to Bill Rammell, vice chancellor of Bedfordshire University.
0740
What do politicians and the vehicles they want to be associated with say about them? This week President Putin was filmed flexing his image in a submarine, but there are great examples in British politics too. Sean Kemp is former deputy head of press at Downing Street for the Lib Dems.
0750
The Labour left-winger Jeremy Corbyn, who's seen as the front runner to be the party's next leader, has admitted he did meet a controversial Lebanese activist banned from the UK. We speak to Diane Abbott, Labour MP and supporter of Jeremy Corbyn, and James Bloodworth, editor of a centre-left political blog.
0810
A new joint French-British command centre is being set up in Calais to tackle people-smuggling networks in Northern France. We speak to former 91Èȱ¬ Office minister Damian Green, and Tomos Morgan, who reports from Calais.
0820
A new documentary called 'the Wolfpack' tells the extraordinary story of the Angulos brothers, who were confined to their New York apartment for 14 years by their father and learned about the world from his movie collection. We are joined by Mukunda Angulo and Narayana Angulo, two of the seven siblings who spent almost 14 years in isolation.
0825
Cricket's fifth and final Ashes test of the summer starts at the Oval later. We speak to Wisden editor Lawrence Booth.
0830
Balfour Beatty announced yesterday it will not continue with the electrification of the lines between Blackpool and Preston. It’s the latest in a series of delays to major electrification projects. We hear the views of George Muir, former head of the Association of Train Operating Companies, and Colin Walton, chairman of Derby Rail Forum.
0840
The Zoological Society of London says that over the last decade the public has reported more than 2,700 sightings of marine mammals in the River Thames, with the most common sight the seal. Joanna Barker is lead researcher at London Zoo.
0845
What makes a good national anthem? The journalist Alex Marshall has written a book on the subject, called Republic or Death: Travels in search of National Anthems. He’s been speaking to Nick Higham.
0850
Ireland will celebrate one of its greatest modern playwrights, Brian Friel, in a major two-part festival beginning today. We speak to festival director Sean Doran and theatre directorÌýAnnabelle Comyn.
All subject to change.
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- Thu 20 Aug 2015 06:0091Èȱ¬ Radio 4