April 2012 – Page 2

April 22, 2012

The History of Rome - 177- The Burning Ships

In 468 the two halves of the Empire combined forces to dislodge the Vandals from North Africa.They failed spectacularly.

April 20, 2012

More or Less: Behind the Stats - 20 Apr 12

Is the rate of species extinction exaggerated - or even unknowable? Producer: Richard Knight This programme was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.

April 20, 2012

Motley Fool Money - Motley Fool Money: 04.20.2012

Our analysts discuss the latest earnings news from Coca-Cola, Chipotle, GE, Intel, McDonald's, and Microsoft. And we talk with CNBC's Carl Quintanilla about the new CNBC documentary, The Costco Craze: Inside the Warehouse Giant.

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April 20, 2012

Start the Week - Iain Banks and David Hare

On St George's Day Andrew Marr discusses national identity and belonging. The playwright David Hare has written a companion piece to a Terrence Rattigan play, set in an English public school. George Benjamin is celebrated as one of England's leading composers, but how far is his work shaped by the French musical tradition? The Scottish writer Iain Banks discusses his novel, Stonemouth, set in a town north of Aberdeen and vividly evoking a sense of place and identity. And Rachel Seiffert examines what happens when an Ulster girl marries a Glaswegian boy, in her latest short story, Hands Across the Water.

Producer: Katy Hickman.