| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15David Quantick presents a distinctive appraisal of playwright NF 'Wally' Simpson. 00:45The sound of church bells from York Minster. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30The True Story of a Death Foretold. Martin Sixsmith reads from his book. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30A Russian Diary, by murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Inside Putin's Russia, by Andrew Jack. A look at the man who became Russian leader. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Blowing Up Russia, by Alexander Litvinenko and Yuri Felshtinsky. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30The Litvinenko File: The True Story of a Death Foretold. Martin Sixsmith reads his book. 00:48Weather information for shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5The so-called master fraudster is suddenly found out and his plans spiral out of control.(R) 00:48Weather information for shipping.
| |
|---|
| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of programmes.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of programmes.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of programmes.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of programmes.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of programmes.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of programmes.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of news and current affairs.
| |
|---|
| 02:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 03:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 04:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with the Revd Johnston McKay. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. 05:57The latest weather forecast.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with the Revd Johnston McKay. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Mark Holdstock.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with the Revd Johnston McKay. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Mark Holdstock.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with the Rev Johnston McKay. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Mark Holdstock.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with the Rev Johnston McKay. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Mark Holdstock.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with the Revd Roger Hutchings. 05:451/5Marling visits the Alhambra in Granada and discovers the gardens' sacred meaning.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30News headlines from BBC Radio 4. 05:43The sound of church bells from St Nicholas, Durweston, Dorset. 05:45A profile of one of the candidates in France's presidential elections; François Bayrou.
| |
|---|
| 06:00 | 06:00Including Sports Desk, weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Current affairs discussion.
| 06:00Current affairs discussion.
| 06:00Current affairs discussion.
| 06:00Current affairs discussion.
| 06:00News headlines. Including a look at the papers. 06:35Mark Holdstock presents the rural magazine programme.
| 06:00National and international news. 06:05Why are we so obsessed with naming and shaming and why is the fear of shame so powerful? 06:35Alex James asks how farmers will benefit from the reopening of the Cotswold Way.
| |
|---|
| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk; Thought for the Day; Weather.
| 07:00News headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Roger Bolton with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Fergal Keane appeals on behalf of Peace Direct.
| |
|---|
| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00News headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A celebration of a new form of church emerging on the internet, known as St Pixels. 08:50Lisa Jardine presents a weekly reflection on a topical issue.
| |
|---|
| 09:00 | 09:00Garry Kasparov, Jeffrey Sachs, Barbara Ehrenreich and Norman Lebrecht join Andrew Marr. 09:45The True Story of a Death Foretold. Martin Sixsmith reads from his book.
| 09:00John Humphrys in conversation with people who have weathered storms in their careers. 09:304/5John O'Farrell tackles coursework in his surprising history of exams. 09:45A Russian Diary, by murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
| 09:001/5Jeffrey Sachs delivers the first of five lectures, recorded at The Royal Society in London 09:45Inside Putin's Russia, by Andrew Jack. A look at the man who became Russian leader.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg discusses the 19th century Opium Wars between Britain and China. 09:45Blowing Up Russia, by Alexander Litvinenko and Yuri Felshtinsky.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor reunites society girls, now in their 60s and 70s. 09:45The Litvinenko File: The True Story of a Death Foretold. Martin Sixsmith reads his book.
| 09:00Fi Glover is joined by writer Louise Rennison and poet Racker Donnelly.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week, with Patrick O'Connell.
| |
|---|
| 10:00 | 10:00With Miriam O'Reilly. Drama: Stories for Another Day.
| 10:00With Jenni Murray. Drama: Stories for Another Day by Alan Plater.
| 10:00Alan Plater reflects on the projects he has never finished writing. Jungle Games.
| 10:00Alan Plater reflects on the works he has never finished writing. The Eddie Rosner Story.
| 10:00With Miriam O'Reilly. Drama: Stories for Another Day.
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig speaks to two families who have undertaken unusual journeys. 10:30Paul Gambaccini recalls The Stax Volt Tour of 1967, which brought soul greats to Europe.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
| |
|---|
| 11:00 | 11:002/2Adrian Chiles returns to Longbridge to meet former MG Rover workers. 11:302/6Caroline grapples with incipient broodiness and a major revelation from Simeon.(R)
| 11:00Alan Leith tells the story of the eccentric recluse who purchased Brownsea Island in 1927. 11:30Les Dennis tells the story of Liverpool club comedian Jackie Hamilton.
| 11:00Argentinian historian Federico Lorenz finally journeys to the Falkland Islands. 11:301/6There is a death in the family and the ripples from Victoria's insecurities flow outward.
| 11:00A story of human trafficking in Moldova and its social legacy. 11:30Richard Cork explores the history of Picasso's 1907 masterpiece Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.
| 11:001/3Two families exchange their lives for one week to compare their carbon footprints. 11:302/6The detective witnesses the aftermath of a crime and gets a hostile welcome in Germany.
| 11:00Political discussion series which sharpens the focus on current ideas and events. 11:30BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the world's headlines.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor reunites original members of the cast and crew of EastEnders.
| |
|---|
| 12:00 | 12:00Consumer news and issues. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson and Liz Barclay. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:307/8Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team.
| 12:005/6James Walton chairs the literary quiz - including the team's F Scott Fitzgerald pastiches. 12:32Sheila Dillion investigates the problem of food fraud.
| |
|---|
| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news. 13:30Edward Seckerson hosts the general knowledge music quiz.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:304/4Beethoven's Choral Symphony. With Rodney Slatford and Jonathan Del Mar.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:30Series using documentary evidence to throw new light on past events.(R)
| 13:00National and international news.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:30Steve Hewlett and guests in conversation about how current media trends affect our lives.
| 13:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a topical discussion.
| 13:00A look at events around the world. 13:301/4Michael Portillo investigates the fear Londoners felt in the late 1880s.(R)
| |
|---|
| 14:00 | 14:15Close Your Eyes, Raise Your Arms. By Ewa Banasckiewicz.(R)
| 14:15Why do three men separately visit the same Indian Takeaway on the same day each month?
| 14:15By Oliver Emanuel. Identity theft should be something that happens to others.
| 14:15The Andy Warhol Syndrome. A satire on fame by Jenny Eclair and Julie Balloo.(R)
| 14:15The Strange Desire of Ms Small, by Debbie Jones.
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Scam, by John Arden. Cressida faces a challenge when a dubious email lands in her inbox.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs the show. With Chris Beardshaw, John Cushnie and Bob Flowerdew. 14:451/5People of all ages from around the country describe their own obsessive rituals.
| |
|---|
| 15:00 | 15:00Paul Lewis and guests answer calls on financial issues. 15:301/5William and the Outlaws find themselves once again pitted against Violet Elizabeth Bott. 15:451/4Chris ponders the carp's reputation as the wiliest of freshwater fish.
| 15:00Vanessa Collingridge explores the hisoric Polish walk through wartime Soviet Russia. 15:302/5There seems to be no way for William and the Outlaws to avoid Mrs Bott's planned party. 15:452/4The tyrant of the river has traditionally been the subject of controversy amongst anglers.
| 15:00HRH the Prince of Wales is the special guest on this 60th anniversary edition. 15:303/5Can William save himself and the Outlaws from a fate worse than a thousand deaths? 15:453/4Chris and expert angler Ronnie Butler consider the mysterious ways of the wild brown trout
| 15:00Stewart Henderson answers those niggling questions from everyday life. 15:27Mandy Braden appeals on behalf of Encompass. 15:304/5Aunt Jo is appalled by the prospect of an afternoon spent with Violet Elizabeth. 15:454/4Tom Fort argues that perch are quintessentially masculine.
| 15:00Clare walks from the Severn Estuary to Brockweir, taking in Chepstow and Tintern Abbey. 15:305/5What will become of Mrs Bott's ambition to be mentioned in the newspaper? 15:45Arizona: Can law makers silence freight train horns at Flagstaff's level crossings?(R)
| 15:45A sound celebration of the quarry which produced the stone that made Durham Cathedral.(R)
| 15:00King James I sets out to discover a remedy for melancholy.
| |
|---|
| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon visits Brymore School of Rural Technology, a unique state boarding school. 16:305/6Sally Magnusson and Nick Barratt present a series on ways of researching family trees.
| 16:00Michael Rosen presents the series on words, language and the way we speak. 16:30Nick Danziger breaks the programme's rules with comic book adventurer, Tintin.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor and guests look at the social cost of China's vast economic expansion. 16:30Dr Raj Persaud meets a woman who has contracted Alzheimer's Disease at the age of 52.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup investigates publishers and their role in the book industry. 16:30Quentin Cooper on a new instrument designed to look for evidence of how galaxies form.
| 16:00Russell Davies presents the obituary series. 16:30Andrew Collins with the week's film news and interviews.
| 16:00Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Booker-winning novelist Graham Swift. 16:30Roger McGough introduces poems about writing poetry and being a poet.
| |
|---|
| 17:00 | 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus sports headlines. 17:30Rosie Goldsmith showcases the best of English language radio from around the world. 17:54Weather information for shipping.
| 17:002/2Ed Stourton uncovers what really went on during the Israeli-Lebanon conflict of 2006. 17:40A profile of one of the candidates in France's presidential elections; François Bayrou. 17:54Weather information for shipping.
| |
|---|
| 18:00 | 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6James Walton chairs the literary quiz - including the team's F Scott Fitzgerald pastiches.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4Written by and starring Jeremy Hardy with special guest Alison Steadman.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Desmond Olivier Dingle and the National Theatre of Brent recreate the Renaissance.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Garry Richardson presents a topical comedy show looking at the week's sporting news.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:307/8Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15An eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music with Peter Curran and guests.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Dr Mark Porter presents a selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
| |
|---|
| 19:00 | 19:15Arts news, interviews and features. Mark Lawson talks to poet Tony Harrison. 19:45Alan's early years, as recollected by some of the dogs in his life.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews. Mark Lawson talks to crime writer Donna Leon. 19:45An imaginary conversation during the run-up to the 1997 election.
| 19:15With John Wilson, including the verdict on the Oscar-winning film The Lives of Others. 19:45An unfinished fairytale about committee life.
| 19:15With Mark Lawson, including news of the 2007 Man Booker International prize contenders. 19:45Hollywood goes to the gulag with a jazz trumpeter of the Soviet era.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with John Wilson. 19:45A testament to the iconic power of a bronze statue in Split.
| 19:00A profile of one of the candidates in France's presidential elections; François Bayrou. 19:15Sarfraz Manzoor is joined by Liz Forgan, Misha Glenny and Alice Rawsthorne
| 19:00Alice in Brush-it-Underland. 19:15Barney Harwood features two brothers who have written a novel together. 19:452/5A British Muslim boy travels from Yorkshire to London to watch the cricket with his father
| |
|---|
| 20:00 | 20:00Peter Snow presents the intimate audio diaries of Major General Sir David Thorne. 20:30Julian Pettifer reports on British Columbia's plans to combat global warming.
| 20:002/2Ed Stourton uncovers what really went on during the Israeli-Lebanon conflict of 2006. 20:40Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
| 20:00Michael Buerk chairs the moral debate. 20:453/3Nick Fraser looks at the issues facing France as an important election approaches.
| 20:00John Wilson explores the history of Glasgow's bitter sectarian divide. 20:30A UNICEF report alleged that the UK is failing its children. Andrew Brown investigates.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a topical discussion. 20:50Lisa Jardine presents a weekly reflection on a topical issue.
| 20:00The Women Left on the Shore: Archives from the fishing communities around Morecambe Bay.
| 20:00Steve Hewlett and guests in conversation about how current media trends affect our lives. 20:30Russell Davies presents the obituary series.
| |
|---|
| 21:00 | 21:00Anna Pavord explores the life and legacy of the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus. 21:30Garry Kasparov, Jeffrey Sachs, Barbara Ehrenreich and Norman Lebrecht join Andrew Marr. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
| 21:00Dr Raj Persaud meets a woman who has contracted Alzheimer's Disease at the age of 52. 21:30John Humphrys in conversation with people who have weathered storms in their careers. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
| 21:00Paul Bennun finds out how Free and Open Source software is making its impact felt. 21:30Allan Beswick recalls the circumstances of the nationalisation of Carlisle's pubs in 1916.(R) 21:58The latest weather forecast.
| 21:00Geoff Watts reports on the sequencing of the genome of the rhesus macaque monkey. 21:30Melvyn Bragg discusses the 19th century Opium Wars between Britain and China. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
| 21:00Kevin Fegan's play tells the true story of a man wrongly imprisoned at the age of 15. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
| 21:002/2Emily's trust in Alec may well have been misplaced.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Fergal Keane appeals on behalf of Peace Direct. 21:30A UNICEF report alleged that the UK is failing its children. Andrew Brown investigates.
| |
|---|
| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:45Sigmund Freud arrives in New York in 1909 as a socialite is found dead in her apartment.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:45When a young heiress is the victim of an attack, Freud and Younger are called in to help.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:45Coroner Hugel and Detective Littlemore are shocked when they inspect the victim's body.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Jackie Hardgrave. 22:45Nora Acton tells Younger an unsettling story about her family background.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Jackie Hardgrave. 22:45A man descends into one of the Manhattan Bridge caissons to hide a large trunk.
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:151/5Jeffrey Sachs delivers the first of five lectures, recorded at The Royal Society in London
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including Foreign Studies. 22:451/2Ann Treneman explores British election campaign techniques borrowed from abroad (1/2).
| |
|---|
| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen presents the series on words, language and the way we speak. 23:301/3How did a small family from Switzerland become Europe's greatest dynasty?(R)
| 23:004/4Mitch Benn and his band get stranded on a mysterious desert island.(R) 23:302/3King of Spain, Archduke of Austria, Holy Roman Emperor - where did it all go wrong?(R)
| 23:006/6The country sensation and global activist investigates the Spanish concept of 'duende'.(R) 23:152/6Luke's brother is badly hurt, but his mates won't leave until they have gone for an Indian 23:303/3The end of the dynasty.(R)
| 23:001/6Dave Gorman chews over ridiculous, brilliant but unworkable ideas with Johnny Vegas.(R) 23:30Irma Kurtz tells the story of the birth of Ibiza as an alternative party island in the 60s(R)
| 23:001/6Garry Richardson presents a topical comedy show looking at the week's sporting news. 23:30Former Washington Ambassador Christopher Meyer compares The West Wing and Yes Minister.(R)
| 23:00Edward Seckerson hosts the general knowledge music quiz. 23:30Roger McGough introduces poems by Walt Whitman, Charlotte Mew, Thomas Hardy and Ted Hughes
| 23:004/4Why did grannie become such a formidable figure in Victorian times?(R) 23:30Why are we so obsessed with naming and shaming and why is the fear of shame so powerful?
| |
|---|
