| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Discussing a new study into one of the most notorious cases of police racism in Britain. 00:45The bells of the church of St Mary with St Faith and St Francis, Alverstoke, Hampshire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5In 1970, Michele is about to start work as a librarian in the British Museum. 00:48Weather conditions for shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Cultural revolution is in the air by 1971. Michele is committed to Women's Liberation. 00:48Weather information for shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Michele tastes success with the publication of her first novel. 00:48Weather information for shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Poverty stricken and homeless, Michele comes to a momentous decision. 00:48Weather information for shipping.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Having found her soul mate and muse, Michele is poised for literary success. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30A young Dublin surveyor meets a country policeman and their life choices are compared.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Mark Coffey. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain, with Moira Hickey. 05:57The latest weather forecast.
| 05:20Weather conditions for shipping. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain, with Anna Hill.
| 05:20Weather information for shipping. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain, with Anna Hill.
| 05:20Weather information for shipping. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain, with Moira Hickey.
| 05:20Weather information for shipping. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain, with Moira Hickey.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection. 05:451/5Julian Richards tells the story of Portland Stone and the men who quarried it.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news headlines. 05:43The sound of church bells from St Martin's, Eynsford, Kent. 05:453/4Former Ambassador Christopher Meyer offers a guide to the skills required for the task.
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| 06:00 | 06:00With Carolyn Quinn and James Naughtie. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day
| 06:00With Sarah Montague and James Naughtie.
| 06:00With Sarah Montague and John Humphrys.
| 06:00With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
| 06:00With James Naughtie and Edward Stourton.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:35Miriam O'Reilly presents the rural magazine programme. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05On Father's Day, Fergal Keane asks how we can instil in our children a sense of values. 06:35Lionel Kelleway joins Sue Tatman from Cheshire Wildlife Trust to monitor dormice. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00With John Humphrys, Edward Stourton. Including Sports Desk; Thought for the Day; Weather.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Roger Bolton with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Libby Purves appeals on behalf of the Family Holiday Association. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Methodist communities unite to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Charles Wesley's birth. 08:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr is joined by Charles Spencer, David Talbot, Shirley Williams and Tim Guest. 09:451/5In 1970, Michele is about to start work as a librarian in the British Museum.
| 09:005/8Olivia O'Leary talks to investigative reporters Donal MacIntyre and Aniruddha Bahal. 09:304/5Woodland visitors flying in are the Great Spotted Woodpecker and Dunnock. 09:452/5Cultural revolution is in the air by 1971. Michele is committed to Women's Liberation.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation. 09:453/5Michele tastes success with the publication of her first novel.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Renaissance Astrology. 09:454/5Poverty stricken and homeless, Michele comes to a momentous decision.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is artist Yoko Ono. 09:455/5Having found her soul mate and muse, Michele is poised for literary success.
| 09:00Fi Glover is joined by writer and broadcaster Joan Bakewell.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Pam Ferris on the Princess Royal Trust for Carers and caring full-time for her own mother.
| 10:00Elaine Page on returning to the West End and discussing women's roles in musical theatre.
| 10:00Examining the issues raised by the work of people caring for family members or friends.
| 10:00Della Cannings on her time as a chief constable and the reasons she decided to retire.
| 10:00Examining the problem of honour killings and cultures that accept violence towards women.
| 10:00John McCarthy talks to Tom Kevill Davies, aka the Hungry Cyclist. 10:30Rory Bremner examines the technology of speaker recognition and voice verification.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:002/2Documentary about Eastern Europeans training to become minicab drivers in the UK. 11:305/6While Andrew takes Georgia away for a weekend, Clement discovers he may a father of two.
| 11:00As part of Springwatch, Brett Westwood answers listeners' questions about wildlife. 11:30Huw Williams celebrates the 50th anniversary of the folk song The Bells of Rhymney.
| 11:001/4Paul visits Cromford Mill to discover how cotton ushered in the industrial revolution. 11:304/4Guru Bharat's leader visits Westgate from his mountain cave to carry out a spiritual audit
| 11:00BBC foreign correspondents explore the stories behind the headlines. With Kate Adie. 11:30How federal agent Eliot Ness stood up to Al Capone during prohibition era Chicago.
| 11:00Documentary looking at the operations of the largest NGO in the world, based in Bangladesh 11:301/6The new deputy museum curator gets a shock.
| 11:00A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Matthew D'Ancona. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is singer-songwriter Christy Moore.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Consumer news and issues with Liz Barclay and Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson and Peter White.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson and Sheila McClennon.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Liz Barclay and Peter White.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Liz Barclay and Winifred Robinson.
| 12:00Paul Lewis with the latest news and advice from the world of personal finance. 12:30Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined by Stephen Fry. 12:32Sheila Dillon explores the food culture of the Shetland Islands. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Edward Seckerson chairs the final of the music quiz.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:302/3Richard Coles explores the creative storm induced by Igor Stravinsky and Sergei Diaghilev.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Nigel Rees's guests are Philippa Gregory, Richard Ingrams, John Mortimer and Arabella Weir
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a topical discussion.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:30Argentinian historian Federico Lorenz finally journeys to the Falkland Islands.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00David plays the middleman. 14:15Paul B Davies's black comedy is based on fact. A magician is confronted by his Nazi past.
| 14:00Brian reassesses his priorities. 14:15By Joan Bakewell. The chair of a book prize committee strives to maintain her high ideals.(R)
| 14:00The bubble bursts for Bert. 14:15By Adrian Penketh. Paul Tate is unwittingly cast as the symbol of Londoners' defiance.
| 14:00News travels fast at Home Farm. 14:15By Nicholas McInerny. Jennifer discovers a great deal about her deceased distant relative.(R)
| 14:00Brian and Jennifer bite the bullet. 14:15Alexis Zegerman's drama is inspired by Antony Gormley's exhibition at the Hayward Gallery.
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Stephen Poliakoff's modern classic, set in post-revolutionary Russia.
| 14:00Highlights from the programme's 60th anniversary Summer Garden Party. 14:455/5Susan Marling visits Sanssouci, the ultimate German garden situated in Potsdam.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Paul Lewis and guests answer calls on financial issues. 15:301/5By William Boyd. Jack puts his back out lugging a case, but his wife is a bigger concern. 15:456/30During the Reformation, Martin Luther harnessed secular songs for religious music.
| 15:00Vanessa Collingridge explores the mystery behind the place name 'Whore's Harbour'. 15:302/5A bored patient in a body-brace imagines a scenario on the ward that lands her in trouble. 15:457/30The composer Palestrina became accidentally embroiled in the politics of the high church.
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs the show, with John Cushnie, Bunny Guinness and Bob Flowerdew. 15:303/5By Julie Myerson. A girl's relationship with her father affects the frailties of her spine 15:458/30Uncle and nephew Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli wrote music that filled St Mark's Basilica.
| 15:00Stewart Henderson answers those niggling questions from everyday life. 15:27Barry Cryer appeals on behalf of the Prostate Cancer Research Foundation. 15:304/5A prone man seeks solace by talking to his bones. Read by Dermot Crowley. 15:459/30In the Elizabethan age, composers Byrd and Tallis revealed the religious divide.
| 15:002/6Dylan Winter presents a topical magazine series celebrating the natural world. 15:305/5Victor the physio should not be allowed near any patients. 15:4510/30The idea of telling a story in music proved immediately successful across Italy.
| | 15:00Magdalen plans to seduce Noel into marriage, then reclaim her fortune and her name.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon traces the roots of Italian cuisine in the UK. 16:30Is it better for a doctor to act on a hunch or rely on statistics?
| 16:00Clive Coleman takes his weekly look at the legal issues in the news. 16:30Sue MacGregor' guests are Marjorie Wallace, CEO of SANE, and writer Richard Francis.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores what takes place in the informal space of corridors. 16:30Dr Mark Porter explores vaccines against human papilloma virus, a cause of cervical cancer
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup meets Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Chabon. 16:30Quentin Cooper explores the ecology of urban landscapes.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series. 16:30Andrew Collins is joined by Simon Pegg, star of Hot Fuzz.
| 16:00Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes, with Jane Little.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Penelope Lively about her long career and new book Consequences 16:30Trevor Hoyle explores the life and work of author Malcolm Lowry, who died 50 years ago.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn Quinn.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines. With Ritula Shah. 17:30With Evan Davis. Entrepreneurs and business leaders talk about the issues that matter. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Gerry Northam reports on the Private Finance Initiative. 17:40Comic Stewart Lee creates a fictional response to the week's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined by Stephen Fry.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Jo Caulfield offers her acerbic mix of stand-up, audience interaction and sketches.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6David Baddiel chairs the programme which challenges established ideas.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Featuring the mystical power of the Xin warrior when it comes to fixing air conditioning.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15An eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Hardeep Singh Kohli presents a selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:4515-year-old Isobel discovers a stranger in her politician father's London flat.
| 19:00Procrastination is a dangerous thing. 19:45Isobel stumbles across her MP father's secret and their world explodes.
| 19:15Mark Lawson with arts news and an interview with novelist Eoin McNamee. 19:45With the press camped at the door, MP's daughter Isobel goes to school.
| 19:45MP Graham Fletcher has to face the press.
| 19:45Disgraced MP Graham Fletcher goes missing.
| 19:00Comic Stewart Lee creates a fictional response to the week's news. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe, Cahal Dallat, Kathryn Hughes and Brad Lochore review cultural highlights.
| 19:15Barney Harwood presents the children's magazine. This edition looks at books on football. 19:45Puppeteer Walter Wilkinson's account of his adventures in America in the 1930s.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00The Brixmis officer spies in uniform were the Cold War's unsung heroes. 20:30Libby Purves presents a guide to the world of learning.
| 20:00Gerry Northam reports on the Private Finance Initiative. 20:40Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
| 20:00Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions behind the week's news. 20:453/4Former Ambassador Christopher Meyer offers a guide to the skills required for the task.
| 20:00The story of the islanders forced to leave to make way for a military base in the 1960s. 20:30Bold companies are launching new technology over the Internet. Peter Day investigates.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a topical discussion. 20:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue.
| 20:00Adam Hart Davies looks at how scientists and writers have predicted future social trends.
| 20:00Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy. 20:30Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series.
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| 21:00 | 21:00As part of Springwatch, Brett Westwood answers listeners' questions about wildlife. 21:30Andrew Marr and guests set the cultural agenda for the week. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter explores vaccines against human papilloma virus, a cause of cervical cancer 21:305/8Olivia O'Leary talks to investigative reporters Donal MacIntyre and Aniruddha Bahal.
| 21:00Peter Evans asks why it has taken so long for climate change to be generally recognised. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation.
| 21:00Jonathan Stewart looks at the Great Barrier Reef's role in the climate change debate. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Renaissance Astrology.
| 21:00Kerry Shale's dramatisation of Budd Schulberg's classic novel, recorded in New York City.(R)
| 21:00Magdalen and Norah Vanstone, suddenly orphaned, see their inheritance go to their cousin.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news and advice from the world of personal finance. 21:26Libby Purves appeals on behalf of the Family Holiday Association. 21:30Bold companies are launching new technology over the Internet. Peter Day investigates. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Jackie Hardgrave. 22:456/10Aunt Augusta leaves England and entrusts Henry with the keys to her flat.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Jackie Hardgrave. 22:457/10Out of the blue, Henry receives a summons to meet his aunt in Paraguay.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:458/10Henry finds Aunt Augusta in an empty villa, awaiting the imminent arrival of Mr Visconti.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:459/10Henry finally meets Mr Visconti and is fully inducted into his criminal enterprises.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:4510/10Henry must choose between returning to his suburban existence or remaining with Augusta.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions behind the week's news.
| 22:00From behind the scenes at Westminster. Including Lying Abroad: How to Be an Ambassador.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Nigel Rees talks to Eleanor Bron, Stella Duffy, Alistair Beaton and Christopher Matthews. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Alicia McCarthy.
| 23:003/6Comedian Robert Popper's drunken friend put their lives at risk. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Susan Hulme.
| 23:00Sitcom by Lucy Clarke about a woman who wants to be Fabulous but can't cope. 23:153/6Can the country singing sensation get a better understanding of Baltic Europe?(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:004/4As Christmas nears, the submarine crew stages a nativity with a realistic twist. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Rachel Hooper.
| 23:00Sue MacGregor' guests are Marjorie Wallace, CEO of SANE, and writer Richard Francis. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:00Edward Seckerson chairs the final of the music quiz. 23:30Jonathan Dryden Taylor and Stephen Moore recall a search for an elusive literary item.
| 23:00Libby Purves presents a guide to the world of learning. 23:30On Father's Day, Fergal Keane asks how we can instil in our children a sense of values.
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