| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor discusses how cities reflect the pride and shame of what has gone before. 00:45The sound of church bells from St Bartholomew's in Sutton-cum-Lound, Nottinghamshire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5How to conquer new territory. With an introduction from BBC Political Editor Nick Robinson 00:48Weather conditions for shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5What are the qualities that make a successful leader? 00:48Weather information for shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5The wisdom of choosing the lesser evil. 00:48Weather information for shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5How the successful leader uses cruelty to his advantage. 00:48Weather information for shipping.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5How to deal with the power of fortune. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5By Merryn Glover. A kind act yields a miraculous result for a downtrodden woman in Nepal.(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. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with George Craig. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. 05:57The latest weather forecast.
| 05:20Weather conditions for shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with George Craig. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20Weather information for shipping. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with George Craig. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20Weather information for shipping. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with George Craig. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20Weather information for shipping. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with George Craig. 05:45Mark Holdstock reports from the annual Oxford Farming Conference.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Mark Coffey. 05:452/3The hymn tune has been described as Wales's second National Anthem.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of church bells from St Leonard's in Hythe, Kent. 05:45Business Correspondent Nils Blythe profiles Ratan Tata, head of India's Tata Group.
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| 06:00 | 06:00With Edward Stourton and Greg Wood. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament; Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament; Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament; Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament; Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark visits Wanlockhead and Leadhills, two of the highest villages in Scotland. 06:35Rural magazine programme with Charlotte Smith. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05US writer and broadcaster Dmae Roberts reflects on the enduring allure of secret places. 06:35A report from Oathall Community College, which began farming during the Second World War. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk; Thought for the Day; Weather.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Roger Bolton and guests discuss the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Diane Louise Jordan appeals on behalf of the Sickle Cell Society. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service from Derby Cathedral for the Feast of the Baptism of Christ. 08:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Prof David Cannadine.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr is joined by David Reynolds, Penny Gold, Ivan O'Mahoney and Damian Thompson. 09:451/5How to conquer new territory. With an introduction from BBC Political Editor Nick Robinson
| 09:00Fergal Keane talks to Dr Saad Eskander, director of Iraq's National Library. 09:301/5In Kaimosi in Western Kenya, Isaiah lives on seven to ten dollars a month. 09:452/5What are the qualities that make a successful leader?
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation. 09:453/5The wisdom of choosing the lesser evil.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Charge of the Light Brigade. 09:454/5How the successful leader uses cruelty to his advantage.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is broadcaster and journalist John Humphrys. 09:455/5How to deal with the power of fortune.
| 09:00Fi Glover is joined by Barry Norman. Featuring poetry by Elvis McGonagall.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00How easy is it to navigate the world of personal finance and manage money as a couple?
| 10:00How do older people cope when looking after elderly relatives?
| 10:00Author Lionel Shriver and analyst Valerie Sinason discuss damaged and violent children.
| 10:00Author Adele Parks asks can a genuine friendship between ex-partners really endure?
| 10:00Constance Briscoe on overcoming child abuse to become Britain's first black female judge.
| 10:00John McCarthy looks at two very different aspects of boating. 10:30Phil Hammond spends a day at a golf club in a desperate bid to understand the game.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Libby Purves meets the men and women who guide big ships in and out of port. 11:301/3By Rona Munro. A recalcitrant kilt maker is faced with the task of fitting out George IV.
| 11:00Francesco Da Mosto explores the British love of the natural world. 11:302/2Hardeep Singh Kohli explores the relationships between the UK and Indian film industries.
| 11:00The Guardian, October 30, 1975. Dutch elm disease ravages the British countryside. 11:306/6Caroline, Fiona and Ruth climb their biggest mountain yet, terrified of falling off.
| 11:00Kate Clark goes behind the image of a prosperous, democratic Kurdistan. 11:30BD, Zonker and Duke - an insight into Garry Trudeau's cartoon creations.
| 11:00Wendy Jones recalls a group of parents who took their children out of state education.(R) 11:303/6The ex-variety star is convinced he can play Malcolm's grandpa in a toffee commercial.
| 11:00A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Peter Riddell. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is conductor Simon Rattle.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Consumer news and issues with Carolyn Atkinson and Peter White. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Peter White and Winifred Robinson.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Sheila McLennon and Winifred Robinson.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Peter White and John Waite.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Liz Barclay and John Waite.
| 12:00A look at the winners and losers as the Bank of England says no change for interest rates. 12:301/8Panellists are Andy Hamilton, Fred Macaulay, Mark Steel and Carrie Quinlan. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:002/12Panellists are Paul Merton, Clement Freud, Chris Neill and Josie Lawrence. 12:32Sheila Dillon revisits local food traditions from the 1973 seriece 'A Taste of Britain'. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:301/11Anna Ford chairs a quiz to find the best amateur garden expert in the country.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Composer John Kander on the difficulties of writing the famous song, New York, New York.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Are we too obsessed with personal hygiene?
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Helen Mark explores the Sculpture Trail in the Forest of Dean.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:30Jenni Murray and guests in conversation about how current media trends affect our lives.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Panellists include Malcolm Wicks, Edward Davey, Michael Gove and Saira Khan.
| 13:00A look at events around the world. 13:30Comedian Lucy Porter celebrates the centenary of the romantic publishing house.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00You win some, you lose some. 14:15By Hugh Costello. Redeployed in Ireland, a former CIA agent has had to alter his views.
| 14:15By Alice Nutter. When Maurice falls ill, Eileen wants to know more and visits the library.
| 14:00Elizabeth gets in deeper. 14:15Black comedy by Andrew Doyle. A man sets out to make amends for all his wrongdoings.
| 14:15A naval chef plans a grand farewell dinner, just as his son is sent to the Iraq war.(R)
| 14:15John Tuckey's dramatisation of the events leading up to the Sudan peace treaty in 2005.
| 14:00Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Peter Nichols' acclaimed study of adultery and betrayal.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs chairs. Guests are Matthew Biggs, Chris Beardshaw and Pippa Greenwood. 14:452/4Stewart accompanies a group of year 9 students staying over in Birmingham's Science museum
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| 15:00 | 15:00Vincent Duggleby and guests answer calls on financial issues. 15:301/5By Doris Lessing. A lived-in chair is sold at auction, where it begins its final journey. 15:451/5Rastafarian poet Levi Tafari goes on a literary journey in and around his home in Toxteth.
| 15:00Richard Daniel and his team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world. 15:302/5Todd McEwan contemplates the suit worn by the star of North By North West. 15:452/5Photographer Mark McNulty meets some of the fellow Liverpudlians he pictured.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs. Guests are Matthew Biggs, Chris Beardshaw and Pippa Greenwood. 15:303/5By Rodrigo Fresan. How JM Barrie's tragic childhood inspired the creation of Peter Pan. 15:453/5Former journalist Angie Sammons explores the stories that made Liverpool's colourful past.
| 15:00Barbara Myers puts callers' questions about polycystic ovary syndrome to Prof Adam Balen. 15:27Tony Robinson appeals on behalf of the Alzheimer's Society. 15:304/5Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's story behind a photograph on the wall of a newsroom in Lagos. 15:454/5Liverpool has enjoyed a long association with popular music.
| 15:00Tom Heap investigates the apparent increase in Britain's rodent population. 15:305/5As the First World War looms, a new world is dawning for Private Dunkley. 15:455/5Stand-up comedian Brendan Riley investigates the city's reputation for humour.
| | 15:002/2Despite marrying May, Newland is consumed by Ellen.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon celebrates the art of eking out and reusing leftovers. 16:30Ernie Rea explores the place of faith in the world.
| 16:001/2An expert in reconstructing the faces of Egyptian kings helps identify buried remains.(R) 16:30Richard Sykes champions Sir Howard Florey, a forgotten man in the discovery of penicillin.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor discusses acts of violence with cultural philosopher Slavoj Žižek. 16:30Dr Mark Porter looks at recent advances in the treatment of Down's Syndrome.
| 16:00James Naughtie and readers meet Alice Sebold to discuss her debut novel The Lovely Bones. 16:30Quentin Cooper reports on a new technique which is shedding light on life in Roman times.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series. 16:30Francine Stock talks to German film-maker Wim Wenders and Cannes winner Christian Mungiu.
| 16:00Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Kathryn Hughes reassesses the work of one of the great American writers, Edgar Allan Poe. 16:30Roger McGough presents wildlife poetry by DH Lawrence, Elizabeth Bishop and others.
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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 Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines. With Ritula Shah. 17:303/6Sally Magnusson presents a series exploring the practice of researching family history.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Jenny Cuffe follows the journeys of African migrants who risk all in pursuit of a dream. 17:40Business Correspondent Nils Blythe profiles Ratan Tata, head of India's Tata Group. 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. 18:302/12Panellists are Paul Merton, Clement Freud, Chris Neill and Josie Lawrence.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Miranda Hart serves up a cocktail of stand-up, sketches, song and dance.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Mark Evans' Dickensian spoof reveals the downward spiral of young Pip Bin's life.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Too much chatter? And name a new planet on award-winning Gary Bellamy's phone-in.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/8Panellists are Andy Hamilton, Fred Macaulay, Mark Steel and Carrie Quinlan.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Peter Curran's guests include Stephen Mangan, Sean Gilder and Conn Iggulden.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Winifred Robinson presents a selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Including the verdict on Sidney Lumet's film Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. 19:451/10In 1999, 15-year-old Kevin Katchadourain killed nine people at his high school.
| 19:00Elizabeth gets in deeper. 19:15With Kirsty Lang, including an interview with Tamsin Little. 19:452/10Anita Sullivan's adaptation of Lionel Shriver's award-winning novel.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. 19:453/10Anita Sullivan's adaptation of Lionel Shriver's award-winning novel about family tragedy.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang. 19:454/10Anita Sullivan's adaptation of Lionel Shriver's award-winning novel.
| 19:15Kirsty Lang discusses City of Vice with Lucy Moore and Dreda Say Mitchell. 19:455/10Anita Sullivan's adaptation of Lionel Shriver's award-winning novel about family tragedy.
| 19:00Business Correspondent Nils Blythe profiles Ratan Tata, head of India's Tata Group. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Gillian Slovo Robert Sandall and Kerry Shale.
| 19:15Barney Harwood presents the children's magazine. 19:454/5Leaving Middlemarch, the scholarly Mr Casaubon and his wife Dorothea visit Dublin.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:003/4The 1943 famine cost, at the most conservative of estimates, one and a half million lives. 20:30Julian Pettifer reports on the extraordinary popularity of online games in South Korea.
| 20:00Jenny Cuffe follows the journeys of African migrants who risk all in pursuit of a dream. 20:40Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
| 20:003/4The government is planning millions of new homes, but where should they be built? 20:451/2Simon Heffer of the Daily Telegraph puts the case for political minimalism.
| 20:00Matt Frei looks at how the digital revolution is changing the face of American media.(R) 20:30Germany is leading in sustainable energy with the world's biggest solar power station.
| 20:00Panellists include Malcolm Wicks, Edward Davey, Michael Gove and Saira Khan. 20:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Prof David Cannadine.
| 20:00Martin Sixsmith explores the lives of artists and writers who fled the former Eastern Bloc
| 20:00Jenni Murray and guests in conversation about how current media trends affect our lives. 20:30Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Could a strange dog from remote New Guinea have been man's first best friend?(R) 21:30Andrew Marr is joined by David Reynolds, Penny Gold, Ivan O'Mahoney and Damian Thompson.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter looks at recent advances in the treatment of Down's Syndrome. 21:30Fergal Keane talks to Dr Saad Eskander, director of Iraq's National Library.
| 21:00Kate Cook explore what hope there is for a cure for her chronic tinnitus. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation.
| 21:00Tom Heap investigates the apparent increase in Britain's rodent population. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Charge of the Light Brigade.
| 21:00Comedy chiller by Mike Harris. Young Cathy's imagination can sometimes get out of control.
| 21:001/2Life takes an unexpected turn for engaged Newland Archer...
| 21:00A look at the winners and losers as the Bank of England says no change for interest rates. 21:26Diane Louise Jordan appeals on behalf of the Sickle Cell Society. 21:30Germany is leading in sustainable energy with the world's biggest solar power station. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Paul Moss. 22:451/10Betty learns that a lady never scratches or spits and has a duty to her husband.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Paul Moss. 22:452/10Bob and Betty take a trip to see the farm.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:453/10Betty wishes she had studied mule-skinning or carpentry instead of ballet.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:454/10Betty takes advice from Mrs Kettle about her disastrous breadmaking.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Roger Hearing. 22:455/10Betty despairs of many things. On the other hand, she has plenty of eggs.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:153/4The government is planning millions of new homes, but where should they be built?
| 22:00News from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including Do Nothing.
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| 23:00 | 23:001/2Tom Robinson explores the portrayal of homosexuality in the media from the 50s to the 70s.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:004/6The infuriatingly picky Steve meets his match, but is she the right one? 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:005/6Senior staff are off to a conference, leaving Rod in charge.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Robert Orchard.
| 23:001/6Life at a rundown Manchester taxi office. Dave's first job is a trip to Blackpool. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:00Richard Sykes champions Sir Howard Florey, a forgotten man in the discovery of penicillin. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:001/11Anna Ford chairs a quiz to find the best amateur garden expert in the country. 23:30An exploration of the differences between poetry and song.
| 23:00Are we too obsessed with personal hygiene? 23:30US writer and broadcaster Dmae Roberts reflects on the enduring allure of secret places.
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