| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor discusses the enduring appeal of Superheroes with Roz Kaveney. 00:45The sound of church bells from St Chad's in Farndon, Cheshire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Michael enrols at Le Cordon Bleu, the most famous cookery school in Paris. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5An educational visit to the vineyards turns into a binge drinking session. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5The Basic Cuisine exam takes place in late autumn. How much will Michael remember? 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The students of Le Cordon Bleu make their professional catering debut at the Musee d'Orsay 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Michael faces the Superior Cuisine exam, his toughest test yet. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5By Mike Harding. Tommy is a member of the Villains Association.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| |
|---|
| 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. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Monsignor Tony Rogers. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Mark Holdstock. 05:57The latest weather forecast.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Monsignor Tony Rogers. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Monsignor Tony Rogers. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Monsignor Tony Rogers. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Monsignor Tony Rogers. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Mary Stallard. 05:451/5Was Macbeth a murderous tyrant or a generous and popular king?(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of church bells from St John's in Bollington, Cheshire. 05:45Colleagues and friends discuss Michelle Obama's influence on her husband's campaign.
| |
|---|
| 06:00 | 06:00Including 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. 06:07Matt Baker meets two men who operate the last fishing boat working out of Great Yarmouth. 06:35Rural magazine programme with Charlotte Smith. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05On Mothering Sunday, Fergal Keane considers some of the aspects of being a good mother. 06:35Lionel Kelleway explores the Wash, the largest expanse of mudflats in the UK. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| |
|---|
| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Yesterday in Parliament; 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. 07:55Krishnan Guru-Murthy appeals on behalf of Homeless International. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
| |
|---|
| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10The Sacramental Tradition, from St David's Cathedral in Pembrokeshire. 08:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Prof David Cannadine.
| |
|---|
| 09:00 | 09:00Guests include economist Joseph Stiglitz and Jacob Weisberg, biographer of George W Bush. 09:451/5Michael enrols at Le Cordon Bleu, the most famous cookery school in Paris.
| 09:002/2He meets the country's winners and losers. 09:301/2Anne McElvoy looks at the growing influence of children of the 1980s in politics. 09:452/5An educational visit to the vineyards turns into a binge drinking session.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation. 09:453/5The Basic Cuisine exam takes place in late autumn. How much will Michael remember?
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests examine Shakespeare’s bloodthirsty tragedy, King Lear. 09:454/5The students of Le Cordon Bleu make their professional catering debut at the Musee d'Orsay
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is broadcaster and journalist David Dimbleby. 09:455/5Michael faces the Superior Cuisine exam, his toughest test yet.
| 09:00Presenter Muriel Gray is joined by bestselling author Louise Rennison.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
| |
|---|
| 10:00 | 10:00Is the NHS failing families with eating disorders?
| 10:00Rachel Cusk discusses her controversial book on representations and truths of motherhood.
| 10:00A phone-in special on which is more natural: maternal instincts, or maternal ambivalence?
| 10:00Ian Fleming's niece Lucy discusses the women behind the James Bond creator.
| 10:00Dianne Lang explains why she campaigns for the human rights of South African children.
| 10:00John McCarthy looks at the past and present of the sea liner transportation. 10:30Michael Morpurgo celebrates the 50th anniversary of Paddington Bear in 2008.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
| |
|---|
| 11:00 | 11:001/2Eddie Mair investigates the history of the armed services' policy on homosexuality.(R) 11:305/6With PM Harold Macmillan set to appear, a spy infiltrates the futuristic radio soap.
| 11:00Wildlife specialists join zoologists and conservationists to present regular reports. 11:30William Roache celebrates the longevity of some of Britain's longest surviving soap stars.(R)
| 11:00Ian Vince, Dan Kieran and Prasanth Visweswaran's journey in a second-hand milk float. 11:301/6Garden centre owners Pam and Gordon argue over how to grow old.
| 11:00Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines. 11:30Tracey McLeod recalls the girl groups of the 1960s.
| 11:00Sarfraz Manzoor talks to US students who have opted for a racially segregated education. 11:304/4The Leonides family are still in danger, and can Charles trust Sophia?
| 11:00A look behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is singer Michael Ball.
| |
|---|
| 12:00 | 12:00Consumer news and issues with Liz Barclay and John Waite. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson and Peter White. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Sheila McClennon and Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Liz Barclay and John Waite. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Liz Barclay and Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Paul Lewis with the latest news and advice from the world of personal finance. 12:308/8Panellists are Justin Edwards, Mark Steel, Andy Hamilton and Phill Jupitus. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:009/12Panellists include Paul Merton, Clement Freud, Josie Lawrence and Chris Neill. 12:32Sheila Dillon crosses the Channel to explore what makes a capital food market successful. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| |
|---|
| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:308/11Anna Ford chairs a quiz to find the best all-round amateur garden expert in the country.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Alasdair Molloy on the composer of the Desert Island Discs theme, Eric Coates.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:301/5Rising Damp began as a single play called The Banana Box.(R)
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Matt Baker visits two post offices in North Yorkshire.
| 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. 13:10Panellists include Ed Husain, Stephen Timms, Justine Greening and Lembit Opik.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:301/3John Ware looks at the part played by Sinn Fein and the delay in weapons decommissioning.
| |
|---|
| 14:00 | 14:15Edson Burton's smouldering thriller, set in inner-city Bristol.
| 14:15DJ Britton's study of the life of a lonely chief executive of a major international bank.
| 14:15Poetry sparks lust, ruthless ambition and rivalries at a residential writing course.
| 14:15By Matthew Coombes. Gandhi and Chaplin meet in London's East End in 1931.
| 14:156/6By Nicola Baldwin. Tess and Maggie struggle with secrets that could change everything.
| 14:00Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30By Simon Gray. Brothers Michael and Jason vie with each other for the attention of Anita.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs. With Chris Beardshaw, Bob Flowerdew and Anne Swithinbank. 14:455/5Dr George Nash and Adam Stanford document the Neolithic carvings at Barclodiad y Gawres.
| |
|---|
| 15:00 | 15:00Paul Lewis and guests answer calls on financial issues. 15:301/5By Gill Edwards. Everyone needs to know certain things when asked to a school reunion. 15:451/5Most scientists and inventors want to protect their work with patents.
| 15:00Richard Daniel and his team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world. 15:302/5By Joe Hollins. The cargo of an old shipwreck rises from the ashes in a very modern manner 15:452/5Trademarks have to be protected, but should anyone be allowed to trademark a colour?
| 15:00Bob Flowerdew, Anne Swithinbank and Pippa Greenwood answer questions sent in by post. 15:303/5By Hattie Naylor. Read by Alison Reid. 15:453/5The music industry has been revolutionised by the internet explosion.
| 15:00Prof. Richard Sutton from St Mary's Hospital answers callers' questions about fainting. 15:27Jenni Murray appeals on behalf of BEAT (Eating Disorders Association). 15:304/5By Paul Dodgson. He used to be able to fly, but he has forgotten about that now. 15:454/5Anyone with a broadband computer can now download and watch virtually any movie.
| 15:003/6Dylan Winter takes an in-depth look at land ownership. 15:305/5By Crysse Morrison. Should Mrs Somerville move from home to sheltered accommodation? 15:455/5Plagiarism has become a nightmare for teachers, publishers and journalists.
| | 15:006/6The immediate threat of war has receded, but life is still not safe in Egypt.
| |
|---|
| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon puts the new Ribble Valley Food Trail to the test. 16:30Ernie Rea explores the place of faith in today's world.
| 16:00Clive Coleman asks how inquests should work. 16:30Bidisha and Tom Robinson join Kate Mosse to discuss favourite books.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor debates the ‘moral panic’ generated by young people wearing hooded tops. 16:30Dr Mark Porter looks at fainting, why it happens and how we learn to cope with it.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup meets Clare Morrall, who talks about her new book The Language of Others 16:30Quentin Cooper explores incredible advances in microscope technology.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series. 16:30Eric Bana talks to Francine Stock about The Other Boleyn Girl.
| 16:00Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey.
| 16:00James Naughtie talks to William Hague about his biography of William Pitt the Younger. 16:30The story behind African-American singer Marian Anderson's 1939 Lincoln Memorial concert.(R)
| |
|---|
| 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 sports headlines. With Mishal Husain. 17:30Evan Davis talks with entrepreneurs and business leaders about the issues that matter. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Armadeep Basset reports on the activities of militant UK-based Sikh groups. 17:40Colleagues and friends discuss Michelle Obama's influence on her husband's campaign. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| |
|---|
| 18:00 | 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:309/12Panellists include Paul Merton, Clement Freud, Josie Lawrence and Chris Neill.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/4Adam reluctantly helps out at his Dad's record store. Stars Lenny Henry.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6With Ben Elton, Fran Beauman and Prof Gary Sheffield.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4The Time Lord and the famous TV pensioner have a no-holds-barred relay race discussion.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:308/8Panellists are Justin Edwards, Mark Steel, Andy Hamilton and Phill Jupitus.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson's guests include Tom Mangold, Michelle Collins andOmid Djalili.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15A selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
| |
|---|
| 19:00 | 19:15With Mark Lawson, who reports on Noah Baumbach's film Margot at the Wedding. 19:451/5Filled with idealism, the group of nuns arrive in the Himalayas.
| 19:15With Mark Lawson, who meets the acclaimed Dominican-American writer Junot Diaz. 19:452/5The group gains a new pupil.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. 19:453/5Christmas is approaching, but Mr Dean is having an unsettling effect on the nuns.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with John Wilson. 19:454/5The harsh environment produces a crisis of faith among the nuns.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with John Wilson. 19:455/5The local people lose their faith in the nuns when a child dies.
| 19:00Colleagues and friends discuss Michelle Obama's influence on her husband's campaign. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Kathryn Hughes, Alkarim Jivani and Tom Morris.
| 19:15Barney Harwood talks to Terry Deary, author of the Kingfisher trilogy, about Greek myths. 19:453/5Written and read by Maureen Lipman.(R)
| |
|---|
| 20:00 | 20:003/3Russia is determined to stake its claim as a major world power. 20:30Libby Purves presents a guide to the world of learning with advice and features.
| 20:00Armadeep Basset reports on the activities of militant UK-based Sikh groups. 20:40Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
| 20:00Melanie Phillips, Michael Portillo, Clifford Longley and Sarah Dunant question witnesses. 20:45Writer Mary Loudon challenges society's attitudes to mental illness.
| 20:002/2Michael Robinson looks at Middle Eastern and Asian countries buying into western companies 20:30Dr Zareer Masani asks if India's new found prosperity is filtering down to the masses.
| 20:00Panellists include Ed Husain, Stephen Timms, Justine Greening and Lembit Opik. 20:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Prof David Cannadine.
| 20:00Paul Farley tells the extraordinary story of two tapes by poet Philip Larkin.
| 20:00Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy. 20:30Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series.
| |
|---|
| 21:00 | 21:002/2The Health Protection Agency at Porton Down looks out for new and dangerous pathogens. 21:30Guests include economist Joseph Stiglitz and Jacob Weisberg, biographer of George W Bush.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter looks at fainting, why it happens and how we learn to cope with it. 21:302/2He meets the country's winners and losers.
| 21:00Wildlife specialists join zoologists and conservationists to present regular reports. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation.
| 21:00Could analysing the particles inside raindrops allow us to alter the weather? 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests examine Shakespeare’s bloodthirsty tragedy, King Lear.
| 21:00Comedy by Colin Hough about a prolific sperm donor whose chickens come home to roost.
| 21:005/6In Egypt, the reality of war begins to put a strain on the Pringles' marriage.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news and advice from the world of personal finance. 21:26Krishnan Guru-Murthy appeals on behalf of Homeless International. 21:30Dr Zareer Masani asks if India's new found prosperity is filtering down to the masses. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
| |
|---|
| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:451/5An opera house cleaner muses on her relationship with her high-flying son.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:452/5A young woman is bothered by her feelings for her troubled flatmate.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:453/5An Irish expat living in Paris reflects on her life when she is visited by an old flame.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Reeta Chakrabarti. 22:454/5A woman is forced to confront the fact that her husband has been having an affair.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Peter Dobbie. 22:455/5She has not spoken to her neighbour for decades, but she realises that he is going blind.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Melanie Phillips, Michael Portillo, Clifford Longley and Sarah Dunant question witnesses.
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including Bugging the Nats: The SNP and MI5
| |
|---|
| 23:00 | 23:00Nigel Rees's guests are Michael Winner, Jilly Cooper, Simon Brett and Valerie Grove. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:004/6With Duncan Wisbey, Isy Suttie and Kate Fleetwood. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:001/5Discworld comes to radio! Captain Sam Vimes confronts his past. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Robert Orchard.
| 23:002/6Guests include Graeme Garden, Johnny Daukes, Deborah Norton and Katie Maskell. 23:152/6Luke's brother is badly hurt, but his mates won't leave until they have gone for an Indian(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:00Bidisha and Tom Robinson join Kate Mosse to discuss favourite books. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:008/11Anna Ford chairs a quiz to find the best all-round amateur garden expert in the country. 23:30Garry Geddes introduces his poems in the voices of figures in the Terracotta Army.
| 23:00Libby Purves presents a guide to the world of learning with advice and features. 23:30On Mothering Sunday, Fergal Keane considers some of the aspects of being a good mother.
| |
|---|
