| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor talks to Dr Julie Kirby about her research into people who hear voices. 00:45The sound of church bells from St Michael's in the village of Whichford, Warwickshire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The family move in to an old cowshed, imaginatively redecorated by Robyn's mother. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Robyn's mother's commitment to home schooling leaves plenty of scope for reading. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Robyn needs a new saddle, but her parents insist that she contributes towards the cost. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Robyn is delighted to go to a proper school, but she presents the nuns with a challenge. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The Aids crisis is worsening. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Claire Rayner's moving account of a child who learns a lesson in Jewish philosophy.(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, with news, reports and analysis.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service, with news, reports and analysis.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service, with news, reports and analysis.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service, with news, reports and analysis.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service, with news, reports and analysis.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. 05:57The latest weather forecast.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Led by the Rt Rev David Chillingworth, Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane. 05:453/5As summer warmth dries out the earth, the young rooks have a hard time finding enough food(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from Tonbridge Parish Church. 05:451/3Michael Portillo looks at rebellions by MPs who have refused to toe the party line.
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| 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. 06:07Helen Mark reports on the battle to save peat bogs vital to the Peak District's ecosystem. 06:35Rural magazine programme with Charlotte Smith. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Christie Dickason reflects on that magical world where humans lived as equals with animals 06:35Adam Henson joins a group of veterinary students as they go out onto the farm. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 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. 07:10Trevor Barnes and guests discuss the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Paul McGann appeals on behalf of Whizz-Kidz. 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 Clyst St Mary Church in Devon. 08:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Lucy Kellaway.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Guests include authors David Runciman, John Hutton and Elaine Feinstein. 09:451/5The family move in to an old cowshed, imaginatively redecorated by Robyn's mother.
| 09:00John Humphrys talks to actor Ashley Walters, formerly known as Asher D of So Solid Crew. 09:303/5Farmers and scientists are looking at how old soils might be used to check global warming. 09:452/5Robyn's mother's commitment to home schooling leaves plenty of scope for reading.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation. 09:453/5Robyn needs a new saddle, but her parents insist that she contributes towards the cost.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a treasure house of Assyrian ideas. 09:454/5Robyn is delighted to go to a proper school, but she presents the nuns with a challenge.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is singer Annie Lennox. 09:455/5The Aids crisis is worsening.
| 09:00Presenter Fi Glover is joined by poet Murray Lachlan Young.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Clare Balding.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Author Frances Osborne on Lady Idina Sackville, aka 'The Bolter'. With Jane Garvey.
| 10:00Poet Gillian Clarke, and Scottish artist Barbara Rae on her life as a Royal Academician.
| 10:00Caroline Reid talks about her comic creation Pam Ann with Jenni Murray.
| 10:00Cherie Blair on her impoverished beginnings, her time at Number 10, and facing criticism.
| 10:00Actor Jane Horrocks on being back on stage. Plus, new regulations for childminders.
| 10:00Shirley Conran tell John McCarthy about her fascination for exploring the ancient world. 10:303/3Steve Punt probes the mystery of Britain's own Bermuda Triangle, where 50 planes crashed.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Robert Elms celebrates the glories of the 1908 Franco-British Exhibition. 11:304/6The satirist ponders eating too much and the end of the world.
| 11:00Philippa Forrester and Brett Westwood follow the movement and migration of animals. 11:301/3With Joanna Lumley, Joan Bakewell, Charles Kennedy and Tim Vine.
| 11:00In 1800, 12-year-old Victor emerged from the woods, naked and behaving like an animal. 11:306/6The love lives of sisters Anna and Charlotte take some unexpected twists and turns.(R)
| 11:00Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines. 11:30The untold story of film reviewer Harold McCarthy - with Matthew Sweet
| 11:00Simon Weston catches up with two soldiers featured in the documentary Soldier's Haven. 11:301/8A dead millionaire and a watch-chain sends the sleuth in pursuit of a brutal gang.
| 11:00A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Steve Richards. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is politician Diane Abbott.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson 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 Winifred Robinson and Sheila McClennon. 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 John Waite. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Paul Lewis with the latest news and advice from the world of personal finance. 12:303/8Sandi Toksvig chairs the quiz. Panellists include Jeremy Hardy, Sue Perkins and Kevin Day. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:002/6Michael McIntyre resorts to toilet humour and Lucy Porter tells tall stories of giraffes. 12:32The culture of street food appears to be under threat from city planners. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:308/13Paul Gambaccini's music quiz.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30DJ Don Letts tells the story of Jamaican Blues Dance in Britain.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:306/6Guests include Zoe Ball and Polly Toynbee in a show coming from the Brighton Festival.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Helen Mark explores the Island of Mull, the second largest of the Inner Hebrides.
| 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 the topical debate from Maidstone.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:30Martin Amis explores his father's obsessive interest in James Bond.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:15Joyce Bryant's satire on tertiary education, set in a far from elite university.
| 14:15By Rony Robinson and Sally Goldsmith. A funny touching play about the menopause.
| 14:00An invitation from Ireland. 14:154/5Davy is determined to give the new head Alcock his full support, but this proves difficult(R)
| 14:15By Peter Kesterton. Nigel meets Kat, who spins coins to decide what to do with her life.(R)
| 14:15By Mike Walker and John Dryden. A city worker is caught up in in an unfolding catastrophe
| 14:00Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30By Sebastian Baczkiewicz. Andrei's estranged son Victor forces him to reveal his secrets.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs. With John Cushnie, Bunny Guinness and Pippa Greenwood. 14:455/5Ivan Hewett examines five musical keys: E flat major.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Vincent Duggleby and guests answer calls on financial issues. 15:301/5It was only a little hut, but Jennings was very proud of it. 15:451/5A former newspaper editor in Zimbabwe awaits a decision on his asylum claim.(R)
| 15:00Vanessa Collingridge investigates a 1932 murder in East China. 15:302/5Mr Wilkins blows his top when he finds Jennings looking for a fish - up a tree. 15:452/5Alejandra started her own business after her husband lost his well-paid job.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs. With John Cushnie, Anne Swithinbank and Bob Flowerdew. 15:303/5A distinguished former pupil is to pay the school a visit. 15:453/5Aylia chose to flee Iran after her dissident views attracted the attention of the police.(R)
| 15:00Stewart Henderson answers those niggling questions from everyday life. 15:27Jan Ravens appeals on behalf of Changing Faces. 15:304/5Jennings and Darbishire must think fast. The General wants to see an old school photograph 15:454/5Evacuated from Pristina in the wake of the Kosovan war, Saranda Bogujevci writes home.(R)
| 15:00How do you have a good time without destroying the planet? 15:305/5Jennings tries to play the perfect host, but the General's grandson gives him the slip. 15:455/5Vish Madughiri, an IT professional from Bangalore, is trying to build a new life in the UK(R)
| 15:30DJ Don Letts tells the story of Jamaican Blues Dance in Britain.
| 15:001/3A man spends his life trying to atone for his past. Dramatisation of Thomas Hardy novel.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon visits the city, world famous for its food. 16:30Tim Harford explores whether people in the UK throw away a third of the food they buy. 16:56In the US, the Poor People's March reaches Washington. Noele Gordon quits Crossroads.
| 16:00Michael Rosen presents the series that takes a close look at the words we use. 16:30Nicholas Parsons nominates Edward Lear, now remembered best for his nonsense verse. 16:56A general strike brings Paris to a halt. Crucial Vietnam peace talks begin.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores why Japanese adolescents are acutely withdrawing from society. 16:30Dr Mark Porter weighs up the benefits of sunshine against the harm it can do to our skin. 16:56US presidential candidates try to woo farmers. A newspaper strike hits the UK.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to poet and novelist John Burnside about his latest book Glister. 16:30Quentin Cooper follows research into how the TB bacterium has evolved over the centuries. 16:56Reporters witness the aftermath of the Battle of Saigon. Trouble continues in Paris.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series. 16:30Bob Hoskins reveals why he prefers working in low budget movies than opulent blockbusters. 16:56Four die when part of a high-rise block collapses at Ronan Point in London.
| 16:00Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey. 16:56The clear-up begins after the Ronan Point disaster.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup meets Sebastian Barry, who talks about his new book The Secret Scripture 16:30Roger McGough revisits some readings recorded for Poetry Please by the late Paul Scofield. 16:56Forged tickets cause havoc at the FA Cup Final.
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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 sports headlines. With Ritula Shah. 17:30Eddie Mair presents the weekly interactive current affairs magazine. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Gerry Northam reports from a Lancashire college designed to help racial integration. 17:404/8Sean Buckley looks at the tragic consequences of crimes of violence. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Michael McIntyre resorts to toilet humour and Lucy Porter tells tall stories of giraffes.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6The bossy social worker needs a new place to stay.(R)
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Colin and Kenneth must deal with their new boss.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Victoria Coren chairs. With David Baddiel, David Mitchell and Rev Richard Coles.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/8Sandi Toksvig chairs the quiz. Panellists include Jeremy Hardy, Sue Perkins and Kevin Day.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Peter Curran's guests are Kris Marshall, Nigel Harman and Peter Howitt.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Edward Stourton presents a selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15With Mark Lawson, including an interview with Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing. 19:451/510-year-old maths prodigy Rumi begins to resist her strict regime of study.
| 19:00An invitation from Ireland. 19:15With Mark Lawson, including news of the shortlist for the Turner Prize for visual art. 19:452/5As Rumi approaches her maths A-Level, her separation from family and friends intensifies.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. 19:453/5Rumi returns from India to learn that she has won a place at Oxford.
| 19:15With Kirsty Lang, including a report on Chopin's melodies in popular culture. 19:454/5Rumi is losing her grip at Oxford, but she has met a boy and they suit each other well.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang. 19:455/5On the spur of the moment, Rumi makes a momentous decision.
| 19:004/8Sean Buckley looks at the tragic consequences of crimes of violence. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the cultural highlights of the week.
| 19:15This programme features a boy who found a real dinosaur fossil. 19:454/5By Eric Pringle. A manservant's life is transformed when he sees Marlene Dietrich on stage(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Nick Clarke's widow Barbara Want investigates how we as a society deal with bereavement. 20:30Libby Purves presents a guide to the world of learning with advice and features.
| 20:00Gerry Northam reports from a Lancashire college designed to help racial integration. 20:40Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
| 20:00What would we gain or lose by adopting a formal system over here? 20:451/3Michael Portillo looks at rebellions by MPs who have refused to toe the party line.
| 20:00Singer Pauline Black visits a black farmer and prospective Tory MP. Miles Warde reports.(R) 20:30Peter Day hears how manufacturing companies plan to continue to survive against the odds.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Maidstone. 20:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Lucy Kellaway.
| 20:00Bryan Cooney chronicles the souring of the love affair between sports stars and the media.
| 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 | 21:00Gareth Mitchell meets the scientists trying to harvest energy from unlikely sources. 21:30Guests include authors David Runciman, John Hutton and Elaine Feinstein.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter weighs up the benefits of sunshine against the harm it can do to our skin. 21:30John Humphrys talks to actor Ashley Walters, formerly known as Asher D of So Solid Crew.
| 21:00Philippa Forrester and Brett Westwood follow the movement and migration of animals. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation.
| 21:00How do you have a good time without destroying the planet? 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a treasure house of Assyrian ideas.
| 21:00Anna Chen on the history of the Chinese who came to Britain.
| 21:006/6An unexpected meeting in Venice leads Nick to a new perspective on his past.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news and advice from the world of personal finance. 21:26Paul McGann appeals on behalf of Whizz-Kidz. 21:30Peter Day hears how manufacturing companies plan to continue to survive against the odds. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:451/10Lepidopterist Ginny watches and waits for her beloved sister Vivi to return.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:452/10Ginny's sister Vivien's homecoming is both delightful and disturbing.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:453/10Ginny recalls how her fascination with moths developed into a partnership with her father.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:454/10Vivien has come home, but Ginny is increasingly anxious about what she wants in the house.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:455/10Vivien's return brings back memories of the past and of their mother's erratic behaviour.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Highlights of a debate about embryology and the right to life.
| 22:00Reports from Westminster. Including For Whom the Division Bell Tolled.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Modern take on the gang show with Ben Clarke, Matthew Crosby, Brendan Dodds and Tom Parry. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:001/6With Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Zoe Gardner and Gareth Tunley. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:003/4Poirot worries that a woman’s disappearance is linked to the murder.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Robert Orchard.
| 23:001/6Even given a second chance, can Nebulous prevent the destruction of the Isle of Wight? 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:00Nicholas Parsons nominates Edward Lear, now remembered best for his nonsense verse. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:008/13Paul Gambaccini's music quiz. 23:30Actor and writer John Sessions goes in search of his poetic hero Alexander Pope.
| 23:00Students riot in Bonn. Noele Gordon quits Crossroads. A strike brings Paris to a halt. 23:30Christie Dickason reflects on that magical world where humans lived as equals with animals
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