| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor presents a special programme from New York. 00:45The sound of church bells from St Mary Redcliffe in Bristol. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Lloyd George's youth consisted of hard work, chapel, and the need to charm. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Lloyd George marries Maggie Owen as his political career takes off. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Lloyd George makes a speech at the Welsh Baptist Chapel as an impressed Frances looks on. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Lloyd George's relationship with Frances intensifies. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5After Margaret's fatal accident, what of Frances? 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5By Wally K Daly. Waiting in the wings, can the Good Fairy empathise with all the children?(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Clair Jaquiss. 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 Clair Jaquiss. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Clair Jaquiss. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Clair Jaquiss. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Clair Jaquiss. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Mike Ford. 05:45Eddie Mair presents the weekly interactive current affairs magazine.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of church bells from St Helen's, Sefton. 05:45The spotlight falls on Arthur Ryan, the force behind Primark's rise to the top.
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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. 06:07A visit to the North Kent coast to examine the battle the coast has fought with the sea. 06:35News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully asks why are so many of us so angry all the time. 06:35Elinor Goodman visits expat farmers Robin and Caroline Pollitt in South West France. 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. 07:10Roger Bolton and guests discuss the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Rageh Omaar appeals for The Pastoral and Environmental Network in the Horn of Africa. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10International choirs gather in Coventry for the 2008 International Church Music Festival. 08:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Lucy Kellaway.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Guests include violinist Nigel Kennedy and James Cuno from the Art Institute of Chicago. 09:451/5Lloyd George's youth consisted of hard work, chapel, and the need to charm.
| 09:003/4Spence explores the relationship between China and the US over two centuries. 09:452/5Lloyd George marries Maggie Owen as his political career takes off.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation. 09:453/5Lloyd George makes a speech at the Welsh Baptist Chapel as an impressed Frances looks on.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg explores the ancient astrological idea of the music of the spheres. 09:454/5Lloyd George's relationship with Frances intensifies.
| 09:00Kirsty Young invites novelist Peter Carey to choose eight records. 09:455/5After Margaret's fatal accident, what of Frances?
| 09:00Presenter Fi Glover is joined by Dame Joan Bakewell. Featured poet is Murray Lachlan Young
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Why are more women having big babies? Plus, the joys of swimming in the wild.
| 10:00Cook Nigel Slater on nostalgia food, and writer Eva Hoffman on her book Illuminations.
| 10:00Nobel Peace Prize-winner Wangari Maathai on her fight for human rights. With Jenni Murray.
| 10:00Is a serious shortage of nurses putting babies at risk? With Jenni Murray.
| 10:00Mica Paris talks about her wide ranging career and sings live. With Jane Garvey.
| 10:00John McCarthy discovers the experiences, spiritual or otherwise, of an eclipse chaser. 10:30Garry Richardson recalls an unusual sporting exchange in 1971 between the US and China.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:00A look at letters written by soldiers only to be opened in the event of their death. 11:303/6Will the museum's first-ever Sunday opening run smoothly?
| 11:00Philippa Forrester and Brett Westwood follow the movement and migration of animals. 11:30Simon Hoggart recalls Free Cinema, documentaries shown at the NFT between 1956 and 1959.
| 11:001/4Jolyon Jenkins recalls the 1971 book which advised children about sex and drugs. 11:305/6Bottom of Bletchley Park's league, the codebreakers set out to prove themselves.
| 11:00Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines. 11:30Tom Sutcliffe finds out the secret of Round Britain Quiz's enduring popularity.
| 11:00Mark Stephen reports on a remarkable development on Glasgow's river Clyde. 11:306/8Despite her best efforts, Steve's in trouble. Paul is led to a powerboat on the Thames.
| 11:00Behind the scenes at Westminster with Matthew D'Ancona. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Kirsty Young invites pioneering surgeon Ara Darzi to choose eight records.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson and Liz Barclay. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson and Liz Barclay. 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 Carolyn Atkinson. 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 and advice from the world of personal finance. 12:306/8Panellists include Jeremy Hardy, Carrie Quinlan, Phill Jupitus and Andy Hamilton. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden take on Tim Brooke-Taylor and Willie Rushton.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon looks at the history of state banquets and investigates their modern role. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:3013/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the final of the music quiz.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30A story of truth and reconciliation in post-Apartheid South Africa.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Guests are Alison Baverstock, Clive Coleman, Gwyneth Lewis and Arabella Weir.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Helen Mark rides the Poacher line in Lincolnshire and asks why rural railways are vital.
| 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 Kilwinning, North Ayrshire.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:30John Humphrys talks to Linford Christie and about the drugs test that got him banned.
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| 14:00 | 14:00The world's biggest guest list. 14:152/6By Mike Walker. Dickens investigates a plot aimed at the country's financial system.
| 14:15Why will a man famous for finding people not help a young woman find her lost child?
| 14:15By Ed Hime. Tim, who has an empathy problem, tells his story for his college radio station
| 14:15By Xiaolu Guo. Zhang Yan has left her village and is determined to make it in Beijing.
| 14:15Tim Dee's adaptation of Kressmann Taylor's novel, published in 1938.
| 14:00Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30By Gary Brown. A market trader becomes mixed up in a post-war terrorist plot.
| 14:00Eric Robson and Peter Gibbs present a special edition from the GQT Summer Garden Party. 14:455/5Brett Westwood identifies the sounds of jays, tawny owls and sparrowhawks.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Paul Lewis and guests answer calls on financial issues. 15:301/5A lonely Indian mother, living in America, meets a charismatic young immigrant. 15:4516/30The science of astrophysics began 300 years ago but rocketed in Victorian times.
| 15:00Vanessa Collingridge explores how working women fed their babies in 1823. 15:302/5When Ruma's mother dies, neither she nor her father knows how to fill the void. 15:4517/30Heather considers the struggle to build our knowledge of our own galaxy, the Milky Way.
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs. With Bunny Guinness, Matthew Biggs and John Cushnie. 15:303/5When Ruma's mother dies, neither she nor her father knows how to fill the void. 15:4518/30Heather Couper traces our understanding of nebulae, island universes outside our galaxy.
| 15:00Barbara Myers takes listeners' calls on the fast-growing area of cosmetic dentistry. 15:27Sim Scavazza appeals on behalf of Mentor UK. 15:304/5Two Indian families, reunited in Massachusetts, recall when they were last together. 15:4519/30How did the discovery that the universe is expanding impact upon Einstein's theories?
| 15:002/5Dylan Winter finds out how great tits are coping with climate change. 15:305/5A young man struggles to accept his widowed father's new young Indian wife. 15:4520/30The Big Bang theory of how the universe began and what its opponents think.
| 15:30A story of truth and reconciliation in post-Apartheid South Africa.
| 15:003/3The workers are united in tragedy, and an unexpected revelation could change Frank's life.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon and Nigel Slater cook a perfect meal.(R) 16:30Ernie Rea explores the place of faith in today's world. 16:56French police retake the Sorbonne from the students. Edward Kennedy speaks to the nation.
| 16:00Clive Coleman asks what can be done to get frightened witnesses to give evidence in court. 16:30Alistair Beaton, Valerie Grove and Sue MacGregor discuss their favourite reads. 16:56Fred West, Britain's first heart transplant patient, is critical.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor discusses the driving forces and patterns of gentrification in the UK. 16:30Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder have their say. 16:56Three British protestors are released from a Moscow jail.
| 16:00The Booker short-listed author Damon Galgut talks about the state of South Africa. 16:30Quentin Cooper celebrates the 60th anniversary of the modern computer. 16:56Nelson Rockefeller joins the Republican race for the US Presidency.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series. 16:30Francine Stock talks to Audrey Tautou about the film that was written for her. 16:56Vice President Hubert Humphrey launches his campaign for the US presidency.
| 16:00Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey. 16:56French election campaigns draw to a close. Yehudi Menuhin bows out of the Bath festival.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup meets the American writer Dave Pelzer, author of A Child Called It. 16:30With guest Fleur Adcock. The readers are Rebecca Smart and Mark Meadows. 16:56Barbara Cartland proposes a novel solution to the UK's productivity crisis.
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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 Carolyn Quinn. 17:30Evan Davis talks with entrepreneurs and business leaders about the issues that matter. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Gerry Northam investigates drugs given to tens of thousands of elderly dementia sufferers. 17:40The spotlight falls on Arthur Ryan, the force behind Primark's rise to the top. 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. 18:30Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden take on Tim Brooke-Taylor and Willie Rushton.(R)
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/3Former alumni come together to recreate past gems in the club's history.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6The college acquires a temporary FM radio licence. Colin's attempt to impress Alison fails
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6The panellists are Arthur Smith, Michael Bywater and David Mitchell.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/8Panellists include Jeremy Hardy, Carrie Quinlan, Phill Jupitus and Andy Hamilton.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson talks to Anne De Courcy, David Bradley and Peter Moffat.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Laurie Taylor 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 actress Keira Knightley. 19:451/15Faded British tennis star Felix 'Flex' Carbury has got a problem
| 19:15With Mark Lawson. Including a report on an exhibition of work by the painter Cy Twombly. 19:452/15International financier Ghassan Mehmoud craves a higher profile.
| 19:15With Mark Lawson. Including a reflection on the Hayward Gallery's 40th anniversary. 19:453/15Organic farmer Roger Lloyd-Montague is devoted to Hetta Carbury.
| 19:15John Wilson interviews The Police on the final leg of their world tour. 19:454/15Jeremy Longstaff, MP, loses his football club - and his daughter...
| 19:15With Kirsty Lang. Actor James McAvoy talks about his latest Hollywood action role. 19:455/15Dare Flex ask Mehmoud to marry his daughter?
| 19:00The spotlight falls on Arthur Ryan, the force behind Primark's rise to the top. 19:15Maev Kennedy and guests review the cultural highlights of the week.
| 19:00Something nasty in the wood (not shed). 19:15Barney Harwood presents the children's magazine. 19:454/5As her father plans to remarry, Connie fights to honour an equally important love.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Yasmeen Khan investigates the problem of caring for elderly British Asians. 20:30Libby Purves presents a guide to the world of learning with advice and features.
| 20:00Gerry Northam investigates drugs given to tens of thousands of elderly dementia sufferers. 20:40Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
| 20:00Melanie Phillips, Michael Portillo and Claire Fox question witnesses. 20:451/4At Oxford, Howard wrote what was probably the first profile of Michael Heseltine.
| 20:00Documentary about an organisation supporting sex offenders on their release from prison. 20:30Peter Day asks if companies ought to pay more attention to how happy their employees are.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Kilwinning, North Ayrshire. 20:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Lucy Kellaway.
| 20:00Sean Street recalls the groundbreaking 50s series Radio Ballads.
| 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 | 21:001/2Gareth is at El Mirage dry lake bed in the Californian desert where 'hot rodding' was born 21:30Guests include violinist Nigel Kennedy and James Cuno from the Art Institute of Chicago.
| 21:00Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder have their say. 21:30Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee celebrations saw a procession through London.(R)
| 21:00Philippa Forrester and Brett Westwood follow the movement and migration of animals. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation.
| 21:00Does life on Earth have an extraterrestrial origin? 21:30Melvyn Bragg explores the ancient astrological idea of the music of the spheres.
| 21:004/6As techniques improved, nebulae were revealed to be galaxies in their own right.
| 21:002/3Jack Linden is struggling to keep his family out of the workhouse. Easton turns to drink.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news and advice from the world of personal finance. 21:26Rageh Omaar appeals for The Pastoral and Environmental Network in the Horn of Africa. 21:30Peter Day asks if companies ought to pay more attention to how happy their employees are. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:456/10Okonkwo joins his friend Obierika to celebrate his daughter's wedding.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:457/10Forced into exile, Okonkwo returns to his mother's clan with his 3 wives and 11 children.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:458/10Missionaries arrive in the village and ask for land on which to build a church.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:459/10The seven years of exile are at an end and Okonkwo prepares to return to his clan.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:4510/10The church has been destroyed and the elders are summoned before the District Commissioner
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:153/4Spence explores the relationship between China and the US over two centuries.
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including Fifty Years before the Masthead.
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| 23:00 | 23:001/4Del Boy impersonator Jimmy is leaving. It seems like a good idea to talk him out of it. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Susan Hulme.
| 23:002/6John Oliver and Andy Zaltzman present comedians performing exclusively political material. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:004/6Pepping up your sex life - and why it's best not to lie on your CV. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:006/699 percent of the nation's workforce phone in sick. Nebulous meets a nasty alien life form 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:00Alistair Beaton, Valerie Grove and Sue MacGregor discuss their favourite reads. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:0013/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the final of the music quiz. 23:30Including a short interview with poet Mimi Khalvati.
| 23:00Hubert Humphrey and Nelson Rockefeller launch their campaigns for the US presidency. 23:30Mark Tully asks why are so many of us so angry all the time.
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