| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor discusses the world domination of the western business suit. 00:45The bells of St Michael's Cornhill in the City of London. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5A personal and sometimes polemical look at the relationship between Britain and America. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Marilyn Monroe was nothing if not a sacrifice to the potency of her own mythology. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Andrew describes the exact moment when he decided to hate football for life. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The Fab Four came to represent the thrill of rock music as a high form of dreaming. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Andrew takes a trip on one of the Clyde's last cargo vessels. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Stories by Etgar Keret, in which the hopes and fears of childhood unite.(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. 05:43Presented by Scot Peacock of the Vajrayana Buddhist Centre in Glasgow. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Presented by Scot Peacock of the Vajrayana Buddhist Centre in Glasgow. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Presented by Scot Peacock of the Vajrayana Buddhist Centre in Glasgow. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Presented by Scot Peacock of the Vajrayana Buddhist Centre in Glasgow. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Presented by Scot Peacock of the Vajrayana Buddhist Centre in Glasgow. 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 Canon Patrick Thomas. 05:45Eddie Mair presents the weekly interactive current affairs magazine.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of church bells from St George's, Benenden. 05:45Mishal Husain looks at Susan Rice, a rising star in Barack Obama's inner circle.
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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 Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark looks at the work of wildlife police in Tayside. 06:35News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Madeleine Bunting explores our relationship with water - practical, cultural and spiritual 06:35Caz Graham visits a farmer who is re-creating rare breeds of animals. 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. 07:10Jane Little and guests discuss the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Barbara Windsor appeals on behalf of the Theodora Children's Trust. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10The Archbishop of Canterbury is the preacher at this special service. 08:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Prof Lisa Jardine.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Charles Wheeler marks the 60th anniversary of the wartime evacuation of Britain's cities.(R) 09:30Charlotte Mendelson describes her passion for raspberry sorbet and chocolate ice cream.(R) 09:451/5A personal and sometimes polemical look at the relationship between Britain and America.
| 09:00Charles Wheeler presents personal interpretations of what the end of WWII meant to people.(R) 09:452/5Marilyn Monroe was nothing if not a sacrifice to the potency of her own mythology.
| 09:00Repeat of part of a series in which Charles Wheeler presents a history of national service(R) 09:30Author Tim Pears recalls cooking potatoes, a tin of sardines and an unidentified herb.(R) 09:453/5Andrew describes the exact moment when he decided to hate football for life.
| 09:00Charles Wheeler on the migration of 150,000 children from Britain between 1900 and 1967.(R) 09:302/5Mark Stephen explores the effects of changes in the Post Office network. 09:454/5The Fab Four came to represent the thrill of rock music as a high form of dreaming.
| 09:00Charles Wheeler tells the story of his search for the rightful home of a tiny portrait.(R) 09:30Sophie Grigson recreates the apple pie which brings back memories of Tessa Hadley's Nana.(R) 09:455/5Andrew takes a trip on one of the Clyde's last cargo vessels.
| 09:00Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues that matter to them.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Should parents disclose their children's HIV status to their school? With Jane Garvey.
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| 10:00How easy is it to really switch off? Plus, the impact food allergies can have on a family.
| 10:00How does growing up above the shop affect family life? With Jenni Murray.
| 10:00Jane Garvey discusses the work of Dr Who theme tune composer Delia Derbyshire.
| 10:00Explorer Benedict Allen talks to Peter van Ham who journeyed into the heart of Nagaland. 10:30As Barbie and Madonna both turn 50, Emily Maitlis asks which is the original Material Girl
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Mark Whitaker tells the story of arts contests at the Olympic Games. 11:302/6Caroline has a thoroughly modern dinner with her ex-husband and his new husband.(R)
| 11:00Including a close encounter with Alaskan grizzly bears as they feast on migrating salmon. 11:30Benjamin Zephaniah reassesses dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson's 1978 debut album.
| 11:001/2Penny Marshall follows West Yorkshire Police as they bring a rapist to justice. 11:304/6Trouble for Carolyn when the Scottish Cricket Team and Sahara Desert run out of petrol.
| 11:00Orin Gordon looks at the struggle for Haitians to feed themselves as food prices soar. 11:30Horror fan Mark Kermode selects favourite readings, including The Exorcist. From 2008.
| 11:003/4The internal combustion engine, hailed as the answer to pollution in London, is born. 11:303/6A student is found hanged. Suicide - or murder?(R)
| 11:001/12Andrew Rawnsley looks at the impact of new media on politics. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is writer Lady Antonia Fraser.
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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 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 Peter White. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Liz Barclay and John Waite. Including Face the Facts. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:002/5Alvin Hall looks at wine as an investment, talking to collectors and dealers. 12:305/6Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined by Jeremy Hardy.(R) 12:32Andrew Jefford investigates the growing popularity and quality of English sparkling wine. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30The Midlands take on Northern Ireland. Tom Sutcliffe chairs.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:301/3Carl Orff's celebration of life and love has become one of the most popular concert pieces
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Dominic Arkwright, Catherine Townsend, Neil McCormick and Kathy Lette on love bust-ups.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Helen Mark asks whether animals which have died out should be reintroduced into the wild.
| 13:00National and international news. 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 Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
| 13:00A look at current events. 13:302/3Competitive swimmers in the capital badly need more access to pools.
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| 14:00 | 14:15Gwyneth Lewis's chronicle of her own experience of depression.(R)
| 14:15By DJ Britton. When Joe loses his sales job, he finds himself desperate to save his home.
| 14:15A woman visits her parents in their fire-ravaged Spanish home. New discoveries await.(R)
| 14:00The packhouse - decision day. 14:15By Ann Marie Di Mambro. The world of two designers and entrepreneurs goes into freefall.
| 14:00More TB tests at Grange Farm. 14:15By Clare Bayley. Andy and Safi are getting married, but this is no normal wedding.
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:301/2Penniless, Paine arrives in America as the struggle for independence is beginning.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs. With Bunny Guinness, Matthew Biggs and John Cushnie. 14:455/5The Yorkshire Dales have starred on both small and big screen in a range of productions.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:001/5Alvin Hall explores investment during a credit crunch. He looks at commodities. 15:301/5A story from Milton Jones about the trials and tribulations of a comedian on the road. 15:451/5Does birth order make a difference? Do the youngest siblings remain babies forever?
| 15:00Richard Daniel and his team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world. 15:302/5A new piece of comedy from AL Kennedy on the troublesome subject of teeth. 15:452/5Islamic countries see sibling relationships develop via wet-nurses.
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs. With Anne Swithinbank, Pippa Greenwood and John Cushnie. 15:303/5Jon Ronson reveals the tensions inherent in knives, wives, dogs and small boys. 15:453/5New research looks into non-blood siblings and the bond fostered in a non-family unit.
| 15:00Three glamour models make their living by podium dancing and posing for punters.(R) 15:27Ben Fogle appeals on behalf of the Sailors' Society. 15:304/5Comedian Lucy Porter gets inside the head of a festival first-aider. 15:454/5Famous sibling Julian Lloyd Webber explores sibling relationships.
| 15:00Clare Balding visits Guernsey to preview the island's walking festival. 15:305/5John Hegley eavesdrops on a conversation between two friends in Imperial Rome. 15:455/5Average siblings share half of their genes, but identical twins share all of theirs.
| | 15:003/3Isabel has been married for three years, but she is about to discover a startling truth.
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| 16:00 | 16:00How will we feed the cities of the future? Sheila Dillon is joined by author Carolyn Steel 16:30Ernie Rea explores the place of faith in today's world. 16:56A protest against the Vietnam war erupts into violence in London's Grosvenor Square.
| 16:00Clive Coleman looks at the function of county courts. 16:30Discussion on books by Penelope Fitzgerald, Pawel Huelle and John Kennedy Toole. 16:56An inquiry by Sir John Newsome into the education system publishes its recommendations.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor reappraises the history of medicine with David Wootton and David Armstrong. 16:30Claudia Hammond explores the role of psychologists in defence in the UK. 16:56An El Al flight en route to Tel Aviv is hijacked by three Palestinian militants.
| 16:00Mariella talks to novelist Robert Edric about his interest in the composer Ivor Gurney. 16:30Quentin Cooper explores the possibility of past or future life on Mars. 16:56Widespread rioting erupts in Cleveland, Ohio, after two unarmed police officers are shot.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series. 16:30Matthew Sweet talks to British director Peter Yates about his classic crime movie Robbery. 16:56A man is found crucified on Hampstead Heath. Strangely, there is no bleeding.
| 16:00Highlights of the week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey. 16:56Mick Jagger celebrates his 25th birthday with a preview of the new Rolling Stones album.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to the Irish novelist Deidre Madden. 16:301/2Pushkin remains the archetype of the brilliant but doomed poet searching for the truth. 16:56Preliminary peace talks between Nigeria and breakaway Biafra end inconclusively.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus sports headlines. With Ritula Shah. 17:30Evan Davis talks with entrepreneurs and business leaders about the issues that matter. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:001/2Misha Glenny meets members of a marijuana smugling syndicate in British Columbia. 17:40Mishal Husain looks at Susan Rice, a rising star in Barack Obama's inner circle. 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. 18:30Regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined by Jeremy Hardy.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/4Will Simon blow the whistle on his murky world of international arms dealing?(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Arthur's mobile phone lines get crossed, and his hospital radio show sparks disaster.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Corner shop owner Ramesh concocts a fake religious festival to shift unsold fireworks.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Peter Curran's guests include Jude Kelly, Django Bates, Roy Walker and Jon Holmes.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Carolyn Quinn presents a selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15With Mark Lawson, including the verdict on the new Batman film The Dark Knight. 19:451/5One Christmas in the late 1920s, Mrs Hamlyn is returning home to England by ship.
| 19:15With Mark Lawson, including an interview with writer Trevor Griffiths. 19:452/5Leslie Joyce has been arrested for shooting dead a family friend in self-defence.
| 19:00The packhouse - decision day. 19:15A special programme from the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival with Mark Lawson. 19:453/5When their daughter elopes with a married man, the Griffiths want nothing to do with her.
| 19:00More TB tests at Grange Farm. 19:15With John Wilson, including an interview with writer and director Alex Holmes. 19:454/5Maugham lends some books to a young man who wants to talk about his unhappy engagement.
| 19:15With John Wilson, including an interview with singer and songwriter kd lang. 19:455/5Millicent's parents and sister hear the story of what happened to poor dear Harold.
| 19:00Mishal Husain looks at Susan Rice, a rising star in Barack Obama's inner circle. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the cultural highlights of the week.
| 19:15Barney Harwood meets Emily Gravett, author of Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears. 19:454/4By Fiona Thackeray. An inmate finds unexpected refuge from prison life.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:004/4In Washington DC, James finds a system dominated by money, lobbyists and partisan politics 20:30Tim Whewell examines why memories of WW2 are being politicised in East European countries.
| 20:001/2Misha Glenny meets members of a marijuana smugling syndicate in British Columbia. 20:40Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
| 20:00Melanie Phillips, Kenan Malik, Claire Fox and Clifford Longley cross-examine witnesses. 20:452/2Historian Ruth Cowen marks the 150th anniversary of the Parliamentary Act.
| 20:001/3Following the 30 youngsters who travelled to Singapore in support of London's Olympic bid. 20:30Zareer Masani considers the relationship between voting and other democratic rights.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Cirencester, Gloucestershire. 20:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Prof Lisa Jardine.
| 20:00Carolyn Quinn asks what the Carry On series of films tells us about British society.
| 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 | 21:00Vivienne Parry explores the similarities between emotional and physical pain. 21:30Charles Wheeler marks the 60th anniversary of the wartime evacuation of Britain's cities.(R)
| 21:00Claudia Hammond explores the role of psychologists in defence in the UK. 21:30Charles Wheeler presents personal interpretations of what the end of WWII meant to people.(R)
| 21:00Including a close encounter with Alaskan grizzly bears as they feast on migrating salmon. 21:30Repeat of part of a series in which Charles Wheeler presents a history of national service(R)
| 21:00Geoff Watts talks to particle physicist Professor Brian Cox. 21:30Charles Wheeler on the migration of 150,000 children from Britain between 1900 and 1967.(R)
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| 21:002/3Isabel is now a very rich woman. Resolved to enjoy her fortune, she begins her travels.
| 21:00John reports on a property club which now stands accused of selling over-valued properties 21:26Barbara Windsor appeals on behalf of the Theodora Children's Trust. 21:30Zareer Masani considers the relationship between voting and other democratic rights. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:451/5Edward Prendick is the only survivor of a shipwreck. He is picked up by a passing boat.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Carolyn Quinn and Ritula Shah. 22:452/5Prendick is allowed to stay on Moreau's island, but he is tormented by cries in the night.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:453/5Fearing that he might become one of Moreau's victims, Prendick attempts to escape.
| 22:00News and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:454/5The creatures of Moreau's island begin to revolt and attempt a terrible revenge.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:455/5The creatures revert to the wild. Moreau is dead and Prendick faces a similar fate.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Melanie Phillips, Kenan Malik, Claire Fox and Clifford Longley cross-examine witnesses.
| 22:00Including Bowing out Gracefully: The Brandreth Rules for Standing Down.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael investigates why we sometimes find it hard to say what we mean or mean what we say(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:00Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange of quotations and anecdotes. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Robert Orchard.
| 23:00Featuring the late Adrian Mitchell, the man dubbed the Shadow Poet Laureate. 23:15Sitcom about a woman who wants to be Fabulous but can't cope.(R) 23:30Miranda Sawyer examines how rave culture has moved from rebellion to mainstream.(R)
| 23:005/6Having investigated various fad diets, Scrooby settles on a fiendishly complicated regimen 23:301/2Jarvis Cocker uncovers the birth and development of the fanzine.(R)
| 23:00Discussion on books by Penelope Fitzgerald, Pawel Huelle and John Kennedy Toole. 23:302/2Historians explain the survival of paper-based fanzines in the age of the internet.(R)
| 23:00The Midlands take on Northern Ireland. Tom Sutcliffe chairs. 23:30Roger McGough presents a special programme, live from the Latitude Festival in Suffolk.
| 23:00Jane Asher announces that she has split from Paul McCartney. 23:30Madeleine Bunting explores our relationship with water - practical, cultural and spiritual
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