| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the contention that men might be failing to grow up. 00:45The sound of bells from St John the Baptist, Loughton. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Miller's privileged upbringing in Harlem and the loss of the family business. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Miller's early writing career, including his first major success with All My Sons in 1947. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Success and meeting Marilyn Monroe contribute to the deterioration of Miller's marriage. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Miller is summoned to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The newly-married Miller and Marilyn Monroe's relationship is sorely tested. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5A bored patient in a body-brace imagines a scenario on the ward that lands her in trouble.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Stephen Shipley. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain, presented by Anna Hill. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Stephen Shipley. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain, presented by Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Stephen Shipley. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain, presented by Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Stephen Shipley. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain, presented by Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Stephen Shipley. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain, presented by Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Alison Elliot. 05:451/5Gwyneth Lewis visits a remote island as she contemplates a change in direction in her life(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from St Anne's Limehouse, in London. 05:451/2Simon Hoggart presents pearls of wisdom for surviving life in Westminster.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark visits Mourne in Northern Ireland, mooted as the country's first national park. 06:35News and issues in rural Britain, presented by Charlotte Smith. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05The writer and broadcaster Irma Kurtz considers the complexity of dreams and dreaming. 06:35Lionel Kelleway sees one of Britain's rarest and smallest plants, a bryophyte. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk; Thought for the Day; Weather; Yesterday in Parliament.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton discusses the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Corrine Bailey Rae appeals on behalf of Pump Aid. 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 for Advent from Greenbank Parish Church, Edinburgh, led by Rev Alison Swindells. 08:50Clive James argues that the film version of history is in danger of replacing reality.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr is joined by Malcolm Gladwell, Semir Zeki, Anna D Shapiro and Andrew Hussey. 09:451/5Miller's privileged upbringing in Harlem and the loss of the family business.
| 09:00Jonathan Freedland examines President Roosevelt's first 100 days in office. 09:303/5Richard Herring explores the problem of time-keeping. 09:452/5Miller's early writing career, including his first major success with All My Sons in 1947.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests. 09:453/5Success and meeting Marilyn Monroe contribute to the deterioration of Miller's marriage.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Great Reform Act of 1832. 09:454/5Miller is summoned to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is broadcaster and journalist Janet Street-Porter. 09:455/5The newly-married Miller and Marilyn Monroe's relationship is sorely tested.
| 09:00Presenter Peter Curran is joined by Pam Ayres. With poetry from Mat Harvey.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Why are there so few so-called big idea books written by women?
| 10:00Are we doing our children a disservice by constantly praising them?
| 10:00What impact has gender equality had on issues debated by politicians?
| 10:00What is being done to divert women offenders from custodial sentences?
| 10:00Does having a mother who works make daughters keen to follow her influence?
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig meets the septuagenarian who rode the length of S.America on a motorbike. 10:30Yasmeen Khan explores the development of British Asian comedy.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Alan Dein meets former Coal Queens at a reunion of these former beauty queens. 11:302/6Harry tries to stop his parents spending money and steers them towards charity work.
| 11:00Philippa Forrester and Brett Westwood present the series following the movement of animals 11:30Deborah Bull and tap dancer Nada Karsakov trace the genealogy of the Lancashire Clog Dance
| 11:001/4Jolyon Jenkins investigates how Dutch Elm Disease swept through England in the mid-1960s. 11:306/6Why does police dog Bobby keep attacking Mrs Groynes, and why is Steine's life in danger?(R)
| 11:00Roland Buerk investigates the Sri Lankan army's war against the Tamil Tigers. 11:30Anne Fine looks at the enduring appeal of the Famous Five author.
| 11:002/2Musicians Zsolt Bende and Arnie Somogyi conclude their music and food odyssey. 11:303/6Trouble looms for Ramesh as his nemesis Tom Skilliter reappears after 20 years.
| 11:00A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Jackie Ashley. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is the founder of the Glastonbury Festival, Michael Eavis.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Sheila Dillon hosts the ninth Food and Farming Awards, held at the NEC, Birmingham. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Why has Lord David Lipsey resigned as chairman of the Financial Services Consumer Panel? 12:301/6Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:002/4Can the surreal comedian prove that his fiancé shares the Russian royal bloodline? 12:32Sheila Dillon hosts the ninth Food and Farming Awards, held at the NEC in Birmingham.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Robert Robinson introduces the ninth heat of the perennial general knowledge quiz.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30The story of the hosiery manufacturer who introduced Beethoven to England.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the fast-changing media world.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Matt Baker discovers the latest attempts to save red squirrels from extinction.
| 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 in Nottingham.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:301/2Martin Bell investigates the growing numbers of women in the British military.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:154/4Matters come to a head when Fat Doug comes to visit.
| 14:15Psychological drama by Trevor Preston. Thomas' dreams are like thriller plots.
| 14:151/4A dragon's egg must be retrieved by a hero cursed with immortality.
| 14:15Doug Lucie's dark comedy about the credit crunch, set in Britain in 2008.
| 14:15Librarian Leo is set to retire when he encounters a Muslim girl seeking refuge.
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Historical thriller that follows the future Charles II after his father's execution.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs. With Bob Flowerdew, Chris Beardshaw and Bunny Guinness. 14:453/4It is judgment day, as the town makes last-minute preparations before the final tour.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Vincent Duggleby and guests answer calls on financial issues. 15:301/5Poet and translator George Szirtes reflects on leaving Hungary after the 1956 revolution. 15:451/5Ian Marchant spends a day with Brent borough council's waste advisors.
| 15:00Vanessa Collingridge investigates a 19th-century attempt at a new order in Sheffield. 15:302/5Writer and academic Ziauddin Sardar reflects on the racism he encountered in London. 15:452/5Ian Marchant visits Britain's first plastic bottle recycling factory - and sees the future
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs. With Anne Swithinbank, Chris Beardshaw and Tracy Wilson. 15:303/5Novelist Gillian Slovo reflects on arriving in England as an adolescent. 15:453/5Ian Marchant visits Ludlow, and Britain's first anaerobic food digester.
| 15:00A visit to an extraordinary community on the outskirts of Cairo.(R) 15:27Martin Clunes appeals on behalf of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. 15:304/5A young Zimbabwean, newly arrived in London, struggles to make connections. 15:454/5Ian Marchant visits a vast landfill site - unsung hero of the consumer society.
| 15:00Clare Balding walks along the Cornish coast in the company of novelist Patrick Gale. 15:305/5Story about a prisoner who refuses to give in to his torturers. 15:455/5Ian Marchant visits Newport, home of the country's biggest fridge graveyard.
| 15:30The story of the hosiery manufacturer who introduced Beethoven to England.
| 15:001/2Dramatisation of Victor Hugo's tale set in Notre Dame Cathedral in 15th-century Paris.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon investigates whether or not mutton still has an image problem. 16:307/8Katie Derham examines ways in which Paris continues to embrace cultural tourism.
| 16:00Michael is joined by Leonard, an African Grey parrot, to talk about animal communication. 16:30Rebecca Jones and Graeme Le Saux join Sue MacGregor to discuss some favourite books.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor discusses the many individualistic ways in which things can be organised. 16:30Claudia Hammond explores how treatment for eating disorders can be a postcode lottery.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Will Self about the work of William Burroughs. 16:30Quentin Cooper joins scientists on a beach in search of clues about one of Saturn's moons.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series. 16:30Francine Stock talks to Judy Craymer, the creator of Mamma Mia.
| 16:00Down's babies, women and jail, mothers and work, Sandy Denny and cooking with mince.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup presents the books magazine. 16:302/4Peggy talks to people who have been inspired by Ithaka's treatment of the journey of life.
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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 with Carolyn Quinn, plus sports headlines. 17:30The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Michael Robinson investigates the rise in evictions and unemployment. 17:407/8Writer Jeff Young and musician Pete Wylie create a fictional response to the week's news. 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. 18:302/4Can the surreal comedian prove that his fiancé shares the Russian royal bloodline?
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4Time runs away in preparations for the switch-on of the BBC Collider.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Clare finds a flatmate - and reunites a mother and son.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Simon Mayo's guests are Jon Richardson, Lucy Porter and Roy Walker.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Samuel West, Michael Cockerell and Professor Brian Cox.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Coleman introduces his selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15With Mark Lawson. Including an interview with actor Robert De Niro and producer Art Linson 19:451/5The curmudgeonly Wood and eccentric John Aubrey embark together on a singular endeavour.
| 19:15With John Wilson. Including an interview with award-winning British R&B singer Estelle 19:452/5Aubrey's first batch of notes fails to meet Wood's rigorous standards.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, who meets dramatist Tracy Letts. 19:453/5With his publication deadline fast approaching, Wood struggles to find Aubrey.
| 19:15With Mark Lawson. Actor David Morrissey discusses his TV, film and theatre career. 19:454/5The book is published, but disaster strikes.
| 19:15With Kirsty Lang. Andrew Lycett talks about a newly-discovered play by Dylan Thomas. 19:455/5A dying Wood receives an unexpected visitor.
| 19:007/8Writer Jeff Young and musician Pete Wylie create a fictional response to the week's news. 19:15This week Tom is joined by novelists AS Byatt, Patrick Gale and Catherine O’Flynn.
| 19:15Kirsten O'Brien learns how to crack a joke with lessons from a stand-up comedy teacher. 19:454/5By Maggie Cronin. Ralph's return home is cause for celebration, but his party is crashed.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Felicity Finch finds out why more babies are being born with Down's syndrome. 20:30Paul Henley investigates the human impact of the economic crisis in Iceland.
| 20:00Michael Robinson investigates the rise in evictions and unemployment. 20:40Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
| 20:00With Clifford Longley, Kenan Malik, Michael Portillo and Melanie Phillips. 20:451/2Simon Hoggart presents pearls of wisdom for surviving life in Westminster.
| 20:00The story of deaf actor Tim Barlow as he goes through treatment to restore his hearing. 20:30Frances Cairncross examines what lessons must be learned from the credit crunch.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Nottingham. 20:50Clive James argues that the film version of history is in danger of replacing reality.
| 20:00Alan Dein looks back at the life of the late American oral historian Studs Terkel.
| 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 | 21:00Richard Hollingham investigates the scientific and environmental uses of algae. 21:30Andrew Marr is joined by Malcolm Gladwell, Semir Zeki, Anna D Shapiro and Andrew Hussey.
| 21:00Claudia Hammond explores how treatment for eating disorders can be a postcode lottery. 21:30Jonathan Freedland examines President Roosevelt's first 100 days in office.
| 21:00Philippa Forrester and Brett Westwood present the series following the movement of animals 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests.
| 21:00Scientists have unravelled the mechanism that drives ageing in mice. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Great Reform Act of 1832.
| 21:00Drama documentary about Sri Lankan journalist Richard de Zoysa. Some fictional scenes.
| 21:002/2Svejk and Lukas have been sent to the Front in disgrace.
| 21:00Why has Lord David Lipsey resigned as chairman of the Financial Services Consumer Panel? 21:26Corrine Bailey Rae appeals on behalf of Pump Aid. 21:30Frances Cairncross examines what lessons must be learned from the credit crunch. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:451/10Genteelly impoverished Evelyn embarks on a trip as chaperone to her sister and fiance.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:452/10Evelyn, still shaken by her encounter with the charming Emil, returns home.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:453/10As her family's return to England looms, Evelyn receives an unexpected proposal.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:454/10Evelyn cannot wait to start her new life as she and her young son sail into London.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:455/10Despite her life of luxury with Emil, Evelyn is bruised by the prejudice of 1950s England.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15With Clifford Longley, Kenan Malik, Michael Portillo and Melanie Phillips.
| 22:00Including Received Wisdom.
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| 23:00 | 23:004/4Colin Murphy, Dr David Booth and Matthew Collins try to answer ridiculous questions.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:002/4Danny aids Middlesbrough through the power of melody. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Susan Hulme.
| 23:004/6Feeling unloved and unnoticed, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg is granted three wishes. 23:154/6Dave's domestic life is still upside down, and so his dad arrives to offer advice. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:003/4Meet a cheery bailiff - and an office induction with a twist... 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Robert Orchard.
| 23:00Rebecca Jones and Graeme Le Saux join Sue MacGregor to discuss some favourite books. 23:30Matthew Sweet discovers how our cinematic heritage is gradually disintegrating.(R)
| 23:00Robert Robinson introduces the ninth heat of the perennial general knowledge quiz. 23:301/4Peggy examines its enduring appeal of de la Mare's poem.
| 23:00In 1800, 12-year-old Victor emerged from the woods, naked and behaving like an animal.(R) 23:30The writer and broadcaster Irma Kurtz considers the complexity of dreams and dreaming.
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