| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores how the context in which drugs are consumed alters their effect. 00:45The sound of bells from St Bartholomew's in Sutton cum Lound, Nottinghamshire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The cement pearly king and queen and an assailant with an egg. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5The cult of the cyclist and the history of the Town Hall. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5How Jayne Mansfield came to Hackney and the philosophy of arch-criminal Tony Lambrianou. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The story of Joe Kerr of the Royal College of Art - and a Hackney bus driver. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The lost river of Hackney, EastEnders and how the Olympics are treating the borough. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5By Des Dillon. The story of a futuristic Britain in which dogs sniff out terrorist threats(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 Tina Beattie. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Tina Beattie. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Tina Beattie. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Tina Beattie. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Tina Beattie. 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 Mark Coffey. 05:45The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from St Leonard's in Hythe, Kent. 05:45Stephen Sackur profiles MIA, the British-born Tamil singer and artist.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Including 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.
| 06:00Including 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 finds out how whisky production has shaped Speyside in Scotland. 06:30News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mike Wooldridge explores what happens when we choose between different paths in life. 06:35Lionel Kelleway travels to the Falklands to learn about marine life in the South Atlantic. 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. 07:10Roger Bolton discusses the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Simon Marshall, headteacher, appeals on behalf of The Place2Be. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A celebration of the 17th-century priest and poet George Herbert from Bemerton Church. 08:50Katharine Whitehorn considers the importance and influence of words.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Film director Mike Figgis talks about the impact of digital technology. 09:451/5The cement pearly king and queen and an assailant with an egg.
| 09:00Jonathan Freedland tells the story of the short-lived Victorian club New Brighton Tower. 09:304/4Ruth Padel finds out how her great-great-grandfather made scientific theories readable. 09:452/5The cult of the cyclist and the history of the Town Hall.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests. 09:453/5How Jayne Mansfield came to Hackney and the philosophy of arch-criminal Tony Lambrianou.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the observatory at Jaipur. 09:454/5The story of Joe Kerr of the Royal College of Art - and a Hackney bus driver.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is geneticist Professor Dame Kay Davies. 09:455/5The lost river of Hackney, EastEnders and how the Olympics are treating the borough.
| 09:00Clare Balding is joined by DJ Bob Harris. With poetry from Elvis McGonagall.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Paraplegic adventurer Karen Darke on what motivates her to attempt new challenges.
| 10:00Is there a lack of roles for older women on stage and screen?
| 10:00Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg on childcare and paternity leave. Compulsory measles vaccination
| 10:00What do you do when your child is implicated in a murder? Plus, actor Lindsay Duncan.
| 10:00Do women get the full facts when they go for breast cancer screening?
| 10:00John McCarthy is joined by two wildlife filmmakers, Karen Bass and Harry Marshall. 10:304/4The behind-the-scenes arguments, dubbings and overruns of the film that won 10 Oscars.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Writer Geraldine Bedell examines the role of the wife in modern society. 11:302/5Charles helps his new employer Captain Rook, a wily cardsharp, to fleece a rich gentleman.
| 11:00US satirist Joe Queenan finds out why France and the United States continually fall out. 11:30Eddie Mair tells the story of the composer Lionel Bart, creator of Oliver!
| 11:001/3Sarfraz visits Manchester to examine the origins and modern reality of the working class. 11:301/6Plenty of challenges still await an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare.
| 11:00Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines. 11:30Dan Rebellato explores the life and work of playwright Sarah Kane.
| 11:00Following Lenny Henry as he prepares to take on the role of Othello. 11:302/6Is team bonding best practised while Peter and Sam are inebriated?
| 11:00Andrew Rawnsley discovers how political parties are appealing to more mature voters. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is comedian David Walliams.
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| 12:00 | 12:00With Julian Worricker. Should the rules on product placement on television be relaxed? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. Is this the end of the cheap food era? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00With Julian Worricker, from the Money Matters Roadshow in Manchester. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00With Winifred Robinson. We speak to Henry Oliver from the Empty Homes Agency. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00With Peter White. How is the recession affecting our magazine buying habits? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:307/8Sandi Toksvig chairs. With Jeremy Hardy, Fred MacAulay, Shappi Khorsandi and Mark Steel. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:008/12Nicholas Parsons with Paul Merton, Chris Neill, Justin Moorhouse and Tony Hawks. 12:32Sheila Dillon looks at the history of the potato. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Nigel Rees chairs. With Bonnie Greer, Ken Follett, John Simpson and Sir Richard Eyre.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:303/4How Maurice Ravel's dementia trapped the music he created in his head.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the fast-changing media world.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Dominic Arkwright chairs a discussion on the word 'organisation' with writer Jay Griffiths
| 13:00National and international news with James Robbins. 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 Manchester.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with James Robbins. 13:30People who have written letters to themselves to be opened in years to come.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:15Topical thriller by Colin MacDonald about piracy off the Somali coast.
| 14:154/4As Jean prepares for a wedding, someone wants revenge - but death stalks the detective.
| 14:15By Donna Franceschild. Black comedy about a stray lottery ticket.
| 14:15A green knight issues a challenge - a test of courage and heart.(R)
| 14:15Julia Dover's adaptation of a short story by Yasutaka Tsutsui, set in modern-day Japan.
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Alan Bennett's relationship with an eccentric old vagrant who lived in in his front garden
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs. With Anne Swithinbank, Chris Beardshaw and Pippa Greenwood. 14:452/5Chris Tally Evans evokes the Summer sights and sounds of the River Wye.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Gwyneth Lewis explores the idea of the island, and its appeal to the British imagination. 15:4551/90Woodrow Wilson's fight to keep America out of the First World War.
| 15:00Richard Daniel and his team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world. 15:301/3A woman shopper finds someone else's baby in her trolley and is forced to take it home. 15:4552/90America enters the war in Europe and accepts female suffrage at home.
| 15:00Paul Lewis and guests take financial questions from shoppers in Manchester. 15:302/3A middle-aged woman returns home to find her 14-year-old self sitting in her lounge. 15:4553/90The battle to form a fair peace and create the League of Nations.
| 15:02Matt Baker travels to Essex to see the vast area the RSPB is turning into a nature reserve 15:27Steve Mannion appeals on behalf of Christian Blind Mission. 15:303/3A romanticising couple rehearse possible future scenarios for their life together. 15:4554/90America wrestles with the impact that its diverse population will bring.
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs. With Anne Swithinbank, Chris Beardshaw and Pippa Greenwood. 15:4555/90How a surfeit of music, sex and freedom ushered in the Prohibition.
| | 15:002/2Life is tedious for war correspondent William, but he finds love.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon investigates the production of British farmhouse cheeses. 16:30Ernie Rea explores the place of faith in today's world.
| 16:00Clive Coleman talks to FIA president Max Mosley about privacy laws. 16:30Jonathan Holloway, Nicholas McInerny and Kate Mosse discuss favourite books. From 2009.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor is joined by Professor Adam Kuper to discuss the demise of kissing cousins. 16:30Dr Mark Porter joins ambulance crews as they go out to calls.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to poet Sophie Hannah about her new novel The Other Half Lives. 16:30Quentin Cooper investigates the cultural and genetic evolution of language.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series. 16:30Clive Owen explains why bankers are the bad guys in his new movie.
| 16:00Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Sheila McClennon.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Sanjida O'Connell and Dame Beryl Bainbridge. 16:30Roger McGough introduces listeners' requests.
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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 Ritula Shah, plus sports headlines. 17:30Evan Davis presents the business magazine. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Michael Robinson investigates the legacy of toxic lending by British banks. 17:40Stephen Sackur profiles MIA, the British-born Tamil singer and artist. 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. 18:308/12Nicholas Parsons with Paul Merton, Chris Neill, Justin Moorhouse and Tony Hawks.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Featuring correspondents Daniel Maier, Richie Webb and Margaret Cabourn-Smith.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Dame Joan Bakewell listens to the Arctic Monkeys and has a beatboxing lesson.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Hell faces confusion when a dog turns up, as animals are not evil... except dolphins.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:307/8Sandi Toksvig chairs. With Jeremy Hardy, Fred MacAulay, Shappi Khorsandi and Mark Steel.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Nigel Planer, Simon Yates and Adam Nicolson.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Edward Stourton introduces his selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, who chats to Clint Eastwood. 19:451/5By Muriel Barbery. The tale of lonely concierge Renee and 12-year-old Paloma.
| 19:15With Mark Lawson. Including an interview with playwright Peter Flannery. 19:452/5Renee and Paloma have reasons to welcome the arrival of a Japanese gentleman.
| 19:15With John Wilson. Singer-songwriter Morrissey discusses his new album, Years of Refusal 19:453/5Both Renee and Paloma find themselves drawn to the new resident on the fourth floor.
| 19:15Including a report from Leeds on the opening night of a new production of Othello. 19:454/5Concierge Renee and precocious 12-year-old Paloma find that they have a lot in common.
| 19:15With John Wilson. Jazz musician Courtney Pine discusses his album Transition in Tradition 19:455/5In learning Renee's secret, Paloma learns something about herself.
| 19:00Stephen Sackur profiles MIA, the British-born Tamil singer and artist. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests review Clint Eastwood's new movie Gran Torino.
| 19:15Children's magazine presented by Barney Harwood. 19:452/5A boy holidaying in a well-appointed caravan park meets an eccentric hermit.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Following a group of Bristol teenagers who are about to turn 18. 20:30Evan Davis is joined by Clara Gaymard, Ayman Asfari and Tony Mascolo.
| 20:00Michael Robinson investigates the legacy of toxic lending by British banks. 20:40Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
| 20:00With Melanie Philips, Michael Portillo, Claire Fox and Clifford Longley. 20:452/2Allan Little on the Muslims who came to train and fight in the 1990s Balkans conflict.
| 20:00African novelist Chinua Achebe returns to Nigeria for the first time in many years. 20:30Alison Wolf asks whether human beings have an innate need to travel.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Manchester. 20:50Katharine Whitehorn considers the importance and influence of words.
| 20:00Jenni Murray presents a history of personal advice, from the agony aunts to the phone-in.
| 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 | 21:001/3Ehsan Masood explores the status of science in the modern Islamic world. 21:30Film director Mike Figgis talks about the impact of digital technology.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter joins ambulance crews as they go out to calls. 21:30Jonathan Freedland tells the story of the short-lived Victorian club New Brighton Tower.
| 21:002/3A couple who study the spawning grounds of the world's last great salmon run. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests.
| 21:00How has and will science be affected by the current global economic crisis? 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the observatory at Jaipur.
| 21:0011/18From the sinking of the Lusitania to entry into the First World War and the years beyond.
| 21:001/2Hapless journalist William Boot is mistakenly sent to report on a war in Africa.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Simon Marshall, headteacher, appeals on behalf of The Place2Be. 21:30Alison Wolf asks whether human beings have an innate need to travel. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:456/10Jennet completes the frescos at Mount Street and takes her family to Cornwall.
| 22:00With Ritula Shah. Including a report on the UK and US 'bonus culture'. 22:457/10Finally in a position to secure her future, Jennet buys a house by the banks of the Thames
| 22:00With Jane Hill. Including President Obama's call for more European troops in Afghanistan. 22:458/10In a moment of rashness, Jennet dares all with David.
| 22:00News and analysis with David Eades. 22:459/10Jennet discovers that she is carrying a child - but whose?
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with David Eades. 22:4510/10Jennet gradually finds a way to move forward and leave the pain of the past behind.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15With Melanie Philips, Michael Portillo, Claire Fox and Clifford Longley.
| 22:00Including How to Explain Europe.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Classical singer and broadcaster Catherine Bott shows how writers depict music in words.(R) 23:301/3Historian Bettany Hughes rediscovers a forgotten empire and those who ran it.(R)
| 23:004/4A lonely man with a huge knowledge of flies meets a Californian lady. 23:302/3Historian Bettany Hughes turns to archaeology to reveal what life was like in Byzantium.(R)
| 23:001/4Josie unravels mysteries of the cosmos in her quest to better herself through learning. 23:151/6The show where no sketch features more than one voice. With Jeremy Clarkson.(R) 23:303/3Bettany Hughes ventures to the troubled borders of this massive empire.(R)
| 23:001/4Alan has annoyed his girlfriend Jane, but can't remember why? 23:30How the gay son of a Maharajah is working to protect men from HIV/AIDS.(R)
| 23:00Jonathan Holloway, Nicholas McInerny and Kate Mosse discuss favourite books. From 2009. 23:30Mukul Devichand reports on a scheme that may solve the developing world's slum problem.(R)
| 23:00Nigel Rees chairs. With Bonnie Greer, Ken Follett, John Simpson and Sir Richard Eyre. 23:30Roger McGough introduces a selection of poems by the late Adrian Mitchell.
| 23:02Clive Owen explains why bankers are the bad guys in his new movie. 23:30Mike Wooldridge explores what happens when we choose between different paths in life.
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