| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor discusses the personal psychological consequences of recession unemployment. 00:45The sound of bells from St Mary's in Ilmington. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5How our decisions are a finely-tuned blend of feeling and reason. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5How the fluctuations of a few dopamine neurons saved a battleship in the first Gulf War. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5The defects in the emotional brain that lead us toward bad decisions. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5How a firefighter's creative thinking in a bush fire proved to be a life-saving decision. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Exploring the certainty trap - a potential hazard for pundits and politicians alike. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Martin Bell reflects on his experience in war zones. 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 Rev Jenny Wigley. 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 Rev Jenny Wigley. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Jenny Wigley. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Jenny Wigley. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Jenny Wigley. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze. 05:45The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from St Mary Parish Church, Bishopstoke in Hampshire. 05:45Mary Ann Sieghart profiles the Polar explorer Pen Hadow.
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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 Scotland to find that the freshwater pearl mussel faces new threats. 06:30News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully explores how the way we live our lives reveals our most powerful beliefs. 06:35Elinor Goodman witnesses the end of an era for a family-run battery farm in Dorset. 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. 07:10Discussing the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Canon Andrew White appeals on behalf of the Iraqi Association. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From St Cuthbert's Church, Carham in Northumberland. 08:50Katharine Whitehorn reflects on images of women in the media.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr's guests include playwright Enda Walsh and writer Linda Grant. 09:451/5How our decisions are a finely-tuned blend of feeling and reason.
| 09:00Jonathan is joined by Billy Bragg to consider House of Lords reform now and in the 1600s. 09:302/8Nick asks if history has been fair to Lord North, the prime minister who lost America. 09:452/5How the fluctuations of a few dopamine neurons saved a battleship in the first Gulf War.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests. 09:453/5The defects in the emotional brain that lead us toward bad decisions.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the measurement problem in physics. 09:454/5How a firefighter's creative thinking in a bush fire proved to be a life-saving decision.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is actor and campaigner Lord Rix. 09:455/5Exploring the certainty trap - a potential hazard for pundits and politicians alike.
| 09:00Clare Balding is joined by Colonel Bob Stewart, with poetry from Kate Fox.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Soprano Angela Gheorghiu on her life and work. Plus, Fiona Millar on the Blair years.
| 10:00Chef Heston Blumenthal on creating extraordinary dishes including ejaculating cakes.
| 10:00Agony Aunt Irma Kurtz on growing old. Plus, why do some women choose to pay for sex?
| 10:00Glenys Kinnock on her life in politics. Plus, Martyn Compton on surviving severe injury.
| 10:00Marie McCourt on coming to terms with her daughter's disappearance and death.
| 10:00Tom Bradby discusses his experiences of travelling for work with John McCarthy. 10:301/2Simon Schama explores his passion for baseball and his adopted team the Boston Red Sox.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Liz Barclay investigates whether leading fashion brands can beat the credit crunch. 11:304/5A fashionable society novelist inspires Charles to undertake an ambitious enterprise.
| 11:00Sue Broom looks at the genetics and health of pedigree dogs. 11:30Ann Widdecombe explores how single women have been depicted in popular culture.
| 11:003/3How Margaret Thatcher changed the political landscape in ways that are still evident today 11:303/6Clare in the Community, the Sony Award winning comedy, with Sally Phillips.
| 11:00Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines. 11:30Documentary about the soundtrack to George Harrison's film Wonderwall.
| 11:002/2Kit is back with ladies barbershop chorus Second City Sound in Harrogate. 11:304/6Sam tries to help Peter when he must apply for his own job.
| 11:00A look behind the scenes at Westminster, presented by Jackie Ashley. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is broadcaster Richard Madeley.
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| 12:00 | 12:00With Peter White. How the alcohol content of drinks dictates their labelling. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. Privacy versus Public protection. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00With Winifred Robinson. How is the telecoms sector regulated? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00With Winifred Robinson. Cornwall is calling for a bank holiday to honour St Piran. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00With Peter White. Ian Macmillan ponders the significance of the necktie. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The Bank of England plans quantitative easing but what is it and will it work? 12:301/8Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:0010/12Nicholas Parsons chairs. With Paul Merton, Clement Freud, Jack Dee and Josie Lawrence. 12:32Sheila Dillon re-visits some of the finalists from the Food and Farming Awards. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Nigel Rees chairs. With Catherine Bennett, Michael Dobbs, Sir Antony Jay and John Lahr.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Laura Barton explains her love for vinyl album sleeve notes.
| 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, Terence Blacker, Tina Lamb and Shaun Bailey discuss what motivates us.
| 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 Sutton, Surrey.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with James Robbins. 13:302/2The Radio 4 presenters prepare for a final live gig at a London comedy club.
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| 14:00 | 14:15A hard look at some of the men and women who launched, then sank, a thousand hedge funds.
| 14:00Not what Brian was expecting. 14:15A young woman faces up to the realities of life when she swaps London life for a convent.
| 14:15Psychic Thomas Soutar becomes obsessed when he's asked to help find a missing student.
| 14:15A spaceship arrives on Earth and finds a planet obsessed with alien concepts like 'money'.
| 14:15When Hollywood picked up Ray's low-budget film, he thought he had left England for good.
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:302/5Tom is living in luxury in a chateau in France, but his forgery is about to be uncovered.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs. With John Cushnie, Matthew Biggs and Pippa Greenwood. 14:454/5Chris Tally Evans is out and about early on the River Wye.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Lee Hall discovers an alternative poetry tradition as the preserve of ordinary people. 15:451/5Jazz musician Soweto Kinch tells the story of black 18th-Century composer Ignatius Sancho.
| 15:00Richard Daniel and his team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world. 15:301/3By Pippa Gladhill. A funny and tender account of a marriage, holidays and knitting. 15:452/5Burlesque performer Kirsty Allan on Eliza Vestris, Britain's first burlesque star.
| 15:00Vincent Duggleby and guests answer calls on banking. 15:302/3By Fran Landsman. 81-year-old Alice has taken her first risk, and wants to take more. 15:453/5Journalist Con Coughlin tells the story of Victorian journalist George Augustus Sala.
| 15:02Matt Baker investigates Cumbria's industrial coastline, which is being given a makeover. 15:27Dr Mark Porter appeals on behalf of Bowel and Cancer Research. 15:303/3By Rachel Fixsen. An ex-wife looks on in disapproval at her husband's choice of successor. 15:454/5Katrina Porteous on her fellow poet Kathleen Raine, with whom she shares Scottish roots.
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs. With John Cushnie, Matthew Biggs and Pippa Greenwood. 15:455/5Surgeon Iain Hutchison tells the story of plastic surgery pioneer Varaztad Kazanjian.
| 15:30Laura Barton explains her love for vinyl album sleeve notes.
| 15:002/2What is the secret at the heart of the space object known as Rama?
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon finds out what happens to all the venison that is being produced in the UK. 16:30Ernie Rea explores the place of faith in today's world.
| 16:00Focusing on some of the ways in which the law affects children. 16:30Robyn Karney, Huw Stephens and Sue MacGregor discuss their favourite books.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor considers the aesthetic and ethical aspects of documentary making. 16:302/4Vivienne Parry investigates post-natal depression.
| 16:00James Naughtie talks to the author and part-time stand-up comedian AL Kennedy. 16:30Quentin Cooper hears about the latest remarkable example of natural selection.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series. 16:30Francine Stock talks to Julian Fellowes about his latest script, Young Victoria.
| 16:00Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Dame Joan Bakewell explains why she has waited until her eighth decade to publish a novel. 16:30Roger McGough introduces listeners' requests and looks forward to spring.
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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. 17:30Evan Davis challenges his guests on the art - and the complications - of pricing. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Julian O'Halloran asks if school safety measures to protect children have gone too far? 17:40Mary Ann Sieghart profiles the Polar explorer Pen Hadow. 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. 18:3010/12Nicholas Parsons chairs. With Paul Merton, Clement Freud, Jack Dee and Josie Lawrence.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6A routine flight is disrupted by a routine fire, a routine lawsuit and a routine corpse.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Marcus Brigstocke invites Madness frontman Suggs to try some new experiences.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6A baby turns everyone soft, so Satan tries to locate its family.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/8Comedy 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 Stephen Tompkinson, Henry Worsley and Alan Simpson.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15John Waite makes his selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Not what Brian was expecting. 19:15With Mark Lawson. Giles Waterfield discusses Constable's lesser-known work. 19:451/5It is 1956 and a virus has wiped out the crops of South East Asia, causing a famine.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Including the verdict on superhero film Watchmen. 19:452/5The world panics as the virus spreads and Roger confronts John with some horrifying news.
| 19:15With John Wilson. Danny Robins explores a new trend in cinema, the secret film night. 19:453/5A level crossing, a gatehouse and a carjack change the Custances' lives for ever.
| 19:15With Mark Lawson. Dreda Say Mitchell asks if Tina Turner is still 'simply the best'. 19:454/5The journey to Blind Gill continues, with one addition to the group and one sudden loss.
| 19:15With Kirsty Lang. Stand-up comedian Stewart Lee discusses his return to television. 19:455/5The end of the journey is in sight but there are still plenty of obstacles ahead.
| 19:00Mary Ann Sieghart profiles the Polar explorer Pen Hadow. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the new movie Watchmen.
| 19:15Barney Harwood finds out how children and opera get along together. 19:454/5A lonely woman's life is changed forever when a boisterous family set up their caravan.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:001/2Broadcaster Peter Snow returns to scenes of his post-war childhood in Libya.(R) 20:30Evan Davis presents the business magazine and debates the merits of hedge funds.
| 20:00Julian O'Halloran asks if school safety measures to protect children have gone too far? 20:40Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
| 20:00Michael Buerk chairs. With Michael Portillo, Claire Fox, Matthew Taylor, Clifford Longley. 20:45Martin Bell reflects on his experience in war zones.
| 20:00Jenny Cuffe spends a week with those who are developing new ways to help heavy drinkers. 20:30Chris Bowlby asks if the concept of thrift has lost its moral attraction.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Sutton, Surrey. 20:50Katharine Whitehorn reflects on images of women in the media.
| 20:00Isabel Hilton hears the stories of Tibetan communities in exile.
| 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 | 21:003/3The Islamic world is witnessing a trend for seeking 'scientific miracles' in the Qur'an. 21:30Andrew Marr's guests include playwright Enda Walsh and writer Linda Grant.
| 21:002/4Vivienne Parry investigates post-natal depression. 21:30Jonathan is joined by Billy Bragg to consider House of Lords reform now and in the 1600s.
| 21:00David Attenborough hosts a documentary game-show about the bird impersonator. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests.
| 21:00Is the nuclear power option sustainable? 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the measurement problem in physics.
| 21:00Stone investigates the high profile case of a missing teenage girl, Louise Sands.(R)
| 21:001/2The crew of a space ship is sent to investigate a mysterious object in the solar system.
| 21:00The Bank of England plans quantitative easing but what is it and will it work? 21:26Canon Andrew White appeals on behalf of the Iraqi Association. 21:30Chris Bowlby asks if the concept of thrift has lost its moral attraction. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:456/10A road accident leaves Balram taking the blame for Pinky Madam's drunkenness.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:457/10Balram begins to dream of the glittering prizes that his new life offers.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:458/10Temptation stares Balram in the face as he sees just how corrupt his employer is.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:459/10Balram's fateful decision has been made and he passes the point of no return.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:4510/10Balram has made it out of the darkness and into the dazzle of entrepreneurial success.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Michael Buerk chairs. With Michael Portillo, Claire Fox, Matthew Taylor, Clifford Longley.
| 22:00Including The Prime Ministers.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Dominic Arkwright chairs a discussion on stardom and our reaction to fame. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:002/4Investigating the fun that can be had, at other people's expense, through travel. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:003/4The comedian aims to become the ultimate quiz show contestant. 23:153/6The show where no sketch features more than one voice. Stars Graeme Garden.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Robert Orchard.
| 23:003/4Things have come to a head, so Alan and Jane engage a solicitor. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:00Robyn Karney, Huw Stephens and Sue MacGregor discuss their favourite books. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:00Nigel Rees chairs. With Catherine Bennett, Michael Dobbs, Sir Antony Jay and John Lahr. 23:30Roger McGough introduces poems by Ernest Dowson, DH Lawrence, Laurie Lee and UA Fanthorpe.
| 23:02Francine Stock talks to Julian Fellowes about his latest script, Young Victoria. 23:30Mark Tully explores how the way we live our lives reveals our most powerful beliefs.
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