| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15From duels to drive-by, Laurie Taylor discusses the history of murder. 00:45The sound of bells from St Nicholas' Church, Durweston in Dorset. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5In 1848 the East India Company engages a Scottish plant hunter to steal the secrets of tea 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Robert Fortune sets sail on a junk for the famed green tea district of northern China. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Robert Fortune reaches the gates of a green tea factory in the Wu Yi Shan Mountains. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Robert Fortune has to transport the tea seeds to India. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Robert Fortune travels 250 miles by junk and sedan into the interior of China. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5By MJ Hyland. Patrick learns that a prisoner doesn't get to choose his cell-mate.(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 Cathy Le Feuvre. 05:45Charlotte Smith launches the Farming Today beehive, with a chance for listeners to join in 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Cathy Le Feuvre. 05:45Anna Hill hears about the implications of swine flu for food safety and British farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Cathy Le Feuvre. 05:45Anna Hill reports on the UN vets investigating whether swine flu really comes from pigs.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Cathy Le Feuvre. 05:45Charlotte Smith explores threats to the survival of bees.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Cathy Le Feuvre. 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 the Right Rev David Chillingworth. 05:454/5As the tide begins to recede, hundreds of thousands of birds return to the mud flats.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from St George's Church, Poynton in Cheshire. 05:451/2Jon wonders whether the petitions really make an impact.
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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 Yesterday in Parliament; Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark joins historian Peter Edwards to visit the Worcestershire village of Rushock. 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 weaving as a metaphor for how we should live our life. 06:35Beate Kubitz went from being a high-flying executive to a sheep farmer in West Yorkshire. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day, Yesterday in Parliament.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Roger Bolton discusses the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Baroness Betty Boothroyd appeals on behalf of the National Benevolent Fund for the Aged. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From Wesley's Chapel in the City of London. 08:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Clive James.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr talks to Gillian Tett, Tristram Hunt, Stephen Frears and Sandra Schulberg. 09:451/5In 1848 the East India Company engages a Scottish plant hunter to steal the secrets of tea
| 09:00Salman Rushdie celebrates the seventieth anniversary of the classic film The Wizard of Oz. 09:302/4The battle between Milton Friedman and Lord Balogh on the merits of free-market economics. 09:452/5Robert Fortune sets sail on a junk for the famed green tea district of northern China.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests. 09:453/5Robert Fortune reaches the gates of a green tea factory in the Wu Yi Shan Mountains.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Vacuum of Space. 09:454/5Robert Fortune has to transport the tea seeds to India.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor brings together a group of people to tell the story of Thalidomide. 09:455/5Robert Fortune travels 250 miles by junk and sedan into the interior of China.
| 09:00Fi Glover is joined by author Jodi Picoult, with poetry from Murray Lachlan Young.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Soprano Yvonne Howard on Norma. Plus, Alain de Botton on following your dreams.
| 10:00How has opening up the family courts to the media affected children?
| 10:00Women in politics thirty years after Margaret Thatcher. Plus, poetry from Alice Oswald.
| 10:00The life of Eglantyne Jebb, founder of Save the Children. Plus, do diet pills work?
| 10:00Poet Carol Ann Duffy's first interview as Poet Laureate.
| 10:00John McCarthy explores three very different aspects of Italy, from Sicily to Venice. 10:303/3Comedian Stephen K Amos offers an antidote to grumpiness.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:001/2Now the credit crisis has hit, the future looks increasingly precarious for Dubai. 11:301/4Adam reluctantly helps out at his Dad's record store. Stars Lenny Henry.(R)
| 11:00Paul Evans visits Dorset to find out why heathland birds don't welcome hordes of visitors. 11:30Who was Winifred Gill? Writer Kate Mosse uncovers the life of an extraordinary woman.
| 11:00The story of the Vatican reforms in 1965 that forced nuns to abandon a life of seclusion. 11:301/4Simon Brett's thespian sleuth is set to open in a West End play.(R)
| 11:00How Muncie in Indiana reflects the impact of the economic crisis on the US middle class. 11:30Story of the film pioneer making natural history films in his back garden.
| 11:00French businessman PY Gerbeau examines our cultural obsession with drinking to excess. 11:302/6The comedian and the presenter get chatting in the tag talk show.
| 11:00MPs expenses and Gurkhas. A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Peter Riddell. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor talks to the Beirut hostages John McCarthy, Brian Keenan and Terry Waite.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00How do you think we should reward our MPs? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Peter White. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Peter White. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:301/8Sandi Toksvig chairs. Panellists include Andy Hamilton, Fred MacAulay and Jeremy Hardy. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:006/6David Mitchell hosts. With Jeremy Hardy, Fred MacAulay, Jack Dee and Will Self. 12:32Sheila Dillon explores Brogdale in Kent, home of the National Fruit Collection. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:308/13The general knowledge music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini.
| 13:00National and international news Martha Kearney. 13:303/6With Stephanie Flanders, Dominic Sandbrook and Karl Pilkington.
| 13:00National and international news Martha Kearney. 13:30Steve Hewlett investigates the ethics of undercover reporting.
| 13:00National and international news Martha Kearney. 13:30Will political and vested interests shatter President Obama's plans for a greener future?
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Surrey.
| 13:00Views on Hazel Blears's comments on the 'titanic battering' that Labour has suffered. 13:301/2Edward Stourton looks at claims Christian theology paved the way for modern anti-Semitism.
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| 14:00 | 14:151/2William and Sandy are again pressed into service to solve a mystery at The Old Beeches.
| 14:152/2William and Sandy are faced with another intriguing mystery during a trip to the Palace.
| 14:15By Christopher William Hill. A student's parents attempt to sue her school.(R)
| 14:15Newly crowned George VI battles to defeat his stammer ahead of his broadcast to the Nation
| 14:15By Annie Caulfield. A sequel to the comic drama On the Field about British troops in Iraq.
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Satire about the fortunes a perfect butler. Stars Russell Tovey.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs chairs. With Pippa Greenwood, Bob Flowerdew and Matthew Biggs. 14:452/5The prison has been used for films including In the Name of the Father and Michael Collins(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00Using archive material, Matthew Parris finds out what Margaret Thatcher was like as a boss 15:451/5Adil watches fashion photographer Rankin in action as he photographs members of the public
| 15:00Professor Mark Stoyle goes in search of the Civil War dead from the siege of Lyme Regis. 15:301/3By Donna Leon. The pleasure of a sumptuous meal beguiles a taciturn husband. 15:452/5Adil Ray sees the streets of London through the lens of street photographer Nick Turpin.
| 15:00Paul Lewis and a panel of experts take listeners' questions on credit reports. 15:302/3By Reginald Hill. A young murderer's confession has far reaching consequences. 15:453/5Adil talks to brides-to-be as they nervously prepare for their big moment.
| 15:02Matt Baker finds out just how idyllic life was for Mesolithic man on the Isle of Skye. 15:27Mike Wooldridge appeals on behalf of RedR. 15:303/3By Ann Cleeves. Tension between guests at a Shetland hotel spark a local woman's curiosity 15:454/5Adil Ray sees Britain through the lens of animal photographer Tim Flach.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs. With Pippa Greenwood, Bob Flowerdew and Matthew Biggs. 15:455/5Adil Ray sees luxury Britain through the lens of photographer Richard Foster.
| 15:303/6With Stephanie Flanders, Dominic Sandbrook and Karl Pilkington.
| 15:002/2Troilus and Criseyde are in love, but she's about to be handed over to the Greeks.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Two Cornish oyster fisherman travel to the 'Slow Fish' gathering in Genoa. 16:302/6Katie Derham hears from people who have stayed with locals or swapped houses with others.
| 16:00Michael Rosen takes another journey into the world of words, language and the way we speak 16:30Ruby Wax discusses the life and work of Carl Gustav Jung.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor talks to Caroline Simone about her study of the families of suicide victims. 16:30Dr Mark Porter examines the outbreak of swine flu.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Hilary Mantel about her interest in Thomas Cromwell. 16:30Science behind the potential flu epidemic emanating from the Mexican 'swine' flu outbreak.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series. 16:30Michael Caine reveals why his wife banned their daughter from seeing his new film.
| 16:00Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey.
| 16:00James Naughtie and readers meet Chinese author Xiaolu Guo. 16:30The story of James MacPherson's 'discovery' of the ancient poems of Ossian in the 1760s.
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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.
| 17:00Full coverage 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. 17:30The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Jolyon Jenkins investigates whether we have lost the war on cybercrime. 17:401/8Playwright Laura Wade creates a fictional response to the swine flu scare. 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. 18:306/6David Mitchell hosts. With Jeremy Hardy, Fred MacAulay, Jack Dee and Will Self.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6The panellists are comedians Frank Skinner and Arthur Smith and journalist Lucy Mangan.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Intrepid heroes battle evil forces for the Sword of Asnagar.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Three purveyors of fine comedy - John Gordillo, Francesca Martinez and Andrew Lawrence.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/8Sandi Toksvig chairs. Panellists include Andy Hamilton, Fred MacAulay and Jeremy Hardy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Martin Freeman, Arthur Smith and the writer Peter Flannery.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Sheila McClennon introduces her selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Actress Kitty McGeever; Raiders of the Lost Ark - The Adaptation; author KM Peyton. 19:456/10Robert Audley gets closer to the truth in his quest to uncover Lady Audley's secret.
| 19:15With John Wilson, Including a review of Helen, an art-house film about teenage identity. 19:457/10Robert determines to find a link between George Talboys's dead wife and his aunt.
| 19:15Poet Wendy Cope and composer Roxanna Panufnik discuss their collaboration. 19:458/10Cornered by her cousin Robert's accusations, Lady Audley fights back.
| 19:15Graham Coxon discusses the Blur reunion and there's a review of classic farce Rookery Nook 19:459/10Phoebe Marks demands money. In desperation, Lady Audley faces up to her tormentors.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Includes an interview with actor Jim Broadbent. 19:4510/10Determined to avenge the crime against his friend, Robert confronts Lucy with the truth.
| 19:001/8Playwright Laura Wade creates a fictional response to the swine flu scare. 19:15Featuring a slice of Fabian life, starry-eyed young Europeans, and Bronte goes Bollywood.
| 19:15Barney talks tactics and fair play with a young go-kart racer and cricketer Rosalie Birch. 19:452/5A new piece of comedy from AL Kennedy on the troublesome subject of teeth.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Matthew Hill investigates the drug Champix and its possible links to psychiatric illness. 20:30Lucy Ash travels to the heartland of Thailand's Red Shirt protesters.
| 20:00Jolyon Jenkins investigates whether we have lost the war on cybercrime. 20:40Actress Kitty McGeever tells Peter White what it is like to join the cast of Emmerdale.
| 20:004/4Does seeking to modify children's behaviour and attitude risk homogenising them? 20:451/2Jon wonders whether the petitions really make an impact.
| 20:00Ben Hammersley assesses the seriousness of cyber-attacks on international networks. 20:30What happens to high technology companies when their customers are in recession?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Surrey. 20:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Clive James.
| 20:00A celebration of the life and music of the late folk singer and activist Pete Seeger
| 20:00Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere. 20:30Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Will political and vested interests shatter President Obama's plans for a greener future? 21:30Andrew Marr talks to Gillian Tett, Tristram Hunt, Stephen Frears and Sandra Schulberg.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter examines the outbreak of swine flu. 21:30Ernie Rea explores the place of faith in today's world.(R)
| 21:00Paul Evans visits Dorset to find out why heathland birds don't welcome hordes of visitors. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests.
| 21:001/2Andrew Luck-Baker meets the scientists behind NASA's next giant telescope. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Vacuum of Space.
| 21:00Black comedy by Ed Jones. Scriptwriter Luke loses his TV job and has to downsize his home.
| 21:001/2Criseyde is a young widow, so her uncle Pandarus introduces her to Trojan hero Troilus.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Baroness Betty Boothroyd appeals on behalf of the National Benevolent Fund for the Aged. 21:30What happens to high technology companies when their customers are in recession? 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:451/10As Georgy visits his wife Zoya in hospital, he remembers his early life in Russia.
| 22:00Presented by Ritula Shah. The UN looks for the cause of the swine flu outbreak. 22:452/10Georgy relates his arrival in St Petersburg to become companion to the Tsar's son.
| 22:00Reports on the government's Commons defeat over Gurkhas' rights, and 'swine' flu in the US 22:453/10Georgy accompanies the Tsarevich on a train journey to the Russian army headquarters.
| 22:00Robin Lustig looks at the legacy for Iraq as British troops pull out of Basra. 22:454/10Painful memories flood Georgy's mind as he remembers a betrayal by Zoya.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:455/10In wartime London, Georgy finds himself recruited by an intelligence agency.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:154/4Does seeking to modify children's behaviour and attitude risk homogenising them?
| 22:00Including Petitioning the Modern Way.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen explores the teenage use and abuse of the word 'like'. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:003/6From Jools Holland to Ross Kemp, Jon Culshaw explores the bizarre lives of famous folk. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Rachel Byrne.
| 23:151/6Roydon Postlethwaite looks back at the life of a quintessentially British celebrity chef.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Robert Orchard.
| 23:001/6Too much chatter? And name a new planet on award-winning Gary Bellamy's phone-in.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:00Ruby Wax discusses the life and work of Carl Gustav Jung. 23:30Chris Mason explores what it is that MEPs actually do.
| 23:008/13The general knowledge music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini. 23:30An impressionistic portrait of the fantastical city of Baghdad.
| 23:00Michael Caine reveals why his wife banned their daughter from seeing his new film. 23:30Mark Tully explores weaving as a metaphor for how we should live our life.
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