| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Exhibiting the 'Savage'. How Paris and London created human zoos in the name of science. 00:45The sound of bells from Christ Church, Radyr near Cardiff. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Napoleon was determined to find Pauline a husband and even name her first and only child. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Pauline and her young son accompany her husband on the military campaign to Saint-Domingue 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Pauline returns to Paris a widow but soon remarries and travels to Rome. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Pauline's lifestyle and the loss of her son begin to take their toll on her health. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Pauline re-establishes herself as a 'little queen' in Roman society. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Joan's mother always said that George was not to be trusted.(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 Gopinder Kaur. 05:45Charlotte Smith reports on how dairy farmers are being hit by sharp cuts in milk prices. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Gopinder Kaur. 05:45Caz Graham hears from farmers struggling to find a new milk contract.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Gopinder Kaur. 05:45Anna Hill reports on why calls to a farming helpline have tripled.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Gopinder Kaur. 05:45Hundreds of dairy farmers may have to throw milk away if they fail to find a buyer.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Gopinder Kaur. 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 Rev Dr Kevin Franz. 05:45The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from St David's Church, Moreton-in-Marsh. 05:452/2Allan Little on the Muslims who came to train and fight in the 1990s Balkans conflict.(R)
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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. 06:07Clare Balding walks on the Scottish peninsular of Cromarty with author Douglas Willis. 06:30Charlotte Smith explores whether fish farming is the solution to overfishing our oceans. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully explores how we judge another person's character. 06:35Topical farming magazine. Elinor Goodman visits a bison farm in Wiltshire. 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. 07:55John Stapleton appeals on behalf of the Parkinson's Disease Society. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Mattins from the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace. 08:50Musings on the elusive female duck-billed platypus of New South Wales, Australia.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr talks to Phillip Blond, Adam Wishart, Elaine Showalter and AC Grayling. 09:451/5Napoleon was determined to find Pauline a husband and even name her first and only child.
| 09:002/4Michael Sandel asks what role, if any, there is for moral argument in politics. 09:452/5Pauline and her young son accompany her husband on the military campaign to Saint-Domingue
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Paddy Ashdown. 09:453/5Pauline returns to Paris a widow but soon remarries and travels to Rome.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg discusses why revenge tragedy was so popular with Elizabethan theatre goers. 09:454/5Pauline's lifestyle and the loss of her son begin to take their toll on her health.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is former Chancellor of the Exchequer Lord Healey. 09:455/5Pauline re-establishes herself as a 'little queen' in Roman society.
| 09:00Barry Norman talks about cricket. Actor Ernest Borgnine chooses his inheritance tracks.
| 09:00Where do people stand on digital radio, after the decision to switch off analogue in 2015?
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| 10:00 | 10:00Columnist Lynn Barber on her memoir 'An Education'. Plus, toning up the under-arm dangle.
| 10:00Jo Whiley on her years as a Radio One DJ. Plus, the history of district nursing.
| 10:00The difficulties for parents of choosing the right words for their children's genitalia.
| 10:00How can provision for IVF treatment become truly fair? Plus, the art of male friendship.
| 10:00The state of British surrogacy law examined. Plus, artist Winifred Nicholson re-evaluated.
| 10:00John McCarthy talks to three professional travel photographers. 10:303/3Steve Punt goes in search of the real Manchurian Candidate.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:001/3Liz Barclay meets job seekers whose search for employment is aided by business mentors. 11:303/6Newfangle has to devise a payment system to cope with demand for his latest discovery.
| 11:002/3The job seekers negotiate homework set by their personal mentors and apply for another job 11:30Waldemar Januszczak visits the world's oldest international contemporary art festival.
| 11:003/3Liz hears the Job Clinic contributors' experiences of financial hardship. 11:304/6Jodie and Dave try to get a little quality time with a rare night out.
| 11:00Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines. 11:30Miriam Margolyes on the life and career of 'deep' voice-over artist Bill Mitchell.
| 11:00Mike Embley follows the court case brought after the RSPCA raided a farm in Bucks in 2008. 11:303/6Editor Oliver wants Terry from Tottenham, as 'street boy' Freddy chases a Treasury scoop.
| 11:00With Jackie Ashley. Plus a look forward to the election for a new Commons speaker. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Kirsty Young invites actor Martin Shaw to choose his Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg takes calls and gives his choice for the new Commons Speaker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00What rights do you have if your employer asks you to take a pay cut or lose your job? 12:308/8Sandi Toksvig chairs. With Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton and Francis Wheen. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:001/6Regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined by Victoria Wood. 12:32Home made Italian food. Sheila Dillon meets British producers making Italian ingredients. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00With Martha Kearney. Schools Secretary Ed Balls discusses government spending. 13:30Nigel Rees chairs. With Adele Geras, Conn Iggulden, Christopher Luscombe, Simon Pearsall.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Michael Rosen celebrates the work of 1920s songwriting duo RP Weston and Bert Lee.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Lord Carter's Digital Britain, citizen journalism in Iran, the future of blogging.
| 13:00With Martha Kearney. With reorts on the Iraq War inquiry and the latest climate modelling. 13:30Dominic Arkwright is joined by Mark Mason, Kathryn Hughes and Francis Gilbert.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Including: events in Iran, digital switchover, Stephen Fry and The Organist Entertains.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate at the London College of Fashion.
| 13:00Internet censorship and protests in Iran. HOC Speaker Michael Martin's resignation. 13:30Justin Webb finds out about type 1 diabetes, following the diagnosis on his son Sam.
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| 14:00 | 14:15By Graham White. Mark realises that he has made a potentially embarrassing mistake.
| 14:15Black comedy by David Hodgson. Chris and Liddy plan to kill their money-crazed granny.
| 14:15By Matthew Coombes. Gandhi and Chaplin meet in London's East End in 1931.(R)
| 14:00Not such a grand day out. 14:15By David Ian Neville. A couple struggle to save their business and their relationship.
| 14:153/4Idiosyncratic chef Warwick Hedges discovers treasure guarded by a ghost-dog.
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Two murder witnesses are put under police protection pending a High Court trial.(R)
| 14:00Peter Gibbs chairs. With Pippa Greenwood, Bob Flowerdew and Matthew Biggs. 14:454/5Identifying Rails, including coot and moorhen, as well as a bird which squeals like a pig.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Paul Gambaccini uncovers the story of Fred Gaisberg, who brought recording to Britain. 15:4571/90An American-backed invasion of Cuba fails.
| 15:00Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. 15:301/3Compassionately foiling muggers is all in a day's walk for the Skinless Wonder. 15:4572/90Successive American leaders are embroiled in the ongoing conflict against communism.
| 15:00Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on long-term care. 15:302/3The Skinless Wonder springs the police chief's daughter from a dodgy organisation. 15:4573/90Domestic tensions and the war in Vietnam throw the Johnson administration into a tailspin.
| 15:02Clare Balding meets Garth Gunn and his son Craig on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset. 15:27Lindsey Hilsum appeals on behalf of the Survivors Fund (SURF). 15:303/3What becomes of Empath Man when he falls into the clutches of his nemesis, Scorpio Rising? 15:4574/90America wakes up to its involvement in south east Asia and Nixon pulls out the troops.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs. With Pippa Greenwood, Bob Flowerdew and Matthew Biggs. 15:4575/90Paranoia and arrogance in the White House lead to the downfall of President Nixon.
| 15:30Michael Rosen celebrates the work of 1920s songwriting duo RP Weston and Bert Lee.
| 15:003/3Lydia Gwilt decides on a new and more violent way to secure Allan's fortune.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon on the latest findings suggesting a link between diet and prostate cancer. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the theological issues raised by Alzheimer's disease.
| 16:00Clive Coleman explores the age of criminal responsibility. 16:30Victoria Hislop and Martin Newell discuss their favourite paperbacks with Kate Mosse.
| 16:00Post-Soviet Potato: Laurie Taylor discusses the politics of spuds. 16:30Claudia Hammond travels to Lisbon to find out how decrimalising drugs could help addicts.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup speaks to the American crime writer George Pelecanos about his new novel 16:30Quentin Cooper checks out microbes, maths behind football's calendar and Leominster's air.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series. 16:30Francine Stock talks to Nic Roeg and Franc Roddam about opera, cinema and Aria.
| 16:00With Jane Garvey. Including surrogacy and your legal rights.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Hari Kunzru, Giles Foden, Patrick Neate and Katherine Howe. 16:30Gabriel Woolf reads Edward Fitzgerald's 1859 poem The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn Quinn.
| 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. 17:30Guest presenter Stephanie Flanders discusses the future of the airline industry. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Gerry Northam investigates allegations of incompetence in the Learning and Skills Council. 17:408/8Playwright April de Angelis looks at secrecy in the Iran/Iraq region. 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. 18:301/6Regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined by Victoria Wood.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6From Lord Sugar to Bruce Forsyth, Jon Culshaw reveals the private lives of famous folk.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/4John Bassett met Dudley Moore at Oxford in the late 1950s and asked him to join his band.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6The Bletchley Park codebreakers' attempt to fleece a wealthy American backfires.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:308/8Sandi Toksvig chairs. With Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton and Francis Wheen.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Des O'Connor, Cherie Lunghi and Malcolm Gladwell.
| 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 | 19:15With John Wilson. Plus: 80s food, a review of the film Telstar. The Parthenon Marbles. 19:451/5Bloggsy gets one arrest closer to her monthly target - despite her misgivings.
| 19:15Includes a review of The Take and composer Michael Berkeley inspired by humpback whales. 19:452/5Yvonne Antrobus' dramatisation of the blogs and book by 'WPC Ellie Bloggs'.
| 19:00Not such a grand day out. 19:15Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Mark meets musician Bobby McFerrin. 19:453/5Yvonne Antrobus' dramatisation of the blogs and book by 'WPC Ellie Bloggs'.
| 19:15Including news of the winner of the 2009 Art Fund Prize for museums and galleries. 19:454/5Yvonne Antrobus' dramatisation of the blogs and book by 'WPC Ellie Bloggs'.
| 19:15Neil Sedaka, Hitchcock's sexual iconography and saxophones on the street. 19:455/5Yvonne Antrobus' dramatisation of the blogs and book by 'WPC Ellie Bloggs'.
| 19:008/8Playwright April de Angelis looks at secrecy in the Iran/Iraq region. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Dominic Sandbrook, Linda Grant and Cahal Dallat.
| 19:15Matt Frei looks at different responses to America's prison crisis. 19:454/5A young wife is unable to free herself from the guilt of her scandalous past.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:002/2Danny Shaw tells the story of Sir Ian Blair's tenure as Metropolitan Police commissioner. 20:30Bronwen Maddox considers the prospects of lasting peace for the Iraqi people.
| 20:00Gerry Northam investigates allegations of incompetence in the Learning and Skills Council. 20:40Can a camera connected to electrodes on the tongue really help blind people get around?
| 20:00Michael Buerk chairs. Can you have a system of education that is egalitarian and fair? 20:451/2How politicians at the dawn of mass democracy learned to use radio and newsreels.
| 20:00Clive Coleman explores the age of criminal responsibility. 20:30Guest presenter Stephanie Flanders discusses the future of the airline industry.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate at the London College of Fashion. 20:50Musings on the elusive female duck-billed platypus of New South Wales, Australia.
| 20:00Courtney Pine talks to trombonist Chris Barber about his life's work
| 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 if bacteria in the atmosphere can influence the weather. 21:30Andrew Marr talks to Phillip Blond, Adam Wishart, Elaine Showalter and AC Grayling.
| 21:00Claudia Hammond travels to Lisbon to find out how decrimalising drugs could help addicts. 21:302/3Peter meets the unseen bank staff who watch our spending habits.(R)
| 21:00Professional tree climber James Aldred climbs one of Britain's tallest trees. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Paddy Ashdown.
| 21:00Geoff Watts looks into the science of seasonality in plants, animals and humans. 21:30Melvyn Bragg discusses why revenge tragedy was so popular with Elizabethan theatre goers.
| 21:0015/18Fractious politics at home and the war in Vietnam expose America's weaknesses.
| 21:002/3Lydia's plan to marry Allan hits a snag when she feels attracted to his companion.
| 21:00What rights do you have if your employer asks you to take a pay cut or lose your job? 21:26John Stapleton appeals on behalf of the Parkinson's Disease Society. 21:30Bronwen Maddox considers the prospects of lasting peace for the Iraqi people. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00With Robin Lustig. Plus reports on Iran, Iraq War inquiry, US healthcare and UK jobs. 22:456/10The two friends have not spoken since a painfully acrimonious evening the previous summer.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:457/10Dexter has fallen in love and Emma has secured a small advance to write her first book.
| 22:00With Ritula Shah. Plus reports on manned space flight, banking regulations, blogs in Iran 22:458/10Dexter and Sylvie are married, and Emma is a success in the world of children's fiction.
| 22:00With Ritula Shah. Mass demonstrations in Tehran keep the pressure up on Ahmadinejad. 22:459/10Caving into their desire to be together, Emma and Dexter are trying for a baby.
| 22:00Scotland Yard launches an investigation into the alleged misuse of Parliamentary expenses. 22:4510/10Years after their one-night stand, Emma and Dexter's lives have been changed forever.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:152/4Michael Sandel asks what role, if any, there is for moral argument in politics.
| 22:00With Carolyn Quinn. How much more outrage is possible over the expenses saga?
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| 23:00 | 23:00Dominic Arkwright, Zoe Simon, Catherine Blyth and Phil Hilton discuss the naked body. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:004/6No word of a lie - Mark discovers if if telling the truth pays off.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:005/6Judy fixes Dave up on his first date since his marriage broke up. Stars Reece Shearsmith. 23:152/6Heated views on climate as travellers reveal their faith and beliefs.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Robert Orchard.
| 23:001/3By Bill Paterson. Two brothers argue over the choice of music for an old friend's funeral.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:00Victoria Hislop and Martin Newell discuss their favourite paperbacks with Kate Mosse. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:00Nigel Rees chairs. With Adele Geras, Conn Iggulden, Christopher Luscombe, Simon Pearsall. 23:30Carol Ann Duffy and others pay tribute to the poet UA Fanthorpe, who died recently.
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to Nic Roeg and Franc Roddam about opera, cinema and Aria. 23:30Mark Tully explores how we judge another person's character.
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