| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Does inequality lead to religion? Laurie Taylor explores the lastest research. 00:45The sound of bells from St Mary's Church, Andover. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Young Said is confident that his absent father will one day lead a revolution. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Said, now 10, and his mother move from Brooklyn to Pittsburgh and into a squalid apartment 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Said conflates his father's image with that of another hero: Che Guevara. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5It is the time of the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis and Said is bullied at school. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Now grown up, Said takes a job in the corporate offices of lifestyle expert Martha Stewart 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Nick Hennessey tells the creation story from the Karelian epic The Kalevala.(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 Shaykh Michael Mumisa. 05:45Why birds of prey are thriving and why 20 per cent of the UK's bees died in winter 2008. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Shaykh Michael Mumisa. 05:45Charlotte Smith hears about the tagging project that may prove the innocence of sea eagles
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Shaykh Michael Mumisa. 05:45How many chickens is it fair to keep in a square metre? Charlotte Smith reports.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Shaykh Michael Mumisa. 05:45How stocking more British dairy products in UK supermarkets could save the industry.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Shaykh Michael Mumisa. 05:45Gamekeepers tell Charlotte Smith raptors are so successful they may have to be controlled.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Robert Tosh. 05:451/4Taunton joins its rivals at the National Seminar in Scarborough.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from the church of St John the Baptist, Burford. 05:45Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister.
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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 unearths some new truths about Dunluce Castle in County Antrim. 06:30Birds of Prey are on the rise. Charlotte Smith sees how our countryside is coping. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mike Wooldridge on the life of Mary Ward, who helped to redefine religious life for women. 06:35Lionel Kelleway finds out about a programme to re-introduce the Great Bustard to Britain. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Roger Bolton discusses the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Gary O'Donoghue appeals on behalf of ClearVision. 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 from Trinity Methodist Church in Penarth, south Wales, led by Rev Teddy Kalongo. 08:50Was the first live specimen of the primitive bony fish shown on TV really a living fossil?
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| 09:00 | 09:002/4Robert Peston talks to hedge fund pioneer Jim Chanos about the global financial meltdown. 09:305/5Meet the lottery line operators who make life-changing phone calls. 09:451/5Young Said is confident that his absent father will one day lead a revolution.
| 09:003/3Stephen Fry says goodbye with the story of 'Hallow!'. 09:303/5Rick Gekoski asks where a copy of James Joyce's childhood poem Et Tu Healy might be found. 09:452/5Said, now 10, and his mother move from Brooklyn to Pittsburgh and into a squalid apartment
| 09:004/6Olivia O'Leary talks to two barristers. 09:304/5Rosie Goldsmith finds out how an exhibition is put together, from concept to reality. 09:453/5Said conflates his father's image with that of another hero: Che Guevara.
| 09:00Peter meets British fashion designer Betty Jackson, who had her leg amputated aged six. 09:303/5Kenan Malik considers how our perceptions of Muslims have changed over the years. 09:454/5It is the time of the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis and Said is bullied at school.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor reunites some of those involved in Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket. 09:455/5Now grown up, Said takes a job in the corporate offices of lifestyle expert Martha Stewart
| 09:00Fi Glover is joined by classicist Mary Beard. With poetry from Murray Lachlan Young.
| 09:00Stephen Evans looks at what made Ted Kennedy America's "liberal Lion".
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| 10:00 | 10:00Can boredom be a good thing for children? Plus, is India facing a demographic crisis?
| 10:00The future of independent midwifery discussed. Plus, what is a gender test?
| 10:00Do children have too much power in the family? Plus, children's author Michelle Paver.
| 10:00Nicky Campbell on male midlife crisis. Plus, causes of the rise in oral cancer discussed.
| 10:00The changing face of fashion advertising; breastfeeding without having been pregnant.
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig visits the traditional Yorkshire seaside town of Filey. 10:30Opera singer Bryn Terfel attempts to become a master sommelier.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Sarfraz Manzoor explores the world of matrimonial websites aimed at the Asian diaspora. 11:301/6Walter must cut museum costs. Who's for the axe?
| 11:00Brett Westwood investigates the potential for restoring large areas of heathland. 11:30Lawyer and human rights activist Clive Stafford Smith chooses a selection of writing.
| 11:00Douglas Fraser goes inside RBS to discover how new management are turning the bank around. 11:302/4Wet noses and wagging tails. Poetry and sketches from Pam Ayres. With Felicity Montagu.
| 11:00David Goldblatt reports from a small town in India that is nurturing academic excellence. 11:30Film critic Sarah Churchwell celebrates the classic romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally.
| 11:00The story of the man who has created the first collection of Muslim comic book superheroes 11:301/4Retired English master Dr Henry Pickerskill recalls a very mischievous chorister.
| 11:00Iain Martin investigates the political parties' plans for improving the transport network. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Key players in the relief effort mounted in response to the famine in Ethiopia in 1984.
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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 Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. Including Face the Facts with John Waite. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Peter White. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:003/3Paul Lewis asks what the return to rising house prices means for first-time buyers. 12:302/5Fred MacAulay chairs a topical panel show. With Andy Parsons and Justin Edwards. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:005/10Nicholas Parsons with Paul Merton, Mike McShane, Paul Sinha and Sue Perkins. 12:32Raymond Blanc explains how travel in Asia led to a culinary love affair with lemongrass. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Tom Sutcliffe chairs. With teams from the north of England and the south of England.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30An exploration of the rhythms and themes of the railway train in music.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Mandelson's u-turn on illegal downloads, video on demand, and Strictly is back.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Stewart Henderson answers those intriguing questions from everyday life.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Is Britain's record on prosecuting rape is as bad as headlines suggest?
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:30Downing Street secretaries reveal their untold stories of life at Number 10.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:15By Ben Crompton. Liam and Mickey's dog-walking scheme looks set to fail.
| 14:15By Nick Underwood. Singer-songwriter Dave tries to woo his muse with a song.
| 14:15Comedy by Paul Watson about the world of the 'blue blood' debutantes, set in 1958.
| 14:00Careless talk costs friends. 14:15Christopher Lee's play, set in the aftermath of the 1979 assassination of Lord Mountbatten
| 14:15By Ian Curteis. Why did George V refuse to give sanctuary to his cousin, Tsar Nicholas?
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Peter Goodchild's dramatised reconstruction of the Lockerbie bombing trial.(R)
| 14:00Peter Gibbs chairs. With Anne Swithinbank, Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood. 14:454/5Peter Curran meets the astronomers at Jodrell Bank Observatory.
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| 15:00 | 15:00TV executive, former sports writer and showbiz agent - Michael Grade's life in sound 15:451/5The arrival of the Maori and Captain Cook on the land first known as Aotearoa.
| 15:00Richard Daniel and the team are at the British Birdwatching Fair at Rutland Water. 15:301/3By Janey Godley. A daughter suddenly realises her cantankerous father is getting old. 15:452/5Dan is ferried out to sea, to a cove where Capt Cook found friendly and inquisitive Maori.
| 15:002/3Penny Haslam investigates whether we focus too much on the negatives of recession. 15:302/3By Sarah Millican. Young hairdresser Kitty gets some work experience in a funeral parlour. 15:453/5Dan Cruickshank explores the conflicts that wreaked havoc on the Maori population.
| 15:00Helen Mark visits rural Kirksanton, a possible site for a new nuclear power station. 15:27Timothy West appeals on behalf of the Blood Pressure Association. 15:303/3By Jon Richardson. Tom meets a woman on the internet, but all is not what it seems. 15:454/5New Zealand: Dan Cruickshank investigates Maori ritual and tradition.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs. With Anne Swithinbank, Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood. 15:455/5Dan hears from the Maori about their attitude to the past and their hopes for the future.
| | 15:002/2Viviette and Swithin have secretly married but chance and convention conspire against them
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| 16:00 | 16:00Jeremy Lee explains why raspberries are his favourite fruit and meets growers in Scotland. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss whether or not the days of mass evangelism are over.
| 16:001/3Starting up in a recession. 16:30Travel writer Dervla Murphy discusses the life of another woman traveller, Freya Stark.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor discusses the life and work of leading cultural commentator Richard Hoggart. 16:30Dr Mark Porter visits a fertility clinic to learn about the latest developments in IVF.
| 16:00Muriel Gray talks to novelist Iain Banks about his latest book, Transition. 16:30Solar storms, catastrophe financing, the disappearing honey bees and Taser guns.
| 16:00Edward Kennedy; Campbell Bridges; Clive Parsons; Lawrence Lucie. 16:30Matthew Sweet talks to Douglas Slocombe, one of Britain's most prolific cinematographers.
| 16:00With Jane Garvey. Including parent-child trust and a man who sews all his own clothes.
| 16:00Nick Hornby talks to Alex Clark about his new novel, Juliet, Naked. 16:30Poet Ian McMillan explores the bawdy 17th-century comic poem The Dragon of Wantley.
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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. 17:30The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Kwame Kwei-Armah investigates the changing role of the community leader. 17:40Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister. 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. 18:305/10Nicholas Parsons with Paul Merton, Mike McShane, Paul Sinha and Sue Perkins.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6How to talk to an emperor and inventing Saturday night TV shows.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4Sketch show that looks at the pains of modern life.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/2Micky Flanagan hosts some of the best comedy talent at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/5Fred MacAulay chairs a topical panel show. With Andy Parsons and Justin Edwards.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Alexei Sayle, Simon Hoggart and Kate Humble.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Miriam O'Reilly introduces her selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15With Mark Lawson. Including an interview with director Judd Apatow. 19:451/5King Arthur has been mortally wounded, and talks to Merlin as death approaches.
| 19:15With Mark Lawson. Including a review of Pedro Almodovar's latest film Broken Embraces. 19:452/5King Arthur has fallen for the wrong girl; there will be trouble ahead.
| 19:00Careless talk costs friends. 19:15With Mark Lawson. Including Armando Iannucci on the madness of modern day living. 19:453/5Mordred, the result of King Arthur's ill-judged frolic with his half sister, comes to call
| 19:15With Kirsty Lang. Including an interview with Scottish actor Alan Cumming. 19:454/5Merlin worries he is losing his mind. Star Trek might be to blame.
| 19:15Marc Almond on his Gypsy folk songs, and writer Frank Cottrell Boyce. 19:455/5Galahad meets an angel and Arthur meets his end.
| 19:00Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister. 19:15Sarfraz Manzoor is joined by Paul Morley, Natalie Haynes and Paul Farley.
| 19:00If you can't stand the heat... 19:15Is the political influence of Irish America over with the death of Ted Kennedy? 19:454/5Max describes his invention of the character Prof Wallowski.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Kim Normanton revisits parents coming to terms with having children with special needs. 20:30Lyse Doucet reports on the US army's new counter-insurgency strategy in Afghanistan.
| 20:00Kwame Kwei-Armah investigates the changing role of the community leader. 20:40They arrive on cassette, as MP3 files or online, but are Talking Newspapers sustainable?
| 20:002/3Professor AC Grayling and Lord Harries of Pentregarth explore where we get our values from 20:45John Beesley investigates the contribution of public meetings to democracy.
| 20:00Nadene Ghouri investigates the illegal market in fertility drugs. 20:30In San Diego, Peter Day investigates the company that produces WD40's secret formula.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. 20:50Was the first live specimen of the primitive bony fish shown on TV really a living fossil?
| 20:00Clare Short listens back through her life as captured in the BBC Archive.
| 20:00Is Britain's record on prosecuting rape is as bad as headlines suggest? 20:30Edward Kennedy; Campbell Bridges; Clive Parsons; Lawrence Lucie.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Sue Broom investigates the world of the sniffer dog.(R) 21:302/4Robert Peston talks to hedge fund pioneer Jim Chanos about the global financial meltdown.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter visits a fertility clinic to learn about the latest developments in IVF. 21:303/3Brilliana Harley was besieged in her own castle home during the English Civil War.(R)
| 21:00Brett Westwood investigates the potential for restoring large areas of heathland. 21:304/6Olivia O'Leary talks to two barristers.
| 21:00Could climate change be diverting attention away from other environmental problems? 21:30Peter meets British fashion designer Betty Jackson, who had her leg amputated aged six.
| 21:00By Gabriel Bisset-Smith. Film star Gideon Gordon is murdered in Africa.
| 21:001/2Lady Viviette meets astronomer Swithin St Cleeve, sparking a tale of passion and sacrifice
| 21:00How can a landlord be allowed to bulldoze your mobile home? 21:26Gary O'Donoghue appeals on behalf of ClearVision. 21:30In San Diego, Peter Day investigates the company that produces WD40's secret formula. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:451/5The difficulties of hiring the perfect coach and four.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with David Eades. 22:452/5Yorick encounters Smelfungus and is pressed to hire a French manservant.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Roger Hearing. 22:453/5Yorick is enchanted by a glove seller.
| 22:00With Ritula Shah. Including the impact of population in the UK soaring to 61 million. 22:454/5Yorick is given an advanced lesson in the art of begging.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:455/5Yorick is forced to share a bedroom with a stranger and her maid.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:152/3Professor AC Grayling and Lord Harries of Pentregarth explore where we get our values from
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including Britain's White House.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Chris Ledgard talks to the founder of The Plain English Campaign. 23:30Alan Dein meets members of the Chiltern American Women's Club.(R)
| 23:005/6Guests are Sue Perkins, Rev Richard Coles and Simon Evans.(R) 23:304/6Sketch show by David Armand, Rupert Russell, Sam Spedding and Nick Tanner, with Katy Brand(R)
| 23:001/6Talking coins and cows with Tom Basden, Stefan Golaszewski, Tim Key and Lloyd Woolf.(R) 23:305/6Brother Luke suggests that the friary acquires a pig.(R)
| 23:002/6Marcus Brigstocke invites Paul Daniels to try new experiences.(R) 23:301/6Mary's tale of marriage to a man who appeared to be a clever and brave CIA agent.(R)
| 23:00Travel writer Dervla Murphy discusses the life of another woman traveller, Freya Stark. 23:301/4An Archers convention, a live pitbull on the Today programme and a Popmaster crisis.(R)
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs. With teams from the north of England and the south of England. 23:30Nigel Forde looks at the development of children's poetry.(R)
| 23:00Matthew Sweet talks to Douglas Slocombe, one of Britain's most prolific cinematographers. 23:30Mike Wooldridge on the life of Mary Ward, who helped to redefine religious life for women.
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