| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The life of philosopher RG Collingwood, and restorative justice in Northern Ireland. 00:45The sound of bells from St Mary Magdalene, Ditcheat in Somerset. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The influence of the life and death of Anne Boleyn on Elizabeth's future. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5How did Katherine Parr influence her stepdaughter, Elizabeth I? 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5What role did ladies of honour and ladies-in-waiting play in the life of Elizabeth I? 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Elizabeth is compelled to confront that 'bosom serpent', Mary Queen of Scots. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5In the final years of her reign, Elizabeth begins to lose her grip on matters at court. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Jan Blake tells a tale from Ghana which serves as a warning to those who refuse to hear.(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 Rev Dr Janet Wootton. 05:45The English coastline could soon be open to all, despite objections from some landowners. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Janet Wootton. 05:45Anna Hill looks at the bleak future of the organic vegetable box.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Janet Wootton. 05:45Anna Hill looks at local food growing in Todmorden.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Janet Wootton. 05:45British farmers are in line for big subsidy increase.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Janet Wootton. 05:45England's hedgerows are vanishing and farmers are being blamed. Charlotte Smith reports.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Edward Kessler. 05:45The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from the Parish Church of St Thomas in Hazel Grove, Stockport. 05:45Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, is in the spotlight.
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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. 06:07Clare walks the second section of the route, from Belford to Beadnell, via Bamburgh Castle 06:30Charlotte Smith investigates why more people are buying food locally. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Fergal Keane discovers that silence means much more than the mere absence of noise. 06:35Elinor Goodman meets the farmer who has embraced climate change predictions. 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. 07:55Sir Terence English appeals on behalf of Primary Trauma Care Foundation. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From Broomhill Parish Church, Glasgow, led by Rev Bill Ferguson. 08:50Sir David recalls the importance of human eyebrows for communication.
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| 09:00 | 09:002/2Peter White talks to the youngsters who contributed to the bid to stage the 2012 Olympics. 09:304/4Helena Kennedy QC examines the rise of litigation and so-called compensation culture. 09:451/5The influence of the life and death of Anne Boleyn on Elizabeth's future.
| 09:004/5Kwame Kwei-Armah recalls his childhood in Southall, west London, in the 1970s. 09:302/5After just two days in prison, pensioner Sylvia Hardy had her council tax protest ruined. 09:452/5How did Katherine Parr influence her stepdaughter, Elizabeth I?
| 09:00Libby Purves and guests Sarah Butler, Lenny Henry, Leslie Caron & Clarissa Dickson Wright. 09:453/5What role did ladies of honour and ladies-in-waiting play in the life of Elizabeth I?
| 09:00The dispute between Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz over who invented calculus. 09:454/5Elizabeth is compelled to confront that 'bosom serpent', Mary Queen of Scots.
| 09:00The men and women who founded the gay rights campaign group, Stonewall. 09:455/5In the final years of her reign, Elizabeth begins to lose her grip on matters at court.
| 09:00Fi Glover is joined by Alan Titchmarsh. With poetry from Susan Richardson.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00With Jane Garvey. Including Jane Clark, mandolin player Alison Stephens, and bedwetting.
| 10:00Bestselling novelist Cecelia Ahern on bereavement and loss.
| 10:00Shirley Williams on her life and career in politics. Plus, music from Nicola Benedetti.
| 10:00Mary Berry on baking. Plus, why are there still so few women in the boardroom?
| 10:00Should there be more regulation in the fashion industry? Plus, who's stricter: mum or dad?
| 10:00John McCarthy talks to William Dalrymple about mysticism in modern India. 10:30David Baddiel investigates the events that led to the foundation of Cambridge University.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Jolyon Jenkins tries to learn the tricks of street magic. 11:305/6Can Walter find someone suitably diplomatic to curate an exhibition in Europe?
| 11:00Brett Westwood visits the Calf of Man, a rugged island to the south of the Isle of Man. 11:30Phill Jupitus on the comic strip boy and his tiger, named after two philosophers.
| 11:00Following a bowls community and the friendships and romances formed on and off the green. 11:302/3By Rona Munro. An Italian cafe owner in Glasgow defends the honour of his native land.(R)
| 11:00Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines. 11:30Nick Barraclough celebrates the unsung singers.(R)
| 11:00The impact of the revelations of past child abuse in Catholic state schools in Ireland. 11:301/6To cheer Brunswick up, Twitten arranges for his favourite crime reporter to interview him.
| 11:00Andrew Rawnsley asks how UK defence will be reshaped when public money is tight. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is singer-songwriter Barry Manilow.
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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. 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. 12:301/9Sandi Toksvig chairs. Panellists include Andy Hamilton, Mark Steel and Jeremy Hardy. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:009/10Nicholas Parsons chairs. Panellists are Tony Hawks, Pam Ayres, Sue Perkins and Tim Rice. 12:32Sheila Dillon meets producers of rare and unusual cheeses from around the world. 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 Scotland and the Midlands.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Carole King tells the story of her song You've Got a Friend, from her 1971 Tapestry album.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30The influence of political weeklies; smartphone apps and ITV's legal action against STV.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Tom Heap tests the notion of a 'Supergrid' linking renewable resources across Europe.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Roger Bolton talks to the editor of PM.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Eddie Mair chairs the topical debate from Wells in Somerset.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:30Blake Morrison goes in search of the world evoked by Keith Waterhouse's novel Billy Liar.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:151/2A much darker reality lies behind the promise of successful futures for three teenagers.
| 14:152/2After the knifing, the boys' parents try to comprehend how they could have become involved
| 14:154/4Frank gets Debbie out of trouble, but Sarah is unsympathetic.(R)
| 14:15How Oxbridge men Bennett, Cook, Miller and Moore changed the face of British comedy.(R)
| 14:00Be careful what you wish for. 14:15A migrant worker attempts to get to know the people of Britain.
| 14:00Eddie Mair takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30John Fletcher's Edwardian murder story is based on real events.(R)
| 14:00Peter Gibbs chairs. With Anne Swithinbank, Pippa Greenwood and John Cushnie. 14:453/5Nina Myskow discusses veal stew and vanity with cookery writer Nigella Lawson.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Frank Gardner reflects on the career of ornithologist and broadcaster Sir Peter Scott. 15:456/10Tom Mangold learns that pursuing truth was not a priority when the story was first told.(R)
| 15:00Richard Daniel and his team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world. 15:301/5Willie Fowler's joyfully wicked musings retain a surprising relevance today.(R) 15:457/10Tom Mangold pursues the truth about Charles Berlitz, who wrote the all-time bestseller.(R)
| 15:00Vincent Duggleby and a panel of guests answer calls on tax and self assessment. 15:303/5Willie realises that the jolly, bucolic animal-loving Farmer Giles is a myth.(R) 15:458/10Tom compares the supposedly inexplicable disappearances with the lost kingdom of Atlantis.(R)
| 15:00Clare walks the first section of the route, from Holy Island to St Cuthbert's Cave. 15:27Jenni Murray appeals on behalf of Elizabeth Finn Care. 15:305/5Willie reveals why kissing the pastry-maker too early can be disastrous.(R) 15:459/10Tom uncovers hard evidence that may explain the strange 1940s disappearance of two planes.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs. With Anne Swithinbank, Pippa Greenwood and John Cushnie. 15:4510/10Tom visits Bermuda itself to experience first-hand accounts of seemingly strange events.(R)
| 15:30Carole King tells the story of her song You've Got a Friend, from her 1971 Tapestry album.
| 15:002/2Leiser's mission into East German territory proceeds, but nothing is quite what it seems.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon delves into food myths and misconceptions about some traditional dishes. 16:304/5Sally Magnusson and Nick Barratt explore the roots of Britain's immigrant families.
| 16:002/3Mike Baker explores the progressive, informal teaching methods of the 1960s. 16:30Paul Daniels explores the life of Harry Houdini, with help from biographer William Kalush.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor discusses the role of acquaintances. 16:30Dr Mark Porter sorts out the good from the bad in terms of health advice online.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to John Banville about his latest novel, The Infinities. 16:30New hopes of an effective AIDS vaccine; the wet summer of 2009; a new carbon-fibre violin.
| 16:00The lives of John Wild, Troy Kennedy Martin, Willy Ronis, Jim Carroll, Leonie Cohn. 16:30Atonement director Joe Wright on the effect of the recession on Hollywood.
| 16:00Including Shirley Williams on her childhood influences.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup and guests discuss the rise of Australian fiction. 16:30Roger McGough introduces Lewis Carroll's surreal poem, The Hunting of the Snark.
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| 17:00 | 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.
| 17:00Full coverage 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. 17:30Evan Davis and his guests discuss managing the expectations of customers and shareholders. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Allan Urry assesses the threat of attacks by white, racist, right-wing extremists. 17:40Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, is in the spotlight. 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. 18:309/10Nicholas Parsons chairs. Panellists are Tony Hawks, Pam Ayres, Sue Perkins and Tim Rice.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6A date with a slightly disappointing superhero.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6The stand-up comic interviews the political spin doctor in the tag-team talk show.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Old hacks struggle with new media in the changing world of a broadsheet newspaper.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/9Sandi Toksvig chairs. Panellists include Andy Hamilton, Mark Steel and Jeremy Hardy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests. With music from Richard Hawley.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Stuart Maconie introduces his selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Turner v the Old Masters at Tate Britain, and director Spike Lee. 19:451/5The lives of Edward and Elizabeth Feathers are intertwined with a rival in 1950s Hong Kong
| 19:15Louis de Bernières, Harry Shearer, and Tracy Chevalier reviews Creation. 19:452/5News that a plane carrying children to England has crashed provokes surprising reactions.
| 19:15Ian Hart and Kerry Fox on stage, Moctezuma at the British Museum and filmmaker Nic Roeg. 19:453/5Difficulties for Betty and Eddie in London, and phone calls from Hong Kong.
| 19:00Be careful what you wish for. 19:15Including interviews with Matt Lucas and Dizzee Rascal. 19:454/5After more than 20 years in Hong Kong, are Betty and Eddie destined to be lifetime expats?
| 19:15RSC Russian plays, Giles Waterfield on the artist's studio and Dave Gorman's bicycle tour. 19:455/5Does old age mean that Hong Kong secrets will finally be revealed?
| 19:00Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, is in the spotlight. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Natalie Haynes, Linda Grant and Ekow Eshun.
| 19:15Kevin Connolly talks to CBS journalist Bob Shieffer about Presidents and foreign policy. 19:453/5By Rodrigo Fresan. How JM Barrie's tragic childhood inspired the creation of Peter Pan.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00How words or songs learned as a child have helped people in situations of extreme pressure(R) 20:30As NHS targets fall out of political fashion, Michael Blastland argues in their favour.
| 20:00Allan Urry assesses the threat of attacks by white, racist, right-wing extremists. 20:40How accessible is the Apple iPhone to visually-impaired users? We road-test the new model.
| 20:003/3Prof John Spencer says we should make it legal for young teenagers to have sex. 20:451/2Northern Irish journalists and politicians talk about their lives since the Troubles.
| 20:00Simon Cox explores the US healthcare debate. 20:30Evan Davis and his guests discuss managing the expectations of customers and shareholders.
| 20:00Eddie Mair chairs the topical debate from Wells in Somerset. 20:50Sir David recalls the importance of human eyebrows for communication.
| 20:00Writer Will Self, explores the work of one of Britain's greatest literary talents.
| 20:00Roger Bolton talks to the editor of PM. 20:30The lives of John Wild, Troy Kennedy Martin, Willy Ronis, Jim Carroll, Leonie Cohn.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Tom Heap tests the notion of a 'Supergrid' linking renewable resources across Europe. 21:302/2Peter White talks to the youngsters who contributed to the bid to stage the 2012 Olympics.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter sorts out the good from the bad in terms of health advice online. 21:304/5Kwame Kwei-Armah recalls his childhood in Southall, west London, in the 1970s.
| 21:00Brett Westwood visits the Calf of Man, a rugged island to the south of the Isle of Man. 21:30Libby Purves and guests Sarah Butler, Lenny Henry, Leslie Caron & Clarissa Dickson Wright.
| 21:00Geoff Watts traces a musical map of the mind. 21:30The dispute between Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz over who invented calculus.
| 21:00By Shelley Silas. The true story of Emma Humphreys, who, aged 16, murdered her pimp.
| 21:001/2Word reaches The Department that missiles are being installed near the West German border.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Sir Terence English appeals on behalf of Primary Trauma Care Foundation. 21:30As NHS targets fall out of political fashion, Michael Blastland argues in their favour. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:456/10Adam's hiding place has been discovered, so he becomes a lodger in Mhouse's flat.
| 22:00News and analysis with Robin Lustig. World leaders set dramatic targets on climate change. 22:457/10The killer is still on Adam's trail, so he has moved in to live with Vladimir.
| 22:00Ritula Shah asks if the global recession has shifted the balance of political power. 22:458/10The chairman of Calenture-Deutz has discovered that Keegan had a meeting with Philip Wang.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Jane Hill. 22:459/10Adam discovers all the children who died were moved from the de Vere Wing before dying.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:4510/10Jonjo has been taken off the hunt for Adam but he still feels he has a score to settle.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:153/3Prof John Spencer says we should make it legal for young teenagers to have sex.
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Will Hutton, head of the Work Foundation, selects JM Keynes, Dickens and Umberto Eco.(R) 23:301/2How the first generation of African-Caribbean immigrants were portrayed.(R)
| 23:003/6The panellists are comedians Frank Skinner and Arthur Smith and journalist Lucy Mangan.(R) 23:302/4The surreal comedian's new challenge is to be an explorer, with no ability whatsoever.(R)
| 23:005/6Unusual pets and shock elections in the bizarre sketch comedy world.(R) 23:303/4The actor-cum-sleuth heads to New York for a funeral - and to pursue his detective work.(R)
| 23:001/3The first semi-final of Radio 4's 2009 national Poetry Slam, hosted by Dreadlock Alien. 23:302/6Jon investigates invisibility, with extraordinary stories from Michael Foot and Jon Holmes(R)
| 23:00Paul Daniels explores the life of Harry Houdini, with help from biographer William Kalush. 23:301/3Julian Barnes and Hermione Lee on Oscar Wilde and Walter Sickert's experiences in Dieppe.(R)
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs. With teams from Scotland and the Midlands. 23:30Roger McGough presents listeners' requests for works with an environmental theme.
| 23:00Atonement director Joe Wright on the effect of the recession on Hollywood. 23:30Fergal Keane discovers that silence means much more than the mere absence of noise.
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