| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor is at the University of Bedfordshire to discuss class and social mobility. 00:45The sound of bells from St Mary's Church in Abergavenny. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Tall tales of true love from modern rural Ireland and its recent past. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Willie is inducted into the family business by his grandfather. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5How the cultural and social changes of the 1960s began to impact on life in rural Ireland. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Willie's father made his last match a month before he died - finding a wife for his son. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5A salutary tale warning against messing with the path of true love. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5By Tom Fox. Harold and Mary's lives are changed by a wrongly posted women's magazine.(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 Jenny Wigley. 05:45Charlotte Smith hears that farming methods must change if we want to feed the world. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Jenny Wigley. 05:45New EU rules mean that all newborn sheep must be electronically tagged.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Jenny Wigley. 05:45The Conservatives attack the government's new food strategy as a 'Soviet-style' plan.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Jenny Wigley. 05:45Charlotte Smith hears a shortage of food scientists could threaten future food supplies.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Jenny Wigley. 05:45As the coldest snap in 30 years takes hold, how are farmers across the UK coping?
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Michael Ford. 05:452/4Margaret Stonborough investigates the life of her great-uncle through the family archive.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from St Martin's Church, Desford in Leicester. 05:45Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Sir Roderic Lyne, the Iraq Inquiry panellist.
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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; 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 Dorset to find out about controlling the elements and forces of nature. 06:30Farmers show the Dunkirk spirit as they prepare for another week of freezing temperatures. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Sarah Cuddon reflects upon the allure of wild water. 06:35Tom Heap visits a Coventry Turkey Farm to find out what goes on after the Christmas rush. 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. 07:10Jane Little discusses the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Richard Wilson appeals on behalf of Cambodia Trust. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Service from Christ Church, Cockermouth, one of the towns hit by 2009's Cumbria floods. 08:50Lisa Jardine welcomes the advent of electronic books but retains her passion for print.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Melvyn Bragg travels to Oxford, where the young Christopher Wren and friends experimented. 09:451/5Tall tales of true love from modern rural Ireland and its recent past.
| 09:00How Newton tested the lines between government-funded research and public access. 09:452/5Willie is inducted into the family business by his grandfather.
| 09:00The 19th century blooms scientifically with numerous alternative, specialist societies. 09:453/5How the cultural and social changes of the 1960s began to impact on life in rural Ireland.
| 09:00The more discreet role played by the Society in the 20th century. 09:454/5Willie's father made his last match a month before he died - finding a wife for his son.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is opera director John Copley. 09:455/5A salutary tale warning against messing with the path of true love.
| 09:00Katie Derham is joined by Chris Addison. With poetry from Luke Wright.
| 09:00A look back at November 1990 when the Cabinet told Mrs Thatcher the game was up.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Ruthie Henshall on her musical career. Plus, the fathers taking on full-time childcare.
| 10:00How widely has caste prejudice been imported to Britain from the Indian sub-continent?
| 10:00Poet Sinead Morrissey on her new collection. Plus, rebuilding trust after an affair.
| 10:00Somali novelist Nadifa Mohamed; and photographer Elinor Carucci on intimate moments.
| 10:00Woman's Hour examines the place of Elizabeth Gaskell in the canon of English Literature.
| 10:00The pleasure of travelling in winter with John McCarthy. 10:301/3Carol Vorderman and former 'Maths Tsar' Celia Hoyles defend the art of number-crunching.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:00James Maw tells the story of how women were crucial to the growth of fascism in the UK. 11:304/4It's Viva Las Vegas as Giles accidentally gets three wives in a row and loses the jackpot.
| 11:00Brett Westwood joins botanist Tim Rich to look for the whitebeam trees. 11:30The life of writer Opal Whiteley, whose childhood diary became a 1920s bestseller.
| 11:00Peter Curran discusses Howard Brenton's play Never So Good.(R) 11:306/6Vera and Muriel face the fallout from their claim about Guard Gallagher.
| 11:00Tim Whewell investigates the causes of a horrific spate of child sacrifices in Uganda. 11:303/6With Esther Rantzen, Peter Kellner and Joan Bakewell.
| 11:001/2Liz Barclay asks if online patient feedback can really improve standards in the NHS. 11:304/6Outraged by an optician's dispute, Arthur seeks high office in the council elections.
| 11:00A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Peter Oborne. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is the retail expert Mary Portas.
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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 Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. 12:30How a fatal tower block fire has exposed poor safety standards in similar buildings. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Peter White.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:301/8Sandi Toksvig chairs. With Jeremy Hardy, Sue Perkins, Danielle Ward and Fred Macaulay. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:001/12Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Julian Clary, David Mitchell and Gyles Brandreth. 12:32Speciality tea is the biggest growth area in the tea sector - so what's the appeal? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Russell Davies chairs the first semi-final of the perennial general knowledge contest.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Huw Williams explores the story behind the song that launched the British skiffle boom.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Product placement; 3D TV; social media in election campaigns.
| 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. 13:30Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers in the news.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby with the topical debate from the Baitul Futuh Mosque in Morden, London.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:30Geoff Watts and guests discuss some of the past week's Moments of Genius choices.
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| 14:00 | 14:153/4Jean Brash plans revenge on a sadistic client but Caleb Grant is not to be crossed lightly
| 14:15Dark thriller by Tajinder Singh Hayer about Asian identity in modern Britain.
| 14:15By Katie Hims. Merle's sister Beth has been abducted by aliens - not for the first time.(R)
| 14:15By Robin Brooks. The true story of the British-built fighter jet that never was.
| 14:15By Elizabeth Lewis. Charlie's family decamp to Italy, leaving him with his father-in-law.
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30A bittersweet comedy about love, marriages and mothers. Stars Stephen Critchlow.(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs. With Bunny Guinness, Bob Flowerdew and Matthew Biggs. 14:451/5Dexter and his parents head off on an adventure of a lifetime.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00Carolyn Quinn asks what the Carry On series of films tells us about British society.(R) 15:451/5Jemima Puddleduck learns lessons about how not to get her new business off the ground.
| 15:00Richard Daniel is joined by Helen Scales, Graham Appleton and Professor Philip Stott. 15:301/3By Tamara Pollock. Jules has cancer, but her best friend finds it hard to be supportive. 15:452/5Richard discovers why Margaret Thatcher was so taken with The Tale of Ginger and Pickles.
| 15:00Vincent Duggleby and a panel of guests answer calls on tax and self assessment. 15:302/3By Claire Griffiths. A painter's talent has so far kept him alive in Auschwitz. 15:453/5What to do when your business takes off? Richard explores the Tale of Samuel Whiskers.
| 15:00Helen Mark explores Devon and Corwall to investigate why so many shipwrecks still happen. 15:27Anna Raeburn appeals on behalf of Kidscape. 15:303/3By Anna Towers. After a trip to the dentist, Debra isn't having the easiest of days. 15:454/5Gerald Ratner and Cory Doctorow reflect on the thin line between public and private.
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs. With Bunny Guinness, Bob Flowerdew and Matthew Biggs. 15:455/5Richard learns how to deal with management consultants from The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse.
| | 15:00Leaving New York, Undine travels to Paris where she meets a charming French aristocrat.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon is joined by Jeanette Orrey and Hugh McLennan. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the place of faith in international aid and development.
| 16:00Michael Rosen takes another journey into the world of words, language and the way we speak 16:30Christopher Biggins champions the life of the Roman Emperor Nero.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor discusses conscientious objecting in World War One. 16:30Dr Mark Porter on the treatment of tuberculosis in Leeds.
| 16:00James Naughtie talks to Alexander McCall Smith about his novel 44 Scotland Street. 16:30Quentin Cooper launches 'So You Want to Be A Scientist?'.
| 16:00Sam Salt, Percy Sutton, Yves Rocher, Monsignor Graham Leonard and Craigie Aitchison. 16:30Francine Stock talks to Lord Of The Rings star Andy Serkis about playing singer Ian Dury.
| 16:00Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup's guests include American writer Edmund White. 16:30Kenneth Steven explores WB Yeats's celebrated poem The Lake Isle of Innisfree.
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| 17:00 | 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 Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn Quinn, 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.
| 17:00Phil Harding investigates and evaluates Britain's rapidly increasing use of CCTV systems. 17:40Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Sir Roderic Lyne, the Iraq Inquiry panellist. 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. 18:301/12Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Julian Clary, David Mitchell and Gyles Brandreth.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Old tensions are stirred up when a rival team move in on Beagle's territory and target.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4Wet noses and wagging tails. Poetry and sketches from Pam Ayres. With Felicity Montagu.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/4A new crew member and a noxious gas make their mark on nuclear submarine HMS Goliath.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/8Sandi Toksvig chairs. With Jeremy Hardy, Sue Perkins, Danielle Ward and Fred Macaulay.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Peter Curran is joined by Bill Bailey, Gus Casley-Hayford and Joe Penhall.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Hardeep Singh Kohli makes his selection from the last seven days of BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15The Costa Book Awards; the latest Meryl Streep rom-com; author Walter Mosley. 19:451/10Whodunit set in India. Suspect number one: the mobile phone thief with big dreams.
| 19:15A review of Oscar-hope The Road, and Jonathan Miller on modern Italian art. 19:452/10Whodunit set in India. Suspect number two: the Bollywood actress with the guilty secret.
| 19:15Mark Lawson interviews 'Nasty' Nigel Lythgoe and the American author Joyce Carol Oates. 19:453/10Suspect number three: an American who has come to India to marry his mail-order bride.
| 19:15Biopic Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll, Jonathen Lethem, Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson. 19:454/10Suspect number 4: an ambitious and corrupt politician embarrassed by her son's activities.
| 19:15Playwright Frank McGuinness and a round-up of the must-see art exhibitions of the year. 19:455/10Suspect number five: a tribesman brought to Delhi by his one-legged welfare officer.
| 19:00Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Sir Roderic Lyne, the Iraq Inquiry panellist. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe is joined by architect Amanda Levete, David Aaronovitch and Paul Farley.
| 19:15Matt Frei tackles the week's top news with the help of cultural commentator Jimi Izrael. 19:453/5A beetle as big as a human hand appears on a pillow.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:001/2Melanie Phillips travels to the northeast of England to meet young NEETs. 20:30Can the government and army that won the war in Sri Lanka now win the peace?
| 20:00Phil Harding investigates and evaluates Britain's rapidly increasing use of CCTV systems. 20:40Peter White talks to actress Kitty McGeever about her life inside and outside Emmerdale.
| 20:00How might drug use be regulated in a decriminalised future? 20:451/3Professor Anthony King reports on one of the most famous boxing matches ever held.
| 20:00Simon Cox hears about voices of dissent about plans to change the retrial laws in Scotland 20:30Is the increasing number of older people an opportunity for new kinds of business?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby with the topical debate from the Baitul Futuh Mosque in Morden, London. 20:50Lisa Jardine welcomes the advent of electronic books but retains her passion for print.
| 20:00Phil Daniels presents a look back at the Mod movement of the 1960s.(R)
| 20:00Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers in the news. 20:30Sam Salt, Percy Sutton, Yves Rocher, Monsignor Graham Leonard and Craigie Aitchison.
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| 21:00 | 21:001/3Cicely Berry, the voice coach of the RSC, divulges the secrets of the trained speaker. 21:30Melvyn Bragg travels to Oxford, where the young Christopher Wren and friends experimented.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter on the treatment of tuberculosis in Leeds. 21:30How Newton tested the lines between government-funded research and public access.
| 21:00Brett Westwood joins botanist Tim Rich to look for the whitebeam trees. 21:30The 19th century blooms scientifically with numerous alternative, specialist societies.
| 21:00Alan Dein discovers the surprising history of the adventure playground.(R) 21:30The more discreet role played by the Society in the 20th century.
| 21:00Julian Simpson's psychological thriller about a man trying to uncover his true identity.(R)
| 21:00When the beautiful Undine Spragg arrives in New York, she sets her sights on Ralph Marvell
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Richard Wilson appeals on behalf of Cambodia Trust. 21:30Is the increasing number of older people an opportunity for new kinds of business? 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:456/10Anna is discomfited by Katri's unusual honesty. But what game is she playing?
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:457/10After visiting Liljeberg the boat maker, Katri starts to make plans for her brother Mats.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:458/10While Mats shows the plans for his boat to Liljeberg, Anna becomes assertive with Katri.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:459/10Tempers flare up at the rabbit house.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:4510/10Mats asks Anna and Katri to view the finished boat. Who has been the true deceiver?
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15How might drug use be regulated in a decriminalised future?
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster.
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| 23:00 | 23:00From school classrooms to sports grounds, Michael Rosen investigates silence. 23:30The story of how one woman persuaded famous artists to donate prints to British schools.(R)
| 23:001/5The writer Jon Ronson looks at one of our deepest fears - the fear of flying. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Susan Hulme.
| 23:001/3Sad Steph rings her dead brother-in-law's mobile. Then he rings back. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:001/6Vicky and Matt were strangers until they bought a house. Who gets the spacious bedroom? 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:00Christopher Biggins champions the life of the Roman Emperor Nero. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:00Russell Davies chairs the first semi-final of the perennial general knowledge contest. 23:30Can the patriotic poems which inspired boys a century ago still move young men today?
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to Lord Of The Rings star Andy Serkis about playing singer Ian Dury. 23:30Sarah Cuddon reflects upon the allure of wild water.
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