| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The Future of Work and Teddy Bear Diaries. 00:45The sound of bells from York Minster. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Neil MacGregor reveals how man-made objects reflect the story of human development 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Neil MacGregor's material history of human society - the story of two lovers 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Neil MacGregor tells the colourful tale of four Egyptian clay cows older than the pyramids 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Neil MacGregor discovers how the early Mayans of Central America created a god out of food 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Neil MacGregor tells the story of a 7,000-year-old Japanese pot and a forgotten people 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5By David Threlfall. A woman gives her family a rather unexpected Valentine's surprise.(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 Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. 05:45Sheep make a return to the Scilly Isles, the first flock for 30 years. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. 05:45Anna Hill reports on a new drug for better-tasting pork.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. 05:45A farmer fears he could go out of business because of persistent sheep rustlers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. 05:45As pressure grows to develop green belt land, a farmer says he wont sell to developers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. 05:45The Farming Today pig has become a proud mother of 12 piglets.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Father Paul Clayton-Lea. 05:45The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from All Saints Church, East Pennard in Somerset. 05:45Claire Bolderson profiles the satirist Chris Morris.
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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. 06:07Helen Mark travels a chalk stream that gives its name to Wandsworth. 06:30A report on the threat to the green belt posed by the government's building program. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Felicity Finch considers goal-orientated and extemporised lives. 06:35Lionel Kelleway goes fishing for a fearsome predator, the pike. 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. 07:10Edward Stourton discusses the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55James McAvoy appeals on behalf of RETRAK. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Dr Kevin Franz and Dr Ed Kessler visit Auschwitz, 65 years after its liberation. 08:50Lisa Jardine on the reputations of US presidents during and after their time in office.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Sarah Bakewell, Will Self, Steve Jones and Charles Hazlewood. 09:451/5Neil MacGregor reveals how man-made objects reflect the story of human development
| 09:00Fergal Keane talks to Michael Semple whose ideas saw him expelled from Afghanistan. 09:303/5The burden of expectation felt by the children of creatively successful parents. 09:452/5Neil MacGregor's material history of human society - the story of two lovers
| 09:00Libby Purves is joined by guests including former rugby player Brian Moore. 09:453/5Neil MacGregor tells the colourful tale of four Egyptian clay cows older than the pyramids
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss George Eliot's 1861 novel Silas Marner. 09:454/5Neil MacGregor discovers how the early Mayans of Central America created a god out of food
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is the boxing promoter Frank Warren. 09:455/5Neil MacGregor tells the story of a 7,000-year-old Japanese pot and a forgotten people
| 09:00Fi Glover is joined by Laurence Shorter. With poetry from Susan Richardson.
| 09:00After Tony Blair's appearance at the Iraq inquiry, we ask- how will he be remembered?
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| 10:00 | 10:00Sophie Okenedo on playing one of South Africa's most controversial figures. 10:451/5A repressed schoolmaster has marriage on his mind.
| 10:00Is 60 too old to give birth? Plus the complicated legacy of China's one-child policy. 10:452/5A haunting story of love, obsession and the supernatural.
| 10:00What is the current state of maternity care in England? 10:453/5A haunting tale of unrequited love.
| 10:00Dame Jane Goodall on how endangered species are being rescued from the brink. 10:454/5A beautiful tale of love and betrayal.
| 10:00Why is abortion such a huge topic on the US? 10:455/5A story of regret about a coffin maker whose wife of 50 years is taken seriously ill.
| 10:00John McCarthy explores Germany with two writers. 10:30Julia Langdon hears experiences of overseas trips with British prime ministers.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:00The student protestors whose 1970 campaign eventually led to the Welsh Language Act. 11:303/6Surprisingly, Ed has had a brilliant idea for a book and, more surprisingly, Ping agrees.
| 11:00A sound portrait of Dungeness, written and narrated by Paul Evans. 11:30Novelist Fay Weldon introduces some of her favourite pieces of writing.
| 11:00A sound portrait of the Tyne Bridge, linking Newcastle and Gateshead. 11:303/4Lady Tresselian is discovered murdered in her bed...
| 11:00Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines. 11:306/6Sir David Frost looks back at some of the most memorable interviews of his career.
| 11:00Douglas Fraser on Scotland's biggest ever infrastructure project. 11:301/4Bill Nighy returns as the actor-sleuth. A vampire film is claiming victims on set and off.
| 11:00A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Andrew Pierce. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is the Cambridge Professor of Classics, Mary Beard.
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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 Shari Vahl. 12:30A recruitment scheme which left jobseekers thousands of pounds in debt and without work. 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. 12:304/8Sandi Toksvig chairs. With Andy Hamilton, Jeremy Hardy, Sue Perkins and Carrie Quinlan. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:004/12Nicholas Parsons challenges David Mitchell, Paul Merton, Julian Clary and Gyles Brandreth. 12:32Simon Parkes celebrates British puddings, the ultimate comfort food. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Russell Davies chairs the last semi-final of the perennial general knowledge contest.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:303/4A leading exponent of 'cool jazz', Chet Baker's playing drew comparisons to Miles Davis.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Reporting in Haiti; Channel 4's new chief exec; Apple tablet.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Stewart Henderson answers those intriguing questions from everyday life.
| 13:00National and international news with Edward Stourton.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Goring-on-Thames in Oxfordshire.
| 13:00A look at events around the world. 13:302/2Ayisha visits the Egyptian settlement of Abu Minqar.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Annette wants to be alone. 14:15One morning in September 1957, Philip Larkin receives a very official looking letter.(R)
| 14:15Dark and moving comedy about love, money and desperation by Donna Franceschild.
| 14:15Two siblings are reunited with the father they cremated four years earlier.
| 14:152/2William and Sandy, accompanied by care assistant Karen, take on the world of celluloid.(R)
| 14:15Joyce Bryant's satire on tertiary education, set in a far from elite university.(R)
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30By David Ashton. Samuel Johnson and James Boswell tackle the London underworld of 1781.(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs. With Pippa Greenwood, Bob Flowerdew and Matt Biggs. 14:454/5In the toughest challenge of the journey so far, the family see a fox being killed.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00Veteran journalist Katharine Whitehorn reviews archive recordings that span her lifetime. 15:451/5Mark Lythgoe looks at how biomedical images have changed culture, starting with the X-ray.
| 15:00Vanessa Collingridge pulls together more objects from A History of the World. 15:301/3By Anna Maxted. Widowed Victoria has a lodger whom she is ill-equipped to cater for. 15:452/5Mark Lythgoe looks at how brain scanning has changed our concept of the human mind.
| 15:00Vincent Duggleby and guests answer questions on equity release. 15:302/3By Alexandra Potter. Adam decides a girl is The One but can't bring himself to talk to her 15:453/5Mark Lythgoe assesses the impact on culture of foetal ultrasound.
| 15:00Helen Mark finds a rural lifestyle within striking distance of the centre of London. 15:27Patricia Gallimore appeals on behalf of Mental Health Foundation. 15:303/3By Matt Beaumont. A woman gazes into the eyes of a man descending past her on an escalator 15:454/5Mark Lythgoe explores the cultural implications of microscopic images.
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs. With Pippa Greenwood, Bob Flowerdew and Matt Biggs. 15:455/5Mark Lythgoe examines the cultural impact of the iconic image of the double helix.
| 15:303/4A leading exponent of 'cool jazz', Chet Baker's playing drew comparisons to Miles Davis.
| 15:002/3Smiley's operation in Hong Kong becomes increasingly dangerous.
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| 16:00 | 16:00How to feed a world of nine billion? Simon Parkes reports from the City Food Lecture. 16:30Ernie Rea discusses whether self-inflicted pain is a valid or offensive form of discipline
| 16:00Jenny Cuffe on claims that Al Shabaab, the Somali Islamist group, is recruiting in Kenya. 16:30John Williams discusses the life of Paraguayan guitarist Agustin Barrios Mangore.
| 16:00The Brits who stayed on in Hong Kong. 16:30Dr Mark Porter visits Sheffield to hear about the latest treatments for osteoporosis.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to the Swedish thriller writer Henning Mankell. 16:30Quentin Cooper reports on progress towards personalised cancer treatment.
| 16:00Marking the lives of JD Salinger, Lord Richardson and Earl Wild. 16:30Director Lee Daniels on Precious, Oprah Winfrey and Mariah Carey.
| 16:00Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Neel Mukherjee about his debut novel, A Life Apart. 16:30Including poems by Stevie Smith, Les Murray, Tony Harrison, Sylvia Plath and Robert Graves
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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.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn Quinn, plus sports headlines. 17:30Evan Davis and his guests discuss growth in the world economy and health at work. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Investigating concerns about the way a bestselling antipsychotic drug was marketed. 17:40Claire Bolderson profiles the satirist Chris Morris. 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. 18:304/12Nicholas Parsons challenges David Mitchell, Paul Merton, Julian Clary and Gyles Brandreth.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Simon Mayo hosts the comedy show that pits the comic generations against each other.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6James Walton quizzes John Walsh, Lynne Truss, Mark Billingham and John O'Farrell.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4As Christmas nears, the submarine crew stages a nativity with a realistic twist.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/8Sandi Toksvig chairs. With Andy Hamilton, Jeremy Hardy, Sue Perkins and Carrie Quinlan.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Gemma Arterton and Michael Wearing. Comedy from Alex Horne.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Steve Hewlett introduces his selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Arts news with Mark Lawson, including the verdict on film Precious. 19:451/5Neil MacGregor reveals how man-made objects reflect the story of human development
| 19:15David Dimbleby on the story of Britain's treasures, plus a review of Edge of Darkness. 19:452/5Neil MacGregor's material history of human society - the story of two lovers
| 19:15Interviews with Costa-winning poet Christopher Reid and leading composer George Benjamin. 19:453/5Neil MacGregor tells the colourful tale of four Egyptian clay cows older than the pyramids
| 19:15Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson on new thriller play Ghost Stories. 19:454/5Neil MacGregor discovers how the early Mayans of Central America created a god out of food
| 19:15Andrea Levy on her new book The Long Song; Julien Temple on 1970s band Dr Feelgood. 19:455/5Neil MacGregor tells the story of a 7,000-year-old Japanese pot and a forgotten people
| 19:00Claire Bolderson profiles the satirist Chris Morris. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Natalie Haynes, Dreda Say Mitchell and Adam Mars Jones.
| 19:00Clarrie and Will join forces. 19:15Matt Frei talks to Stan Collender about the US federal budget and national debt. 19:451/5It was only a little hut, but Jennings was very proud of it.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Miles Warde presents a powerful account of young photojournalists on the frontline. 20:30Is it time the green movement ditched some of its ideological baggage?
| 20:00Investigating concerns about the way a bestselling antipsychotic drug was marketed. 20:40Peter White, Diane Roworth and Richard Lane give advice in Blindness for Beginners.
| 20:00How would controversial proposals to tackle binge drinking fare in Whitehall? 20:451/2David Runciman investigates the unpopularity of President Obama's healthcare reforms.
| 20:00The full story of the trains that were marooned in the Channel Tunnel before Christmas. 20:30Evan Davis and his guests discuss growth in the world economy and health at work.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Goring-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. 20:50Lisa Jardine on the reputations of US presidents during and after their time in office.
| 20:00Max Flint explores the arrival of the credit card into British life and its role today.
| 20:00Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy. 20:30Marking the lives of JD Salinger, Lord Richardson and Earl Wild.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Claudia Hammond investigates the science of face recognition. 21:30Andrew Marr with Sarah Bakewell, Will Self, Steve Jones and Charles Hazlewood.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter visits Sheffield to hear about the latest treatments for osteoporosis. 21:30Fergal Keane talks to Michael Semple whose ideas saw him expelled from Afghanistan.
| 21:00A sound portrait of Dungeness, written and narrated by Paul Evans. 21:30Libby Purves is joined by guests including former rugby player Brian Moore.
| 21:002/2The advantages and pitfalls of being an elite performer in the arts and sport.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss George Eliot's 1861 novel Silas Marner.
| 21:00A radio production of David Mercer's 1968 BBC TV Wednesday Play.(R)
| 21:001/3George Smiley uncovers a trail of Russian money leading to a prominent Hong Kong citizen.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26James McAvoy appeals on behalf of RETRAK. 21:30Is it time the green movement ditched some of its ideological baggage? 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Felicity Evans. 22:451/10Emma Fielding reads from Amy Sackville's debut novel about true courage and enduring love.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Felicity Evans. 22:452/10As Julia looks in the mirror, she reflects on her meeting with her future husband.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:453/10Leaving Emily in Norway, Edward finally sets out for the Pole.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:454/10As Edward's expedition nears the Pole, Julia reads the letters he wrote to his wife.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:455/10Simon remembers how Julia's famous ancestor brought him to her one warm spring day.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15How would controversial proposals to tackle binge drinking fare in Whitehall?
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including Turkeys Voting for Christmas.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Dominic Arkwright and guests question the merit of leaving one's comfort zone.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:004/5Jon Ronson asks if we are more ourselves or less ourselves when we are alone. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Susan Hulme.
| 23:001/4A 2000-year-old wizard living in the modern world is recruited to deal with a pesky dragon 23:151/7Get the latest news in Nurseryland. News comedy starring Jack Dee and Peter Capaldi.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:004/6Matt and Vicky learn the consequences of ignoring their bills when the phone gets cut off. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:00John Williams discusses the life of Paraguayan guitarist Agustin Barrios Mangore. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:00Russell Davies chairs the last semi-final of the perennial general knowledge contest. 23:30Sibyl Ruth on the poems by her great aunt written in a Nazi concentration camp.
| 23:00Director Lee Daniels on Precious, Oprah Winfrey and Mariah Carey. 23:30Felicity Finch considers goal-orientated and extemporised lives.
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