| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor discusses capitalism with leading economists David Harvey and Ha Joon Chang. 00:45The sound of bells from St Stephen's church in Brannel, Cornwall. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Author Luke Jennings recalls a lifetime of fishing for the monster pike and the wily trout 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5A holiday in Shropshire sees twelve-year-old Luke fishing dark deep lakes for lively perch 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Luke thinks that his dad's wartime experiences might have drawn him to the waterside. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Luke returns to dark, brackish waters for that freshwater monster, the pike. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Oliver James reads his overview describing and illuminating the nature of anger.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Bob Fyffe. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Bob Fyffe. 05:45Fears farmers are risking a bluetongue outbreak by not vaccinating their animals.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Bob Fyffe. 05:45A record year for asparagus sales is expected as the first spears of the crop appear.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Bob Fyffe. 05:45The rush is on to get the season's vegetables sown after the long harsh winter.
| | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Clair Jaquiss. 05:451/5John films grey seals giving birth at night off the Northumberland coast.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from St Helen's Church, Sefton. 05:452/3Peter Hennessy visits the Office of the Prime Minister in the House of Commons.(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.
| 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 with John Bell.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07What will the return of Donald Campbell's boat Bluebird mean to the people of Coniston? 06:30Charlotte Smith meets farmers rushing to get crops in the ground as the weather warms up. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully asks why sleep is so important to our physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing. 06:35Adam Henson visits a farm which aims to take back power from the supermarkets. 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. 07:10Edward Stourton discusses the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Fiona Bruce appeals on behalf of the charity Vision Aid Overseas. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Choral Mattins from Tewkesbury with BBC Radio 2 Chorister of the Year Laurence Kilsby. 08:50Simon Schama reflects on the power and symbolism of the oak tree in British history.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Sir Peter Hall, Professor Edith Hall, Paul Roseby and John Freeman. 09:451/5Author Luke Jennings recalls a lifetime of fishing for the monster pike and the wily trout
| 09:00Jon Culshaw uncovers an audio archive of long-lost early Morecambe and Wise material. 09:452/5A holiday in Shropshire sees twelve-year-old Luke fishing dark deep lakes for lively perch
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Rusty Firmin. 09:453/5Luke thinks that his dad's wartime experiences might have drawn him to the waterside.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Cool Universe. 09:454/5Luke realls another angling mentor - the enigmatic Robert reveals the art of fly-fishing.
| 09:455/5Luke returns to dark, brackish waters for that freshwater monster, the pike.
| 09:00Rev Richard Coles is joined by former MP Oona King. With poetry from Matt Harvey.
| 09:00On the first ever hung BH, the latest on talks to form a coalition government.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Now We Are Sixty. Presented by Jenni Murray. 10:456/10The parish party set off on their trip to Rome, each full of expectations.
| 10:00Presented by Jane Garvey. The actress Gemma Arterton discusses her latest film. 10:457/10Rupert's arrival in Rome is what Penelope has been waiting for, but is it what she wants?
| 10:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Lucy Kellaway on her new book exploring office relationships. 10:458/10Ianthe goes with Sophia to visit her aunt in Ravello and tells Sophia of her love for John
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Beautiful feet or best kept hidden? Coping with summer sandals. 10:459/10Confused by Penelope's tearfulness in Rome, Rupert heads over to Ianthe for solace.
| 10:00With Jenni Murray. Election response: new women MPs. 10:4510/10Ianthe Broome and John Challow are to be married. But can it be true? It's so unsuitable.
| 10:00John McCarthy looks at the Andes, Patagonia and Rwanda. 10:301/2Rajan Datar follows heavy metal band Iron Maiden to India.
| 10:00Oliver ensures that Joe pays his dues, and Jennifer finds Paul closer to home.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Why will 70,000 people change their name by deed poll this year? 11:301/4It's Adam's chance to tidy up the Birmingham shop, but will father Rudy get his revenge?(R)
| 11:005/40Including a first report from North America correspondent Howard Stableford. 11:30Historian Justin Champion investigates real life duels and the literature they influenced.
| 11:00The impact of the global economic crisis on migrant workers and their families back home. 11:301/3Director Desmond Olivier Dingle leads a celebration of the legendary musician.(R)
| 11:00Alpa Shah gains rare access to an Indian community controlled by the Maoist movement. 11:30Robert Elms recalls how The Face magazine changed the visual landscape of Britain.
| 11:00Peter Snow retells the story of Charles II's Restoration via the pages of a 1660 newspaper 11:302/6Grandad Sandy has started snooping on his daughter-in-law Victoria.
| 11:00Peter Riddell of The Times chairs a discussion on the results of the election. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Writer Fay Weldon joins Kirsty Young to choose her Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Banks are being told to help small businesses. Are they doing enough? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00With Julian Worricker, featuring a pre-election transport debate. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The house of the future, plans for London's super sewer and a new car hire service. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Jo Malone talks about building up her scent business and her new TV programme. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news with Martha Kearney.
| 12:00Paul Lewis brings you the latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:304/9Sandi Toksvig chairs. With Jack Dee, Jeremy Hardy, Francis Wheen and Sue Perkins. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:006/6Fred MacAulay, Susan Calman, Liza Tarbuck and Charlie Brooker hide truth within the lies. 12:32Sheila Dillon asks if there is a future for the high street off licence. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Brazil's Cerrado is one of the world's richest eco-systems. Can it be saved?
| | 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Witney in Oxfordshire.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley.
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| 14:00 | 14:00The gulf widens between Pip and Ruth. 14:15Comedy musical by Rob Castell and Tom Sadler with Sarah Tipple.
| 14:00Joe finds a financial incentive for a spring clean. 14:15By Raymond Briggs. The story of Jim Bloggs, a toilet attendant who dreams of a better life
| 14:00Pip shows where her priorities lie. 14:152/4Debby represents a middle-aged woman held at the airport on suspected drugs charges.
| 14:00Jennifer's surprised to find Paul even closer to home. 14:15Psychological thriller by Kellie Smith about a man's craving for control in his marriage.
| 14:00Fallon meets the new boy in town. 14:15The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30By Ronald Harwood. The true story of Second World War traitor John Amery.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs. With Matthew Biggs, Anne Swithinbank and Bob Flowerdew. 14:456/12How the rural landscape came to be seen as a place of healing for First World War veterans
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| 15:00 | 15:0025 years on, Gabby Logan remembers the day 56 people died in the Bradford City fire. 15:451/5Extinct animals and strange female forms in Church Hole Cave in Derbyshire.(R)
| 15:00Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world. 15:301/3A cello and her owner have adventures. 15:452/5Dr George Nash muses on why prehistoric and modern art can be found in dangerous places.(R)
| 15:00Vincent Duggleby and a panel of guests answer calls on financial issues. 15:302/3A young boy's dare brings a dreadful discovery. 15:453/5Dr George Nash on the hypnotic carvings in Fourknocks passage grave in County Meath.(R)
| 15:00What effect has the coldest winter for decades had on the wildlife of Scotland? 15:27Muriel Gray appeals on behalf of Contact a Family. 15:303/3Alam goes on a dangerous journey to the glittering promise of Europe. 15:454/5Could these scores of the carvings of Italy's Val Camonica be the work of just one artist?(R)
| 15:15Eric Robson chairs. With Matthew Biggs, Anne Swithinbank and Bob Flowerdew.
| 15:304/6Dr Phil Hammond is joined by David Morrissey, Vincent Duggleby and Suzanne Moore.
| 15:002/2Young Loll experiences his first taste of the adult world. With Sunny Leworthy.(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon explores the world of commercial food photography. 16:301/6A month from the World Cup, Katie Derham looks at holidays to South Africa.
| 16:00Michael Rosen looks at the words used to describe flavour and taste. 16:30Sir Stuart Rose discusses the life of the cartographer who mapped Australia.
| 16:00From Morse to Wallander, the anthropology of the detective tour. Plus criminals in Russia. 16:30Who won the election: TV or papers? Does TV harm children? SNP and Plaid Cymru media.
| 16:00James Naughtie talks to Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk about his novel My Name is Red. 16:30Stopping the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and Plasmonics, the ability to control light.
| 16:00Radio 4's obituary programme. 16:30Jenny Agutter revisits The Railway Children; Riz Ahmed on controversial satire Four Lions.
| 16:00Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Bill Bailey about his passion for Somerset Maugham. 16:30Channel swimmer Doon Mackichan marks 200 years since Byron's swim across the Hellespont.
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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.
| 17:00Full 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 Carolyn Quinn, plus sports headlines. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00New research offers hope of better treatment for with brain-damaged patients. 17:402/8Comedy television writer John Finnemore creates a fictional response to the week's news. 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. 18:306/6Fred MacAulay, Susan Calman, Liza Tarbuck and Charlie Brooker hide truth within the lies.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6It's December in Edinburgh and the Christmas spirit is in short supply.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6What makes Gateshead distinctive? The Angel of the North and Blaydon races for starters.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4With Nine Below Zero, Phill Jupitus, Josh Widdecombe and Marlon Davies.
| | 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Clive Anderson is joined by Theo Paphitis and Nigel Lindsay. Music from Gogol Bordello.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Liz Barclay introduces her selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Joe finds a financial incentive for a spring clean. 19:15A special edition on the 10th anniversary of Tate Modern, presented by John Wilson. 19:456/10The parish party set off on their trip to Rome, each full of expectations.
| 19:00Pip shows where her priorities lie. 19:15With Mark Lawson, including Four Lions reviewed and the Turner Prize shortlist. 19:457/10Rupert's arrival in Rome is what Penelope has been waiting for, but is it what she wants?
| 19:00Jennifer's surprised to find Paul even closer to home. 19:15With Mark Lawson, including interviews with Nigel Kennedy and the artist Marc Quinn. 19:458/10Ianthe goes with Sophia to visit her aunt in Ravello and tells Sophia of her love for John
| 19:00Fallon meets the new boy in town. 19:15With Mark Lawson, including an interview with South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela. 19:459/10Confused by Penelope's tearfulness in Rome, Rupert heads over to Ianthe for solace.
| 19:00A crisis at Brookfield brings Jude to the farm. 19:154/9Sandi Toksvig chairs. With Jack Dee, Jeremy Hardy, Francis Wheen and Sue Perkins. 19:4510/10Ianthe Broome and John Challow are to be married. But can it be true? It's so unsuitable.
| 19:002/8Comedy television writer John Finnemore creates a fictional response to the week's news. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:00Brenda prepares for the challenge ahead. 19:15Presented by David Willis from LA. 19:454/4When life seems uncertain, a tree provides a source of comfort for a young boy.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:002/2Martin Bell traces the story of Tito, the fall of Yugoslavia and the crisis in Bosnia. 20:30An in-depth report on the crisis which closed down Europe's skies.
| 20:00New research offers hope of better treatment for with brain-damaged patients. 20:40Tributes to Torsten Brand and advice on voting rights.
| 20:001/3Two speakers debate the motion, 'Celebrities have no automatic rights to a private life.'. 20:4510/12Analysing how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories of the election campaign.
| 20:00Investigating the financial crisis facing Premiership and Championship football. 20:30How business publications will survive in the internet era.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Witney in Oxfordshire. 20:50Simon Schama reflects on the power and symbolism of the oak tree in British history.
| 20:00Archive on Four on the evolution of satire in Britain presented by Roger Law.
| 20:00Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy. 20:30Radio 4's obituary programme.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Escaping oil, a manifesto for innovation, glowing clouds and brain traces. 21:30Andrew Marr with Sir Peter Hall, Professor Edith Hall, Paul Roseby and John Freeman.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter visits the Trauma Centre at the Royal London Hospital. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss The Great Wall of China.
| 21:00Brazil's Cerrado is one of the world's richest eco-systems. Can it be saved? 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Rusty Firmin.
| 21:005/40Including a first report from North America correspondent Howard Stableford. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Cool Universe.
| 21:0011 years ago Robert Stewart killed his cellmate in Feltham. Has anything changed?
| 21:001/2The Lee family arrive in their new home in a traditional Gloucestershire village.(R)
| 21:00Paul Lewis brings you the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Fiona Bruce appeals on behalf of the charity Vision Aid Overseas. 21:30How business publications will survive in the internet era. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00The UN hears calls for a nuclear free Middle East. 22:456/7The collector has done all he can to secure the letters but Miss Bordereau mistrusts him.
| 22:00No let up for party leaders as the vote nears. We're in Wales to discuss power sharing. 22:457/7Aspern's editor has had a shocking confrontation with Miss Bordereau.
| 22:00The election campaign - the parties' last bid for votes. 22:451/3Mark Meadows reads from a selection of Byron's letters from Venice.
| 22:00Presented by James Naughtie and Carolyn Quinn.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:452/3Selina Cadell reads from a selection of Henry James' writing about Venice.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:151/3Two speakers debate the motion, 'Celebrities have no automatic rights to a private life.'.
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. 22:4511/12Leading political journalists take a wry look at the broadsheets and red tops.
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| 23:00 | 23:0010/12Nightly election satire from Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis, with special guests. 23:301/2Tim Marlow looks at attacks on art carried out in the name of politics and religion.(R)
| 23:0011/12Nightly election satire from Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis, with special guests. 23:302/2Lawrence Pollard explores attacks on contemporary art.(R)
| 23:0012/12Nightly election satire from Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis, with special guests. 23:30Three musicians explore the rugged terrain of Shetland in search of the quail.(R)
| | 23:00Sir Stuart Rose discusses the life of the cartographer who mapped Australia. 23:30Laurie Taylor takes an affectionate look back at 50 years of careers advice.(R)
| 23:007/13The music quiz, with Paul Gambaccini in the Radio Theatre in London. From 2010. 23:304/4Brian Patten examines the work of 'The Voice of the Troubles', poet Padraic Fiacc.
| 23:00Jenny Agutter revisits The Railway Children; Riz Ahmed on controversial satire Four Lions. 23:30Mark Tully asks why sleep is so important to our physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing.
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