| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the relationship of language to culture with AC Grayling. 00:45The sound of bells from St Chad's church in Shrewsbury. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Neil MacGregor with gold coins from Syria and the transformation of the Middle East. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Neil MacGregor with one of the most sensational finds from Anglo-Saxon Britain. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Neil MacGregor with a warrior figure from a lost people of Peru. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Neil MacGregor delves into the history of an artefact from Korea. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Neil MacGregor continues his history of the world with a painting from the Silk Road. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5On his return from school, Enoch finds the house empty. Where have his parents gone?(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 Rev Dr Janet Wootton. 05:45Genetically modified potatoes will be planted in Norfolk this week. Caz Graham reports. 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 hears how advances in plant genetics could help eliminate mildew.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Janet Wootton. 05:45Amid calls for a cull of urban foxes, the programme hears that numbers are in decline.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Janet Wootton. 05:45Farming Today reports from Cereals 2010, the largest arable show in Europe.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Janet Wootton. 05:45UK imports of bees from Hawaii have been halted to stop the spread of a serious disease.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Pritpal Kaur Riat. 05:45'I live in fear of my ex-husband's shotgun'. Listeners share stories about gun ownership.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from St Bartholomew's in Sutton-cum-Lound. 05:451/2How politicians at the dawn of mass democracy learned to use radio and newsreels.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament; 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.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding continues her route along the South Downs Way, walking at night at full moon 06:30Farming Today meets the scientists at the cutting edge of farming research. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully discusses our longing for the sea and its connection with spiritual belief. 06:35Lionel Kellaway witnesses the performance of early migrant birds on Dartmoor. 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 with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Will Young appeals on behalf of Catch 22. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From the Old Palace, West Tarring, Worthing, with Radio 2 Young Chorister Jacquelyne Hill. 08:50David Cannadine reflects on the distinctive style of American graduation ceremonies.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Lively discussion with Andrew Marr and Yann Martel, Alastair Campbell and Thea Sharrock. 09:451/5Neil MacGregor with gold coins from Syria and the transformation of the Middle East.
| 09:002/4Does science have the answers to help us save our planet? 09:452/5Neil MacGregor with one of the most sensational finds from Anglo-Saxon Britain.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Naoko Mori. 09:453/5Neil MacGregor with a warrior figure from a lost people of Peru.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Central Asian scientist and historian al-Biruni. 09:454/5Neil MacGregor delves into the history of an artefact from Korea.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is businessman Sir Stuart Rose.(R) 09:455/5Neil MacGregor continues his history of the world with a painting from the Silk Road.
| 09:00Fi Glover is joined by mathematician Marcus du Sautoy; Bill Nighy's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Mary Portas on her new series 'Mary Queen of Shops'. 10:451/5Sammi and Luke are celebrating their anniversary when tragedy suddenly strikes.
| 10:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Gail Porter talks about her hair growing back. 10:452/5Grief lies just below the surface as everyone tries to adjust to the late Sarah's wishes.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. How fatherhood has evolved over the past 100 years. 10:453/5The kids have moved in but no-one is adjusting well to the new arrangements.
| 10:00With Jenni Murray. Including Vanessa Redgrave on her latest film, Letters to Juliet. 10:454/5The household seems to be falling apart until Sammi and Jason get caught in a traffic jam.
| 10:00Presented by Shelia McClennon. The women who love football and the men who hate it. 10:455/5The family travels to Scotland to scatter Sarah's ashes, and Nicki drops her bombshell.
| 10:00John McCarthy visits Oberammergau in Bavaria to witness the once-a-decade Passion Play. 10:303/3Steve Punt concludes his history of unhip UK with a celebration of the Austin Montego.
| 10:00There's an unexpected phone call at the Bull and Kenton's loyalties are torn.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Music icon EMI has been battling huge debts. The Telegraph's Damian Reece investigates. 11:302/6Caring social worker Clare Barker is delighted to discover she has an Irish ancestor.
| 11:0010/40Our first report from the Great Barrier Reef on how its sharks are doing. 11:30Who were the green children of Woolpit and why are we still fascinated by them?
| 11:00Alex Butterworth meets the police team protecting Italy's priceless culture. 11:304/4The duo get to bid at an auction but discover more than they bargained for
| 11:00Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines. 11:30Navid Akhtar examines the career of Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire composer AR Rahman.
| 11:002/2Kate Russell investigates the lives of professional computer games players. 11:301/8Paul and Steve are enlisted to track down the mysterious Dr Belasco.
| 11:00George Parker of The Financial Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is the comedian Frank Skinner.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Too many care homes offer an appalling service, says a report published today. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Is a minimum price for alcohol the best way to tackle Britain's drinking culture? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Would mass transportation of water across the UK ever be practical? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Winifred Robinson on how big companies are monitoring comments on social networks. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00What do gold bars, prosthetic limbs and knickers have in common? Peter White finds out. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:309/9Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. With Mark Steel, Jeremy Hardy, Susan Calman. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:005/6With polymath Daniel Tammet, explorer Robin Hanbury-Tenison and comedian Ronni Ancona. 12:32Sheila Dillon explores the world of amateur food photography. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:3012/13The general knowledge music quiz, chaired by Paul Gambaccini.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Anna Chen exorcises the irritating Chinese musical cliches that haunted her childhood.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Can new local TV plans work; media and Derrick Bird; Christine Bleakley's bargaining power
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Heather Brooke, Simon Evans and Naomi Alderman debate relentless entitlement.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Tim Harford presents the magazine which explains the numbers behind the news.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical discussion from Buntingford in Hertfordshire.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:30Kim Phuc, subject of an iconic photograph from the Vietnam War, tells her story.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Matt faces friction on the fairway. 14:152/4Mankind's hero is forced to help a young lad who has lain in a coma for seven years.(R)
| 14:00A suspicious Brian turns detective. 14:15Aging icon WG Grace contemplates another day in his life-long cricketing obsession.(R)
| 14:00There's an unexpected phone call at the Bull. 14:15Comedy by Gary Brown about artist Eric Gill's clash with the BBC over his famous sculpture
| 14:15By Rob Kinsman. As a child, Charlie was kidnapped. He's been a disappointment ever since.
| 14:00Peggy faces a tricky choice. 14:15By Alan Pollock. Philip Larkin and his father holiday in Germany in 1937.
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Testimony of soldiers and a former member of the Official IRA.(R)
| 14:00Anne Swithinbank, Bob Flowerdew and Matt Biggs joins gardeners in Aberdeenshire. 14:451/3Nicholas Parsons revisits the Clyde, where he was an apprentice in the 1940s.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Joan Bakewell examines the influence of Mary Whitehouse. 15:451/5Rosie Goldsmith explores the power of the Virgin Mary in the modern world.
| 15:00When it comes to the preservation of buildings, is history losing out to architecture? 15:301/3A woman struggles to make sense of the insensitivities of a new neighbour. 15:452/5A pregnant Muslim student at Oxford enthuses about Mary's mother role.
| 15:00Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on long-term care. 15:302/3A protective father wrestles with his spirited blind daughter's unexpected independence. 15:453/5Rosie asks whether modern Mary is a progressive or reactionary figure in society.
| 15:00Clare Balding walks from Bramber to Washington with a group of friends. 15:27Sheena McDonald appeals on behalf of The Brain Research Trust. 15:303/3A new girl at school shocks her classmates with an improbable story from her past. 15:454/5Rosie Goldsmith investigates the power of Mary as a subject of art.
| 15:00Anne Swithinbank, Bob Flowerdew and Matt Biggs joins gardeners in Aberdeenshire. 15:455/5Rosie Goldsmith explores the power of the Virgin Mary as an apparition and in visions.
| 15:30Anna Chen exorcises the irritating Chinese musical cliches that haunted her childhood.
| 15:001/3Smiley dines at the Sarratt training school with the Circus's latest intake.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Cupcakes are a trendsetter's dream, but what might be next? 16:306/6Katie Derham examines the ongoing effect that recession is having on tourist destinations.
| 16:00Joshua Rozenberg asks if the police's use of cameras endangers civil liberties. 16:30Richard Stilgoe and Sarah Churchwell talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books.
| 16:00The changing way we commemorate the dead: a study of the war in Afghanistan. 16:30With Claudia Hammond. Rewriting the Psychiatrists' Bible.
| 16:00James Naughtie talks to Lynne Reid Banks about her novel The L-Shaped Room. 16:30Quentin Cooper on Polar Year, conker canker, penalties and molecular gastronomy.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister presents Radio 4's obituary programme. 16:30Francine Stock talks to Sir Alan Parker and Lord David Puttnam.
| 16:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Vanessa Redgrave, Gail Porter, Harriet Harman and fitness shoes.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Jonathan Coe about his latest book. 16:30Roger McGough presents a seasonal selection of poetry requests.
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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 Ritula Shah, plus sports headlines. 17:30Stephanie Flanders talks to her guests about the long game and talent scouting. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Is there really a crisis over public sector pensions? Gerry Northam investigates. 17:407/8Playwright Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti 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. 18:305/6With polymath Daniel Tammet, explorer Robin Hanbury-Tenison and comedian Ronni Ancona.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/4Micky Flanagan looks at his life in the 90s, returning to education and becoming a teacher
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Richard Herring, Mark Steel and Janet Street-Porter are invited to commit heresy.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/3Garry Richardson presents a topical sports comedy show.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:309/9Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. With Mark Steel, Jeremy Hardy, Susan Calman.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Juliet Stevenson, Duane Eddy and David Nobbs.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Hardeep Singh Kohli introduces his selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio
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| 19:00 | 19:00A suspicious Brian turns detective. 19:15With Mark Lawson, who talks to David Remnick about his new biography of Barack Obama. 19:451/5Neil MacGregor with gold coins from Syria and the transformation of the Middle East.
| 19:00There's an unexpected phone call at the Bull. 19:15Featuring Dame Beryl Grey, Ben Stiller in the film Greenberg and Big Brother's legacy. 19:452/5Neil MacGregor with one of the most sensational finds from Anglo-Saxon Britain.
| 19:15Suzanne Vega, RA Summer Exhibition, Rattigan's After the Dance, and Orange Prize announced 19:453/5Neil MacGregor with a warrior figure from a lost people of Peru.
| 19:00Peggy faces a tricky choice. 19:15Vast new Anish Kapoor sculpture and guitarist Richard Thompson on directing Meltdown. 19:454/5Neil MacGregor delves into the history of an artefact from Korea.
| 19:00Jolene announces a shocking decision. 19:15Anjelica Huston on her late father John Huston; David Bailey; the film Please Give. 19:455/5Neil MacGregor continues his history of the world with a painting from the Silk Road.
| 19:007/8Playwright Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti creates a fictional response to the week's news. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:00Kathy comes to Fallon's rescue. 19:15Matt Frei presents an insider guide to the people and the stories shaping America today. 19:454/5A young woman has a difficult letter to write to Butterworth, fighting in France in 1916.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00How former prisoners on Robben Island used football in the fight against apartheid. 20:30Frances Cairncross asks if economic management is too important to be left to politicians.
| 20:00Is there really a crisis over public sector pensions? Gerry Northam investigates. 20:40Mani Djazmi presents his newsdesk, nine-year-old Alexia Sloane talks about her interests.
| 20:00Michael Buerk chairs. With Melanie Philips, Matthew Taylor, Claire Fox, Clifford Longley. 20:451/3London-based French journalist Agnes Poirier compares politics in the UK and in France.
| 20:00Joshua Rozenberg asks if the police's use of cameras endangers civil liberties. 20:30Stephanie Flanders talks to her guests about the long game and talent scouting.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical discussion from Buntingford in Hertfordshire. 20:50David Cannadine reflects on the distinctive style of American graduation ceremonies.
| 20:00Julian Jackson on the inscrutable General de Gaulle and his fraught relations with Britain
| 20:00Tim Harford presents the magazine which explains the numbers behind the news. 20:30Matthew Bannister presents Radio 4's obituary programme.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper on oil-eating bacteria, ancient pigs, noctilucent clouds and Kavli Prizes. 21:30Lively discussion with Andrew Marr and Yann Martel, Alastair Campbell and Thea Sharrock.
| 21:00With Claudia Hammond. Rewriting the Psychiatrists' Bible. 21:302/4The story of T Dan Smith, Labour leader of Newcastle city council who was jailed in 1974.(R)
| 21:001/2Trevor Phillips asks why we define members of the human race by the colour of their skin. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Naoko Mori.
| 21:0010/40Our first report from the Great Barrier Reef on how its sharks are doing. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Central Asian scientist and historian al-Biruni.
| 21:001/2Drama based on the testimony of civilians who witnessed the events of Bloody Sunday.(R)
| 21:002/2Secret events are unlocked when scriptwriter Gregory rediscovers characters from his past.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Will Young appeals on behalf of Catch 22. 21:30Frances Cairncross asks if economic management is too important to be left to politicians. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:456/10Humphrey Neyland enlists the help of a local policeman.
| 22:00The issue of spending cuts: how can the state be made smaller? With Roger Hearing. 22:457/10Neyland has found a list of phone numbers in the dressing room of a mysterious acrobat.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:458/10Neyland finally meets the man mentioned in the notebook of the murdered undercover agent.
| 22:00News and current affairs programme presenting global news and analysis. 22:459/10Neyland needs Superintendent Hamp's help to reel in the perpetrators.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:4510/10Neyland must confront the man with the scar on his left cheek.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:152/4Does science have the answers to help us save our planet?
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. 22:45John Kampfner takes a wry look at the broadsheets and red tops.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Bidisha, Stella Duffy and Harry Benson discuss the topic of marriage. From 2010. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:005/5Charlie Brooker celebrates failure with guests Sarah Millican, Lee Mack and Iain Morris. 23:30Chancellor George Osborne says a deficit reduction plan is unavoidable. With Susan Hulme.
| 23:005/6John is keen to road-test his new cagoule on a birthday picnic, but Ken has other plans. 23:155/6Sketch show written by David Quantick, in which no item features more than one voice.(R) 23:30The Commons holds a minute's silence in memory of the victims of the Cumbria masscre.
| 23:006/6Musical comedy starring Richie Webb as put upon music teacher Nigel Penny. 23:30Susan Hulme reports on the day's proceedings in Parliament.
| 23:00Richard Stilgoe and Sarah Churchwell talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.
| 23:0012/13The general knowledge music quiz, chaired by Paul Gambaccini. 23:30Roger McGough explores Siegfried Sassoon's war poems at Cambridge University Library.
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to Sir Alan Parker and Lord David Puttnam. 23:30Mark Tully discusses our longing for the sea and its connection with spiritual belief.
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