| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Niall Ferguson tells Laurie Taylor about his new book on financier Siegmund Warburg. 00:45The bells of the church of St Mary the Virgin, Hanbury in Worcestershire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5James Earl Ray makes a dramatic escape from Jeff City Penitentiary. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5King commits to leading a march in Memphis with a fugitive following his every move. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Martin Luther King and Eric S Galt, aka James Earl Ray, both arrive in Memphis. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5As news of King's murder spreads, the USA prepares itself for widespread unrest. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The FBI pursue King's killer to London where he's hiding out under a new identity. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Somerset Maugham's disturbing tale of a smug businessman, set in 1922 Hong Kong.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Alison Murdoch. 05:45Charlotte Smith hears why the supermarket ombudsman faces further delays. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Alison Murdoch. 05:45Anna Hill hears speculation that the Food Standards Agency is to close.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Alison Murdoch. 05:45Doubt is cast over a cull of badgers in England after the Welsh plan is scrapped.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Alison Murdoch. 05:45Charlotte Smith experiences life as a migrant worker on a fruit farm.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Alison Murdoch. 05:45Day 2 in the Farming Today caravan and Charlotte has an early start picking strawberries.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Derek Boden. 05:45"I went back to my room... and wept." Hugh Sykes talks about reporting in Iraq.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from the church of St Peter and St Paul, Tonbridge in Kent. 05:45The Rt Rev John Broadhurst, the Bishop of Fulham and chairman of Forward in Faith.
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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.
| 06:00Liam Fox's Afghan strategy, ending boom and bust and the magic of Penn and Teller.
| 06:00Lord Mandelson's first post-book broadcast interview and Vince Cable on university charges
| 06:00David Miliband on Labour leadership, and will the Goldman Sachs fine make a difference?
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark takes to the waters of Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland. 06:30Charlotte Smith experiences live as a fruit picker. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully talks to Louis de Bernieres about the difference between poetry and prose. 06:35Elinor Goodman visits a watercress farm in Dorset. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Looming crisis for universities? Examination of UK torture record. And the BP board game.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton discusses the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Kate Adie appeals on behalf of Hope and Homes for Children. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Festival Eucharist from St John's Church Buxton sung by the Buxton Madrigal Singers. 08:50David Cannadine traces the remarkable history of the Asian elephant.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Four advocates debate the virtues of their favourite city. Presented by Laurie Taylor. 09:451/5James Earl Ray makes a dramatic escape from Jeff City Penitentiary.
| 09:002/2Kwame Kwei-Armah discovers how London's cultural riches propelled it to world city status. 09:452/5King commits to leading a march in Memphis with a fugitive following his every move.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Dean Friedman. 09:453/5Martin Luther King and Eric S Galt, aka James Earl Ray, both arrive in Memphis.
| 09:001/4Amanda Vickery listens to the voices of 18th-century highwaymen. 09:454/5As news of King's murder spreads, the USA prepares itself for widespread unrest.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is consultant forensic psychotherapist Dr Gwen Adshead. 09:455/5The FBI pursue King's killer to London where he's hiding out under a new identity.
| 09:00Fi Glover with Justine Roberts from Mumsnet and Alastair Campbell's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00With Paddy O'Connell. Where should the UK's aid go?
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| 10:00 | 10:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Child soldiers in Uganda, romantic conmen, poisonous plants. 10:451/10Dramatisation of Stan Barstow's classic novel set in 1950s and 60s Yorkshire.
| 10:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Women and power tools - love them or loathe them? 10:452/10Vic is convinced Ingrid wants to finish the relationship before it's even begun.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Why are Germanic women historically portrayed as warriors? 10:453/10Vic and Ingrid have arranged another date but Ingrid fails to turn up.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Is the new 'Men's Hour' on Radio 5 live a good idea? 10:454/10Vic feels his mother's disapproval and gets involved in a fight at work.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Killer tans - why do we still risk it? 10:455/10Vic realises that he doesn't love Ingrid but can't bring himself to break with her.
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig looks at tourism in Jamaica and an interesting art project in Sarawak. 10:30Comedian Ava Vidal asks if devolution has changed the way we laugh at our politicians.
| 10:00Jamie's feeling the pressure and Phoebe can't believe her luck.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Erin O'Connor whose beauty defies convention discusses the significance of the superficial(R) 11:301/6Pip's exceedingly evil guardian causes school havoc.(R)
| 11:0015/40Jeremy Bristow visits Jane Goodall in Gombe, Tanzania, to see her chimpanzee study group. 11:30Writer and adventurer Ben Fogle chooses some of the writing which has influenced him.
| 11:00Rosie Millard asks if skyscrapers are the best way to express pre-eminence and modernity. 11:301/6De Warenne faces an enquiry into the Crusades, while Charlotte looks for meaning in life.
| 11:00Six months after the earthquake is life in Haiti improving? 11:30Alexander Armstrong examines the impact and popularity of special agent Dick Barton.
| 11:003/3Des Lynam and Christopher Matthew head to Eastbourne on their tour of sporting venues. 11:306/8The sleuth finds a clue - but it's not Belasco's identity.
| 11:00Andrew Pierce of the Daily Mail looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Kate Adie returns with another colourful look behind the world headlines.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is the Oscar-winning actor and director Tim Robbins.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Julian Worricker speaks to the boss of the Co-operative Group Peter Marks. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Should GPs manage the NHS budget? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00How food is saving the British economy, and putting politics back into planning. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Winifred Robinson investigates why top-up insurance might be needed if driving abroad. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Peter White discusses headphone etiquette, and whether online pseudonyms should be banned. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Paul Lewis brings you the latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:305/8Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical review of the week's news. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:004/6Jack Dee chairs. With Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Sandi Toksvig. 12:32Sheila Dillon takes a culinary tour celebrating Belfast's culinary revolution. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange of quotations and anecdotes.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30The story of jazz outdoors - from the streets of New Orleans to a flyover in Birmingham.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Coverage of Raoul Moat, photographers versus police, Jon Gaunt and freedom of expression.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Arabella Weir, Deborah Orr and Oliver James on the topic of working mums.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Roger Bolton presents a selection of listeners' comments concerning BBC Radio.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical discussion from Wimbledon Reform Synagogue.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:30Artist Grayson Perry goes on a quest to discover what it means to be creative.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Jamie's feeling the pressure. 14:15By PG Morgan. A young woman enters hospital urgently to have her baby by Caesarian section(R)
| 14:00Brenda's reviewing her situation. 14:15While facing bankruptcy, hairdresser Annie Marriott finds a winning lottery ticket.
| 14:00Izzy does some straight talking. 14:15Olivia finds a troll under her mother's kitchen sink. A troll to whom she made a promise.
| 14:15Can executioner Ameline outwit France's gourmet murderer in 1790s Paris?
| 14:00Phoebe can't believe her luck. 14:15By Janice Okoh. A teenager is shot in a nightclub and no-one will talk to the police.
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Thriller by Michael Butt. An ex-pat taxi driver returns to Moscow to a world of violence.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs. With Chris Beardshaw, Anne Swithinbank and Matthew Biggs. 14:453/5Adil talks to brides-to-be as they nervously prepare for their big moment.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00For Radio 4's London Season, writer Ian Marchant explores the daily rail commute. 15:451/5Alan Dein talks to people newly arrived at Heathrow airport.
| 15:00Killer magpies, murderous swans and planting trees. 15:301/3By Elizabeth Buchan. A young girl discovers a different side to her stern grandmother. 15:452/5Alan Dein heads for Heathrow Airport's 'baggage reclaim' area.
| 15:00Vincent Duggleby and guests answer listeners' personal finance questions. 15:302/3By Santa Montefiore. Cara attends the sick bed of the man who broke her teenaged heart. 15:453/5Alan Dein observes Heathrow Airport security, as he meets first time visitors to London.
| 15:00Welsh poet and writer Owen Sheers hears about plans for a badger cull in Pembrokeshire. 15:27Rory Bremner appeals on behalf of SANE. 15:303/3By Adele Parks. A single friend's advice causes married Ginny to make a startling decision 15:454/5Alan Dein talks to people newly arrived at Heathrow airport.
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs. With Chris Beardshaw, Anne Swithinbank and Matthew Biggs. 15:455/5Alan Dein reflects on his quest to meet first time visitors to London.
| 15:30The story of jazz outdoors - from the streets of New Orleans to a flyover in Birmingham.
| 15:001/2Elite intellectual Joseph Knecht rebels against the utopian society he once idolised.
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| 16:00 | 16:00As the sun continues to blaze, Sheila Dillon examines the ups and downs of outdoor cooking 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the sacredness of hair.
| 16:002/2Following the barristers, clerks and staff of one of London's leading law chambers.(R) 16:30Daljit Nagra and Gary Kemp talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books
| 16:00Do facial features indicate moral character? Laurie explores the culture of physiognomy. 16:30Claudia Hammond reports on the rehabilitation of sex offenders.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to poet Craig Raine and discusses pubs in fiction. 16:30Quentin Cooper with the latest from the BP oil spill, and the L'Aquila earthquake.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Charles Mackerras, Marrack Goulding, Hector Laing, and Jim Bohlen. 16:30Matthew Sweet asks Leonardo DiCaprio if he is a Jungian or a Freudian.
| 16:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Including Dame Anne Owers, mum bloggers and Men's Hour.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Richard Russo about his literary influences. 16:30Roger McGough introduces poems by Michael Longley, Edward Thomas and Lavinia Greenlaw.
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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. 17:30Evan Davis talks to some of the biggest names about the biggest issues in business. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Allan Urry investigates UK connections to the illegal weapons trade in conflict zones. 17:40The Rt Rev John Broadhurst, the Bishop of Fulham and chairman of Forward in Faith. 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. 18:304/6Jack Dee chairs. With Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Sandi Toksvig.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Lenzie turns feral after Ramesh sells cards with abusive messages to the locals.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/4Jeremy Hardy examines faith via the medium of St Paul, climate change and The Flintstones.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6David Beckham tries to hire a rainbow for a party.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/8Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical review of the week's news.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Willy Russell, Ruth Goodman and Sandie Shaw.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Christopher Douglas introduces his selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio
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| 19:00 | 19:00Brenda's reviewing her situation. 19:15Mark Lawson reviews Toy Story 3 and Bruce Forsyth in Living with Brucie. 19:451/10Dramatisation of Stan Barstow's classic novel set in 1950s and 60s Yorkshire.
| 19:00Izzy does some straight talking. 19:15Bret Easton Ellis discusses his new novel, a sequel to his 1985 debut Less Than Zero. 19:452/10Vic is convinced Ingrid wants to finish the relationship before it's even begun.
| 19:15Mark Lawson looks at what impact 40% cuts would have on the arts. 19:453/10Vic and Ingrid have arranged another date but Ingrid fails to turn up.
| 19:00Phoebe can't believe her luck. 19:15John Wilson has news of the winner of the UK City of Culture 2013. 19:454/10Vic feels his mother's disapproval and gets involved in a fight at work.
| 19:00Jolene contemplates her future. 19:15With John Wilson. Including the verdict on Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Aspects of Love. 19:455/10Vic realises that he doesn't love Ingrid but can't bring himself to break with her.
| 19:00The Rt Rev John Broadhurst, the Bishop of Fulham and chairman of Forward in Faith. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:00There's an irate customer in the The Bull. 19:15Presented by Steve Evans from Washington, DC. 19:454/5Stories about the effect of dusk continue with events in Kirsty Gunn's atmospheric forest.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Robert Elms celebrates London, the city he loves, with a journey on the number 36 bus. 20:30Michael Blastland asks policy experts for some honest answers about public spending.
| 20:00Allan Urry investigates UK connections to the illegal weapons trade in conflict zones. 20:40Peter travels to Harvard to have his brain monitored by Professor Alvaro Pascual-Leone.
| 20:00Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the issues surrounding banning the burqa. 20:452/2Historian and broadcaster Dan Cruickshank goes off the beaten track in London.
| 20:00Has London's white working class been left behind? 20:30Evan Davis talks to some of the biggest names about the biggest issues in business.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical discussion from Wimbledon Reform Synagogue. 20:50David Cannadine traces the remarkable history of the Asian elephant.
| 20:00Professor Steven Fielding looks at how New Labour has been dramatised on stage and screen.
| 20:00Roger Bolton presents a selection of listeners' comments concerning BBC Radio. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Charles Mackerras, Marrack Goulding, Hector Laing, and Jim Bohlen.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper dissects the latest science. 21:30Four advocates debate the virtues of their favourite city. Presented by Laurie Taylor.
| 21:00Claudia Hammond reports on the rehabilitation of sex offenders. 21:302/2Kwame Kwei-Armah discovers how London's cultural riches propelled it to world city status.
| 21:004/4Richard Dawkins talks to Craig Venter about the creation of synthetic life. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Dean Friedman.
| 21:0015/40Jeremy Bristow visits Jane Goodall in Gombe, Tanzania, to see her chimpanzee study group. 21:301/4Amanda Vickery listens to the voices of 18th-century highwaymen.
| 21:007/20Neil MacGregor is with the great rulers of the world over 2000 years ago.
| 21:002/2Scandalous revelations and a missing pig. Can peace and harmony be restored to Blandings?
| 21:00Paul Lewis brings you the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Kate Adie appeals on behalf of Hope and Homes for Children. 21:30Michael Blastland asks policy experts for some honest answers about public spending. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:451/10One stifling day, an earthquake hits a mountain village and changes young Concetta's life.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:452/10On emerging from a coma, Concetta can't remember what happened before the earthquake.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:453/10Concetta goes to visit Signora Clara, whose son Peppe was killed in the earthquake.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:454/10Concetta has been married off to Felice, whose family owed the Saliernos a debt of honour.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:455/10Francesco confides that he knows who Concetta was waiting for the night before the quake.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the issues surrounding banning the burqa.
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. 22:45Andrew Grice takes a wry look at the broadsheets and red tops.
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| 23:00 | 23:006/10Andrea Levy presents ten diverse and diverting nighttime anthologies about London. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Susan Hulme.
| 23:007/10Andrea Levy presents ten diverse and diverting nighttime anthologies about London 23:30With Sean Curran. MPs debate the Government's plans to raise VAT.
| 23:008/10Andrea Levy presents a series of diverse and diverting nighttime anthologies about London 23:30Susan Hulme reports on Prime Minister's Questions and all the news from Westminster.
| 23:009/10Andrea Levy presents a series of diverse and diverting nighttime anthologies about London 23:30Sean Curran and the BBC's parliamentary team report on the day's events at Westminster.
| 23:0010/10Andrea Levy presents a series of diverse and diverting nighttime anthologies about London. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:00Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange of quotations and anecdotes. 23:30Roger McGough introduces poems by Kipling, Shelley and Yevtushenko.
| 23:00Matthew Sweet asks Leonardo DiCaprio if he is a Jungian or a Freudian. 23:30Mark Tully talks to Louis de Bernieres about the difference between poetry and prose.
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