| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The impact of the rational: Laurie Taylor explores the social concept of 'Disenchantment'. 00:45The sound of bells from the church of St Nicholas, Leeds in Kent. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Elena's mother has become a mirror image of her motherland. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5At five years old, Elena goes to nursery and learns about being part of the collective. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Elena can only go to college if she is a member of the Young Communist League. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Elena and Nina are considered mature enough to teach Russian to visiting Americans. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Robert has returned to Texas and Elena wonders if she might visit him. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3Two lovers on holiday in Singapore discover a small restaurant, with surprising results.(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 Canon Martyn Percy. 05:45Cath Mackie hears the RSPB will picket the chancellor's constituency. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Canon Martyn Percy. 05:45Anna Hill with warnings over illegal cockles which may pose a health threat.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Canon Martyn Percy. 05:45The British woodland is fighting against several major diseases. Anna Hill learns why.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Canon Martyn Percy. 05:45The Scottish farmer who illegally sold cloned meat says UK law should be changed.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Canon Martyn Percy. 05:45Claims thousands of jobs could be threatened if the 'Mackerel Wars' escalate.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Richard Hill. 05:45Is there a footpath through the Houses of Parliament? One iPM listener thinks so.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from the church of St Mary Magdalene, Mortehoe in Devon. 05:45A Profile of former nuclear weapons inspector Dr Muhammad ElBaradei.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day with Rev Dr David Wilkinson.
| 06:00Investigating NI Troubles, GCSE results and the use of the word "junkie".
| 06:00With Treasury response to IFS criticisms of the Budget and a debate on the rise in STIs.
| 06:00Debating Asil Nadir's return, a mackerel war in the making and doctors and religion.
| 06:00Reporting on Niger's famine and floods and debating education equality and the US economy.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Richard Uridge investigates the disappearing village on the Isle of Wight. 06:30Farming Today meets the farmers toiling on the land where fields meet the sea. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully reflects on reasons behind the current raft of films with apocalyptic themes. 06:35Lionel Kelleway enjoys the rare spectacle of harbour seals pupping in Loch Fleet Scotland. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Debating international crisis prevention, the BBC's future and the Last of the Summer Wine
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton discusses the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Ben Shephard appeals on behalf of Shelterbox. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service from St Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh. 08:50Lisa Jardine reflects on how reputations are won and lost.
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| 09:00 | 09:006/6Entrepreneur Emma Harrison shows Wendy Robbins the Sheffield of her childhood. 09:303/5Life as a GP resident in the Antarctic. 09:451/5Elena's mother has become a mirror image of her motherland.
| 09:002/4Quentin Letts examines the institution responsible for upholding the spirit of cricket. 09:302/5How corpulence has been portrayed over the millennia in art, literature and music. 09:452/5At five years old, Elena goes to nursery and learns about being part of the collective.
| 09:003/4Stephen Fry explores some of the many aspects of the use of the negative in English. 09:303/5The 1976 clash between AJ Ayer and Edward de Bono about the fairness of democracy. 09:453/5Elena can only go to college if she is a member of the Young Communist League.
| 09:00Michael Buerk talks to Elissa Wall about her decision to break away from a polygamous sect 09:304/5Charting the preparations of a GP as he prepares for the expedition of a lifetime. 09:454/5Elena and Nina are considered mature enough to teach Russian to visiting Americans.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor reunites the key players behind the creation of the Millennium Dome. 09:455/5Robert has returned to Texas and Elena wonders if she might visit him.
| 09:00The Reverend Richard Coles is joined by conductor Paul Daniel and poet Susan Richardson.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Is there too much sex in pop music? 10:451/5After a year Rosie and Tom haven't met in the flesh but still talk via the website.
| 10:00With Jane Garvey. Women at the top - is it really a choice between kids and career? 10:452/5After a year, Rosie and Tom haven't met in the flesh but still talk via the website.
| 10:00Is withdrawing benefits the best way to get lone parents back to work? With Jane Garvey. 10:453/5Rosie has been sleeping with her ex-husband and Tom's ex treats him like a doormat.
| 10:00Jane Garvey talks to an artist reunited with the son she gave up for adoption. 10:454/5Rosie's love life is in a tangle and Tom is getting cold feet about Siobhan.
| 10:00Bidisha asks does having a sister make you happier and protect you from depression? 10:455/5Rosie and Tom finally meet.
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig goes to Iringa in the heart of Tanzania and the spice island of Zanzibar. 10:30What do Greek tragedy and soap opera have in common? Comedian Natalie Haynes investigates.(R)
| 10:00Susan's determined to impress and and Elizabeth makes a confession.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Steve Evans charts Moazzam Begg's story through his and his father's words. 11:301/6Sam is manning the helplines when Peter calls, in distress.
| 11:004/4Chris Ledgard explores the political background to the building of the Humber Bridge. 11:301/2Julian Barnes and Hermione Lee explore Ford Madox Ford - author of The Good Soldier.
| 11:00The story of SB, who had his sight restored after over 50 years of blindness. 11:301/6The downs and ups of a single mum's life with Ronni Ancona.
| 11:00Basketball superstar Luol Deng returns to the Sudanese town where he was born and raised. 11:30In LA, Karen Krizanovich traces Madame Sylvia, masseuse to the stars of 1920s Hollywood.
| 11:00Steve Carver explores the complex world of the window cleaner. 11:304/6Edith quizzes Satan about The Fall, but Satan sees it more as The Push.(R)
| 11:00Michael Dobbs asks how much patronage influences our political system. 11:30Correspondents look at events in the USA, Thailand, Algeria and Yemen. With Kate Adie.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor reunites five survivors of Hurricane Katrina.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Julian Worricker discusses what can be done to help rural communities survive recession. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Are graduates doing enough to find work? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Private universities report a post-A Level surge, and new treatments for headaches. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Bank Holiday rail travel and why vitamin D is in short supply. 12:30The Fire Service is wasting millions of pounds of public money. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00How heavy competition has led to one cross-Channel ferry pulling its passenger service. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:303/6The British comic actor and American comedian meet in the tag-team talk show. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:004/8Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Shappi Khorsandi, John Bishop and Gyles Brandreth 12:32Sheila Dillon visits the WOMAD festival to mix food and music at the Taste the World stage 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Tom Sutcliffe chairs. With teams from the south of England and the north of England.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Tom Robinson explores Jimi Hendrix and the guitarist's political beliefs and outlook.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30'The Web is Dead', or so claims the editor in chief of Wired magazine.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Stewart Henderson presents the interactive programme for those niggling questions.
| 13:00National and international news with Brian Hanrahan. 13:30Magazine show investigating the ways we use numbers, statistics and measurements.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Eddie Mair chairs the topical debate from Newcastle Assembly Rooms.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Brian Hanrahan. 13:30Broadcaster Ian McMillan pays tribute to television's longest running situation comedy.
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| 14:00 | 14:15Miss Balcombe is getting on, but she is determined to keep her apple trees.
| 14:00Susan's determined to impress. 14:15A father takes his son on a trip to the woods unaware of what terrible horror awaits.
| 14:00Bert presents Nigel with a growing problem. 14:15A new Tyneside art gallery's opening night is thrown into jeopardy by ill-trained staff.(R)
| 14:15Comedy by Simon Brett about a couple living - or perhaps imprisoned - on the Costa del Sol
| 14:00Elizabeth's concerns increase. 14:15Romantic comedy by Robin Baker.(R)
| 14:00Eddie Mair takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Historical thriller that follows the future Charles II after his father's execution.(R)
| 14:00With Pippa Greenwood, Bob Flowerdew and Christine Walkden. Peter Gibbs chairs. 14:454/5Brett Westwood offers help identifying birds you may see and hear on our sea cliffs.
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| 15:00 | 15:00From Beyond the Fringe to atheism, Sir Jonathan Miller relives his life in sound. 15:451/5Ian Marchant spends a day with Brent borough council's waste advisors.(R)
| 15:00Richard Daniels discusses green cars, fizzy drinks and water cooling. 15:301/3By Susan Calman. A wry look at office politics. 15:452/5Ian Marchant visits Britain's first plastic bottle recycling factory - and sees the future(R)
| 15:004/4Alvin Hall meets two pensioners with cautionary tales for an ageing population. 15:302/3Patrick Monahan's story warns against paying attention to government crime statistics. 15:453/5Ian Marchant visits Ludlow, and Britain's first anaerobic food digester.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark is stargazing in Devon and Cornwall for the Perseids meteor shower. 15:27Julie Walters appeals on behalf of Brainstrust. 15:303/3By Shazia Mirza. Mrs Pims is late for everything but no-one knows why. Until one day... 15:454/5Ian Marchant visits a vast landfill site - unsung hero of the consumer society.(R)
| 15:00With Pippa Greenwood, Bob Flowerdew and Christine Walkden. Peter Gibbs chairs. 15:455/5Ian Marchant visits Newport, home of the country's biggest fridge graveyard.(R)
| 15:30Tom Robinson explores Jimi Hendrix and the guitarist's political beliefs and outlook.
| 15:002/2After the crash of Britain's new Rutland Reindeer, one scientist is convinced he knows why
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| 16:00 | 16:00Simon Parkes celebrates the renaissance of proper jellies. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests explore how disability is explained by different faith communities.
| 16:00Chris Ledgard investigates the search for translators for London 2012. 16:30Camila Batmanghelidjh discusses the life of her Victorian equivalent, Mary Carpenter.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores the meaning and relevance of Karl Marx's theory of alienation. 16:30Dr Mark Porter investigates balance disorders.
| 16:00Dreda Say Mitchell talks to bookseller Tim Waterstone about his first novel. 16:30Quentin Cooper investigates the news in science and science in the news.
| 16:00Remembering Edwin Morgan, Dr Ivar Lovaas, Clara Claiborne Park and Bill Millin. 16:30Matthew Sweet talks to Robin Williams, and Mark Gatiss salutes the work of Lionel Jeffries
| 16:00The rise of raunch culture: is there too much sex in pop music? Presented by Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Kwame Kwei-Armah talks to thriller writer Mark Billingham. 16:30Kathleen Jamie explores the legacy of the Norn language among Shetland's poets.
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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 Glenn Campbell.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Ritula Shah, plus sports headlines. 17:30Is there a footpath through the Houses of Parliament? One iPM listener thinks so. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00As the Euro threatens to divide the continent, Jonathan Charles takes Europe's temperature 17:40A Profile of former nuclear weapons inspector Dr Muhammad ElBaradei. 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. 18:304/8Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Shappi Khorsandi, John Bishop and Gyles Brandreth
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6A week on standby at the airfield gives Arthur a chance to brush up his stewarding skills.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Ed is in the money when he sells some of his old stuff to Violet Carson's new wine bar.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Arthur Smith leads his audience around the Edinburgh Festival for comedy, music and japes.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6The British comic actor and American comedian meet in the tag-team talk show.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by David Baddiel, Richard Taylor and Conn Iggulden.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Gerry Northam introduces his selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Susan's determined to impress. 19:15With Mark Lawson. Includes a review of the film The Girl Who Played With Fire. 19:451/5After a year Rosie and Tom haven't met in the flesh but still talk via the website.
| 19:00Bert presents Nigel with a growing problem. 19:15Sean Connery at 80; Inspector Morse on stage, starring Colin Baker. 19:452/5After a year, Rosie and Tom haven't met in the flesh but still talk via the website.
| 19:15News of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards; Klaxons interviewed; crime writer Jo Nesbo. 19:453/5Rosie has been sleeping with her ex-husband and Tom's ex treats him like a doormat.
| 19:00Elizabeth's concerns increase. 19:15U Be Dead reviewed; extra footage in Avatar and Metropolis: does it improve the films? 19:454/5Rosie's love life is in a tangle and Tom is getting cold feet about Siobhan.
| 19:00Things get heated at Ambridge View. 19:15Kim Cattrall on playing Cleopatra in Liverpool; Diary of a Wimpy Kid the film reviewed. 19:455/5Rosie and Tom finally meet.
| 19:00A Profile of former nuclear weapons inspector Dr Muhammad ElBaradei. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:00Nigel comes to a decision. 19:15Former Secretary of State Rod Paige talks about the crisis in American education. 19:455/5Charlie makes his triumphal entry into Butlins, Filey.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Mike Thomson explores claims that the poisoning of a French town in 1951 was an LSD trial. 20:30Allan Little investigates the sensitivities around Medjugorje, the Lourdes of Bosnia.
| 20:00As the Euro threatens to divide the continent, Jonathan Charles takes Europe's temperature 20:40Peter White discusses mobile phone problems.
| 20:001/3Professor David Marsland argues that the mentally and morally unfit should be sterilised. 20:453/3How do negotiators turn talks into lasting peace agreements? Jonathan Powell presents.
| 20:00Nadene Ghouri investigates how meat from the offspring of a cloned cow was eaten in the UK 20:30Peter Day finds out what happens when social entrepreneurs meet interactive social media.
| 20:00Eddie Mair chairs the topical debate from Newcastle Assembly Rooms. 20:50Lisa Jardine reflects on how reputations are won and lost.
| 20:00Janet Street-Porter relives key moments in her career through the BBC Sound Archives.
| 20:00Magazine show investigating the ways we use numbers, statistics and measurements. 20:30Remembering Edwin Morgan, Dr Ivar Lovaas, Clara Claiborne Park and Bill Millin.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Gareth Mitchell explores DIY on the International Space Station, hot cities and wolves. 21:306/6Entrepreneur Emma Harrison shows Wendy Robbins the Sheffield of her childhood.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter investigates balance disorders. 21:302/4Quentin Letts examines the institution responsible for upholding the spirit of cricket.
| 21:00Roland Pease reports on a new form of carbon that looks set to transform technology. 21:303/4Stephen Fry explores some of the many aspects of the use of the negative in English.
| 21:00The British Isles are littered with whales, real and imagined. Kathleen Jamie investigates 21:30Michael Buerk talks to Elissa Wall about her decision to break away from a polygamous sect
| 21:0013/20Neil MacGregor explores the great status symbols of taste and power around 700 years ago.
| 21:001/2Britain's aviation industry depends on a new plane. But a scientist sees a fatal flawed.
| 21:00The Fire Service is wasting millions of pounds of public money. 21:26Ben Shephard appeals on behalf of Shelterbox. 21:30Peter Day finds out what happens when social entrepreneurs meet interactive social media. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:451/10Mike has moved from Edinburgh into his late father's cottage in the far north of Scotland.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:452/10Mike hopes an old lover of his father's can provide answers to some long-buried questions.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:453/10Whisky loosens Jean's tongue and Mike must face up to some hard truths.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with David Eades. 22:454/10Over a shared bottle of whisky, Jean finally reveals the truth about her affair with Angus
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with David Eades. 22:455/10As Jean's revelation sinks in, Mike finds himself reconsidering his future.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:151/3Professor David Marsland argues that the mentally and morally unfit should be sterilised.(R)
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. 22:45Mehdi Hasan takes a look at how the broadsheets and red tops treat the week's news.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Chris Ledgard considers the importance of body language in communication. 23:303/4Retired English master Dr Henry Pickerskill recalls a pupil set for Olympic glory.(R)
| 23:00Ali McGregor hosts a show featuring the best cabaret acts at the 2010 Edinburgh Fringe. 23:303/4Confusion reigns when love blossoms among the staff of the 9.27 London to Exeter.(R)
| 23:002/6The return of Musical Notebook, and a revamp for Desert Island Discs. 23:156/6Settle down because Rik would like to talk to you about Wake Up.(R) 23:303/4It's murder when Giles and his godmother go on a septuagenarian trans-Balkan hen party.(R)
| 23:006/6The razor-sharp sketch show about modern communication. 23:303/4Can apathy salve Simon's conscience, or must he simply accept that he loves selling arms?(R)
| 23:00Camila Batmanghelidjh discusses the life of her Victorian equivalent, Mary Carpenter. 23:303/4Ideas to improve life including mood lighting on buses and driving in bus lanes.(R)
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs. With teams from the south of England and the north of England. 23:30Rageh Omaar asks what Britain can learn from Somalia's news-reporting poets.
| 23:00Matthew Sweet talks to Robin Williams, and Mark Gatiss salutes the work of Lionel Jeffries 23:30Mark Tully reflects on reasons behind the current raft of films with apocalyptic themes.
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