| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor visits the British Society of Criminology Conference at Leicester University 00:45The sound of bells from St John the Baptist Church, Loughton in Essex. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Neil Macgregor with the personal monogram of Suleyman the Magnificent. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Neil MacGregor with a 14th century bank note - from Ming Dynasty China. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Neil MacGregor with a model of a llama - the animal behind the Inca Empire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Neil MacGregor with a jade cup that belonged a great leader of the Timurid Empire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Neil MacGregor with Durer's extraordinary image of a rhino - an animal he had never seen. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3By Pippa Gladhill. A funny and tender account of a marriage, holidays and knitting.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With the Most Rev Mario Conti, Archbishop of Glasgow. 05:45Charlotte Smith hears calls for government to buy more British food for the public sector. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With the Most Rev Mario Conti, Archbishop of Glasgow. 05:45The National Trust is to promote regional specialities and local flavours. With Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With the Most Rev Mario Conti, Archbishop of Glasgow. 05:45With Anna Hill. The first steps towards a cull of badgers is to be announced.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With the Most Rev Mario Conti, Archbishop of Glasgow. 05:45Farmers in England may be able to shoot badgers to help control TB in cattle.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With Sister Gemma Simmonds CJ 05:45The high price of lamb is being blamed for a rise in sheep thefts across the UK.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. 05:455/5John Aitchison travels to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming to film wolves hunting elk.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from St Wilfred's Roman Catholic Church, York. 05:45Jonathan Maitland profiles Danny Alexander, Lib Dem MP and Treasury Chief Secretary.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Bankers agree new rules, plus are we set for a 'winter of discontent'?
| 06:00Ofsted queries figures for children with special needs, and should cannabis be licensed?
| 06:00Debating military spending, new hope for cancer treatment and the Pope's uphill battle.
| 06:00Debating the Pope's attack on secularism, the replacement of Trident and new airline seats
| 06:00Reporting on Zimbabwe's abandoned children, MI5's extremist concerns and philosophy online
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding takes a walk on Hampstead Heath with a group of inner city Londoners. 06:30£2 billion is spent each year on public sector food. Caz Graham asks where that money goes 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully wonders why so many people now talk about The Universe rather than God. 06:35Anna Varle discovers the ancient art of horse logging. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Will the Pope's message go beyond Catholics? Plus Europe's painful wartime memories.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton presents from Birmingham, as Pope Benedict XVI beatifies Cardinal Newman. 07:55John Parrott presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity KidsOut. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Service in preparation for the beatification of Cardinal Newman. 08:50Lisa Jardine reflects on the extraordinary tapestries in London for the Pope's visit.
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| 09:00 | 09:001/3Evan Davis explores our vexed relationship with tax. 09:451/5Neil Macgregor with the personal monogram of Suleyman the Magnificent.
| 09:002/3Evan Davis explores our vexed relationship with tax. 09:452/5Neil MacGregor with a 14th century bank note - from Ming Dynasty China.
| 09:003/3How well do we make decisions about tax in Britain? 09:453/5Neil MacGregor with a model of a llama - the animal behind the Inca Empire.
| 09:001/2Danny Finkelstein explores high pay and low pay. 09:454/5Neil MacGregor with a jade cup that belonged a great leader of the Timurid Empire.
| 09:002/2Daniel Finkelstein looks at the factors which affect most peoples' pay. 09:455/5Neil MacGregor with Durer's extraordinary image of a rhino - an animal he had never seen.
| 09:00Fi Glover with Professor of Robotics Noel Sharkey and His Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa.
| 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. Do army wives need more support? 10:451/5Three schoolgirls and a governess disappear during a picnic at an Australian beauty spot.
| 10:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Natascha Kampusch on her imprisonment in an Austrian basement. 10:452/5The party return from the rock to a barrage of questions from headmistress Mrs Appleyard.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Including Carol Vorderman on her autobiography It All Counts. 10:453/5Michael and Albert mount their own dangerous search for the missing schoolgirls.
| 10:00With Jenni Murray. How should women tackle street harassment? Plus, autumn fashions. 10:454/5Irma is recovered but the situation at Appleyard College begins to spiral out of control.
| 10:00With Jenni Murray. Is being a tall girl a blessing or a curse? Plus, Anti-Porn Men. 10:455/5Mrs Appleyard takes desperate measures to save the school from disaster.
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig finds out about travelling to trace family history, and life in Paraguay. 10:301/4Steve Punt examines the curious case of Argleton, a place only existing on internet maps.
| 10:00Fallon's friends rally round and Nigel and Kenton enjoy a riotous night out.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Nick Ross explores concerns that Britain has become a 'walk on by' society.(R) 11:304/6The odd duo go online dating. Is it Peter's turn for love?
| 11:0020/40Reporting on the tiny creatures that writhe and creep in compost heaps. 11:30Fiona Lindsay cross-examines famous authors who've killed off their most popular creations
| 11:001/2Martin Bell tells the story of Tito, the fall of Yugoslavia and current crisis in Bosnia.(R) 11:304/6Single mum Jen lands in trouble...
| 11:00With Kate Adie. Includes dispatches from correspondents in Turkey, Malaysia and Mauritius. 11:30Cerys Matthews celebrates the rebel of Swedish children's literature, Pippi Longstocking.
| 11:00The subtle relationship of son to father as told through listeners' stories. 11:301/3By Rona Munro. A comic retelling of events at Dunsinane, when Macbeth's porter took charge
| 11:00Jackie Ashley of The Guardian looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Kate Adie presents dispatches about the UN, Egypt, the US, Serbia and Angola.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor reunites people involved with classic children's TV programme Play School.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Unreliable fire engines, upmarket coffee machines and is the North-South divide a myth? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news with Julian Worricker. Is the North South divide myth or reality? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Switching internet providers, being self-sufficient, and 'consumerology'. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Winnifred Robinson reports on Edinburgh Trams and the 'anti-infection' robots in hospital. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00How star ratings displayed in some hotels are misleading guests. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Paul Lewis brings you the latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:306/6The comedian and The Office co-creator meets the former Pulp frontman. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:007/8Nicholas Parsons challenges Graham Norton, Gyles Brandreth, Jenny Eclair and Paul Merton 12:32Sheila Dillon visits Northern Ireland where food is being used to drive economic growth. 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 Midlands and the South of England.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:304/4Ma Vlast by Bedrich Smetana has become an integral part of Czech culture.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30BSkyB takeover; BBC - changes at the top; Capital radio goes national; 60s TV dramas found
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Dr Alice Roberts finds out if we can save the planet by staying in our pyjamas.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Who earns more: private or public employees? And are your trousers flattering you?
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical discussion from Weston-super-Mare.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:302/2Peter White tracks the lives of youngsters who contributed to London's 2012 Olympics bid.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Jolene and Kathy have a heart to heart and Harry launches an online initiative. 14:15Maggie’s children and partner never listen to her. If only she could confide in something?
| 14:00There's something nasty in the bird hide at Arkwright Lake. 14:153/4Pilgrim discovers a community dedicated to the memory of a woman lured into the water.
| 14:00Pip makes party plans and has Kenton outstayed his welcome? 14:15By Roy Smiles. The story of Graham Chapman, Monty Python and how he overcame his demons.
| 14:00Fallon's friends rally round and Brian tries some hard bargaining. 14:15By Paul Watson. As England's footballers fail drinkers in a pub expose their complex lives
| 14:00Nigel and Kenton enjoy a riotous night out. 14:15Quirky comedy by Ben Lewis about a teenager becomes an internet phenomenon.
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Adaptation of Paul Theroux's stage play about Rudyard Kipling's time in America.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs. With Anne Swithinbank, Matthew Biggs and Pippa Greenwood. 14:452/5Wildlife cameraman John Aitchison avoids polar bears as he waits for eider ducks to hatch.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Alexei Sayle on his boyhood seaside holidays - at trade union conferences in their heyday. 15:451/5Deciding the design of the police telephone box proved to be a dauntingly complex process.(R)
| 15:00The link between Charlotte Bronte and a medical revolution in Manchester. 15:301/3A story told on a Corsican clifftop leaves a deep impression on a young artist. 15:452/5In 1900, a mysterious epidemic affected thousands of beer drinkers in the North of England(R)
| 15:00Paul Lewis and guests answer calls on financial issues. 15:302/3A beautiful woman in the audience at the opera finds herself caught between two men. 15:453/5When Custom officials move Falmouth's steam launch to a bigger port sailors take action.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark explores life along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. 15:27Jumoke Fashola appeals on behalf of AMREF. 15:303/3Mr Quin and Mr Satterthwaite investigate a possible miscarriage of justice. 15:454/5When an asylum seeker is found on a ship Churchill sends in destroyers - to bring him back(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs. With Anne Swithinbank, Matthew Biggs and Pippa Greenwood. 15:455/5A pilot retracts the undercarriage of a stationary fully loaded bomber. Why?
| 15:304/4Ma Vlast by Bedrich Smetana has become an integral part of Czech culture.
| 15:001/2When provincial Denise arrives in Paris, she soon catches the eye of seducer Octave Mouret
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| 16:00 | 16:00Shelia Dillon explores the seemingly recession-proof ice cream market. 16:30The life, beliefs and legacy of Cardinal Newman, being beatified during the Papal visit.
| 16:001/5Sally Magnusson goes on the trail of ancestors who vanished without trace. 16:30Lord Digby Jones chooses wartime leader, Winston Churchill.
| 16:00An exploration of the meaning and history of 'eavesdropping', from cafe society to Twitter 16:30Dr Mark Porter investigates how the good and bad fats we eat can impact on our health.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Man Booker winner DBC Pierre about his new novel. 16:30The BBC's Amateur Scientist of the Year is revealed at the 2010 British Science Festival.
| 16:00John Wilson on Lord Bingham, Eileen Nearne, Vladimir Raitz, Claude Chabrol and Sid Rawle. 16:30Francine Stock talks to Stephen Woolley, producer of The Crying Game and Made In Dagenham.
| 16:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Natascha Kampusch on her imprisonment in an Austrian basement.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to the award-winning crime writer Val McDermid about her new book. 16:30Roger McGough presents an autumn edition focussing on Louis MacNeice.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn Quinn.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn Quinn.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn Quinn.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn Quinn.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn Quinn.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Ritula Shah, plus the sports headlines. 17:30How a stay in intensive care haunted one listener and a song about greasy spoons. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Nick Robinson and panel discuss whether our current pay structure is the right one. 17:40Jonathan Maitland profiles Danny Alexander, Lib Dem MP and Treasury Chief Secretary. 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. 18:307/8Nicholas Parsons challenges Graham Norton, Gyles Brandreth, Jenny Eclair and Paul Merton
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4Previewing the new musical about the lives of David and Jonathan Dimbleby.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Rod holds a museum press conference, and Walter hits on Susie Maltby.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Clare in the Community, the Sony Award winning comedy, with Sally Phillips.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6The comedian and The Office co-creator meets the former Pulp frontman.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Tony Parsons, Jonathan Lynn and Richard Armitage.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15John Waite introduces his selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00There's something nasty in the bird hide at Arkwright Lake. 19:15With Mark Lawson, including The Pre-Raphaelites and Italy at the Ashmolean Museum. 19:451/5Neil Macgregor with the personal monogram of Suleyman the Magnificent.
| 19:00Pip makes party plans and has Kenton outstayed his welcome? 19:15Lynda Carter on playing Wonder Woman, and Roger Michell on the end of the UK Film Council. 19:452/5Neil MacGregor with a 14th century bank note - from Ming Dynasty China.
| 19:00Fallon's friends rally round and Brian tries some hard bargaining. 19:15Stephen Fry on his new volume of autobiography, The Fry Chronicles. 19:453/5Neil MacGregor with a model of a llama - the animal behind the Inca Empire.
| 19:00Nigel and Kenton enjoy a riotous night out. 19:15Mark Lawson talks to Paul O'Grady and reports from the Liverpool Art Biennial. 19:454/5Neil MacGregor with a jade cup that belonged a great leader of the Timurid Empire.
| 19:00It's the morning after the night before and Jim fancies his chances for Sunday's show. 19:15Barry Humphries on Dame Edna, and John Simm discusses playing Hamlet. 19:455/5Neil MacGregor with Durer's extraordinary image of a rhino - an animal he had never seen.
| 19:00Jonathan Maitland profiles Danny Alexander, Lib Dem MP and Treasury Chief Secretary. 19:15With Tom Sutcliffe. Including a review of Noel Coward's Design for Living at the Old Vic.
| 19:00Joe's big day has come, and Clarrie keeps Emma's secret. 19:15This week, Americana explores US styles of change with David Plouffe and Noam Chomsky. 19:452/3By Patricia Barrie. The author recalls her bedroom window view as a child confined to bed.
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| 20:00 | 20:002/2Paul Mason surveys the account of working-class life given by films and TV.(R) 20:30Who are the winners and the losers as Delhi rebuilds itself for the Commonwealth Games?
| 20:00Doctors are tracking thousands of Bradford babies from birth to better understand illness.(R) 20:30How people with no light perception are using melatonin to get a good night's sleep.
| 20:003/3Journalist James Bartholomew argues that the NHS should be abolished. 20:453/3Matthew Taylor discusses freedom and authority in the sixties.
| 20:00James Silver looks into the theories surrounding the release of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi. 20:30What comes after the crunch? Peter Day reports from the front line of industry.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical discussion from Weston-super-Mare. 20:50Lisa Jardine reflects on the extraordinary tapestries in London for the Pope's visit.
| 20:00Brian Cox presents an archive tribute to the genius of physicist Richard Feynman.
| 20:00Highlights of the Beatification of Cardinal Newman. 20:30John Wilson on Lord Bingham, Eileen Nearne, Vladimir Raitz, Claude Chabrol and Sid Rawle.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Discussing Vince Cable's plans to squeeze public funding for scientific research. 21:301/3Evan Davis explores our vexed relationship with tax.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter investigates how the good and bad fats we eat can impact on our health. 21:302/3Evan Davis explores our vexed relationship with tax.
| 21:00Dr Alice Roberts finds out if we can save the planet by staying in our pyjamas. 21:303/3How well do we make decisions about tax in Britain?
| 21:0020/40Reporting on the tiny creatures that writhe and creep in compost heaps. 21:30How neursocience is heading for the classroom.(R)
| 21:00Dramatisation of Joan Lindsay's classic mystery novel.
| 21:002/2Gerry's animal collection causes the Christmas party to get out of hand.
| 21:00Paul Lewis brings you the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26John Parrott presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity KidsOut. 21:30What comes after the crunch? Peter Day reports from the front line of industry. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Is the talk of cuts about ideology as much as saving money? With Ritula Shah. 22:456/10Alex has persuaded Roberto to return to Spain to help her become a torero.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:457/10Alex gets her chance on the bill of a charity bullfight.
| 22:00Daily news and current affairs programme bringing you global news and analysis. 22:458/10Roberto has returned to Spain following Alex's injury in training.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:459/10Preparations continue for the charity corrida in San Martin.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:4510/10The day of the charity bullfight in San Martin has arrived.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:153/3Journalist James Bartholomew argues that the NHS should be abolished.
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. 22:45Kevin Maguire takes a look at how the broadsheets and red tops treat the week's news.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Chris Ledgard talks to people who are preserving their voices for posterity. 23:30Susan Hulme presents the BBC's flagship Parliamentary Programme.
| 23:003/5Nick Mohammed stars as a wildlife expert on the edge of sanity. 23:30Rachel Byrne reports on the day's proceedings in Parliament.
| 23:005/6The late-night Radio 4 announcer plays some trails and shares his private life. 23:153/4Looking at conventional living, Andrew Lawrence investigates full-time jobs. 23:30With Susan Hulme on David Cameron's first PMQs for two months.
| 23:003/6Who will succeed Zorro and can pensioners understand the futures trade?(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports on the day's proceedings in Parliament.
| 23:00Lord Digby Jones chooses wartime leader, Winston Churchill. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs. With teams from the Midlands and the South of England. 23:30Roger McGough introduces poems including two late masterpieces by DH Lawrence.
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to Stephen Woolley, producer of The Crying Game and Made In Dagenham. 23:30Mark Tully wonders why so many people now talk about The Universe rather than God.
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