| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Eeconomist Ha-Joon Chang tries to expose the 'myths' of free-market capitalism. 00:45The sound of bells from St Anne's, Limehouse, London. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Neil Macgregor with a powerful symbol from Shia Iran. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Neil MacGregor with a miniature painting from Mughal India. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Neil MacGregor explores religion and politics in South East Asia through a shadow puppet. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Neil MacGregor explores the Spanish religious conquest of Mexico with a map. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Neil MacGregor with a souvenir of the 100th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3By Rachel Fixsen. An ex-wife looks on in disapproval at her husband's choice of successor. 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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:45A farming industry leader is calling for calm over leaks of more government cuts. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:45The rise of 'mega-dairies' could create a backlash market for 'free range' milk.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:45Scientists are making one of the most detailed nature surveys ever in the New Forest.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:45Thames Water have started turning sewage waste into farm fertiliser.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:45A supermarket milk price war could force more dairy farmers out of business.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43With Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. 05:45What has the Commonwealth done for us?
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Mary the Virgin, Chislet, Kent. 05:45Series of profiles of people who are currently making headlines.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Debating Ed Miliband's debt to the unions and the UN's alien ambassador.
| 06:00Debating North Korean politics, Ed Miliband's speech and the UK's opportunities in space.
| 06:00Ed Miliband outlines his plans for Labour, plus Gen Richard Dannatt on defence cuts.
| 06:00With Evan Davis and Justin Webb.
| 06:00With Former Pakistani president General Musharraf and the future of political correctness.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding is in the Forest of Dean with a group walking with donkeys. 06:30Charlotte Smith asks if more of the orchard fruit we eat could be grown in the UK. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05The writer Sarah Cuddon explores the ancient notion of Snakes and Ladders. 06:35Caz Graham learns how venison is produced at a deer farm in Barnsley. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Lord Young on 'health and safety culture'; John Prescott on cutting the M4 bus lane.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Glenys Kinnock presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity One World Action. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Harvest Festival service from St Martin-in-the-Fields led by Rev Nicholas Holtam. 08:50Lisa Jardine puts an historical perspective on the upcoming government spending cuts.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr talks to Will Hutton, Lars Kroijer, Billy Ivory and Ronit Avni. 09:451/5Neil Macgregor with a powerful symbol from Shia Iran.
| 09:002/3Steve Richards tells the inside story of Gordon Brown's time as prime minister. 09:452/5Neil MacGregor with a miniature painting from Mughal India.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Kit Chapman. 09:453/5Neil MacGregor explores religion and politics in South East Asia through a shadow puppet.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Delphic Oracle. 09:454/5Neil MacGregor explores the Spanish religious conquest of Mexico with a map.
| 09:00Singer Sir Tom Jones joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs. 09:455/5Neil MacGregor with a souvenir of the 100th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.
| 09:00Fi Glover with Radio 1's Annie Nightingale & the Inheritance Tracks of golfer Sam Torrance
| 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. Gifted lives: what happens when gifted children grow up? 10:451/5Winter 1913 finds Frank Reid, owner of a Moscow printing company, abandoned by his wife.
| 10:00With Jane Garvey. John Burningham and Helen Oxenbury on their first collaborative book. 10:452/5Frank Reid is not being helped by his accountant, Selwyn.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Could Dilma Rousseff become the new President of Brazil? 10:453/5A shop girl looks set to take on the nannying duties.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. What difference did the 1968 Dagenham women's strike make? 10:454/5Lisa the new nanny is too beautiful for Frank, even with her plaits cut off.
| 10:00With Jenni Murray. Cumberland artist Sheila Fell. 10:455/5Abandoned by his wife, Frank Reid has something to ask nanny Lisa.
| 10:00John McCarthy investigates Alaska, Zambia and London to Paris by bike. 10:303/4Steve Punt goes in search of a recording of Queen Victoria's voice.
| 10:00There's an unpleasant encounter for Kenton, and Hayley's blood is boiling.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Jolyon Jenkins investigates why there are a million houses standing empty in the country. 11:306/6After nursing Peter's retirement blues, Sam is wary over a job opportunity.
| 11:0022/40Saving Species visits the Mississippi Delta in the aftermarth of the Gulf oil spill. 11:30An investigation into the life and legacy of French painter Paul Gauguin.
| 11:001/3Matthew Parris returns with more undiplomatic reports from departing British ambassadors. 11:306/6Single mum Jen’s date turns into a farce!
| 11:00Kate Adie hears from correspondents around the world. 11:30Mark Rickards meets the author of The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho.
| 11:001/2Two gamekeepers, one from the Kalahari and one from the Glens, swap jobs. 11:303/3A dramatised tribute to Tommy Lorne, one of Scotland's great early 20th-century comedians.
| 11:00Ahead of the Conservative Party conference, John Kampfner asks what it means to be a Tory. 11:30Kate Adie presents reflections from correspondents around the world.
| 11:15Comedian Johnny Vegas joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Student accommodation, a Christian theme park and the X-Factor effect on kippers. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Call You and Yours asks: does Oxbridge have too much influence? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Winifred Robinson speaks to Dame Jo Williams, Chair of The Care Quality Commission. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Featuring the victim who tracked down an internet conman and got him jailed. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00How overestimating Olympic visitor numbers can damage the hospitality industry. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:30Sandi Toksvig hosts the topical news quiz. With Jeremy Hardy, Paul Sinha, Andy Hamilton. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:001/6David Mitchell chairs. With Chris Addison, Susan Calman, Rufus Hound and Armando Iannucci. 12:32Sheila Dillon looks at some of the new developments in airline food. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Tom Sutcliffe chairs as Wales take on Northern Ireland.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Examining the power of the hymn How Great Thou Art.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Can local TV really work; Virgin and Sky launch 3D; Lord Fowler on need for change at BBC.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Tom Heap finds out if Carbon Capture and Storage will ever be the magic bullet we need.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30We examine official statistics on sexual identity and the micromort measure of risk.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Forest Row, East Sussex.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:302/3Robin Denselow examines a bittersweet history and talks to Malian musician Rokia Traore.
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| 14:00 | 14:00There's an unpleasant encounter for Kenton, and Nigel's plans are thrown into disarray. 14:15Historical mystery by Nigel Baldwin, proposing occult origins for the French Revolution.
| 14:00Things are tense at Lower Loxley and can Adam break the deadlock for Borchester Land? 14:15Annie Caulfield's comedy drama returns as the squaddies take leave in Istanbul.
| 14:00Jazzer begs a favour and Matt does some serious thinking. 14:151/4DCI John Stone and his team investigate a brutal murder.
| 14:00Will it be a happy anniversary for Elizabeth and Nigel? 14:15Affairs, scandals and a letter of hatred turn a 1961 French holiday into a nightmare.
| 14:00There's a shock in store for Kirsty and Patrick. 14:15A wish sworn on a barn owl feather turns into a fatal curse.
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Drama about the dirty tricks campaign against Citizen Kane and its creator Orson Welles.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs. With Chris Beardshaw, Bob Flowerdew and Bunny Guinness. 14:454/5Wildlife cameraman John Aitchison journeys across the ice to film Emperor penguins.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Simon Fanshawe traces the progress of gay comedy from the margins to the mainstream. 15:451/5A behind the scenes documentary charting preparations for the 2010 Ryder Cup.
| 15:00Vanessa Collingridge follows up more stories that are changing the way we see the past. 15:301/3Anneliese Mackintosh's story of an apostrophe which ends a relationship. 15:452/5The planning process threatens to delay demolition of a building by the 18th hole.
| 15:00Paul Lewis and guests answer calls on financial issues. 15:302/3When Alice's high-flying career stalls, she finds a novel way to occupy her time. 15:453/5It's spring, and plans forge ahead at the Celtic Manor course.
| 15:00Clare Balding walks with a group of people with early onset dementia in Wiltshire. 15:27Judi Dench presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the British Lung Foundation charity. 15:303/3A woman is diverted from her failing relationship by an obsession with apostrophes. 15:454/5An exclusive behind the scenes documentary charting preparations for the 2010 Ryder Cup.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs and the panel return to Sparsholt College to answer listeners' letters. 15:455/5The tournament is approaching, but will there be a legacy for Newport after the event?
| 15:30Examining the power of the hymn How Great Thou Art.
| 15:001/2Isherwood arrives in Berlin and joins a motley crew of lodgers.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon looks behind the scenes of the world's largest and smallest pasta factories. 16:30Ernie Rea and his guests discuss the statutory provision of religion in prison.
| 16:003/5Sally Magnusson and genealogist Nick Barratt return to solve more family mysteries. 16:30Gerald Scarfe chooses an icon who created icons.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor discusses a new study of au pairs in the UK and examines Liverpool FC. 16:30Why does time seem to speed up the older you get? Ian Peacock explores time perception.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to writer Susan Hill about creating fear in her new ghost story. 16:30Quentin Cooper investigates the news in science and science in the news.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Tony Curtis, Gennady Yanayev, Catherine Walker, Jimi Heselden. 16:30Francine Stock talks to Murray Melvin, the star of A Taste of Honey.
| 16:00Presented by Jane Garvey. The women and their struggle for equal pay in Made in Dagenham.
| 16:00Irish writer Roddy Doyle joins James Naughtie to discuss his novel Paddy Clarke HA HA HA. 16:30Roger McGough shares poems by TS Eliot, AA Milne and RL Stevenson on the theme of 'home'.
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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, plus the sports headlines. 17:30Evan Davis and guests discuss staying ahead of the competition and business gibberish. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Why do foreign students come to study in Britain and is the dream different from reality? 17:40Series of profiles of people who are currently making headlines. 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. 18:301/6David Mitchell chairs. With Chris Addison, Susan Calman, Rufus Hound and Armando Iannucci.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes rewind and mangle real programmes.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6At the children's museum day, the dog-counting competition flounders!(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Clare organises a petition to keep the Sparrowhawk Family Centre open.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Sandi Toksvig hosts the topical news quiz. With Jeremy Hardy, Paul Sinha, Andy Hamilton.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Timothy and Samuel West, Craig Brown & Jenny Eclair.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Sheila McClennon introduces her selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Things are tense at Lower Loxley and can Adam break the deadlock for Borchester Land? 19:15Includes a review of Made in Dagenham, plus KT Tunstall and two new TV cop dramas. 19:451/5Neil Macgregor with a powerful symbol from Shia Iran.
| 19:00Jazzer begs a favour and Matt does some serious thinking. 19:15Nick Hornby and Ben Folds, and a review of new Gauguin retrospective. 19:452/5Neil MacGregor with a miniature painting from Mughal India.
| 19:00Will it be a happy anniversary for Elizabeth and Nigel? 19:15Sir Michael Caine reflects on his Hollywood career, in the light of a new memoir. 19:453/5Neil MacGregor explores religion and politics in South East Asia through a shadow puppet.
| 19:00There's a shock in store for Kirsty and Patrick. 19:15Mark Lawson puts Alan Bennett in the Mastermind chair, on the TV plays of Alan Bennett. 19:454/5Neil MacGregor explores the Spanish religious conquest of Mexico with a map.
| 19:00Hayley's blood is boiling at Phoebe's latest news and Jamie has a lot to answer for. 19:15Sebastian Junger on Restrepo; children's author Cornelia Funke; photographer Martin Parr. 19:455/5Neil MacGregor with a souvenir of the 100th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.
| 19:00Series of profiles of people who are currently making headlines. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:00Things take a surprising turn for Jill. 19:15The anatomy of a recall, US style. Matt Frei talks to the mayor of North Pole, Alaska. 19:451/3By Roy Apps. Eleanor must find new ways to pay her granddaughter's school fees.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Nigeria at 50 - two men tell the story of the end of Empire and the colonial handover. 20:30Anne McElvoy examines what the origins of the government's Big Society idea tell us.
| 20:00Why do foreign students come to study in Britain and is the dream different from reality? 20:40Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
| 20:002/4Mariella Frostrup and her guests ask whether we're having too many children or too few. 20:45Mary Kenny reflects on a tendency to medicalise as depression what was once melancholia.
| 20:00How the plan to build an Islamic Centre near Ground Zero has polarised America. 20:30Evan Davis and guests discuss staying ahead of the competition and business gibberish.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Forest Row, East Sussex. 20:50Lisa Jardine puts an historical perspective on the upcoming government spending cuts.
| 20:00David Davis explores the history of a crucial political group: the working-class Tories.
| 20:00We examine official statistics on sexual identity and the micromort measure of risk. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Tony Curtis, Gennady Yanayev, Catherine Walker, Jimi Heselden.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper investigates the news in science and science in the news. 21:30Andrew Marr talks to Will Hutton, Lars Kroijer, Billy Ivory and Ronit Avni.
| 21:00Why does time seem to speed up the older you get? Ian Peacock explores time perception. 21:302/3Steve Richards tells the inside story of Gordon Brown's time as prime minister.
| 21:00Tom Heap finds out if Carbon Capture and Storage will ever be the magic bullet we need. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Kit Chapman.
| 21:0022/40Saving Species visits the Mississippi Delta in the aftermarth of the Gulf oil spill. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Delphic Oracle.
| 21:00Penelope Fitzgerald's novel of an English family in Moscow, adapted by Penny Leicester.
| 21:002/2After her dismissal from department store, Denise is determined to find other work.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Glenys Kinnock presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity One World Action. 21:30Anne McElvoy examines what the origins of the government's Big Society idea tell us. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:456/10Beatrice learns about the three drugs which were found in her sister's body.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis, with Robin Lustig. 22:457/10Following her discovery of a motive for her sister's murder, Bee closes in on the killer.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis, with Robin Lustig. 22:458/10A crucial discovery confirms Bee's suspicions, but she has yet to convince the police.
| 22:00Daily news and current affairs programme bringing you global news and analysis. 22:459/10Beatrice is determined to prove the link between the gene therapy and her sister's murder.
| 22:00Daily news and current affairs programme bringing you global news and analysis. 22:4510/10Beatrice now knows who killed her sister, and why, but has the knowledge come too late?
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:152/4Mariella Frostrup and her guests ask whether we're having too many children or too few.
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. 22:45James Forsyth takes a look at how the broadsheets and red tops treat the week's news.
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| 23:00 | 23:002/6Irish comedy star Neil Delamere provides more laughs than answers this week. 23:301/10Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science.(R) 23:452/10Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science.(R)
| 23:001/4Shappi Khorsandi shares her experiences of growing up in her Iranian family.(R) 23:303/10Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science.(R) 23:454/10Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science.(R)
| 23:001/4The music hall artiste and OAP raps with beatboxer Shlomo, probing buzz words. 23:151/4Miriam Elia's sketch show. Moses receives his first Commandments. 23:305/10Professor Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics drives science.(R) 23:456/10Professor Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics drives science.(R)
| 23:005/6A date with a slightly disappointing superhero.(R) 23:307/10Professor Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics drives science.(R) 23:458/10Professor Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics drives science.(R)
| 23:00Gerald Scarfe chooses an icon who created icons. 23:309/10Professor Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics drives science.(R) 23:4510/10Professor Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics drives science.(R)
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs as Wales take on Northern Ireland. 23:30Roger McGough introduces a selection of American poems.
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to Murray Melvin, the star of A Taste of Honey. 23:30The writer Sarah Cuddon explores the ancient notion of Snakes and Ladders.
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