| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor discusses the family and why we should be sceptical about science. 00:45The bells of St Mary's Church, Ilmington, Warwickshire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Philip Larkin arrives in Belfast to take up his new job as librarian at the University. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Coverage of the US mid-term elections.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Poet Philip Larkin successfully gains the Head Librarianship in Hull. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Philip Larkin works on his poem about 'An Arundel Tomb'. An intimate insight into the poet 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00Ricky Ross looks at the life and work of the Scottish comedian and actor, Will Fyffe. 00:305/5Despite his success, 50-year-old Larkin wonders if he has achieved all he could. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00Grayson Perry and his teddy Alan Measles tour Bavaria on a customised motorcycle.(R) 00:302/3By Malachi Whitaker. Betty finds it hard to come to terms with Ben's retirement.(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 Shaunaka Rishi Das, Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. 05:45Caz Graham hears Britain's seas will have a full planning system for the first time. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With Shaunaka Rishi Das, Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. 05:45Anna Hill hears how private business may cash in if the National Forests are sold off.
| 05:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With Shaunaka Rishi Das, Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. 05:45Haddock from sustainable stocks will now be clearly labelled.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With Shaunaka Rishi Das, Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. 05:4538 people died working on British farms last year. We ask how farming can be made safer.
| 05:30The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With Shaunaka Rishi Das, Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. 05:45The RSPCA claims chickens from Thailand enjoy better welfare than British birds.
| 05:30The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With Shaunaka Rishi Das, Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. 05:45"On tour we never have time to grieve." An army chaplain on Afghanistan and remembrance.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of the Parish Church of St Peter, Tiverton, Devon. 05:45Alcoholics Anonymous calls it "the Bible" : literary critic John Sutherland delves deeper.
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| 06:00 | 06:00The armed forces' new head, Gen David Richards, outlines his priorities.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
| 06:00Ian Hislop examines the iconic status of Lord Kitchener, the face of World War I.(R) 06:30Is it painful to economise? Debate with David Collins, Laurie Penny and Pauline Black.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Owen Sheers explores Wales' secret military history from World War II. 06:30News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Writer Irma Kurtz reflects on the medieval troubadours and how they have evolved. 06:35Of the 6500 wasp and bee species in the UK, only one can make a clay pot: the potter wasp. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | 07:00News bulletin from the BBC. 07:151/5At low tide, the vast expanses of mud are a magnet for migratory birds.(R) 07:30Lord Digby Jones chooses wartime leader, Winston Churchill.(R)
| 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. 07:55Margaret Magnusson presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Pancreatic Cancer UK. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | 08:00News bulletin from the BBC. 08:152/5As the tide turns, the feeding birds are forced to move nearer and nearer the shore.(R) 08:303/6Dame Joan Bakewell listens to the Arctic Monkeys and has a beatboxing lesson.(R)
| | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Mass, live from Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge. 08:50Sarah Dunant sees the balance between past and present epitomised at Kensington Palace.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Fintan O'Toole, Deborah Cadbury, Nick Boles and Steven Isserlis. 09:451/5Philip Larkin arrives in Belfast to take up his new job as librarian at the University.
| 09:00Jonathan Freedland is in Washington DC to compare the mid-term elections of 2010 and 1982. 09:304/5A series of personal reflections and reminiscences about the independence era in Africa. 09:452/5Philip Larkin advises Monica on her conversational style and meets EM Forster.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Michele Dotrice. 09:453/5Poet Philip Larkin successfully gains the Head Librarianship in Hull.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the role played by women in Enlightenment science. 09:454/5Philip Larkin works on his poem about 'An Arundel Tomb'. An intimate insight into the poet
| 09:00Chinese pianist Lang Lang joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs. 09:455/5Despite his success, 50-year-old Larkin wonders if he has achieved all he could.
| 09:00Repeat. Real life stories presented by Richard Coles.(R)
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Over 50 and HIV+, sons in a war zone and running v walking. 10:456/10A dramatisation of Lionel Shriver's unflinching new novel. How much money is a life worth?
| 10:00With Jane Garvey. Including Maureen Lipman on her new collection of monologues. 10:457/10A dramatisation of Lionel Shriver's unflinching new novel. How much money is a life worth?
| 10:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Including Joan Rivers on her film 'A Piece of Work'. 10:458/10A dramatisation of Lionel Shriver's unflinching new novel. How much money is a life worth?
| 10:00With Jane Garvey. Including the actress Lesley Manville on her latest film 'Another Year'. 10:459/10A dramatisation of Lionel Shriver's unflinching new novel. How much money is a life worth?
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Getting the best for your special needs child; Polly Samson. 10:4510/10A dramatisation of Lionel Shriver's unflinching new novel. How much money is a life worth?
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig takes the 49 bus from Swindon to Devizes. 10:30Comedian Ross Noble revisits the Goodies world of rampaging Dougals and funky gibbons.
| 10:00Jolene shares her concerns and Lynda does some creative thinking.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Grayson Perry and his teddy Alan Measles tour Bavaria on a customised motorcycle. 11:305/6The satirist dips into private journals, as autumn brings gloom for Sylvia Plath.
| 11:0027/40Saving Species visits Islay in Scotland in the company of twenty five thousand geese. 11:30Toby Jones marks the 50th anniversary of notorious British horror film 'Peeping Tom'.
| 11:00An iconic pair of boots turns fifty this year: Sarfraz Manzoor looks at Doc Martens. 11:305/6Prince Charles ends up helping his driver move a sideboard.(R)
| 11:00Analysis, colour and wit. The context and background to those foreign news stories. 11:30Ricky Ross looks at the life and work of the Scottish comedian and actor, Will Fyffe.
| 11:00On the African plains, science reveals the secret agility of the elephant mind(R) 11:301/4Reluctant arms dealer Simon has a chance to leave during a takeover bid.
| 11:00Peter Riddell looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Christopher Landau explores the explosive growth of Christianity in China.(R)
| 11:15Poet and broadcaster Ian McMillan joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Julian Worricker on how our attitude to energy has changed over the past 40 years. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Renting A Home - your experiences. Call You and Yours with Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer affairs with Winifred Robinson. Are farmers powering the rush to solar power? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer affairs with Winifred Robinson. GP links with private firms. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Join Julian Worricker as we celebrate You and Yours' 40th Birthday.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00News and advice on safeguarding and improving your personal finances. 12:307/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:006/6David Mitchell chairs. With Rhod Gilbert, Kevin Bridges, Tom Wrigglesworth and Lucy Porter 12:32Sheila Dillon hears from some of the world's disappearing food tribes. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news. 13:30Russell Davies continues the hunt for the 58th Brain of Britain.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:30Phill Jupitus asks if the modern drummer really is the joker of a band.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:30Daybreak and dumbing down at ITV; Times editor on paywalls; Ian Hislop on journalism.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:30Is it painful to economise? Debate with David Collins, Laurie Penny and Pauline Black.
| 13:00The latest news from around the UK and around the world. 13:151/5A series of personal reflections and reminiscences about the independence era in Africa.(R) 13:30Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations.
| 13:00Sarah Dunant sees the balance between past and present epitomised at Kensington Palace. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical discussion from St Bryce Kirk in Kirkcaldy, Fife.
| 13:00A look at events around the world. 13:302/3Mukti Jain Campion finds out why so many multinationals recruit students from India.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Jolene shares her concerns and Harry enters the Twilight Zone. 14:152/5The PM has to fight it out with the Sheriff of Essex.
| 14:00Helen experiences a new sensation and Tom's got his eye on profit margins. 14:15A man arriving at the bedside of his unwell elderly mother can't sit with her. Why?
| 14:00Lilian keeps an eye on her investment and Ed is fuming. 14:15Old grudges resurface as Miss St Andrews 1961 meets her old rival 50 years on.
| 14:00Pat tries to take her mind off her worries and Lynda's panto casting reaches crisis point. 14:15By Gillian Plowman. A recently widowed woman begins to write to an African child.
| 14:00Lynda does some creative thinking and Jazzer tries a new experience. 14:15Kate returns to South Africa to meet Gracey, the woman she betrayed 25 years earlier.
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Play about the tense negotiation following the 2010 General Election.
| 14:00Eric Robson and the panel are guests of the Sussex U3A Regional Association. 14:454/5Dr Hilary Jones considers the history of obesity remedies.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00An acoustic journey by train across Mexico recreated with archive recordings. 15:456/12How the rural landscape came to be seen as a place of healing for First World War veterans
| 15:00Mysterious froth; satellite watching; salty kingfishers. 15:301/3Rory Kinnear reads Unwanted Presence by Lynda La Plante. 15:457/12How gardens became more than just lawns and borders.
| 15:00Vincent Duggleby and guests answer calls on financial issues. 15:302/3Eugene O'Hare reads In Pursuit of the Uneatable by Brian McGilloway. 15:458/12How Mother Nature inspired a group of 1970s artists to paint rural life in the countryside
| 15:00What is life like in Britain's most haunted village? Helen Mark is in Pluckley to find out 15:27Fergus Walsh presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity LEPRA Health in Action. 15:303/3James Fleet reads Catch-13 by Andrew Taylor. 15:459/12How John Seymour's 1976 Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency proved a hit with city dwellers.
| 15:00Eric Robson and the panel are guests of the Sussex U3A Regional Association. 15:4510/12How the idea of escaping to the countryside is as old as the Romans.
| 15:30Phill Jupitus asks if the modern drummer really is the joker of a band.
| 15:002/2Sita has been abducted by a ruthless warlord. Rama enlists the help of an army of monkeys.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Can we afford new standards in public food? Simon Parkes finds out. 16:304/5Simon Cox with the latest news from the world of technology.
| 16:00Joshua Rozenberg looks at the issue of military justice. 16:30Mike Brearley and Julie Welch join Sue MacGregor to talk favourite books.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores the growth of high security prisons in America. 16:30Claudia Hammond on the UK's first study from the Iraq war zone.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to author and historian Amanda Foreman about her new book. 16:30The International Space Station; Giant Dragonflies; Objects that changed the World.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Ted Sorenson, Maurice Murphy, John Huchra and Ronnie Clayton. 16:30In an extended interview, Francine Stock talks to Mike Leigh about Another Year.
| 16:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Maureen Lipman on the art of delivering a monologue.
| 16:00James Naughtie talks to Claire Tomalin about her biography of Thomas Hardy. 16:30Award-winning poet Daljit Nagra explores the story of Indian poetry in English.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:003/6Dr Phil Hammond is joined by Milton Jones, Wilf Lunn and Rachel Johnson.(R) 17:301/6With Sean Lock, Brian Blessed and Richard Fortey.(R)
| 17:005/6Rebecca Front, novelist Robert Hudson and James Brown bring their music to the group. 17:30Evan Davis and guests discuss upstart companies versus incumbents, and company names. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00How British Somalis are recruited to fight for the banned Islamist group, al-Shabaab. 17:402/8Poets Jo Shapcott and Paul Farley respond to a week of bombs, blasts and bonfires. 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. 18:306/6David Mitchell chairs. With Rhod Gilbert, Kevin Bridges, Tom Wrigglesworth and Lucy Porter
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6James Walton hosts the literary quiz, discussing the Twilight author with his guests.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Spoof documentary set in 2014, looking back at the fiasco that was the London Olympics.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4Richard Herring examines why we hate the idea of cloning without really understanding it.
| 18:00The latest news from around the UK and around the world. 18:307/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.
| 18:005/6Piers Morgan discovers that his father is one of three reality show judges.(R) 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Willy Russell, Ruth Goodman and Sandie Shaw.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Sheila McClennon makes her selection from the week's radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Helen experiences a new sensation and Tom's got his eye on profit margins. 19:15Mark Lawson talks to PD James as her only work about a true crime is republished. 19:456/10A dramatisation of Lionel Shriver's unflinching new novel. How much money is a life worth?
| 19:00Lilian keeps an eye on her investment and Ed is fuming. 19:15Brett Anderson and Mat Osman from the re-formed band Suede; Let Me In reviewed. 19:457/10A dramatisation of Lionel Shriver's unflinching new novel. How much money is a life worth?
| 19:00Pat tries to take her mind off her worries and Lynda's panto casting reaches crisis point. 19:15Mark Lawson talks to Dawn French about her first novel, and to jazz singer Cleo Laine. 19:458/10A dramatisation of Lionel Shriver's unflinching new novel. How much money is a life worth?
| 19:00Lynda does some creative thinking and Jazzer tries a new experience. 19:15With Mark Lawson, including an interview with South African playwright Athol Fugard. 19:459/10A dramatisation of Lionel Shriver's unflinching new novel. How much money is a life worth?
| 19:00It's a tough night for Jolene and will Kenton mend things with Jamie? 19:15Mark Lawson meets Karin Slaughter and Jeff Deaver at Harrogate's Crime Writing Festival.(R) 19:4510/10A dramatisation of Lionel Shriver's unflinching new novel. How much money is a life worth?
| 19:002/8Poets Jo Shapcott and Paul Farley respond to a week of bombs, blasts and bonfires. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the cultural highlights of the week.
| 19:00Peggy's received an intriguing email and Harry has some cheering news for Lynda. 19:15As President Obama heads to India, Americana looks at the impact of India on U.S. culture. 19:453/3Alam goes on a dangerous journey to the glittering promise of Europe.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Winifred Robinson explores whether more people should get the sack. 20:30With future defence under scrutiny Kenneth Payne asks: are we losing the will to wage war?
| 20:00How British Somalis are recruited to fight for the banned Islamist group, al-Shabaab. 20:40In Touch investigates the state of the nation's pavements.
| 20:00Terrorism, civil liberties and the climate of fear, chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Alcoholics Anonymous calls it "the Bible" : literary critic John Sutherland delves deeper.
| 20:00Joshua Rozenberg looks at the issue of military justice. 20:30Evan Davis and guests discuss upstart companies versus incumbents, and company names.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical discussion from St Bryce Kirk in Kirkcaldy, Fife. 20:50Sarah Dunant sees the balance between past and present epitomised at Kensington Palace.
| 20:00Iain Sinclair finds out why the weather forecast has always been a national obsession.
| 20:00Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Ted Sorenson, Maurice Murphy, John Huchra and Ronnie Clayton.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Indonesian disasters; The first electronics; Pollution from space travel. 21:30Andrew Marr with Fintan O'Toole, Deborah Cadbury, Nick Boles and Steven Isserlis.
| 21:00Claudia Hammond on the UK's first study from the Iraq war zone. 21:30Jonathan Freedland is in Washington DC to compare the mid-term elections of 2010 and 1982.
| 21:00Is a new personalised drug for skin cancer set to revolutionise cancer medicine? 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Michele Dotrice.
| 21:0027/40Saving Species visits Islay in Scotland in the company of twenty five thousand geese. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the role played by women in Enlightenment science.
| 21:00Neil MacGregor retells humanity's history through the objects it has made
| 21:001/2Teenage Sita sees a beautiful stranger in the street. She must marry him or she'll die.
| 21:00News and advice on safeguarding and improving your personal finances. 21:26Margaret Magnusson presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Pancreatic Cancer UK. 21:30With future defence under scrutiny Kenneth Payne asks: are we losing the will to wage war? 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:456/10Wen is desperate to get a new passport so he can leave the UK.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:457/10Wen gets a job tending to Miriam's garden but is still terrified of the Snakeheads.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:458/10Lili finally discovers that her brother Wen is not dead.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:459/10Lili discovers the existence of Angie and her relationship with her brother Wen.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:4510/10Wen escapes from the Snakeheads but knows he must make reparation if he is to survive.
| 22:002/5A series of personal reflections and reminiscences about the independence era in Africa.(R) 22:15Terrorism, civil liberties and the climate of fear, chaired by Michael Buerk.
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. 22:45Gary Younge is in New York to look at how the US papers cover the Mid Term Elections.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Sue Perkins explores the house of Dr Johnson, author of the great English dictionary. 23:30Susan Hulme reports on events at Westminster.
| 23:002/6Nat Segnit explores the tale of a Uruguayan footballer battling to foil a scandal. 23:30Sean Curran reports on events at Westminster.
| 23:00Performance poetry, this week starring Molly Naylor who was on one of the 7/7 trains. 23:152/6Restarting his stand-up comic career in Newcastle is not all that Jimmy has planned. 23:30All the news from the Commons and the Lords, including this week's PMQs.
| 23:003/4Someone is determined to kill Jodie, but can Charles save the day before it's too late?(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports on events at Westminster.
| 23:00Mother and son writers Judith Kerr and Matthew Kneale discuss their paperback choices. 23:30Mark D'arcy presents a round up of the week's parliamentary news.
| 23:00Russell Davies continues the hunt for the 58th Brain of Britain. 23:30Poet and broadcaster Paul Farley's re-envisages Michael Drayton's Poly-Olbion.
| 23:00In an extended interview, Francine Stock talks to Mike Leigh about Another Year. 23:30Writer Irma Kurtz reflects on the medieval troubadours and how they have evolved.
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