| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Why does the US support capital punishment? Also, illegal workers in the UK. 00:45The bells of St Bartholomew, Smithfield, London. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Annie Proulx sets out to build her dream house in remote Wyoming. Read by Laura Brook. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Annie Proulx hires an architect for her new Wyoming home, and tree planting begins. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Annie Proulx sets out to build her dream house in remote Wyoming. Read by Laura Brook. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Annie Proulx sets out to build her dream house in remote Wyoming. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Annie Proulx sets out to build her dream house in remote Wyoming. Read by Laura Brook. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3Plans for the 'grand tour' go awry.(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.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With singer and broadcaster Beverley Humphreys. 05:45A farmer explains how the planned high speed rail link HS2 will destroy his business. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With singer and broadcaster Beverley Humphreys.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With singer and broadcaster Beverley Humphreys. 05:45Warnings that family farms are under threat of industrialization.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With singer and broadcaster Beverley Humphreys. 05:45Pig farmers protesting about low prices are taking a giant fake sausage to Westminster.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With singer and broadcaster Beverley Humphreys. 05:45Charlotte Smith meets pig farmers protesting at Downing Street.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43With the Rt Rev Nigel McCulloch, Bishop of Manchester. 05:45"Can you hear the shooting?" Ex-pat listeners recall witnessing Middle East crises.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Mary's, Barnes, London. 05:45Chris Bowlby looks at the life of John Galliano, the fashion designer sacked by Dior.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Liam Fox on Libya, Colin Firth's Oscar win and Patrick Moore on the 700th Sky at Night.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Yesterday in Parliament; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Debating BSkyB's move on Sky News, vocational education and UFO sightings.
| 06:00With Sir Howard Davies, author Margaret Atwood and 7/7 survivor Tim Coulson.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Stuart Maconie takes in the Manchester skyline with poet Simon Armitage. 06:30Farming Today This Week reports on the future for family-run farms. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully considers Abraham's legacy for Judaism, Islam and Christianity. 06:35Elinor Goodman's by a Dorset river, exploring how farmers are reducing pollution. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Can the UK learn from the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan? Plus the West End's top dog.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Martha Kearney presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Bees for Development. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10The first of a series preparing us for Lent live from the Bar Convent York. 08:50David Attenborough's fascination with the fossilised evidence of the beginning of life.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Helena Kennedy, Mark Malloch-Brown, David Gilmour and Daniel Kawczynski. 09:451/5Annie Proulx sets out to build her dream house in remote Wyoming. Read by Laura Brook.
| 09:00Former motor racing boss Max Mosley speaks to John Humphrys. 09:305/5Professor Peter French talks about the science of forensic acoustics. 09:452/5Annie Proulx hires an architect for her new Wyoming home, and tree planting begins.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Larry Lamb. 09:453/5Annie Proulx sets out to build her dream house in remote Wyoming. Read by Laura Brook.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the age of the Universe. 09:454/5Annie Proulx sets out to build her dream house in remote Wyoming.
| 09:00Dame Anne Owers joins Kirsty Young to choose her Desert Island Discs. 09:455/5Annie Proulx sets out to build her dream house in remote Wyoming. Read by Laura Brook.
| 09:00Fi Glover with broadcaster Angela Rippon; Inheritance Tracks from musician Peter Hook.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Jane Garvey asks how do we stop the next generation of women from hating their bodies? 10:451/5Linus is tired of stories and keen to escape his agent. Then he meets Alice.
| 10:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Including businesswoman Daniella Genas and her mentor Gita Patel 10:452/5Linus and Alice grow closer, but her sister Naomi seems intent on making trouble.
| 10:00Jenni Murray is joined by former MP and Home Secretary Jacqui Smith. 10:453/5Linus is no longer sure who to believe, as revelations and suspicions arise.
| 10:00Jenni Murray talks to Sarah Brown about life 'Behind the Black Door'. 10:454/5Linus Scott seems to be losing his composure. Has he really seen a ghost?
| 10:00Jenni Murray presents. Maxine Peake; women at the Bar; Keeping Friends. 10:455/5Linus confronts Alice in a bid to get some answers about the strange events.
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig explores the Antarctic and the Rift Valley. 10:30The serious and not so serious side of returning unwanted gifts and faulty products.
| 10:00David takes his eye off the ball and it's confession time for Kenton.
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| 11:00 | 11:002/2Matthew Sweet explores Chaplin's vast archive of unfinished scripts, letters and cuttings. 11:302/6Brian travels to Juradia, a country where every other person is a lawyer.
| 11:00Materials scientist Mark Miodownik asks whether we could live without cash. 11:30An appreciation of painter Peter Lanyon, who was soaring to fame when his glider crashed.
| 11:003/4Jolyon Jenkins reports on the "Death of a Princess" film which angered the Saudis in 1980. 11:306/6TV is coming! Churches unite in moral outrage!
| 11:00Kate Adie presents a selection of despatches from around the world. 11:30Andrew Hussey explores how France played a pivotal role in the explosion of 1970s punk.
| 11:002/3Hardeep Singh Kohli surveys the nation with his own version of the census. 11:302/6A gay divorcee gives Hope pause for thought in the sandwich bar.
| 11:00Elinor Goodman looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Journalists' despatches from around the world introduced by Kate Adie.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor reunites those behind the humanitarian aid operation during the Bosnian war.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Julian Worricker talks to Ron Gainsford, chief executive of Trading Standards Institute. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00How much should the UK spend on overseas aid, on what and where? youandyours@bbc.co.uk. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Lloyd Grossman on hospital food, social care policy in Wales, Youth Hostel Association. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Why retirement flat operators are still charging exit fees despite an OFT warning. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Fuel surcharges, the art of complaining and parking in the future, with Peter White. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Paul Lewis brings you the latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:301/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis return with another series of topical stand-up and sketches. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:004/8Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Julian Clary, Graham Norton and Terry Wogan 12:32Simon Parkes reports from Japan on new ideas being developed for the future its food. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Latest from Libya. UK guard guilty of Baghdad murders. A mum's guide to Oscar winning. 13:302/6Three students from Durham University take on their professors in a battle of wits.
| 13:00Thirty minutes of news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:30Music lovers describe the impact that Mozart's Clarinet Quintet has had on their lives.
| 13:00Thirty minutes of news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:30Marie Colvin on interviewing Gaddafi; product placement; trademarking Julian Assange.
| 13:00Thirty minutes of news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:30Could coral provide answers as to how our environment adapts or fails? Tom Heap finds out.
| 13:00Thirty minutes of news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:30Hardeep Singh Kohli's first kiss, music and speech. Presented by Roger Bolton.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the live debate from Balfron High School in Stirling, Scotland.
| 13:00In-depth reporting of national and international events. 13:301/2Mark Vernon asks whether we have lost our ability to doubt well.
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| 14:00 | 14:00David takes his eye off the ball. 14:156/6Imam Jawad and Rabbi Greenberg hate each other. But something strange and spooky occurs.
| 14:00Lilian finds refuge at Jaxx. 14:15Nancy knows her teenage son doesn't like washing, but she has no idea of the consequences.
| 14:00It's confession time for Kenton. 14:151/4Inspector James McLevy investigates the kidnap of a women's rights campaigner.
| 14:00Phoebe is having sleepless nights. 14:15Three former spies, now in an old people's home, remember their old missions.
| 14:00Kenton is feeling apprehensive. 14:15Events from her past come back to haunt hotel receptionist, Helen.
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30New drama set in 2004, on the release of Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu.
| 14:00Eric Robson and the team are in Northumberland. Also: an update from the 2012 Olympic Park 14:452/5Tony Hill looks at the genesis of five important inventions that were ahead of their time.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The International Brigade volunteers recount their experiences of the Spanish Civil War. 15:451/5Two forensic pathologists compare notes on the changes scientific advances have brought.
| 15:00Tom Holland with the first in a new series of Radio 4's popular history magazine. 15:301/3By Marina Warner. A niece rolls up to her aunt's place in a flash car. 15:452/5Two police sergeants discuss how they deal with a suspect coming into police custody.
| 15:00Paul Lewis and guests answer calls on the state pension. 15:302/3By Paul Farley. A young boy's letter gets a reply 30 years later. 15:453/5Two women compare how the treatment of victims of domestic abuse has changed over time.
| 15:00Stuart Maconie hikes up the Garth outside Cardiff with a group of women walkers. 15:27Barry Cryer presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Prostate Action. 15:303/3Salley Vickers reads her own story to an audience at the Bath Festival of Literature. 15:454/5Two magistrates highlight the many changes in legislation and the move to virtual courts.
| 15:00Eric Robson and the team are in Northumberland. Also: an update from the 2012 Olympic Park 15:455/5Ex-offenders Tony and Patrick compare their very different experiences of prison life.
| 15:30Music lovers describe the impact that Mozart's Clarinet Quintet has had on their lives.
| 15:001/2Anna Tellwright inherits a fortune and provokes her father.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon investigates the role malt plays in our drinks and diet. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss male spirituality and ask why so few men go to church.
| 16:00As trials become more complicated, Joshua Rozenberg asks what is the future for juries? 16:30Harriett Gilbert presents a special edition of A Good Read for World Book Night.
| 16:00Is happiness the answer? Pascal Bruckner says it is not. Also, the legacies of the poor. 16:30Dr Mark Porter investigates health issues of the day.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to American novelist Kim Edwards about her new book. 16:30Quentin Cooper investigates the news in science and science in the news.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Suze Rotolo, Susan Crosland, Jane Russell and Major Peter Parkes. 16:30Francine Stock talks to director Marc Evans about his road movie Patagonia.
| 16:00Jane Garvey presents: Sarah Brown, women QCs and Jacqui Smith on pornography.
| 16:00James Naughtie talks to Benjamin Zephaniah about his novel for young adults Refugee Boy. 16:30Roger McGough introduces requests for poems that could inspire athletes at the Olympics.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories.
| 17:00PM asks where is the evidence that Colonel Gaddafi has killed people from the air?
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories.
| 17:00Carolyn Quinn brings you the top stories of the day.
| 17:00Carolyn Quinn presents the day's top stories. 17:30Stephanie Flanders and guests swap thoughts on timing and keeping up with current events. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Family doctors are key to the Government health reforms, but how efficient are our GPs? 17:40Chris Bowlby looks at the life of John Galliano, the fashion designer sacked by Dior. 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, Julian Clary, Graham Norton and Terry Wogan
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4Jo Caulfield fails to shut up about the global banking system and Kerry Katona.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Phil Hammond grills his three guests about a record of their choosing.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Kate Adie tries eating porridge, bingo, yoga and reading Swallows and Amazons.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis return with another series of topical stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by David Starkey, Rory McGrath and James Purefoy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15John Waite makes his selection from the week's radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Lilian finds refuge at Jaxx. 19:15Jamie's Dream School reviewed; Claude-Michel Schonberg and David Nixon discuss Cleopatra. 19:451/5Linus is tired of stories and keen to escape his agent. Then he meets Alice.
| 19:00It's confession time for Kenton. 19:15With John Wilson: the Royal Ballet's new full-length Alice reviewed; writer Ben Macintyre. 19:452/5Linus and Alice grow closer, but her sister Naomi seems intent on making trouble.
| 19:00Phoebe is having sleepless nights. 19:15The Wizard of Oz reviewed and Mark Lawson finds out about Striggio's lost 40 part mass. 19:453/5Linus is no longer sure who to believe, as revelations and suspicions arise.
| 19:00Kenton is feeling apprehensive. 19:15Mark Lawson talks to actress Helen Mirren and crime writer Lee Child. 19:454/5Linus Scott seems to be losing his composure. Has he really seen a ghost?
| 19:00Elizabeth waits nervously for news. 19:15John Wilson meets Nigel Slater and reveals the verse chosen for the London Olympics 2012. 19:455/5Linus confronts Alice in a bid to get some answers about the strange events.
| 19:00Chris Bowlby looks at the life of John Galliano, the fashion designer sacked by Dior. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the cultural highlights of the week.
| 19:00David has something important to say. 19:15With unrest and uncertainty in the Middle East what could or should the US do? 19:451/5The fearless crew are plummeting towards Mars with no thick atmosphere to slow them down.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00How an 18th century giant is helping his descendants avoid growing to his extreme height. 20:30Maha Azzam examines the long term implications of the recent uprisings in the Middle East.
| 20:00Family doctors are key to the Government health reforms, but how efficient are our GPs? 20:40Peter White on the stigma of blindness in Kenya and style advice for blind fashionistas.
| 20:00Combative debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. 20:455/6Naomi Shragai on how her beliefs were challenged only after she left moved neighbourhood.
| 20:00Hugh Miles reveals the background to recent events in Libya. 20:30Stephanie Flanders and guests swap thoughts on timing and keeping up with current events.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the live debate from Balfron High School in Stirling, Scotland. 20:50David Attenborough's fascination with the fossilised evidence of the beginning of life.
| 20:00As Rupert Murdoch turns 80, Steve Hewlett assesses his impact.
| 20:00Hardeep Singh Kohli's first kiss, music and speech. Presented by Roger Bolton. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Suze Rotolo, Susan Crosland, Jane Russell and Major Peter Parkes.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper investigates the news in science and science in the news. 21:30Andrew Marr with Helena Kennedy, Mark Malloch-Brown, David Gilmour and Daniel Kawczynski.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter investigates health issues of the day. 21:30Former motor racing boss Max Mosley speaks to John Humphrys.
| 21:00Could coral provide answers as to how our environment adapts or fails? Tom Heap finds out. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Larry Lamb.
| 21:002/2Rod Liddle debates our reactions to the familiar kestrel and the well nurtured red kite. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the age of the Universe.
| 21:00By Peter Jukes. Eliot it thrust into danger when his gangster friend hands him a phone.(R)
| 21:002/2Epic tale of Magnolia Hawks and her life aboard the Cotton Blossom Floating Palace Theatre
| 21:00Hugh Miles reveals the background to recent events in Libya. 21:26Martha Kearney presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Bees for Development. 21:30Maha Azzam examines the long term implications of the recent uprisings in the Middle East.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Daily news and current affairs programme bringing you global news and analysis. 22:451/5Heat, dust and passion are central in this compelling classic Colombian tale.
| 22:00Daily news and current affairs programme bringing you global news and analysis. 22:452/5The narrator continues to piece together events of the day when his friend was murdered.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:453/5The bride is returned to her family home only hours after the wedding.
| 22:00Daily news and current affairs programme bringing you global news and analysis. 22:454/5Few believed that Santiago Nasar was guilty but the Vicario brothers wanted his blood.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:455/5The fragments of memory chronicled by the narrator all point to an inevitable end.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Combative debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45David Aaronovitch takes a look at how the broadsheets and red tops treat the week's news.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Mark Watson continues his quest to improve the world and invites you to join in...LIVE. 23:30Sean Curran reports on events at Westminster.
| 23:00Surviving astronauts reveal the story of their 1969 mission to the moon. Mockumentary.(R) 23:30Alicia McCarthy reports on events at Westminster.
| 23:006/6With hopes of a promotion, Mordrin pulls out the stops for Merlin's visit to Blairochil. 23:156/6Bob gets a job offer from India and organises a huge launch party for his new employers. 23:30Sean Curran reports on events at Westminster.
| 23:003/6The panel show hosted by Angus Deayton and devised by the panellists. 23:30Alicia McCarthy reports on events at Westminster.
| 23:00Harriett Gilbert presents a special edition of A Good Read for World Book Night. 23:30Mark D'arcy presents today's news from Westminster.
| 23:002/6Three students from Durham University take on their professors in a battle of wits. 23:30Roger McGough with consoling poems, including work by Derek Mahon and Philip Larkin.
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to director Marc Evans about his road movie Patagonia. 23:30Mark Tully considers Abraham's legacy for Judaism, Islam and Christianity.
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