| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15A special edition with new research from the British Sociological Association conference. 00:45The bells of St John Baptist, Burford, Oxfordshire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Poets Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts journey into England's true wilderness. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Landfill sites and sewage treatment works. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Poets Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts' journey into England's true wilderness. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts look at retail parks and edgeland hotels. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Ruined warehouses and abandoned piers. With Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3By Christopher Priest. Replying to an email, Mr Frogle is sure nothing will be the same.(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.
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| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With the Rt Rev and Rt Hon Richard Chartres, Bishop of London. 05:45Fabrics from the farm: Sarah Swadling finds out about making clothes from Alpaca fleece. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With the Rt Rev and Rt Hon Richard Chartres, Bishop of London. 05:45'The best thing that could ever happen to me.' The farmers returning to dairy production.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With the Rt Rev and Rt Hon Richard Chartres, Bishop of London. 05:45Plastic pollution in an important Scottish langoustine fishery. With Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With the Rt Rev and Rt Hon Richard Chartres, Bishop of London. 05:45Are Britain's dairy cows fit for purpose? Charlotte Smith reports.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With the Rt Rev and Rt Hon Richard Chartres, Bishop of London. 05:45Warm weather brings swathes of bluebells in British woodland.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43With the Rev Prof Peter Galloway. 05:45The news programme that starts with its listeners. With Jennifer Tracey and Eddie Mair.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Edward's, Egg Buckland, Devon. 05:45Christina Patterson says we should stop making excuses for bad nursing.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Has the row over the AV referendum damaged the coalition?
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Yesterday in Parliament; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Debating why the UN didn't condemn Syria, AV and PR and the royal wedding down under.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Yesterday in Parliament; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark visits Barra in the Outer Hebrides to hear about island life past and future. 06:30Fabrics from the farm: Charlotte Smith meets some 'Cotswold Lions'. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Irma Kurtz reflects on clocks and our need to measure time. 06:35The island of Islay hosts spectacular birdlife from geese to eagles to the rare chough. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Debating shared national moments, Egyptian alliances and female conductors.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Pippa Greenwood presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Self Help Africa. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service of the word from the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool. 08:50David Attenborough remembers puzzling over the Loch Ness Monster with Sir Peter Scott.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Greg Doran, Neil Astley, Claire Armitstead and Nicola Shulman. 09:451/5Poets Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts journey into England's true wilderness.
| 09:004/4James Rhodes and Susan Tomes, two concert pianists, discuss their work with Olivia O'Leary 09:303/8Nick Robinson looks at how William Gladstone handled the top job in politics. 09:452/5Landfill sites and sewage treatment works.
| 09:00Libby Purves is joined by Wayne Bartholomew, Mary King, Roger Garfitt and Randle Siddeley. 09:453/5Poets Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts' journey into England's true wilderness.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Rene Descartes' famous statement. 09:454/5Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts look at retail parks and edgeland hotels.
| 09:00Designer Cath Kidston joins Kirsty Young to choose her Desert Island Discs. 09:455/5Ruined warehouses and abandoned piers. With Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts.
| 09:00Richard Coles with comedian and activist Mark Thomas and poet Luke Wright.
| 09:00News, views and discussion ... with a difference.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Taking kids out of school to go on holiday - is it ever okay? 10:451/51913, Karen travels to Kenya to marry her second cousin and start a farm.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Andrew Morton's new book on the royal couple Kate and William. 10:452/5Karen is settling into life on the farm but Bror, her husband, has very different ideas.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Virginia Woolf's home - now preserved by the National Trust. 10:453/5Karen tells Denys and Berkeley about an intriguing visitor to her farm.
| 10:00Presented Jane Garvey. World War II and women; having an unpopular child. 10:454/5Karen and Denys indulge in two of their favourite pursuits: shooting lions and flying.
| 10:00James Naughtie leads the coverage with reporters around the processional route.
| 10:00John McCarthy hears about Albania, Africa and the Amazon. 10:30How Jayne Mansfield shook up the northern club scene before she died.
| 10:00Lilian's keen to welcome a new arrival. Meanwhile, worries mount about David.
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| 11:00 | 11:00The story of a Liverpool institution, Lewis's department store, which closed last year. 11:304/6The local traders are in revolt after a rowdy party shop opens in Lenzie.
| 11:001/30Five million swallows swirl above rural Nigeria, poised to migrate to Europe. 11:30Christine Finn explores how authors' archive is kept, now they write on screens not paper.
| 11:00The inside story of Ireland's bailout. Six months on, the main players tell their story. 11:304/6Care worker Beauty Olonga attends a dementia care conference. From 2011.
| 11:00Lucy Ash returns to some significant stories Crossing Continents covered in recent years. 11:30Henning Wehn investigates 'Ostrock' - the East German rock and pop music scene.
| | 11:00John Kampfner examines what the Coalition's proposals for planning mean for 'localism'. 11:30Kate Adie hosts despatches from Paris, Beirut, Islamabad, Antarctica and India.
| 11:15Professor of Chemistry David Phillips joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs
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| 12:00 | 12:00The impact of all-inclusive holidays; hidden holiday gems in the UK; camper van worship. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00How is the BBC doing? Your chance to tell the outgoing Chair of the BBC watchdog. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Lord Adonis on revitalising the social work profession, and volunteering via your mobile. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00We report on changes to the way that herbal medicines are to be marketed. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Paul Lewis asks what killed final salary pension schemes in this Money Box special. 12:303/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:004/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's comedy panel game 12:32Simon Parkes explores the connection between royal wedding banquets and British food. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Thirty minutes of news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:304/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz in Manchester.
| 13:00Thirty minutes of news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:301/5Phil Hammond's guests are David Nicholls, Julie Berry and Stewart Lee.
| 13:00Thirty minutes of news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:30Hugh Tomlinson QC and Guardian's Gill Phillips on privacy; Piers Morgan on Andy Coulson.
| 13:00Thirty minutes of news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:30Cocoa costs have soared recently. Tom Heap asks if costly chocolate might be good for all.
| 13:00Thirty minutes of news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:45A cornucopia of wedding-related numbers, and AV explained.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the live debate from Wotton Arts Festival in Gloucestershire.
| 13:00In-depth reporting of national and international events. 13:30Allan Little profiles the philosopher David Hume, born in 1711.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Kenton and Jolene find the perfect hideaway. 14:15Ten short plays about love. Writers include Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Tim Key and Josie Long.
| 14:00Lilian's keen to welcome a new arrival. 14:15Martin has a secret. A big secret. One that threatens to turn Ronnie's world upside down.
| 14:00Worries mount about David. 14:15By Anita Sullivan. A new play about fox hunting with Tim McInnerny and Russell Tovey.
| 14:00Ambridge finds out about a match made in heaven. 14:154/4Jack asks his nephew to take care of things so that he can get away for a few weeks.(R)
| 14:00Will finally comes clean with Nic. 14:15A spaceship arrives on Earth and finds a planet obsessed with alien concepts like 'money'.(R)
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:305/5By Frank Cottrell Boyce. 1977: The bored teenagers of Camberley are about to get punk.(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson leads a horticultural discussion in Carrickfergus, County Antrim. 14:451/5Hardeep Singh Kohli takes the word 'mattress' and sees where it leads him.
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| 15:00 | 15:00What's life like in an orchestra pit? Sarah Lenton investigates the Covent Garden archive.(R) 15:456/25Martin Sixsmith paints a portrait of Ivan the Terrible, the Tsar with absolute power.
| 15:00Fiona Watson presents the programme with a passion for the past. 15:301/3An attractive red-headed teacher meets five jolly men on a train going north. 15:457/25Martin Sixsmith describes how a new dynasty, the Romanovs, claimed absolute power.
| 15:00Vincent Duggleby and guests answer calls on the cost of getting married. 15:302/3The story of a young girl's visit to a northern dance hall. Why doesn't she want to dance? 15:458/25Martin Sixsmith tells the story of how Siberia became a key part of Russia's empire.
| 15:00Richard Uridge visits Herefordshire's rural film festival. 15:27Lord Ramsbotham presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Prisoner's Education Trust. 15:303/3Sarah visits the husband who deserted her, and a long bicycle ride won't deter her. 15:459/25Martin Sixsmith paints a portrait of Peter the Great, the architect of Russia's future.
| 15:00Eric Robson leads a horticultural discussion in Carrickfergus, County Antrim. 15:4510/25Martin Sixsmith visits St Petersburg, Peter the Great's 'window on the West'.
| 15:301/5Phil Hammond's guests are David Nicholls, Julie Berry and Stewart Lee.
| 15:002/2The gentry of Handley Cross are horrified as the fox hunting craze takes over their town.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Featuring Sophie Herxheimer, an artist who collects and draws food stories. 16:305/5Solar flares and STDs on smartphones, with Simon Cox.
| 16:00Chris Ledgard explores Speakers' Corner in London's Hyde Park. 16:30Broadcaster Sue MacGregor nominates singer Kathleen Ferrier who died tragically young.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores craft and community with Richard Sennett and David Gauntlett. 16:30Claudia Hammond talks to a neuroscientist who has the brain and genes of a psychopath.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup in extended conversation with the novelist Edward St Aubyn. 16:30Quentin Cooper investigates the news in science and science in the news.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on John Sullivan, Sathya Sai Baba, Poly Styrene and Max Mathews. 16:30Ray Winstone and Christian Carrion talk to Francine Stock about their new films.
| 16:00Presented by Jane Garvey. The experience of millions of women during the Second World War.
| 16:00Andrew O'Hagan meets James Naughtie and readers to discuss his novel Be Near Me. 16:304/4Brian Patten explains why the work of Robert Service deserves to be more widely remembered
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories.
| 17:00Eddie Mair brings you the top stories of the day.
| 17:00A fresh perspective on the day's news with sports headlines. 17:30The news programme that starts with its listeners. With Jennifer Tracey and Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Nick Ross investigates the health impact of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident. 17:401/8Rebecca Lenkiewicz presents two lives affected by Endeavour's launch from Cape Kennedy. 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. 18:304/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's comedy panel game
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:307/7The ground-breaking phone-in show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Simon Mayo hosts a three-way battle to find out which is the funniest comedy generation.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Reformed violent criminal Tony Beckton visits the Mallard Theatre to read from his memoirs
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by John Simm, Imogen Stubbs, Michael Mosley and Steve Pemberton.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Gerry Northam makes his selection from the week's radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Lilian's keen to welcome a new arrival. 19:15John Wilson reports on Andy Warhol's last visit to London in 1986, and its unlikely legacy 19:451/51913, Karen travels to Kenya to marry her second cousin and start a farm.
| 19:00Worries mount about David. 19:15Mark Lawson talks to actress Shirley MacLaine. Plus Kenneth Branagh's film Thor reviewed. 19:452/5Karen is settling into life on the farm but Bror, her husband, has very different ideas.
| 19:00Ambridge finds out about a match made in heaven. 19:15Mark Lawson reports on the new Lyric Theatre in Belfast and new TV drama The Shadow Line. 19:453/5Karen tells Denys and Berkeley about an intriguing visitor to her farm.
| 19:00Will finally comes clean with Nic. 19:15Mark Lawson talks to actress Brenda Blethyn. Plus Nitin Sawhney and James Taylor. 19:454/5Karen and Denys indulge in two of their favourite pursuits: shooting lions and flying.
| 19:00Jamie hears a few home truths. 19:15Kirsty Lang reports on why true stories currently inspire so many films and TV dramas. 19:455/5As Karen faces the necessity of leaving Africa, the grasshoppers come and seal her fate.
| 19:001/8Rebecca Lenkiewicz presents two lives affected by Endeavour's launch from Cape Kennedy. 19:15Aminatta Forna and guests review the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:00Kathy's treading on eggshells. 19:15The American middle class defined, re-defined, sheltered, challenged and... eating SPAM. 19:451/3By AL Kennedy. A man reaches out to a stranger for help in the small hours.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Olga Betko finds the people who have returned to live in a nuclear 'dead zone'. 20:30David Goldblatt looks at whether Berlin's alternative culture is under threat.
| 20:00Nick Ross investigates the health impact of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident. 20:40Peter White talks to pianist Marcelo Bratke, who spent years denying his own blindness.
| 20:00Michael Buerk asks if the monarchy is compatible with a truly meritocratic society. 20:45Christina Patterson says we should stop making excuses for bad nursing.
| 20:00James Silver investigates whether this year's census will be the last of its kind. 20:30Peter Day finds out how we can use the growing amount of information we now generate.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the live debate from Wotton Arts Festival in Gloucestershire. 20:50David Attenborough remembers puzzling over the Loch Ness Monster with Sir Peter Scott.
| 20:00The significance of sound in our experience of sport.
| 20:00A cornucopia of wedding-related numbers, and AV explained. 20:30Matthew Bannister on John Sullivan, Sathya Sai Baba, Poly Styrene and Max Mathews.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper investigates the news in science and science in the news. 21:30Andrew Marr with Greg Doran, Neil Astley, Claire Armitstead and Nicola Shulman.
| 21:00Claudia Hammond talks to a neuroscientist who has the brain and genes of a psychopath. 21:304/4James Rhodes and Susan Tomes, two concert pianists, discuss their work with Olivia O'Leary
| 21:00Cocoa costs have soared recently. Tom Heap asks if costly chocolate might be good for all. 21:30Libby Purves is joined by Wayne Bartholomew, Mary King, Roger Garfitt and Randle Siddeley.
| 21:001/30Five million swallows swirl above rural Nigeria, poised to migrate to Europe. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Rene Descartes' famous statement.
| 21:002/5Martin Sixsmith paints a portrait of Ivan the Terrible, the Tsar with absolute power.
| 21:001/2Doleful is charged as Master of Ceremonies to turn Handley Cross into a spa town.
| 21:00Paul Lewis asks what killed final salary pension schemes in this Money Box special. 21:26Pippa Greenwood presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Self Help Africa. 21:30Peter Day finds out how we can use the growing amount of information we now generate.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Daily news and current affairs programme bringing you global news and analysis. 22:451/10Tristan Sadler travels to Norwich to deliver a long-awaited package.
| 22:00Daily news and current affairs programme bringing you global news and analysis. 22:452/10Tristan meets Marian Bancroft and recollects his first meeting with her brother Will.
| 22:00Daily news and current affairs programme bringing you global news and analysis. 22:453/10Training at Aldershot, Tristan and Will receive news of the mysterious death of a comrade.
| 22:00Daily news and current affairs programme bringing you global news and analysis. 22:454/10Marian makes a revelation that shocks and upsets Tristan.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Felicity Evans. 22:455/10Marian confides to Tristan how Will's actions in France affected his family.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Michael Buerk asks if the monarchy is compatible with a truly meritocratic society.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Kevin Maguire of the Daily Mirror analyses how newspapers are covering the biggest stories
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| 23:00 | 23:00Chris Ledgard investigates academic English. 23:303/4The rise of the ostrich investment mania of the 1990s - and why it all went so badly wrong(R)
| 23:001/5Academic Eleanor Longden hears voices in her head, but rejects her schizophrenic diagnosis 23:30Susan Hulme presents the top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:004/4A tight-fisted farmer's thrifty ways are questioned when his mother's friend returns home. 23:154/4Mordrin wants to sell his jams. Can the mighty wizard manage to set up a farmers market?(R) 23:30Sean Curran presents the top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Jan Ravens puts familiar names in unfamiliar situations, including Maggie Smith. 23:30Mark D'Arcy with the day's news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Broadcaster Sue MacGregor nominates singer Kathleen Ferrier who died tragically young. 23:30As Doctor Who returns, Jon Culshaw looks at the man who changed it forever - Douglas Adams(R)
| 23:004/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz in Manchester. 23:303/4Brian Patten highlights the work of under-rated poet Patricia Beer.
| 23:00Ray Winstone and Christian Carrion talk to Francine Stock about their new films. 23:30Irma Kurtz reflects on clocks and our need to measure time.
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