| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15With Laurie Taylor. Mobile phones and sexual discovery, also the 'terror of history'. 00:45The bells of St Nicholas, Leeds, Kent. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30The 1913 opening of the Poetry Bookshop sees the dawn of the New Poetry age. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Edward Thomas and Robert Frost's first meeting begins a life-changing friendship. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Inspired by Robert Frost, Thomas writes his first poem at the age of 36. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30As the 1914 war continues, Thomas wrestles with the conundrum of whether to enlist. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Thomas leaves for the Front, just as his first collection of poems nears publication. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3By Anna Towers. After a trip to the dentist, Debra isn't having the easiest of days.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With Rev Dr Trystan Owain Hughes. 05:45Two thirds of people support farmers receiving European subsidies, according to research. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With Rev Dr Trystan Owain Hughes. 05:45The latest bovine bling, and Government plans to improve rural broadband. With Caz Graham.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With Rev Dr Trystan Owain Hughes. 05:45Not-spots to hot-spots as the Government sets out its rural broadband plans.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With Rev Dr Trystan Owain Hughes. 05:45A bull's reprieve from slaughter for TB, and how garlic can reduce methane from cattle.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With Rev Dr Trystan Owain Hughes. 05:45Caz Graham discusses the millions of pounds of European subsidy claimed by food companies.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day. 05:45The news programme that starts with its listeners.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Mary Magdalene, Mortehoe, Devon. 05:45Arsenal's once 'invincible' manager Arsene Wenger now facing growing criticism.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Zero tolerance policing, university places and how Gorbachev became a reformer.
| 06:00Debating exemplary justice for rioters, rail fare rises and stabilising the eurozone.
| 06:00Debating enterprize zones, the Goodman letter, gap years and jellyfish.
| 06:00With Evan Davis and Sarah Montague. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Debating whether an economic crisis is near and if cutting rioters' benefits is ethical.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07The isle of Ulva was abandoned 200 years ago. Helen Mark finds out why it's now thriving. 06:30With Caz Graham. The UK agricultural industry claims 3.5 billion pounds in EU subsidies. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Tom Robinson reflects on wanting and waiting. 06:35Paul Evans travels to Malham Tarn to try to locate rare caddisfly the Malham Sedge. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00With Evan Davis and Justin Webb. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Jane Little with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Philip Holmes presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Esther Benjamins Trust. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10The Rev Jonathan Lawson and Lilian Groves reflect on the legacy of the Saints of the North 08:50The celebrated thinker John Gray gives his reflection on the meaning of folly.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Peter White interviews high profile disabled people about the obstacles they have faced. 09:301/5Edward Stourton revisits broadcast debates from the archives. Liberty or equality? 09:45The 1913 opening of the Poetry Bookshop sees the dawn of the New Poetry age.
| 09:00Peter Hennessy, the leading Whitehall watcher, looks at government secrecy. 09:45Edward Thomas and Robert Frost's first meeting begins a life-changing friendship.
| 09:004/4Amanda Vickery asks whether ordinary people got a fair trial in the 18th century. 09:45Inspired by Robert Frost, Thomas writes his first poem at the age of 36.
| 09:003/4Jasvinder Sanghera, campaigner against forced marriages, returns to her Sikh childhood. 09:303/5Peter Curran counts the passions of statisticians. 09:45As the 1914 war continues, Thomas wrestles with the conundrum of whether to enlist.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor reunites five star pupils of the former spy Anthony Blunt. 09:45Thomas leaves for the Front, just as his first collection of poems nears publication.
| 09:00Richard Coles with psychologist Kevin Dutton; singer Pauline Black's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00With Paddy O'Connell. News and conversation about the big stories of the week.
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| 10:00 | 10:00French actress Audrey Tautou, children with diabetes, family businesses, bigger feet. 10:451/5Kris Marshall stars in Hattie Naylor's adaptation of Samuel Pepys diaries.
| 10:00Glamping versus camping; lost gardens of Heligan; Egyptian women campaigners. 10:452/5Pepys sails across the dangerous English Channel on a secret mission.
| 10:00Baby bores: what to do when your friends go baby mad. Bad advice on A-Levels? 10:453/5Pepys is given the job of escorting the King's naughty spaniel ashore.
| 10:00Victorians and the symbolism of flowers and actress Tara Fitzgerald on her new stage role. 10:454/5Pepys has the builders in but they make lots of noise and mess and leave early.
| 10:00Val McDermid; keeping things in a safe place; and women in early television. 10:455/5When Mr Turner's cesspit overflows into Sam's house, Sam is not a happy man.
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig begins to explore the ancient and modern city of Istanbul. 10:30Miranda Sawyer explores if, in the age of cheap flights, interrailing is still popular.
| 10:00Pat and Tony face a harrowing experience and Brian's blood pressure is rising.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Lyse Doucet asks diplomats and politicians how we should engage with brutal regimes. 11:304/6How no two families are ever alike and a peep into the caustic mind of the author.
| 11:001/2Is human culture stopping us from genetically evolving? 11:30Businessman and broadcaster Sir Gerry Robinson presents some of his favourite readings.
| 11:003/4Chris Ledgard revisits the scandal surrounding the notorious play The Romans in Britain. 11:304/4In the late 1940s, the master dupes two brothers entranced by Lenin, Marx and Trotsky.
| 11:00A portrait of the sleepy Ghanaian city of Takoradi at the start of an oil boom. 11:30Michael White uncovers the life of the soprano singer Jennifer Vyvyan.
| 11:002/3Des Lynam and Christopher Matthew visit the West Sussex Riding Club. 11:302/6James Walton's literary quiz with team captains John Walsh and Sebastian Faulks.(R)
| 11:00John Kampfner finds out the lasting lessons of the English street disturbances this month. 11:30Kate Adie and correspondents worldwide take a closer look behind the headlines.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor reunites people affected by the 1987 Zeebrugge Ferry disaster.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Why train fares could be rising four times more quickly than wages. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00How would you fix Britain after what David Cameron calls our 'moral collapse'? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. Over 55s urged to put bright ideas into practice. 12:30'Bogus' jobs at the Jobcentre - John Waite investigates. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The impact of the riots on the high street, student rents increase and Talk Talk fined. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Why ice cream's luxury status is threatening the viability of some of its makers. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00In a Money Box special, Ruth Alexander asks whether the UK economy faces a 'lost decade'. 12:304/6The tag talk show: John Cooper Clarke talks to Kevin Eldon. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:002/8Nicholas Parsons challenges Phill Jupitus, Julian Clary, Josie Lawrence and Rick Wakeman. 12:32In a series on people who've changed the way we eat, The Food Programme profiles Pat Rance 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Six teams from around the UK compete in the game of lateral thinking.
| 13:00With Martha Kearney. National and international news. 13:30Exploring the impact that Mendelssohn's Octet has had on different people's lives.
| 13:00With Martha Kearney. National and international news. 13:30Phone hacking revelations, Big Brother on C5 and is Newsnight in trouble?
| 13:00With Martha Kearney. National and international news. 13:30Stewart Henderson looks into why the swallow sometimes flies high and sometimes low.
| 13:00With Edward Stourton. National and international news. 13:30Salt, 'zero tolerance' policing, and how to predict the adult height of growing children.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents the topical discussion from Nelson, Lancashire.
| 13:00With Edward Stourton. In-depth reporting of national and international events. 13:30A personal statement is crucial for university. What should it say, asks Imogen Stubbs?
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| 14:00 | 14:00Tom thinks strategically. 14:15Two bungling losers try to win the day by stealing the Queen's wedding certificate.(R)
| 14:00Things are looking up for Eddie. Meanwhile Chris has an important meeting. 14:15Joyce Bryant's satire of university life. One of the Deans is for the chop.
| 14:00Pat and Tony face a harrowing experience. 14:15Robert's girlfriend is back from Thailand with a 'cure' for his deep feelings of distress.(R)
| 14:00Brian's blood pressure is rising. 14:15Unable to carry her own child, Amy convinces her mother to become surrogate in her place.
| 14:00It's results day for Pip and Nic counts her blessings. 14:15Iraq veteran Alex finds it hard to adjust to his new role as a security guard.
| 14:00Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? Presented by Jonathan Dimbleby. 14:30By Douglas Livingstone. Two 80-year-old former Bevin Boys reunite for a miners' gala.(R)
| 14:00Bunny Guinness, Matthew Wilson, Bob Flowerdew and Eric Robson are in East London. 14:453/5Peter Curran counts the passions of statisticians.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00Arthur Smith searches for the best and worst after-dinner speeches in history. 15:451/5With Chris Watson, Brett Westwood and Stephen Moss identify birds in arable fields.
| 15:00What challenges face market towns in the modern world? 15:301/3Mel makes a new friend and learns about different types of ghosts. 15:452/5With Chris Watson, Brett Westwood and Stephen Moss identify birds on winter pastures.
| 15:004/4Alvin Hall assesses young people's housing needs. 15:302/3Photographing the deserted tower block means going to its 30th floor. 15:453/5With Chris Watson, Brett Westwood and Stephen Moss identify birds in farmland hedgerows.
| 15:00Richard Uridge travels the River Wye looking for barbel fish and tranquil waters. 15:27Sir Trevor McDonald presents the Radio 4 Appeal for Handicap International UK. 15:303/3Alone in the playground, Howard hears something make a squeaking noise. 15:454/5With Chris Watson, Brett Westwood and Stephen Moss identify birds in farmland copses.
| 15:00Bunny Guinness, Matthew Wilson, Bob Flowerdew and Eric Robson are in East London. 15:455/5With Chris Watson, Brett Westwood and Stephen Moss identify birds in farmyards.
| 15:30Exploring the impact that Mendelssohn's Octet has had on different people's lives.
| 15:001/3Ruthless Arabella Trefoil wants to keep her engagement to John Morton a secret.
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| 16:00 | 16:00With Sheila Dillon. A look at Scotland's first ever national food policy. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the effects of globalisation on religion.
| 16:00Chris Ledgard explores the world of voice recognition. 16:30The reclusive American poet Emily Dickinson is the choice of fellow poet Gwyneth Lewis.
| 16:00Blame the parents? New research on UK gangs. Also, Chungking Mansions in Hong Kong. 16:30Dr Mark Porter on if adult health is determined by the first thousand days of life: Womb.
| 16:00Dreda Say Mitchell talks to Ruth Rendell about Vault, her 23rd Inspector Wexford novel. 16:30Brainy bees, feeling surgery, jaws, baby plesiosaurs and time perception.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Robert Robinson, Mother Thelka, Shammi Kapoor, Paul Wilkinson. 16:30Harrison Ford, Vera Day and Mark Gatiss star in this week's Film Programme.
| 16:00Audrey Tautou; Tara Fitzgerald; to camp or glamp? Effect of rising tuition fees on girls.
| 16:00DJ Taylor talks to Joe Dunthorne, the author of Submarine, about his novel Wild Abandon. 16:30Matthew Parris delves deep into hate poems, curses and vindictive spells.
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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.
| 17:00With Ritula Shah. A fresh perspective on the day's news with sports headlines. 17:30'It's awful to think, I'm glad my child's locked up.' A mum talks of a wayward daughter. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Paul Mason visits Manila to assess the benefits of life in the world's poorest slums. 17:40Arsenal's once 'invincible' manager Arsene Wenger now facing growing criticism. 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. 18:302/8Nicholas Parsons challenges Phill Jupitus, Julian Clary, Josie Lawrence and Rick Wakeman.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4The human chameleon's host of comic characters, from deluded teen to nonagenarian diva.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4Matt Harvey and guests with a lively poetry cabaret recorded at Bristol's Comedy Box.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Milton Jones is the king of refrigerated haulage with his very own fleet of iced lorries.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6The tag talk show: John Cooper Clarke talks to Kevin Eldon.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson with Paul Daniels and Bob Marshall-Andrews at the Edinburgh Festival.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Myfanwy Alexander's pick of the best programmes on this and other BBC networks.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Things are looking up for Eddie. Meanwhile Chris has an important meeting. 19:15Brendan Gleeson in The Guard; Jonathan Lynn on comedy; Andre Dubus III on his memoir. 19:451/5Kris Marshall stars in Hattie Naylor's adaptation of Samuel Pepys diaries.
| 19:00Pat and Tony face a harrowing experience. 19:15Kirsty Lang talks to the cast of The Inbetweeners as they move from TV to film. 19:452/5Pepys sails across the dangerous English Channel on a secret mission.
| 19:00Brian's blood pressure is rising. 19:15Mark Lawson in Edinburgh with AL Kennedy, Bobby Crush, Andy Zaltzman, Sadia Azmat. 19:453/5Pepys is given the job of escorting the King's naughty spaniel ashore.
| 19:00It's results day for Pip and Nic counts her blessings. 19:15Mark Lawson with artist David Mach; Alan and Marilyn Bergman on writing Streisand's songs. 19:454/5Pepys has the builders in but they make lots of noise and mess and leave early.
| 19:00Annabelle voices her criticisms. Meanwhile Pip is keen to help. 19:15Kirsty Lang talks to writer Francisco Goldman and to musician Wynton Marsalis. 19:455/5When Mr Turner's cesspit overflows into Sam's house, Sam is not a happy man.
| 19:00Arsenal's once 'invincible' manager Arsene Wenger now facing growing criticism. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the cultural highlights of the week.
| 19:00Chris and Alice are celebrating. Meanwhile Jazzer feels tied to the kitchen sink. 19:15Democrat Strategist Terry McAuliffe on Barack Obama's approval-ratings slump. 19:451/3By Anna Maxted. Widowed Victoria has a lodger whom she is ill-equipped to cater for.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Mike Thomson investigates the collapse of the US UK special relationship in 1973. 20:30Linda Pressly joins migrants on their perilous journey north through Guatemala and Mexico.
| 20:00Paul Mason visits Manila to assess the benefits of life in the world's poorest slums. 20:40The dilemma of deciding whose needs are greatest when it comes to providing social care.
| 20:002/3Professor Julian Le Grand argues that inherited wealth is bad for the nation. 20:45Owen Hatherley attacks the architectural results of recent 'urban regeneration'.
| 20:00Are there links between the murder of PI Daniel Morgan and the phone hacking scandal? 20:30Peter Day returns to India 16 years after his first visit to cover the high-tech boom.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents the topical discussion from Nelson, Lancashire. 20:50The celebrated thinker John Gray gives his reflection on the meaning of folly.
| 20:00Laurie Taylor takes a look at the life and work of one of Britain's broadcasting legends.
| 20:00Salt, 'zero tolerance' policing, and how to predict the adult height of growing children. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Robert Robinson, Mother Thelka, Shammi Kapoor, Paul Wilkinson.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Mob psychology, multiple sclerosis, chimp communication and shrunken heads. 21:30Peter White interviews high profile disabled people about the obstacles they have faced.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter on if adult health is determined by the first thousand days of life: Womb. 21:30Peter Hennessy, the leading Whitehall watcher, looks at government secrecy.(R)
| 21:00As antibiotic resistance increases, Dr Stuart Flanagan investigates what the future holds. 21:304/4Amanda Vickery asks whether ordinary people got a fair trial in the 18th century.
| 21:001/2Is human culture stopping us from genetically evolving? 21:303/4Jasvinder Sanghera, campaigner against forced marriages, returns to her Sikh childhood.
| 21:00A warm-hearted musical romantic comedy by David Greig and Gordon McIntyre.
| 21:006/6Titus attracts attention from the strange but alluring Cheeta.
| 21:00'Bogus' jobs at the Jobcentre - John Waite investigates. 21:26Philip Holmes presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Esther Benjamins Trust. 21:30Peter Day returns to India 16 years after his first visit to cover the high-tech boom.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:451/7Alan Bennett reads one his delightful 'unseemly stories' from his recently-published book.
| 22:00With Ritula Shah. Phone hacking; eurozone crisis talks; Australian climate change protests 22:452/7Alan Bennett continues his delightful 'unseemly story' from his recently-published novella
| 22:00With Ritula Shah. National and international news and analysis. 22:453/7Alan Bennett continues his delightful 'unseemly story' from his recently-published novella
| 22:00With Felicity Evans. National and international news and analysis. 22:454/7Alan Bennett continues his delightful 'unseemly story' from his recently-published novella
| 22:00With Felicity Evans. National and international news and analysis. 22:455/7Alan Bennett continues his delightful 'unseemly story' from his recently-published novella
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:152/3Professor Julian Le Grand argues that inherited wealth is bad for the nation.
| 22:00Anita Anand hosts political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45David Aaronovitch at the Edinburgh Festival analyses how the papers are covering the news.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Chris Ledgard discovers the art and science of producing talking newspapers for the blind. 23:304/4Much to Betty's horror, Hugh discovers a huge hole in the consortium budget.(R)
| 23:00Glenn Mitchell celebrates the life and work of entertainer Harry Worth.(R) 23:303/4Lady Tresselian is discovered murdered in her bed...(R)
| 23:002/4Two original story poems from spoken word artists Luke Wright and Zena Edwards. 23:152/6Mordrin enlists the help of an old ally to settle a garden dispute with his neighbour.(R) 23:303/3Rory meets Victor Giacobbo, a satirical presence in Switzerland for the last 30 years.(R)
| 23:003/6Matt's parents decide to go on a world tour just as he contracts horrible flu. 23:303/6In the Tower of Tests, Sam loses a pal. But is death the end?(R)
| 23:00The reclusive American poet Emily Dickinson is the choice of fellow poet Gwyneth Lewis. 23:303/5What is 'hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia' ? With Keith Farnan.(R)
| 23:00Six teams from around the UK compete in the game of lateral thinking. 23:30Poet Sibyl Ruth explores the connections between the Quakers and poetry.
| 23:00Harrison Ford, Vera Day and Mark Gatiss star in this week's Film Programme. 23:30Tom Robinson reflects on wanting and waiting.
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