| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Blame the parents? New research on UK gangs. Also, Chungking Mansions in Hong Kong. 00:45The bells of St Mary Magdalene, Mortehoe, Devon. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Philip Connors' enchanting notes from a wilderness lookout as he watches for wildfires. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Twenty paces from his cabin is the fire lookout's tower and an endlessly absorbing view. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5The mule packers arrive with the fire lookout's supplies and ask if he ever gets lonely. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5May is relentless with wind, the tower vibrates and dust spirals off the mountains. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5A new relief lookout appears on the mountain, but will he be able to cope alone? 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3A lady novelist reclines in a Creating Hammock, attended by Juan, her fragrant assistant.(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. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Andrew Martlew. 05:45How planting trees could save free range hens from feather pecking. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Andrew Martlew. 05:45Reducing waste food in restaurants. Plus, rediscovering Pershore Eggs and other old plums.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Andrew Martlew. 05:45Anna Hill hears about the hidden problem of TB in alpacas and llamas.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Andrew Martlew. 05:45Natural England question how successful the planned badger cull in England would be.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Andrew Martlew. 05:45Anna Hill hears that tonnes of in-date, edible food is being fed to animals.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Short reflection and prayer with Glenn Jordan. 05:45'Everywhere I go people hold on to their bags.' Inside a school for excluded students.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of Christchurch, Radyr, Cardiff. 05:45Mustafa Abdul Jalil, recent defector who now leads Libya's National Transitional Council.
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| 06:00 | 06:00All the latest on the fighting in Libya, as rebel forces enter Tripoli.
| 06:00Latest on the battle for Tripoli, plus Pedro Almodovar and Anders Breivik's defence lawyer
| 06:00With the latest from Libya, plus the future of cheques and counting species.
| 06:00With Evan Davis and Justin Webb. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00With the latest from Libya, and debating obesity and why our politicians lie.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark explores the Devil's Beeftub and Grey Mare's Tail in the Scottish Borders. 06:30How a third of food produced across the world gets wasted before it reaches the plate. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully discusses the choices facing voluntary carers and those for whom they care. 06:35Digging out lambs in the saltmarshes of Morecambe Bay. With Caz Graham. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00The latest from Libya, plus the role of central banks and the Notting Hill carnival.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Liz Smith presents an appeal on behalf of the charity The Stroke Association. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From St Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh. 08:50John Gray on why Kim Philby, and so many others, have failed to predict the future.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Peter White interviews the Malaysian politician and human rights campaigner, Karpal Singh. 09:302/5Revisiting debates from the archives, Edward Stourton explores press freedom in the 1970s. 09:451/5Philip Connors' enchanting notes from a wilderness lookout as he watches for wildfires.
| 09:00Naomi Grimley asks if the modern media can keep national security secrets. 09:303/5Edward Stourton revisits broadcast debates from the archives - is free will an illusion? 09:452/5Twenty paces from his cabin is the fire lookout's tower and an endlessly absorbing view.
| 09:00Paul Mason chairs a debate between followers of two contrasting liberal economists.(R) 09:453/5The mule packers arrive with the fire lookout's supplies and ask if he ever gets lonely.
| 09:004/4Writer and journalist Toby Young revisits his childhood home and education in North London 09:304/5Peter Curran puts scientists who work in Antarctica under his anthropological lens. 09:454/5May is relentless with wind, the tower vibrates and dust spirals off the mountains.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor reunites people affected by the 1987 Zeebrugge Ferry disaster. 09:455/5A new relief lookout appears on the mountain, but will he be able to cope alone?
| 09:00Richard Coles with writer Stella Duffy. Inheritance Tracks from broadcaster Chris Tarrant.
| 09:00With Paddy O'Connell. News and conversation about the big stories of the week.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Tracie Bennett as Judy Garland; Esther Rantzen on being lonely; men in childcare. 10:451/5DCI Marion Bettany investigates a murder in a sleepy Northumbrian villagee
| 10:00Cook the Perfect gazpacho; overweight babies; Hildegard of Bingen celebrated at the Proms. 10:452/5Why are Shilwick's residents reluctant to help DCI Marion Bettany?
| 10:00Can a pretty woman play a plain one? Women in Libya; Tammy Weis; why we talk differently. 10:453/5DCI Bettany's investigation leads her to the village post office.
| 10:00Miriam O'Reilly on ageism in the public eye; Heather Brooke; Constance Briscoe; Jamelia. 10:454/5DCI Bettany interviews more villagers with a grudge against murder victim Colin Arnott.
| 10:00Women in South Sudan; GCSE results; Air Hostesses; the end of She magazine. 10:455/5DCI Bettany hopes to find Colin's murderer in the village pub.
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig continues her exploration the ancient and modern city of Istanbul. 10:30Dr Kate O'Brien explores Ibiza's subtle influence over British youth culture and nightlife
| 10:00Clarrie is clutching at straws and Emma makes herself unpopular.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Martin Bell returns 20 years on to the Siege of Vukovar in Croatia. 11:305/6The consequences of buying your partner an antique skeleton and a dark fable on mourning.
| 11:002/2The effect of globalisation and a greater choice of partners on human genetic evolution. 11:30Wayne Hemingway celebrates the lives of 1950s designers, Robin and Lucienne Day.
| 11:004/4History documentary on the Portsmouth Sinfonia, 'the world's worst orchestra'. 11:301/8Can private detective Paul Temple identify the link between ten drug-related suicides?
| 11:00Gabriel Gatehouse investigates the mysterious disappearance of Dirar Abu Sisi. 11:30A powerful political allegory uncovered in a famous 1968 Iranian children's book.
| 11:003/3Des Lynam and Christopher Matthew enjoy county cricket at the Oval. 11:303/6James Walton chairs the literary quiz, where the author of the week is Marcel Proust.(R)
| 11:00Tim Samuels asks why politicians can't speak their minds and what consequences this has. 11:30The BBC's foreign correspondents take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor reunites those involved in the making of TV's Boys from the Blackstuff.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Consumer news with Julian Worricker. Discussing the end of the traditional light bulb. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00With Julian Worricker. Proposed planning rules shake-up. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00With almost 2.5m unemployed why do some businesses complain they can't find the staff? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:081/5Josh wants to dance, but his parents have to dig deep to ensure that his dream comes true. 12:22Mobile phones and radiation, red tape and shop shutters, high technology skills gap. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Whitstable - why is it the fastest growing seaside destination in the UK? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:305/6The comic actor and the stand-up comedian meet in the tag-team talk show. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:003/8Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth, Jason Byrne and Alun Cochrane. 12:32A special edition with Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen looking at the history of kitchen design. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:451/5Jamaica: Maureen Sheridan tells the story of moving her young family to the home of reggae(R)
| 13:00With Martha Kearney. National and international news. 13:30People reflect on the emotional impact of the country-pop crossover track.
| 13:00With Martha Kearney. National and international news. 13:30Who has provided the best coverage of the crisis in Libya?
| 13:00With Martha Kearney. National and international news. 13:30Why does bacon comes in rashers but everything else in slices?
| 13:00With Shaun Ley. National and international news. 13:30Scottish independence, mobile phones and cancer, and is Tendulkar the greatest sportsman?
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Edward Stourton presents the topical discussion from the Waterside Theatre in Aylesbury.
| 13:00With Shaun Ley. In-depth reporting of national and international events. 13:30Paul Sinha finds some British Asians believe caste discrimination is alive and well in UK.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Chris and Alice are celebrating. Meanwhile Jazzer feels tied to the kitchen sink. 14:15Samantha finds herself in an unfamiliar world when she goes abroad to adopt two children.
| 14:00Pat lashes out and Alice is being enterprising. 14:15Joyce Bryant's satire of university life. Will Vice Chancellor Roland force Jim out?
| 14:00Clarrie is clutching at straws and Bridge Farm takes another financial hit. 14:15The 2007 Lancashire murder victim's story, as told by her mother Sylvia.(R)
| 14:00Emma makes herself unpopular and Clarrie loses her nerve. 14:15The story of the controversial selection of Basil D'Oliveira for the England cricket team.(R)
| 14:00Kathy has a nerve-racking wait. Meanwhile Tom is determined to make a sale. 14:15By Mateusz Dymek. A couple attempt to raise their child gender-neutrally, but why?
| 14:00Your chance to have your say: call 03700 100 444 or email any.answers@bbc.co.uk. 14:30Stunning blonde Marnie is not what she appears to be. She's about to be tested.
| 14:00What is happening at this year's Southport Flower Show? The GQT team reports. 14:454/5Peter Curran puts scientists who work in Antarctica under his anthropological lens.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00Stephen Fry's metaphorical taxi journey to discover what knowledge really means. 15:451/5Writer Kwame Kwei-Armah sets out to uncover the roots of the Notting Hill Carnival.
| 15:00Tom Holland presents the first in a new series of Radio 4's popular history magazine. 15:301/3A woman goes from being thought of as useful to becoming invisible. 15:452/5Kwame Kwei-Armah discovers how a motorway gave the Notting Hill Carnival a new direction.
| 15:00In a Money Box special, Ruth Alexander asks whether the UK economy faces a 'lost decade'. 15:302/317-year-old Julian's blog on his weird limbo between school and university. 15:453/5Kwame Kwei-Armah explores the complex relationship between the carnival and the police.
| 15:00The isle of Ulva was abandoned 200 years ago. Helen Mark finds out why it's now thriving. 15:27Philip Holmes presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Esther Benjamins Trust. 15:303/3Bridget's husband is assaulted by a European leader's ghost. 15:454/5Kwame Kwei-Armah examines Carnival as it attempted to become a more commercial enterprise.
| 15:00What is happening at this year's Southport Flower Show? The GQT team reports. 15:455/5Kwame Kwei-Armah looks at the challenges facing the Notting Hill Carnival today.
| 15:30People reflect on the emotional impact of the country-pop crossover track.
| 15:002/3Lord Rufford has kissed Arabella twice, but not enough to win him and his estate.
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| 16:00 | 16:00In a series on people who've changed the way we eat, The Food Programme profiles Pat Rance 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss sectarianism in Scotland.
| 16:00Chris Ledgard looks at the ways of counting incidences of words and what that can tell us. 16:30Restaurateur Antonio Carluccio nominates the Scottish artist Sir Eduardo Paolozzi.
| 16:00Home life 1: Laurie and sociologists visit a multi-generational household. 16:30Dr Mark Porter on if adult health is determined by the first 1000 days of life: Infancy.
| 16:00DJ Taylor talks to Joe Dunthorne, the author of Submarine, about his novel Wild Abandon. 16:30The oldest fossils, tracking cholera, playing with uncertainty and counting species.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Jerry Lieber, Diana Lamplugh, John Howard Davies and George Devol. 16:30Anne Hathaway discusses One Day and Elena Anaya talks about acting for Pedro Almodovar.
| 16:00As Anne Hathaway's new film One Day opens, how does a beautiful woman play a plain one?
| 16:00DJ Taylor talks to the Booker Prize-winning novelist Barry Unsworth. 16:30Roger McGough presents a weekly selection of favourite poetry requested by listeners.
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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. 17:30'Everywhere I go people hold on to their bags.' Inside a school for excluded students. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00An old antidepressant has unexpected anticancer properties, but no-one is developing it. 17:40Mustafa Abdul Jalil, recent defector who now leads Libya's National Transitional Council. 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. 18:303/8Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth, Jason Byrne and Alun Cochrane.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Richard Herring reclaims an object for this Edinburgh special, the C.U. Jimmy Hat.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30The comedy talk show which blends comedy and science, featuring comedian Colin Murphy.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Milton becomes Britain's best-known undercover journalist - not always a good thing.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6The comic actor and the stand-up comedian meet in the tag-team talk show.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson with Barry Miles, John Crace, Sheila Ferguson and Wayne Thallon.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Ian McMillan makes his selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Pat lashes out and Alice is being enterprising. 19:15Mark Lawson reviews the film One Day, based on the best-selling novel by David Nicholls. 19:451/5DCI Marion Bettany investigates a murder in a sleepy Northumbrian villagee
| 19:00Clarrie is clutching at straws and Bridge Farm takes another financial hit. 19:15Actor Bill Nighy on playing a spy, and Pedro Almodóvar's film The Skin I Live In. 19:452/5Why are Shilwick's residents reluctant to help DCI Marion Bettany?
| 19:00Emma makes herself unpopular and Clarrie loses her nerve. 19:15With Mark Lawson, including an interview with singer Jacqui Dankworth and writer Sapphire. 19:453/5DCI Bettany's investigation leads her to the village post office.
| 19:00Kathy has a nerve-racking wait. Meanwhile Tom is determined to make a sale. 19:15A revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific, and today's music scene on film. 19:454/5DCI Bettany interviews more villagers with a grudge against murder victim Colin Arnott.
| 19:00Tom is on the defensive and Harry springs a few surprises. 19:15Kirsty Lang talks to children's author David Almond about his first novel for adults. 19:455/5DCI Bettany hopes to find Colin's murderer in the village pub.
| 19:00Mustafa Abdul Jalil, recent defector who now leads Libya's National Transitional Council. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the cultural highlights of the week.
| 19:00Peggy has a proposition and Tom is feeling flustered. 19:15The US Post Master General discusses the fate of the US Postal Service. 19:453/3By Matt Beaumont. A woman gazes into the eyes of a man descending past her on an escalator(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Julie Fernandez explores the complex relationship between disabled child and parent carer. 20:30A portrait of the sleepy Ghanaian city of Takoradi at the start of an oil boom.
| 20:00An old antidepressant has unexpected anticancer properties, but no-one is developing it. 20:40Concern about concessionary bus travel and a dip into the In Touch archive.
| 20:00Matthew Taylor chairs an audience debate on issues around 'hate crime' in Black Roses. 20:45At the Edinburgh Festival, Andrew Robinson asks: 'What can we learn from geniuses?'.
| 20:00Why did the shooting of Mark Duggan by police in North London spark riots? 20:30Is time to rethink the way the world works?
| 20:00Edward Stourton presents the topical discussion from the Waterside Theatre in Aylesbury. 20:50John Gray on why Kim Philby, and so many others, have failed to predict the future.
| 20:00Journalist John Lloyd looks back at the Clydeside work-in of 1971.
| 20:00Scottish independence, mobile phones and cancer, and is Tendulkar the greatest sportsman? 20:30Matthew Bannister on Jerry Lieber, Diana Lamplugh, John Howard Davies and George Devol.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Brainy bees, feeling surgery, jaws, baby plesiosaurs and time perception. 21:30Peter White interviews the Malaysian politician and human rights campaigner, Karpal Singh.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter on if adult health is determined by the first 1000 days of life: Infancy. 21:30Naomi Grimley asks if the modern media can keep national security secrets.
| 21:00Vivienne Parry on why it takes 17 years for medical discoveries to come into wide use. 21:30How one family copes as their 16-year-old, autistic son starts full time residential care.(R)
| 21:002/2The effect of globalisation and a greater choice of partners on human genetic evolution. 21:304/4Writer and journalist Toby Young revisits his childhood home and education in North London
| 21:00By Karen Brown. HR manager Diane's life is turned upside down by online bullying.(R)
| 21:001/3Ruthless Arabella Trefoil wants to keep her engagement to John Morton a secret.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Liz Smith presents an appeal on behalf of the charity The Stroke Association. 21:30Is time to rethink the way the world works?
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:451/10In a cafe in Lahore, a local Pakistani tells his life story to a US traveller.
| 22:00With Ritula Shah. National and international news and analysis. 22:452/10On the 41st floor of Samson and Underwood's office, Changez feels on top of the world.
| 22:00As the Libyan rebels consolidate their positions we look at how the country will rebuild. 22:453/10Changez's relationship with Erica deepens.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Samira Ahmed. 22:454/10Changez's star is rising, but when the Twin Towers collapse his reaction is unexpected.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis, with Paul Moss. 22:455/10Changez's new life begins to unravel.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Matthew Taylor chairs an audience debate on issues around 'hate crime' in Black Roses.
| 22:00Preview of the week's politics with politicians, pundits and experts. 22:45Iain Dale of Total Politics analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Chris Ledgard explores the world of voice recognition. 23:30The story of the portrait of a private soldier's sweetheart, painted for him in Auschwitz.(R)
| 23:00Stephen K Amos kicks off the first of his series of Idiot's Guides in Edinburgh. 23:304/4Suspicion has turned on Audrey for the murder. But where is she?(R)
| 23:003/4Two original story poems from spoken word artists Salena Godden and Scroobius Pip. 23:153/6Mordrin decides to join a dating website, without reading the full terms and conditions.(R) 23:30Glenn Mitchell profiles the visits to Britain of legendary comedy team The Marx Brothers.(R)
| 23:004/6Vicky decides she needs a new body, and where better to get one than down the local gym? 23:304/6Sirens interrupt a sea crossing. Are they what they seem?(R)
| 23:00Restaurateur Antonio Carluccio nominates the Scottish artist Sir Eduardo Paolozzi. 23:304/5Talk show which blends comedy and science, featuring comedian Colin Murphy.(R)
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. 23:30Matthew Parris delves deep into hate poems, curses and vindictive spells.
| 23:00Anne Hathaway discusses One Day and Elena Anaya talks about acting for Pedro Almodovar. 23:30Mark Tully discusses the choices facing voluntary carers and those for whom they care.
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