| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Home Life 3: Laurie and sociologists visit a 'nuclear' family. 00:45The bells of St Lawrence in Towcester, Northamptonshire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Richard Burton and John Speke leave for Africa in search of the source of the Nile. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Burton is too weak to travel so Speke heads for the Rusizi River alone. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Samuel Baker and his mistress Florence go in search of Lake Albert. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5David Livingstone aims to solve the mystery of the Nile's source once and for all. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Stanley is determined to continue Livingstone's quest to find the source of the Nile. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3By Elizabeth Kuti. In Wittenberg 1517, Brother Martin meets the indomitable Frau Sprenger.(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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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With the Rev Bob Fyffe, General Secretary of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. 05:45UK consumers could end up buying illegal eggs, despite next year's ban on battery cages. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With the Rev Bob Fyffe, General Secretary of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. 05:45Fears of honey shortages after EU rules on the sales containing pollen from GM crops.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With the Rev Bob Fyffe, General Secretary of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. 05:45Research into whether larger colonies of laying hens experience more welfare problems.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With the Rev Bob Fyffe, General Secretary of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. 05:45More pylons will cross the countryside in a major new expansion of the National Grid.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With the Rev Bob Fyffe, General Secretary of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. 05:45EU farmers who continue to flout new laws on battery cages should be shut down say NFU.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rev Dr Janet Wootton. 05:45"I can't meet Anne Robinson, because I'm a criminal" A listener discusses having a record.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Chad's in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. 05:45A profile of the incoming Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe.
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| 06:00 | 06:00With John Humphrys and Justin Webb. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Discussing proposed parliamentary boundary changes, plus saving Roald Dahl's shed.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Justin Webb examines widely differing French attitudes to the euro debt crisis.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding joins folk singer and avid walker John Jones in the Chiltern Hills. 06:30There are fears illegal battery eggs could still be sold in the UK when outlawed in 2012. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Reflections on language and truth by the late Studs Terkel. 06:35Charlotte Smith helps bring in the hop harvest on a farm in Kent. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague; Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Monty Don presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Eden Project. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From Jordanhill Parish Church Glasgow, with the Rev Colin Renwick and the Rev Fiona Lillie 08:50John Gray argues that the scientific and rationalist attack on religion is misguided.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr on the legacy of Vasily Grossman with Antony Beevor and Andrey Kurkov. 09:451/5Richard Burton and John Speke leave for Africa in search of the source of the Nile.
| 09:004/5Assessing the role of security and intelligence services in a democracy. 09:452/5Burton is too weak to travel so Speke heads for the Rusizi River alone.
| 09:00Libby Purves is joined by Carol Mellin, Steve Walker, Lucy Bailey and Molly Birnbaum. 09:453/5Samuel Baker and his mistress Florence go in search of Lake Albert.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Hippocratic Oath. 09:454/5David Livingstone aims to solve the mystery of the Nile's source once and for all.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor reunites those behind the world's longest running musical - Les Miserables. 09:455/5Stanley is determined to continue Livingstone's quest to find the source of the Nile.
| 09:00Richard Coles with headmaster Sir William Atkinson and poet Murray Lachlan Young.
| 09:00With Kevin Connolly. News, views and discussion ... with a difference.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Joan Collins talks to Jane Garvey about masculinity, marriage and modern parenthood. 10:451/5Little Dorrit leaves her politician husband to find an answer to her emerging doubts.
| 10:00Jo Brand; the first 3 years of a child's development; Cook the Perfect chicken noodle soup 10:452/5Little Dorrit meets the famous spearhead of the suffragettes Mrs Pankhurst.
| 10:00Home Secretary Theresa May; zero waste household challenge; tomboys - pride or problem? 10:453/5Little Dorrit is outside Parliament when Lord Asquith and the MPs vote against votes.
| 10:00Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall; urinary incontinence; poet Lavinia Greenlaw. 10:454/5Little Dorrit is encouraged by Emily Wilding Davison and throws bricks on Oxford Street.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Public Displays of Affection. 10:455/5Little Dorrit gets thrown in gaol and all seems to be lost.
| 10:00John McCarthy hears about journeys to the North Pole, Malta and Britain's tidal islands. 10:303/4Steve Punt probes the mysterious disappearance of a film about Lloyd George after WWI.
| 10:00Debbie has an interesting proposition for Brian, and Tom lashes out.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Jim Al-Khalili explores what the past would have sounded like to our ancestors. 11:302/6Delores has a moment of revelation as she feels really guilty for being late with the rent
| 11:0017/30Saving Species is outdoors, in the wilds of the UK and seventy north in the Arctic. 11:30John Waite asks why one of the world's most successful publishers has hit hard times.
| 11:001/2Declan Curry is in Northern Ireland looking at the fortunes of the Quinn business empire. 11:304/8A dead man's watch chain leads Paul and Steve to a Chinese restaurant.
| 11:00The BBC's foreign correspondents take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines. 11:30An exploration of playwright Alan Ayckbourn's directing career.
| 11:00Zubeida Malik meets young British Arabs who took part in the Arab uprisings. 11:306/6James Walton, his team captains and guests delve into the troubled life of Edgar Allan Poe(R)
| 11:00George Parker of The Financial Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30The BBC's foreign correspondents take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Actor and presenter Martin Clunes joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00How can you cut your energy bills this winter? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00With Julian Worricker. Should your local MP be more accessible? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The challenges facing the 'Meals on Wheels' service and the success of pocket money toys. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Changes to food labelling, the greeting cards market and reducing energy costs. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Sir Roy Strong's hopes that his beloved garden will be inherited by the nation. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00With Paul Lewis. The latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:302/9A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:006/8Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Sheila Hancock, Tony Hawks and Graham Norton 12:32Sheila Dillon takes a look behind the scenes of the honey industry. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00With Martha Kearney. National and international news. 13:30Tom Sutcliffe is joined by teams from Wales and the Midlands.
| 13:00With Martha Kearney. National and international news. 13:30Exploring the emotional impact of the classic Irving Berlin song.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:30Simon Heffer on RightMinds; Australian media ownership; Do media embargoes have a future.
| 13:00With Martha Kearney. National and international news. 13:30How can you help your family breathe clean air? Tom Heap investigates.
| 13:00With Shaun Ley. National and international news. 13:30Conflict over 9/11 coverage and changes to R3 schedule.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a debate about news and politics from Ryde, on the Isle of Wight.
| 13:00With Shaun Ley. In-depth reporting of national and international events. 13:30As Scotland awaits a referendum on Independence, what has Quebec's experience been?(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Debbie has an interesting proposition for Brian. 14:15A body found in the Welsh hills turns out to be thousands of years old.
| 14:15Drama about a controversial portrait of Winston Churchill painted by Graham Sutherland.
| 14:00Vicky puts her foot in it. 14:15A wry Cornish comedy about hard lives, weird vehicles and Country and Western music.
| 14:15Love affairs with a captive goshawk and wild peregrines, written by Helen Macdonald.
| 14:00Eddie explains how he feels. 14:15Albert and Renie live amongst all they have ever owned, but what are they saving it for?
| 14:00Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Atmospheric adaptation of Ann Cleeves acclaimed crime novel, set in Shetland at midwinter.(R)
| 14:00Pippa Greenwood, Matthew Wilson and Bunny Guinness answer the questions you've posted in. 14:452/5Adil Ray looks at life through the lens of photography couple Andy and Elle Fallon.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Julie Fernandez explores the complex relationship between disabled child and parent carer.(R) 15:301/5MJ Hyland's story about hopes and dreams is the first contender for this major award.
| 15:00Helen Castor with the programme where listeners help re-assess the past. 15:302/5By Alison MacLeod. The imagined life of a pioneering biologist facing his eureka moment.
| 15:00Vincent Duggleby and a panel of guests answer calls on renting and letting. 15:303/5By Jon McGregor. A young woman marvels at how her mind responds to a near-death experience
| 15:00Jules Hudson visits the North York Moors to see how heather moorland is being revived. 15:27Mike Wooldridge presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Target Tuberculosis. 15:304/5KJ Orr's story about return and readjustment is the next contender for this major award.
| 15:00Pippa Greenwood, Matthew Wilson and Bunny Guinness answer the questions you've posted in. 15:305/5By DW Wilson. Violence threatens to break out as three friends road-trip across Canada.
| 15:30Exploring the emotional impact of the classic Irving Berlin song.
| 15:001/13Kenneth Branagh stars in Vasily Grossman's epic tale of family and war in Soviet Russia.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Simon Parkes reveals a Britain in which hunger and hard food choices are all too real. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss Christian and Muslim understandings of God, humans and evil.
| 16:001/5What's in a name change? Sally Magnusson finds out for several families. 16:30Simon Jenkins proposes Edwin Lutyens, architect of New Delhi and the Cenotaph.
| 16:00Erotic capital and criminologists' tales from the field. 16:302/4Matthew Sweet discovers his daughter is a robot. Should this change how he treats her?
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup celebrates books, authors and the world of the written word. 16:30Quentin Cooper reports from the British Science Association Festival in Bradford.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Richard Hamilton, Michael Hart, Gabriel Valdes and Wardell Quezergue. 16:30Mike Figgis on Nicholas Ray's last film and Frank Cottrell Boyce on screenwriting.
| 16:00Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Joan Collins, Theresa May, Urinary Incontinence, Jo Brand.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup celebrates books, authors and the world of the written word. 16:30Roger McGough presents a weekly selection of favourite poetry requested by listeners.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 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"I can't meet Anne Robinson, because I'm a criminal" A listener discusses having a record. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Jonathan Freedland addresses the knotty problem of MPs' pay and conditions. 17:40A profile of the incoming Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe. 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. 18:306/8Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Sheila Hancock, Tony Hawks and Graham Norton
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6The fine eco-balance of the shop is thrown into chaos when Ramesh installs a slush machine(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Collusion and confusion over travelling players, mistaken cushions and a high-speed turnip(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6The comic talks about joining a terrible band as drummer, despite not playing drums.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/9A 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 with Celia Birtwell, Shaun Ryder, Jane Asher, Jeremy Gilley & Emma Freud.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Sheila McClennon makes her selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Mark Lawson talks to Roger Moore about working with Tony Curtis in The Persuaders. 19:451/5Little Dorrit leaves her politician husband to find an answer to her emerging doubts.
| 19:00Vicky puts her foot in it. 19:15With John Wilson. Laura Marling on her new album; dancer Lauren Cuthbertson on Degas. 19:452/5Little Dorrit meets the famous spearhead of the suffragettes Mrs Pankhurst.
| 19:15Jermaine Jackson on his brother Michael. 19:453/5Little Dorrit is outside Parliament when Lord Asquith and the MPs vote against votes.
| 19:00Eddie explains how he feels. 19:15Mark Lawson talks to Pam Ayres about her life and poems; Stephen Merchant's stand-up show. 19:454/5Little Dorrit is encouraged by Emily Wilding Davison and throws bricks on Oxford Street.
| 19:00There's friction at Bridge Farm. 19:15Kirsty Lang talks to Dominic West and Clarke Peters about performing Othello in Sheffield. 19:455/5Little Dorrit gets thrown in gaol and all seems to be lost.
| 19:00A profile of the incoming Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:00Ambridge celebrates Joe's 90th birthday. 19:151/4A big job, a small job, the career path of the average TV exec, and a tiger with a gun. 19:453/3One of the first articles to detail Nazi genocide as the war still raged.
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| 20:00 | 20:003/3Chinese Christianity is exploding and the authorities are nervous. Tim Gardam investigates 20:30The stories of young children travelling alone from Zimbabwe to South Africa.
| 20:00Jonathan Freedland addresses the knotty problem of MPs' pay and conditions. 20:40Why screenreader users are still struggling with i-Player following a recent upgrade.
| 20:00Is the 50 per cent income tax rate immoral? 20:45Charles ffrench-Constant on a new wave of drugs which could help the body heal itself.
| 20:00Can the government's flagship programme to help the long-term unemployed succeed? 20:30Peter Day looks at modern apprenticeships.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a debate about news and politics from Ryde, on the Isle of Wight. 20:50John Gray argues that the scientific and rationalist attack on religion is misguided.
| 20:00Jim Riordan uncovers the life and fate of Soviet writer Vasily Grossman, hero and heretic. 20:452/3Elliot Levey reads from Vasily Grossman's front line despatches.
| 20:00Conflict over 9/11 coverage and changes to R3 schedule. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Richard Hamilton, Michael Hart, Gabriel Valdes and Wardell Quezergue.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper on human ancestry, beautiful genomes and gold from the sky. 21:30Andrew Marr on the legacy of Vasily Grossman with Antony Beevor and Andrey Kurkov.
| 21:002/4Matthew Sweet discovers his daughter is a robot. Should this change how he treats her? 21:302/3Edward Stourton explores the life and history of the Bosphorus, Istanbul.(R)
| 21:00How can you help your family breathe clean air? Tom Heap investigates. 21:30Libby Purves is joined by Carol Mellin, Steve Walker, Lucy Bailey and Molly Birnbaum.
| 21:0017/30Saving Species is outdoors, in the wilds of the UK and seventy north in the Arctic. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Hippocratic Oath.
| 21:003/5Tom sets up a man he dislikes to carry out two murders, but has an attack of conscience.(R)
| 21:00Italian PoWs get a hostile welcome in a Scottish village in 1944, but one wife is beguiled
| 21:00With Paul Lewis. The latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Monty Don presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Eden Project. 21:30Peter Day looks at modern apprenticeships.
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| 22:00 | 22:00With Ritula Shah. National and international news and analysis. 22:456/10Lilly Dunne, now 89, recalls how she found work in Mrs Bellow's house.
| 22:00With Ritula Shah. National and international news and analysis. 22:457/10Lilly has married policeman Joe Kinderman, but is he the man he appears to be?
| 22:00With Robin Lustig. National and international news and analysis. 22:458/10Following Joe's disappearance, Lilly moves to Washington with her son.
| 22:00With Robin Lustig. National and international news and analysis. 22:459/10After discovering her husband Joe was a bigamist, Lilly raises her son Ed alone.
| 22:00With Robin Lustig. National and international news and analysis. 22:4510/10Violence has dogged Lily's long life in America. Now all hope lies in her grandson Bill.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:154/5Assessing the role of security and intelligence services in a democracy.
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn reports from the Liberal Democrat conference. 22:45Dennis Sewell of the Spectator analyses how the papers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Four writers discuss how they are inspired by the words they overhear. 23:30Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:003/6A baby turns everyone soft, so Satan tries to locate its family.(R) 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:002/4In the conventional world, Andrew Lawrence explores the strange things we do for fun. 23:156/6With hopes of a promotion, Mordrin pulls out the stops for Merlin's visit to Blairochil.(R) 23:30David Cornock with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:001/4Two Scottish soldiers from 1745, found alive in a cave, are introduced to modern society. 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Simon Jenkins proposes Edwin Lutyens, architect of New Delhi and the Cenotaph. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe is joined by teams from Wales and the Midlands. 23:30Roger McGough presents a weekly selection of favourite poetry requested by listeners.
| 23:00Mike Figgis on Nicholas Ray's last film and Frank Cottrell Boyce on screenwriting. 23:30Reflections on language and truth by the late Studs Terkel.
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