| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores music as a threat to national security and new work on immigration. 00:45The bells of St Michael's in Kingsteignton, Devon. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Carmen returns to Latin America with her mother and sister to join the underground. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5After a visit to Chile, Carmen finds herself questioning her commitment to the cause. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Carmen finds herself in rural Argentina in the depths of a harsh winter. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5A mission across the Andes goes perilously wrong, and Carmen is forced to risk all. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Secret police, paranoia and mistrust as the resistance begins to falter. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3Trouble is caused by the miraculous healing of a woman's infertility.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Short reflection and prayer with Canon Noel Battye. 05:45Charlotte Smith hears calls for school farm visits to be made compulsory. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Short reflection and prayer with Canon Noel Battye. 05:45The Farming Today dairy cow has to pass a TB test, or be culled. With Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Short reflection and prayer with Canon Noel Battye. 05:45Putting Dartmoor Hill Ponies on 'the Pill'. Presented by Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Short reflection and prayer with Canon Noel Battye. 05:45As food inflation soars, Charlotte Smith asks how expensive the Sunday roast could become.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Short reflection and prayer with Canon Stephen Shipley. 05:45Charlotte Smith hears government plans to encourage renewable energy.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43With Shaunaka Rishi Das, Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. 05:45The news programme that starts with its listeners.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Wilfred's in York. 05:45Linda Pressly profiles Stone Roses lead singer Ian Brown.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Is there anything the government can do to keep our energy bills down?
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Debating if elderly people should leave big empty homes and compensation for egg donors.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding walks a stretch of the South West Coastal Path from Hope Cove to Salcombe. 06:30Charlotte Smith investigates what part farming plays in UK children's education. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Deborah Bull explores the our natural instinct to dance. 06:35Adam Henson meets the third BBC Farmer of the Year finalist, Adrian Dolby, in Oxfordshire. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00The latest on the euro debt crisis talks and Libya, plus the power of the All Black haka.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Jeremy Hardy presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Adoption UK. 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 from St Mary the Virgin Church, Oxford, exploring the challenges of faith. 08:50Will Self reflects that racism is rarely a sole cause of social injustice.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Richard Dawkins, Lisa Randall and the Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. 09:451/5Carmen returns to Latin America with her mother and sister to join the underground.
| 09:00Inside the mind of science writer and cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker. 09:30Lyse Doucet speaks to Afghan media mogul Saad Mohseni. 09:452/5After a visit to Chile, Carmen finds herself questioning her commitment to the cause.
| 09:00Libby Purves is joined by Gloria Elliott, Des Bishop, Michael Morpurgo and Stanley Jackson 09:453/5Carmen finds herself in rural Argentina in the depths of a harsh winter.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Delacroix's painting Liberty Leading the People. 09:454/5A mission across the Andes goes perilously wrong, and Carmen is forced to risk all.
| 09:00Olympic sprinter Michael Johnson joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs. 09:455/5Secret police, paranoia and mistrust as the resistance begins to falter.
| 09:00Richard Coles with pop star and writer Pat Kane; Inheritance Tracks from Harry Connick Jr.
| 09:00News, views and discussion ... with a difference. Including the man who caught Gaddafi.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Guests include Heston Blumenthal and Diana Athill. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:451/5Following his son's separation, Ray is forbidden from seeing his granddaughter Ellie.
| 10:00Clothes and grieving; stand-up Angie Le Mar; pianist Di Xiao; Kingwa Kamencu. 10:452/5Following the death of his son, Ray finds himself caught in a web of legal difficulties.
| 10:00Tattoos - love 'em or loathe 'em? The judgement of mothers, Women and Pensions and MBAs. 10:453/5Ray hopes that he will soon be granted legal access to his beloved granddaughter.
| 10:00Actress Sharon Gless; parental rights in difficult economic times; the appeal of bridge? 10:454/5After the CAFCAS meeting, Ray begins to believe that access to Ellie will never be granted
| 10:00Presented by Sheila McClennon. Singer songwriter Sophie Barker live in studio. 10:455/5Following his row with Annie, Ray despairs of being granted access to his grandchild.
| 10:00John McCarthy hears about Congo in the 60s and 70s and the isles of Rodrigues. 10:30Mark Radcliffe explores the continued success and appeal of the little white bear.
| 10:00Clive's influence is spreading and David brings shocking news.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Alan Dein visits Woodhouses, Lancashire where more than national cricket fame is at stake. 11:301/6A severed head arrives in a box - a warning that evil Mrs Vine is hell bent on havoc.
| 11:0022/30Saving Species asks if success with species conservation can ever become a problem. 11:30Artist Andrew Shoben explores a controversial idea to 'rotate or retire' public artworks
| 11:00Allan Little profiles the philosopher David Hume, born in 1711.(R) 11:301/4Inspector Lestrade introduces Sherlock Holmes' eccentric rival Auguste Dupin.
| 11:00Stories from Libya, Syria, Tunisia, Texas and Sumatra. 11:30How Jayne Mansfield shook up the northern club scene before she died.(R)
| 11:00Kit Hesketh Harvey visits the Nailympics to understand the growing mania for manicures. 11:305/6Clare encounters the man whose music influenced and shaped her as a teenager in the 90s.
| 11:00Steve Richards looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Insight, wit and analysis from correspondents around the world, introduced by Kate Adie.
| 11:15Kirsty Young interviews writer and actor Mark Gatiss.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Consumer news with Julian Worricker. Does rehab work? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00With Julian Worricker. Listeners contribute their views on consumer issues. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Foraging in the New Forest with mushroom expert Roger Phillips. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Are travel companies required to give discounts for children? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Too old to tour? Mis-leading movie trailers and help for independent bookshops. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:307/9A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:003/6John Lloyd and Dave Gorman receive exhibits as donations to their infinitely vast museum. 12:32Sheila Dillon asks if the calorie is an outdated way of controlling diet. 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 around the UK in the game of lateral thinking.
| 13:00With Martha Kearney. National and international news. 13:301/4Frances Fyfield's series of forensic musical discovery returns with Mozart's Don Giovanni.
| 13:00With Shaun Ley. National and international news. 13:30Sir Christopher Meyer on the PCC, BSkyB's results and what next for James Murdoch?
| 13:00With Martha Kearney. National and international news. 13:30Britain's electricity grid needs replacing. Does that mean a new invasion of the pylons?
| 13:00Shaun Ley with news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:30Listener views on local radio cuts. Roger hears how to secure inclusion on R4's Last Word.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Torquay, Devon.
| 13:00In-depth reporting of national and international events. 13:302/2As Obama's campaign to win a 2nd term ramps up Gary Younge assesses his performance so far
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| 14:00 | 14:00George's behaviour causes concern. 14:151/6When an entrepreneur is arrested for alleged fraud, Frank discovers a personal connection.
| 14:00Ian offers a sympathetic ear. 14:151/3Aspiring novelist Davis Finch acquires a desk which wins him success.
| 14:00Tom handles a tricky meeting. 14:152/3Sceptical scientist James moves to Standlake, famous for its lake monster. Horror story.
| 14:00Clive's influence is spreading. 14:153/3Fran and Abe agree to perform an ancient ritual for a lonely old woman.
| 14:00David brings shocking news. 14:15By David Pownall. Explorer Richard Burton travels to Mecca, disguised as pilgrim.(R)
| 14:00Call Jonathan Dimbleby on 03700 100 444 or email any.answers@bbc.co.uk. 14:308/8Post-honeymoon, life as a kept man wears thin for Marlowe.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs chairs this week's edition from Newport, South West Wales. 14:452/4Horatio Clare explores life on the Seine with one of the barge-dwellers of central Paris.
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| 15:00 | 15:00David Cannadine explores the teaching of history in English schools over the past century. 15:451/5Jesse Lee Jones explains how his love of country music took him from Brazil to Nashville.
| 15:00Tom Holland thumbs though the history of English usage guides. 15:301/3A poet reflects upon lessons learned from a failed affair. 15:452/5A Venezuelan opera singer now living in Italy was forced to make a life-changing decision.
| 15:001/3Stephanie Flanders discusses the global financial crisis with top economic thinkers. 15:302/3A woman has a mystical experience while walking in Skye's Cuillin mountains. 15:453/5Yusuf Mahmoud swapped Cheltenham for Zanzibar because of his love of African music.
| 15:00Clare Balding discovers that the Lincolnshire Wolds are not as flat as most people think. 15:27Michael Palin presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Motivation Charitable Trust. 15:303/3A man reflects upon the consequences of a decision made too lightly. 15:454/5The wild freedom of Cajun music lured today's migrant to Louisiana.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs this week's edition from Newport, South West Wales. 15:455/5Daniel Sanden-Warg was drawn to Norway for the hardanger fiddle - its national instrument.
| 15:301/4Frances Fyfield's series of forensic musical discovery returns with Mozart's Don Giovanni.
| 15:002/2Silas's life changes forever when Eppie, a little girl, crosses his threshold.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon looks at some of the ingenious ways we have developed of preserving food. 16:302/6Simon Cox presents the latest news from the digital world.
| 16:00Joshua Rozenberg explores contentious legal issues which arose from the August riots. 16:30Rick Stein and Michael Dobbs join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their chosen books.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores impartiality in TV political interviewing. 16:30Sean Street investigates the sound of fear, the noises and music that scare us, and why.
| 16:00Ian Rankin talks to Mariella Frostrup about his latest crime novel The Impossible Dead. 16:30Quentin Cooper presents his weekly digest of science in and behind the headlines.
| 16:00Jane Little on Muammar Gaddafi, Dennis Ritchie, Sylvia Robinson, and Betty Driver. 16:30A look back at a vintage year for American cinema - 1971.
| 16:00Cagney and Lacey star Sharon Gless, Cook the Perfect Pumpkin Soup with Heston Blumenthal.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Margaret Atwood about her new book In Other Worlds. 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.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00A fresh perspective on the day's news with sports headlines. With Carolyn Quinn. 17:30Evan Davis and guests discuss financial services - is the sector productive or parasitic? 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Are children at risk of abuse in Britain's unregulated madrassa schools? 17:40Linda Pressly profiles Stone Roses lead singer Ian Brown. 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. 18:303/6John Lloyd and Dave Gorman receive exhibits as donations to their infinitely vast museum.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4A great party gets taken over by fake tans, jerk chicken, insomniac parents and berets.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Marcus Brigstocke invites Ian Hislop to try new things, including his first pair of jeans.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/5Liza Tarbuck, Richard Herring and Jack Whitehall confess their worst ever excuses.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:307/9A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Peter Curran with Douglas Hodge, Jo Whiley, Bombay Bicycle Club and Rachael Stirling.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Hardep Singh Kohli makes his selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Ian offers a sympathetic ear. 19:15Lynne Ramsay on directing We Need To Talk About Kevin; Sir Cameron Mackintosh at 65. 19:451/5Following his son's separation, Ray is forbidden from seeing his granddaughter Ellie.
| 19:00Tom handles a tricky meeting. 19:15Sir Terry Pratchett on his 50th book, actor Mark Rylance and the film Contagion reviewed. 19:452/5Following the death of his son, Ray finds himself caught in a web of legal difficulties.
| 19:00Clive's influence is spreading. 19:15Mark Lawson interviews Thandie Newton; Romola Garai reviews an exhibition of actresses. 19:453/5Ray hopes that he will soon be granted legal access to his beloved granddaughter.
| 19:00David brings shocking news. 19:15John Wilson meets the musician Peter Gabriel, and reassesses the art of Edward Burra. 19:454/5After the CAFCAS meeting, Ray begins to believe that access to Ellie will never be granted
| 19:15John Wilson reviews Spielberg's Tintin and talks to Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys. 19:455/5Following his row with Annie, Ray despairs of being granted access to his grandchild.
| 19:00Linda Pressly profiles Stone Roses lead singer Ian Brown. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:152/4Who is to blame for the global economic crisis? Topical sketch show with Rory Bremner. 19:452/3A phone call leads Kate to reflect on her marriage and her experience of love.
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| 20:00 | 20:001/3How the events of the Thirty Years War hugely influenced later German nationalists. 20:30Edward Stourton asks if the political class is catching up with public opinion on the EU.
| 20:00Are children at risk of abuse in Britain's unregulated madrassa schools? 20:40One step forward onto the escalator for guide dogs, but two back as Kindle loses speech.
| 20:00Clive Anderson and guests discuss the major legal issues of the day. 20:45Science journalist Ed Yong explores the implications of being host to billions of microbes
| 20:00Joshua Rozenberg explores contentious legal issues which arose from the August riots. 20:30Evan Davis and guests discuss financial services - is the sector productive or parasitic?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Torquay, Devon. 20:50Will Self reflects that racism is rarely a sole cause of social injustice.
| 20:00Dominic Sandbrook questions the political importance of Prime Minister's Questions.
| 20:00Listener views on local radio cuts. Roger hears how to secure inclusion on R4's Last Word. 20:30Jane Little on Muammar Gaddafi, Dennis Ritchie, Sylvia Robinson, and Betty Driver.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper presents his weekly digest of science in and behind the headlines. 21:30Andrew Marr with Richard Dawkins, Lisa Randall and the Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.
| 21:00Sean Street investigates the sound of fear, the noises and music that scare us, and why. 21:30Inside the mind of science writer and cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker.
| 21:00Britain's electricity grid needs replacing. Does that mean a new invasion of the pylons? 21:30Libby Purves is joined by Gloria Elliott, Des Bishop, Michael Morpurgo and Stanley Jackson
| 21:0022/30Saving Species asks if success with species conservation can ever become a problem. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Delacroix's painting Liberty Leading the People.
| 21:00Black comedy by Ed Jones. Scriptwriter Luke loses his TV job and has to downsize his home.(R)
| 21:001/2Silas Marner lives a miserly isolated life, with money as his only company.
| 21:00The latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Jeremy Hardy presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Adoption UK. 21:30Edward Stourton asks if the political class is catching up with public opinion on the EU.
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| 22:00 | 22:00The Government urges us to switch energy suppliers - how much difference will that make? 22:456/10The Oronsay arrives at the Suez Canal, a vivid moment of dreamlike transition.
| 22:00With Robin Lustig. National and international news and analysis. 22:457/10Michael reflects on his brief marriage to Ramdhin's sister.
| 22:00With Robin Lustig. National and international news and analysis. 22:458/10The history of the silent girl has profound implications for the other passengers.
| 22:00With Ritula Shah. National and international news and analysis. 22:459/10Michael's connection with Emily prompts recollections of events in the Mediterranean.
| 22:00With Ritula Shah. National and international news and analysis. 22:4510/10Asuntha and her father were last seen as they leapt over the side of the ship into the sea
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Clive Anderson and guests discuss the major legal issues of the day.
| 22:00Preview of the week's politics with politicians, pundits and experts. 22:45Kevin Maguire of the Mirror analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:001/3The first semi-final of Radio 4's 2009 national Poetry Slam, hosted by Dreadlock Alien.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme presents the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Ali McGregor hosts a show featuring the best cabaret acts at the 2010 Edinburgh Fringe.(R) 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:003/4Kim's bad dream sparks a heated debate that incorporates Elvis on fire. 23:155/6Musical comedy starring Richie Webb as put upon music teacher Nigel Penny.(R) 23:30David Cornock presents the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:002/4Who is to blame for the global economic crisis? Topical sketch show with Rory Bremner. 23:30Sean Curran presents the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Rick Stein and Michael Dobbs join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their chosen books. 23:30Mark D'Arcy presents all the news from Westminster.
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe is joined by teams from around the UK in the game of lateral thinking. 23:30Roger McGough presents a weekly selection of favourite poetry requested by listeners.
| 23:00A look back at a vintage year for American cinema - 1971. 23:30Deborah Bull explores the our natural instinct to dance.
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