| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor discusses: globalisation is good for you - and Muslim women's basketball. 00:45The bells of St Sepulchre in Newgate, City of London. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Jeanette Winterson reads from her memoir about the 1985 novel that made her famous. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Jeanette Winterson recalls how books were banned in her house when growing up. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Jeanette is now a teenager - navigating her own feelings and sexuality in the mid 1970s. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Jeanette is ambushed by a terrifying emotional and mental crisis. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit came out in 1985 when the author was only 25. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3Chance throws together two novelists with very different backgrounds.(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. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rev George Pitcher. 05:45Could robots and lab meat be answers to feeding the world's growing population? 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rev George Pitcher. 05:45Anna Hill hears claims that many farmers are considering abandoning solar energy projects.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rev George Pitcher. 05:45Vets warn animals will suffer if a ban on the preventive use of antibiotics goes ahead.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rev George Pitcher. 05:45The company behind a proposed farm for 30,000 pigs respond to concerns over human health.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rev George Pitcher. 05:45With Charlotte Smith. The RSPB want some pesticides made illegal to protect birds of prey.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A reading and a reflection by George Craig. 05:45'I'm related to royalty and Papandreou.' A listener puts the case for monarchy.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Mary's in Abergavenny, Gwent. 05:45New President of the European Central Bank, Italian Mario Draghi, enters the Euro crisis.
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| 06:00 | 06:00With James Naughtie and Justin Webb. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Debating the Greek referendum, the C of E and protests, and August baby blues.
| 06:00Analysing the Greek referendum on the eurozone deal, and the protests at St Paul's.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00With Barclays' Bob Diamond, Chancellor George Osborne and Jose Manuel Barroso.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark is in Royal Deeside in Aberdeenshire to find out about Horseback UK.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith investigates what free-range means. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully examines the relationship between the individual and the crowd. 06:35In Snowdonia, a hidden valley reveals a magical Celtic rainforest along the forest floor. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00John Humphrys gauges the mood in Athens, plus Johnny Depp on his ambition to play Hamlet.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Benjamin Zephaniah presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Inquest. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of educational pioneer Nathaniel Woodard. 08:50Mary Beard on the uncanny similarities between Colonel Gaddafi and tyrants in ancient Rome
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr and Danny Sriskandarajah, Andrew Charlton, Geoff Hutchison and Norman Moore. 09:451/5Jeanette Winterson reads from her memoir about the 1985 novel that made her famous.
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili talks to Professor Sir Michael Marmot about his work on how stress kills. 09:30Lyse Doucet is in Kabul to talk to Rangina Hamidi a campaigner for women's rights. 09:452/5Jeanette Winterson recalls how books were banned in her house when growing up.
| 09:00Libby Purves with Ceri Levy, Rita Tushingham, Gillian Lynne and Gisli Orn Gardarsson. 09:453/5Jeanette is now a teenager - navigating her own feelings and sexuality in the mid 1970s.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the origins, science and mythology of the moon. 09:454/5Jeanette is ambushed by a terrifying emotional and mental crisis.
| 09:00Lord Victor Adebowale is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs. 09:455/5Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit came out in 1985 when the author was only 25.
| 09:00Richard Coles with chef Allegra McEvedy, poet Murray Lachlan Young & musician Randy Newman
| 09:00With Paddy O'Connell. News, views and discussion ... with a difference.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Orchids - the history of this exotic house plant. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:451/5The Emperor has disappeared into the wilderness beyond the palace walls.
| 10:00Freedom Riders; women priests and Catholicism; post-adoption depression; Anoushka Shankar. 10:452/5Lady Shonagon is confronted with a world in which she is unknown and unrecognised.
| 10:00Joan Bakewell's new novel; are cougars liberated? IVF egg harvesting warning; saying no. 10:453/5The Emperor begins to learn lessons - in fence building and facing his nemesis, Inokichi.
| 10:00Cook the Perfect Soda Bread with Dan Lepard; Women in protest movements; Arabian Nights. 10:454/5The young Emperor has been kidnapped by his nemesis, the bandit king Inokichi.
| 10:00The changing role of the bedroom. Presented by Jenni Murray. 10:455/5Lady Shonagon and Yukinari finally find the Emperor, but the bandit king has captured him.
| 10:00John McCarthy focuses on Panama and a political tour of North Korea. 10:30What happens when a songwriter accidentally copies someone else's song?(R)
| 10:00There's shocking news for the Carter family, and Roy receives a job offer.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Alan Dein goes to Boston, Lincs to explore tensions caused by an influx of migrant workers 11:303/6The Brighton police force look set to be movie stars and Mrs G is falling for Hoagy.
| 11:0024/30With Brett Westwood. From the National Botanic Garden of Wales. 11:30Gabrielle Drake looks at regional theatre through the story of Manchester's Royal Exchange
| 11:00The personal stories and painful decisions we face when getting rid of our old books.(R) 11:303/4Inspector Lestrade presents Paul Beck, who gives Sherlock Holmes a run for his money.
| 11:00Reports from Italy, China, Liberia, Georgia and the Republic of Ireland. 11:30Geoff Dyer explores DH Lawrence's life-changing experiences in New Mexico in the 1920s.
| 11:00Young Italian professionals working in the UK reveal how their economy has cast them out. 11:301/4Life and recipes from cookery writer Damien Trench's kitchen diary.
| 11:00Fraser Nelson of the Spectator looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Kate Adie with correspondents in Greece, Washington, Jerusalem, Vladivostok and France.
| 11:15Children's author Francesca Simon is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The Energy Ombudsman on the 81 per cent rise in complaints about gas and electricity firms 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The future of adult social care. MP Stephen Dorrell answers questions. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. Combating shoplifting and making the most of science 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. BT profits and managing the over 65s at work. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00CCTV in taxis; restoring Cotswold canals; and Amazon expands into publishing. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest Greek economic woes, and 'Can't pay won't pay' - man versus financial adviser. 12:309/9A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:005/6John Lloyd and Dave Gorman take exhibits from Alex Horne, Sara Wheeler and Alain De Botton 12:32Feeding a restaurant trend, Sheila Dillon investigates the world of commercial foragers. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00With Martha Kearney. National and international news. 13:30Teams from Scotland and Northern Ireland meet for the last show in the current series.
| 13:00With Martha Kearney. National and international news. 13:303/4Frances Fyfield's forensic musical discovery continues with Handel's Firework Suite score.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Peter Salmon on the BBC's move to Salford; news from this year's Radio Festival.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Dominic Arkwright asks why fairies - once so very scary - have become pink and innocent?
| 13:00National and international news. 13:30Can local radio thrive despite the cuts? And what does the new Radio 4 schedule hold?
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents a live panel discussion of news and politics from Ely.
| 13:00In-depth reporting of national and international events. 13:30At a time of change and turmoil in the Middle East, what is happening inside Israel?
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| 14:00 | 14:153/6Frank and Declan both stand witness for things they are unsure about.
| 14:00There's shocking news for the Carter family. 14:15Elver season on the River Severn. A dangerous time for a young man to search for his place(R)
| 14:15A young girl from a troubled background is pregnant but insists she's a virgin.
| 14:00Tom can't believe his luck. 14:151/2Mma Ramotswe makes an unexpected ghostly sighting. Or does she?
| 14:00Roy receives a job offer. 14:152/2By Alexander McCall Smith. The case is solved but there is still the wedding to organise.
| 14:00Listeners respond to the issues raised in the preceding edition of Any Questions? 14:30A family is brought to its knees, sparked by one mistake. Stars Emma Cunniffe.(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson and the panel answer the questions you have sent in by post and email. 14:454/4Horatio Clare joins the Paris river police as they search the Seine for a drowned man.
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| 15:00 | 15:00With Gaddafi dead, Owen Bennett-Jones explores what happens after dictators fall. 15:451/5How one press photographer took the royal wedding balcony kiss shot.
| 15:00Featuring the Northern Rebellion of 1569 and unsung history hero John Hughes. 15:301/3Read by Miriam Margolyes. How a shocking discovery changed Eleanor Roosevelt's life. 15:452/5How Lewis Whyld captured the Tottenham riots - the fires, the police and the mob.
| 15:003/3Stephanie Flanders discusses the global financial crisis with top economic thinkers. 15:302/3Eleanor Cobham, the Duchess of Gloucester, is accused of treasonable necromancy in 1441. 15:453/5Geoff Waugh on taking photographs during the Tour de France.
| 15:00Jules Hudson visits the Peak District to discover its tragic aviation history. 15:27Kim Wilde presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Ataxia UK. 15:303/3Colette O'Neil reads Manda Scott's story, set on the eve of Boudica's last battle in 61AD. 15:454/5Jane Mingay of the Telegraph covers the 9/11 anniversary in New York.
| 15:00Eric Robson and the panel answer the questions you have sent in by post and email. 15:455/5Mike Goldwater in Rwanda, 17 years after the genocide.
| 15:303/4Frances Fyfield's forensic musical discovery continues with Handel's Firework Suite score.
| 15:002/2Caught between Robert and Harrison, Stella feels betrayed but unsure who to believe.
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| 16:00 | 16:00A traditional cooking oil and a controversial food ingredient. What's up with palm oil? 16:304/6Simon Cox presents the latest news from the digital world.
| 16:00Joshua Rozenberg looks into offences 'taken into consideration' and false confessions. 16:30Stephanie Flanders and Roisin McAuley discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores ideas about a decline in human violence with Steven Pinker. 16:30Can we be 'nudged' into good behaviour? We report on the UK's Behavioural Insights Team.
| 16:00Victoria Hislop on her novel The Thread and crime writing Roslund and Hellstrom style. 16:30Quentin Cooper discusses the latest events at Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Nusrat Bhutto, Sir Jimmy Savile, George Daniels and Norrie Woodhall. 16:30John Landis, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Miranda July on monsters, romance and the future.
| 16:00Cougar women; music from Anoushka Shankar; cook the perfect soda bread; female protesters.
| 16:00Iain Banks talks about his first novel The Wasp Factory. 16:30Spike Milligan's three daughters discuss how their father's serious poetry reflected him.
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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.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Eddie Mair brings you the top stories of the day.
| 17:00A fresh perspective on the day's news with sports headlines. 17:30Evan Davis and guests on key relationships and whether flat organisations work best. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Should more prisoners be made to work? And are government plans to make them realistic? 17:40New President of the European Central Bank, Italian Mario Draghi, enters the Euro crisis. 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. 18:305/6John Lloyd and Dave Gorman take exhibits from Alex Horne, Sara Wheeler and Alain De Botton
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4Tom's loyalty is tested over supporting bridesmaid Ellen or a Jonathan Creek TV fest.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Marcus Brigstocke invites reluctant vocalist Alan Davies to sing for the first time.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/4Looking back at a week's worth of broadcasting...that never happened.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:309/9A 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 is joined by Tom Hollander, Andrew Logan and the music conductor John Wilson.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Liz Barclay makes her selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00There's shocking news for the Carter family. 19:15Ronan Bennett on his new TV drama Top Boy, and Andrew Lloyd Webber. 19:451/5The Emperor has disappeared into the wilderness beyond the palace walls.
| 19:15In Time reviewed; David Bowie in the 1970s; how singers can protect their voices. 19:452/5Lady Shonagon is confronted with a world in which she is unknown and unrecognised.
| 19:00Tom can't believe his luck. 19:15PD James, cellist Steven Isserlis, and new play Collaborators, with Simon Russell Beale. 19:453/5The Emperor begins to learn lessons - in fence building and facing his nemesis, Inokichi.
| 19:00Roy receives a job offer. 19:15Anthony Horowitz on writing a new Sherlock Holmes story; Skyfall - the next James Bond. 19:454/5The young Emperor has been kidnapped by his nemesis, the bandit king Inokichi.
| 19:00Jennifer receives a frosty welcome. 19:15REM interviewed; London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic posters revealed. 19:455/5Lady Shonagon and Yukinari finally find the Emperor, but the bandit king has captured him.
| 19:00New President of the European Central Bank, Italian Mario Draghi, enters the Euro crisis. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:00There's a family summit at Bridge Farm. 19:154/4Rory Bremner and friends with a blend of stand-up, satire and incisive interviews. 19:451/3An immigrant worker eagerly anticipates a visit from the teenage son she left behind.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:003/3Misha Glenny charts the emergence of a unified Germany in 1871. 20:30How the ideologies of British black politics in Britain have changed since the 1980s.
| 20:00Should more prisoners be made to work? And are government plans to make them realistic? 20:40Professor Robert MacLaren explains his success treating choroideremia using gene therapy.
| 20:00Clive Anderson and guests explore the moral and ethical dilemmas faced by lawyers. 20:45Author Dreda Say Mitchell says we have overlooked the cultural element to social mobility.
| 20:00Joshua Rozenberg looks into offences 'taken into consideration' and false confessions. 20:30Evan Davis and guests on key relationships and whether flat organisations work best.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents a live panel discussion of news and politics from Ely. 20:50Mary Beard on the uncanny similarities between Colonel Gaddafi and tyrants in ancient Rome
| 20:0020 years after the death of Robert Maxwell, Steve Hewlett assesses his life.
| 20:00Can local radio thrive despite the cuts? And what does the new Radio 4 schedule hold? 20:30Matthew Bannister on Nusrat Bhutto, Sir Jimmy Savile, George Daniels and Norrie Woodhall.
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| 21:00 | 21:00A special recording from the National Maritime Museum as part of London Science Festival. 21:30Andrew Marr and Danny Sriskandarajah, Andrew Charlton, Geoff Hutchison and Norman Moore.
| 21:00Can we be 'nudged' into good behaviour? We report on the UK's Behavioural Insights Team. 21:30Jim Al-Khalili talks to Professor Sir Michael Marmot about his work on how stress kills.
| 21:00Did CERN scientists really break the universal speed limit? Roland Pease investigates. 21:30Libby Purves with Ceri Levy, Rita Tushingham, Gillian Lynne and Gisli Orn Gardarsson.
| 21:0024/30With Brett Westwood. From the National Botanic Garden of Wales. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the origins, science and mythology of the moon.
| 21:00The powerful story of 18-year-old Cheryl James, found shot dead at Deepcut barracks.(R)
| 21:001/2Stella's wartime allegiances are tested.
| 21:00The latest Greek economic woes, and 'Can't pay won't pay' - man versus financial adviser. 21:26Benjamin Zephaniah presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Inquest. 21:30How the ideologies of British black politics in Britain have changed since the 1980s.
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| 22:00 | 22:00With Ritula Shah. National and international news and analysis. 22:456/10As the Nazis take hold in Germany, Dora aims to bring proof of Hitler's plans to London.
| 22:00With Robin Lustig. National and international news and analysis. 22:457/10As Dora revealed Hitler's plans to the newspapers, Hans needed to make his own impact.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:458/10As Dora finds a newer source at the heart of Hitler's government, Hans makes his own plans
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:459/10Ruth learns the truth, but can she save her beloved?
| 22:00With Ritula Shah. National and international news and analysis. 22:4510/10Ruth remembers the dark days after Dora's death and how she tried to make amends.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Clive Anderson and guests explore the moral and ethical dilemmas faced by lawyers.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45How the newspapers are covering the biggest stories in Westminster and beyond.
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| 23:00 | 23:003/3The final of Radio 4's 2009 Poetry Slam, hosted by Dreadlock Alien.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:002/4Uncertainty and conflict mars the relationship between Napoleon and Wellington's horses. 23:152/4A bittersweet story of a keen golfer who decides it's time his mother went into a home.(R) 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:001/6Can having strength ever make us weak? Mark Watson's quest to improve the world. 23:30Alicia McCarthy with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:004/4Rory Bremner and friends with a blend of stand-up, satire and incisive interviews. 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Stephanie Flanders and Roisin McAuley discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. 23:30Mark D'Arcy with the news from Westminster.
| 23:00Teams from Scotland and Northern Ireland meet for the last show in the current series. 23:302/4Ruth Padel presents a landmark series exploring the joys of writing and reading poetry.
| 23:00John Landis, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Miranda July on monsters, romance and the future. 23:30Mark Tully examines the relationship between the individual and the crowd.
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