| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Stag Tours and men's experience of childbirth. Laurie encounters the modern male. 00:45The bells of York Minster. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Candid despatches from the frontline of male midlife. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Writer Marcus Berkmann continues his musings on life, death and all the messy stuff. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Candid despatches from the frontline of male midlife. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Candid despatches from the frontline of male midlife. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Candid despatches from the frontline of male midlife. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3Neil longs for solitude and the wild as he takes over a remote Welsh cottage. 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 Leon Litvack. 05:45Minister says it will be impossible for farmers in a trial badger cull to remain anonymous 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Leon Litvack. 05:45Anna Hill learns how the UK is changing the world's crops by quickly developing new breeds
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Leon Litvack. 05:45Dragons' Den star Deborah Meaden urges farmers to promote British Rose veal.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Leon Litvack. 05:45Predictions that climate change could boost crop UK yields - as long as it rains.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Leon Litvack. 05:45How British food exports could be key to an ailing economy; Charlotte Smith investigates.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Mark Beach. 05:45The programme that starts with its listeners.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Bartholomew's Church, Sutton-cum-Lound, Nottinghamshire. 05:45Writer Gerard Darby argues that creativity is just as vital as science in education.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Debating the proposed benefits cap, Nigeria bomb attacks and cosmetic surgery advertising.
| 06:00Andrew Lansley defends NHS efficiency savings, and debating shale gas and Haditha killings
| 06:00With Bill Gates on capitalism. Plus discussing the ECHR, and British integrity.
| 06:00With Lord Mandelson on the "filthy rich", Jeremy Bowen in Douma and debating Vitamin D.
| 06:00Debating Stephen Hester's bonus, tests for autism, police numbers and what next for Cern.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Jules Hudson visits an Afghan village in Norfolk used to train soldiers. 06:30Confused crops and bewildered wildlife - how the mild winter is affecting the countryside. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Sarah Cuddon explores the joys of sending and receiving postcards. 06:35Living World heads to Cambridgeshire, to ask when jackdaws roost, what are they up to? 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and 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. 07:55John le Carré presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Peace Direct. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10'Speak Up, Speak Out' - Live from the Lighthouse Christian Centre, Salford. 08:50The historian Lisa Jardine reflects on the week's events. 08:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with John Podmore, Simon Stephens, Mike Hough and Shami Chakrabarti. 09:451/5Candid despatches from the frontline of male midlife.
| 09:00Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of the fate of great British building projects. 09:304/5The wild freedom of Cajun music lured today's migrant to Louisiana.(R) 09:452/5Writer Marcus Berkmann continues his musings on life, death and all the messy stuff.
| 09:00Libby Purves is joined by Peter Tatchell and micro-engraver Graham Short. 09:453/5Candid despatches from the frontline of male midlife.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Scientific Method. 09:454/5Candid despatches from the frontline of male midlife.
| 09:00Writer Vikram Seth is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs. 09:455/5Candid despatches from the frontline of male midlife.
| 09:00Richard Coles with philosopher Alain de Botton; Inheritance Tracks of singer Ani DiFranco.
| 09:00With Paddy O'Connell. News, views and discussion ... with a difference.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Sex on the agenda - should you schedule it in your relationship? Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:451/5Married for the wrong reasons, Kitty loves another man and faces a terrible ultimatum.
| 10:00Women in the media, overcharging for IVF. Presented by Jenni Murray. 10:452/5Kitty runs to her lover seeking solace, but she is faced with the terrible truth.
| 10:00Why the NCT wants to reinvent itself, and is it time we Brits got rid of Miss and Mrs? 10:453/5Kitty visits the orphanage where her husband Walter works and sees him in a new light.
| 10:00Friendships from cradle to grave: the chemistry of lasting friendship; what makes it tick? 10:454/5Kitty discovers that she is pregnant, and Walter demands to know if it is his child.
| 10:00When to tell people you're pregnant and female soldiers on film. Presented by Jenni Murray 10:455/5Kitty is horrified over the news about Walter. She returns to Hong Kong.
| 10:00John McCarthy's guests discuss the Wild West, Calgary's Stampede and driving to Mongolia. 10:30Presenter Patrick Humphries explores rock star Phil Collins' impressive Alamo collection
| 10:00Brian walks into a heated debate and Neil lends a helping hand.
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| 11:00 | 11:002/2Can new government initiatives push the unemployed into work? Tom Heap investigates. 11:304/4The politicians decide to tackle drugs and homelessness, but what about their future?(R)
| 11:00The remarkable story of Emma Turner; a pioneer of bird photography. 11:30The first reunion in 70 years of writer Shirley Hughes and her 1940s dancing partner
| 11:00An exploration of female friendship through the moving stories of three sets of friends. 11:304/4Robert's nemesis approaches, along with Edward, basset hound of doom.
| 11:00Kate Adie hosts despatches from Britain, Libya, India, Western Sahara and Papua New Guinea 11:30David Baddiel explores the mercurial life of entertainer Vic Oliver.
| 11:00An insight into the intoxicating thrills of British motorcycle speedway with Michael Lee. 11:302/6With guest panellists, crime writer Mark Billingham and journalist Jane Thynne.
| 11:00Fraser Nelson of The Spectator looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Kate Adie presents despatches from Paris, Abuja, Tripoli, Beijing and Addis Ababa.
| 11:15Sir David Attenborough is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Councils as health police, Big Issue sellers and what not to wear at Ascot. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Winifred Robinson takes calls on the government plans to cap household benefit. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. Why has Woolworths been so successful in Germany? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Car dealerships in a downturn, the popularity of drive-thrus and the future of the A380. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Charity credit cards withdrawn, dividend spotting, and NS&I tries to deter richer savers. 12:306/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:005/6Mark Watson, Henning Wehn, Roisin Conaty and Alex Horne hide truths in lies. 12:32Sheila Dillon explains why supplies of cocoa around the world are facing a tricky future. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Martha Kearney presents the national and international news. 13:451/5Adil Ray sees Britain through the magical lens of photographer Tim Walker.(R)
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:452/5Adil Ray looks at life through the lens of photography couple Andy and Elle Fallon.(R)
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:453/5Adil Ray views a banger race meeting through the lens of photographer Chloe Dewe Mathews.(R)
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents the national and international news. 13:454/5Adil Ray sees Cornwall through the lens of local paper photographer Emily-Whitfield Wicks.(R)
| 13:00National and international news with James Robbins. 13:455/5Adil Ray looks at life through the camera lens of an urban explorer.(R)
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Lichfield Cathedral.
| 13:00James Robbins presents the latest national and international news. 13:301/3Allan Little looks at the transformation of Europe following the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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| 14:00 | 14:00There's no stopping Tracy. 14:15In the 1920s, many doubted that a woman could swim the Channel, until one attempt.(R)
| 14:00Brian walks into a heated debate. 14:154/4Blackmail, snobbery, scandal and bullfighting. Birkett takes on his most famous case.
| 14:00Neil lends a helping hand. 14:15Helen Simpson's hilarious short story, dramatised by Liz Lochhead. Stars Sophie Thompson.
| 14:00Brian tries to win friends. 14:151/4An old friend of Pilgrim's is possessed by a deadly forest spirit.
| 14:00Pat waits on tenterhooks. 14:15A money-crazed entrepreneur transports a pickled whale from the Cape of Good Hope.
| 14:00Topics include: RBS bank bonus, benefit cap, tax free allowance, high speed rail. 14:30Comedy drama following a 1960s Merseybeat Christian pop band.(R)
| 14:00Peter Gibbs chairs a postbag programme from the GQT potting shed in Sparsholt College. 14:454/5The Highlands: Gaelic, Doric and heading for the A9 in an open-top car.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Competitors from Hull, Glasgow, Bristol and Leeds vie for a place in the semi-finals. 15:30A profile of the people coming up with radical ideas for food in the UK.
| 15:003/4Nina Garthwaite examines the ties that bind us to those we barely know. 15:30Why does bacon comes in rashers but everything else in slices?(R)
| 15:00Paul Lewis takes your calls on tax and self assessment. 15:30Dr Mark Porter demystifies health issues that perplex us, including tinnitus and Vitamin D
| 15:00Jules Hudson visits an Afghan village in Norfolk used to train soldiers. 15:27Stephen Fry presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity National Nightline. 15:30Mariella Frostrup discusses what's going on in the publishing world.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs a postbag programme from the GQT potting shed in Sparsholt College. 15:453/3A remorseful woman tries to remake her relationship through the act of baking bread.
| 15:30The first reunion in 70 years of writer Shirley Hughes and her 1940s dancing partner
| 15:002/2Soldier Henry Wharton must stand trial as a spy. Will he be hanged?
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| 16:00 | 16:00Comedian Mark Thomas presents his favourite readings, including Orwell and AA Milne. 16:30Ernie Rea and his guests discuss same sex marriage.
| 16:00Michael Rosen explores the portrayal of teens on TV, and speaks to Phil Redmond. 16:30Baroness Shirley Williams discusses her mother, the feminist and pacifist Vera Brittain.
| 16:00Exploring conspiracy theories and the suffering of strangers. 16:30Lord Patten, Chair of the BBC Trust, on proposed cuts to local radio.
| 16:00Francine Stock talks to three Oscar-nominated directors. 16:30The next flu pandemic, an Arctic bulge, faces and voices and the Panama Canal.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Nicol Williamson, Gustav Leonhardt, Manuel Fraga and Hugh Carless. 16:30Listeners take on commissioning editor over Home Planet. Good news for local radio.
| 16:00How could Labour Party strategists sell Ed Miliband to women? And why is IVF so expensive?
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup discusses horror fiction with Helen Dunmore; plus students in literature 16:30Roger McGough presents poetry requests based on the themes of music and lyrics.
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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 full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 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. 17:30Evan Davis and guests swap thoughts on capitalism and peaking in business. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00File on 4 investigates claims of bullying and abuse of power by social services. 17:403/8Adam Thorpe tells us about the destinies of two topical dogs. 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. 18:305/6Mark Watson, Henning Wehn, Roisin Conaty and Alex Horne hide truths in lies.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/4Feuding Will and Annabelle tell their marriage counsellor about a disastrous dinner party.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4Manchester local radio DJ Justin's job seems to be on the line.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Is Clare linguistically out of touch with today's youth? – and Brian fails to impress.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/8A 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 and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 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 | 19:00Brian walks into a heated debate. 19:15With Mark Lawson, including a review of George Clooney in the film The Descendants. 19:451/5Married for the wrong reasons, Kitty loves another man and faces a terrible ultimatum.
| 19:00Neil lends a helping hand. 19:15Mark Lawson reports on the 2012 Academy Award nominations. 19:452/5Kitty runs to her lover seeking solace, but she is faced with the terrible truth.
| 19:00Brian tries to win friends. 19:15Costa Book of the Year winner Andrew Miller and Swedish crime writer Jens Lapidus. 19:453/5Kitty visits the orphanage where her husband Walter works and sees him in a new light.
| 19:00Pat waits on tenterhooks. 19:15Hajj at the British Museum; romantic film Like Crazy; comedy performer Andi Osho. 19:454/5Kitty discovers that she is pregnant, and Walter demands to know if it is his child.
| 19:00Adam tries to set the record straight. 19:15Turner in Margate; mezzo-soprano Alice Coote; Joe Orton revisited; Lana Del Rey reviewed. 19:455/5Kitty is horrified over the news about Walter. She returns to Hong Kong.
| 19:003/8Adam Thorpe tells us about the destinies of two topical dogs. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:00Neil acquires an unlikely assistant. 19:156/6Rufus Hound, Roisin Conaty, Alex Horne and Paul Sinha devise their own panel show games. 19:452/3With the help of his son, a recently disabled man gets his confidence back to go sailing.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Jonathan Charles reports on attempts to locate graves at Treblinka's death camp. 20:30Edward Stourton meets the defenders of capitalism turning against the undeserving rich.
| 20:00File on 4 investigates claims of bullying and abuse of power by social services. 20:40Why some blind people are against the growing trend of 'shared spaces' in town centres.
| 20:00Nick Robinson goes behind the closed doors of Whitehall. 20:45Writer Gerard Darby argues that creativity is just as vital as science in education.
| 20:00Why is the drug khat still legal in the UK but banned in many other western countries? 20:30Evan Davis and guests swap thoughts on capitalism and peaking in business.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Lichfield Cathedral. 20:50The historian Lisa Jardine reflects on the week's events.
| 20:00Kirsty Young tells the story of the long-running radio programme.
| 20:00Listeners take on commissioning editor over Home Planet. Good news for local radio. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Nicol Williamson, Gustav Leonhardt, Manuel Fraga and Hugh Carless.
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| 21:00 | 21:00The world in 3D, Darwin's lost fossils, fashionable stripes, and the end of Angkor. 21:30Andrew Marr with John Podmore, Simon Stephens, Mike Hough and Shami Chakrabarti.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter demystifies health issues that perplex us, including tinnitus and Vitamin D 21:30Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of the fate of great British building projects.
| 21:00Danny Dorling uses the Domesday Reloaded data to explore how Britain has changed. 21:30Libby Purves is joined by Peter Tatchell and micro-engraver Graham Short.
| 21:00The remarkable story of Emma Turner; a pioneer of bird photography. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Scientific Method.
| 21:00Drama about the dirty tricks campaign against Citizen Kane and its creator Orson Welles.(R)
| 21:001/2Henry Wharton creeps into no-man's land to spend an evening with his family.
| 21:00Charity credit cards withdrawn, dividend spotting, and NS&I tries to deter richer savers. 21:26John le Carré presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Peace Direct. 21:30Edward Stourton meets the defenders of capitalism turning against the undeserving rich.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Ritula Shah presents national and international news and analysis. 22:456/10Following a glorious interlude in London with Nadine, Riley is back in Flanders.
| 22:00Ritula Shah presents national and international news and analysis. 22:457/10Riley has been seriously and hideously injured at Ypres and is being nursed by Rose Locke.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:458/10Suffering horrific facial injuries, Riley refuses to let anyone from his old life see him.
| 22:00Robin Lustig presents national and international news and analysis. 22:459/10November 1918. The Armistice forces Riley to think about his future.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:4510/10Christmas 1918. Riley scours the streets of London for his traumatised comrade Peter Locke
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Nick Robinson goes behind the closed doors of Whitehall.
| 22:00Preview of the week's politics with politicians, pundits and experts. 22:45John Kampfner analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen explores the new wave of public-speaking events including Ignite and TED. 23:30The government faces robust criticism in the House of Lords over its welfare changes.
| 23:004/6Ray Highknock goes for experimental regressive hypnotherapy to cure his smoking addiction. 23:154/6At the Preston pie competition, our announcer muses on the meaning of life.(R) 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:003/6Country legend Tina C tries save the world from its financial mess by heading down under. 23:153/4Looking at conventional living, Andrew Lawrence investigates full-time jobs.(R) 23:30Presented by Susan Hulme. Including the best from Prime Minister's Questions.
| 23:001/8Paul and Steve are enlisted to track down the mysterious Dr Belasco.(R) 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Baroness Shirley Williams discusses her mother, the feminist and pacifist Vera Brittain. 23:30With Mark D'Arcy. Peers debate a bill to protect children and vulnerable adults from harm.
| 23:00Competitors from Hull, Glasgow, Bristol and Leeds vie for a place in the semi-finals. 23:30Roger McGough with poetry requests read by Catherine Cusack and Patrick Romer.
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to three Oscar-nominated directors. 23:30Sarah Cuddon explores the joys of sending and receiving postcards.
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