| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The British and booze, and how we can all learn to cooperate much better. 00:45The bells from St Martin's in Desford, Leicestershire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5A portrait of the author Angela Carter via a series of postcards she sent to a friend. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5A portrait of the author Angela Carter via a series of postcards she sent to a friend. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5A portrait of the author Angela Carter via a series of postcards she sent to a friend. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5A portrait of the author Angela Carter via a series of postcards she sent to a friend. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5A portrait of the author Angela Carter via a series of postcards she sent to a friend. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3Neil survives the gales, but has to face another storm - his own vulnerability. 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. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Leslie Griffiths. 05:45The number of seals shot by salmon farmers. And, the rise of the rindless rasher. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Leslie Griffiths. 05:45Eggs from non-caged hens are outselling caged eggs for the first time in decades.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Leslie Griffiths. 05:45Cows at risk - a new disease spreads to UK cattle.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Leslie Griffiths. 05:45You're Hired - farming apprenticeships are booming.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Leslie Griffiths. 05:45The Badger Trust says it is ready to take legal action to stop a badger cull in England.
| 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 Peter Whittaker. 05:45One woman's experience of an open marriage, and top weatherman Peter Gibbs reads Your News
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells from the Church of the Holy Cross in Crediton, Devon. 05:45Economist Gordon Bridger says we should change the way in which we spend overseas aid.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Paul Wood reports under fire from Homs. Also: Shared parenting and the Queen's accession.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00RBS boss Stephen Hester, debating the Falklands, elderly care, and Qatari comedy.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 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. 06:07In the first of a new series, Clare walks along the Octavia Hill Centenary Trail in Kent. 06:30Charlotte Smith goes lambing to see how farmers are cashing in on record lamb prices. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully asks what gives us courage to do what we ought to when things go badly wrong. 06:35Miranda Krestovnikoff explores the surprising world of New Forest's winter ponds. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Hugh Grant on the press, Lord Carey on faith, and one girl's experience of being in care.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10William Crawley with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Linda Nolan presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Samaritans. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Live from Gloucester Salvation Army corps with the International Staff Songsters. 08:50David Cannadine surveys the current crop of anniversaries. 08:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr and Peter Hitchens, Margot James, Douglas Murray and Thomas Frank. 09:451/5A portrait of the author Angela Carter via a series of postcards she sent to a friend.
| 09:00Psychiatrist Robin Murray on why he has changed his mind about the cause of schizophrenia. 09:30Bridget Kendall talks to author Alexander McCall Smith about his work as an academic. 09:452/5A portrait of the author Angela Carter via a series of postcards she sent to a friend.
| 09:00Libby Purves is joined by actor Katherine Kelly and broadcaster Clare Balding. 09:453/5A portrait of the author Angela Carter via a series of postcards she sent to a friend.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus. 09:454/5A portrait of the author Angela Carter via a series of postcards she sent to a friend.
| 09:00Denise Lewis, Olympic medallist, is interviewed by Kirsty Young. 09:455/5A portrait of the author Angela Carter via a series of postcards she sent to a friend.
| 09:00Anita Anand with singer Christy Moore, Inheritance Tracks from actor/comedian Rob Brydon.
| 09:00With Paddy O'Connell. News, views and discussion ... with a difference.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Miss Piggy, Charles Dickens, and women in architecture. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:451/5Visiting London for the first time, the young Charles goes astray. Stars Hugo Docking.
| 10:00Can a child as young as eight suffer from anorexia nervosa? Plus author Clare Morrall. 10:452/5Working as a parliamentary reporter, Charles Dickens longs to be a published writer.
| 10:00A special programme with the female entrepreneurs we've been following and their mentors. 10:453/5Dickens spends an evening on a tour of duty in London's East End with Inspector Field.
| 10:00What impact is the shortage of specialists in male infertility having on women? 10:454/5Dickens has achieved success, but he walks the streets at night because he cannot sleep.
| 10:00Suffragettes, shared parental rights, Lady Maisery and postnatal depression. 10:455/5Though not yet 60, Dickens is an old man now, and performing his readings take its toll.
| 10:00John McCarthy looks at a sculptor's travel, sacred Britain and the Malagarasi River. 10:301/8Will begins looks at some of the most personal royal images in the Royal Collection.
| 10:00Pat and Ruth join the fight, and Helen gains a new perspective.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Danny Dorling uses the Domesday Reloaded data to explore how Britain has changed.(R) 11:302/3One year on from Rosemary's death, her widower George can't accept that it was suicide.
| 11:00Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson explains how landscape paintings have inspired him. 11:30Exploration of the haunting melancholy of Gresford, the Miners' Hymn, by Robert Saint.
| 11:002/4Chris Ledgard tells the story of the air show disaster at Ramstein, Germany, in 1988. 11:302/6With their pensions lost, Sam balks at Peter's plotting!
| 11:00Filling in the gaps between the headlines: stories from correspondents worldwide. 11:30The life and changing times of Woman's Weekly as it celebrates its centenary
| 11:002/3Edward is in Cairo, witness to some of the critical confrontations of the 2011 uprising. 11:304/6The guest panellists are former poet laureate Sir Andrew Motion and author Sue Limb.
| 11:00George Parker of the Financial Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Fergal Keane Allan Little take a fresh look at the enduring Falkland Islands dispute.
| 11:15Actor and writer James Corden is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Julian Worricker looks at a council-run broadband scheme in South Yorkshire. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00With Julian Worricker. Listeners contribute their views on consumer issues. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Featuring social care, faceless hotels, online ads, smarter working, and small investors. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Better holiday protection, foiling the metal thieves, and an overhaul of private parking. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00A new future for parks, price rises for church weddings and Olympic job promises. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Quantitative easing, retirement home leases, interest-only mortgages, pet insurance. 12:308/8Jeremy Hardy, Phill Jupitus, Rick Wakeman and Miles Jupp debate the big stories. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:001/8Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth, Ross Noble and Jenny Eclair. 12:32In these uncomfortable times, Sheila Dillon asks what role food plays in giving comfort. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Shaun Ley presents national and international news. 13:456/30Clare discovers the freedom that Victorian public school girls found on the sports field.
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents national and international news. 13:457/30Clare Balding explores the founding of the Football Association in 1863.
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents national and international news. 13:458/30Clare Balding reveals that sport was the glue that helped keep the British Empire together
| 13:00Edward Stourton presents national and international news. 13:459/30Clare Balding tells the story of how football went from an amateur pastime to big business
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents national and international news. 13:4510/30Clare Balding charts how Britain spread the passion for football around the world.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Crewkerne, Somerset.
| 13:00Edward Stourton presents the latest national and international news. 13:303/3Allan examines new resentments and divisions within the EU exposed by the crisis.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Christopher has money matters on his mind. 14:15Contemporary drama exploring the 'what if' scenario of a police strike.
| 14:00Pat and Ruth join the fight. 14:15Dropped after a controversial game, top football referee Geoff's scruples are tested.(R)
| 14:00Alan is master of ceremonies. 14:15Stephen Wyatt's play explores why Cardinal Newman and another priest were buried together.(R)
| 14:153/4Pilgrim is drawn into the world of the Lanes, and the immortal children who live there.
| 14:00Joe drives a hard bargain. 14:15Farce by Steve Chambers and Phil Nodding, set in and around Bev's hairdressing salon.(R)
| 14:00Listeners respond to this week's Any Questions? from Crewkerne in Somerset. 14:301/2A father begs Freud to treat his daughter, after discovering her intention to end her life
| 14:00Peter Gibbs chairs a gardening Q&A with the Cottage Garden Society, North Wales. 14:451/5Ivan Hewett explores the Key of A Major with Jonathan Cohen.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00First semi-final, with competitors from County Fermanagh, Merseyside, Sussex and London. 15:30Can a new wave of vegetarian chefs and food writers change mainstream cuisine?
| 15:001/4Jay Rayner presents a new food panel show aimed at anyone who cooks, not just the experts. 15:30Can we adapt disease-carrying insects to become friends not foes? Alice Roberts reports.
| 15:00Vincent Duggleby and guests take calls on energy and energy saving. 15:30Including the protocols for visitors to hospitals and a new treatment for tennis elbow.
| 15:00In the first of a new series, Clare walks along the Octavia Hill Centenary Trail in Kent. 15:27Samantha Renke presents a very personal appeal for the Brittle Bone Society. 15:30Art Spiegelman talks to James Naughtie and readers about his graphic novel Maus.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs a gardening Q&A with the Cottage Garden Society, North Wales. 15:452/3By Maaza Mengiste. A young Ethiopian woman finds herself trapped in a Libyan prison.
| 15:30Exploration of the haunting melancholy of Gresford, the Miners' Hymn, by Robert Saint.
| 15:002/3Gulliver arrives in Brobdingnag, where the inhabitants are enormous.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Julia Donaldson, the children's author, shares some favourite pieces of writing. 16:30What role does religion play in the race for the Republican nomination in the US?
| 16:002/3Allan looks at the failure to enforce the rules of the Stability and Growth Pact. 16:30Sharing favourite books this week are Bonnie Greer and Simon Brett, with Harriett Gilbert
| 16:00Obesity Clinics and the 'cruel optimism' that still promises the good life. 16:30The future of Facebook. BBC reporting of Scotland referendum. Phone-hacking settlements.
| 16:00Francine Stock talks to David Cronenberg, plus The Woman in Black and The Muppets. 16:30Quentin Cooper asks if Freud was a scientist, and reviews the week's science.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Angela Culme-Seymour, Kazimierz Smolen, Nigel Doughty, Don Cornelius. 16:30Too much sport on Radio 4? Plus the hit and miss nature of iPlayer editing.
| 16:00Should stalking be a specific offence in England and Wales?
| 16:00William Boyd talks to Mariella Frostrup. 16:30Roger McGough presents a selection of spine-chilling poetry requested by listeners.
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| 17:00 | 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 full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00A fresh perspective on the day's news with sports headlines. 17:30Evan Davis and guests swap thoughts on start-ups and big egos. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00As scientists alter viruses to make potentially deadly mutations, is the public at risk? 17:405/8By writer Lavinia Greenlaw. What can a meteorite from Mars tell us about life on earth? 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. 18:301/8Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth, Ross Noble and Jenny Eclair.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/4Will reluctantly joins Annabelle at a music festival with her annoying friend Heather.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/4Mark addresses tax avoidance, quantitative easing and voting reform.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Clare encounters the man whose music influenced and shaped her as a teenager in the 90s.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:308/8Jeremy Hardy, Phill Jupitus, Rick Wakeman and Miles Jupp debate the big stories.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson talks to the actress Penelope Wilton and author Marcus Berkmann.
| 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 | 19:00Pat and Ruth join the fight. 19:15The most influential people in British theatre; the Muppets return to the cinema. 19:451/5Visiting London for the first time, the young Charles goes astray. Stars Hugo Docking.
| 19:00Alan is master of ceremonies. 19:15With Mark Lawson. News of the 2012 Art Fund Prize for Museums and Galleries longlist. 19:452/5Working as a parliamentary reporter, Charles Dickens longs to be a published writer.
| 19:15Mark Lawson reports on Lucian Freud's portraits and meets director Stephen Daldry. 19:453/5Dickens spends an evening on a tour of duty in London's East End with Inspector Field.
| 19:00Joe drives a hard bargain. 19:15Singer-songwriter Don McLean; Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama; Hollywood's star dogs. 19:454/5Dickens has achieved success, but he walks the streets at night because he cannot sleep.
| 19:00Helen gains a new perspective. Meanwhile Neil is insistent. 19:15Paul McCartney; the life and death of Lizzie Siddal; new crime series Inspector Montalbano 19:455/5Though not yet 60, Dickens is an old man now, and performing his readings take its toll.
| 19:005/8By writer Lavinia Greenlaw. What can a meteorite from Mars tell us about life on earth? 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:00Tracy has second thoughts. 19:152/6Learning French in Paris and a friend's concern for cleanliness.(R) 19:451/3The repercussions of a naked dance come back to haunt Lady Hamilton 32 years later.
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| 20:00 | 20:002/3Mark explores the relationship between the public and the police. 20:30Profile of Rachid Ghannouchi, one of the world's most influential Islamist thinkers.
| 20:00As scientists alter viruses to make potentially deadly mutations, is the public at risk? 20:40Feeling the pinch - the voluntary organisations who support the visually impaired.
| 20:00Does our monarchy still have a moral force in modern day Britain? Chaired by Michael Buerk 20:45Economist Gordon Bridger says we should change the way in which we spend overseas aid.
| 20:00Can the Government bring top CEOs pay under control? Max Flint reports. 20:30Evan Davis and guests swap thoughts on start-ups and big egos.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Crewkerne, Somerset. 20:50David Cannadine surveys the current crop of anniversaries.
| 20:00Dan Snow delves into a huge library of tapes of suffragettes recalling their experiences.
| 20:00Too much sport on Radio 4? Plus the hit and miss nature of iPlayer editing. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Angela Culme-Seymour, Kazimierz Smolen, Nigel Doughty, Don Cornelius.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Genome ethics, having friends takes brains, emotional art, and triggering an ice age. 21:30Andrew Marr and Peter Hitchens, Margot James, Douglas Murray and Thomas Frank.
| 21:00Including the protocols for visitors to hospitals and a new treatment for tennis elbow. 21:30Psychiatrist Robin Murray on why he has changed his mind about the cause of schizophrenia.
| 21:00Can we adapt disease-carrying insects to become friends not foes? Alice Roberts reports. 21:30Libby Purves is joined by actor Katherine Kelly and broadcaster Clare Balding.
| 21:00Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson explains how landscape paintings have inspired him. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus.
| 21:002/6Clare discovers the freedom that Victorian public school girls found on the sports field.
| 21:001/3Gulliver is shipwrecked on Lilliput, where the tiny natives live in a miniature society.
| 21:00Quantitative easing, retirement home leases, interest-only mortgages, pet insurance. 21:26Linda Nolan presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Samaritans. 21:30Profile of Rachid Ghannouchi, one of the world's most influential Islamist thinkers.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Ritula Shah presents national and international news and analysis. 22:456/10In the aftermath of the drink-fuelled night out, further horrors reveal themselves.
| 22:00Robin Lustig presents national and international news and analysis. 22:457/10A desperate attempt to dispose of a body, and a more desperate attempt to fix the floors.
| 22:00Robin Lustig presents national and international news and analysis. 22:458/10A wine-fuelled restoration project ends in further chaos, then the angry cleaner returns.
| 22:00Robin Lustig presents national and international news and analysis. 22:459/10Another dead body to dispose of, this time not of the animal variety.
| 22:00Ritula Shah presents national and international news and analysis. 22:4510/10With Oskar's flat in chaos, it appears all is lost. But events take an unexpected turn.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Does our monarchy still have a moral force in modern day Britain? Chaired by Michael Buerk
| 22:00Preview of the week's politics with politicians, pundits and experts. 22:45Steve Richards of the Independent analyses how the papers are covering the biggest stories
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| 23:00 | 23:001/4Caroline runs ‘Household Solutions’ but should she let Sylvia join?(R) 23:30Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:006/6Dr Berry treats some intimidating East London twins with unexpected past lives. 23:156/6The troubled Radio 4 announcer is not looking forward to his holiday.(R) 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:005/6Country music legend Tina C tries save the world from its financial mess by visiting China 23:152/4In the conventional world, Andrew Lawrence explores the strange things we do for fun.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:003/8Intrigue awaits at one of London's most fashionable nightspots(R) 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Sharing favourite books this week are Bonnie Greer and Simon Brett, with Harriett Gilbert 23:30Mark D'Arcy with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00First semi-final, with competitors from County Fermanagh, Merseyside, Sussex and London. 23:30Roger McGough with poetry requests read by John Sessions and Lisa Kerr.
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to David Cronenberg, plus The Woman in Black and The Muppets. 23:30Mark Tully asks what gives us courage to do what we ought to when things go badly wrong.
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