| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Security systems - their pitfalls. Also, a sociological take on the financial crisis. 00:45The bells of St Mary the Virgin, Ilminster, Suffolk. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Carol Shaben reads a report about a plane crash back in Canada with only four survivors. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Pilot Erik Vogel was not happy about flying north on the evening of 19 October 1984. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Relatively unscathed, convicted criminal Paul Archambault checks the plane for survivors. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Paul is acclaimed a hero, but can he rise to fill the role that he finds himself cast in? 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Erik becomes a campaigner for aviation safety. He flies again. Larry organises a reunion. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3An exciting day for the inhabitants of a small American farming community.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 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 Sheikh Michael Mumisa. 05:45The National Farmers Union say they are poised for the badger cull to go ahead. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sheikh Michael Mumisa. 05:45UK organic cereal farmers are facing seed shortages due to this year's wet weather.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sheikh Michael Mumisa. 05:45Farmers' groups say they had no option but to postpone the pilot badger cull.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sheikh Michael Mumisa. 05:45Plans to improve sustainable fishing in Europe are criticised as weak by conservationists.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sheikh Michael Mumisa. 05:45MPs debate controversial plans for the badger cull, 48 hours after it was postponed.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rev Neil Gardner, minister of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45'We drove Dracula country in a Communist car.' A listener's Cold War trip in a Wartburg.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Mary Magdalene, Mortehoe, Devon. 05:45Lucy Ash profiles Alexei Navalny, the man leading Russian opposition to President Putin.
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| 06:00 | 06:00The BBC and the Savile scandal, plus 'tough and intelligent' justice, and 'earworms'.
| 06:00The Savile scandal, plus the US presidential debate, and what's in a nickname?
| 06:00Including standardised food labels, plus the BBC and Savile, and Joanna Lumley on nuns.
| 06:00Benefits changes, plus road potholes and the world's oldest record label.
| 06:00New tests for teachers, autumn colours, and how do we know what is real?
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding walks with naturalist, author and TV presenter Steve Backshall. 06:30After the badger culls in England are postponed, what is next for tackling TB in cattle? 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully discusses meanness, one of the oldest human vices. 06:35Adam Henson visits the third finalist vying to become BBC Farmer of the Year. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00How abuse cases come to court, ash tree disease, and does TV reflect society?
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Christopher Lamb talks to Edward Stourton about the announcement of six new Cardinals. 07:54Tsering Passang presents an appeal on behalf of Tibet Relief Fund. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From Eccleston Methodist Church. Rev Stephen Poxon on how prayer transforms his community. 08:50In his third talk on understanding China, Martin Jacques explores the nature of race.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr talks to Kevin Jackson, Ali Smith, Will Gompertz and Julian Anderson. 09:451/5Carol Shaben reads a report about a plane crash back in Canada with only four survivors.
| 09:001/2Prof Michael Sandel discusses the philosophy of immigration with a Texan audience. 09:452/5Pilot Erik Vogel was not happy about flying north on the evening of 19 October 1984.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets former actor Fiona Fullerton and dog whisperer Cesar Millan. 09:453/5Relatively unscathed, convicted criminal Paul Archambault checks the plane for survivors.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Fermat's Last Theorem. 09:454/5Paul is acclaimed a hero, but can he rise to fill the role that he finds himself cast in?
| 09:00Mona Siddiqui, academic and commentator, is interviewed by Kirsty Young. 09:455/5Erik becomes a campaigner for aviation safety. He flies again. Larry organises a reunion.
| 09:00Richard Coles and Sian Williams meet TV screenwriter and producer Phil Redmond.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Soul music legend Dionne Warwick; Neda Soltani; abortion debate. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:451/5Yukinari returns to the palace to find the Lady Shonagon's affections have strayed.
| 10:00PD James, Tina Nash on surviving domestic abuse, Rose Heilbron. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:452/5Yukinari finds his presence in the palace is not welcomed and Shonagon's mind diverted.
| 10:00Teaching porn in schools, Lucy Liu is the female Watson, and sanpro ads. With Jenni Murray 10:453/5As Shonagon feared, the passion between young lovers Komatsu and Zushio explodes.
| 10:00Jenni Murray is joined by James Cracknell, Beverley Turner, Kate Mosse and The Sapphires. 10:454/5A tragedy has happened, and Shonagon is determined to unravel the mystery.
| 10:00Mary McAleese, former President of Ireland, plus big sisters and people who whine at work. 10:455/5At her own risk, Shongon continues to investigate a mystery that Yukinari considers solved
| 10:30A look at the life and work of Amitabh Bachchan, the biggest star in Bollywood
| 10:00Fallon is feeling nervous.
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| 11:00 | 11:006Music DJ Shaun Keaveny meets the scientists investigating why songs get stuck in our head 11:302/4Keeping cool, finding the perfect swimsuit, summer weddings and eating al fresco.
| 11:008/24Birds of prey numbers are rising in the UK, but not every countryside user welcomes this. 11:301/4A new series in which Stuart Maconie looks at four final albums, and tells their stories.
| 11:00Alan Dein visits the allotmenteers of Hastings to find out what their land means to them. 11:305/6Dave embraces internet dating while Ramesh has a wobble over his Meat Loaf date.
| 11:00The BBC's foreign correspondents take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines. 11:301/3Adele, Jools Holland and Kris Kristofferson to try to prove that Bob Dylan is great.(R)
| 11:00Radio 4 has been following one university for a year to chart the impact of £9,000 fees. 11:305/6Vera Sackcloth-Vest endures an emotional crisis at a picnic in Kensington Gardens.
| 11:00Steve Richards of the Independent looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30The BBC's foreign correspondents take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Hilary Devey, businesswoman and TV star, is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Criminalising council house subletting and the future of train fares. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00What lessons can be learned from the Jimmy Savile case? Phone-in with Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 12:00Why petrol prices are going down and MPs are complaining about the price of razor blades. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Supermarket price guarantees and the consumer proposition on group energy deals. 12:52Roy and Noel wish they could have their mother back to thank her for buying 'Yakety Yak'. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Taking on the cold callers, and your love and the tax man. Presented by Ruth Alexander. 12:308/9Sandi Toksvig with Jeremy Hardy, Hugo Rifkind, Roisin Conaty and Kevin Day. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:005/6John Lloyd and Humphrey Ker with Frank Cottrell Boyce, Andy Nyman and Dr Alice Roberts. 12:32John Inverdale on the way football is changing the relationship between food and sport. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:451/15Investigating Europe through crime fiction, Mark Lawson finds two big clues in Belgium.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world with Martha Kearney. 13:452/15Mark Lawson uncovers German history in the crime novels of Friedrich Durrenmatt.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world with Martha Kearney. 13:453/15Mark Lawson explores Czech history in the crime fiction of Josef Skvorecky.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world with Martha Kearney. 13:454/15Mark Lawson visits Amsterdam in search of the detective Van Der Valk.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:455/15Mark Lawson discusses the influence of Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo's Martin Beck novels.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the political debate programme from Blackheath in South London.
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:301/3Misha Glenny begins a history of Spain with the momentous year of 1492.
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| 14:00 | 14:00It's Apple Day in Ambridge. 14:15Absurdist drama by Sean Grundy about a family stuck in a queue that never ends.
| 14:00Fallon is feeling nervous. 14:15A twist on history as astronauts retrieve the bodies of the first men on the moon.
| 14:00Don has made his decision and Hayley is getting hot under the collar. 14:15A blind man and a deaf woman meet waiting for a faith healer. Stars Juliet Stevenson.
| 14:00Neil senses something is wrong. 14:154/4DCI John Stone investigates the sexual assault of the wife of one of his team.(R)
| 14:00There isn't a moment's peace for Lilian. 14:15True life story of the highest altitude emegency parachute jump, made in 1960.
| 14:00A chance for Radio 4 listeners to have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions. 14:301/10Inspector Beck investigates when the body of an unknown girl is found in a canal dredger.
| 14:00The GQT team visit Stamford in Lincolnshire, with Eric Robson in the chair. 14:45Fi Glover proves that it's surprising what you hear when you listen to male conversations.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe presides over a contest between teams from Scotland and Northern Ireland. 15:30Tim Hayward discovers the future of the domestic oven, with the help of Mary Berry.
| 15:00Tom Holland is joined by Dr Lucy Worsley and Prof Owen Davies. 15:30The environment of Laos remains scarred by American bombing. Tom Heap joins the clean-up.(R)
| 15:00Mortgages: Fixed-rate or tracker? Ruth Alexander and guests take your calls on home loans. 15:30Dr Mark Porter on insulin pumps, night terrors, self-harming and penile cancer.
| 15:00Clare Balding walks with naturalist, author and TV presenter Steve Backshall. 15:27Danny Mills presents the Radio 4 Appeal for SHINE. 15:30AM Homes on her new novel May We Be Forgiven, and life behind the embassy door.
| 15:00The GQT team visit Stamford in Lincolnshire, with Eric Robson in the chair. 15:451/4By Tom Rachman. Political unrest threatens genteel Kensington next door to the two Geralds
| 15:451/5Ivan Hewett explores the key of B minor with Simon Halsey.(R)
| 15:001/2While sailing through the Arctic wastes, Captain Walton picks up an unexpected passenger.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Henning Wehn explores the story of one of Monty Python's most bizarre adventures.(R) 16:30Aleks Krotoski looks at whether we have all become techno-fundamentalists.
| 16:00Joshua Rozenberg asks how the courts will treat claims made by victims of Jimmy Savile. 16:30Justin Webb and Frances Fyfield tell Harriett Gilbert about the books they love.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor hears about research into workplace conflict, and travellers versus tourists 16:30The BBC director of editorial policy, plus Nick Robinson on the inside story of politics.
| 16:00Daniel Craig on being James Bond, working with Sam Mendez and Her Majesty the Queen. 16:30Six-year sentences handed to Italian earthquake specialists for bad L'Aquila advice.
| 16:00John Wilson on George McGovern, Fiorenzo Magni, Paul Kurtz, Mike Morris and Roy Bates. 16:30Your views on the BBC's Savile coverage, and how do you make a programme in a prison? 16:55Tush and Toller on the extraordinary names the fishing community has given its members.
| 16:00James Cracknell on the impact of brain injury on his marriage. Presented by Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Dawn French on her novel Oh Dear Silvia, and British history re-imagined by CJ Sansom. 16:30Mike Greenwood visits Alamein on the trail of a unique anthology of World War Two poems.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. Includes Weather.
| 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.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn Quinn.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news, presented by Patrick O'Connell. 17:30Three of sport's top business brains share their stories and secrets with Evan Davis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00After the West Coast rail debacle, Michael Robinson investigates government outsourcing. 17:40Lucy Ash profiles Alexei Navalny, the man leading Russian opposition to President Putin. 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 Humphrey Ker with Frank Cottrell Boyce, Andy Nyman and Dr Alice Roberts.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Adam hopes to bond with his dad Rudy, while they till the earth on an allotment.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Arthur comes up with a brilliant idea to help raise funds for the local church hall.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Sketches, stand-up and song in a comic explanation of our development.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:308/9Sandi Toksvig with Jeremy Hardy, Hugo Rifkind, Roisin Conaty and Kevin Day.
| 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. 18:15Women's Hour's Sheila McClennon makes her selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Fallon is feeling nervous. 19:15Kirsty Lang on Skyfall director Sam Mendes; Kevin Costner in TV series Hatfields & McCoys. 19:451/5Yukinari returns to the palace to find the Lady Shonagon's affections have strayed.
| 19:00Don has made his decision and Hayley is getting hot under the collar. 19:15Sharon Olds on her poems charting the end of her marriage; Squeeze on writing new songs. 19:452/5Yukinari finds his presence in the palace is not welcomed and Shonagon's mind diverted.
| 19:00Neil senses something is wrong. 19:15Booker Prize-winning writer Thomas Keneally, actor Dan Stevens and Michael Palin's Brazil. 19:453/5As Shonagon feared, the passion between young lovers Komatsu and Zushio explodes.
| 19:00There isn't a moment's peace for Lilian. 19:15Mark Gatiss as Charles I, cartoonist Posy Simmonds, Derry-Londonderry City of Culture 2013 19:454/5A tragedy has happened, and Shonagon is determined to unravel the mystery.
| 19:15Playwright Jez Butterworth, Russell T Davies' latest TV show, and soundscapes on the move. 19:455/5At her own risk, Shongon continues to investigate a mystery that Yukinari considers solved
| 19:00Lucy Ash profiles Alexei Navalny, the man leading Russian opposition to President Putin. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the week's cultural highlights, including Skyfall.
| 19:00The pressure mounts for Emma and Ed. 19:155/6The perils of learning a language by audio tape and crossing the line in property desire. 19:453/5A woman recalls a life-changing winter in this 2012 story from the Canadian Nobel Laureate
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| 20:00 | 20:00Hero or villain? Joshua Levine goes on a journey to discover the real Peter Rachman. 20:30Fran Abrams examines the radical ideas of ED Hirsch set to reshape English education.
| 20:00After the West Coast rail debacle, Michael Robinson investigates government outsourcing. 20:40Dr Graeme Douglas on his research into visually impaired teenagers.
| 20:00Are public inquiries undermining the moral authority of vital institutions in our society? 20:45Ben Dyson argues for the need to understand how money works before fixing the bank system.
| 20:00Joshua Rozenberg asks how the courts will treat claims made by victims of Jimmy Savile. 20:30Three of sport's top business brains share their stories and secrets with Evan Davis.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the political debate programme from Blackheath in South London. 20:50In his third talk on understanding China, Martin Jacques explores the nature of race.
| 20:00Sean Street travels back in time into the archives to explore our attempts to control time
| 20:00Your views on the BBC's Savile coverage, and how do you make a programme in a prison? 20:30John Wilson on George McGovern, Fiorenzo Magni, Paul Kurtz, Mike Morris and Roy Bates.
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| 21:00 | 21:00What is the scientific evidence behind the badger cull? 21:30Andrew Marr talks to Kevin Jackson, Ali Smith, Will Gompertz and Julian Anderson.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter on insulin pumps, night terrors, self-harming and penile cancer. 21:301/2Prof Michael Sandel discusses the philosophy of immigration with a Texan audience.
| 21:00Haunted by the sinking of RMS Titanic, this is a story of a fictional iceberg's journey.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets former actor Fiona Fullerton and dog whisperer Cesar Millan.
| 21:008/24Birds of prey numbers are rising in the UK, but not every countryside user welcomes this. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Fermat's Last Theorem.
| 21:001/15Investigating Europe through crime fiction, Mark Lawson finds two big clues in Belgium.
| 21:002/2Lucy Westenra is dead, but Professor Van Helsing is determined to find out how she died.(R)
| 21:00Taking on the cold callers, and your love and the tax man. Presented by Ruth Alexander. 21:26Tsering Passang presents an appeal on behalf of Tibet Relief Fund. 21:30Fran Abrams examines the radical ideas of ED Hirsch set to reshape English education.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Presented by Ritula Shah. The Newsnight editor 'steps aside' in Savile row. 22:456/10Violet learns the astonishing truth about her adopted daughter.
| 22:00Savile and trust in the BBC, Libya one year on, and the end of Ceefax. With Ritula Shah. 22:457/10Grace is injured while Violet is away visiting her sister and becomes dangerously ill.
| 22:00Syria ceasefire prospects, the Paris art scene, and does Obama still inspire black voters? 22:458/10The war takes its toll on the young men, while Grace recovers and is offered a job.
| 22:00Will the Syrian ceasefire hold? Round-up of the day's news with Ritula Shah. 22:459/10Grace has met injured soldier Joe Gilder, and they plan their life together.
| 22:00US growth is strong, Syria ceasefire violations, and abuse in UK care homes. 22:4510/10There is wonderful news for Grace, but joy is short-lived.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Are public inquiries undermining the moral authority of vital institutions in our society?
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45A look at how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Jason Cook hosts a showcase of the best new acts from the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe. 23:30Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:001/4The comedian entertains at home with a nourishing menu of Welsh rarebit.(R) 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:004/6Rufus Hound invites Arabella Weir to revisit her days of drinking and calorie-counting.(R) 23:30David Cameron defends his government record in the face of Labour accusations.
| 23:004/4BigiHype - the sure-fire way to raise the profile of a new event or an unpopular charity.(R) 23:30Sean Curran with reports from Westminster, including Afghanistan, the economy and badgers.
| 23:00Justin Webb and Frances Fyfield tell Harriett Gilbert about the books they love. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports on the day's events at Westminster. 23:55Richard and Bill are divided on whether to move to the Philippines after retirement.
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe presides over a contest between teams from Scotland and Northern Ireland. 23:30Gwyneth Lewis, the first Welsh Poet Laureate, goes in search of the Welsh language Chaucer
| 23:00Daniel Craig on being James Bond, working with Sam Mendez and Her Majesty the Queen. 23:30Mark Tully discusses meanness, one of the oldest human vices.
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