| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Contagion - how commerce spreads disease. Also, 'boys will be boys' or will they? 00:45The bells of All Saints Church, Marsworth, Buckinghamshire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Examining the forces that shaped the interior life of Britain's most beloved novelist. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Her aunt's travels in India and a cousin who witnessed close-up the French Revolution. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Popular unrest and food riots, and her brother's military career. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Flirtations and dalliances and a hastily-retracted marriage acceptance. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The only known picture of Jane: a watercolour painted by her beloved sister Cassandra. 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.(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. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Prof Maurice Scanlon. 05:45The largest abattoir in North Wales is at risk of closure. Presented by Anna Hill. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Prof Maurice Scanlon. 05:45The Moo Man, a film about a UK dairy farmer, is up for an award at Sundance Festival.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Prof Maurice Scanlon. 05:45Milk may be labelled with an amber warning for sugar content. Will shoppers be put off?
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Prof Maurice Scanlon. 05:45Millions of burgers are withdrawn after horse meat is found. Are tighter checks needed?
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Prof Maurice Scanlon. 05:45Was the drive for cheap food behind the horsemeat scandal? Charlotte Smith reports.
| 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 Calvin Samuel. 05:45'You saw my Little Nellie on the big screen' - tales of James Bond stunt flyer Ken Wallis.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Wilfred's Roman Catholic Church in York. 05:451/5On Regent Street, Tim Harford looks at heated pants and the business of innovation.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Nick Clegg on Europe, the latest from Mali, and is breast cancer intervention effective?
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Ed Miliband on Europe, plus Syria's extremists and Russell Grant remembers Breakfast Time.
| 06:00Algeria hostage crisis, plus the latest on the snow, and Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Felicity Evans finds that it's not just migrating birds that settle in Cley Marshes. 06:30Charlotte Smith on the agricultural engineering innovations that are revolutionising farms 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05To a soundtrack of patriotism, Mark Tully ponders the purpose of national anthems. 06:35Caz Graham looks at how the monks of Ampleforth Abbey are adapting to 21st-century farming 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00US Defence Sec Leon Panetta on Algeria. Are gift vouchers obsolete? Plus the joy of lard.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by William Crawley. 07:55Juliet Stevenson presents an appeal for international children's charity ChildHope. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From St Martin-in-the-Fields, anticipating the second inauguration of President Obama. 08:50Will Self laments what he sees as an absence of rational urban planning in our big cities.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Anne McElvoy talks to Tony Juniper, William Fiennes, Ngaire Woods and John Penrose. 09:451/5Examining the forces that shaped the interior life of Britain's most beloved novelist.
| 09:00Robert Mair talks about tunnelling under Big Ben, Crossrail and engineering for the future 09:30Martin Wainwright talks to Paul Lambert, chairman of the Derbyshire Family Association. 09:452/5Her aunt's travels in India and a cousin who witnessed close-up the French Revolution.
| 09:001/2Fi Glover reveals how job opportunities for the two generations have dramatically changed. 09:453/5Popular unrest and food riots, and her brother's military career.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss comets, the 'dirty snowballs' of the solar system. 09:454/5Flirtations and dalliances and a hastily-retracted marriage acceptance.
| 09:00Martin Carthy, folk musician, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs. 09:455/5The only known picture of Jane: a watercolour painted by her beloved sister Cassandra.
| 09:00Sian Williams and Richard Coles with cartoonist Martin Rowson and Charlotte Green.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Is the Delhi rape case a turning point for women in India? Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:451/5Jim has found a way to unlock the novel inside of him.
| 10:00Helen Hunt on her role as a sex surrogate in The Sessions. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:452/5Jim discovers the key to unlock the novel inside of him.
| 10:00Balding men, singles and sex, shared parenting and women in the law. With Jenni Murray. 10:453/5Jim's plan to devote the week to writing a novel causes trouble.
| 10:00Can you be a feminist and work in the fashion industry? Is 16 the right age of consent? 10:454/5Jim has found a way to unlock the novel inside of him.
| 10:00Power List - Angela Merkel, being single by choice, and female police commissioners. 10:455/5Jim has found a way of unlocking the novel inside of him.
| 10:303/4Writer Elif Shafak invites us to reimagine Istanbul, a city she has loved all her life.
| 10:00Rob receives the third degree, and Brenda is on tenterhooks.
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| 11:00 | 11:00How the Communist Party's money and ideas influenced British politics after its collapse. 11:302/4Two young lovers are separated by a brand new border.(R)
| 11:0020/24Latest news on the designation of conservation areas around the English and Welsh coast. 11:30Meeting musicians at the Blues du Fleuve Festival, organised by Baaba Maal in Senegal.
| 11:00Can scientists be compared to Premier League footballers? Alok Jha investigates. 11:303/6The team's anxiety over redundancies is overshadowed by shattering news concerning Ray.
| 11:00Kate Adie presents BBC foreign correspondents' reports from around the world. 11:30The story of Cornershop's groundbreaking record, its impact and its legacy.
| 11:00Peter Snow uses a 1688 newspaper to describe the last successful invasion of this country. 11:302/6The spot which Auntie chose for her last resting place is not what it was.
| 11:00Andrew Pierce of the Daily Mail looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Why the French are drinking less wine, and other despatches from across the globe.
| 11:15Kirsty Young interviews veteran television producer Beryl Vertue.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Paying for help to pop the question, and who wears a watch anymore? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Julian Worricker asks - how have you changed the way you shop in the down turn? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Electronic cigarettes could be restricted, if the government chooses to regulate them. 12:30John Waite asks what is being done to tackle this threat to public health. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Winifred Robinson investigates how criminals are stealing vehicles without the key. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news with Peter white. Can Boeing's new plane survive its safety scare? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Claiming for unused gift cards, putting your PIN into a salesman's smartphone, and more. 12:305/8Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:003/6Panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to lie to each other. 12:32Sheila Dillon investigates the horsemeat burger scandal affecting food in Ireland and UK. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news. 13:451/5Discover the science behind some of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:452/5More of the science behind some of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
| 13:00National and international news. 13:453/5More of the science behind some of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:454/5More of the science behind some of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:455/5More of the science behind Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, including cats.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Barnstaple in Devon.
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Katharine Whitehorn, 84, tackles the twentysomethings facing tough life choices.
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| 14:00 | 14:15Johnny Vegas interprets Les Dawson in a fictional pastiche, co-starring Nicholas Parsons.(R)
| 14:00Pat makes her feelings known. 14:15Two giants of American theatre confront the demise of their friendship.
| 14:00Rob receives the third degree. 14:15Imagining the last days of Wallis Simpson, for whom King Edward VIII gave up the throne.(R)
| 14:00Brenda is on tenterhooks. 14:15Nicola is addicted to shopping, and as money runs out, it is getting out of hand.
| 14:00Lynda is agog with the news. 14:151/5When a young boy is discovered badly injured, DCI Stone is shocked by what he uncovers.
| 14:00Topics include Algeria, horsemeat, EU expansion and same sex marriage. With Anita Anand. 14:30A struggle to lay hands on a long-lost materspiece. Adapted from Michael Frayn's novel.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs and the team are in Surrey for this edition of the horticultural panel show. 14:45The Biafran war lasted for almost three years and split Nigeria. Hear one child's story.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Nationwide general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies. 15:30Sheila Dillon asks if warning signs on food labels can change the way we eat.
| 15:00Magazine programme in which listeners and researchers share their passion for the past. 15:30Alan Dein delves into the mysterious deaths of five dogs in the same West Yorkshire street(R)
| 15:00The new flat-rate State Pension - how will you be affected? Paul Lewis takes your calls. 15:30Dr Mark Porter presents a series that aims to demystify perplexing health issues.
| 15:00Felicity Evans finds that it's not just migrating birds that settle in Cley Marshes. 15:27Volunteer Sue Baker appeals on behalf of National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux. 15:30Mariella Frostrup marks the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs and the team are in Surrey for this edition of the horticultural panel show. 15:453/3A student's attempt at letter-writing provides a unique view on university life in Dublin.
| | 15:002/2The arrival of Janet's mother triggers a reaction that will have calamitous repercussions.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Lifelong fan Danny Wallace celebrates the Beano comic in its 75th anniversary year. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss women in Sikhism.
| 16:00Michael Rosen on communicating with people with autism or profound learning difficulties. 16:30Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen on his passion for Aubrey Beardsley. Matthew Parris presents.
| 16:00Tracing the origins of neo-liberalism. Plus, the relationship between race and music. 16:30Lord Hunt, the Chair of the Press Complaints Commission, on press self-regulation.
| 16:00Director Quentin Tarantino on Django Unchained and Kathryn Bigelow on Zero Dark Thirty. 16:30Quentin Cooper looks at the smog in China, alternatives to research on animals, and novae.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Robert Kee, Claude Nobs, George Patterson and James Buchanan. 16:30More women, fewer book plugs - your concerns. Also, responsibility when discussing suicide
| 16:00Helen Hunt on playing a sex surrogate. Highlights from our discussions on the single life.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup on Chinese literature, Eleanor Updale and a good time for debut novels. 16:30Roger McGough with an abridged version of Isabella, by John Keats, read by Barbara Flynn.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30'You saw my Little Nellie on the big screen' - tales of James Bond stunt flyer Ken Wallis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Allan Urry asks how gunrunners can fuel the global illegal arms trade from within the UK. 17:406/8In a week when trust is under scrutiny, Louise Ironside creates a 15-minute drama response 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. 18:303/6Panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to lie to each other.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Marcus Brigstocke invites poet Benjamin Zephaniah to try new experiences.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6As Carolyn and Martin row with a taxi and a bee, Douglas and Arthur play with an airport.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Stephen K Amos and friends present a stand-up guide to being a role model.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/8Satirical 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. 18:15Simon Parkes makes his selection from the past seven days of BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Pat makes her feelings known. 19:15Django Unchained, John Sessions, and Jonathan Lynn, writer of Yes, Prime Minister. 19:451/5Jim has found a way to unlock the novel inside of him.
| 19:00Rob receives the third degree. 19:15The Sessions, Kennedy film Ethel, playwright Polly Stenham and novelist Francesca Segal. 19:452/5Jim discovers the key to unlock the novel inside of him.
| 19:00Brenda is on tenterhooks. 19:15Actor Brian Cox, Bowie's video producer Tony Oursler, Vikings in Scotland, and Liz Forgan. 19:453/5Jim's plan to devote the week to writing a novel causes trouble.
| 19:00Lynda is agog with the news. 19:15John Bramwell on I Am Kloot's new album; poet Kathleen Jamie; the ENO's financial crisis. 19:454/5Jim has found a way to unlock the novel inside of him.
| 19:00There are celebrations at The Bull. 19:15Ruthie Henshall on a career on stage; Call the Midwife returns; art on the campaign trail. 19:455/5Jim has found a way of unlocking the novel inside of him.
| 19:006/8In a week when trust is under scrutiny, Louise Ironside creates a 15-minute drama response 19:15A review of the week's cultural highlights with Tom Sutcliffe, including Django Unchained.
| 19:152/3A respected Scots sheriff tries to retrieve a family heirloom from his brother's coffin. 19:451/3On the island of Oscarsborg, a drowned man is found in a very unusual place.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Chris Mullin explores what working life is like for some outsourced workers. 20:30Investigating the trafficking of girls within India for prostitution and forced marriage.
| 20:00Allan Urry asks how gunrunners can fuel the global illegal arms trade from within the UK. 20:40Peter White with news and information for blind and partially sighted people.
| 20:00Nick Robinson and his guests discuss whether Britain's civil service should be reformed. 20:451/5On Regent Street, Tim Harford looks at heated pants and the business of innovation.
| 20:00Simon Cox examines the continuing scandal of Libor manipulation, and its victims. 20:30Peter Day examines the Russian energy giant Gazprom's grip on the European gas market.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Barnstaple in Devon. 20:50Will Self laments what he sees as an absence of rational urban planning in our big cities.
| 20:00Cerys Matthews tells the story behind what many believe to be the greatest try ever scored
| 20:00More women, fewer book plugs - your concerns. Also, responsibility when discussing suicide 20:30Matthew Bannister on Robert Kee, Claude Nobs, George Patterson and James Buchanan.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Exoplanets, near-Earth asteroids, Arctic drilling and the most popular brain research. 21:30Anne McElvoy talks to Tony Juniper, William Fiennes, Ngaire Woods and John Penrose.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter presents a series that aims to demystify perplexing health issues. 21:30Robert Mair talks about tunnelling under Big Ben, Crossrail and engineering for the future
| 21:001/2Frolicking fossils and suggestive theories - the origins and evolution of sex. 21:301/2Fi Glover reveals how job opportunities for the two generations have dramatically changed.
| 21:0020/24Latest news on the designation of conservation areas around the English and Welsh coast. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss comets, the 'dirty snowballs' of the solar system.
| 21:00Psychological thriller by Peter Whalley. John Newland has been living a lie for 20 years.(R)
| 21:001/2Janet's life is unravelling as the repercussions from her attempted suicide play out.
| 21:00Claiming for unused gift cards, putting your PIN into a salesman's smartphone, and more. 21:26Juliet Stevenson presents an appeal for international children's charity ChildHope. 21:30Peter Day examines the Russian energy giant Gazprom's grip on the European gas market.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Mali, Syria and HMV. National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:456/10As Dominic becomes a father himself, his concern for his own father grows ever stronger.
| 22:00France intervenes in Mali. National and international news and analysis with David Eades. 22:457/10Dominic and Victoria grow ever closer after the death of their father.
| 22:00Two foreigners killed, more taken hostage by Islamists militants. With Ritula Shah. 22:458/10Dominic struggles to come to terms with the consequences of his actions.
| 22:00Politicians pile on the pressure as David Cameron prepares for his EU speech. 22:459/10Dominic has been given a second chance, and he is determined to take it.
| 22:00Latest on Algeria, Syria, and a special debate on European democracy. With Philippa Thomas 22:4510/10Dominic finds the strength to save his daughter from the biggest mistake of her life.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Nick Robinson and his guests discuss whether Britain's civil service should be reformed.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Leading journalists analyse how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Writer Michael Rosen explores the language of bereavement and grief. 23:30The government sets out plans to change the state pension system. With Susan Hulme.
| 23:003/6Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the show that dares to commit heresy.(R) 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:003/6Agony aunt Sarah and her group tackle problems like 'I'm childless and proud of it'.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:002/4As William weds his blushing boiler-suited berk of a bride, old Johnny takes a turn. 23:30Keith Macdougall with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen on his passion for Aubrey Beardsley. Matthew Parris presents. 23:30Mark D'Arcy with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Nationwide general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies. 23:30Roger McGough presents poems on subjects as varied as water, Tarzan, cats and Sundays.
| 23:00Director Quentin Tarantino on Django Unchained and Kathryn Bigelow on Zero Dark Thirty. 23:30To a soundtrack of patriotism, Mark Tully ponders the purpose of national anthems.
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