| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15A look at convict culture. Also, how would children choose to spend a million pounds?(R) 00:45Church bells from St Edward's, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Dr Helen Scales defines molluscs, one of the most ancient animal groups on the planet.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Helen Scales considers human use of shells - as fertility symbols, jewellery and currency.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Helen Scales shines a light on the bizarre world of the hermit crab.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Helen Scales explores the impact of fossilised shells on agriculture and geology.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Molluscs continue to surprise as bellwethers of our impact on the seas.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3Introduced a wedding, their meetings will go on for a year - meetings with a difference.(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.
| 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 Andrew Graystone. 05:45Harvest 2015, and the Scottish farmers scared to go into their fields for fear of rustlers 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the siskin.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Andrew Graystone. 05:45A Scottish fishing company loses £100,000 because of trouble in Calais. With Caz Graham. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the black-headed gull.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Andrew Graystone. 05:45Caz Graham hears the latest on new protests by farmers against low lamb and milk prices. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the golden plover.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Andrew Graystone. 05:45Can new rules stop the decline of sea bass? Presented by Charlotte Smith. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the common crane.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Andrew Graystone. 05:45With the dairy industry in meltdown, can farmer protests make a difference? 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the linnet.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A short reflection and prayer, with the Rev David Bruce. 05:45What is it like to live on the edge of a crumbling cliff?
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Bells from the monastery of the Transfiguration, on the Solovki Islands in Northern Russia 05:45What sort of Labour leader would Jeremy Corbyn be?(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark visits the landscapes of Thomas Hardy's life, death and literature in Dorset.(R) 06:30Harvest 2015 is underway. Felicity Evans checks progress in the Cotswolds. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully discusses the impact and the power institutions have in our lives. 06:35HRH The Prince of Wales shares his passion for the rich biodiversity of Transylvania. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10As migrants try to get into the UK, is fear about 'the other' justified? 07:54Appeal for the Howard League for Penal Reform, presented by charity beneficiary Danielle. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service of morning prayer from the church of the Holy Name of Jesus, Manchester. 08:48Adam Gopnik reflects on the reason for our obsession with long-form television series.(R) 08:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the golden plover.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Fi Glover and guests explore lyricism and storytelling in Derry/Londonderry. 09:30A dramatic eyewitness account of the events in Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. 09:451/5Dr Helen Scales defines molluscs, one of the most ancient animal groups on the planet.
| 09:00Jim talks to internationally renowned professor of brewing and distilling Geoff Palmer. 09:30Adrian Chiles talks to Kerstin Rodgers, aka Ms Marmite Lover, food writer and cook. 09:452/5Helen Scales considers human use of shells - as fertility symbols, jewellery and currency.
| 09:001/4Cxpensive liability or essential? Quentin Letts considers with help from Met veterans. 09:30In 1975 US troops airlifted hundreds of people out of Saigon as the Vietnam War ended. 09:453/5Helen Scales shines a light on the bizarre world of the hermit crab.
| 09:004/4Ashley is 15 and refusing chemo. Should the medical team and his mum accept his choice? 09:454/5Helen Scales explores the impact of fossilised shells on agriculture and geology.
| 09:00Kirsty Young interviews chef and restaurateur Ruth Rogers.(R) 09:455/5Molluscs continue to surprise as bellwethers of our impact on the seas.
| 09:00Simon Webbe joins Kate Silverton and Richard Coles.
| 09:00News for a Sunday morning including a review of the papers. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Men and relationships, women in horse racing, and Amnesty International and sex work. 10:451/5Helen McCrory stars in Penelope Mortimer's study of marriage, dramatised by Georgia Fitch
| 10:00Emma Barnett presents. Singer Songwriter Lianne La Havas talks about her new album Blood. 10:452/5Helen McCrory stars in Penelope Mortimer's study of marriage, dramatised by Georgia Fitch
| 10:00Andy Burnham, Labour leader contender; the pill and endometrial cancer; and male muses. 10:413/5Helen McCrory stars in Penelope Mortimer's study of marriage, dramatised by Georgia Fitch 10:55A mother's feminism profoundly affected her son's politics, even if it doesn't always show
| 10:00Setsuko Thurlow, a survivor of Hiroshima's atomic bomb, tells her story. With Jenni Murray 10:454/5Helen McCrory stars in Penelope Mortimer's study of marriage, dramatised by Georgia Fitch
| 10:00Jamaican Gay Pride - what progress in the country once named the world's most homophobic? 10:455/5Helen McCrory stars in Penelope Mortimer's study of marriage, dramatised by Georgia Fitch.
| 10:30Steve Punt probes the unsolved murder of Hollywood director William Desmond Taylor in 1922
| 10:00There is a gathering at Bridge Farm, and Ruth and David get moving.
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| 11:00 | 11:00While Freud relied on expert and patient, Rogers pioneered a therapeutic model of equals. 11:305/6A sleepover, a stray dog and a house move create uncertainty in Edinburgh's Cafe Culture.
| 11:00Brett Westwood explores how fragments from other worlds have influenced our lives. 11:303/4Cerys Matthews pieces together her own Great Italian Songbook.
| 11:001/3The turbulent years from 1968 to 1976 for South Asians in Britain. 11:301/6Damien has trouble editing a food supplement. Anthony starts a business.
| 11:00Celia Hatton explores how China is struggling to contain underground ketamine. 11:301/3Dr Janina Ramirez decodes Edouard Manet's masterpiece A Bar at the Folies-Bergere.
| 11:00Seth Lakeman attends the Newport Folk Festival to explore its history and influence. 11:305/6Nali's ex-husband arrives unexpectedly and Clare takes it upon herself to intervene.
| 11:00The joys and perils of porcelain, kaolin and volcanic soils. 11:30Kate Adie presents reports from Bamako, Saarbrucken, Szeged, Singapore and Zalanpatak.
| 11:15Dr Bill Frankland, allergy specialist, is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how we can know anything at all. 12:15A magistrate explains why he thinks the criminal courts charge is failing people. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Barrister Harry Potter on whether we can believe our eyes. 12:15Winifred Robinson asks: 'How has the Calais migrant crisis affected you?'. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04How can we separate real science from mumbo jumbo? Physicist Tara Shears investigates. 12:15The car rentals that cost hundreds of pounds more for an airport pick-up. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Clare Carlisle grapples with Bishop Berkley's idea that objects only exist in our minds. 12:15Claims management company The Hearing Clinic in Derby is fined for making nuisance calls. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Paul Broks looks at the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and the problem of 'other minds'. 12:15Peter White discusses a new kind of healthcare job proposed for the NHS in England. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:042/5Michael Robinson looks at the rapid rise in self-employment in recent years. 12:306/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:044/6Jack Dee, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden are joined by Omid Djalili.(R) 12:32Best-selling author Len Deighton talks with Tim Hayward about his incredible food story. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:451/5Why was it Eve who ate the apple? Readers discuss Genesis and its consequences for women.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:452/5'Frailty, thy name is woman!' What can Hamlet tell us about attitudes to women today?
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:453/5What do fairy tales teach girls about what a woman should be?
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:454/5Why does the character of the devouring mother have such force?
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Norman Smith. 13:455/5What does the popularity of Fifty Shades of Grey say about how women see themselves?
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Shaun Ley hosts Bonnie Greer, Jennie Johnson, Anthony Seldon and Toby Young.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:30The story of a mysterious find on Morecambe beach by one man and his dog.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00There is a gathering at Bridge Farm.(R) 14:151/3Following the cuts to Legal Aid, pressure is mounting on Shoe Lane barristers' chambers.
| 14:00Charlie needs to dig deeper.(R) 14:152/3A rift at Shoe Lane causes prosecution to be pitted against defence.
| 14:00Jill and Shula hatch a plan.(R) 14:153/3Time is running out for Billy Lamb, as he struggles to save Shoe Lane.
| 14:15An imaginary encounter between a grown-up Christopher Robin and the man who drew him.(R)
| 14:00Self-doubting Kate gets a pep talk.(R) 14:15A bus driver who has shut himself off from the world is sent a feisty teenager to help him(R)
| 14:00Listeners have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30By Lolita Chakrabarti. Award-winning drama starring Adrian Lester as actor Ira Aldridge.(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Dalston Eastern Curve Garden.(R) 14:45Conversations about the challenges of caring and of political beliefs.
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| 15:00 | 15:009/13Competitors from the north of England join Paul Gambaccini for the ninth and last heat. 15:30Dan Saladino explores how our changing taste in soft drinks is shaking up the big brands.(R)
| 15:00Tom Holland and guests discuss Aethelwold, Edmund and Catholic martyrs. 15:303/4Murray Lachlan Young and Marcus du Sautoy combine audio and ideas in unexpected ways.
| 15:001/5Michael Robinson presents a new series on the dramatic changes happening in the workplace.(R) 15:30There is far more to this simple children's game than meets the eye, says Jolyon Jenkins.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark visits the landscapes of Thomas Hardy's life, death and literature in Dorset. 15:27Colin Salmon presents an appeal for Special Olympics Great Britain.(R) 15:30AM Homes talks to James Naughtie about her darkly comic novel May We Be Forgiven.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Dalston Eastern Curve Garden. 15:451/3Introducing Uncle Joe’s skill in crafting and displaying his waxwork figures to advantage.
| | 15:002/3Richard Wilson stars as The Antiquary - a man who hordes secrets as well as treasures.
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| 16:00 | 16:00John Finnemore presents his favourite readings, with Stephanie Cole and Geoffrey Whitehead 16:30Brian Cox, Robin Ince and guests look at the science of speed.
| 16:001/3A dream home or a jump into the unknown? Rosie Millard on the highs and lows of moving.(R) 16:30Sir Ian McKellen nominates mountaineer Edmund Hillary as his inspirational figure.
| 16:001/3Film critic Mark Kermode reveals the economic realities behind the film industry.(R) 16:30A look at the 'worrying' trend of media bans for sports journalists.
| 16:00Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood on his score for There Will Be Blood. 16:30Adam Rutherford presents discussion on the radiation effects from the Hiroshima bomb.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister discusses a singer, a teacher, a president, a campaigner and an actor. 16:30Quentin Letts infuriates some listeners, and the Today editor discusses presenters. 16:55Friends who both found themselves carers for their husbands share the profound challenges.
| 16:00Lianne La Havas performs. Plus America's under-secretary of state Wendy Sherman on Iran.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to author Petina Gappah about her novel The Book of Memory. 16:302/4Paul Farley travels through the poetry heart of England with Liz Berry and Helen Mort.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00News interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30What is it like to live on the edge of a crumbling cliff?(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Juliet Gardiner compares experiments in communal living today with those after WWII.(R) 17:40What sort of Labour leader would Jeremy Corbyn be?(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Police appeal for anyone sexually abused by Sir Edward Heath, to come forward. 18:304/6Jack Dee, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden are joined by Omid Djalili.
| 18:00Police are investigating child sexual abuse claims made against the former Prime Minister 18:306/6Miles Jupp hosts the panel show where it is not what, but who you know that matters.
| 18:00Kids Company founder blames rumour-mongering civil servants for its closure 18:301/4Isy Suttie presents The Twins Macabre, Massive Dad, and The Penny Dreadfuls.
| 18:00There are claims that serious incidents at Kids Company were not handled properly. 18:302/6How a quest for fitness can become an obsession, plus questions from the studio audience.
| 18:00The UN has criticised European countries for their treatment of newly-arrived migrants 18:306/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00England have regained the Ashes from Australia in the fourth test of a remarkable series 18:15Emma Freud and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The Labour leadership candidate wants to see more companies in public ownership. 18:15Julie Hesmondhalgh chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Charlie needs to dig deeper. 19:15Sir James MacMillan, Penny Woolcock, The Gift and Road movies. 19:451/5Helen McCrory stars in Penelope Mortimer's study of marriage, dramatised by Georgia Fitch(R)
| 19:00Jill and Shula hatch a plan. 19:15Former ballet star Li Cunxin discusses growing up during the Cultural Revolution. 19:452/5Helen McCrory stars in Penelope Mortimer's study of marriage, dramatised by Georgia Fitch(R)
| 19:15Screenwriter and director Noah Baumbach discusses Mistress America. Kirsty Lang presents. 19:453/5Helen McCrory stars in Penelope Mortimer's study of marriage, dramatised by Georgia Fitch(R)
| 19:00Self-doubting Kate gets a pep talk. 19:15Guy Ritchie talks about reworking The Man From U.N.C.L.E. 19:454/5Helen McCrory stars in Penelope Mortimer's study of marriage, dramatised by Georgia Fitch(R)
| 19:15Kirsty Lang reviews the drama War Book and talks to composer Eric Whitacre. 19:455/5Helen McCrory stars in Penelope Mortimer's study of marriage, dramatised by Georgia Fitch.(R)
| 19:00What sort of Labour leader would Jeremy Corbyn be? 19:15A look at controversial film Diary of a Teenage Girl and Abi Morgan's play Splendour.
| 19:00Kenton feels sorry for himself. 19:153/6Susie Dent, Natalie Haynes, Milton Jones and Jack Whitehall vie for wordy supremacy.(R) 19:452/3Rosey couldn't understand why her neighbour's new baby gives her the willies - until now.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Fearless, fanatical and female. Bridget Kendall investigates women who turn to terror. 20:30Gabriel Gatehouse aboard a rescue ship searching for migrants in the Mediterranean.(R)
| 20:00Juliet Gardiner compares experiments in communal living today with those after WWII. 20:40Dr Maria Dawson on funding cuts for Uveitis treatment, and Diane Roworth's wheelchair saga
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Robert Rowland Smith argues that we are coming to the end of the age of ideas.
| 20:00The charity Kids Company and its founder Camila Batmanghelidjh are under fire. Why? 20:30How are Californian farm communities coping with their fourth year of drought?
| 20:00Shaun Ley hosts Bonnie Greer, Jennie Johnson, Anthony Seldon and Toby Young. 20:50Adam Gopnik reflects on the reason for our obsession with long-form television series.
| 20:00What impact have western media representations had on our view of Japan and its people?
| 20:00Quentin Letts infuriates some listeners, and the Today editor discusses presenters.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister discusses a singer, a teacher, a president, a campaigner and an actor.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Brett Westwood explores how dinosaurs influence our stories, films and science. From 2015(R) 21:30Fi Glover and guests explore lyricism and storytelling in Derry/Londonderry.(R)
| 21:00There is far more to this simple children's game than meets the eye, says Jolyon Jenkins. 21:30Jim talks to internationally renowned professor of brewing and distilling Geoff Palmer.(R)
| 21:00Dr Aarathi Prasad on how new research into fertility may help stave off the menopause. 21:301/4Cxpensive liability or essential? Quentin Letts considers with help from Met veterans.(R)
| 21:00Adam Rutherford presents discussion on the radiation effects from the Hiroshima bomb.(R) 21:304/4Steve Punt examines the mysterious case of a woman found dead inside a tree.(R)
| 21:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how we can know anything at all.
| 21:001/3She wouldn’t lie in court to save her sister’s life - so she had to find another way.(R)
| 21:002/5Michael Robinson looks at the rapid rise in self-employment in recent years.(R) 21:26Appeal for the Howard League for Penal Reform, presented by charity beneficiary Danielle.(R) 21:30How are Californian farm communities coping with their fourth year of drought?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Court heard that Tom Hayes manipulated the key rate almost daily for nearly four years. 22:456/10Following Claude's humiliation with Ariadne he's ready to quit but Paul has other plans.
| 22:00A former aide of late PM discusses reporting of the allegations and Heath's sexuality. 22:457/10Claude is broken-hearted and Paul meets a figure from his past who offers fresh hope.
| 22:00The flight went down 17 months ago, with 239 people on board 22:458/10Claude tries to get over Ariadne but Paul pretends they are lovers to get a dinner invite.
| 22:00What is the likelihood of achieving nuclear disarmament? 22:459/10Paul still won't write his novel and Claude's bank takes bigger and bigger risks.
| 22:00Nearly 50,000 migrants arrived in the EU via Greece in July alone 22:4510/10A bank collapses, a heist is averted and Claude makes a daring decision.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:154/4Ashley is 15 and refusing chemo. Should the medical team and his mum accept his choice?(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Beth Rigby of the FT analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:003/6Josie Long hears tales of people who adapted to strange new lives and from a ghost writer.(R) 23:30Martha Kearney follows the experiences and explores the hopes of new MPs at Westminster.(R)
| 23:00Brian Cox, Robin Ince and guests look at the science of speed.(R) 23:304/4Jarvis Cocker prowls the nations dark in search of the night people(R)
| 23:002/4Comic sketches, songs and stand-up with a pole-vaulting chicken and a dancing bear. 23:152/6Nathan Caton acknowledges that his dad loves his car more than him.(R) 23:302/4Jarvis Cocker attempts to fly to the moon with the aid of astronaut Chris Hadfield.(R)
| 23:004/4Using the Bible, the monarchy and Audrey Hepburn, Jeremy looks at self-improvement.(R) 23:303/4Jarvis Cocker wanders the lava fields of Iceland in search of the unseen forces of night.(R)
| 23:00Sir Ian McKellen nominates mountaineer Edmund Hillary as his inspirational figure.(R) 23:274/4Jarvis Cocker goes on a journey through an Icelandic night that never falls.(R) 23:55Friends admit that being a carer has taken its toll but has made them grow as people.
| 23:009/13Competitors from the north of England join Paul Gambaccini for the ninth and last heat.(R) 23:301/4Clive James talks to Paul Farley and reads his new staring-death-in-the-face poems.(R)
| 23:00Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood on his score for There Will Be Blood.(R) 23:30Mark Tully discusses the impact and the power institutions have in our lives.(R)
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