| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor discusses a scholarly study of Esalen, the Californian institute. 00:45The sound of church bells from St Michael's, Whichford, Warwickshire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5John Major describes the early forms of cricket and explains his attachment to the game. 00:48Weather conditions for shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Major looks at how the 18th century saw many changes to the game. 00:48Weather information for shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Major charts the rise of the institutions that still dominate the game. 00:48Weather information for shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Major profiles one of the game's most enduring figures, W G Grace. 00:48Weather information for shipping.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5John Major reads from his history of cricket, exploring the game's rich past. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/4By Jonny Halberg. A boy is standing at a bus stop when his life is turned upside down.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| |
|---|
| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of programmes.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of programmes.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of programmes.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of programmes.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of programmes.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of programmes.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of news and current affairs.
| |
|---|
| 02:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 03:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 04:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Jonathan Bartley. 05:45Agricultural news and features. Presented by Anna Hill. 05:57The latest weather forecast.
| 05:20Weather conditions for shipping. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Jonathan Bartley. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain. Presented by Anna Hill.
| 05:20Weather information for shipping. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Jonathan Bartley. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain. Presented by Anna Hill.
| 05:20Weather information for shipping. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Jonathan Bartley. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain, with Mark Holdstock.
| 05:20Weather information for shipping. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Jonathan Bartley. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain, with Mark Holdstock.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Mal Fletcher. 05:451/4Suffolk pargeter Bill Sargent teaches the skills of decorative plasterwork to his son.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news headlines. 05:43The sound of church bells from St Chad's, Headingley, Leeds. 05:451/2Bernard Weatherill and Betty Boothroyd recall their attempts to keep 650 MPs in order.
| |
|---|
| 06:00 | 06:00Current affairs discussion with James Naughtie and Edward Stourton.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Yesterday in Parliament; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Current affairs discussion with James Naughtie and Carolyn Quinn.
| 06:00Current affairs with John Humphrys and Carolyn Quinn.
| 06:00Current affairs discussion with James Naughtie and John Humphrys.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:35Miriam O'Reilly presents the rural magazine programme. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully considers the current concern over identity theft. 06:35Indie rocker Alex James meets conductor John Eliot Gardiner at his organic farm in Dorset. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| |
|---|
| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Roger Bolton with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Fay Weldon appeals on behalf of ERIC. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
| |
|---|
| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From Fitzroy Presbyterian Church, Belfast, led by the Very Reverend Dr Ken Newell. 08:50Lisa Jardine presents a weekly reflection on a topical issue.
| |
|---|
| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr is joined by David Blunkett, Mark Tully, David Kynaston and Julie Summers. 09:45Christian worship and music led by John Forrest.
| 09:001/8Two young people, one male and one female, discuss what it means to sell the body for sex. 09:304/4Having depicted 13 of his friends, Elgar used the final movement for his own self-portrait 09:45Christian worship and music led by Rev'd Roger Hutchings.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Mgr Tony Rogers.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the physics of Gravitational Waves. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Canon Noel Vincent.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is actress Joanna Lumley. 09:45Worship and music from Edinburgh with John Armes.
| 09:00Hardeep Singh Kohli is joined by writer Maggie O'Farrell and poet Lemn Sissay.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week. 09:30The week's events in Ambridge.
| |
|---|
| 10:00 | 10:00With Jane Little. Drama: A Confidential Agent (Retired).
| 10:00With Jenni Murray. Drama: A Confidential Agent (Retired).
| 10:00With Jenni Murray. Drama: A Confidential Agent (Retired).
| 10:45First day of the First Test between England and West Indies at Lord's.
| 10:45First day of the First Test between England and West Indies at Lord's.
| 10:00John McCarthy talks about the delights of the Channel Islands with Alan Whicker. 10:302/2Revisiting his musical roots, Midge Ure recalls the 80s and 90s with Jim Kerr. 10:59Third day of the First Test between England and West Indies at Lord's.
| 10:45Fourth day of the First Test between England and West Indies at Lord's.
| |
|---|
| 11:00 | 11:00Akaash Bhatia is Britain's only professional Sikh boxer. Munira Mirza follows his progress 11:301/6Sitcom by Marc Haynes and Chris Heath. Andrew and Georgia return to their rebuilt home.
| 11:00Paul Evans reports on the rebirth of the urban waterway. 11:30Justine Picardie explores Daphne Du Maurier's legacy and her influence on modern writers.
| 11:00Olivia O'Leary explores the Roman Catholic tradition of Limbo. 11:306/6The love lives of sisters Anna and Charlotte take some unexpected twists and turns.
| | | | | |
|---|
| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04First day of the First Test between England and West Indies at Lord's.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04First day of the First Test between England and West Indies at Lord's.
| 12:00The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Third day of the First Test between England and West Indies at Lord's.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Fourth day of the First Test between England and West Indies at Lord's.
| |
|---|
| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Edward Seckerson is in the chair for another heat of the music quiz.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:303/3The Bee Gee talks about a solo album recorded in 1970 when the group had temporarily split
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30The Tic Lady: Fran Abrams finds out why people still opt to borrow from a doorstep lender.(R)
| | | | | |
|---|
| 14:00 | 14:00The cricket team gets a run for its money. 14:15An American student in London falls into shady fringe theatre and a shadier love affair.(R)
| 14:00Lilian finds a new hobby. 14:15Alan Stafford's reconstruction of the 1689 premiere of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas.
| 14:00Home Farm takes advantage of Tom. 14:15Charles Dickens, as the head of a daily paper, must exercise his editorial judgement.
| | | | | |
|---|
| 15:00 | 15:00Vincent Duggleby and guests answer calls on financial issues. 15:301/5By Sally Beauman. Anna, living and working in Rome, is disturbed by dreams of her youth. 15:45Jolyon Jenkins takes a look at the deadly snakes of India, which kill 50,000 people a year(R)
| 15:00Vanessa Collingridge explores the Roman road network. 15:302/5By Zoe Fairbairns. Customer choice exists in dental treatment, but is this a good idea? 15:45Jolyon Jenkins investigates curare, the plant poison used by Amazonian tribes.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs the show, with Matthew Biggs, Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood. 15:303/5By Michele Roberts. Marie is on her way to the place where she was once immensely happy. 15:45Jolyon Jenkins presents a series about poisons. This edition looks at arsenic.(R)
| | | | | |
|---|
| 16:00 | 16:00Senior citizens and nutritionists discuss the best diet for our later years. 16:30Andrew Dilnot looks at how numbers influence how much people give to charity.
| 16:00Chris Bowlby reports on the new political compromise in Northern Ireland. 16:30Theatre director, actress and writer Yvonne Brewster nominates poet Claude McKay.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor hears surprising tales from a Peruvian anthropologist. 16:30Dr Mark Porter investigates health issues of the day.
| | | | | |
|---|
| 17:00 | 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| | | | | |
|---|
| 18:00 | 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30David Mitchell hosts the game show in which panellists are encouraged to tell lies.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Impressions with Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Kevin Connelly, Mark Perry and Phil Cornwell.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6David Baddiel chairs the programme which challenges established ideas.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Garry Richardson presents a topical comedy show looking at the week's sporting news.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Topical comedy quiz, presented by Sandi Toksvig.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15An eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Matthew Parris presents a selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
| |
|---|
| 19:00 | 19:15Arts news with Mark Lawson. Including the verdict on David Fincher's film Zodiac. 19:45Another case for Nick McCarty's former private eye Liz Parker, now retired in France (1/5)
| 19:15With Mark Lawson, including an interview with the renowned American singer Bobby McFerrin. 19:45Alarm bells start to ring when a troubled businessman fails to show up for a meeting.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. 19:45Penelope's husband is missing and she asks Liz to track him down.
| 19:15With Kirsty Lang, including reports on this year's Gulbenkian Prize for Museum of the Year 19:45Another case for Nick McCarty's former private eye Liz Parker, now retired in France.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang. 19:45Another case for Nick McCarty's former private eye Liz Parker, now retired in France.
| 19:00It seems the whole world wants to move house: Tony Blair is holding them up. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe, Pat Cumper, Susan Jeffreys and Tom Morris review cultural highlights.
| 19:15Barney Harwood presents the children's magazine, featuring winning poems. 19:45Puppeteer Walter Wilkinson's account of his adventures in America in the 1930s.(R)
| |
|---|
| 20:00 | 20:00Gerry Kennedy tells the story of sibling American radicals Joan and William Hinton. 20:30Libby Purves presents a guide to the world of learning.
| 20:00Gerry Northam asks whether canals built in the 1700s can provide sustainable transport. 20:40Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
| 20:00A panel of senior judges, lawyers and academics debate tougher sentencing laws. 20:451/2Bernard Weatherill and Betty Boothroyd recall their attempts to keep 650 MPs in order.
| 20:00A service of celebration from the church of St Giles Cripplegate in the Barbican, London.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a topical discussion. 20:50Lisa Jardine presents a weekly reflection on a topical issue.
| 20:00Mark Lawson reassesses Laurence Olivier's reputation, 100 years after his birth.
| 20:00Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy. 20:30John Wilson presents the obituary series.
| |
|---|
| 21:00 | 21:00Paul Evans reports on the rebirth of the urban waterway. 21:30Andrew Marr and guests set the cultural agenda for the week. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter investigates health issues of the day. 21:301/8Two young people, one male and one female, discuss what it means to sell the body for sex.
| 21:00What causes the cosmic explosions of gamma rays observed by scientists? 21:30Lively and diverse conversation.
| 21:00A look at the new green fuels and how the technology can best be utilised.
| 21:00By Colin Bytheway. Lee doesn't believe in love .... until he meets an Angel.
| 21:002/2Robin Brooks's adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier's tale of obsession, paranoia and jealousy.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Fay Weldon appeals on behalf of ERIC. 21:30Peter Day explores how to reduce Australia's carbon footprint without economic damage. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
| |
|---|
| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Jackie Hardgrave. 22:4511/15Douglas Hodge reads from Blake Morrison's multi-stranded tale of English life.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Jackie Hardgrave. 22:4512/15Nat feels abandoned, Harry's son Stephen gets into trouble and Jack has a dinner date.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:4513/15Douglas Hodge reads from Blake Morrison's multi-stranded tale of English life.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:4514/15Douglas Hodge reads from Blake Morrison's multi-stranded tale of English life.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:4515/15At a party, Libby has brought Nat's Uncle Jack but both Nat and Harry have news to share.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15A panel of senior judges, lawyers and academics debate tougher sentencing laws.
| 22:00From behind the scenes at Westminster. Including Bernard and Betty Speak Out.
| |
|---|
| 23:00 | 23:00Mark talks permits in campaigning against the Serious Organised Crime and Policing Act. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:005/6Unusual pets and shock elections in the bizarre sketch comedy world. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Rachel Hooper.
| 23:00Sitcom about a woman who wants to be Fabulous but can't cope. 23:151/4Exploring Creighton's turbulent childhood, his schooldays and his coronation speech.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Robert Orchard.
| 23:006/6Dave Gorman and Armando Iannucci chew over ridiculous, brilliant but unworkable ideas.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:00Garry Richardson presents a topical comedy show looking at the week's sporting news. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:00Edward Seckerson is in the chair for the last heat of the quiz on music of all kinds. 23:30Roger McGough introduces requests for works with a nautical tang.
| 23:00Libby Purves presents a guide to the world of learning. 23:30Mark Tully considers the current concern over identity theft.
| |
|---|
