| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15How has erotic and intimate life changed since 1945? Laurie Taylor examines a new report. 00:45The sound of church bells from St Leonard's, Bledington, Gloucs. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Yorkshire schools inspector Gervase Phinn reads from his latest memoir. 00:48Weather conditions for shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Yorkshire schools inspector Gervase Phinn reads from his latest memoir. 00:48Weather information for shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Yorkshire schools inspector Gervase Phinn reads from his latest memoir. 00:48Weather information for shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Yorkshire schools inspector Gervase Phinn reads from his latest memoir. 00:48Weather information for shipping.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5He visits village primary schools across the county. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30A retired Irishman sustains himself by imagining working the farm he lost back home.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Alison Murdoch. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain, with Moira Hickey. 05:57The latest weather forecast.
| 05:20Weather conditions for shipping. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Alison Murdoch. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain, with Anna Hill.
| 05:20Weather information for shipping. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Alison Murdoch. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain, with Anna Hill.
| 05:20Weather information for shipping. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Alison Murdoch. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain, with Anna Hill.
| 05:20Weather information for shipping. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Alison Murdoch. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain, with Moira Hickey.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with the Rev Peter Baker. 05:454/5Julian Richards tells the story of Portland Stone and the men who quarried it.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news headlines. 05:43The sound of church bells from St Nicholas, Sandhurst. 05:452/3In a tribute to the late Simon Hoggart, we revisit his 2007 series, Great Political Myths.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Observing all aspects of rural life. 06:35Countryside news and views, with Miriam O'Reilly. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully considers the spiritual dimensions of exercise and sport. 06:35In search of Sea Lampreys: Lionel Kelleway visits the River Ure in Yorkshire. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Yesterday in Parliament; Sports Desk; Thought for the Day; Weather.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Roger Bolton with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Dr Mark Porter presents an appeal on behalf of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From the Methodist Conference, Blackpool, at North Shore Methodist Church. 08:50Clive James on the secret of hapiness and children's shoes with wheels in the heels.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr is joined by John Gray, Eric Hobsbawm, Pat Barker and Peter Sellars. 09:45Christian worship and music.
| 09:45Christian worship and music.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation. 09:45Christian worship and music.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg discusses what the Pilgrim Fathers and the Mayflower mean to Americans. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Judy Merry.
| 09:00Jann Wenner's seminal 1970 New York interview with John Lennon for Rolling Stone magazine.(R) 09:45An act of worship and music led by the Revd Rosemary Lain-Priestley.
| 09:00Fi Glover is joined by writer and comedian Hardeep Singh Kohli.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00What would a Single Equality Bill mean for women? Plus erotic icon Sylvia Kristel.
| 10:00Barbara Kingsolver on a year spent living sustainably with her family in rural Appalachia.
| 10:00Suzanne Vega on writing an album about New York after 9/11. Plus IVF regulation. 10:30Second one day international between England and West Indies at Edgbaston.
| 10:00Three sisters with a predisposition to breast cancer on their preventative surgery.
| 10:00Investigating women's high stroke risk and asking what can be done to reduce the problem.
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig talks to novelist Rosie Thomas about the pleasures of long walks. 10:30Third one day international between England and West Indies at Trent Bridge.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:001/2Jennifer Harbinson's father was murdered by an IRA bomb, and she wants to know who did it. 11:302/6Two of the wartime code-breakers jump at the chance to escape Bletchley Park for Iraq.
| 11:00Andrew Luck-Baker ventures into Australia's Daintree rainforest canopy.(R) 11:30Reconstruction of the church fete in Liverpool, when John Lennon first met Paul McCartney.
| | 11:00Kati Whitaker examines the American commitment to the gun. 11:303/3Robert Klein, Bronx-born prophet of the baby-boomer generation, is interviewed.
| 11:00The eyes are the windows of the soul, but what happens when they see us from the outside? 11:304/6The museum director has big news - and love is in the air.
| | 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is actor Simon Russell Beale.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Liz Barclay and Peter White. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Liz Barclay and Peter White. Including Call You and Yours.
| 12:00The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Second one day international between England and West Indies at Edgbaston.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Liz Barclay and Winifred Robinson.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Liz Barclay and Winifred Robinson.
| 12:04Third one day international between England and West Indies at Trent Bridge.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined by Jeremy Hardy. 12:32The plight of the honeybee is the focus in this edition. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:303/12Tom Sutcliffe chairs as Northern Ireland take on the North of England.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30David Owen Norris explores how the word Amen has appeared in music over the centuries.
| | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Observing all aspects of rural life.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy.
| | 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:302/3Justin Webb questions the view of the US as a bully.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:15Fact and fiction collide in a ghost story set at the Welsh slate quarries during wartime.(R)
| 14:00Gray and the green-eyed monster. 14:153/4Ben defends a suspected wife beater, to Sarah's annoyance.
| | 14:15AE Housman's famous poem with a new dramatic setting.
| 14:15Story about a woman who takes on a gardener after the death of her mother.
| | 14:00Eric Robson chairs the show. With Anne Swithinbank, Bunny Guinness and Bob Flowerdew. 14:453/4Anthony Noel profiles the work of garden writer Christopher Bradley-Hole.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Paul Lewis and guests answer calls on financial issues. 15:301/5Evangelos spends a lonely existence on a remote Greek peninsula until he receives a parcel 15:4521/30In the middle of the 18th century composers needed patrons, but this was soon to change.
| 15:00Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world. 15:302/5By Sophia Hillan. An aging film actor knows he has forgotten something important. 15:4522/30The play on which Mozart's opera was based was banned in its original form by Louis XVI.
| | 15:003/6Fi Glover presents the holiday magazine with tips from listeners and travel experts. 15:27David Suchet appeals on behalf of Carr-Gomm. 15:304/5By Maggie Cronin. Ralph's return home is cause for celebration, but his party is crashed. 15:4524/30The great German composer worked at a time of seismic change in Europe.
| 15:005/6Dylan Winter finds out how every gardener can help to save the bumble bee. 15:305/5By Claire Keegan. An Irish police sergeant is forced to take decisive action. 15:4525/30The composer allegedly removed his original dedication to Napoleon from the manuscript.
| | 15:003/3Following the riots on Election Day, Felix has been thrown into prison.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Simon Parkes explore the latest trends and techniques in the restaurant business. 16:30Ernie Rea explores the place of faith in today's world.
| 16:00Clive Coleman takes his weekly look at the legal issues in the news. 16:30Sue MacGregor is joined by Andi Oliver and Dr Phil Hammond.
| | 16:00Shamshad Khan explores what is arguably the most recited poem in the Muslim world.(R) 16:30Quentin explores how to make fuel cells out of chocolate and road dust.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series. 16:30Glenda Jackson talks about her Oscar-winning role in Women In Love.
| | 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to John Harvey, the winner of this year's Diamond Dagger Award. 16:30Roger McGough presents a selection of poems requested by listeners.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, presented by Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, presented by Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57Second one day international between England and West Indies at Edgbaston.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, presented by Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, presented by Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:57Third one day international between England and West Indies at Trent Bridge.
| 17:00Allan Urry asks whether enough is being to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear technology. 17:40Sue Teddern creates a fictional response to the week's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined by Jeremy Hardy.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Subjects under scrutiny include online banking, Nicky Campbell and Desert Island Discs.
| 18:301/4A political satire set in the offices of 'The Blue Touch Paper' magazine.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Broadcaster and writer Janet Street-Porter quizzes a panel about herself.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/8Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team.
| | 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Rosie Goldsmith presents a selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Gray and the green-eyed monster. 19:15In a special programme, Mark Lawson profiles the dramatist Tom Stoppard. 19:45Short plays by Mike Walker focusing on a London family during the first week of July 2005.
| 19:15John Wilson talks to John Squire, from The Stone Roses, about his exhibition of paintings. 19:45Short plays by Mike Walker focusing on a London family during the first week of July 2005.
| 19:15With Mark Lawson reporting from the Manchester International Festival. 19:45Short plays by Mike Walker focusing on a London family during the first week of July 2005.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews, with Mark Lawson. 19:45Short plays by Mike Walker focusing on a London family during the first week of July 2005.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews, with Kirsty Lang. 19:45Short plays by Mike Walker focusing on a London family during the first week of July 2005.
| 19:00Sue Teddern creates a fictional response to the week's news. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Professor John Carey, Denise Mina and Rowan Pellingand.
| 19:15Children's author Michael Rosen takes the team to the Dickens World theme park. 19:453/5Pat is convinced that the young Orson Welles is stealing his thunder at the studio.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Audio diaries of Labour MPs during Tony Blair's final months in office. 20:30Libby Purves presents a guide to the world of learning.
| 20:00Allan Urry asks whether enough is being to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear technology. 20:40Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
| 20:00Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions behind the week's news. 20:452/3In a tribute to the late Simon Hoggart, we revisit his 2007 series, Great Political Myths.
| 20:00Jenny Cuffe visits a fruit farm, where a shortage of pickers is threatening production. 20:30Alison Wolf investigates the role of charities in delivering public services.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a topical discussion. 20:50Clive James on the secret of hapiness and children's shoes with wheels in the heels.
| 20:00Lars Tharp explores the changing relationship between the antiques trade and the public.
| 20:00Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy. 20:30Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Adam Fowler investigates an extraordinary scientific experiment in Siberia. 21:30Andrew Marr is joined by John Gray, Eric Hobsbawm, Pat Barker and Peter Sellars. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
| 21:00Dr Raj Persaud sees how computer gaming technology is providing therapy for combat troops. 21:302/2Jonathan Dimbleby investigates how much has changed in Hong Kong over the last decade.
| 21:001/2Dr Mark Porter investigates the phenomenon of resistance to antibiotics. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation.
| 21:00Geoff Watts visits the Royal Society to see some of the science on display. 21:30Melvyn Bragg discusses what the Pilgrim Fathers and the Mayflower mean to Americans.
| 21:00Paul Brodrick's dramatisation of the court martial which followed the My Lai massacre.
| 21:002/3Doubt is cast on Esther's parentage and electioneering fever begins to mount.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news and advice from the world of personal finance. 21:26Dr Mark Porter presents an appeal on behalf of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. 21:30Alison Wolf investigates the role of charities in delivering public services. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:451/10Mike Engleby finds himself utterly captivated by fellow student Jennifer Arkland.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:452/10Still fascinated by Jennifer, Mike reflects on his anguished years at public school.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:453/10Mike finds himself getting closer to Jennifer, but then disaster strikes.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Jackie Hardgrave. 22:454/10The police investigation into Jennifer's disappearance gathers pace.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Jackie Hardgrave. 22:455/10Mike, still obsessively interested in Jennifer, finds ways to deal with her disappearance.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions behind the week's news.
| 22:00From behind the scenes at Westminster. Including Great Political Myths.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Nigel's guests are Eleanor Bron, Stella Duffy, Alistair Beaton and Christopher Matthew. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Susan Hulme.
| 23:006/6Jon continues to experience Glastonbury, but has some of the magic worn off? 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Alicia McCarthy.
| 23:001/6Colin and Kenneth must deal with their new boss. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:003/6Comatose Ben is taken to a medical conference in Birmingham, but his mind travels to Paris(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Robert Orchard.
| 23:00Sue MacGregor is joined by Andi Oliver and Dr Phil Hammond. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:003/12Tom Sutcliffe chairs as Northern Ireland take on the North of England. 23:30Daljit Nagra introduces a towering achievement of world literature from John Milton.
| 23:00Libby Purves presents a guide to the world of learning. 23:30Mark Tully considers the spiritual dimensions of exercise and sport.
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