| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor and guests debate the culture of apocalyptical theories in America. 00:45The sound of church bells from St Olave's in the City of London's Hart Street. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5After the death of her father, Cleopatra is forced to share the throne with her brother. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Did Cleopatra really have herself delivered to Julius Caesar rolled up in a carpet? 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Why did Julius Caesar spend so much time in Egypt and why did Cleopatra linger in Rome? 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Cleopatra recognises a kindred spirit in Mark Antony. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Cleopatra's liaison with Mark Antony is legendary, but what are the facts behind it? 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5A villager is drawn nightly to the sea, where he becomes obsessed with a mysterious woman.(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. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Ed Kessler. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Mark Holdstock. 05:57The latest weather forecast.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Ed Kessler. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Ed Kessler. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Mark Holdstock.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Ed Kessler. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Ed Kessler. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Stephen Wigley. 05:452/5In 1900, a mysterious epidemic affected thousands of beer drinkers in the North of England(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of church bells from St Vedast in the City of London's Foster Lane. 05:45Hugh Pym profiles Adair Turner, the new Chair of the Climate Change Committee.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament; Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament; Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament; Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament; Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Matt Baker visits the New Forest. 06:35Rural magazine programme with Charlotte Smith. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Katy Radford considers how individuals and societies relate to their own reflections. 06:35Adam Henson visits Silverhill Farm in Ireland, breeders of duck for Chinese restaurants. 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 and guests discuss the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Linton Kwesi Johnson appeals on behalf of Inquest. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service to celebrate the feast of Candlemas from St Luke's Church in Canton, Cardiff. 08:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Prof David Cannadine.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr's guests include Martin Amis, Asma Jahangir and Quentin Skinner. 09:45Christian worship and music from Wellington Church, Glasgow, with Anna Magnusson.
| 09:001/3The shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell Station was a tragic tale. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Father Philip Sumner.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Nigel Swinford.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Rudolph II and his Renaissance Court in Prague. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Becky Harris.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is pianist Natasha Spender. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Rev Stephen Shipley.
| 09:00Presenter Fi Glover is joined by Adam Hart-Davies. Featured poet is Lemn Sissay.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Astrid Betancourt on her sister Ingrid being held hostage in Columbia for 6 years.
| 10:00Has child protection gone too far? Plus, the therapeutic properties of book groups.
| 10:00Simone Baker talks about her own experiences as a disabled parent.
| 10:00How successful is the 'granny flat' as a solution to caring for our elderly?
| 10:00Opera Singer Natalie Dessay on her career and how a throat operation changed her voice.
| 10:00John McCarthy explores the research areas of ethnomusicologist. 10:301/4Paul Gambaccini discovers how David Lean's epic won the Best Picture Award in 1963.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Profile of Patience Bush, who helps families combat their children's antisocial behaviour.(R) 11:301/6The 1962 cast of the futuristic sci-fi soap fear they are cursed when an engineer dies.
| 11:003/3Gabrielle Walker visits Madagascar to meet lemur expert Patricia Wright.(R) 11:30The battle within the BBC to make programmes about homosexuality in the 1950s and 60s.
| 11:00Martin Palmer goes on a quest for the truth behind the medieval Knights Templar.(R) 11:303/6The self-centred social worker is dreaming of glory.
| 11:00Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines. 11:30Sir John Major chooses extracts from the books which have inspired and entertained him.
| 11:00Roger Law explores the Chinese fake art industry. 11:306/6The showbiz veteran has a mishap, but must the show always go on? Stars Steve Delaney.
| 11:00A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Peter Oborne. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is writer Beryl Bainbridge.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Liz Barclay and John Waite. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Liz Barclay and John Waite.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Liz Barclay and Sheila McClennon.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Carolyn Atkinson and Peter White.
| 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. 12:04Paul Lewis with the latest news and advice from the world of personal finance. 12:304/8Panellists include Fred Macaulay, Jeff Green, Jeremy Hardy and Francis Wheen. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:045/12Panellists include Paul Merton, Clement Freud, Marcus Brigstocke and Jenny Eclair. 12:32Sheila Dillon speaks to the author and food campaigner Michael Pollan. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:304/11Anna Ford chairs a quiz to find the best all-round amateur garden expert in the country.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Thomas Tallis's work is one of the most spectacular pieces of choral music ever written.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Guests are Michael Winner, Jilly Cooper, Simon Brett and Valerie Grove.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Matt Baker meets a weather man whose job involves scaling Helvellyn in the Lake District.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a topical discussion from Rotherham.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:301/2Report on why so many of the aspirations of Pakistan's founders remain unfulfilled.
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| 14:00 | 14:15By Gary Ogin. Donald needs to be shown how to be less boring. But is this a good idea?
| 14:15Taut thriller by Simon Passmore. Chris and Sam's idyllic weekend turns into a nightmare.
| 14:15Comedy drama by Jules Horne. Jenny is trying to win Joe back after her disastrous affair.
| 14:15By Peter Jukes. After parting from his girlfriend, Luke explores a new networking website.
| 14:152/6By Nicola Baldwin. A mysterious man gatecrashes the club. Is he the chef he claims to be?
| 14:00Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:301/2Harry Flashman is unlucky enough to be caught up in the Charge of the Light Brigade.(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs. Guests are Anne Swithinbank, Bob Flowerdew and John Cushnie. 14:451/5Extinct animals and strange female forms in Church Hole Cave in Derbyshire.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Vincent Duggleby and guests answer calls on financial issues. 15:301/5A soldier is exposed to the truth in this quirky reworking of the traditional fairy tale. 15:451/5Gwyneth Lewis visits a remote island as she contemplates a change in direction in her life
| 15:00Richard Daniel and his team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world. 15:302/5A young woman starts work for a blind poet and becomes absorbed in a strange new world. 15:452/5Gwyneth Lewis explores the history of the Lundy and how the island may change her life.
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs. Guests are Anne Swithinbank, Bob Flowerdew and Matthew Biggs. 15:303/5After a day consoling a stressed-out single mum, Rebecca addresses some issues of her own. 15:453/5Poet Gwyneth Lewis explores Lundy Island's paradoxical qualities.
| 15:003/6The team look at musical travel ideas, from hurdy-gurdies in Brittany to opera in Prague. 15:27John Sargeant appeals on behalf of the British Council for Prevention of Blindness. 15:304/5Waiting offstage, a singer recalls her life and loves before stepping into the limelight. 15:454/5Gwyneth Lewis investigates island myths and a particular quality of timelessness.
| 15:00Tom Heap investigates Britain's commitment, or lack of it, to renewable energy. 15:305/5Pressed into service as a bridesmaid at a gay wedding, Jenny expected to be miserable. 15:455/5Gwyneth Lewis considers the satisfaction of adventure close to home.
| 15:30Thomas Tallis's work is one of the most spectacular pieces of choral music ever written.
| 15:002/6As the war gets closer, things become more difficult for Harriet and Guy.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon explores food sold over the internet and gets some tips on online shopping. 16:30Ernie Rea explores the place of faith in today's world.
| 16:00Clive Coleman takes a look at the legal issues in the news. 16:30Mountaineer Joe Simpson takes up the cause of the pioneering Austrian climber Hermann Buhl
| 16:00Laurie Taylor puts human behaviour, institutions and conventions under the microscope. 16:30Dr Mark Porter and guests discuss how to deal with the side effects of medication.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Helen Dunmore about her new book Counting the Stars. 16:30Quentin Cooper investigates the science of systems biology.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series. 16:30Francine Stock talks to Daniel Day Lewis about his role in There Will Be Blood.
| 16:00Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey.
| 16:00James Naughtie and an audience discuss Sarah Dunant's erotic thriller The Birth of Venus. 16:30Roger McGough presents poetry by Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines. 17:30Evan Davis talks with entrepreneurs and business leaders about the issues that matter. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Allan Urry asks whether fire safety standards in Britain's hospitals are good enough. 17:40Hugh Pym profiles Adair Turner, the new Chair of the Climate Change Committee. 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. 18:305/12Panellists include Paul Merton, Clement Freud, Marcus Brigstocke and Jenny Eclair.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/4Josie Lawrence and Jim Sweeney create improvised sketches from audience suggestions
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Young Pip finds himself adrift at sea. Mark Evans' Dickensian spoof.(R)
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Old people and consumer rights get the Gary Bellamy phone-in treatment.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/8Panellists include Fred Macaulay, Jeff Green, Jeremy Hardy and Francis Wheen.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson presents an eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Joan Bakewell presents a selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including a review of the film Cloverfield. 19:451/5Nina is called to interpret at a family court, where a shocking revelation is heard.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. 19:452/5Nina helps her friend Maurice to find love, but can she sort out her own affairs?
| 19:15With Mark Lawson, including an interview with playwright Willy Russell. 19:453/5Nina is asked to interpret for a couple whose child is about to undergo a heart transplant
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with John Wilson. 19:454/5Nina is asked to interpret for a suspected illegal immigrant.
| 19:15With John Wilson, including the long list for the Art Fund Prize for Museums and Galleries 19:455/5Nina has a tense confrontation with Mr Mansood in an attempt to get Zarina's children back
| 19:00Hugh Pym profiles Adair Turner, the new Chair of the Climate Change Committee. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the cultural highlights of the week.
| 19:15Barney Harwood looks at some of the classic naughty characters in children's literature. 19:453/5Alan recalls his one of his favourite childhood pastimes, going to the pictures.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00The BBC devised a programme schedule to be transmitted in the event of a nuclear attack. 20:30Libby Purves presents a guide to the world of learning with advice and features.
| 20:00Allan Urry asks whether fire safety standards in Britain's hospitals are good enough. 20:40Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
| 20:00Melanie Phillips, Ian Hargreaves, Michael Portillo and Clifford Longley question witnesses 20:45Clive Anderson recalls Peter Hain's 1972 trial for disrupting South African sporting tours
| 20:00Simon Weston visits Headley Court, the military's main rehabilitation centre for amputees.(R) 20:30Peter Day contrasts lean production methods in manufacturing and service industries.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a topical discussion from Rotherham. 20:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Prof David Cannadine.
| 20:00Michael Crick recalls the Munich air disaster of February 6, 1958.
| 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 | 21:002/2Jessica Holm investigates a skull seen as a missing link between apes and humans.(R) 21:30Andrew Marr's guests include Martin Amis, Asma Jahangir and Quentin Skinner.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter and guests discuss how to deal with the side effects of medication. 21:301/3The shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell Station was a tragic tale.
| 21:00Documentary looking at the concept of growing plants in space and even on spacecraft.(R) 21:30Lively and diverse conversation.
| 21:00Tom Heap investigates Britain's commitment, or lack of it, to renewable energy. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Rudolph II and his Renaissance Court in Prague.
| 21:00Dan Tetsell's comedy show about the perils of having a grandfather who was in Hitler's SS.
| 21:001/6Young Harriet Pringle arrives in Bucharest in 1939 with her new husband Guy.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news and advice from the world of personal finance. 21:26Linton Kwesi Johnson appeals on behalf of Inquest. 21:30Peter Day contrasts lean production methods in manufacturing and service industries. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:456/10A government minister and an ex-policeman may be implicated in the disappearance of a boy.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:457/10Michael Madden, in hiding in America, is visited by two men who hand him an envelope.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:458/10As the hearing of the Walshe case draws to a close, the main players come under pressure.
| 22:00Reeta Chakrabarti introduces reports that paint a bleak picture of Afghanistan's future. 22:459/10Pressure has been put on each of the main protagonists to reveal as little as possible.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Reeta Chakrabarti. 22:4510/10Despite efforts to protect Gilroy, Madden names him as the murderer of Connor Walshe.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Melanie Phillips, Ian Hargreaves, Michael Portillo and Clifford Longley question witnesses
| 22:00News from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including Politically Charged.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Nigel Rees exchanges quotations and anecdotes with guests. The reader is Peter Jefferson. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:003/3Maurice has problems dating. So he buys a self-hypnosis CD in order to find love.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:003/5Eliza's husband's patience is sorely tried by the eccentricities of their new maidservant.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Robert Orchard.
| 23:004/6Andrew delivers a themed date. Dave's ex-school bully is back. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:00Mountaineer Joe Simpson takes up the cause of the pioneering Austrian climber Hermann Buhl 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:004/11Anna Ford chairs a quiz to find the best all-round amateur garden expert in the country. 23:30Roger McGough with a selection of listeners' favourite poetry, from Yevtushenko to Yeats.
| 23:00Libby Purves presents a guide to the world of learning with advice and features. 23:30Katy Radford considers how individuals and societies relate to their own reflections.
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