| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor and Andrea Tonner discuss celebrity cook books and Britain’s food culture. 00:45The sound of church bells from St David's, Moreton-in-Marsh. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The ordeal begins one midnight in July when masked men burst into Camilla and Jon's room. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5A shocking event reveals the violence of which their kidnappers are capable. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Despair gives way to hope when Camilla and Jon are allowed to call their parents. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00James Naughtie and Carolyn Quinn present coverage of the local election results. 00:304/5Another hostage arrives. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5After alternating between hope and despair, freedom finally arrives. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Clare George's story of a photo-journalist, wounded in Iraq, trying to regain her skills.(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.
| 01:00James Naughtie and Carolyn Quinn present continuing coverage of the local election results
| 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.
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| 03:00 | | | | | 03:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of programmes.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Archdeacon Philip Patterson. 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 Archdeacon Philip Patterson. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Archdeacon Philip Patterson. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Archdeacon Philip Patterson. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Archdeacon Philip Patterson. 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 Andrew Graystone. 05:451/5At dusk, 40,000 rooks gather in the Yare Valley in Norfolk.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of church bells from Great St Mary's, Cambridge. 05:452/2Political will as much as economic circumstance shapes the look of our capital cities.
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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.
| 06:00Featuring Business Editor Robert Peston on the credit crunch.
| 06:00Featuring Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg on the local elections in England and Wales.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark explores the Island of Mull, the second largest of the Inner Hebrides. 06:35Rural magazine programme with Charlotte Smith. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully explores the difference between changing and adapting. 06:35Elinor Goodman meets women farmers and artists who produced pictures of life on Dartmoor. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00With Edward Stourton and Evan Davis.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton and guests discuss the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Collette Thain appeals on behalf of PBC Foundation. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Canon Stephen Cherry and the Rev Peter Sinclair reflect on worship and our daily living. 08:50Clive James reflects on why gifted artists become hell-bent on destroying their talent.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Guests include international lawyer Philippe Sands, who discusses the use of torture. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Nigel Swinford.
| 09:00John Tusa recalls the turbulent events in France during May 1968. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Canon Noel Vincent.
| 09:00A tribute to the broadcaster and jazz trumpeter who presented I'm Sorry, I Haven't a Clue. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Bishop George Stack.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg examines the enclosure movement that fenced in the British countryside. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Andrew Graystone.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor reunites rioters and staff involved in the Strangeways Prison riots of 1990.
| 09:00Presenter Sheila McClennon is joined by Martin Fry. Featured poet is Luke Wright.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Actor Michelle Gomez on The Taming of The Shrew. Plus, author Julia Blackburn.
| 10:00Performance artist Laurie Anderson on her life and work. Plus novelist Julia Leigh.
| 10:00Baroness Hayman, the Lords' first female Speaker, on women in the House of Lords.
| 10:00What part do manufacturers play in perpetuating the popularity of pink for girls?
| 10:00Gwyneth Paltrow on her return to acting after concentrating on being a mother.
| 10:00John McCarthy talks to historian Dan Cruickshank about his architectural journeys. 10:301/3Punt explores the case of a couple who found 400 false legs hidden under their floorboards
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:001/2Mike Wooldridge explores what lay behind the conflict that erupted in Kenya last year. 11:302/6The satirist ponders Tuscan holidays and asks what is the greatest fruit or vegetable?
| 11:00Philippa Forrester and Brett Westwood follow the movement and migration of animals. 11:302/2Allan Beswick tells the remarkable story of George Formby.
| 11:00Nick Fraser recalls the intellectual revolution of May 1968 that spread from Paris. 11:304/6Will Victoria get more than she bargained for when Emily brings her new boyfriend home?(R)
| 11:00Rob Walker asks how successful Ethiopia's military intervention in Somalia has been. 11:302006 BBC Young Musician of the Year Mark Simpson talks to other previous winners.
| 11:00Sara Parker looks at roadworks - the diggers and those driven mad by them. 11:305/6Steine is delighted to meet Lord Melamine, but is his lordship all he seems to be?
| 11:00A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Peter Oborne. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor reunites the cast and director of the 1987 cult movie Withnail and I.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Liz Barclay and Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with John Waite and Peter White. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with John Waite and Sheila McClennon. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson 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 Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04How some families find it hard to prove they should gain from inheritance tax changes. 12:301/8Panellists include Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton and Fred Macaulay. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:046/7James Walton hosts the literary quiz with John Walsh, Sebastian Faulks and Andrew Davies. 12:32Formerly a cheap and popular dish, the elver is now in short supply. Sheila Dillon reports 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:306/13Paul Gambaccini quizzes Howard Curtis, Jeffrey Darlington and Martin Leadbetter.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:303/4Frances Fyfiield is joined by internationally-acclaimed clarinettist Emma Johnson.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:304/6Guests are comedian Alexei Sayle, journalist Mark Ellen and writer and actress Sue Perkins
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Helen Mark finds out how sustainable fishing is raising the profile of local food.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Jenni Murray and guests in conversation about how current media trends affect our lives.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:30Women celebrate their bedtime songs and lament a disappearing tradition.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:15By Jane Rogers. A charming play about a writer suffering from writer's block.
| 14:15One morning in September 1957, Philip Larkin receives a very official looking letter.
| 14:152/5Davy has settled in well to school life at Bamfylde and his wife Beth is expecting twins.(R)
| 14:15By Peter Ackroyd. A literary historian discovers much about himself during his research.
| 14:15A playwright and a retired civil servant confront one another over a Radio 4 microphone.
| 14:00Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Anthony Minghella's award-winning radio play.(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs. With John Cushnie, Anne Swithinbank and Bob Flowerdew. 14:453/5Ivan Hewett examines five musical keys: B flat - sad and heroic
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| 15:00 | 15:00Vincent Duggleby and guests answer calls on financial issues. 15:301/5A family of dormice are sleeping in a crack in the outside wall. 15:451/5Joe talks to the professional celebrants who will turn any event in life into a milestone.(R)
| 15:00Vanessa Collingridge investigates the standing stones in the Yarrow Valley. 15:302/5The wild pigs are the real lords of the forest. 15:452/5Joe Queenan talks to a pet psychic and a dog counsellor who will stay with a pet overnight(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs. With Matthew Biggs, Bunny Guinness and Bob Flowerdew. 15:303/5A beetle as big as a human hand appears on a pillow. 15:453/5Joe meets John Ficarra and Galway McCullough, fight choreographers for stage and screen.(R)
| 15:00Stewart Henderson answers those niggling questions from everyday life. 15:27Sophie Andrews appeals on behalf of Samaritans. 15:304/5In February, Giovanni the shepherd begins to move his flock back to the high mountain. 15:454/5Joe talks to personal trainers, personal organisers and a purveyor of naked yoga lessons.(R)
| 15:00Tom Heap asks whether the building industry can meet targets on energy-efficient homes. 15:305/5The mules lost their importance when the roads came, although they took a long time coming 15:455/5A sudden realisation causes Joe to analyse the presenter's own line of work.(R)
| 15:30Another chance to hear Anthony Minghella discuss his favourite pieces of writing.(R)
| 15:005/6Nick is drawn into the unpredictable universe of the formidable Pamela Flitton.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Brittany is Europe's largest producer of scallops. Simon Parkes investigates. 16:30Is the planet still getting hotter? 16:56Thousands march through London to protest against Enoch Powell.
| 16:00Michael Rosen presents the series that takes a close look at the words we use. 16:30Anna Ford nominates singer, actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson. 16:56Ralph Abernathy delivers his first speech since taking over from Martin Luther King.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores the conventions and rituals of car passengers with Dr Eric Laurier. 16:30Dr Mark Porter leads a debate on health checks for the over 40s. 16:56Police break up the student uprising at Columbia University.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to William Sutcliffe about his new novel Whatever Makes You Happy. 16:30Quentin Cooper discusses the postwar boom in science and technology with Ben Russell. 16:56On its fortieth anniversary, the Flying Scotsman runs non-stop from London to Edinburgh.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series. 16:30Featuring a review of Iron Man, the new superhero movie with Robert Downey Jr in the lead. 16:56In France, Nanterre University is closed. Israel celebrates its 20th anniversary.
| 16:00With Jane Garvey. Including features on Gwyneth Paltrow and square pianos. 16:56The US and North Vietnam finally agree where to hold peace talks.
| 16:00Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie joins James Naughtie to talk about her novel Half of a Yellow Sun 16:304/4The themes of truth, time and moral searching in WH Auden's life and work. 16:56Britain's first heart transplant patient wakes and people in Beirut take to the streets.
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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 Carolyn Quinn. 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, plus sports headlines. 17:30Eddie Mair presents the weekly interactive current affairs magazine. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Julian O'Halloran investigates the fiasco of the opening of Terminal 5 at Heathrow. 17:402/8This week's featured author is dramatist Marcy Kahan. 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. 18:306/7James Walton hosts the literary quiz with John Walsh, Sebastian Faulks and Andrew Davies.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6The curmudgeonly writer finds himself embroiled in a public love intrigue.(R)
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6With Laurence Howarth, Richie Webb, Dave Lamb, Mark Evans, Katherine Jakeways and guests.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Guests include Richard Herring and Will Smith.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/8Panellists include Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton and Fred Macaulay.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Peter Curran's guests include Warren Clarke, Roy Hudd, Robin Ince and John Mole.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Steve Punt presents a selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15With Mark Lawson, including an interview with Oscar-winning actress Jodie Foster. 19:456/10Penrose suspects that the war may hold the key to his double murder investigation.
| 19:15With Mark Lawson. David Lodge talks about his new novel Deaf Sentence. 19:457/10Hedley has asked his friend Rafe Swinburne to provide him with an alibi.
| 19:15Mark Lawson reports from the opening night of Martin Crimp's play The City. 19:458/10Elspeth's adoptive mother arrives in London and provides Penrose with a vital clue.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang. 19:459/10Penrose discovers a link between Elspeth and Bernard.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang. 19:4510/10As the investigation closes in, Josephine and Marta find themselves in mortal danger.
| 19:002/8This week's featured author is dramatist Marcy Kahan. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Louise Doughty, Michael Goldfarb and Catherine O’Flynn.
| 19:15Philip Pullman tells Natalie Barrass why he has decided to write a comic strip. 19:452/5Penelope Keith plays Amy Sedgwick, a thrice-married Victorian actress.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:001/2Jonathan Freedland traces the history of Anglo-Jewish attitudes to the Zionist project. 20:30Julian Pettifer reports on the extraordinary popularity of online games in South Korea.(R)
| 20:00Julian O'Halloran investigates the fiasco of the opening of Terminal 5 at Heathrow. 20:40Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
| 20:00What legal standards should be applied to troops in the line of fire? 20:452/2Political will as much as economic circumstance shapes the look of our capital cities.
| 20:00A celebration from St Martin in the Fields in London. Preacher is Rev Dr Giles Fraser.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey. 20:50Clive James reflects on why gifted artists become hell-bent on destroying their talent.
| 20:00Douglas Hurd uses the BBC Archives to explore the life of his predecessor Anthony Eden.
| 20:00Jenni Murray and guests in conversation about how current media trends affect our lives. 20:30Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Tom Mangold investigates a tale of dirty tricks and industrial espionage. 21:30Guests include international lawyer Philippe Sands, who discusses the use of torture.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter leads a debate on health checks for the over 40s. 21:30John Tusa recalls the turbulent events in France during May 1968.
| 21:00Philippa Forrester and Brett Westwood follow the movement and migration of animals. 21:30A tribute to the broadcaster and jazz trumpeter who presented I'm Sorry, I Haven't a Clue.
| 21:00Tom Heap asks whether the building industry can meet targets on energy-efficient homes. 21:30Melvyn Bragg examines the enclosure movement that fenced in the British countryside.
| 21:00Matthew Broughton's dark play about a lonely young man who finds a home amongst strangers.
| 21:004/6When Nick joins his regiment in Wales, old acquaintances reappear.
| 21:00How some families find it hard to prove they should gain from inheritance tax changes. 21:26Collette Thain appeals on behalf of PBC Foundation. 21:30Russia's new prosperity is creating a nation of middle-class consumers. Peter Day reports. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:451/10Nearing her 100th birthday, Roseanne McNulty's only solace is her psychiatrist Dr Grene.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:452/10Dr Grene tries to find out why Roseanne McNulty was originally committed to hospital.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:453/10Elderly mental hospital patient Roseanne McNulty reveals a terrible childhood tragedy.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:454/10Elderly patient Roseanne McNulty discovers that Dr Grene has suffered a terrible loss.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig, and local election reports 22:455/10Dr Grene uncovers evidence about Roseanne's father totally at odds with her memories.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15What legal standards should be applied to troops in the line of fire?
| 22:00Reports from Westminster. Including The Sermon on the Mound.
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| 23:00 | 23:00An investigation into the private lives of the famous. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Susan Hulme.
| 23:002/4Michael McIntyre hosts. Guests include Paul Sinha, Isy Suttie and Richard Herring.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:001/4An old crime writer friend urgently calls Poirot for help.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:005/6With Laurence Howarth, Richie Webb, Dave Lamb, Mark Evans, Katherine Jakeways and guests. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Robert Orchard.
| 23:00Anna Ford nominates singer, actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:006/13Paul Gambaccini quizzes Howard Curtis, Jeffrey Darlington and Martin Leadbetter. 23:303/4The dramatic monologues of Robert Browning, with readers Robert Hardy and Greg Wise.
| 23:00Another chance to look back at the events making the news 40 years ago with John Tusa. 23:30Mark Tully explores the difference between changing and adapting.
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