| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor discusses the driving forces and patterns of gentrification in the UK. 00:45The sound of church bells from St Helen's, Sefton. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Giacomo Casanova's parents send him away from Venice for his health. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Casanova's scandalous affair with a married woman forces him to leave Rome. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Casanova inveigles himself into the lavish court of Louis XV, where he causes a stir. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Casanova arrives in London, where he falls for the city's most infamous courtesan. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Casanova accepts an invitation to a masked ball at the Winter Palace in St Petersburg. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5By David Pownall. A dark secret has remained undiscovered for a very long time.(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.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Mike Ford. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. 05:57The latest weather forecast.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Mike Ford. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Mike Ford. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Mike Ford. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Mike Ford. 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 Rev Dr Ruth Patterson. 05:45Eddie Mair presents the weekly interactive current affairs magazine.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of church bells from St Peter's, Tiverton. 05:45Grant Ferrett looks at the life of South African President Thabo Mbeki.
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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. 06:35News and issues in rural Britain with Melanie Abbott. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Judith French considers why almost every culture has a legend of a second coming. 06:35Lucy Lunt visits Meadow Court Farm in Guernsey. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk; Thought for the Day; Weather.
| 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. 07:55Richard Briers appeals on behalf of Sense. 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 from Aldeburgh Parish Church during the 61st Festival of Music and the Arts. 08:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Prof Lisa Jardine.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Guests include Will Alsop, Kenan Malik, Ian Kershaw and Eva Figes. 09:45Christian worship and music from St Germans Church, Splott, Cardiff, with Rev Roy Jenkins.
| 09:004/4Spence discusses how Chinese ideas of sport and athleticism have slowly evolved. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Fr Philip Sumner.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Clair Jaquiss.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg examines the Arab conquests which helped communicate Islam to the world. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Bishop Nigel McCulloch.
| 09:00Kirsty Young invites pioneering surgeon Ara Darzi to choose eight records. 09:45An act of worship and music, led by Leslie Griffiths.
| 09:00Presenter Fi Glover is joined by Michael Whitehall. The poet is Elvis McGonagall.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Jennifer Worth on her experiences as a midwife in London's East End during the 1950s.
| 10:00Soprano Deborah Voigt on her return to Covent Garden after losing 120 pounds in weight.
| 10:00Jenny Eclair and Quentin Letts on the strain of maintaining a long-term relationship. 10:30Coverage of the fourth one day international between England and New Zealand from the Oval
| 10:00Susan Sontag's son David Reiff on the final months of his mother's life. With Jenni Murray
| 10:00Education advisor Celia Lashlie on the way boys develop through their teenage years.
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig digs beneath the rather bucolic tourist view of the Provence region. 10:30Coverage of the fifth one day international between England and New Zealand at Lords.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Alasdair Sandford assesses Christine Lagarde, France's first female finance minister. 11:304/6At the children's museum day, the dog-counting competition flounders!
| 11:00Philippa Forrester and Brett Westwood follow the movement and migration of animals. 11:30The origins of Maurice Sendak's children's classic "Where the Wild Things Are" revealed
| | 11:00Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines. 11:30Mark Radcliffe learns how 1960s singers boosted their sales abroad.(R)
| 11:00Charlie Luxton celebrates the 500th anniversary of the birth of architect Andrea Palladio.(R) 11:307/8The suave sleuth gets a shock on his own doorstep, then baits a trap to gather evidence.
| | 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is cartoonist Posy Simmonds.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson and Liz Barclay. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson and Liz Barclay. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson and Carolyn Atkinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson and Liz Barclay. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden take on Tim Brooke-Taylor and Jeremy Hardy. 12:32Sheila Dillon finds out why so many butchers' shops have closed down in recent years. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30The North of England team meets Scotland. Tom Sutcliffe chairs.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Phill Jupitus follows the ensemble of ukulele players who command a cult following.
| | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30A visit to the North Kent coast to examine the battle the coast has fought with the sea.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy.
| | 13:00A look at current events with Shaun Ley. 13:301/2Misha Glenny goes to Rome, Sardinia and Milan in pursuit of the Italian nationalist.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Something nasty in the wood (not shed). 14:153/6Dickens meets Benjamin Disraeli, a journalist and ambitious young politician.
| 14:15Romantic comedy by Caroline and David Stafford, set in the the immediate aftermath of 9/11
| 14:30Coverage of the fourth one day international between England and New Zealand from the Oval
| 14:00Eddie makes an introduction. 14:15By Katie Hims. Merle's sister Beth has been abducted by aliens - not for the first time.
| 14:15By Cath Staincliffe. A genealogist is in danger when she learns a shocking family history.
| 14:30Coverage of the fifth one day international between England and New Zealand at Lords.
| 14:00Eric Robson presents a special edition from the GQT Summer Garden Party. 14:451/5Beachy Head in East Sussex has been chosen as a stand-in for the White Cliffs of Dover.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00Paul Lewis and guests answer calls on financial issues. 15:301/5A young woman reveals her cruel revenge on the composer who broke his promise to her. 15:4521/30How finding radio waves in space led to the discovery of the pulsar.
| 15:00Vanessa Collingridge investigates the history of a crater created by an explosion. 15:302/5The murderer of Louis XIV's court composer confesses how he carried out his simple plan. 15:4522/30Heather Couper considers how the concept of black holes gained credence in astronomy.
| | 15:00Barbara Myers puts listeners' questions about weight and diet to GP Dr Ann Robinson. 15:27Rageh Omaar appeals for The Pastoral and Environmental Network in the Horn of Africa. 15:304/5A young woman has a difficult letter to write to Butterworth, fighting in France in 1916. 15:4524/30Heather Couper looks at the search for dark matter. What we see is only a fraction of it.
| 15:003/5Dylan Winter investigates a new scheme to put a financial price tag on London's trees. 15:305/5Composer Philip Warlock is dreading the prospect of facing Christmas alone. 15:4525/30Heather Couper looks at arguments over the laws of physics and the universe's creation.
| | 15:001/2Rome is rife with speculation in the aftermath of a triple stabbing.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon looks at the history of state banquets and investigates their modern role. 16:30Ernie Rea explores the place of faith in today's world. 16:56The first round of elections takes place in France.
| 16:00Clive explores what goes on before a trial and what protagonists reveal to each other. 16:30Marcelle d'Argy Smith, Barry Cunliffe and Sue MacGregor discuss their favourite reads. 16:56A work-to-rule by unions brings chaos to Britain's railways.
| | 16:00Mariella Frostrup meets the American writer Dave Pelzer, author of A Child Called It. 16:30Quentin Cooper explores the latest research into the sexual habits of the malaria parasite 16:56Civil service reforms are announced.
| 16:00John Wilson presents the obituary series. 16:30Francine Stock talks to Tilda Swinton about Narnia and the Edinburgh Film Festival. 16:56Labour loses the Nelson and Colne by-election.
| | 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Irvine Welsh. 16:30Roger McGough introduces requests for poems with a distinctly Gothic and funereal flavour. 16:56Missing round-the-world yachtsman Alec Rose comes back into radio contact.
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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 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.
| | 17:00Kate Clark investigates efforts to stem the opium trade in Afghanistan. 17:40Grant Ferrett looks at the life of South African President Thabo Mbeki. 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. 18:30Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden take on Tim Brooke-Taylor and Jeremy Hardy.(R)
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/3Former alumni come together to recreate past gems in the club's history.
| 18:301/6The ex-variety star is invited onto a book show, but first he must find a tea towel.(R)
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Corner shop owner Ramesh tackles a young tearaway. From October 2007.(R)
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team.
| 18:30Clive Anderson's guests are Ken Livingstone, Jean Marsh and Julian Clary.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Charlotte Smith 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 dramatist Alan Ayckbourn. 19:456/15Paul Montague is visited by an old friend.
| 19:15Mark Lawson talks to Michael Palin about the work of Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershoi. 19:457/15Marie is plotting to elope, but is it worth Flex's while?
| 19:00Eddie makes an introduction. 19:15With Mark Lawson. Includina an interview with Hollywood screenwriter David Benioff. 19:458/15For both Paul and Marie, freedom is so close, and yet so far away.
| 19:15Kirsty Lang reviews a new production of Leonard Bernstein's operetta Candide. 19:459/15Mehmoud plans to triumph at the Powercure Ball.
| 19:15With Kirsty Lang. Former Wimbledon tennis champion Martina Navratilova discusses her art. 19:4510/15Who will attend the Powercure Ball?
| 19:00Grant Ferrett looks at the life of South African President Thabo Mbeki. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the cultural highlights of the week.
| 19:15Actress Georgia Henley talks about playing Lucy in the latest Narnia film. 19:455/5Cahal's plan to make a quick profit from a gullible young couple backfires spectacularly.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor makes an emotional return home to Togo. 20:30Libby Purves presents a guide to the world of learning with advice and features.
| 20:00Kate Clark investigates efforts to stem the opium trade in Afghanistan. 20:40Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
| 20:00Michael Portillo, Clifford Longley, Kenan Malik and Claire Fox question witnesses. 20:452/4Howard meets Michael Parkinson and declines an invitation from Lord Beaverbrook.
| 20:001/3Chris Bowlby explores the struggle for control between doctors, politicians and patients. 20:30Peter Day looks at attempts by western-style stores to break into the Indian retail sector
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Upminster, Essex. 20:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Prof Lisa Jardine.
| 20:00A close listen to the history and evolution of the radio documentary feature.
| 20:00Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy. 20:30John Wilson presents the obituary series.
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| 21:00 | 21:002/2What's the speed limit of the human body? Gareth Mitchell investigates. 21:30Guests include Will Alsop, Kenan Malik, Ian Kershaw and Eva Figes.
| 21:00Claudia Hammond looks at projects that pay addicts to stay off drugs. 21:30Royal Fireworks in London's Green Park.(R)
| 21:00Philippa Forrester and Brett Westwood follow the movement and migration of animals. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation.
| 21:00Euro 2008 may have been affected by the new football designed for the tournament. 21:30Melvyn Bragg examines the Arab conquests which helped communicate Islam to the world.
| 21:005/6Heather Couper presents an omnibus edition of her major new narrative history of astronomy
| 21:003/3The workers are united in tragedy, and an unexpected revelation could change Frank's life.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news and advice from the world of personal finance. 21:26Richard Briers appeals on behalf of Sense. 21:30Peter Day looks at attempts by western-style stores to break into the Indian retail sector 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:451/10An emergency callout in the suburbs takes a middle-aged paramedic back to his own youth.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:452/10Unable to resist the lure of the waves, the boys begin to learn to surf.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:453/10As the boys begin to surf the bigger waves, they catch the attention of the lone surfer.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:454/10Pikelet and Loonie discover something of Sando's past. He shows them a secret location.
| 22:00News and analysis with Robin Lustig in London and Roger Hearing in Johannesburg. 22:455/10Pikelet and Loonie's friendship begins to fracture when Pikelet takes on a new challenge.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:154/4Spence discusses how Chinese ideas of sport and athleticism have slowly evolved.
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including Fifty Years before the Masthead.
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| 23:00 | 23:002/4Spike and Maggie get a booking to reprise their Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee double act. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:003/6John Oliver and Andy Zaltzman present comedians performing exclusively political material. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Susan Hulme.
| 23:005/6An attic full of peas, going from Girl Guide to sumo wrestler and dull geological holidays 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:001/6Scrooby and his friend Walshie visit Cuba for a series of creative workshops. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:00Marcelle d'Argy Smith, Barry Cunliffe and Sue MacGregor discuss their favourite reads. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:00The North of England team meets Scotland. Tom Sutcliffe chairs. 23:30With guest Fleur Adcock. The readers are Rebecca Smart and Mark Meadows.
| 23:00The first round of elections takes place in France. Foot and mouth restrictions are lifted 23:30Judith French considers why almost every culture has a legend of a second coming.
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