| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor debates the rituals and micro-dynamics of violence. 00:45The sound of church bells from St Peter's, Tiverton. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The contest between Republican Thomas Dewey and Democrat President Truman in 1948. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Lyndon Johnson won a landslide victory in 1964 but faced continuing protests over Vietnam. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Gerald Ford was keen to play down party differences when he announced that he would stand. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Bill Clinton defeated George Bush senior in 1992. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The election of George W Bush in November 2000 was to be Cooke's last. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Two short stories about ambition by Etgar Keret, a master of the form.(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 Rev Dr Ruth Patterson. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain. 05:57The latest weather forecast.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Ruth Patterson. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Ruth Patterson. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Ruth Patterson. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Ruth Patterson. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Cathy Le Feuvre. 05:45Eddie Mair presents the weekly interactive current affairs magazine.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Andrew's Church, Hurstbourne Priors, Hampshire. 05:45Mishal Husein looks at Michael Nazir Ali, Bishop of Rochester.
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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.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Countryside magazine with Matt Baker. 06:35News and issues in rural Britain. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Limbo: Mark Tully considers the state of limbo, where time can seem to stand still. 06:35Alex James looks at small-scale farmers in Africa. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk; Thought for the Day; Weather; Yesterday in Parliament.
| 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. 07:55Jonathan Dimbleby presents an appeal on behalf of The Second World War Experience Centre. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Health care professionals come together for a service from St Mark's Church in Newport. 08:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Prof Lisa Jardine.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr's guests are Fareed Zakaria, Martin Pugh and Stephen Armstrong. 09:45Christian worship and music, led by the Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze.
| 09:001/4Examining the funding dilemmas surrounding dementia and mental health care services. 09:45Christian worship and music, led by the Rev Roger Hutchings.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation. 09:45Christian worship and music, led by Christine Morgan.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg examines the Metaphysical poets, including John Donne and Andrew Marvell. 09:45Christian worship and music, led by the Rev Dr David Wilkinson.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is cartoonist Posy Simmonds. 09:45Led by the Rev Stephen Shipley.
| 09:00Presenter Fi Glover is joined by Simon Singh. The poet is Matt Harvey.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Pre-teen fiction writer Judy Blume on being one of the most censored writers in America.
| 10:00Author Victoria Hislop on the Spanish Civil War and her novel The Return.
| 10:00Bobbi Brown on her approach to beauty in middle age and beyond. With Jenni Murray.
| 10:00Putin's female appeal analysed. Plus, Catherine McCartney on the death of her brother.
| 10:00Do schools offer an education that will help pupils lead fulfilled and flexible lives?
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig takes a trip through the Amazonian rain forest with Yossi Ghinsberg. 10:302/3Can Lenny Henry be convinced to go Method?
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Dominic Byrne visits Iran to try to understand the country's national sport of wrestling. 11:305/6The staff pitch their ideas for a special exhibition.
| 11:00Philippa Forrester and Brett Westwood follow the movement and migration of animals. 11:30Ian Sansom talks to Judith Kerr, author of the children's book The Tiger Who Came to Tea.
| 11:003/4The long industrial dispute over union membership at the government communications centre. 11:301/6A cat, a thermostat and Bristol combine in the ups and downs of a tiny charter airline.
| 11:00Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines. 11:30Andrew Collins looks at the changing world of the music critic.(R)
| 11:00Allison Curbishley looks at judging sporting events - including the Olympics. 11:308/8The sleuth springs his trap and the watch-chain's secret is finally revealed.
| 11:00On the occasion of his 80th birthday, journalist Charles Wheeler talks to Jeremy Paxman.(R) 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines. 11:455/5Despite the Chinese economic boom, many in rural areas face an insecure existence.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is chef Antonio Carluccio.
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| 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. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news, plus shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Coverage of the first semi-final in the Friends Provident Trophy between Durham and Kent.
| 12:00Coverage of the second semi-final in the Friends Provident Trophy.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden take on Tim Brooke-Taylor and Sandi Toksvig. 12:32Sheila Dillon looks at some of history's most radical cookbooks. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30The Midlands team meets Wales. Tom Sutcliffe chairs.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30The story of a lost TV interview with the Beatles that was recorded in April 1964.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Guy Browning, Kathryn Hughes and Anna Raeburn discuss the changing role of the nanny.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney.
| | | 13:00A look at current events with Shaun Ley. 13:302/2Misha explores the background to Garibaldi's heroic efforts that liberated southern Italy.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:154/6By Rob Kinsman. When a doctor is accused of murder, Dickens is convinced of his innocence.
| 14:15A woman running a village beauty parlour becomes privy to the community's secrets.(R)
| 14:15Eleanor and Clarence are on a ship - and so is her childhood sweetheart.
| 14:15By Jon Canter. Jackie, a bored housewife, is in love with Stephen Fry.
| | | 14:00Peter Gibbs chairs. With Pippa Greenwood, Anne Swithinbank and Chris Beardshaw. 14:452/5The Peak District has proved irresistible to makers of period dramas.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00Paul Lewis and guests answer calls on financial issues. 15:301/5A court interpreter is being sent unexpected signals - but will she acknowledge them? 15:4526/30Heather Couper looks at William Herschel's discovery of infrared radiation in 1800.
| 15:00Richard Daniel and his team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world. 15:302/5Paul Magrs's quirky tale of friendship and survival is set in the trees above Manchester. 15:4527/30Heather Couper looks at research that shows stars are like controlled nuclear explosions.
| 15:00Eric Robson presents a special edition from the GQT Summer Garden Party. 15:303/5By Colette Paul. A retired woman is jolted out of her routine by a voice from her past. 15:4528/30How the use of infrared telescopes increased our understanding of distant planets.
| 15:00Barbara Myers and guest answer callers' questions about headache and migraine. 15:27Richard Briers appeals on behalf of Sense. 15:304/5Stuart MacBride's darkly humorous tale of murder, deception and ice cream. 15:4529/30The work by contemporary astronomers to find other planets like Earth in the universe.
| | | 15:002/2Accused of murder, Guido fights desperately for his life.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon finds out why so many butchers' shops have closed down in recent years. 16:30Ernie Rea explores the place of faith in today's world. 16:56A victory for President de Gaulle's party in the second round of the French elections.
| 16:00Clive Coleman explores the the issue of who should be allowed to plead insanity. 16:30Actors Michael Simkins and Les Dennis join Sue MacGregor to discuss some favourite reads. 16:56Red rain falls over much of Britain.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor discusses the nature of trust in modern society with theorist Marek Kohn. 16:30Claudia Hammond explores current developments in psychology and psychiatry. 16:56Yorkshire County Cricket club beat the touring Australians by an innings and 69 runs.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Irvine Welsh. 16:30Quentin Cooper investigates the huge fireball that exploded in June 1908 in Siberia. 16:56Mixed marriages come under the spotlight.
| | | 16:00With James Naughtie. Norwegian author Asne Seierstad discusses The Bookseller of Kabul. 16:30Roger McGough introduces requests for the work of Alexander Pope. 16:56As 150,000 face starvation, ten tons of relief supplies are airlifted into Biafra.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Coverage 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 with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn Quinn. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57Coverage of the first semi-final in the Friends Provident Trophy between Durham and Kent.
| | 17:00Lesley Curwen investigates growing concerns about blood transfusions. 17:40Mishal Husein looks at Michael Nazir Ali, Bishop of Rochester. 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 Sandi Toksvig.(R)
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/3Former alumni come together to recreate past gems in the club's history.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6The ex-variety star sells a clock which isn't his, and practises for Antiques Roadshow.(R)
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Corner shop owner Ramesh has toothache and Sanjay embraces retail. From October 2007.(R)
| | | 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Joan Bakewell presents a selection of highlights from the past week.
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| 19:00 | 19:15With Mark Lawson, including a report on an unusual new commission from artist Martin Creed 19:4511/15Can Ghassan Mehmoud save his business empire and his name from ruin?
| 19:15With Mark Lawson. Critic Bidisha gives her verdict Tom McCarthy's new film The Visitor. 19:4512/15Flex faces the wrath of Jason Crumb.
| 19:15With Mark Lawson. Author AS Byatt discusses the art and writings of Wyndham Lewis. 19:4513/15Flex may be wounded, but it's his sister who's struggling.
| 19:15John Wilson reports from Liverpool on a new musical based on the city's Adelphi hotel. 19:4514/15Can Ghassan Mehmoud outrun his messy life?
| | | 19:15Barney Harwood meets Linda Buckley-Archer, author of historical novel The Tar Man. 19:451/4Sally Beamish's tale of a woman whose life is turned upside down when her husband leaves.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:001/4The state of Michigan has a collapsing automotive industry and an economy in decline. 20:30Libby Purves presents a guide to the world of learning with advice and features.
| 20:00Lesley Curwen investigates growing concerns about blood transfusions. 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. 20:453/4Howard covers one of the most momentous periods in American political history.
| 20:002/3Chris Bowlby explores who actually runs the NHS. 20:30Former Today editor Kevin Marsh asks how the press can rediscover its public purpose.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from St Peter's Hospital in Chertsey, Surrey. 20:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Prof Lisa Jardine.
| 20:00Mark Stephen explores Piper Alpha's legacy, for individuals and for the oil industry.
| 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 | 21:001/2Stephen Webster investigates what scientists are doing when not in the public eye. 21:30Andrew Marr's guests are Fareed Zakaria, Martin Pugh and Stephen Armstrong.
| 21:00Claudia Hammond explores how people become involved in religiously-motivated terrorism. 21:301/4Examining the funding dilemmas surrounding dementia and mental health care services.
| 21:00Philippa Forrester and Brett Westwood follow the movement and migration of animals. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation.
| 21:00Geoff Watts gets an insight into phantom limb syndrome at the Royal Society Exhibition. 21:30Melvyn Bragg examines the Metaphysical poets, including John Donne and Andrew Marvell.
| 21:006/6Heather Couper concludes the omnibus edition of her major narrative history of astronomy.
| 21:001/2Rome is rife with speculation in the aftermath of a triple stabbing.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news and advice from the world of personal finance. 21:26Jonathan Dimbleby presents an appeal on behalf of The Second World War Experience Centre. 21:30Former Today editor Kevin Marsh asks how the press can rediscover its public purpose. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:456/10A close encounter with death does nothing to dampen his fascination with his guru Sando.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:457/10As Sando pushes the boundaries further, Pikelet is getting out of his depth.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:458/10Humiliated and furious at his failure at the Nautilus, Pikelet takes on Old Smokey alone.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:459/10Pikelet leaves the dangers of the surf and finds himself in far more terrifying territory.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:4510/10Bruce Pike looks back on his fractured youth and reflects on the man he has become.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Michael Portillo, Clifford Longley, Kenan Malik and Claire Fox question witnesses.
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster with Norman Smith.
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| 23:00 | 23:003/4Sitcom by Mark Watson, set in a lookalike agency. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:004/6John Oliver and Andy Zaltzman present comedians performing exclusively political material. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Rachel Hooper.
| 23:006/6Divorcee Carol tries to sell covers - for cushion covers. 23:30Today's stories in Parliament with Robert Orchard.
| 23:002/6Scrooby tries to improve his intellect with speed reading and trying Mensa classes. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Rachel Hooper.
| 23:00Actors Michael Simkins and Les Dennis join Sue MacGregor to discuss some favourite reads. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:00The Midlands team meets Wales. Tom Sutcliffe chairs. 23:30Behind the scenes at Westminster with Elinor Goodman.
| 23:00With John Tusa. Including the return home of round-the-world yachtsman Alec Rose. 23:30Limbo: Mark Tully considers the state of limbo, where time can seem to stand still.
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