| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the complex relationships between sex workers and regular clients. 00:45The sound of church bells from Howden Minster, East Yorkshire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Scottish sports writer Angus Bell begins his tour with a cricket match on ice. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Angus gets his first international cap - as captain of Slovakia. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Angus visits a Slovenian village full of left-handed batsmen. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Angus visits a small Croatian village where cricket has been played since Napoleonic times 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Angus's hopes of making his elusive first century rest on his final game in Poland. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Stephanie Calman discovers that, despite being a parent, she has an inner age of 12.(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 Ernie Rea. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain, with Mark Holdstock. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Ernie Rea. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain, with Mark Holdstock.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Ernie Rea. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain, with Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Ernie Rea. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain, with Mark Holdstock.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Ernie Rea. 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 Canon Noel Battye. 05:452/5American movie director Charles Weston based his studios in Irthlingborough.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from St Giles's Church in Ashstead, Surrey. 05:45Lucy Ash looks at the career of Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Matt Baker finds mud, fish and relics in the Bristol Channel. 06:35News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully talks to author Will Hopper about the origins of the Puritan work ethic. 06:35Alex James visits Norfolk to assess the state of this summer's harvest. 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. 07:10Jane Little and guests discuss the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55An appeal on behalf of African Initiatives. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10In a special feature, Martin Palmer explores the history of Christianity in China. 08:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Katharine Whitehorn.
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| 09:00 | 09:002/4We are radically changing the way we shop, cook and eat as food prices rise. 09:302/4Internationally acclaimed violinist Tasmin Little returns to the Yehudi Menuhin School. 09:45From the Church of St Andrew and St George, Edinburgh, with the Very Rev Alan McDonald.
| 09:00Dutch politician Geert Wilders discusses why he made a provocative anti-Islamic film. 09:301/5Rastafarian poet Levi Tafari goes on a literary journey in and around his home in Toxteth.(R) 09:45Christian worship and music led by John Forrest.
| 09:001/6Wendy Robbins takes the Kwik Fit car repair firm founder back to his Leith childhood home. 09:301/5US satirist Joe Queenan meets an emergency shirt delivery man. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Canon Noel Vincent.
| 09:004/8City traders Roger Hanbury and Charles deRoeper discuss their heady occupation. 09:304/5Mark Stephen explores the effects of changes in the Post Office network. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Claire Campbell Smith.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is journalist and satirist Richard Ingrams. 09:45Led by Rev Roger Hutchings.
| 09:00Presenter Richard Coles is joined by Sadie Jones. Featured poet is Elvis McGonagall.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell. 09:30The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Catherine Tate on time travel with Doctor Who. Plus, the career of Nellie Wallace.
| 10:00The relationship between professional women and Class A drugs discussed.
| 10:00Singer Jane McDonald on revisiting The Cruise, the programme that made her famous.
| 10:00Violinist Vanessa Mae on nature versus nurture. Plus, novelist Lia Mills on oral cancer. 10:45Coverage of the first day of the Fourth Test between England and South Africa at the Oval.
| 10:00What can be done to protect children in private fostering arrangements? 10:45Coverage of the second day of the Fourth Test between England and South Africa at the Oval
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig explores the relationship between travel and portraiture. 10:30Jenny Eclair narrates a eulogy mourning the imminent death of the parking meter. 10:59Coverage of the third day of the Fourth Test between England and South Africa at the Oval.
| 10:45Coverage of the fourth day of the Fourth Test between England and South Africa at the Oval
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| 11:00 | 11:00Peter and Dan Snow visit the sites of Wellington's victories at Vimeiro and Talavera. 11:304/6Caroline and Ruth struggle with Fiona's post-natal tantrums, unaware that worse is to come(R)
| 11:00Felicity Finch joins conservationist Tim Dixon in search of the very rare Barbestelle bats(R) 11:30Actor Martin Reeve explores the history and tenacious survival of the Punch and Judy show.
| 11:001/3In 842 AD, Dhuoda's two sons were kidnapped. The loss spurred her to write a manual. 11:306/6The crew are grounded, so Arthur shares a secret and Carolyn learns about air hostesses.
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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. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Liz Barclay and Sheila McClennon. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30The North of England take on Scotland. Tom Sutcliffe chairs.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:303/3Astor Piazzolla brought the tango into the classic repertoire with his Bandoneon Concerto.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Dominic Arkwright and guests discuss our decision-making process.
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| 14:00 | 14:15By Ron Hutchinson. An Australian visiting Ireland is caught up in a fifty-year-old murder.
| 14:00Togetherness at Bridge Farm. 14:15By Katie Hims. Leila's mother has fallen for a cowboy who is really a telephone engineer.(R)
| 14:15By Dermot Bolger. A hotel manager confronts his past when a special guest checks in.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:003/5Alvin Hall explores investment during a credit crunch. He looks at art. 15:301/5By Shena Mackay. Village restaurateur Zac finds that community spirit is lacking. 15:45The archives of the Royal Greenjackets Museum reveal how the men travelled.
| 15:00Richard Daniel and his team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world. 15:302/5By EJ Patience. How has former dancer Madame Boisseau kept her still-youthful looks? 15:45Peter and Dan explore what the soldiers ate and drank and what they did for entertainment.
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs. With John Cushnie, Bob Flowerdew and Matthew Biggs. 15:303/5By Gerard Woodward. Weird things start happening at Jodie's seventh birthday party. 15:45Looting and pillaging were rife as the French, Spanish and English armies clashed.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Dominic Pierce hears from a pioneering sheep farmer. 16:30Ernie Rea explores the place of faith in today's world. 16:56US sprinter Tommy Smith backs a boycott of the Mexico Olympics by black American athletes.
| 16:00Michael Rosen looks at the language of apologies and insults. 16:30Jon Snow champions jails reform campaigner and politician, Lord Longford. 16:56Peace talks commence in Addis Ababa between Nigeria and breakaway Biafra.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor talks to Emma Casey about her research into women’s gambling experiences. 16:30Dr Mark Porter investigates what harm we can do to ourselves in the garden. 16:56Residents Associations fight attempts to rehouse Ronan Point victims in tower blocks.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, presented by Edie 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 Eddie Mair. 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. 18:302/10Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game from the Hay Festival.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Three wartime code-breakers tackle Nazi ciphers, but hate each other. From June 2007.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Guests include Zoe Ball and Polly Toynbee in a show coming from the Brighton Festival.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Pip's exceedingly evil guardian causes school havoc.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:307/6Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Peter Curran is joined by Jon Plowman, Maurice Collins and Mark Steel.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Peter White presents a selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Togetherness at Bridge Farm. 19:15With John Wilson, including a report on a fashion and sportswear exhibition at the V and A 19:456/10Lying in his hospital bed, Michael is writing out his life for Anna, who tends to him.
| 19:15John Wilson talks to Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland about The Police reunion. 19:457/10After the tragedy of Alf's death, Michael finds a way to go on but he can't go back.
| 19:15With John Wilson, including a report on the RSC's new production of Hamlet. 19:458/10Stevie finds sanctuary at last, in the form of a Government Inspector.
| 19:15With John Wilson, including an interview with crime writer Mark Billingham. 19:459/10Michael’s time to tell Anna his whole story is running out.
| 19:15John Wilson reports on the breadth of current British folk music. 19:4510/10Michael gives Anna a final parting gift.
| 19:00Lucy Ash looks at the career of Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the cultural highlights of the week.
| 19:15Barney Harwood learns about saving lives and survival, meeting some rookie lifeguards. 19:452/5Life in Richmond Park is one long laugh for Justin, until he encounters an exotic visitor.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:001/2Contributors include Kim Howells, Sheila Rowbotham and Bruce Anderson. 20:30Lucy Ash travels to Belarus to ask the post-Soviet generation where their future lies.
| 20:00Jonathan Charles profiles Efraim Zuroff, chief Nazi hunter of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre. 20:40Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
| 20:001/4Three-year-old Catherine desperately needs a bone marrow transplant from a sibling. 20:452/3Gyles explores how former MPs rebuild their careers after being voted out of office.
| 20:003/3Athlete Jessica Manning has found it hard to commit to her training. 20:30Frank Gardner talks to former allies of Osama bin Laden who have turned against him.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Norton-sub-Hamdon, Somerset. 20:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Katharine Whitehorn.
| 20:00Sue MacGregor explores the controversial life of Marie Stopes.
| 20:00Paul Gambaccini recalls a series of classic 1972 concerts given by Neil Diamond. 20:30Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Mark Whitaker investigates the tarnished image of a flawed scientific process. 21:302/4We are radically changing the way we shop, cook and eat as food prices rise.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter investigates what harm we can do to ourselves in the garden. 21:30Dutch politician Geert Wilders discusses why he made a provocative anti-Islamic film.
| 21:001/2Roger Bolton reassesses one of the world's great archaeological discoveries. 21:301/6Wendy Robbins takes the Kwik Fit car repair firm founder back to his Leith childhood home.
| 21:001/2Entrants from China and India match their talents with the best Britain has to offer. 21:304/8City traders Roger Hanbury and Charles deRoeper discuss their heady occupation.
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| 21:001/2When two artists are murdered, Black is called back to Istanbul to find the killer.
| 21:00John looks at claims that potential employers are illegally using criminal record checks. 21:26An appeal on behalf of African Initiatives. 21:30Frank Gardner talks to former allies of Osama bin Laden who have turned against him. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:456/10When the girl next door asks Sam to help her run away from home, he doesn't hesitate.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:457/10What starts out as an exciting adventure soon turns into something more disturbing.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:458/10The girl is regretting her decision and wants to turn back, but Sam is having none of it.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:459/10With the police on their trail, Sam needs to keep the girl closer than ever to him.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:4510/10Sam has tied the girl up in a cave. He continues to entertain dangerous delusions.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:151/4Three-year-old Catherine desperately needs a bone marrow transplant from a sibling.
| 22:00Including Bowing out Gracefully: The Brandreth Rules for Standing Down.
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| 23:00 | 23:00John Lloyd presents the series that takes a close look at the words we use.(R) 23:301/4In 1961, Hugo battles to save his futuristic soap set in 2006.(R)
| 23:00Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange of quotations and anecdotes. 23:301/4Bharat is the most important man in the community, as far as he is concerned.(R)
| 23:00From this year's Latitude Festival in Suffolk. Featured performers include Dockers MC. 23:15Sitcom by Lucy Clarke about a woman who wants to be Fabulous but can't cope.(R) 23:30Paul Bayley tells the story of a neglected musical genre.(R)
| 23:00Adam Buxton offers some personal observations from the past week. 23:301/6Comedy sketches from Philippa Fordham and Simon Lipson. With Alex Lowe and Laura Shavin.(R)
| 23:00Jon Snow champions jails reform campaigner and politician, Lord Longford. 23:301/6Garden centre owners Pam and Gordon argue over how to grow old.(R)
| 23:00The North of England take on Scotland. Tom Sutcliffe chairs. 23:302/2Poetry was vital in creating a natural language and form of expression in modern Russia.
| 23:00Richard Nixon wins the Republican Party's nomination for the Presidential election. 23:30Mark Tully talks to author Will Hopper about the origins of the Puritan work ethic.
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