| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor discusses whether ‘Corporate Spin’ has launched an assault on democracy. 00:45The sound of bells from St Michael's Church in Mottram-in-Longdendale, Tameside. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Everyone wants to get rich. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5As soon as someone gets rich, everyone else wants the same. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5What goes up must come down. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5But will we ever learn? 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5What if a different deal had been struck between two prospective party leaders in 1994?(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Fr Nicholas James. 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 Fr Nicholas James. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Fr Nicholas James. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Fr Nicholas James. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Fr Nicholas James. 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 Claire Campbell Smith. 05:453/5A colourful garden where waxcaps, fairy clubs and earth tongues emerge.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of church bells from St Peter ad Vincula in the Devon village of Combe Martin. 05:45John Wilson, presenter of Radio 4's Front Row, profiles Damien Hirst.
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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. 06:07Elinor Goodman visits the Chilterns to see if the area has the best rural life in Britain. 06:35News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Andrew Motion revisits the village where he spent the first nineteen years of his life. 06:35Alex James visits the first farm to be hit by the Bluetongue virus last September. 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. 07:55Liz Barclay appeals on behalf of the Citizens Advice Bureau. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From St Paul's Church in Pentre Broughton, near Wrexham, led by Rev James Aylward. 08:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Katharine Whitehorn.
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| 09:00 | 09:003/3Hither and thither were cliches, from 725. 09:30Tristram Hunt on the creation of the first 'people's park' in London's East End.(R) 09:45Christian worship and music led by Rev Dr Mark Wakelin.
| 09:00Canon Andrew White talks about his decision to work in war-torn Baghdad. 09:302/5Chris Ledgard meets Jocelyn Lavin, who shone academically and musically at primary school. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Rev Ernie Rea.
| 09:00Adam Hart-Davis follows the construction of the Large Hadron Collider atom smasher at CERN 09:45Christian worship and music led by Rt Rev Nigel McCulloch.
| 09:001/2Jeff Randall looks at the metropolis at work and at play. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Becky Harris.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor reunites some of the people involved in the 1983 Hitler Diaries hoax. 09:45An act of worship and music from Cardiff, led by Rev Peter Baker.
| 09:00Rev Richard Coles presents. A Nobel Prize winner, gypsy caravans and stem cell harvesting.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Award-winning singer Alison Krauss on her life in music and her album with Robert Plant.
| 10:00Michael Holroyd talks about Ellen Terry, the leading actress of the late Victorian era.
| 10:00A special programme discussing how to encourage more women to take up science.
| 10:00Janette Tough discusses being Jimmy Krankie and her career in variety entertainment.
| 10:00French pianist Helene Grimaud discusses her rise to classical music stardom.
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig is joined by Tony Wheeler, Co founder of Lonely Planet travel guides. 10:301/4John Sessions unpicks some medieval myths about wandering minstrels and motley fools.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Mark Whitaker reports on a European trend towards teaching history to overcome mistrust. 11:302/5A series of burglaries bear all the trademarks of one of Dock Green's colourful characters(R)
| 11:00Philippa Forrester and Brett Westwood present the series following the movement of animals 11:301/2An eager international audience is expected for London Fashion Week.
| 11:00Brian Cox meets some celebrity physics enthusiasts, including Alan Alda and Eddie Izzard. 11:305/6It seems unlikely that the friars would attend a course on How to Look and Sound Sincere.
| 11:00Michael Montgomery tells the story of a former gang leader turned police informant. 11:30A celebration of the 150th anniversary of the feted Manchester-based orchestra.
| 11:001/2Penny Marshall asks whether there are any underlying reasons for the tragic deaths. 11:304/6A stray astronaut and a rock band spark confusion on board submarine HMS Goliath.(R)
| 11:008/12Series looking at politics beyond and outside the Westminster parliament. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor reunites five people involved in the Windsor Castle fire of 1992.
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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 John Waite and Liz Barclay. 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 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 John Waite. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04From Newcastle, asking how Northern Rock savers, borrowers and shareholders are faring. 12:305/6Comic pilot Armando Iannucci flies Air Hilarious. With Marcus Brigstocke and Andy Parsons. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:047/10Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game from the Latitude Festival in Southwold. 12:32James Martin visits Hampshire in pursuit of the best pork. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Wales take on the South of England in the final.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Huw Williams traces the history of the tambourine, from Stravinsky to the Sugababes.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:304/6With genealogist Nick Barratt, Sally looks at some myths surrounding Irish family research
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Helen Mark visits Tory Island off the Donegal coast, a tiny isle steeped in Celtic legend.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30An electrifying performance on NBC TV in December 1968 restored Elvis's reputation.(R)
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Worthing.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:302/2Religious and secular Jews explain what Israel means to them today.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:15By Tessa Hadley. The daughter of a late novelist meets a university researcher.(R)
| 14:15A psychological thriller about love and identity by Ben Lewis.
| 14:151/4Cardiff's extra-terrestrial peacekeepers head to Geneva.
| 14:15Worktown: Michael Symonds Roberts's play is inspired by photographs of Bolton in the 1930s
| 14:15An aging tiger looks back on his life and the human absurdities of 1970s India.
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30A bittersweet comedy about love, marriages and mothers. Stars Stephen Critchlow.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs chairs. With Bunny Guinness, Bob Flowerdew and John Cushnie. 14:457/10The rise of lofts during the 80s created a change in expectations of what homes could be.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00Vincent Duggleby and guests answer calls on financial issues. 15:301/5Kate has fallen for Guard Harkin but her parents are worried about his character. 15:451/5Simon Singh on the significance of five subatomic particles, starting with the electron.
| 15:00Richard Daniel and his team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world. 15:302/5Harkin's ill health and career change prompt Kate to rethink her priorities. 15:452/5Quarks comprise virtually all visible material, but why do we know so little about them?
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs. With Pippa Greenwood, Anne Swithinbank and Chris Beardshaw. 15:303/5Harkin's cruelty towards Kate plumbs new depths. 15:453/5Every particle has an antiparticle. Should the two combine, the result is annihilation.
| 15:00Stewart Henderson answers those niggling questions from everyday life. 15:27Jackie Llewelyn-Bowen appeals on behalf of the Multiple Sclerosis Trust. 15:304/5Jerome declares his feelings for Kate, but will she accept his advances? 15:454/5The most common particle in the universe continuously passes through each of us.
| 15:00Miriam O'Reilly explores possible green solutions to housing problems. 15:305/5Just when things are looking up for Kate, circumstances change dramatically. 15:455/5A symmetric partner to all the known particles could provide the key to understanding them
| | 15:003/3Squire Bramble and his tiresome family head home changed people.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Celebrity chef Angela Hartnett goes in search of the perfect Parmesan cheese. 16:302/6Simon Cox presents the topical magazine series covering the world of IT.
| 16:00Michael Rosen takes another journey into the world of words, language and the way we speak 16:30Lesley Riddoch nominates former Loyalist paramilitary turned politician David Ervine.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor examines our behaviour in coffee shops with Dr Eric Laurier. 16:30Dr Mark Porter looks at common problems of hair, from greying to dandruff and baldness.
| 16:00James Naughtie talks to Gore Vidal, one of the great American men of letters. 16:30Quentin Cooper reports from the British Association Science Festival in Liverpool.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series. 16:30Morgan Freeman on how his early theatre training helped to perfect that voice.
| 16:00Highlights of the week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Tibor Fischer joins Mariella Frostrup to discuss his new novel Good to Be God. 16:30Roger McGough spotlights poetry that spans the ages.
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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.
| 17:00Coverage 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.
| 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.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus sports headlines. With Ritula Shah. 17:30Eddie Mair presents the weekly interactive current affairs magazine. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Mukul Devichand explores Qigong, breathing exercises designed to harness the inner energy. 17:40John Wilson, presenter of Radio 4's Front Row, profiles Damien Hirst. 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. 18:307/10Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game from the Latitude Festival in Southwold.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6The Bletchley Park codebreakers must play football against Italian prisoners of war.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Mark pulls his finger out - to examine the virtue of hard work.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Gently Benevolent summons a massive Martian invasion. Is this the end for Pip?
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Comic pilot Armando Iannucci flies Air Hilarious. With Marcus Brigstocke and Andy Parsons.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Emma Freud's guests include Richard Wilson, Craig Revel Horwood and Ralf Little.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Ernie Rea 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 American comic writer David Sedaris. 19:451/5In 1704, the young orphan girl Abigail Hill arrives at St James's Palace.
| 19:15With Mark Lawson, including an interview with artist and film maker Steve McQueen. 19:452/5Queen Anne takes Abigail into her confidence, and Abigail is rewarded.
| 19:15The programme includes a probe into how physics has been represented in the arts. 19:453/5Abigail arranges for the Leader of the Opposition to visit Queen Anne in private.
| 19:15With Kirsty Lang, including an interview with author and screenwriter Lynda La Plante. 19:454/5Abigail's battle with the Duchess of Marlborough is out in the open.
| 19:00Tony takes it to the bank. 19:15Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang, including an interview with Will Self. 19:455/5Abigail's ally Mr Harley fails in his bid for power. But Abigail wins her battle.
| 19:00John Wilson, presenter of Radio 4's Front Row, profiles Damien Hirst. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the cultural highlights of the week.
| 19:00The honeymoon is definitely over. 19:15Barney Harwood travels back to Britain just after the Second World War. 19:452/5By Zoe Fairbairns. Customer choice exists in dental treatment, but is this a good idea?(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Amardeep Bassey traces the evolution of the jihadi network in Britain. 20:30Julian Pettifer scours the airwaves to find out what life is like in Zimbabwe today.
| 20:00Mukul Devichand explores Qigong, breathing exercises designed to harness the inner energy. 20:40Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
| 20:00Melanie Phillips, Kenan Malik, Clifford Longley and Michael Portillo question witnesses. 20:453/3Adam Long rushes through the history of the Labour Party.
| 20:00In 1974, Harold Wilson drew up a plan to separate Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK 20:30What has been the effect of rocketing food prices on British farmers? Peter Day reports.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Worthing. 20:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Katharine Whitehorn.
| 20:00Ivan Howlett tells the story of the Chinese who served in the merchant navy during WW2.
| 20:00An electrifying performance on NBC TV in December 1968 restored Elvis's reputation. 20:30Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series.
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| 21:00 | 21:001/2The institution was created to bring European scientists together after WW2. 21:30Albert Bandura's experiment in 1961 exposed the dangers of imitative behaviour.(R)
| 21:002/2During the 1970s, CERN overtook rival institutions in Russia and the US. 21:30Canon Andrew White talks about his decision to work in war-torn Baghdad.
| 21:001/3Ben Miller explores the Higgs Particle and how it enables our entire world to exist. 21:30Adam Hart-Davis follows the construction of the Large Hadron Collider atom smasher at CERN
| 21:00Miriam O'Reilly explores possible green solutions to housing problems. 21:301/2Jeff Randall looks at the metropolis at work and at play.
| 21:00By Stephen Phelps. A prison officer's separate worlds of home and work start to overlap.(R)
| 21:002/3Curmudgeonly squire Bramble heads north with his exhausting family.
| 21:00From Newcastle, asking how Northern Rock savers, borrowers and shareholders are faring. 21:26Liz Barclay appeals on behalf of the Citizens Advice Bureau. 21:30What has been the effect of rocketing food prices on British farmers? Peter Day reports. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:451/10The North family's comfortable life is about to be disrupted by the arrival of a stranger.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:452/10Louise Lanier comes to England to act as a companion to old Mrs North over the summer.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Julian Worricker. 22:453/10On her return from England, Louise discovers the extent of her mother's social climbing.
| 22:00Owen Bennett-Jones assesses the impact of 9/11 on Afghanistan and Pakistan, seven years on 22:454/10Louise has returned home, resigned to a provincial marriage. But fate is to intervene.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Jane Hill. 22:455/10Louise is now outstaying her welcome and her presence in the house is causing tensions.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Melanie Phillips, Kenan Malik, Clifford Longley and Michael Portillo question witnesses.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen takes another journey into the world of words, language and the way we speak 23:302/6Hugo Kellerman, writer of the futuristic 1962 radio soap, tries scripting TV sci-fi.(R)
| 23:002/6The retail park is licensed for marriage with traumatic results. 23:30Laurie Taylor explores the world of the travelling salesman.(R)
| 23:003/6Nat Segnit is on a quest to venture inside travellers' minds with tales of doomed dates. 23:153/6Luke heads home to collect his mum after his brother proposes to Hayley at Newmarket races 23:30Steve Punt's fast-moving comedy, set 100 metres underground in the Large Hadron Collider.
| 23:003/5How we all exist in different states of reality, according to the balance of our minds. 23:305/6With Nick Clegg, Kate Adie and Robin Denselow.(R)
| 23:00Lesley Riddoch nominates former Loyalist paramilitary turned politician David Ervine. 23:306/6Computer or sports car? Pam and Gordon argue over how to grow old.(R)
| 23:00Wales take on the South of England in the final. 23:30Poet Paul Farley celebrates the work of John Clare through his landmark poem.
| 23:002/4Paul Gambaccini examines the first post-war winner to sweep five major Academy Awards.(R) 23:30Andrew Motion revisits the village where he spent the first nineteen years of his life.
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