| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor debates the dark side of consumer culture with Steve Hall & Paddy Rawlinson. 00:45The sound of bells from St Mary's Church in Lymm. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Childhood in the Black Country in the 1960s. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Growing up in a happy but noisy household that included two brothers and her grandmother. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Recalling her schooldays and the triumph of being able to captivate a classroom audience. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Julie works with Victoria Wood and is then cast in a play that would change her life. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Glimpses of Hollywood, and finally meeting the love of her life. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5We always have rules, but as a country we are rather good at changing them when needed.(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 Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain, with Anna Hill. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain, with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain, with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain, with Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. 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 Rev Dr Martyn Atkins. 05:45Eddie Mair presents the weekly interactive current affairs magazine.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from All Saints Church, Daresbury. 05:45Hugh Pym profiles Sir Victor Blank, the chairman of Lloyds TSB.
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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 goes hopping in Kent, and sees how it has influenced the landscape of the Weald 06:35News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Llewellyn Morgan explores how attitudes towards tomorrow reflect our fear of the unknown. 06:35Steve Peacock reports on a farming family who are replacing their dairy cows with goats. 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. 07:10Roger Bolton and guests discuss the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Elaine Paige OBE appeals on behalf of Breast Cancer Campaign. 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 Finnian's Church, Cregagh, Belfast. Led by Canon Noel Battye. 08:50Lisa Jardine ponders debt in the Renaissance.
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| 09:00 | 09:002/2The reporting of knife crime, and the coverage of the murder of Stephen Lawrence in 1993. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Monsignor Tony Rogers.
| 09:00Featuring Dylan More, who was born a woman but chose to become a man - and have a baby. 09:305/5Chris Ledgard learns important lessons for anyone dealing with a gifted child. 09:45Christian worship and music led by The Rev Ernie Rea.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests. 09:45Christian worship and music led by The Rev Tony Burnham.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss classical Greek ideas in the Arabic and the Islamic world. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Mark Coffey.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is actress Miriam Margolyes.
| 09:00Peter Curran is joined by Sheila Hancock. With poetry from Murray Lachlan Young.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Composer Debbie Wiseman on accessible classical music. Plus Theresa May on women voters.
| 10:00Nepalese MP Dr Arju Deuba explains her vision for improving women's lives in Nepal.
| 10:00Award-winning novelist Ali Smith on the appeal of the short story.
| 10:00Do female world leaders act differently in times of crisis?
| 10:00Actress Emma Thompson on Brideshead Revisited and adapting books for the big screen.
| 10:00John McCarthy meets the winners of this year’s Paul Morrison Guide Awards. 10:304/4The circus, music hall and the odd high-diving elk - a history of popular entertainment.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:002/2Hardeep travels from Liddesdale to Gretna, and meets border resident Lord Steel. 11:305/5A surprise party to celebrate George's 21 years at Dock Green turns into a nightmare.(R)
| 11:00Philippa Forrester and Brett Westwood present the series following the movement of animals 11:30Exploring The Wind in the Willows and author Kenneth Grahame's relationship with his son.
| 11:002/2Horatio Clare joins the crews of the lifeboats based at Chiswick and Teddington. 11:303/6Inspector Steine goes undercover, much to Sgt Brunswick's dismay.(R)
| 11:00Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines. 11:30Novelist James Maw paints an unofficial portrait of Francis Bacon.
| 11:00Story of the families of British soldiers recording bedtime stories for their children.(R) 11:303/4Comedy set in the world of Edwardian finance. Stars Nick Caldecott and Simon Williams.
| 11:0011/12Series looking at politics beyond and outside the Westminster parliament. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is opera director David McVicar.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with John Waite and Winifred Robinson. 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.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with John Waite and Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Liz Barclay and John Waite. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Is the lifting of the compensation limit for savings up to 50,000 pounds enough? 12:302/9Sandi Toksvig chairs. Panellists include Andy Hamilton, Hugo Rifkind and Jeremy Hardy. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:0410/10Nicholas Parsons with Paul Merton, Chris Addison, Julian Clary and Sue Perkins. 12:32Considering whether the increasing amount of rabbit on British menus might be a good thing 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30The first heat features contestants from Scotland and the North of England.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30The impact of Miles Davis' 'So What' from his record 'Kind of Blue'.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Steve Hewlett presents a new topical programme about the fast-changing media world.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Elinor Goodman visits Markwell Woods and Horndean Parish in West Sussex.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Birmingham.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:301/3How post- 9/11 relations have been threatened by disagreements over NATO and democracy.
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| 14:00 | 14:15By Rachel Joyce. Thelma is 70 years old and in love with a man 24 years her junior.(R)
| 14:151/5The newspapers runs a panic campaign questioning the government's security measures.
| 14:15By Dana Fainaru. Mel's idyllic life is turned upside-down when she suddenly stops sleeping(R)
| 14:15By Annie Caulfield. Aisha an Algerian artist, takes refuge from death threats in Margate.
| 14:15Two research scientists find themselves in competition for a new goverment advisory role.
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30The rivalries, skulduggery and crises of faith surrounding the death of Pope John Paul I.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs. With Anne Swithinbank, Matthew Biggs and John Cushnie. 14:4510/10Laurence talks to philosopher Alain de Botton about how our ideas of the home have changed(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00Vincent Duggleby and guests answer calls on financial issues. 15:301/5A prison governor's wife feels suffocated in the rigid world of a remote coastal jail. 15:4511/90The Declaration of Independence is drafted. Its principal author is Thomas Jefferson.
| 15:00Vanessa Collingridge explores the history of the descendants from the Spanish Armada. 15:302/5A new student makes a startling discovery at a Beijing university. 15:4512/90The battles against the British.
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs. With John Cushnie, Anne Swithinbank and Matthew Biggs. 15:303/5A fairytale from an absent father for his daughters. Read by Tim Pigott-Smith. 15:4513/90The Founding Fathers form a federal government under a new constitution.
| 15:00Stewart Henderson answers those niggling questions from everyday life. 15:27Caroline Hawley appeals on behalf of Maternity Worldwide. 15:304/5Sereni remembers life with her grandparents and Cuba on the brink of revolution. 15:4514/90George Washington becomes the country's first President and the Bill of Rights is ratified
| 15:00Clare Balding walks the North Devon Coast Path with Satish Kumar.(R) 15:305/5A small boy who dreams of monsters awakes to find two strange men in his room. 15:4515/90The fierce bargaining between north and south over where to locate the country's capital.
| | 15:001/2The affable Major Sinclair Yeates is appointed Resident Magistrate in 1890s Ireland.
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| 16:00 | 16:00What has to happen to make milk profitable for farmers? 16:305/6Simon Cox presents the topical magazine series covering the world of IT.
| 16:00Clive Coleman examines a key case which tested new rules on bogus marriages 16:30Eighteenth-century satirist and painter William Hogarth is nominated by Ian Hislop.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores the cultural and political history of tartan with Jonathan Faiers. 16:301/4Vivienne Parry investigates the claim that anger should be seen as a mental health problem
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Zoë Heller about her new novel The Believers. 16:30Quentin Cooper hears how we recognise faces and how to design against crime.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series. 16:30Featuring Simon Pegg talking about his new comedy How To Lose Friends And Alienate People
| 16:00Highlights of the week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey.
| 16:00James Naughtie talks to Michael Morpurgo about his novel Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea. 16:30Roger McGough introduces listeners' requests.
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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 Carolyn Quinn. 17:30Evan Davis talks with entrepreneurs and business leaders about the issues that matter. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:001/2This programme examines the battle for hearts and minds in the global 'war on terror'. 17:40Hugh Pym profiles Sir Victor Blank, the chairman of Lloyds TSB. 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. 18:3010/10Nicholas Parsons with Paul Merton, Chris Addison, Julian Clary and Sue Perkins.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Sketch show starring Stephen K Amos, Jason Byrne, Justin Edwards and Katherine Parkinson.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6A lion and the world's first satellite dish spell trouble for Anne and Sam Tree's romance.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Marcus Brigstocke invites Mark Steel to try new experiences.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/9Sandi Toksvig chairs. Panellists include Andy Hamilton, Hugo Rifkind and Jeremy Hardy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson presents an eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15John Waite introduces his selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Presented by Mark Lawson. Including an interview with Little Britain star David Walliams. 19:451/5Rising Edinburgh prosecutor Jo Ross investigates a crime uncomfortably close to home.
| 19:15Presented by Mark Lawson. Including an interview with the American composer John Adams. 19:452/5An old jacket reveals some startling evidence.
| 19:15With John Wilson. Craig Cash and Phil Mealey talk about their new sitcom, Sunshine. 19:453/5The wine-stained Iain Rae plays Watson to Jo's Holmes.
| 19:15With Mark Lawson. Stephen Fry talks about taking his black cab to all 50 US states. 19:454/5Jo's investigations take her into Edinburgh's underworld.
| 19:15With Kirsty Lang. Including an interview with singer-songwriter Joan Baez. 19:455/5The Book of Psalms provides the final, vital clue.
| 19:00Hugh Pym profiles Sir Victor Blank, the chairman of Lloyds TSB. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the cultural highlights of the week.
| 19:15Kirsten O'Brien presents the children's magazine. 19:455/5A woman dreams of returning to a beautiful house, hidden from the outside world.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Chris Bowlby reports on Hollywood's long search for anti-Nazi heroes. 20:30Libby Purves presents a guide to the world of learning with advice and features.
| 20:001/2This programme examines the battle for hearts and minds in the global 'war on terror'. 20:40Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
| 20:00Melanie Phillips, Claire Fox, Matthew Taylor and Will Self cross-examine witnesses. 20:453/3Dennis Sewell discovers the latest ideas coming out of political think tanks.
| 20:001/2Rob Watson reports on the fierce battle for religious voters in the key state of Ohio. 20:30Might other nations follow Norway's example of making all company boards 40 percent female
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Birmingham. 20:50Lisa Jardine ponders debt in the Renaissance.
| 20:00Angus Deayton presents a tribute to comedy producer, writer and performer Geoffrey Perkins
| 20:00Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy. 20:30Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series.
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| 21:00 | 21:001/2Thousands of fish perished in an incident in 2004 and experts are warning of health risks.(R) 21:302/2The reporting of knife crime, and the coverage of the murder of Stephen Lawrence in 1993.
| 21:001/4Vivienne Parry investigates the claim that anger should be seen as a mental health problem 21:30Featuring Dylan More, who was born a woman but chose to become a man - and have a baby.
| 21:00Philippa Forrester and Brett Westwood present the series following the movement of animals 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests.
| 21:00Geoff Watts reports on new ideas on how to treat the global epidemic of obesity. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss classical Greek ideas in the Arabic and the Islamic world.
| 21:003/18America wins independence and George Washington is inaugurated as its first President.
| 21:002/2The South Pole is ahead of the expedition. Which four men will Captain Scott send back?
| 21:00Is the lifting of the compensation limit for savings up to 50,000 pounds enough? 21:26Elaine Paige OBE appeals on behalf of Breast Cancer Campaign. 21:30Might other nations follow Norway's example of making all company boards 40 percent female 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:456/10Manda goes to her favourite haunt to clear her head, but someone else has got there first.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:457/10Manda takes refuge at Tom's cottage and plans a new start.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:458/10When Manda reaches Norfolk her van becomes the focus of renewed and furious attacks.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:459/10David is dead, but how will the police react given Manda's history?
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:4510/10The discovery of new evidence about David's death provides the last piece of the puzzle.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Melanie Phillips, Claire Fox, Matthew Taylor and Will Self cross-examine witnesses.
| 22:00Including at 10.45 The Other Heartlands.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen presents the series that takes a close look at the words we use.(R) 23:306/6War with Russia is imminent, so the futuristic soap relocates to Wales. But is it safer?(R)
| 23:005/6It's charity week at Edge Falls retail park, but Sonya's daughter is after making money. 23:301/3Punt explores the case of a couple who found 400 false legs hidden under their floorboards(R)
| 23:006/6Travellers share tales of the challenges of marriage and family life. 23:156/6Luke is forced to stand in during Lee and Hayley's wedding reception. 23:302/3Steve probes the case of the missing steam trains stashed away in case of nuclear war.(R)
| 23:001/6Dirk Gently loses a secretary and Odin sells his soul. 23:303/3Steve Punt probes the mystery of Britain's own Bermuda Triangle, where 50 planes crashed.(R)
| 23:00Eighteenth-century satirist and painter William Hogarth is nominated by Ian Hislop. 23:30Phil Hammond spends a day at a golf club in a desperate bid to understand the game.(R)
| 23:00The first heat features contestants from Scotland and the North of England. 23:30Roger McGough introduces listeners' requests for the works of Christina Rossetti.
| 23:00Libby Purves presents a guide to the world of learning with advice and features. 23:30Llewellyn Morgan explores how attitudes towards tomorrow reflect our fear of the unknown.
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