| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the cultural and political history of tartan with Jonathan Faiers. 00:45The sound of bells from All Saints Church, Daresbury. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Read by John Sessions. 1960s: Under the Influence of Literature. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Read by John Sessions. 1970s: Let Us Now Phone Famous Men. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Read by John Sessions. 1980s: Tax Britannica; Eight Legs Worse. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Read by John Sessions. 1990s: 10 pound 66 And All That; Time for a Quick One; Tuning Up. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Read by John Sessions. 2000s: Radio Fun; I Blame The Dealers; The Long Goodbye. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The ups and downs of an office romance at No 10.(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 Martyn Atkins. 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 Dr Martyn Atkins. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain, with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Martyn Atkins. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain, with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Martyn Atkins. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain, with Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Martyn Atkins. 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 Commissioner Betty Matear. 05:45Eddie Mair presents the weekly interactive current affairs magazine.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from St Peter's Church, South Petherton in Somerset. 05:45Rob Bonnet profiles Lord David Triesman, Chairman of the Football Association.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Elinor Goodman explores the horse stables at Lambourn in Berkshire. 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 reflects on how family relationships and responsibilities change over time. 06:35Adam Henson visits a Scottish family who moved to France to start a new life in farming. 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. 07:55David Mitchell appeals on behalf of the British Stammering Association. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Rev Stephen Shipley explores Vaughan Williams' love for John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. 08:50Lisa Jardine asks if we are too wedded to the idea of owning our own family home.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr's guests include Chris Patten and the historian Andrew Roberts. 09:45Christian worship and music, led by Rev Laurence Twaddle.
| 09:00Iraqi translator Ahmed Ali talks about his choice to leave his home town of Baghdad. 09:301/4Phill Jupitus visits Garry Trudeau, the reclusive creator of Doonesbury. 09:45Christian worship and music, led by Rev Stephen Shipley.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests. 09:45Christian worship and music, led by Rev Peter Whittaker.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the mathematician Kurt Godel and his work. 09:45Christian worship and music, led by Judy Merry.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is opera director David McVicar. 09:45An act of worship and music led by Rev Angela Tilby.
| 09:00Peter Curran is joined by Nick Baker, with poetry from Kate Fox.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Dawn French on her nomadic upbringing. Plus Jocelyn Bell Burnell on her career in physics.
| 10:00A special programme focusing on the stigma of mental health problems.
| 10:00Taking calls from listeners on the stigma of mental illness.
| 10:00Crime writer Martina Cole discusses what motivates women to kill.
| 10:00Singer-songwriter Randy Crawford on her 30-year career.
| 10:00John McCarthy hears different fishing experiences in the UK and further afield. 10:30The story of Iraq's most celebrated heavy metal band, Acrassicauda.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:00The story of the Codex Sinaiticus found in 1844 in a monastery in the Sinai desert. 11:301/6The surly writer's best pal vanishes just as Mary makes plans. With Christopher Douglas.
| 11:00Philippa Forrester and Brett Westwood present the series following the movement of animals 11:30Christopher Matthew and friends remember the wit and vitality of Alan Coren.
| 11:001/3Historian Bettany Hughes rediscovers a forgotten empire and those who ran it. 11:304/6Vince the Ventriloquist moves to a new pitch and receives threats from an unknown source.(R)
| 11:00Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines. 11:30Poet Patience Agbabi explores the relationship between poetry and the workplace.
| 11:00Lucinda Lambton reports on the struggles to save unfashionable 1960s and 1970s buildings. 11:304/4Comedy set in the world of Edwardian finance.
| 11:00A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Jackie Ashley. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is actor and director Sanjeev Bhaskar.
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| 12:00 | 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. 12:04Consumer news and 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 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 Liz Barclay and John Waite. 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. 12:04Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:303/9Sandi Toksvig chairs. With guests Francis Wheen, Carrie Quinlan, Mark Steel, Jeremy Hardy. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:041/6James Walton's literary quiz with Lynne Truss and Mark Billingham. 12:32Sheila Dillon asks if organic food will fall victim to the current economic turbulence. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30The second heat features four contestants from the London area.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30How lives were shaped by Chopin's technically demanding, emotionally turbulent music.
| 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 Brian Hanrahan. 13:30Matt Baker goes hopping in Kent, and sees how it has influenced the landscape of the Weald
| 13:00National and international news with Brian Hanrahan. 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 a 60th anniversary edition of the topical debate from Winchester.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Brian Hanrahan. 13:302/3How Russia recovered the confidence and strength to reassert its power against the West.
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| 14:00 | 14:15Matthew Solon's story of lost love and broken promises.
| 14:152/5The Prime Minister falls out with the Chancellor and must decide if he should sack her.
| 14:151/3Captain Jack Aubrey engages the Spanish and the French but falls victim to enemies at home
| 14:152/3Captain Jack Aubrey is ordered to convey a British ambassador to the East Indies.
| 14:153/3Tragedy halts the ship's journey to the East Indies. Stephen makes a proposal of marriage.
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Opposing factions within the Vatican meet to elect the successor to Pope John Paul I.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs. With Bob Flowerdew, Anne Swithinbank and Chris Beardshaw. 14:45Sarfraz Manzoor explores John Lennon's love for Cape Wrath in the Scottish Highlands.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Paul Lewis takes listeners' questions on maternity, paternity and adoption rights. 15:301/5Andrew O'Hagan compares contemporary England to that described by George Orwell in 1941. 15:4516/90America becomes involved as Britain and France battle for global empire.
| 15:00Vanessa Collingridge investigates the myth of St Augustine at Long Compton, Warwickshire. 15:302/5Novelist Maggie Gee makes a pilgrimage back to a childhood home. 15:4517/90Remember the Ladies. The role of women in building the new Republic.
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs. With Anne Swithinbank, Matthew Biggs and John Cushnie. 15:303/5Writer Patrick Wright explores Englishness through the changes to an East London market. 15:4518/90The settlement of America's vast interior.
| 15:00Stewart Henderson answers those niggling questions from everyday life. 15:27Elaine Paige OBE appeals on behalf of Breast Cancer Campaign. 15:304/5Features poets John Agard and Daljit Nagra and writers Helen Dunmore and Catherine O'Flynn 15:4519/90Indian resistance and an increased demand for slave labour by the new western territories.
| 15:00Four schoolmates retrace a walk in the Lake District with their former teacher. 15:305/5Beryl Bainbridge is inspired by reminiscences of the Liverpool of her childhood. 15:4520/90America declares war on Britain and Washington burns.
| 15:30How lives were shaped by Chopin's technically demanding, emotionally turbulent music.
| 15:002/2Major Sinclair Yeates has still not got used to the eccentricity of Mr Flurry Knox.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Considering whether the increasing amount of rabbit on British menus might be a good thing 16:306/6Simon Cox presents the topical magazine series covering the world of IT.
| 16:00Clive Coleman takes his weekly look at legal issues. 16:30Ian Rankin and Sadie Jones join Sue MacGregor to discuss some favourite books.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor debates Emile Durkheim’s 'Suicide' theory with Professor Steven Lukes. 16:302/4Vivienne Parry investigates when a late period can be considered a miscarriage.
| 16:00James Naughtie talks to Michael Morpurgo about his novel Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea. 16:30Quentin Cooper meets the scientists fascinated by the feats of speckled bush crickets.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series. 16:30Francine Stock talks to Hanif Kureshi and Stephen Frears about My Beautiful Launderette.
| 16:00Highlights of the week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Misha Glenny presents the books programme from the Cheltenham Literature Festival. 16:30Roger McGough introduces listeners' requests.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn Quinn. 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.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn Quinn. 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.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn Quinn. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus sports headlines. With Chris Ledgard. 17:30Evan Davis talks with entrepreneurs and business leaders about the issues that matter. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:002/2This programme assesses Al Qaeda's military and financial capabilities. 17:40Rob Bonnet profiles Lord David Triesman, Chairman of the Football Association. 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. 18:301/6James Walton's literary quiz with Lynne Truss and Mark Billingham.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Hapless MP Duncan Stonebridge has to contend with a new, female, Tory council leader.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Sir William's lust causes a scene with a chocolate sculpture.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Marcus Brigstocke invites Eve Pollard to try new experiences.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/9Sandi Toksvig chairs. With guests Francis Wheen, Carrie Quinlan, Mark Steel, 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. 18:15Joan Bakewell introduces her selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15With Mark Lawson. Comedian Frank Skinner talks about his return to stand-up. 19:451/10Celie is a young black girl born into a world of poverty and segregation.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including an interview with Tom Jones. 19:452/10Celie is at the mercy of Mister, her cruel husband. Mister's son, marries the feisty Sofia
| 19:15With John Wilson. Including an interview with Liverpool-born director Terence Davies. 19:453/10Celie falls in love with Mister's lover, the glamorous singer Shug Avery.
| 19:15With Kirsty Lang. Including an interview with TV anthropologist Bruce Parry. 19:454/10Sofia is beaten by the police and thrown in jail after hitting the Major.
| 19:00How do you solve a problem like Maria? 19:15With Mark Lawson. Including an interview with daytime television host Richard Madeley. 19:455/10Shug and Celie discover a terrible secret: Mister has been hiding Nettie's letters.
| 19:00Rob Bonnet profiles Lord David Triesman, Chairman of the Football Association. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the cultural highlights of the week.
| 19:15Children's magazine presented by Kirsten O'Brien. 19:451/5By Dahlian Kirby. Hazel seeks recovery in the countryside after working in war-torn Grozny(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00John McCarthy investigates child evangelists in the US.(R) 20:30Libby Purves presents a guide to the world of learning with advice and features.
| 20:002/2This programme assesses Al Qaeda's military and financial capabilities. 20:40Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
| 20:00Claire Fox, Kenan Malik, Matthew Taylor and Will Self cross-examine witnesses. 20:451/2UK politicians hide in the Palace of Westminster. But have things ever been any different?(R)
| 20:002/2Rob Watson visits Virginia to tackle the issue of race in the election. 20:30With the global financial system in crisis, Peter Day talks to a panel of experts.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a 60th anniversary edition of the topical debate from Winchester. 20:50Lisa Jardine asks if we are too wedded to the idea of owning our own family home.
| 20:00David Cannadine traces 75 years of the BBC's relationship with the Royal Family.
| 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 | 21:002/2A super sewer has been commissioned, officially known as the Thames Tideway Tunnel.(R) 21:30Andrew Marr's guests include Chris Patten and the historian Andrew Roberts.
| 21:002/4Vivienne Parry investigates when a late period can be considered a miscarriage. 21:30Iraqi translator Ahmed Ali talks about his choice to leave his home town of Baghdad.
| 21:00Philippa Forrester and Brett Westwood present the series following the movement of animals 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests.
| 21:00A report on the winners of this years Nobel prizes for Medicine, Physics and Chemistry. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the mathematician Kurt Godel and his work.
| 21:004/18The impact of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars on America.
| 21:001/2The affable Major Sinclair Yeates is appointed Resident Magistrate in 1890s Ireland.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:02Paul Lewis and guests answer calls on the safety of savings. 21:30With the global financial system in crisis, Peter Day talks to a panel of experts. 21:56David Mitchell appeals on behalf of the British Stammering Association. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Ritulah Shah spotlights Alistair Darling's latest response to the financial crisis. 22:451/15Young law student Frederic Moreau meets Mme Arnoux for the first time.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritulah Shah. 22:452/15Frederic gets his first taste of political unrest and succeeds in meeting Mme Arnoux again
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:453/15Frederic fails his exams and fails to understand the subtleties of society.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:454/15Frederic finds it hard not to sink into the provincial comforts of his mother's home.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:455/15Frederic meets the luscious Rose-Annette for the first time.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Claire Fox, Kenan Malik, Matthew Taylor and Will Self cross-examine witnesses.
| 22:00Including 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. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Susan Hulme.
| 23:006/6Innocent celebrations spark disaster at Edge Falls retail park. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:001/4The singer looks at Australia's love of country music and indigenous land owners. 23:151/4Sitcom set in a pest control agency where the pests answer back.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:002/6Inspector Gilks makes a discovery and Dirk breaks a nose. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Robert Orchard.
| 23:00Ian Rankin and Sadie Jones join Sue MacGregor to discuss some favourite books. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:00The second heat features four contestants from the London area. 23:30Roger McGough introduces listeners' requests.
| 23:00Libby Purves presents a guide to the world of learning with advice and features. 23:30Mark Tully reflects on how family relationships and responsibilities change over time.
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