| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor tries to solve the myths of the great American West. 00:45The sound of bells from St Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield in London. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5It is July 1999 and soon a call will come from The Man. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5October 1999: is it air traffic control or rampant leylandii that will take priority? 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5June 2003 heralds a re-shuffle and the author has no idea of his fate. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5January 2004: travelling the baking plains of Africa seems far away from Sunderland. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5It is May 2005 and Chris leaves the Foreign Office with his future unclear. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Sister Frances Dominica reflects on her experiences alongside children and their families. 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 Glenn Jordan. 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 Glenn Jordan. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Glenn Jordan. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Glenn Jordan. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Glenn Jordan. 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 Anna Magnusson. 05:45The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from St Eadburgha in Ebrington, Gloucestershire. 05:45Claire Bolderson profiles Sir Liam Donaldson, the Chief Medical Officer of England.
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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. 06:07Caz Graham joins the tenth anniversary celebrations of Keswick's Theatre by the Lake. 06:30News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Madeleine Bunting explores the delights, dilemmas and dangers of modern parenting. 06:35Chris Impey visits pig farmer and restaurant owner Sally Jackson in north Lincolnshire. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Roger Bolton discusses the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Stephen Fry appeals on behalf of Rainforest Foundation UK. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service for Mothering Sunday from St Alphege Church, Solihull, led by Rev Tim Pilkington 08:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Katharine Whitehorn.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr's guests include Marcel Theroux, who discusses his travels in Japan. 09:45Christian worship and music, led by Rev Dr Bert Tosh.
| 09:002/3Linda Bellos, Roz Morris, Lynne Segal and Beatrix Campbell discuss feminism in the 1980s. 09:304/8Lord Palmerston, whose colourful private life masked his skill at manipulating the press. 09:45Christian worship and music, led by Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests. 09:45Christian worship and music, led by Mark Coffey.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Boxer Rebellion in the summer of 1900. 09:45Christian worship and music, led by Michael Ford.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is musician Baaba Maal. 09:45An act of worship and music with Leslie Griffiths.
| 09:00Presenter Clare Balding is joined by Sandra Howard. The poet is Murray Lachlan Young.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Jane Garvey discusses the reality of moving abroad with your family. Diana Jones sings.
| 10:00What are the symptoms of ovarian cancer? Plus, the joys and perils of camping.
| 10:00How can knowing about brain chemicals help you find and keep love?
| 10:00Female representation in the European Parliament discussed. Plus, singer Melody Gardot.
| 10:00How important is it to say 'I love you'? Plus, 'corrective rape' in South Africa.
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig explores the adventures, frustrations and joys of travel. 10:30James May explores the idea that listening to music while driving can change lives.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:001/3Peter White meets the people behind the scenes at immigration and customs. 11:301/6Back in England, Nick finds the mysterious Ronnie Hazelbeach in his late dad's house.(R)
| 11:00Penny Marshall asks if new super-sized polyclinics will mean the end of the family GP. 11:30Writer China Mieville talks to American science fiction writer Ursula Le Guin.
| 11:00Naresh Fernandes visits one of the Mumbai hotels targeted in the 2008 terrorist attacks. 11:305/6Clare organises a petition to keep the Sparrowhawk Family Centre open.
| 11:00Examining an Israeli TV comedy that sees the funny side of Arab lives in the Jewish state. 11:30Chocolat author Joanne Harris shares her love of great writing from Molesworth to sci-fi.
| 11:00Sian Pari Huws visits Rhayader in Mid Wales which seems to be run entirely by volunteers. 11:306/6Peter and Sam meet in the queue for senior bus passes.
| 11:00A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Steve Richards. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is scientist Athene Donald.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Peter White. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Peter White. 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. 12:303/8Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:0412/12Nicholas Parsons is joined by Paul Merton, Chris Neill, Tony Hawks and Justin Moorhouse. 12:32Sheila Dillon examines how the current recession is changing the restaurant business. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:302/13The general knowledge music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:302/4Fats Waller is most familiar to some as a comic singer, but he was also a skilled pianist.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the fast-changing media world.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Dominic Arkwright and guests discuss bad taste and guilty pleasures.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:15Coverage of the first One Day International between West Indies and England in Guyana.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in London.
| 13:00A look at events around the world. 13:15Coverage of the second One Day International between West Indies and England in Guyana.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Bad news on the doorstep. 14:15By Salley Vickers. A strange, unworldly figure appears in Sigmund Freud's Hampstead study.
| 14:15Dramatisation of Welsh poet Dannie Abse's account of his life after the death of his wife.
| 14:15By DJ Britton. Can a local councillor's environmental plans survive the new world order?
| 14:15By Frank Rickarby. A naturist campaigns to win the right to bathe naked on Brighton beach.
| | 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:304/5A young man's arrival at Belle Ombre sparks a battle for life in underworld Berlin.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Brian Hayes looks back over 80 years of advertising on radio in the UK. 15:451/5Fragments of the comet Wild-2 are examined under the dazzling light.
| 15:00Richard Daniel and his team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world. 15:301/3By Jane Matthews. A sojourn with seals and puffins on a small island off Pembrokeshire. 15:452/5Conservation scientists examine pigment from Turner's studio and Pompeii.
| 15:00Vincent Duggleby and guests answer calls on financial issues. 15:302/3By Patricia Barrie. The author recalls her bedroom window view as a child confined to bed. 15:453/5Unusual iron deposits are implicated in both Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease.
| 15:02Helen Mark meets the people and wildlife that make their home on Snowdon. 15:27Jenny Agutter appeals on behalf of St Giles Trust. 15:303/3By Hilary Lloyd. The author recalls life on a smallholding in the Welsh Marches. 15:454/5Exploring the mysteries of earthworms.
| | 15:302/4Fats Waller is most familiar to some as a comic singer, but he was also a skilled pianist.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Cuba's years of experimentation with self sufficiency, organics and sustainable farming. 16:302/6Simon visits an air traffic control centre to look at the computer systems.
| 16:00Clive Coleman explores the acute knife crime problems on the streets. 16:30Sue MacGregor discusses favourite paperbacks with Sophie Hannah and Simon Warner.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor re-appraises Rugby with Tony Collins and Dr Dominic Malcolm. 16:304/4Vivienne finds out how 'gifted' children are measured and by whom.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to writer Marcel Theroux. 16:30Quentin Cooper hears about problems in the supply of medical isotopes.
| | 16:00Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey.
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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 Ritula Shah, plus sports headlines. 17:30Evan Davis talks to the bosses of confectionery giant Cadbury and insurance group Aviva. 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. 18:3012/12Nicholas Parsons is joined by Paul Merton, Chris Neill, Tony Hawks and Justin Moorhouse.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Trouble for Carolyn when the Scottish Cricket Team and Sahara Desert run out of petrol.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Mark Steel visits the Yorkshire town of Skipton and performs for the locals.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Satan battles to place the baby with a good family.
| | 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson presents an eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, who meets Mathew Horne and James Corden. 19:451/5By Sian Evans. A man is forced to re-examine everything when he sees a UFO.
| 19:15Mark Lawson interviews veteran American actor Robert Wagner. 19:452/5Unwilling to confide in his wife, Jon turns to someone he meets over the internet.
| 19:15Mark Lawson has news of the winner of the David Cohen Prize for Literature. 19:453/5Jon begins to question what he saw - until he receives an unexpected phone call.
| 19:00In every dream home a heartache. 19:15With Kirsty Lang. Richard Curtis talks about his latest two projects. 19:454/5Jon's wife, Anna, issues an ultimatum.
| | 19:00Claire Bolderson profiles Sir Liam Donaldson, the Chief Medical Officer of England. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss Jonathan Littell's controversial novel The Kindly Ones.
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| 20:00 | 20:00What happened when a British businessman bought a ski resort for one Swiss franc. 20:30Evan Davis and guests discuss the advertising industry.
| 20:00Allan Urry reports on a crisis in town hall finances. 20:40Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
| 20:00A look at the way in which controversial decisions are reached in Whitehall. 20:45Sister Frances Dominica reflects on her experiences alongside children and their families.
| 20:00Journalist John F Jungclaussen explores the German love of all things British.(R) 20:30Ngaire Woods on how the financial crisis is affecting people in developing countries.
| | 20:00StoryCorps asks Americans to "Tell me about your life". Simon Garfield listens in.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Science broadcaster Professor Trevor Cox explores the science of aural architecture. 21:30Andrew Marr's guests include Marcel Theroux, who discusses his travels in Japan.
| 21:004/4Vivienne finds out how 'gifted' children are measured and by whom. 21:302/3Linda Bellos, Roz Morris, Lynne Segal and Beatrix Campbell discuss feminism in the 1980s.
| 21:00Nature detective Tom Heap investigates who, or what, is killing the common sparrow. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests.
| 21:002/4Gabrielle meets oceanographers who have explored the deep ocean. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Boxer Rebellion in the summer of 1900.
| 21:302/3A man with Downs Syndrome admits killing his mum, then someone gives him an alibi.
| 21:001/2Chris Guthrie is torn between her love of the land and her ambition to become a teacher.
| 21:30Ngaire Woods on how the financial crisis is affecting people in developing countries. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:456/10Fanny struggles with the fear that engulfs her following her encounter at the library.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:457/10An encounter with a childhood friend of Delia's distracts Fanny from her preoccupation.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:458/10Is Jake's visit the act of a solicitous neighbour or something more menacing?
| 22:00Josef Fritzl is given a life sentence in a psychiatric hospital. Robin Lustig presents. 22:459/10The departure of Jake and his canal boat has unexpected consequences for Fanny.
| 22:00EU leaders resist US calls for more money to combat the recession. 22:4510/10Jake's threatened return spurs Fanny into action, and she makes some surprising decisions.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15A look at the way in which controversial decisions are reached in Whitehall.
| 22:00Including The Prime Ministers.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Dominic Arkwright chairs a discussion on the theme of feeling like an impostor. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:004/4Investigating the fun that can be had by spoiling other peoples' weekend. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Susan Hulme.
| 23:00Featuring Polar Bear, Felix Dennis and Scroobius Pip.(R) 23:155/6From ineffectual showbiz reporting to properly saying goodbye to Mister Chips.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:001/6Broadcaster and writer Janet Street-Porter quizzes a panel about herself. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:00Sue MacGregor discusses favourite paperbacks with Sophie Hannah and Simon Warner. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:002/13The general knowledge music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini 23:30Celebrating the poet, publisher and City Lights Bookstore co-founder Lawrence Ferlinghetti
| 23:02Francine Stock talks to Michael Sheen about playing Brian Clough in The Damned United. 23:30Madeleine Bunting explores the delights, dilemmas and dangers of modern parenting.
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