| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie hears of a new study which compares betting shops to 18th-century coffee houses. 00:45The sound of bells from Tavistock Parish Church. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Jane was an ambitious young woman, keenly attuned to the literary world of her time. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Jane's last years were a period of concentrated writing and business with publishers. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Interest in Austen flared up with her nephew's publication of the first biography in 1870. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Interest in Austen flared up with her nephew's publication of the first biography in 1870. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Today we are witness to the spectacle of Austen being marketed as a global brand. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Theme-park monsters are meant to frighten the visitors, not the other way round.(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 Katherine Meyer. 05:45Caz Graham reports on concerns about standards in poultry slaughterhouses. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Katherine Meyer. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Katherine Meyer. 05:45Anna Hill looks at a booming future for UK-produced wine.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Katherine Meyer. 05:45Charlotte Smith reports on calls to revive the British woodland industry.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Katherine Meyer. 05:45Dairy farmers face up to the future following the failure of a leading milk co-operative.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with the Right Rev Richard Chartres, Bishop of London. 05:45The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from St Vedast, Foster Lane in the City of London. 05:45Adam Long celebrates The Great Clock of the Palace of Westminster.
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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 Yesterday in Parliament; Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding walks in Wiltshire with 'modern-day Troubadours'. 06:30Charlotte Smith considers the future of the dairy industry. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mike Wooldridge considers 'The Tree of Life', in conversation with Professor Steve Jones. 06:35Marine biologist Peter Heyward and Lionel Kelleway search for starfish. 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. 07:10Edward Stourton discusses the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Colin Jackson appeals on behalf of Fairbridge. 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 Trinity Sunday from St James' Roman Catholic Church in St Andrews. 08:50Musings on the natural history of perhaps the most lethargic beast in the animal world.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Antony Beevor, David Simon, creator of The Wire, writer Susan Hill, physicist Michio Kaku. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Rev Dr Bert Tosh.
| 09:004/4Quentin Letts takes a witty but thought provoking look at the British Zoo. 09:304/5How women's lives changed under the new regime and why some women felt they had to leave.(R) 09:45Christian worship and music led by Monsignor Tony Rogers.
| 09:00Libby Purves's guests include Jerry Springer and Mary Portas. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Mark Coffey.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the trial of Charles I. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Becky Harris.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is campaigner Caroline, Countess Of Cranbrook. 09:45An act of worship and music led by Leslie Griffiths.
| 09:00Fi Glover is joined by Lucy Worsley, the Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces.
| 09:00Steve Evans asks what Shakespeare can tell us about the recent political dramas.
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| 10:00 | 10:00How to address the loss of the UK's bee population discussed.
| 10:00How different is life for families with disabled children compared with 30 years ago?
| 10:00A special programme celebrating the life and work of the writer George Eliot.
| 10:00Author Sarah Waters on the possibility of ghosts. Plus, the women in George Orwell's life.
| 10:00Inter-generational violence in Asian families discussed. Plus, cooking with avocado.
| 10:00John McCarthy looks at boats on the Aegean Sea, French waterways and Lake Malawi. 10:301/3Steve examines rumours that Hitler was intending to set up his command HQ in Balham.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:001/2Reeta Chakrabati examines the role of governors in state schools. 11:301/6Newfangle invents language, only to find that words have a way of being twisted.
| 11:00Chris Sperring explores declining seabird numbers and asks if it represents a crisis. 11:30Tour guide Dr Brigitte Timmermann uncovers Graham Greene's Vienna.
| 11:00Jonathan Agnew explores the 1909 competition to fly across the English Channel. 11:302/6Jodie rather likes having Hope around, but her husband Dave isn't so keen.
| 11:00Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines. 11:30Critic Mark Kermode examines the history of and controversy surrounding the 1979 film Scum
| 11:00Fashion writer Colin McDowell recalls the rise of the miniskirt.(R) 11:301/6Old hacks struggle with new media in the changing world of a broadsheet newspaper.
| 11:00A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Peter Oborne. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is journalist and broadcaster Piers Morgan.
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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 Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. 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. 12:04As 3 more firms cut their final salary pensions, is it the end for this type of scheme? 12:306/8Sandi Toksvig chairs. With Jeremy Hardy, Francis Wheen, Andy Hamilton and Sue Perkins. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:045/6John Lloyd and Sean Lock host, with guests Jon Richardson, Roger Law and Kate Adie. 12:32Four cooks from four different countries open up their homes to serve food to strangers. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:3013/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the 2009 Final of the eclectic music quiz.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:301/2Terence Curran explores how performers cope with the demands of making a first recording.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Steve Hewlett on reality TV's duty of care, journalist Ben Brown and documentary funding.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Dominic Arkwright and panel discuss how we cope with dashed hopes.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Billingshurst, West Sussex.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:303/3Tristram Hunt tracks the creation of the skyline of Canary Wharf.
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| 14:00 | 14:15Comedy by Tom Green. Gavin and Fay bravely attempt to plan their long-overdue wedding.
| 14:15When his wife falls ill, Alex faces questions about what it means to be a person.
| 14:15By Ellen Dryden. Thomas has composed his first work for the amateur choir he founded.
| 14:15By Lucy Caldwell. Student couple Kai-Liang and Chang Li join the Tiananmen Square protest.
| 14:151/4A well-dressed stranger turns up with an unusual request.
| 14:00Coverage of Australia v West Indies at the Oval.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs. With Bob Flowerdew, Matthew Biggs and Pippa Greenwood. 14:452/5Brett Westwood and Stephen Moss find out how to distinguish one duck from another.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Lynne Truss shares her personal treasure trove of interviews with world famous writers. 15:4561/90How a Second World War alliance between the US and the Soviets hardened into the Cold War.
| 15:00Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. 15:301/3Peppa is due to marry Finu, then runs off to join some hot-shot she has never even met. 15:4562/90Truman and Stalin square off over the Berlin blockade and the USSR tests a nuclear bomb.
| 15:00Vincent Duggleby and a panel of guests answer calls on financial issues. 15:302/3It should be an honour taking the King in your wagon, but Cosimo is worried. 15:4563/90After the war, Americans turn their attentions back home, building homes and highways.
| 15:02Clare joins blind walker Rob Davies at Hulne Park, on the Duke of Northumberland's estate. 15:27Richard Stilgoe appeals on behalf of Treloar Trust. 15:303/3Lollo says he is setting a trap for a local animal but really it will be for a human. 15:4564/90The US army clashes with Chinese and Soviet-backed forces in Korea.
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs. With Bob Flowerdew, Matthew Biggs and Pippa Greenwood. 15:4565/90The country enters a period of unprecedented prosperity, despite the threat of nuclear war
| | 15:001/34 Extra Debut. Callow Allan Armadale attracts the attention of a dangerous fortune-hunter.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Will new meal standards for secondary schools sink the frail school catering sector? 16:30Ernie Rea discusses whether Just War Theory is rendered null and void by modern warfare.
| 16:004/4Albert Einstein develops a theory of relativity with some help from his shaving mirror.(R) 16:30Natalie Haynes, Monty Halls and Kate Mosse discuss their favourite reads.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor hears how the 'political party' is out of date & Roman politics in the US? 16:30Claudia Hammond speaks to the UK's first Mental Health Liaison Officer.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup meets an engaging mix of authors at the Hay Festival. 16:30Quentin Cooper reports from the Cheltenham Science Festival.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series. 16:30A tribute to Stanley Baker, working-class hero of British cinema. Director Stephen Daldry.
| | 16:00Kate Grenville talks to James Naughtie about her novel The Secret River. 16:30Roger McGough presents a programme dedicated to the poetry of the Book of Psalms.
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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.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Coverage of England v Netherlands at Lord's.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn Quinn, plus sports headlines. 17:30Evan Davis and guests consider whether we have entered a new era of austerity. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Jenny Cuffe asks if the policy of preserving jobs for British workers is being undermined. 17:406/8Patrick Neate's story about the greatest talent show on earth. Read by Alistair McGowan. 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. 18:305/6John Lloyd and Sean Lock host, with guests Jon Richardson, Roger Law and Kate Adie.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Another chance to hear Sir Clement Freud at the 2000 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Finally the Sword of Asnagar is found. But is Sam a traitor?
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6To avoid a war posting to Burma, the blundering codebreakers must catch a German spy.(R)
| | 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Stephen Fry, Jo Brand, Joe Queenan and Dom Joly.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Ernie Rea introduces his selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio. 18:56Colin Jackson appeals on behalf of Fairbridge.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. With Fugitive Pieces author Anne Michaels. 19:451/51954: Linton's rise to prominence continues, but his wife hankers after the quieter life.
| 19:15Simon Russell Beale chats to Mark Lawson about his latest stage roles. 19:452/5Linton has an important engagement in London, and hearty celebrations are in order.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with John Wilson.Includes an interview with author Carlos Ruiz Zafon 19:453/5Linton is insensitive about Pinkie's loss, creating tension when they visit Downing Street
| 19:15Eric Cantona discusses his recent film roles, and Jude Law takes on Hamlet. 19:454/5Linton worries about the situation in Hungary and Suez.
| | 19:006/8Patrick Neate's story about the greatest talent show on earth. Read by Alistair McGowan. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe is joined by writers David Aaronovitch and Tom Dyckhoff.
| 19:00Brookfield: open. Annette: closed. 19:15Matt Frei speaks to Van Jones, adviser to President Obama on the subject of green jobs. 19:452/5Mr Parker loses his composure when his daughter's departure threatens his orderly life.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:002/2Nick Fraser considers the role of intellectuals in relation to world events. 20:30Richard Weight asks why prison policy is so difficult to unlock and if anyone has the key.
| 20:00Jenny Cuffe asks if the policy of preserving jobs for British workers is being undermined. 20:40Is public transport getting better for blind and visually impaired people?
| 20:00Michael Buerk chairs. With Claire Fox, Melanie Phillips, Clifford Longley and Kenan Malik. 20:45Adam Long celebrates The Great Clock of the Palace of Westminster.
| 20:00Rob Walker uncovers the truth behind the hijack and ransom of a Danish ship. 20:30Evan Davis and guests consider whether we have entered a new era of austerity.
| 20:50Musings on the natural history of perhaps the most lethargic beast in the animal world.
| 20:00A selection of conservative writer and intellectual William F Buckley's finest moments.
| 20:00Including a response to the BBC's decision to censure a report and article by Jeremy Bowen 20:30Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Gerry Northam goes behind the scenes to investigate 'open source' computer software. 21:30Antony Beevor, David Simon, creator of The Wire, writer Susan Hill, physicist Michio Kaku.
| 21:00Claudia Hammond speaks to the UK's first Mental Health Liaison Officer. 21:304/4Quentin Letts takes a witty but thought provoking look at the British Zoo.
| 21:00Chris Sperring explores declining seabird numbers and asks if it represents a crisis. 21:30Libby Purves's guests include Jerry Springer and Mary Portas.
| 21:00Geoff Watts investigates attitudes to evolution. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the trial of Charles I.
| 21:0013/18America rebuilds its economy while facing up to Soviet communism.
| 21:002/2An illegitimate child with a tragic secret is used as a pawn in a bigger game.
| 21:00Presented by Jim Naughtie and Carolyn Quinn in London and Jonny Dymond in Brussels.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Berlusconi scandal, General Motors bankruptcy, chancellor's expenses, Air France crash. 22:456/10Mary is in the care of Rev Bonnycastle, but her brothers-in-law are still on her trail.
| 22:00With Ritula Shah. Reports on Pakistan, consumer confidence, North Korea & Jacqui Smith. 22:457/10With horse dealers from Montana in town, Mary and McEchern hit upon a new business venture
| 22:00With Ritula Shah. Twenty years after Tiananmen Square. Obama arrives in the Middle East. 22:458/10The landslide has left the town in ruins; who has survived and who has perished?
| 22:00Robin Lustig marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the communist government in Poland 22:459/10The railroad is up and running again and Mary's brothers-in-law are in town.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with David Eades. 22:4510/10Pregnant, arraigned for murder and certain to hang, surely Mary is beyond help?
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Michael Buerk chairs. With Claire Fox, Melanie Phillips, Clifford Longley and Kenan Malik.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Dominic Arkwright, Catherine Townsend, Neil McCormick and Kathy Lette on love bust-ups.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Susan Hulme.
| 23:002/6Mark takes a breath to examine the virtue of holding your horses.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:003/6Dave is still separated. Can he get his life back on track by getting a job?(R) 23:156/6Roydon Postlethwaite remembers the humanitarian peace worker who smoked like a chimney.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:006/6Britain's got bad manners - should we bring back hanging? Gary Bellamy takes the calls.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Robert Orchard.
| 23:00Natalie Haynes, Monty Halls and Kate Mosse discuss their favourite reads. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:0013/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the 2009 Final of the eclectic music quiz. 23:30Roger McGough introduces requests for poems by Robert Frost and Edward Thomas.
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