| 00:00 | 00:45The sound of bells from St Vedast, Foster Lane in the City of London. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Hanan reflects on the uneasy relationship with her mother. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Kamila falls in love, but her family have other plans and events take a disturbing turn. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Following her forced marriage, Kamila secretly resumes her affair with Muhammad. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Kamila is forced to choose between her love for Muhammad and her daughters. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Kamila is haunted by her decision to abandon her young daughters. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Margery Allingham's electrifying 'bride in the bath' story.(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 the Right Rev Richard Chartres, Bishop of London. 05:45Charlotte Smith hears how the dioxin scandal in Irish pork could have been avoided. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with the Right Rev Richard Chartres, Bishop of London. 05:45Anna Hill reports on reaction to the resignation of environment minister Jane Kennedy.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with the Right Rev Richard Chartres, Bishop of London. 05:45A scientist claims dairy cows are being 'milked to starvation'.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with the Right Rev Richard Chartres, Bishop of London. 05:45Charlotte Smith reports on record levels of exports for British meat and dairy.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with the Right Rev Richard Chartres, Bishop of London. 05:45Charlotte Smith on how farmers are coping following the collapse of a milk co-operative.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Gopinder Kaur. 05:45The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from Christ Church, Radyr near Cardiff. 05:451/2Allan Little describes a terrifying encounter with mujahideen volunteers in Bosnia.(R)
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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. 06:07Clare Balding meets Garth Gunn and his son Craig on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset. 06:30Charlotte Smith sees if consumers and retailers are paying enough for milk. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully investigates the danger and usefulness of charm. 06:35Lionel Kelleway is guided by two National Trust experts around a 100-year-old orchard. 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. 07:55Lindsey Hilsum appeals on behalf of the Survivors Fund (SURF). 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Marking the 80th anniversary of Anne Frank's birth, a meditation from Blackburn Cathedral. 08:50Musings on the world's largest blooms found deep in the steamy forests of Sumatra.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr talks to John Keane, Katie Mitchell, Peter Hall and Matthew Gale. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Judy Merry.
| 09:001/4Prof Michael Sandel considers the expansion and moral limits of markets. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Rev Dr Nicholas Bundock.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with guests including art expert Philip Mould. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Nigel Swinford.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Augustan Age in Rome. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Rev Dr Martyn Atkins.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is journalist and broadcaster Piers Morgan. 09:45An act of worship and music led by Angela Tilby.
| 09:00With Fi Glover. Plus author Marcus du Sautoy and Lindsay Wagner's inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Laws on stalking discussed. Plus, the perils of being a shorter man or taller woman.
| 10:00What is a healthy amount of animal fat in our diet? Plus, opera star Christine Rice.
| 10:00Children's Laureate and illustrator Anthony Browne. Plus, Justine Hardy on Kashmir.
| 10:00Caroline Flint MP in her first radio interview. Plus, musical star Maria Friedman.
| 10:00Author Anne Fine on differences between writing for children and adults.
| 10:00John McCarthy looks at Delhi - a city of contrasts - and how pale ale got to India. 10:302/3Steve goes on the trail of TV detector vans.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:002/2Reeta Chakrabati discovers what it means to be a school govenor in the independent sector. 11:302/6The tribe is tasked with building Alf the Alpha a giant mound.
| 11:00Paul Evans asks if enough is being done to conserve honeybees. 11:30Bob Dickinson explores the world of the body as performance art.
| 11:00Olivia O'Leary explores Ireland's economic crisis and its search for a post-crash identity 11:303/6A recent jog to work seems to have improved more than Hope and Jodie's muscles.
| 11:00Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines. 11:30CP Lee celebrates the life, career and music of singer and Oscar-winning actor Burl Ives.
| 11:00Exploring the success of the 210,000-strong community of Patels in Britain. 11:302/6Circulation is going through the roof as the old hacks struggle with new media.
| 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 former Chancellor of the Exchequer Lord Healey.
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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. Finding work during the recession. 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 Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Including the latest on the rescue plan for West Bromwich Building Society. 12:307/8Sandi Toksvig chairs. With Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton and Sue Perkins. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:046/6John Lloyd and Sean Lock invite guests Tim Minchin, Philip Pullman and Clive James. 12:32Sheila Dillon on the latest findings suggesting a link between diet and prostate cancer. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Nigel Rees chairs. With Beryl Bainbridge, Ekow Eshun, Anthony Howard and Francesca Simon.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:302/2Terence explores how more seasoned performers approach recording.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30The future of local TV news, anti-terror laws and press freedom and women on panel shows.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Dominic Arkwright, Zoe Simon, Catherine Blyth and Phil Hilton discuss the naked body.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Topics include the European elections and Quentin Letts's series What the Point Of...?
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Coverage from the Oval of West Indies v South Africa in the Super Eight Stage.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:15Coverage from Lord's of Ireland v Sri Lanka in the Super Eight Stage.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Brookfield: open. Annette: closed. 14:15By James Graham, set in 1979 as the Callaghan government faces a vote of no confidence.
| 14:15By Mark Shand. Eva's mother has gone missing.
| 14:15Romantic comedy by Peter Souter. Sam's efforts to win his girlfriend back land him in jail(R)
| 14:15By Suzanne Heathcote. Since his divorce, Simon's daughter has no idea who he is.
| 14:152/4Mardle Fen is waterlogged and a strange child leads Warwick through the flood.
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| 15:00 | 15:00A selection of conservative writer and intellectual William F Buckley's finest moments. 15:4566/90The US Supreme Court orders schools to become racially mixed.
| 15:00One of the surviving members of the British whaling fleet recalls life on South Georgia. 15:301/3By Alan Titchmarsh. A widow's life is transformed when she embarks on a love affair. 15:4567/90Activists confront segregationists and President Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act.
| 15:00Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on insurance. 15:302/3By Katie Fforde. A high-flying business executive signs up for a cookery course in Tuscany 15:4568/90African-American frustration at the slow pace of change results in riots.
| 15:02Clare Balding walks in Wiltshire with 'modern-day Troubadours'. 15:27Colin Jackson appeals on behalf of Fairbridge. 15:303/3By Freya North. An inheritance leads a young woman to see her life in a whole new way. 15:4569/90American women push back against sexism.
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs. With Bob Flowerdew, Anne Swithinbank and Chris Beardshaw. 15:4570/90Lyndon Johnson seizes the political moment after the assassination of President Kennedy.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Four cooks from four different countries open up their homes to serve food to strangers. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests debate traditional African beliefs.
| 16:002/4The story of the man who made us all stop for a moment of peace at traffic lights.(R) 16:30Kate Mosse asks Melissa Benn and Terry Deary to talk about their favourite books.
| 16:00Exhibiting the 'Savage'. How Paris and London created human zoos in the name of science. 16:30The reasons behind the financial crisis. Women who deliberately injure their children.
| 16:00Kate Grenville talks to James Naughtie about her novel The Secret River. 16:30Low-energy housing, cancer DNA, Swine Flu, plus stories of impending planetary collision.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series. 16:30Francine Stock talks to Ken Loach about working with Eric Cantona on Looking for Eric.
| 16:45Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup speaks to the American crime writer George Pelecanos about his new novel 16:30Carol Ann Duffy and others pay tribute to the poet UA Fanthorpe, who died recently.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:15Coverage of Australia v Sri Lanka at Trent Bridge.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:15Coverage of New Zealand v South Africa at Lord's.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:15Coverage of India v Ireland at Trent Bridge.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:15Coverage from Trent Bridge of a match from the Super 8 stage.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:15Coverage from Lord's of a match from the Super 8 stage.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Ritula Shah, plus sports headlines. 17:30Evan Davis asks his guests if businesses can manage succession any better than politicians 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Julian O'Halloran investigates claims about the causes of the swine flu virus. 17:407/8Offbeat Poet Tim Key gets distracted as he tries to tackle the burning issues of the day. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | | | | | | 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Ray Davies, David McCallum and Carol Thatcher.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Coleman introduces his selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | | | | | | 19:007/8Offbeat Poet Tim Key gets distracted as he tries to tackle the burning issues of the day. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe is joined by writers Paul Morley and Miranda Sawyer and poet Paul Farley.
| 19:15Why the California Dream has turned into a nightmare and the appeal of Nancy Drew. 19:453/5A councillor's neglected wife lays a trap for her vainglorious husband.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:45Financial commentator Martin Wolf assesses what the future may hold for the global economy
| 20:40Why underground is better than overground when it comes to trains.
| 20:45Midge Ure travels to Cape Town to visit Zip Zap School of Circus Arts for Social Change.(R)
| 20:45Evan Davis asks his guests if businesses can manage succession any better than politicians
| 20:50Musings on the world's largest blooms found deep in the steamy forests of Sumatra.
| 20:00Paul Gambaccini uncovers the story of Fred Gaisberg, who brought recording to Britain.
| 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 | 21:00Sue Nelson goes behind the headlines to find out how alcohol affects our health. 21:30Andrew Marr talks to John Keane, Katie Mitchell, Peter Hall and Matthew Gale.
| 21:00The reasons behind the financial crisis. Women who deliberately injure their children. 21:301/3Peter White meets the people behind the scenes at immigration and customs.(R)
| 21:00Paul Evans asks if enough is being done to conserve honeybees. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with guests including art expert Philip Mould.
| 21:00Geoff Watts asks if science can be creative. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Augustan Age in Rome.
| 21:0014/18In the 1960s, tensions in American society come bubbling to the surface.
| 21:001/34 Extra Debut. Callow Allan Armadale attracts the attention of a dangerous fortune-hunter.
| 21:00Including the latest on the rescue plan for West Bromwich Building Society. 21:26Lindsey Hilsum appeals on behalf of the Survivors Fund (SURF). 21:30Financial commentator Martin Wolf assesses what the future may hold for the global economy 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:451/10Emma and Dexter become friends after graduation - after they spent the night together.
| 22:00With Robin Lustig. Plus reports on Pakistan bombings, Iran elections, Guantanamo trials. 22:452/10It is July 1989, a year since Emma and Dexter first agreed to be 'just friends'.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:453/10Dexter's career in TV is taking off, but Emma is still wondering what to do with her life.
| 22:00Iran elections, swine flu pandemic, Guantanamo Bay and Tory policy on European Parliament. 22:454/10Alcohol is taking over Dexter's life, but Emma is getting over her feelings for him.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Roger Hearing. 22:455/10Emma has bought a flat with her boyfriend Ian and is drifting away from Dexter.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:151/4Prof Michael Sandel considers the expansion and moral limits of markets.
| 22:00Including the feature Learning to Love the Microphone.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Dominic Arkwright and panel discuss how we cope with dashed hopes.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:003/6Mark spoils us with a look at the virtue of generosity.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Susan Hulme.
| 23:004/6Dave's domestic life is still upside down, and so his dad arrives to offer advice.(R) 23:151/6Travellers, including a love-struck postie, share their darkest secrets.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:00A one-off special edition of the spoof phone-in show on the subject of the credit crunch.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:00Kate Mosse asks Melissa Benn and Terry Deary to talk about their favourite books. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:00Nigel Rees chairs. With Beryl Bainbridge, Ekow Eshun, Anthony Howard and Francesca Simon. 23:30Roger McGough presents a programme dedicated to the poetry of the Book of Psalms.
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to Ken Loach about working with Eric Cantona on Looking for Eric. 23:30Mark Tully investigates the danger and usefulness of charm.
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