| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores medically unexplained symptoms - illness that has no physical cause 00:45The sound of bells from York Minster. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5As 1937 dawned, Trotsky boarded a Norwegian tanker bound for Mexico. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Leon Trotsky settles into the home of artist Diego Rivera and his wife Frida Kahlo. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Trotsky has fallen out with Diego Rivera and has to move to a new house in Mexico City. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5On the morning of May 24th 1940, Trotsky wakes to the sound of gunfire inside his fortress 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5On August 17th 1940, a man known to Trotsky as Frank Jacson was admitted to his safe haven 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5A chance encounter summons memory, honesty and regret.(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 Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. 05:45Anna Hill investigates reports that new entrants to farming are at critically low levels.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. 05:45Anna Hill reports on what might replace the Royal Show as it closes its gates forever.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. 05:45The final Royal Show. Charlotte Smith hears the memories of champions and judges.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. 05:45Government now allows farmers to voluntarily support wildlife, but some farmers refuse.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Alison Murdoch. 05:45The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from St Thomas's Church, Oxford. 05:45James Silver examines the life of Andy Coulson, former editor of the News of the World.
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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. 06:07Matt Baker takes a fresh look at one of our most visited landscapes. 06:30Charlotte Smith rounds up the week's coverage of the last ever Royal Show. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mike Wooldridge celebrates the role of the volunteer with Glyn Roberts. 06:35Elinor Goodman visits an estate which grows tea, not in Kenya or India, but in Cornwall. 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. 07:55Paul Daniels appeals on behalf of Child Brain Injury Trust. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, marking the 500th anniversary of the birth of John Calvin 08:50Musings on the structures built by New Guinea's Vogelkop bowerbirds to attract mates.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr talks to Arundhati Roy, Timothy Garton Ash, Karen Armstrong and Hermione Lee. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Claire Campbell Smith.
| 09:00Jonathan and his guests ask how governments can best help the unemployed. 09:301/5Japanese singer Yoko Noge became passionate about the blues as a schoolgirl.(R) 09:45Christian worship and music led by Nigel Swinford.
| 09:00Libby Purves is joined by Patina Miller, Paddy Lyons, David Crystal and Griff Rhys Jones. 09:45Christian worship and music led by The Rev Stephen Shipley.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Ediacara Biota. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Bishop George Stack.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is musical impresario Harvey Goldsmith. 09:45An act of worship and music led by Rev Richard Frazer.
| 09:00Rev Richard Coles is joined by James Palumbo. 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 | 10:00How to help parents expecting twins. Plus, concerns about giving children mobile phones.
| 10:00Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine on Lungs. Plus, 150 years of district nursing.
| 10:00Making cycling safer. Plus, writer Salley Vickers on the cult of the author. 10:25Coverage of the opening day of the 2009 Ashes from Cardiff.
| 10:00The gaps in Parkinson's disease care discussed. Laura Dockrill on making poetry cool. 10:45Coverage of the second day of the First Test between England and Australia from Cardiff.
| 10:00Are we forever influenced by our roots, however successful we become? Plus, macho food. 10:45Coverage of the third day of the First Test between England and Australia from Cardiff.
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig looks at cloudspotting and cargo ship voyages both as passenger and crew. 10:301/2Robert Ziegler meets Quentin Tarantino, producer of exceptional film soundtracks. 10:45Coverage of the fourth day of the First Test between England and Australia from Cardiff.
| 10:00Kirsty Young's castaway is bacteriologist Professor Hugh Pennington. 10:45Coverage of the fifth day of the First Test between England and Australia from Cardiff.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Joshua Rozenberg examines new medical insights into the criminal mind. 11:306/6Newfangle accidentally offends the elders of the tribe.
| 11:001/2Tom Heap gains exclusive access in the battle to save The Royal Show. 11:30The impact of Islamic design and values on the life of Victorian designer William Morris.
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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. 12:04With Julian Worricker. Does the rail franchise system need reforming or scrapping? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Nigel Rees chairs. With Adele Geras, Conn Iggulden, Christopher Luscombe, Simon Pearsall.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Blues musician John Mayall on the growth of rhythm and blues in 1960s Britain.
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| 14:00 | 14:15Comedy by Sue Teddern. A housewife sends audio tapes to her new pen pal on Death Row.
| 14:15Comedy thriller by Vicky Meer. A London drug dealer is relocated under a protection scheme
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| 15:00 | 15:00The voices and immediate memories of Nazi concentration camp survivors, recorded in 1946. 15:4586/90President Clinton presides over a grubby and divisive period in the political world.
| 15:00Richard Daniel and his team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world. 15:301/3A village is plagued by an especially wicked gang of spirit bears. Read by Ian Holm. 15:4587/90New waves of immigration from Latin America change the country's ethnic makeup.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon investigates the farmers who have turned themselves into 'brands' to survive 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the theological roots of the Orange Order.
| 16:00Examining compensation for victims of child abuse by religious institutions in Ireland. 16:30Clive Swift and Indarjit Singh share favourite paperbacks with Kate Mosse.
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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.
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| 18:00 | 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Jack Dee chairs. With Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Jeremy Hardy.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6From William Hague to Simon Cowell, Jon Culshaw explores the bizarre lives of famous folk.(R)
| 18:20National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/3With Laurence Howarth, Richie Webb, Dave Lamb, Miles Jupp, Katherine Jakeways and guests.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/4Shappi Khorsandi shares her experiences of growing up in her Iranian family.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/8Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical review of the week's news.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by June Brown, Paul Jackson, Arthur Smith and Paul Morley.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Jenni Murray introduces her selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Includes a film review of Bruno and Antony Gormley on his latest project, One & Other. 19:456/10Suora Zuana administers a strong remedy to calm Serafina's convulsions.
| 19:15Including an interview with Harry Potter actress Emma Watson. 19:457/10Serafina is given penance and starves herself for the host. It seems that all hope is lost
| 19:00Small flood: not many dead. 19:15Abba's Benny Andersson tells John Wilson about his Swedish folk roots. 19:458/10Zuana receives an unexpected visitor who presents her with a terrible predicament.
| 19:15With Kirsty Lang. Plus TV drama Desperate Romantics, Apollo missions music, MJ Hyland. 19:459/10Suora Zuana begins her remedy to cure a spiritual disease and solve the convent's problem.
| 19:15Mark Lawson reports on the continuing success of celebrity memoirs. 19:4510/10Serafina has been found senseless, presumed dead. It is time to make sacrifices.
| 19:00James Silver examines the life of Andy Coulson, former editor of the News of the World. 19:15Is Bruno satire? Rufus Wainwright's opera. Architect Zaha Hadid. Gilbert & George.
| 19:15Matt Frei presents an insider guide to the people and the stories shaping America today. 19:452/5By Jenny Worton. The story follows Ellen in London and her sister Sarah in Cape Cod.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00The story of the man who has created the first collection of Muslim comic book superheroes 20:30Inspiring the inventors who will lead the way in the fight against global warming.
| 20:00Is Britain's system of public protection from violent offenders still among the best? 20:40Is Cath Burchill the only blind woman to circumnavigate the globe on a motorbike?
| 20:00Michael Buerk chairs. With Claire Fox, Michael Portillo, Clifford Longley and Kenan Malik. 20:452/2Anne McElvoy asks why Cameron's Tories need the north.
| 20:00Examining compensation for victims of child abuse by religious institutions in Ireland. 20:30Evan Davis presents the business magazine.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Consett, County Durham. 20:50Musings on the structures built by New Guinea's Vogelkop bowerbirds to attract mates.
| 20:00Buzz Aldrin relives the dramatic moments of the final descent to the moon in 1969.
| 20:00BBC Radio 4 controller Mark Damazer responds to listeners' comments about the station. 20:30John Wilson presents the obituary series.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Gareth Mitchell asks if nuclear fusion could at last be close to generating energy. 21:30Andrew Marr talks to Arundhati Roy, Timothy Garton Ash, Karen Armstrong and Hermione Lee.
| 21:00Claudia Hammond asks how we are placed to deal with growing numbers of dementia sufferers. 21:30Jonathan and his guests ask how governments can best help the unemployed.
| 21:00Sue Broom investigates why 26 dolphins were stranded and died in Falmouth Harbour in 2008. 21:30Libby Purves is joined by Patina Miller, Paddy Lyons, David Crystal and Griff Rhys Jones.
| 21:00Geoff Watts and guests discuss genomic medicine and the future of gene sequencing. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Ediacara Biota.
| 21:0018/18The post-Cold War promise of peace evaporates as the 9/11 attacks lead to foreign wars.
| 21:001/3Berlin Head of Station Alec Leamas' network of agents in East Germany is in great danger.
| 21:00Reports on the latest White Paper aimed at helping consumers, share scams. 21:26Paul Daniels appeals on behalf of Child Brain Injury Trust. 21:30Inspiring the inventors who will lead the way in the fight against global warming. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Including reports on Obama's arrival in Moscow, climate change, and violence in China. 22:451/10Now his wife is dead and he has retired from his job, David Cross is building a new life.
| 22:00Curfew imposed in Xinjiang, rebellion over 10p tax and Michael Jackson is laid to rest. 22:452/10Ed and Lucy Cross are concerned about their newly-widowed and retired father.
| 22:00Regulation of the economy, G8 summit tackle climate change, can Twitter save the world? 22:453/10David meets up with his old friend Robin and receives some unsettling news.
| 22:00Including the latest on allegations of mobile phone hacking by the News of the World. 22:454/10David feels constrained by his house, but his children still regard it as the family home.
| 22:00Obama's first trip to Africa, more deaths of soldiers in Afghanistan, racism in Germany. 22:455/10Lucy feels as if she has been cast adrift since her mother died.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Michael Buerk chairs. With Claire Fox, Michael Portillo, Clifford Longley and Kenan Malik.
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster with Mark D'Arcy.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Dominic Arkwright and guests explore the subject of the dignity in admitting defeat. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:001/4The comedian entertains at home with a nourishing menu of Welsh rarebit. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:00Scroobius Pip gives his update on a classic theme with his poem Mr Otis Regrets. 23:155/6Nat asks strange men about death.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Robert Orchard.
| 23:002/3With Laurence Howarth, Richie Webb, Dave Lamb, Miles Jupp, Katherine Jakeways and guests. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:00Clive Swift and Indarjit Singh share favourite paperbacks with Kate Mosse. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:00Nigel Rees chairs. With Adele Geras, Conn Iggulden, Christopher Luscombe, Simon Pearsall. 23:30Stuart Maconie meets devotees of Walt Whitman in Bolton.
| 23:00Behind the scenes of Blade Runner with producer Michael Deeley. 23:30Mike Wooldridge celebrates the role of the volunteer with Glyn Roberts.
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