| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Is an unequal society bad for your health? 00:45The sound of bells from St Peter's Church, South Petherton, in Somerset. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5How the early days of the conflict changed the everyday lives of Mohammad Dar's family. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5The fate of the Pandits, the Kashmiri Hindus, many of whom were forced to flee the valley. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Arshad recounts the unsettling memory of an armed attack by militants on his family home. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5How the lives of Kashmir's women were altered by the conflict. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The effects of the conflict are compounded by the 2005 earthquake. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Written and read by Hari Kunzru. A futuristic story of consumerism gone mad and bad.(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 Richard Hill. 05:45How the National Farmers Union is revising its advice on the use of bird scarers. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Richard Hill. 05:45Anna Hill hears why Britian should not aim to be self-sufficient in food.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Richard Hill. 05:45Anna Hill reports on calls for retailers to pay farmers more for home-grown fruit and veg.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Richard Hill. 05:45Anna Hill hears from those affected by a major veg supplier going into administration.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Richard Hill. 05:45Pig farmers who get swine flu are being advised to stay away from their animals.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Clair Jaquiss. 05:451/5Deryck Howell's Cardiff company produces survival equipment.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from Howden Minster. 05:45Clive Coleman profiles the musician Peter Gabriel.
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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.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark on the battle between fishermen and conservationists over the Firth of Lorne. 06:30Anna Hill hears why Britain should not aim to be self-sufficient in food. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully explores the theme of rescue. 06:35Elinor Goodman visits Red Ruby cattle in Devon. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Roger Bolton discusses the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Martin Bell appeals on behalf of SSAFA Forces Help. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Faith That Works is the theme of the 2009 Keswick Convention. 08:50A 150-million-year-old feather from an animal that lived before birds had evolved.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr is joined by James Purnell, Hanif Kureishi, David Haslam and Tristram Stuart. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Monsignor Tony Rogers.
| 09:00Becky Milligan talks to MPs about the media frenzy surrounding the expenses scandal. 09:303/5Jazz guitarist Scott Feiner's life was changed by a brief encounter in Brazil. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Rev Tony Burnham.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Maurice Gran. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Rev Peter Whittaker.
| 09:002/4Should a woman be given a kidney transplant when there is a high risk of failure? 09:45Christian worship and music led by Rev Stephen Shipley.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is comedian David Mitchell. 09:45An act of worship and music led by Rev Angela Tilby.
| 09:00Fi Glover is joined by Sheila Hancock. David Peace recalls the Yorkshire Ripper murders.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Broadcaster Gloria Hunniford on angels. Plus, Anna Del Conte on the food of her childhood. 10:45Coverage of the fifth day of the second Test between England and Australia from Lord's.
| 10:00Why is women's sport overlooked? Plus, the enduring appeal of beach huts.
| 10:00Parents' reactions to their children joining the Forces. Plus, attack victim Abi Grant.
| 10:00What are the health benefits of breastfeeding? Plus, couples cope with mismatched libidos.
| 10:00What can employers do to support women who find themselves in an abusive relationship?
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig hears about horseriding in Albania and a teenager's view of Cameroon. 10:30Coverage of the final of the Friends Provident Trophy from Lord's.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | | 11:001/2Following the barristers, clerks and staff of one of London's leading law chambers. 11:30Michael Alexander on the place of TS Eliot, and poetry in general, in national culture.
| 11:002/4The story of T Dan Smith, Labour leader of Newcastle city council who was jailed in 1974. 11:303/6An unplanned dinner party sets the scene for some serious seduction tactics.
| 11:00Bill Law investigates if Pakistani youngsters are in danger of joining the Taliban. 11:30Toby Litt scours Armenia for the spirit of the Russian poet Osip Mandelstam.
| 11:00Hardeep Singh Kohli walks in the footsteps of the famous tightrope walker Blondin. 11:302/6Carolyn solves the Case Of The Poisoned Cashews and Martin does the Seven Deadly Sins.
| | 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is the food writer and cook Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.
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| 12:00 | | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Chief Medical Officer, Sir Liam Donaldson join us to take your calls on swine flu. 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 Shari Vahl. Including Face the Facts. 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. 12:046/6Rob Brydon chairs. With Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Phill Jupitus. 12:32Suckling pigs fell out favour in Britain centuries ago, but are they ready for a comeback? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Centuries before iPods, ordinary folk had 'tune-books'. Tim van Eyken seeks them out.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30TV and ageism, TV advertising, new editor of The Lady and Walter Cronkite's legacy.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Stewart Henderson answers those intriguing questions from everyday life.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Featuring Jon Naismith, plus how you can quiz BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons.
| | 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:302/2Danny Shaw tells the story of Sir Ian Blair's tenure as Metropolitan Police commissioner.(R)
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| 14:00 | | 14:00Matt's back in the saddle. 14:152/4McLevy probes a judge's murder, as his allegedly cheating wife claims her innocence.(R)
| 14:15By Michael Butt. A psychologist investigates a young girl's claims to second sight.
| 14:15A man appeals to Heaven to allow him to be born again with 'experience'.
| 14:15By Rob Gittins. Dylan Thomas sued Time magazine over an article about him in 1953.(R)
| | 14:00Eric Robson chairs. With Bunny Guinness, John Cushnie, Matthew Biggs and Pippa Greenwood. 14:454/5As the tide begins to recede, hundreds of thousands of birds return to the mud flats.(R)
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| 15:00 | | 15:00Richard Daniel and his team debate if planting more forests can reduce flooding risks. 15:301/3By Emma Kennedy. A child's-eye view of seeing the Rolling Stones at a rock festival. 15:457/10The moon's imprint on our crops, our weather and our tides.
| 15:00Paul Lewis and guests answer listeners' finance questions on divorce and separation. 15:302/3By Matt Thorne. A photographer becomes obsessed with the work of a brilliant musician. 15:458/10Jeanette wonders at spells and futurology, alchemy and broomsticks.
| 15:02Helen Mark explores the history of Doggerland, a land lost beneath the waves. 15:27Sir Trevor McDonald appeals on behalf of ACE Africa. 15:303/3By stand-up comedian Stephen K Amos. A family heirloom takes Stephen back to his childhood 15:459/10The moon in medieval and Renaissance thought.
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs. With Bunny Guinness, John Cushnie, Matthew Biggs and Pippa Greenwood. 15:4510/10Conspiracy theories, James Bond and the great moon hoax.
| | 15:00Joseph Millson reads Alfred, Lord Tennyson's 1855 dark and lyrical poem Maud.
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| 16:00 | | 16:00Chris Ledgard considers the use of words to control minds. 16:30Alys Fowler and Professor Athene Donald join Kate Mosse to discuss favourite books.
| 16:00Why black girls succeed and fail in education? 16:30Dr Mark Porter explores how to improve communication between medics and patients.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup's guests include Aravind Adiga and Dame Beryl Bainbridge. 16:30Apollo 11's long-surviving scientific legacy and the first man to map the moon.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series. 16:30Sylvia Syms: from Ice Cold In Alex to The Queen. Mark Gatiss's guide to British cinema.
| | 16:00Mariella Frostrup's guests include Chris Patten, former governor of Hong Kong. 16:30With readers Renu Brindle, Paul Mundell and Rupert Wickham.
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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.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| | 17:00Are some of the UK's biggest corporate fraudsters now practically immune from prosecution? 17:40Clive Coleman profiles the musician Peter Gabriel. 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. 18:306/6Rob Brydon chairs. With Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Phill Jupitus.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Sketch show about the human condition, this week: lying and honesty
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Adam Hills presents the best comic talent at the 2009 Latitude Festival.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/4Shappi Khorsandi talks about her unconventional Iranian childhood.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/8Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical review of the week's news.
| 18:30With James Caan, Jonathan Aitken, Sarah Millican & Mercury Prize-nominated Lisa Hannigan.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Miriam O'Reilly introduces her selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Matt's back in the saddle. 19:15Presented by Kirsty Lang, including an interview with actress Charlotte Gainsbourg. 19:451/10Three very different women come together for a project that will put them all at risk.
| 19:15Tony Scott on his latest film. Mercury Prize judge Simon Frith on Best Album shortlist. 19:452/10Skeeter tries to find out what has happened to her beloved maid Constantine.
| 19:15With Mark Lawson, including a new stage version of Hanif Kureishi's The Black Album. 19:453/10Skeeter pursues her idea for a book about the daily lives of black maids in Jackson.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with John Wilson. Looking at the RIBA Stirling Prize nominees. 19:454/10Aibileen begins to wonder whether she should take part in Skeeter's writing project.
| 19:00New horizons for Annette? 19:15Kirsty Lang talks to native American singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie. 19:455/10Aibileen attempts to persuade Minny to contribute to Skeeter's clandestine writing project
| 19:00Clive Coleman profiles the musician Peter Gabriel. 19:15Guests include historian Dominic Sandbrook and writers Kathryn Hughes and Philip Hoare.
| 19:15Matt Frei presents an insider guide to the people and the stories shaping America today. 19:454/5By Neil Gaiman. Morris visits the Holy City, but he really begins to experience it at home(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Hugh Sykes follows the Iraqi football team as they hope to unite their country. 20:30Lucy Ash investigates the treatment of women in Chechnya.
| 20:00Are some of the UK's biggest corporate fraudsters now practically immune from prosecution? 20:40The latest gadgets for visually-impaired people.
| 20:00With Michael Portillo, Melanie Phillips, Clifford Longley and Matthew Taylor. 20:452/2Jonathan Powell interviews key advisers to American presidents and British prime ministers
| 20:00Phil Kemp investigates planned changes to the way social housing is allocated. 20:30Peter Day finds out from the experts how to start a bank as well as how not to do it.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Verwood, Dorset. 20:50A 150-million-year-old feather from an animal that lived before birds had evolved.
| 20:00Kay Mellor explores northern male stereotypes in British film and television..
| 20:00Featuring Jon Naismith, plus how you can quiz BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons. 20:30Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Richard Hollingham examines British plans for a moon mission. 21:30Andrew Marr is joined by James Purnell, Hanif Kureishi, David Haslam and Tristram Stuart.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter explores how to improve communication between medics and patients. 21:30Becky Milligan talks to MPs about the media frenzy surrounding the expenses scandal.
| 21:002/3Paul Evans goes to Maine to meet a conservation biologist who has spent a life with loons. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Maurice Gran.
| 21:002/4Should a woman be given a kidney transplant when there is a high risk of failure? 21:452/4Internationally acclaimed violinist Tasmin Little returns to the Yehudi Menuhin School.(R)
| 21:002/2Omnibus edition of the second half of Jeanette Winterson's reflections on the moon.
| 21:003/3The deadly game of deceit and betrayal reaches its climax at the foot of the Berlin Wall.
| 21:00John Waite finds out about the funerals organised by councils. 21:26Martin Bell appeals on behalf of SSAFA Forces Help. 21:30Peter Day finds out from the experts how to start a bank as well as how not to do it. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Carolyn Quinn. 22:451/5Penniless businessman Mr Bedford meets the brilliant Cavor, an absent-minded scientist.
| 22:00News with Carolyn Quinn. There are new clashes in Iran between protestors and riot police. 22:452/5Cavor and Bedford travel to the moon, where they encounter a strange new world.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:453/5The intrepid explorers encounter advanced, intelligent beings on the moon.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:454/5Bedford and Cavor are now fugitives from the moon's inhabitants, the Selenites.
| 22:00With Robin Lustig, including reports on the by-election win for the Tories in Norwich. 22:455/5The first moon mission comes to a surprising and unexpected conclusion.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15With Michael Portillo, Melanie Phillips, Clifford Longley and Matthew Taylor.
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Chris Ledgard explores the words we use to talk about music. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:003/4Arthur invites Micky Flanagan and Nat Luurtsema round to his place. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Susan Hulme.
| 23:002/6Simon Mayo explores which generation is funniest. With Milton Jones and Sarah Millican.(R) 23:301/3Sarfraz visits Manchester to examine the origins and modern reality of the working class.(R)
| 23:001/4The omniscient friend you know from your computer and laser watch takes over Radio 4. 23:302/3How Manchester has reinvigorated itself through its working class youth culture.(R)
| 23:00Alys Fowler and Professor Athene Donald join Kate Mosse to discuss favourite books. 23:303/3How Margaret Thatcher changed the political landscape in ways that are still evident today(R)
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs. The Midlands take on the south of England. 23:30Roger McGough introduces requests for poems about space.
| 23:00Sylvia Syms: from Ice Cold In Alex to The Queen. Mark Gatiss's guide to British cinema. 23:30Mark Tully explores the theme of rescue.
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