| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor discusses the life and work of leading cultural commentator Richard Hoggart. 00:45The sound of bells from the church of St John the Baptist, Burford. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Newton is made Warden of the Royal Mint and tasked with re-casting all England's currency. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5The advent of the Bank of England provides a new business opportunity for William Chaloner 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5William Chaloner advises Parliament on corruption at the heart of the Royal Mint. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The Warden of the Royal Mint sets out to crush his accuser. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Chaloner faces trial at the Old Bailey and the threat of the gallows at Tyburn. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Peter Chand tells his version of a story from the Punjab, via Wolverhampton.(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 Dr Robert Tosh. 05:45Anne-Marie Bullock finds out how farmers are helping improve river water quality in Wales. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Robert Tosh. 05:45A world record is set with the sale of the UK's most expensive sheep.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Robert Tosh. 05:45Caz Graham hears how allowing farmland to flood costs us much needed home-grown food.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Robert Tosh. 05:45Charlotte Smith investigates how the rain has affected the 2009 summer harvest.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Robert Tosh. 05:45An abattoir worker has had his licence suspended following secret filming.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Stephen Shipley. 05:452/4Wesley asks the RHS Britain in Bloom judges what they are looking for.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from St Thomas' Church, Oxford. 05:45Jonathan Maitland profiles Alex Salmond, SNP leader and Scotland's First Minister.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 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. 06:07Matt Baker visits London' s Hyde Park to discover the history of the Serpentine Lake. 06:30Farmers have been battling to control our rivers for centuries - but at what cost? 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully explores the many-shaded nature of Green. 06:35Lionel Kelleway is taken to some special grassland to see its wild flowers. 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. 07:55Maureen Lipman appeals on behalf of Prospect Burma. 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 from the church of Sacred Heart and St Theresa, Coleshill, Birmingham. 08:50Slaughtered into oblivion, the naturalist asks what lessons can be learned from the Dodo.
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| 09:00 | 09:003/4Robert talks to the chief executive of Barclays, John Varley, about the banking crisis. 09:301/4Helena Kennedy QC examines the rise of the victims' movement. 09:45Christian worship and music led by John Forrest.
| 09:001/5Disability campaigner Baroness Jane Campbell revisits her childhood home in Surrey. 09:304/5How works of antiquity were looted from Iraq's museums and where they might be now. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Monsignor Tony Rogers.
| 09:005/6Olivia O'Leary talks to two personal columnists, Katherine Whitehorn and Liz Jones. 09:305/5Rosie joins V and A curators in India to consider the museum's growing international work. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Andrew Graystone.
| 09:00Peter White meets US helicopter pilot Tammy Duckworth, who lost her legs in the Iraq war. 09:304/5Kenan discusses Islamophobia and the dangers of self-censorship. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Rev Clair Jaquiss.
| 09:00Key players in the relief effort mounted in response to the famine in Ethiopia in 1984. 09:45An act of worship and music led by Rev Mary Stallard.
| 09:00Fi Glover is joined by Hamish Anderson. 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 | 10:00A special edition of the programme to mark 100 years of the Girl Guides.
| 10:00The experiences of Second World War child evacuees. Plus, having a disabled sibling.
| 10:00Bananarama on their 27 year career in pop. Plus, author Sadie Jones.
| 10:00Brooke Kinsella on the murder of her brother Ben. Plus, the allure of Brigitte Bardot.
| 10:00Have feminists ignored the case of Sudanese journalist Lubna Hussein?
| 10:00With John McCarthy. Featuring the Chinese Grand Canal and Michael Frayn's travel reports. 10:30Three musicians explore the rugged terrain of Shetland in search of the quail.
| 10:00Coverage of the second One Day International between England and Australia from Lord's.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Women whose much-loved husbands have died describe finding unexpected happiness afterwards 11:302/6A hard decision gets harder. Starring Geoffrey Palmer.
| 11:00Tessa McGregor explores the Sea of Cortez, a whale and dolphin hotspot off Mexico. 11:30A broadcast of a lost script written for Kenneth Horne and Kenneth Williams in 1966.
| 11:00Peter Snow revisits the pages of The Guardian for September 4, 1939. 11:303/4From tandems to gym bikes, Pam Ayres' poems and sketches.
| 11:00The young gangsters in Vancouver who are building a multi-billion dollar drugs industry. 11:30Alexander Armstrong explores the enduring appeal of flying ace Biggles.
| 11:00Dan Box visits the Carteret Islands, where evacuation is taking place as sea levels rises. 11:302/4Retired English master Dr Henry Pickerskill recalls a pupil with engineering talents.
| 11:00Mark Devenport examines the track record of devolved government in Northern Ireland. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. How safe is the food we eat? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. Your experiences of holidaying in Britain. 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. 12:04With Paul Lewis. Will stock markets continue to rise? The bulls and the bears discuss. 12:303/5Fred MacAulay chairs a topical panel show. With Justin Edwards and Russell Kane. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Tom Sutcliffe chairs. With teams from the south of England and the Midlands.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30An exploration of the impact of Allegri's 17th-century music.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Director of BBC Audio and Music Tim Davie, and Sky's bid to host an election debate.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Can we break the log-jam holding back renewable energy? Tom Heap investigates.
| 13:00Coverage of the first One Day International between England and Australia from the Oval.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical discussion in Lichfield, Staffordshire.
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| 14:00 | 14:00If you can't stand the heat... 14:15By Joseph O'Connor. An Irish immigrant couple struggle to cope in New York in 1869.
| 14:15A reclusive Englishwoman in New York hides a complicated and dangerous political past.
| 14:151/4When Dee Dee's estranged son is arrested, only his stepfather Frank can come to the rescue
| 14:15By Tena Å tiviÄiÄ. Six people wait in a weather-stricken airport.
| | 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30By Peter Jukes. Eliot it thrust into danger when his gangster friend hands him a phone.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Clare Short listens back through her life as captured in the BBC Archive. 15:451/5Chris Ledgard meets a vicar who was a maths whizz as a child.(R)
| 15:00Richard Daniel and his team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world. 15:301/3By AL Kennedy. A man reaches out to a stranger for help in the small hours. 15:452/5Chris Ledgard meets Jocelyn Lavin, who shone academically and musically at primary school.(R)
| 15:003/3Paul Lewis asks what the return to rising house prices means for first-time buyers. 15:302/3By Willy Vlautin. At his old bar, a man wonders why locals avoid talk of his dead wife. 15:453/5Chris Ledgard meets Demis Hassabis, who was a top chess player as a 12-year-old.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark unearths some new truths about Dunluce Castle in County Antrim. 15:27Gary O'Donoghue appeals on behalf of ClearVision. 15:303/3By Ian Rankin. A boy taken under a market trader's wing wonders why he is known as Saviour 15:454/5Chris Ledgard meets Jonathan Cocking, who could read Shakespeare at the age of three.(R)
| | 15:30An exploration of the impact of Allegri's 17th-century music.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Raymond Blanc explains how travel in Asia led to a culinary love affair with lemongrass. 16:301/5Stella Collis is united with her German PoW father's military records.
| 16:002/3Does keeping it in the family make for better business? 16:30Rolf Harris discusses the life of the Welsh painter Sir Kyffin Williams.
| 16:00Why do people return to their country of birth? Laurie Taylor explores return migration. 16:30Dr Mark Porter traces the rise of the use of ultrasound in medicine.
| 16:00Nick Hornby talks to Alex Clark about his new novel, Juliet, Naked. 16:30Rail upgrades, econophysics, flu at school and milk genes.
| | 16:00With Jane Garvey. Highlighs of the week, including Brooke Kinsella and Bananarama.
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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 and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn Quinn, plus sports headlines. 17:30The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate. 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. 18:306/10Nicholas Parsons with Paul Merton, Sue Perkins, Richard Herring and Janey Godley.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6A macabre celebrity makeover show and the origins of the internet.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6The Red Dwarf actor meets the Genius comic in the tag-team talk show.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/2Micky Flanagan introduces comedy and music from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
| | 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Ross Noble, Sebastian Faulks and Charlie Higson.
| 18:15Edward Stourton introduces his selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Writer William Trevor reflects on his long career. 19:451/5It is July 1964 and student Stella Kaufman travels to Israel on a quest to 'find herself'.
| 19:00The second Twenty20 international between England and Australia from Old Trafford.
| 19:15Joanna Lumley on the history of the cat, and Julia McKenzie on becoming Miss Marple. 19:453/5It is 1965 and Stella gets her first professional job as an actress.
| 19:15Arts news, interviews and reviews with Kirsty Lang. 19:454/5It is 1966; Stella's love for Tom grows stronger, but so too does her parents' disapproval
| | 19:00Jonathan Maitland profiles Alex Salmond, SNP leader and Scotland's First Minister. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Adam Mars-Jones, Kathryn Hughes and Matthew Sweet.
| 19:15Matt Frei takes a look at how the recession has hit Las Vegas. 19:455/5Max describes the success he enjoyed in later life as a character actor.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:001/3The National Minimum Wage was ultimately supported by its former critics in business. 20:30David Goldblatt reports from a small town in India that is nurturing academic excellence.
| | 20:003/3Lord Harries of Pentregarth and Dr Julian Baggini tackle the subject of power and wealth. 20:451/2Sadiq Khan MP remembers Britain's first Asian MPs, who were elected in the 1890s.
| 20:00Linda Pressly investigates the latest ETA bombings in Mallorca. 20:30The future for new media once digital disruptions and the global recession are over.
| 20:50Slaughtered into oblivion, the naturalist asks what lessons can be learned from the Dodo.
| 20:00Robert Giddings on the confrontation between creativity and Fascism in interwar Germany.
| 20:00Investigating estimates of the number of people who illegally share files on the internet. 20:30Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Can we break the log-jam holding back renewable energy? Tom Heap investigates. 21:303/4Robert talks to the chief executive of Barclays, John Varley, about the banking crisis.
| | 21:00Tessa McGregor explores the Sea of Cortez, a whale and dolphin hotspot off Mexico. 21:305/6Olivia O'Leary talks to two personal columnists, Katherine Whitehorn and Liz Jones.
| 21:00Geoff Watts meets Lord May, President of the British Science Association. 21:30Peter White meets US helicopter pilot Tammy Duckworth, who lost her legs in the Iraq war.
| 21:00Paul Watson's play is based on the story of a woman who inherited a huge legacy in 1786.(R)
| 21:002/2Viviette and Swithin have secretly married but chance and convention conspire against them
| 21:00With Paul Lewis. Will stock markets continue to rise? The bulls and the bears discuss. 21:26Maureen Lipman appeals on behalf of Prospect Burma. 21:30The future for new media once digital disruptions and the global recession are over. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00News from a global perspective with Jane Hill. 22:451/10A funeral and a beginning.
| 22:15National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:452/10A chance encounter stirs a heart.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with David Eades. 22:453/10Forgetting fails and Scandinavia calls.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:454/10Miss Connulty remembers her own tragedy, while in Rathmoye, Florian and Ellie meet again.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:455/10For Ellie, the quiet pattern of her life with Dillahan offers no solace.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:153/3Lord Harries of Pentregarth and Dr Julian Baggini tackle the subject of power and wealth.
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including Britain's White House.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Ann Widdecombe explores how single women have been depicted in popular culture.(R) 23:30Alan Dein meets former Coal Queens at a reunion of these former beauty queens.(R)
| 23:001/6Victoria Coren hosts the show that thinks the unthinkable. With David Baddiel and more.(R) 23:305/6Sketch show by David Armand, Rupert Russell, Sam Spedding and Nick Tanner, with Katy Brand(R)
| 23:002/6Elephant rides and bear fights in the bizarre sketch comedy.(R) 23:306/6Father Michael has a plan to make the lives of the older brothers more comfortable.(R)
| 23:003/6Marcus Brigstocke invites Mark Steel to try new experiences.(R) 23:301/6Jon recalls an incident in the past when he was thrown into a lake by school friends.(R)
| 23:00Rolf Harris discusses the life of the Welsh painter Sir Kyffin Williams. 23:302/4Time runs away in preparations for the switch-on of the BBC Collider.(R)
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs. With teams from the south of England and the Midlands. 23:30Poet Ian McMillan explores the bawdy 17th-century comic poem The Dragon of Wantley.(R)
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to Janet Suzman about the 1972 movie A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. 23:30Mark Tully explores the many-shaded nature of Green.
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