| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor discusses the role of acquaintances. 00:45The sound of bells from the Parish Church of St Thomas in Hazel Grove, Stockport. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Williams' early life and the influence of her parents. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5During the Second World War, Williams and her brother are sent to America as evacuees. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5In 1964, Williams is elected as Labour MP for Hitchin. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The launch of the Social Democratic Party in 1981. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Despite its initial promise, the SDP finally wound down and merged with the Liberal Party. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5A soldier is exposed to the truth in this quirky reworking of the traditional fairy tale.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Edward Kessler. 05:45British farmers join in European protests and dump thousands of litres of milk. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Edward Kessler. 05:45Anna Hill hears calls for imported apples to be removed from supermarket shelves.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Edward Kessler. 05:45Anna Hill hears plans to reintroduce beavers, lynx and wild boar to the countryside.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Edward Kessler. 05:45As the pheasant shooting season begins, Charlotte Smith hears that shoots are suffering.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Edward Kessler. 05:45Charlotte Smith investigates whether there is room for farming in the national curriculum.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Mary Stallard. 05:45The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from St Andrew's Church, Hurstbourne Priors in Hampshire. 05:45Claire Bolderson profiles Sarah Brown, the wife of the prime 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. 06:07Clare walks the third stretch of the route, from Alnmouth to Warkworth. 06:30Charlotte Smith reports on efforts to get more schoolchildren out to farms. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Writer Sarah Cuddon reflects on her fascination with mountains. 06:35Adam Henson visits Molescroft Grange, Beverley, to meet engineer-turned-farmer Tamara Hall 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. 07:55Miriam Margolyes appeals on behalf of the Disabled Living Foundation. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10The Archbishop of Canterbury preaches at a Harvest Thanksgiving service. 08:50Is it possible to extract the DNA from a fly trapped in amber to recreate a dinosaur?
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs a discussion programme about the meaning of home today. 09:30Einstein said the most joy in his life came from his violin. Brian Foster investigates.(R) 09:45Christian worship and music led by Rev Tony Burnham.
| 09:005/5Former Conservative cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken recalls his first home in Dublin. 09:303/5Jane and Ashley Butterfield set up a charity to run a home for girls in Delhi. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Rev Dr Nicholas Bundock.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Timothy Knatchbull. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Rev Clair Jaquiss.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Pharaoh Akhenaten. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Becky Harris.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is singer-songwriter Barry Manilow. 09:45An act of worship and music from Cardiff, led by Rev Peter Baker.
| 09:00Fi Glover is joined by author and broadcaster Kate Mosse.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00The history of marriage in England. Plus, Lynne Truss on becoming a temporary sports fan.
| 10:00Can the popularity of a leader's partner influence the success of the leader?
| 10:00Roy Hudd on his life and career. Plus does preventative mastectomy work?
| 10:00Make-up guru Lauren Luke on her YouTube fame. And, why are children's clothes so gendered?
| 10:00How have attitudes to lesbians and gay men changed in South Africa?
| 10:00John McCarthy explores the Northwest Passage and Medieval England. 10:30The origins of Maurice Sendak's children's classic "Where the Wild Things Are" revealed(R)
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:00How millions of pounds is being spent on making Bristol the first Cycling City in England. 11:306/6Walter is suspicious of his wife's attempts at reconciliation.
| 11:00The search to find the first gorilla brought out of Africa to live in captivity. 11:30Michael Morpurgo travels to the Isles of Scilly to explore their legends and myths.
| 11:00Foreign correspondent Hugh Sykes visits the Madley Earth Satellite Station, Herefordshire 11:302/3By Michael Chaplin. Elderly brothers Hugh and Alec embark on a journey of discovery.(R)
| 11:00Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines. 11:30Elbow frontman Guy Garvey explores the development of the musical encore.
| 11:00Why do fewer black people swim in the UK than the population as a whole? 11:302/6Mrs Groynes is interested in Twitten's criminal records.
| 11:00Iain Martin asks what lies behind David Cameron's Conservative Party leadership. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is yachtswoman Dame Ellen MacArthur.
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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. 12:04Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:302/9Sandi Toksvig chairs. Panellists are Jeremy Hardy, Mark Steel, Francis Wheen, Sue Perkins. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:0410/10Nicholas Parsons challenges Graham Norton, Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth & Pauline McLynn 12:32The renaissance in English hops: more varieties, more ales, more happy and hoppy customers 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 Northern Ireland and Wales.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30The impact of Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss on listeners at key life moments.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30The Sun endorses Tories, older female newsreaders, impartial news and conference speeches.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Alice Roberts investigates the loss of vitamins and minerals from our staple foods.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:15Coverage of England's semi final at the Champions Trophy from Centurion Park, Pretoria.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Eddie Mair chairs the topical debate from Altrincham in Cheshire.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:30An exploration of the rhythms and themes of the railway train in music.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:15Comedy by Alan Stafford, exploring the bizarre world of musical humorist Gerard Hoffnung.
| 14:151/6By Mike Walker. A mugging of financier Joseph Paxton points Dickens to a sinister plot.(R)
| 14:15Cracks start to appear in Alan and Alice's marriage as they assemble a special present.(R)
| 14:15Ewa Banaszkiewicz's fresh perspective on the lives of Polish people living in England.(R)
| | 14:00Eddie Mair takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30The famous story of the Von Trapps told from another perspective.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs chairs. With Matthew Biggs, Bunny Guinness and John Cushnie. 14:454/5Nina Myskow discusses life, love and potato latkes with Rabbi Lionel Blue.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Writer Will Self, explores the work of one of Britain's greatest literary talents. 15:451/30The hidden history of home, starting with the very heart of private life - the marital bed
| 15:00Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about rising sea levels. 15:301/3By Anna Smith. Carpet fitter Gavin and customer Mrs Leopold enjoy a surprising encounter. 15:452/30How the home protected from dark forces outside.
| 15:00Vincent Duggleby and a panel of guests answer calls on banking. 15:302/3By Catrin Gerallt. Bethan is quietly terrified at being a newly single mother of two. 15:453/30The home as a microcosm of social order.
| 15:00Clare walks the second section of the route, from Belford to Beadnell, via Bamburgh Castle 15:27Sir Terence English appeals on behalf of Primary Trauma Care Foundation. 15:303/3By Dan Anthony. Cliff gets to grips with the fact he seems to have time-travelled 40 years 15:454/30The closet - a place for prayer, music and safety.
| | 15:30The impact of Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss on listeners at key life moments.
| 15:001/2Dramatisation of PC Wren's classic story of honour, love and adventure.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon meets producers of rare and unusual cheeses from around the world. 16:305/5Listeners' stories about the process of researching the life of an adoptive relative.
| 16:003/3The era of the literacy hour, league tables and SATs controversy. 16:30John Major discusses the life of Rudyard Kipling, poet to the British Empire.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor discusses the secret codes of criminal communication. 16:30Mike Embley explores the adult autistic mind.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup and guests discuss the rise of Australian fiction. 16:30The earthquakes in southeast Asia; China's greenhouse gases; green but mean; spintronics.
| | 16:00Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey.
| 16:00James Naughtie and readers talk to Gillian Slovo about her novel Red Dust. 16:30Roger McGough introduces requests for poems on the theme of heroes and heroines.
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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.
| | 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Ritula Shah, plus sports headlines. 17:30Evan Davis asks guests about discipline at work and the mysteries of profit margins. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Miriam O'Reilly investigates claims of major problems in community mental health services. 17:40Claire Bolderson profiles Sarah Brown, the wife of the prime minister. 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. 18:3010/10Nicholas Parsons challenges Graham Norton, Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth & Pauline McLynn
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6The new yoghurt for women, and meet Britain's best police tortoise.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6The impressionist and the spin doctor in the tag-team talk show.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6After Gerry takes a tumble, Arthur steps in to run the cafe. Is he a culinary natural?(R)
| | 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Andy Williams, Vic Reeves and Armstrong and Miller.
| 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 | 19:15Ricky Gervais on his new film The Invention of Lying. 19:451/5DCI Sue Craven's new job starts with a new partner and a burnt-out corpse.
| 19:15Jacqueline Wilson talks about her new book, Hetty Feather, her first historical story. 19:452/5DCI Sue Craven and DS Watende Robinson unite against bigotry and rising racial tensions.
| 19:15Singer-songwriter Mika on his new album, and a review of Breakfast at Tiffany's. 19:453/5Craven risks exposure as Robinson gets nearer to the truth of the Fenton murder case.
| 19:00Wayne chases the blues away. 19:15Including an interview with the leading bass-baritone Bryn Terfel. 19:454/5Happiness is short-lived as Craven is blamed in the press for DI Terry Bird's failings.
| | 19:00Claire Bolderson profiles Sarah Brown, the wife of the prime minister. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Miranda Sawyer, Dominic Sandbrook and Louise Welsh.
| 19:15Matt Frei presents an insider guide to the people and the stories shaping America today. 19:454/5Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's story behind a photograph on the wall of a newsroom in Lagos.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:001/2Following the town's preparations for the make-or-break 2009 holiday season. 20:30Kenan Malik asks what the liberal response should be to the BNP's 2009 electoral success.
| 20:00Miriam O'Reilly investigates claims of major problems in community mental health services. 20:40Paralympian Gerrard Gosens Dances with the Stars Down Under.
| 20:00Jane Garvey chairs a debate on the future of primary schools. 20:452/2How journalists and politicians in Northern Ireland have adapted to 'normal' politics.
| 20:00Investigating the mysterious disappearance of the Russian-operated cargo ship, Arctic Sea. 20:30Evan Davis asks guests about discipline at work and the mysteries of profit margins.
| | 20:00Stephen Fry recalls the unnecessary panic that surrounded the so-called Millennium Bug.
| 20:00Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy. 20:30The lives of Piers Merchant, Pamela Schwerdt; Osman Ertugrul Osmanoglu and Lucy Vodden.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Alice Roberts investigates the loss of vitamins and minerals from our staple foods. 21:30Tom Sutcliffe chairs a discussion programme about the meaning of home today.
| 21:00Mike Embley explores the adult autistic mind. 21:305/5Former Conservative cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken recalls his first home in Dublin.
| 21:00The search to find the first gorilla brought out of Africa to live in captivity. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Timothy Knatchbull.
| 21:00Geoff Watts investigates the methods and motivations behind basic medical research. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Pharaoh Akhenaten.
| 21:001/6The search for privacy, safety and comfort in the 16th and 17th centuries.
| 21:002/2Leiser's mission into East German territory proceeds, but nothing is quite what it seems.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Miriam Margolyes appeals on behalf of the Disabled Living Foundation. 21:30Kenan Malik asks what the liberal response should be to the BNP's 2009 electoral success. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:451/10Arkady returns to his doting father and uncle in the country with a guest in tow.
| 22:00With Robin Lustig at the Labour conference and Ritula Shah in London. 22:452/10The influence of Arkady's new friend Bazarov becomes clear to Arkady's father and uncle.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:453/10Increasingly irritated by Bazarov, Pavel Petrovich determines to have a set-to with him.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Felicity Evans. 22:454/10Arkady and Bazarov abandon the older generation for the delights of town.
| 22:00Rio wins the bid to host the 2016 Olympics - but has it been given a poisoned chalice? 22:455/10Arkady and Bazarov carry out their visit to Anna Sergeyevna Odintsova's country estate.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Jane Garvey chairs a debate on the future of primary schools.
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Director Jude Kelly selects Shakespeare, Wole Soyinka, JFK and Leonard Bernstein.(R) 23:302/2How a new generation of black writers and film-makers challenged stereotypes.(R)
| 23:00Comedy by Lucy Clarke, set in a children's nursery. 23:303/4The surreal comedian's latest challenge is to be a jockey, with no ability whatsoever.(R)
| 23:006/6Moustaches and job interviews in the bizarre sketch comedy world.(R) 23:304/4Can the actor-cum-sleuth finally solve the deadly mystery haunting the BBC?(R)
| 23:002/3The second semi-final of Radio 4's 2009 Poetry Slam, hosted by Dreadlock Alien. 23:305/6Jon talks to Abdullah Redpath, who found and lost the love of his life in a 12-hour period(R)
| 23:00John Major discusses the life of Rudyard Kipling, poet to the British Empire. 23:302/3The ex-pat life of a disgraced Oscar Wilde and fellow writers when they moved to Dieppe.(R)
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs. With teams from Northern Ireland and Wales. 23:30Roger McGough introduces Lewis Carroll's surreal poem, The Hunting of the Snark.
| 23:00The grandmother of the French New Wave, Agnes Varda, and The Battle Of Britain remembered. 23:30Writer Sarah Cuddon reflects on her fascination with mountains.
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