| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15From suburbia to housing estates, Laurie Taylor discusses town and city planning. 00:45The sound of bells from the church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Wambrook in Somerset. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Frances enlightens Mr Bigelow about rationing and her problems with her elderly mother. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Frances gears up for her first driving lesson and learns how to deal with a firebomb. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Frances and her mother take to the road in her temperamental old banger. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Frances marvels at Arthur Miller's new wife, Marilyn Monroe. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Frances attends the 'wedding of the year' between her brother and Audrey. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Pressed into service as a bridesmaid at a gay wedding, Jenny expected to be miserable.(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 the Very Rev John Cairns. 05:45Who is wasting our food? Charlotte Smith investigates. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with the Very Rev John Cairns. 05:45Anna Hill reports on a shoot on sight policy for wild boar in East Anglia.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with the Very Rev John Cairns. 05:45Dog attacks cost sheep farmers a million pounds a year; our right to roam is being blamed.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with the Very Rev John Cairns. 05:45The price of food could quadruple in the next 20 years according to one analyst.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with the Very Rev John Cairns. 05:45Charlotte Smith asks Hilary Benn what happened to missing personal details of farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Roger Hutchings. 05:45The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from the church of St Lawrence Jewry in London. 05:45Edward Stourton profiles the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso.
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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. 06:07Queen guitarist Brian May visits a village captured in time by a Victorian photographer. 06:30Charlotte Smith visits a village where residents are embracing food waste recycling. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Writer Christie Dickason considers the physical and metaphorical significance of bridges. 06:35Alex James meets the final nominee for the 2009 BBC Farmer of the Year award. 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. 07:55Sandi Toksvig appeals on behalf of Meningitis UK. 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 on All Saints Day from St Michael's Church in Aberystwyth. 08:50Clive James reflects on the postal workers' dispute.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Sir Christopher Meyer, Diarmaid MacCulloch and Sara Wheeler. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Dr Michael Ford.
| 09:00Michael Buerk talks to Alex Bell about her choice to adopt children with Down's syndrome. 09:302/5How diplomacy requires an ambassador to see beyond the shortcomings of foreign hosts. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Michael Wakelin.
| 09:00Lively conversation with Libby Purves and guests including bear expert Dr Lynn Rogers. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Bishop George Stack.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pessimistic philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Becky Harris.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is scientist Professor Colin Pillinger. 09:45An act of worship and music from Edinburgh, led by Leslie Griffiths.
| 09:00Fi Glover is joined by clinical psychologist and writer Dorothy Rowe.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Kevin Connolly.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Reducing pregnancy-related deaths worldwide. Plus, enforcing the Equality Act.
| 10:00American crime writer, Patricia Cornwell on Dr Kay Scarpetta.
| 10:00Model and TV presenter Katie Piper on the horrific attack that changed her life.
| 10:00A special programme looking at the relationship women have with clothes.
| 10:00Should infidelity be a defence for murder? Plus, flat sharing as a single parent.
| 10:00John McCarthy explores Berlin and travels with the British Army. 10:30The story of Izal Medicated toilet paper, with songs written by presenter Sally Goldsmith.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Winifred Robinson follows health officials as they plan how to protect us from swine flu. 11:304/6Beauty is quite taken with a charismatic visitor to Mrs Blanchard's local church.
| 11:00Can science master the Stradivarius? Professor Trevor Cox investigates. 11:301/2Tim Marlow looks at attacks on art carried out in the name of politics and religion.
| 11:00Historian Juliet Gardiner explores the surprising story of 'Motorway One'. 11:303/6With everything German under suspicion, the codebreakers tackle censoring letters.
| 11:00Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines. 11:301/2Reece Shearsmith examines some classic scary moments from British radio and television.
| 11:00Top business people discuss the effect that their traumatic childhood had on them. 11:306/6It is Twitten's birthday but no one's in the mood to celebrate.
| 11:00A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Elinor Goodman. 11:30Kate Adie introduces stories from Guinea, Afghanistan, Germany, Russia and the US.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is broadcaster Jerry Springer.
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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 Julian Worricker. 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 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. 12:306/9Sandi Toksvig chairs. The panel includes Jeremy Hardy, Paul Sinha and Sue Perkins. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:044/6David Mitchell chairs. With Adam Hills, Rhod Gilbert, Reginald D Hunter, Shappi Khorsandi. 12:32The Silivri yoghurt festival celebrates Turkish artisan yoghurts. But are they dying out? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Russell Davies welcomes four more guests to take part in the general knowledge contest.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Pete Townshend talks about the influence on his songwriting of composer Henry Purcell.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Minister David Lammy on copyright, BNP on Question Time, the web as a great democracy.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Tom Heap on the prospects for the United Nations' crucial climate change conference.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Cambridge University.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:30Novelist Len Deighton talks to Patrick Humphries about his life and writing career.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:15By PG Morgan. Three people fly to Bangkok to test a new asthma treatment.
| 14:155/6By Mike Walker. The body of a young baby is found floating on the River Thames.(R)
| 14:151/3Jennifer and Peter Whitelock arrive in Japan to help find their daughter Daisy's killer.
| 14:152/3Detective Inspector Julie Hill is sent to Tokyo to investigate Daisy's disappearance.(R)
| 14:153/3Teacher Daisy Whitelock is exposed to the terrifying reality of a disturbed mind.(R)
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:301897: Terror strikes on a schooner sailing from Bulgaria to England. Stars Finlay Welsh.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs. With Matthew Biggs, Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood. 14:452/5Islamic countries see sibling relationships develop via wet-nurses.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00Richard Holloway explores what happens to faith when one's life is on the line.(R) 15:4521/30One celebrity divorce was quite the scandal, because the husband was the prime minister.
| 15:00Are some green lanes and place names in southern England a reminder of a Welsh invasion? 15:301/3Claire and Timothy wonder why a strange woman is appearing in their family photos. 15:4522/30The story of an 18th-century couple who spend life doing up their magnificent houses.
| 15:00Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on benefits and tax credits. 15:302/3A woman asks a joiner to re-hang some doors, but his response is frightening. 15:4523/30How eccentric homes reflected wider 18th-century ideas about science and nature.
| 15:00Clare Balding walks the final stage of St Oswald's Way. 15:27Baroness Neuberger appeals on behalf of Asylum Aid. 15:303/3William's day is interrupted by an irate woman, with unexpected vengeful results. 15:4524/30Two 18th-century marriages, and how the husbands prepared new houses for their bride.
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs. With Matthew Biggs, Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood. 15:4525/30How people lower down the social scale responded to the idea of taste.
| 15:30Pete Townshend talks about the influence on his songwriting of composer Henry Purcell.
| 15:001/2Bel Ami is making the perfect match, but his past is about to catch up with him.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon explores the issues surrounding our intake of omega 3 fatty acids. 16:304/6Simon Cox asks if websites are doing enough to make content accessible to the disabled. 16:56Nigel Lawson resigns after six years as Chancellor, prompting a further drop in the pound.
| 16:00Clive Coleman talks to the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge. 16:30Sue MacGregor, David Edgar and Helen Cross discuss books at the Birmingham Book Festival. 16:56Margaret Thatcher's leadership style comes under fire after a quick Cabinet reshuffle.
| 16:00The social and cultural influences on bereaved families' decisions to donate organs. 16:30Dr Phil Hammond explores the use of metaphorical language in health care. 16:56A pro-democracy rally in Prague turns violent after police move in.
| 16:00Five more leading novelists nominate books they think have been unfairly neglected. 16:30Quentin Cooper explores mundane science fiction, where imagination meets reality. 16:56Walter Sisulu addresses 70,000 people at the biggest ever ANC rally.
| 16:00Marking the lives of Norman Painting, Werner Heubeck, Dr Ignacio Ponseti, David Shepherd. 16:30Nick Hornby discusses his adaptation of Lynn Barber's memoir, An Education. 16:56Riots in Moscow follow a demonstration outside the KGB headquarters.
| 16:00With Sheila McClennon. Including emotional clothes, Patricia Cornwell. 16:56Former Chancellor Nigel Lawson tells the House of Commons why he resigned.
| 16:00James Naughtie talks to Linda Grant about her novel, When I Lived in Modern Times. 16:30Sean Street traces the trajectory of John Magee's poem High Flight. 16:56President Bush agrees to meet Chairman Gorbachev on his boat in the Mediterranean.
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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 Carolyn Quinn. 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 and guests discuss those silly bits of paper and metal we call money. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00In a special discussion programme, Sir John Tusa explores the fall of the Berlin Wall. 17:40Edward Stourton profiles the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso. 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. 18:304/6David Mitchell chairs. With Adam Hills, Rhod Gilbert, Reginald D Hunter, Shappi Khorsandi.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/4Waft Tourist Information's visitor walks prove boring yet dangerous for a couple.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/4When his teenage son won't be seen out with him, Adam's determined to prove he's cool.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6In Mark Evans's Dickensian spoof, even death cannot prevent an old enemy from returning.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/9Sandi Toksvig chairs. The panel includes Jeremy Hardy, Paul Sinha and Sue Perkins.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Chris Evans and Ginger Baker. With music from Jamie Cullum.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Hardeep Singh Kohli introduces his selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio
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| 19:00 | 19:15Paul Theroux's latest novel; two projects combining art and music; review of An Education. 19:456/10Cub reporter Paddy Meehan knows the identity of the real killer, but can she prove it?
| 19:15Including an interview with Michael Caine; reviews of Philip Roth and Churchill TV drama. 19:457/10Paddy has a one-night stand with a policeman and falls out with her night-shift driver.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including a vampire special. 19:458/10Paddy discovers that the murder victim had a sister - who has gone missing.
| 19:15A report on the Ashmolean Museum's re-opening, after a multi-million pound redevelopment. 19:459/10Paddy goes into hiding when she starts to believe she could be the killer's next victim.
| 19:15John Wilson presents a BBC Maida Vale studios special. 19:4510/10Paddy confronts the killer, just as he is about to strike again.
| 19:00Edward Stourton profiles the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso. 19:15Bidisha is joined by Natalie Haynes, historian Tristram Hunt and Michael Simkins.
| 19:15Matt Frei examines President Obama's love of golf and talks to Dana Perino. 19:453/5By Hattie Naylor. Read by Alison Reid.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Tim Whewell examines the case of a child's battle to get a place at a state Jewish school. 20:30Martin Bright asks if the truth is really always desirable and in the public interest.
| 20:00In a special discussion programme, Sir John Tusa explores the fall of the Berlin Wall. 20:40What are the implications of the postal strike for visually impaired people?
| 20:00Michael Buerk chairs. With Claire Fox, Melanie Phillips, Michael Portillo, Matthew Taylor. 20:45Jon Sopel explores the techniques used by politicians to avoid questions in interviews.
| 20:00Clive Coleman talks to the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge. 20:30Evan Davis and guests discuss those silly bits of paper and metal we call money.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Cambridge University. 20:50Clive James reflects on the postal workers' dispute.
| 20:00Ian McMillan explores the world of the actor and director Ken Campbell, who died in 2008.
| 20:00Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy. 20:30Marking the lives of Norman Painting, Werner Heubeck, Dr Ignacio Ponseti, David Shepherd.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Tom Heap on the prospects for the United Nations' crucial climate change conference. 21:30Andrew Marr with Sir Christopher Meyer, Diarmaid MacCulloch and Sara Wheeler.
| 21:00Dr Phil Hammond explores the use of metaphorical language in health care. 21:30Michael Buerk talks to Alex Bell about her choice to adopt children with Down's syndrome.
| 21:00The story of the Codex Sinaiticus found in 1844 in a monastery in the Sinai desert.(R) 21:30Lively conversation with Libby Purves and guests including bear expert Dr Lynn Rogers.
| 21:00Geoff Watts finds out how scientists investigate nuclear test ban treaty violations. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pessimistic philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer.
| 21:005/6The 18th-century invention of taste and the role of decor in creating social prestige.
| 21:002/2Helen Schlegel is unhappy that her sister Margaret has agreed to marry Henry Wilcox.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Sandi Toksvig appeals on behalf of Meningitis UK. 21:30Martin Bright asks if the truth is really always desirable and in the public interest. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00News from a global perspective with Felicity Evans. 22:451/10It is 2002 and the Black Country community of Cinderheath is in a state of flux.
| 22:00News and analysis with Jane Hill. The BBC learns details of expenses review. 22:452/10Rob has returned home to the Black Country after an unsuccessful football career.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:453/10Jim is worried about the forthcoming local elections.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:454/10Rob witnesses a stabbing on the local estate.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:455/10Jim makes an unwelcome discovery on his son's computer.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Michael Buerk chairs. With Claire Fox, Melanie Phillips, Michael Portillo, Matthew Taylor.
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Chocolat author Joanne Harris shares her love of great writing from Molesworth to sci-fi.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:003/6The satirist investigates inventions, being common and the creep of CCTV.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:004/6Sketch show written by David Quantick, in which no item features more than one voice. 23:154/6Rik Mayall tells the fantastical tale of Jim and his out-of-body experience. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Robert Orchard.
| 23:003/6An old school friend rocks Dave's world, while Mike gets involved in a gay stag night. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:00Sue MacGregor, David Edgar and Helen Cross discuss books at the Birmingham Book Festival. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:00Russell Davies welcomes four more guests to take part in the general knowledge contest. 23:30Roger McGough introduces poems about snow and solitude.
| 23:00Another chance to look back at the events making the news 20 years ago, with Sir John Tusa 23:30Writer Christie Dickason considers the physical and metaphorical significance of bridges.
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