| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The social and cultural influences on bereaved families' decisions to donate organs. 00:45The sound of bells from the church of St Lawrence Jewry in London. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5In 1892 Maugham enrolled at St Thomas' medical school, but his heart wasn't in it. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5The manager of the Royal Court decides to stage Maugham's play, Lady Frederick. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5In 1915, Maugham is despatched to Geneva to work for British intelligence. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5With his marriage to Syrie imploding, Maugham escapes to the south of France with Gerald. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5When Gerald Haxton dies, Alan Searle becomes a major part of Maugham's life. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Rob Green's compelling tale of an eccentric family bereavement.(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 Roger Hutchings. 05:45We're farming fewer breeds than ever to feed our desire for consistent cuts of meat. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Roger Hutchings. 05:45Anna Hill reports on the decline of the hen harrier.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Roger Hutchings. 05:45Anna Hill hears that Eastern Europe's gangs are stealing UK farm machinery to order.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Roger Hutchings. 05:45Charlotte Smith looks at the role of the Holstein dairy cow.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Roger Hutchings. 05:45Alpaca owners demand TB testing for their animals.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Lesley Carroll. 05:45The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from Worcester Cathedral. 05:451/4The 1670 trial of two Quakers which established that judges cannot intimidate juries.
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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 explores plans to create a new Lanarkshire town based on Robert Owen's ideals. 06:30Charlotte Smith looks at which farm breeds have come to dominate the supermarket shelves. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Pamela Marre looks at how ancient wisdom is passed down through families. 06:35Lionel Kelleway heads to Dartmoor to get close to the autumnal chirping of grasshoppers. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Weather, Yesterday in Parliament, Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Jane Little discusses the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Jon Snow appeals on behalf of Bhopal Medical Appeal. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10On Remembrance Sunday, a programme specially recorded at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. 08:50Clive James reflects on the seductive allure of illegal narcotics.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Daniel Kramer, Viktor Mayer-Schonberger, Clare Lockhart and Quentin Letts 09:45Christian worship and music led by Mark Coffey.
| 09:00Michael Buerk talks to ex-banking executive Paul Moore about blowing the whistle on HBOS. 09:303/5In their valedictories, diplomats recount the hardships of foreign service. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Sharon Grenham-Toze.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Lawrence Dallaglio. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Andrew Graystone.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Siege of Munster in 1534-35. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Monsignor Tony Rogers.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is broadcaster Jerry Springer. 09:45An act of worship and music from Cardiff, led by Rev Roy Jenkins.
| 09:00Fi Glover is joined by businessman Harvey Jacobson. With poetry from Susan Richardson.
| 09:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 09:15The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Martine McCutcheon on writing her first novel. Plus, encouraging more organ donation.
| 10:00Miranda Hart interviewed; snooker ace Allison Fisher; and dressing female engineers.
| 10:00Tennis star Serena Williams on life on and off the court.
| 10:00Chef Sophie Grigson on experimental soup. Plus, Sue Townsend on a grown-up Adrian Mole.
| 10:00Why men find it harder than women to discuss infertility. Plus, parents and the UCAS form.
| 10:00John McCarthy explores wild Scotland and the Orient Express. 10:30Johnny Vegas explores the possibility of a future career on the Costa Blanca.
| 10:30Nicholas Witchell sets the scene in Whitehall as the nation remembers.
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| 11:00 | 11:00How Spain's one million-strong British expatriate community are weathering the recession. 11:305/6Beauty has a particularly difficult client, but is distracted by her new business venture.
| 11:001/3Thomas Franke travels with the German army to Kosovo to observe the peacekeeping force. 11:302/2Lawrence Pollard explores attacks on contemporary art.
| 11:00Poet John Hegley reflects on the M1, Britain's first motorway in 1959. From 2009. 11:304/6The Bletchley Park codebreakers try to help raise money for the town's spitfire fund.
| 11:00Kate Adie presents global dispatches including one on what it means to be French. 11:302/2Reece Shearsmith examines classic scary moments from the movies.
| 11:00Alan Dein presents a story of three sixth formers trying to get their band back on track. 11:301/6Trillionaire rocker Dave Mabbutt previews his 'drums only' version of his classic album.
| 11:00A look back on the history of The Week in Westminster, as it celebrates its 80th birthday. 11:30A train journey through the new Europe, plus four more dispatches. Presented by Kate Adie.
| 11:45Mark Whitaker tells the stories behind the British and French flowers of remembrance.
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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. 12:307/9Sandi Toksvig chairs. With Jeremy Hardy, Danielle Ward, David Mitchell and Francis Wheen. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:045/6David Mitchell chairs. With Clive Anderson, Dom Joly, Fi Glover and Henning Wehn. 12:32Sheila Dillon visits the 2009 National Honey Show in Weybridge. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Russell Davies chairs the fourth heat of the perennial general knowledge contest.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Closet campanologist Ian McMillan spends a day at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Reporting drugs; comedy and offence; internet guru Steven Johnson.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Dominic Arkwright and guests question the merit of leaving one's comfort zone.
| 13:00National and international news with Edward Stourton. 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 Hartlepool.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Brian Hanrahan. 13:30The Europeans who are trying to persuade China's middle class to buy European fine foods.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:15Frances Byrnes' story of a young working-class girl and the woman who transforms her.(R)
| 14:156/6By Mike Walker. Dickens and his team find themselves caught up in a web of espionage.(R)
| 14:15By Hattie Naylor. The true story of a boy adopted by a pack of wild dogs in Moscow.
| 14:15Comedy trio The Penny Dreadfuls tell the story of the Gunpowder Plot.
| 14:15By Michael McLean. The story of 60s footballer Tony Kay, who was convicted of match fixing
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30The haunting, comic and desperate story of German soldiers during the First World War.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs. With Chris Beardshaw, Anne Swithinbank and John Cushnie. 14:45Clare Jenkins meets people with their own reasons for observing the two-minute silence.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Ian McMillan explores the world of the actor and director Ken Campbell, who died in 2008. 15:4526/30Amanda Vickery assesses 19th-century learning at home through both mother and child.
| 15:00Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. 15:301/3By Abdelkader Benali. A Dutch-Moroccan man makes a long-overdue visit to his ill mother. 15:4527/30The Victorians contrived increasingly ingenious ways to domesticate nature.
| 15:00Vincent Duggleby and a panel of guests answer questions on mortgages. 15:302/3By Gregory Norminton. After global warming floods, the city of Bruges has survived. 15:4528/30Exploring the homes the British struggled to create in India during the age of empire.
| 15:00Queen guitarist Brian May visits a village captured in time by a Victorian photographer. 15:27Sandi Toksvig appeals on behalf of Meningitis UK. 15:303/3By Georges Hausemer. A story about a childhood lived alongside the Luxembourgeois railway. 15:4529/30Historian Amanda Vickery listens to the experiences of those who moved out of the cities.
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs. With Chris Beardshaw, Anne Swithinbank and John Cushnie. 15:4530/30Historian Amanda Vickery reflects on the enduring pull of a home of one's own.
| | 15:002/2Will Bel Ami's first wife and mistress's knowledge of his past threaten his future?
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| 16:00 | 16:00The Silivri yoghurt festival celebrates Turkish artisan yoghurts. But are they dying out? 16:305/6Simon Cox discovers the role computers play in creating spectacular fireworks displays. 16:56In an unprecedented move, KGB officers take questions from the public on live TV.
| 16:00Clive Coleman interviews Ken MacDonald, the former Director of Public Prosecutions. 16:30Catherine O'Flynn and Kate Pullinger join Sue MacGregor to discuss their favourite books. 16:56Protests in East Germany force the resignation of the Mayor of Leipzig.
| 16:001/3 Laurie Taylor explores white collar crime. What exactly is it, who commits it and why? 16:30Claudia Hammond talks to the eminent child psychiatrist Professor Sir Michael Rutter. 16:56Margaret Thatcher is judged the least popular prime minister since polling began.
| 16:00James Naughtie talks to Linda Grant about her novel, When I Lived in Modern Times. 16:30DNA nano-machines; the demise of the Nazca; SMOS satellite. 16:56Former Chancellor Nigel Lawson makes things even more difficult for Margaret Thatcher.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series. 16:30Ang Lee reveals the personal reasons why he made a drama about the Woodstock festival. 16:56A backlash against East German refugees begins in West Germany.
| 16:00Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey. 16:56The authorities in the GDR are buckling under the pounding they are taking in the streets.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup unveils the results of the two programmes focusing on neglected classics 16:301/6Peggy Reynolds examines the enduring appeal of Edward Thomas' evocative poem. 16:56The Politburo resigns in East Germany - could the Berlin Wall fall next?
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| 17:00 | 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 Carolyn Quinn. 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 Ritula Shah, plus sports headlines. 17:30Evan Davis presents the business magazine. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Michael Robinson examines the latest tricks which some banks are using to increase profits 17:401/8Playwright Rebecca Lenkiewicz creates a fictional response to the week's news. 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. 18:305/6David Mitchell chairs. With Clive Anderson, Dom Joly, Fi Glover and Henning Wehn.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4Waft Tourist Information resurrects an old Waft tradition, the Day of the Pie.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4A friend's death yields an unexpected windfall for Rudy and a health kick for Adam.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Young Pip is betrayed and receives a spectral visitor.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:307/9Sandi Toksvig chairs. With Jeremy Hardy, Danielle Ward, David Mitchell and Francis Wheen.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Nicky Haslam, Nigel Harman, Anthony Horowitz and Arthur Smith.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Sheila McClennon introduces her selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15LA Confidential writer James Ellroy and Clooney's latest, The Men Who Stare at Goats. 19:451/5Tom logs on for the first time and gets an impatient response from the formidable Rosie.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang. 19:452/5Rosie has an interview for promotion and Tom has his first date for years.
| 19:15Bob Hoskins on taking on Dickens, and Sir Keith Park finally gets his plinth. 19:453/5The honesty game backfires on Tom. Is this the end of a short but beautiful friendship?
| 19:15Ben Elton on his book Meltdown; letters of TS Eliot and Benjamin Britten journals. 19:454/5Rosie has a new boyfriend but still seeks Tom's advice.
| 19:00Jennifer the Costa-monger. 19:15Paul Auster on his latest book and the story of cartoon soundtrack creator Raymond Scott. 19:455/5Tom has a conference in Manchester - is this a chance to meet Rosie in the flesh?
| 19:001/8Playwright Rebecca Lenkiewicz creates a fictional response to the week's news. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Philip Hoare, Liz Jensen and director of the ICA Ekow Eshun.
| 19:15Guest host David Willis is joined by satirist, comedian and commentator Harry Shearer. 19:454/5By Paul Dodgson. He used to be able to fly, but he has forgotten about that now.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00The story of Russia's three all-female war regiments that flew more than 30,000 missions. 20:30Stephanie Flanders examines the arguments over the meltdown of the global financial system
| 20:00Michael Robinson examines the latest tricks which some banks are using to increase profits 20:40What is the future of your right to travel independently if you're visually impaired?
| 20:00Michael Buerk chairs. With Kenan Malik, Melanie Phillips, James Panton, Clifford Longley. 20:451/4The 1670 trial of two Quakers which established that judges cannot intimidate juries.
| 20:00Clive Coleman interviews Ken MacDonald, the former Director of Public Prosecutions. 20:30Evan Davis presents the business magazine.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Hartlepool. 20:50Clive James reflects on the seductive allure of illegal narcotics.
| 20:00John Barrowman tells the story of the morale-boosting US army show that toured the world.
| 20:00Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy. 20:30Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series.
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| 21:00 | 21:001/2Professor Steve Jones challenges the new science of evolutionary psychology. 21:30Andrew Marr with Daniel Kramer, Viktor Mayer-Schonberger, Clare Lockhart and Quentin Letts
| 21:00Claudia Hammond talks to the eminent child psychiatrist Professor Sir Michael Rutter. 21:30Michael Buerk talks to ex-banking executive Paul Moore about blowing the whistle on HBOS.
| 21:00The story of the MV Ilala, a 60-year-old boat still in use in Malawi and Mozambique.(R) 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Lawrence Dallaglio.
| 21:00Geoff Watts meets meteorite hunters tracking down the birth of planets. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Siege of Munster in 1534-35.
| 21:006/6Prof Vickery explores how homes remained idealised havens in a heartless, dirty world.
| 21:001/2Bel Ami is making the perfect match, but his past is about to catch up with him.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Jon Snow appeals on behalf of Bhopal Medical Appeal. 21:30Stephanie Flanders examines the arguments over the meltdown of the global financial system 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:456/10Jasmine catches up with some friends in London.
| 22:00Presented by Ritula Shah. David Cameron is set to announce a new Europe policy. 22:457/10Jasmine unexpectedly bumps in to an old friend from primary school.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:458/10Rob is unsettled by the new crowd hanging out in his old drinking haunt.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:459/10Rob hears some worrying news at school.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:4510/10It is finally polling day in the local elections.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Michael Buerk chairs. With Kenan Malik, Melanie Phillips, James Panton, Clifford Longley.
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Sir John Major chooses extracts from the books which have inspired and entertained him.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:004/6The satirist ponders eating too much and the end of the world.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Susan Hulme.
| 23:005/6Sketch show written by David Quantick, in which no item features more than one voice. 23:155/6Rik Mayall wants to tell a story about a strange night of revelry. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:004/6Alan and Lind reveal hidden talents, while Dave seeks a nun's advice on infidelity. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:00Catherine O'Flynn and Kate Pullinger join Sue MacGregor to discuss their favourite books. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:00Russell Davies chairs the fourth heat of the perennial general knowledge contest. 23:30Sean Street traces the trajectory of John Magee's poem High Flight.
| 23:00Protests in East Germany force the resignation of the Mayor of Leipzig. 23:30Pamela Marre looks at how ancient wisdom is passed down through families.
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