| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:153/3 Laurie Taylor explores the punishment of white collar crime. 00:45The sound of bells from St Mary's Church in Lymm, Cheshire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/54 Extra Debut. The Festival of Britain heralds the beginning of the end of austerity. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5The core values of 1950s family and society begin to fray at the edges. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5While Britain is spellbound by the Coronation, another royal soap opera is about to unfold 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5A new era of affluence is fuelled by an advertising boom and the arrival of commercial TV. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5An increasingly affluent and confident Britain is rocked by the Suez crisis. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Robert Shearman's persuasive fantasy depicts the devil in the guise of a romantic novelist(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 Peter Baker. 05:45Anna Hill investigates the first commercially available 100 per cent British loaf. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Peter Baker. 05:45Anna Hill hears how farmers in Cumbria saw their livestock washed away in the floods.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Peter Baker. 05:45British cheesemakers say the industry is being undermined by mislabelled imported cheese.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Peter Baker. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Peter Baker. 05:45Sustainable agriculture is better for the environment, but will it feed the world?
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Alastair McIntosh. 05:451/5Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty, heads for the British Film Institute.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from St Mary Redcliffe Church in Bristol. 05:454/4Clive Coleman revisits Donohue vs Stevenson, better known as The Case of the Paisley Snail
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| 06:00 | 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament; 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.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Matt Baker finds how the River Clyde is being prevented from flooding Glasgow. 06:30Charlotte Smith asks why buying British food is such a minefield. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mike Wooldridge considers the Sufi tradition - its history, beliefs and practices. 06:35Lionel Kelleway explores the important benefits of ivy to British wildlife. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton discusses the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Johnny Ball appeals on behalf of Computer Aid International. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00Coverage of the fourth One Day International between South Africa and England.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Tariq Ramadan, Sir Mark Walport, Kate Bush and Jonathan Phillips. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Christine Morgan.
| 09:00Cathy O'Dowd on the choice she had to make when she saw a dying climber on Everest. 09:301/5Paul talks to comedy performers Alistair McGowan, Bea Holland and Samantha Sanns.(R) 09:45Christian worship and music led by Rev Dr Nicholas Bundock.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including actor Tom Conti. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Monsignor Tony Rogers.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Becky Harris.
| 09:00A special 10th anniversary edition of The BBC Food and Farming Awards. 09:45An act of worship and music led by Andrew Graystone.
| 09:00Fi Glover talks to author Justin Cartwright. With poetry from Luke Wright.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Actor Anne-Marie Duff on Margot Fonteyn. Plus, why 80% of women wear the wrong size bra.
| 10:00Why do today's children do fewer chores? Plus, are dinner parties in decline?
| 10:00Zadie Smith on her new collection of essays. Plus, ways to challenge domestic violence.
| 10:00Kate Humble on her new role as president of the RSPB. Plus, women and babies in prison.
| 10:00Actor and choreographer Debbie Allen interviewed, Plus, Lisa Hannigan sings live.
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig looks at scenic and historical walks in Britain, including one from 1066. 10:30Erin O'Connor whose beauty defies convention discusses the significance of the superficial
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| 11:00 | 11:00Leading British politicians tell Anne McElvoy how the 1989 revolutions have shaped them. 11:302/4The emotional rollercoaster to Exeter continues for both train staff and wedding party.
| 11:00Rosie Goldsmith looks at how the infrastructure of Berlin was reunited after the Wall fell 11:30Libby Purves on how the film On the Beach brought dystopia to Hollywood.
| 11:002/2The team launch the Herschel telescope, the biggest telescope ever sent to space. 11:301/6Muriel returns from a pilgrimage. Phonsie gets plotting.
| 11:00Investigating the sixth trial of a black man over the murder of four people in Mississippi 11:30Ian Peacock reveals the dark and gothic life of Victorian writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
| 11:00Alan Dein talks to former RUC officers in Northern Ireland who have taken up writing. 11:304/6Will trillionaire Dave buy an African village to go with his part-time radio station?
| 11:00A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Steve Richards. 11:30Kate Adie introduces despatches from India, Russia, Egypt and the Palestinian Territories.
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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 Winifred Robinson. 12:15Coverage of the third One Day International between South Africa and England in Cape Town.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:301/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical review of the week's news. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Russell Davies chairs the seventh heat of the perennial general knowledge contest.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Justin Adams explores the life of 20th-century Egyptian singer, Umm Kulthum.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30BBC Worldwide; after Oprah; regional news.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30With increasing numbers of British pubs closing, Dominic Arkwright considers their demise.
| | 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Eddie Mair chairs the topical debate from Tidworth in Wiltshire.
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| 14:00 | 14:15By Lucy Caldwell. A family tries to come to terms with the loss of a daughter and sister.(R)
| 14:15By David Hodgson. Greg's peace of mind is destroyed when his house is broken into.
| 14:15Psychological drama by Trevor Preston. Thomas' dreams are like thriller plots.(R)
| 14:15By Louis Nowra. A boy and his young mother take to the road across Australia.(R)
| | 14:00Eddie Mair takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Michael Dobbs' play follows Margaret Thatcher's last traumatic days in power.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Delving into the seamier side of politics to consider the line where fact meets fiction. 15:451/5Is whisky still as popular among Scots as it is vital to the economy?
| 15:00Richard Daniel and the team look at how the osprey has an amazing ability to spot prey. 15:301/3By Christobel Kent. A spinster observes her fellow passengers on a journey to Paris. 15:452/5Aasmah Mir visits the Open golf championship at Turnberry.
| 15:00Vincent Duggleby and a panel of answer calls on renting and letting. 15:302/3By Agatha Christie. Hercule Poirot investigates when a woman is murdered on a train. 15:453/5Aasmah Mir finds out if Scotland still has the spirit of invention.
| 15:00Helen Mark and Time Team's Mick Aston investigate the story of the Hanbury Crater. 15:27Terry Wogan appeals on behalf of Children in Need. 15:303/3By Malcolm Pryce. A strangely familiar collection of characters take a train journey. 15:454/5Aasmah Mir talks to descendents of Scots who are returning to explore their roots.
| | 15:30Justin Adams explores the life of 20th-century Egyptian singer, Umm Kulthum.
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| 16:00 | 16:00As pioneering businesses grow, can they maintain their original ideals? 16:302/2Rod Liddle considers the cat and the dog.(R) 16:56The Conservative Party is facing a leadership challenge.
| 16:00Michael Rosen investigates coded language. 16:30Sue MacGregor with books by Neil Astley, Paul Torday and H Rider Haggard. From 2009. 16:56The Czech leadership are forced to resign.
| 16:00Will UK party politics be transformed by new media and digital technology? 16:30Claudia Hammond hears the latest debate on the psychology behind adoption. 16:56In Czechoslovakia, demonstrators keep up the pressure for free elections.
| 16:00Writer James Meek offers a beginner's guide to Tolstoy. 16:30The scientific impact of 'Climategate'; deep Ocean survey; drilling earthquake zones. 16:56Czechoslovakia's prime minister has his first meeting with leading dissident Vaclav Havel.
| | 16:00Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey. 16:56Czech PM Ladislav Adamec formally announces the end of the communists' monopoly on power.
| 16:00Jeanette Winterson discusses her two new books for children. 16:304/6Peggy Reynolds investigates the layers of mystery surrounding Larkin's much-loved poem. 16:56Margaret Thatcher and Anthony Meyer submit their nominations for the Tory leadership.
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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.
| 17:00Full 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. 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 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.
| 17:00Gerry Northam examines the problems being posed by the shortage of organs for transplants. 17:404/8By Glyn Maxwell. Two nurses tend to a man who has been in a coma for over 20 years. 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. 18:302/6Jack Dee chairs. Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined by Rob Brydon
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/4Jo Caulfield fails to shut up about Scotland, Scotsmen and a little tea shop in Dundee.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Olga the ex-tyrant takes on a British post office.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Floating in the most peculiar way, Harry and Pip hear Gently Benevolent's life story.
| | 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Dara O'Briain, Adrian Noble and Ruth Wilson.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Liz Barclay introduces her selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including an interview with writer Dave Eggers. 19:4511/20Bella visits her parents and tries her hand at cooking, with mixed results.
| 19:15James Earl Jones on Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and playing Darth Vadar. 19:4512/20Rogue Riderhood comes face to face with fate on a dark Thames night.
| 19:15John Wilson debates arts policy with Ben Bradshaw and his opposition counterparts. 19:4513/20Silas Wegg is determined to find a copy of old Harmon's will.
| 19:15Four of the women playing the Queen in a new TV series discuss the role with John Wilson. 19:4514/20Lizzie Hexam and Bella Wilfer meet at last, at a funeral in a country churchyard.
| | 19:004/8By Glyn Maxwell. Two nurses tend to a man who has been in a coma for over 20 years. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Kathryn Hughes, Sir Christopher Frayling and Danny Robins.
| 19:15Matt Frei talks to Garrison Keillor about Thanksgiving and all things American. 19:452/5By Anita Sullivan. Rumours remain about missions that went wrong and were never reported.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Mike Thomson investigates Britain's role during the 1970 coup in oil-rich Oman. 20:30Are Rwandans in France and Germany controlling a deadly African militia?
| 20:00Gerry Northam examines the problems being posed by the shortage of organs for transplants. 20:40Naj Fraser, a partially sighted physiotherapist, living in Cockermouth tells her story.
| 20:00With Michael Portillo, Matthew Taylor, Melanie Phillips and Clifford Longley. 20:454/4Clive Coleman revisits Donohue vs Stevenson, better known as The Case of the Paisley Snail
| 20:00Simon Cox looks into statistics which indicate a rise in hate crime. 20:30Peter Day hears from people who are taking a different approach to running companies.
| 20:354/4Clive Coleman revisits Donohue vs Stevenson, better known as The Case of the Paisley Snail 20:50Clive James reflects on the spirit in which sport is played.
| 20:00Richard Weight reassesses Kenneth Clark and his landmark BBC TV series, Civilisation.
| 20:00Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy. 20:30Marking the lives Max Robertson; Elizabeth Soderstrom; Lino Lacedelli; John Craxton.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Sue Nelson joins scientists down a mine on their search for the elusive dark matter. 21:30Andrew Marr with Tariq Ramadan, Sir Mark Walport, Kate Bush and Jonathan Phillips.
| 21:00Claudia Hammond hears the latest debate on the psychology behind adoption. 21:30Cathy O'Dowd on the choice she had to make when she saw a dying climber on Everest.
| 21:003/4The internal combustion engine, hailed as the answer to pollution in London, is born.(R) 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including actor Tom Conti.
| 21:00Geoff Watts looks back on the 150 years since Darwin's Origin of Species was published. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
| 21:00A tragic comedy about Shirley Porter's leadership of Westminster Council by Gregory Evans.
| 21:002/2Wounded British airman, John Franklin is fit and keen to escape France....
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Johnny Ball appeals on behalf of Computer Aid International. 21:30Peter Day hears from people who are taking a different approach to running companies. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:451/5Tales of the vanishing charms and eccentric characters of a fictional Surrey village.
| 22:00Iraq's chief election official warns that the January 2010 elections will not happen. 22:452/5An auspicious meeting in a country lane brings together two keen but lonely musicians.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:453/5There is one thing the General has forgotten for his shopping trip into town.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:454/5The major, his wife and Leafy Barkwell have a heartbreaking encounter on an evening walk.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:455/5When Obadiah Oak sells up and moves away from Notwithstanding, he leaves his heart behind.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15With Michael Portillo, Matthew Taylor, Melanie Phillips and Clifford Longley.
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen and playwright David Edgar on the rise and fall of the communist 'dialect'. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:001/6As Ben leaves hospital to start a new life, he meets Buzz Aldrin. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Susan Hulme.
| 23:002/4An unattended bag causes confusion, and Lisa tries to deal with her pushy mother.(R) 23:152/6Luke tries to move on from Hayley by going on a dinner date with an older woman.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:00Special edition of Radio 4's performance poetry show from Cardiff University. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:00Sue MacGregor with books by Neil Astley, Paul Torday and H Rider Haggard. From 2009. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:00Russell Davies chairs the seventh heat of the perennial general knowledge contest. 23:303/6Robert Frost's Mending Wall gave us the epigram 'good fences make good neighbours'.
| 23:00The Czech leadership are forced to resign but demonstrators in Prague keep up the pressure 23:30Mike Wooldridge considers the Sufi tradition - its history, beliefs and practices.
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