| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor discusses the cartoons that shook the world. 00:45The sound of bells from St Edward's Church in Eggbuckland, Plymouth. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Neil MacGregor retells humanity's history through the objects it has made 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Every object has a story; Neil MacGregor continues his material history of human society 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Neil MacGregor continues his history of human society with the story of a handaxe 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Neil MacGregor investigates how humanity's development is reflected in the things it makes 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Neil MacGregor reveals how man-made objects reflect the story of human development 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5By Kate Perry. Apparently money cannot buy the one thing Celia really wants.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with the Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth. 05:45Multi-storey growing could be the future of farming in UK towns and cities. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with the Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth. 05:45The scientist leading a new trial of GM crops says the case against GM has been lost.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with the Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth. 05:45Anna Hill hears that rabbits are being milked to create drugs for stroke patients.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with the Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth. 05:45Police issue guidelines to help spot whether shooting parties are legal or criminal.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with the Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth. 05:45Scotland launches a 300,000 pound campaign to get tripe back on our plates.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. 05:454/4Margaret investigates what happened to her Wittgenstein relations after the war.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from York Minster. 05:45Claire Bolderson on newly elected Republican senator for Massachusetts, Scott Brown.
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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 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.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark finds a rural lifestyle within striking distance of the centre of London. 06:30A farmer's fight to stop TB infecting her prize herd of cattle. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully explores different approaches to the intractable issues in our lives. 06:35Tom Heap visits the Co-operative Group's flagship farm at Stoughton, near Leicester. 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. 07:10Roger Bolton discusses the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Patricia Gallimore appeals on behalf of Mental Health Foundation. 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 for the week of prayer for Christian unity from Worcester College, Oxford. 08:50Lisa Jardine on the importance of science education for national prosperity.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with John Guare, Frances Spalding, AL Kennedy and Ben Macintyre. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Dr Michael Ford.
| 09:00Fergal Keane talks to Peter Stapleton about being attacked by Somali pirates. 09:302/5Fiona Neill explores the advantages of being born into a creatively successful family. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Bishop George Stack.
| 09:00Libby Purves is joined by Immodesty Blaize, Tony Visconti, Joanne Whalley, Vitali Vitaliev 09:45Christian worship and music led by Rev Peter Whittaker.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Glencoe Massacre of 1692. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Nigel Swinford.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is American crime writer James Ellroy. 09:45An act of worship and music led by Leslie Griffiths.
| 09:00Fi Glover is joined by Barbara Dickson. With poetry from Elvis McGonagall.
| 09:00Sir Adrian Cadbury tells us why Cadbury's chocolate has such a hold on our imaginations.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Why children need to be taught financial skills. Plus, women in Northern Irish politics. 10:451/5A man returns to his village after a civil war to find none of the post has been delivered
| 10:00How do we change Britain's drinking culture? Plus, violinist Vilde Frang performs live. 10:452/5Nicholas helps keep a young footballer's dreams alive.
| 10:00Has the patient's right to choice come at a price? Plus, authentic Bolognese sauce. 10:453/5Nicholas decides to stop editing the post so only good news is delivered.
| 10:00Actor Julie Walters on Mo Mowlam's life and character. 10:454/5Nicholas delivers a letter to the Oracle of Good Hope but she has a surprising message.
| 10:00Can, and should, the NHS be ring fenced from forthcoming cuts? 10:455/5Nicholas and Grub go on trial for fictionalising the mail.
| 10:00John McCarthy focuses on Pakistan, Cuba and safety while travelling off the beaten track. 10:303/3Lenny Henry questions the art of American abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Across the world, parents, inspired by Barack Obama, have given his name to their children 11:302/6Ed applies for help from a hardship fund, and acquires an enthusiastic new student.
| 11:00Paul Evans questions the benefits of gardening for wildlife. 11:30Michael Pennington travels to the Ukraine to explore the life of the writer Anton Chekhov.
| 11:00Tribute to the QE2, the most famous of the Cunard liners, which was retired to Dubai.(R) 11:302/4Lady Tresselian's house party is thrown into disarray by the sudden death of a friend.
| 11:00Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines. 11:305/6Sir David Frost looks back at some of the most memorable interviews of his career.
| 11:00Justin Webb examines the possible effects on the UK of healthcare reform in America.(R) 11:306/6Can Arthur take his autobiographical musical tribute to himself into London's West End?
| 11:00A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Steve Richards. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is the boxing promoter Frank Warren.
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| 12:00 | 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 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 Shari Vahl. 12:30John Waite investigates the fines for fatal health and safety mistakes that are never paid 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Peter White.(R) 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. 12:303/8Sandi Toksvig chairs. With Francis Wheen, Jeremy Hardy, Susan Calman and Sue Perkins. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:043/12Nicholas Parsons chairs with Josie Lawrence, Justin Moorhouse, Tony Hawks and Dave Gorman 12:32How to feed a world of nine billion? Simon Parkes reports from the City Food Lecture. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Russell Davies chairs another semi-final of the perennial general knowledge contest.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:302/4Saxophonist Cannonball Adderley first made his name alongside his brother Nat in the 1950s
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Impartial science reporting; Lord Heseltine on magazine publishing; cheaper pay TV?
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Stewart Henderson answers those intriguing questions from everyday life.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers in the news.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from the BBC Radio Theatre in London.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:301/2Ayisha Yahya explores predictions that some deserts could turn greener in the future.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:15Psychological thriller by Hugh Costello.
| 14:15Dramatisation of Paul Gallico's romantic novella set during the Second World War.
| 14:15Two worlds collide when ex-banker Tabitha knocks green activist Will off his bicycle.
| 14:151/2William and Sandy are haunted by the return of two characters from the past.(R)
| 14:15Grace, a champion of atheism, is faced with the decision of son Tom to become a priest.(R)
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Atmospheric adaptation of Ann Cleeves acclaimed crime novel, set in Shetland at midwinter.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs a correspondence edition. 14:453/5The family meet Eagle Hunter Number 2, who is going to take them out riding.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00The history of independent television in the UK, told through the story of Yorkshire TV. 15:451/5The story behind the fabulous jewelled binding of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.(R)
| 15:00Vanessa Collingridge brings together ancient objects from around the UK. 15:301/3By Jenny White. A young girl's life changes when she sees the man to whom she is betrothed 15:452/5Rick Gekoski examines the life of architect, designer and artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh(R)
| 15:00Vincent Duggleby and a panel of guests answer calls on small business finance. 15:302/3By Maureen Freely. One resident negotiates the fears and preoccupations of the locals. 15:453/5Rick Gekoski asks where a copy of James Joyce's childhood poem Et Tu Healy might be found.(R)
| 15:00How the landscape of Herefordshire has changed due to the arrival of migrant workers. 15:27Juliette Kaplan appeals on behalf of National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society. 15:303/3By Moris Farhi. A wise gypsy wrestler helps a couple whose relationship is threatened. 15:454/5How works of antiquity were looted from Iraq's museums and where they might be now.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs a correspondence edition. 15:455/5The story behind a lost portrait of Winston Churchill which was destroyed by his wife.(R)
| 15:302/4Saxophonist Cannonball Adderley first made his name alongside his brother Nat in the 1950s
| 15:001/3George Smiley uncovers a trail of Russian money leading to a prominent Hong Kong citizen.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Are small community dairies, serving local customers, the way forward for dairy farmers? 16:30Ernie Rea and guests ask why Jihadi networks are taking hold in Yemen.
| 16:00Kim Normanton talks to people from a black or Asian background and live with albinism. 16:30Photographer David Bailey discusses the life and work of Pablo Picasso.
| 16:00The Future of Work and Teddy Bear Diaries. 16:30Mark Porter reports on when and how aspirin can prevent diseases.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to the novelist Daniel Handler. 16:30Gareth Mitchell investigates the latest science news and inventions from 1,000 years ago.
| 16:00Marking the lives of Bill McLaren, Kate McGarrigle, Andrew Booth and Erich Segal. 16:30Noel Clarke counts down to his latest movie. Park Chan Wook on vampires and religion.
| 16:00Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to the Swedish thriller writer Henning Mankell. 16:30Sibyl Ruth on the poems by her great aunt written in a Nazi concentration camp.
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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.
| 17:00Full 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 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 Felicity Evans, 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 considers the independence of the Independent Police Complaints Commission. 17:40Claire Bolderson on newly elected Republican senator for Massachusetts, Scott Brown. 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. 18:303/12Nicholas Parsons chairs with Josie Lawrence, Justin Moorhouse, Tony Hawks and Dave Gorman
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Which generation is the funniest? With Jon Richardson, Lucy Porter and Adrian Walsh.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4Strife in store and wearing beige. Pam's poems and sketches on the subject of shopping.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/4A submarine systems failure puts the Goliath crew at the mercy of a drugs baron.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/8Sandi Toksvig chairs. With Francis Wheen, Jeremy Hardy, Susan Calman and Sue Perkins.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Sir Ian McKellen. With music from Fyfe Dangerfield.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Frank Cottrell Boyce introduces a selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Clive Owen in The Boys are Back; New York composer Nico Muhly. 19:451/5Neil MacGregor retells humanity's history through the objects it has made
| 19:15AS Byatt reviews a major new Van Gogh exhibition, and the actor Jonathan Pryce on Pinter. 19:452/5Every object has a story; Neil MacGregor continues his material history of human society
| 19:15Only Fools and Horses writer John Sullivan and the verdict on A Prophet. 19:453/5Neil MacGregor continues his history of human society with the story of a handaxe
| 19:15Tamsin Greig in new play The Little Dog Laughed; Blur on film; conductor Robin Ticciati. 19:454/5Neil MacGregor investigates how humanity's development is reflected in the things it makes
| 19:15Julie Walters as Mo Mowlam in a new TV drama, and artist Dexter Dalwood. 19:455/5Neil MacGregor reveals how man-made objects reflect the story of human development
| 19:00Claire Bolderson on newly elected Republican senator for Massachusetts, Scott Brown. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Kathryn Hughes, Ekow Eshun and Antonia Quirke.
| 19:00Annette wants to be alone. 19:15Matt Frei presents on how the state of Massachusetts turned from blue to red. 19:455/5The mules lost their importance when the roads came, although they took a long time coming(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00What happened to the government's ambitious transport plans of 10 years ago? 20:30Hugh Levinson hears the best of Officer Jay Chiarito-Mazarrella's Street Stories.
| 20:00Gerry Northam considers the independence of the Independent Police Complaints Commission. 20:40Peter White talks to Stephen Hallett and Cheryl Gabriel about non-visual photography.
| 20:00How would a government which wanted to abolish the BBC licence fee get its way? 20:453/3The war between Honduras and El Salvador in 1969 after their World Cup qualifying matches.
| 20:00Angus Crawford reports on children who go missing after arriving alone in the UK. 20:30What happens when westerners intervene on behalf of low-paid clothing factory workers.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from the BBC Radio Theatre in London. 20:50Lisa Jardine on the importance of science education for national prosperity.
| 20:00Veteran journalist Katharine Whitehorn reviews archive recordings that span her lifetime.
| 20:00Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers in the news. 20:30Marking the lives of Bill McLaren, Kate McGarrigle, Andrew Booth and Erich Segal.
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| 21:00 | 21:003/3Clare Balding discusses how we make sense of other people's voices. 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with John Guare, Frances Spalding, AL Kennedy and Ben Macintyre.
| 21:00Mark Porter reports on when and how aspirin can prevent diseases. 21:30Fergal Keane talks to Peter Stapleton about being attacked by Somali pirates.
| 21:00Paul Evans questions the benefits of gardening for wildlife. 21:30Libby Purves is joined by Immodesty Blaize, Tony Visconti, Joanne Whalley, Vitali Vitaliev
| 21:001/2Deborah Bull examines the impact on children of being hothoused in sport and the arts.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Glencoe Massacre of 1692.
| 21:00By Sebastian Baczkiewicz. Andrei's estranged son Victor forces him to reveal his secrets.(R)
| 21:00Undine's plans for a better future move on apace, but will she ever find real happiness?
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Patricia Gallimore appeals on behalf of Mental Health Foundation. 21:30What happens when westerners intervene on behalf of low-paid clothing factory workers. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:456/10Daniel is unsettled by an encounter with Jagot, the infamous chief of the security police.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:457/10Lucienne receives one last and unwelcome commission.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:458/10Plans to break into the Jardin des Plantes advance rapidly.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:459/10Daniel arranges a meeting with Henri Jagot and plays his trump card.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:4510/10Paris' subterranean quarries provide the backdrop for a vanishing act.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15How would a government which wanted to abolish the BBC licence fee get its way?
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including Turkeys Voting for Christmas.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen investigates lying. Does our voice change when we are trying to deceive? 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:003/5Jon Ronson talks to conflict photographer Jason Howe about a romance full of danger. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:003/3Is the Williams family's new home trying to tell them something? 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Robert Orchard.
| 23:003/6Matt is uninterested in Vicky's neighbourhood watch scheme until he meets a glamour model. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:00Photographer David Bailey discusses the life and work of Pablo Picasso. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:00Russell Davies chairs another semi-final of the perennial general knowledge contest. 23:30A tribute to the life and work of American poet Anne Sexton.
| 23:00Noel Clarke counts down to his latest movie. Park Chan Wook on vampires and religion. 23:30Mark Tully explores different approaches to the intractable issues in our lives.
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