| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores national branding and the commodification of ethnic identity. 00:45The sound of bells from St Paul's Cathedral. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Neil MacGregor's world history - an account of a great flood much older than the Bible. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Neil MacGregor describes man's early calculations on an Egyptian papyrus fragment 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Neil MacGregor's history arrives at a Minoan treasure and a dangerous hobby from 1700 BC 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Neil MacGregor tells the story of a gold cape found in Wales and made over 3500 years ago. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The world of Egypt as ruled by Ramesses II and told through one of his giant statues 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5By Polly Devlin. A revealing interview gives a rare insight into Cupid's world.(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 Mark Coffey. 05:45Could a better understanding of the sea could lead to a more accurate weather forecast? 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Mark Coffey. 05:45Anna Hill hears plans for Europe's largest dairy farm: 9,000 cows on 1,500 acres.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Mark Coffey. 05:45Culling badgers is an inefficient way of controlling TB, according to a new study.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Mark Coffey. 05:45Charlotte Smith hears from the man Prince Charles has asked to make wool popular again.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Mark Coffey. 05:45Charlotte Smith hears that farm land prices have risen 164 per cent in ten years.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Johnston McKay. 05:45The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from All Saints Church in Worcester. 05:45Jonathan Maitland profiles Rajendra Pachauri, the head of the UN's climate change panel.
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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.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding walks Laurie Lee's Slad Valley with a group of artists inspired by the area. 06:30With rising costs of sheep rearing and decreasing wool prices, what's the future hold? 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05The power of the breath as the source of our physical, mental and spiritual health. 06:35Lionel Kelleway discovers a metropolis of ant hills in a Deer Park in Durham. 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. 07:10William Crawley discusses the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Dr Chris Steele appeals on behalf of Coeliac 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 from St Nicholas Buccleuch Parish Church, Dalkeith, Midlothian. 08:50Lisa Jardine reflects on the power of music and the value of musical education.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr talks to Peter Brook, Joseph Stiglitz, Lucy Prebble and Robert Beckford. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Mark Coffey.
| 09:00Featuring Barbara Harris, whose organisation pays addicted women to take contraception. 09:305/5Fiona Neill examines the reality behind the seemingly bohemian lives of creative people. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Canon Stephen Shipley.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Francine Stock and guests, including Michael Foreman. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the unintended consequences of mathematical discoveries. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Monsignor Tony Rogers.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is the stylist Gok Wan. 09:45An act of worship and music led by Rev Canon Mary Stallard.
| 09:00Fi Glover is joined by cook and food writer Simon Hopkinson. With poetry from Matt Harvey.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week.
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| 10:00 | 10:00An interview with Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg MP. 10:451/5A student and an eminent historian share the same passion for Wales and the Welsh language
| 10:00A special programme on the lives of women in the 1930s. 10:452/5Sharon learns of the disaster at Aberfan while hitchhiking back from a night out.
| 10:00Is talk of a 'lost generation' of unemployed alarmist or reality? 10:453/5Sharon and her friends in the Welsh Language Society continue their peaceful protests.
| 10:00Chef Antony Worrall Thompson on diabetes. Plus, women's mental health in the armed forces. 10:454/5Sharon and friends petition the BBC for more programmes in Welsh.
| 10:00Kelly McGillis on her life and career. Plus, author Clare Morrall on her literary success. 10:455/5Sharon protests against the Investiture by taking part in a vigil at Cilmeri.
| 10:00John McCarthy talks to photographer Don McCullin and looks at how Hungary has changed. 10:30Sarfraz Manzoor explores Johnny Cash's interest in Scotland after tracing his Fife roots.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:001/2Archaeologist Mike Pitts visits Britain's biggest Iron Age hill fort, Maiden Castle. 11:305/6Ed is in the money when he sells some of his old stuff to Violet Carson's new wine bar.
| 11:00Paul Evans explores the value of getting to know your 'local patch'. 11:30Comedian Robert Webb introduces a selection of his favourite prose and poetry.
| 11:002/2Martin Bell asks if our armed forces are relying too much on the Territorial Army. 11:301/6Sanjay finds a girlfriend and embraces the arts, much to Ramesh and Dave's amusement.
| 11:00Kate Adie introduces stories from Greece, Australia, China, Rwanda and France. 11:301/8How a group of young writers returning from WWII turned the US into a literary superpower.
| 11:00Gerry Anderson finds out why people in Ireland are seeing visions of the Virgin Mary. 11:303/4Someone is determined to kill Jodie, but can Charles save the day before it's too late?
| 11:00A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Andrew Pierce. 11:30Kate Adie presents stories from Afghanistan, South Africa, the West Bank, Turkey and more.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is the physicist Professor Jim Al-Khalili.
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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 Shari Vahl. 12:30The payment processors who refused to pass on customers' money to online travel firms. 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. 12:306/8Sandi Toksvig chairs. With Will Smith, Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton and Milton Jones. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:046/12Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Graham Norton, Sue Perkins and Liza Tarbuck. 12:32Can you become a great gastronome by taking a university degree in gastronomy? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Nigel Rees chairs. With Ken Bruce, Valerie Grove, Dr Ben Goldacre and Kwame Kwei-Armah.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30How did the poet John Milton's musical father influence the creator of Paradise Lost?
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30BBC pay; Guardian sells Manchester Evening News; media coverage of climate change.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Our goods need to be delivered, but at what cost? Tom Heap goes trucking to find out.
| 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. 13:10Shaun Ley chairs the topical debate from Burnley.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:30Stephanie Flanders examines the enduring appeal of Roger Hargreaves' Mr Men books.
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| 14:00 | 14:00It's good cop, bad cop at Brookfield. 14:15Everyone is glued to England v West Germany in the World Cup semi finals, except for Jim.
| 14:00Alan braves the elements. 14:15By Peter Spafford. A boy's life is changed by the arrival of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show
| 14:00Eddie shows his artistic side. 14:15Nine short plays about global annihilation. Available as a download.
| 14:00Kirsty gets closer to nature. 14:15By Tim Wright. Erik and Mike set up a website for people to voice their secret thoughts.
| 14:00The future looks brighter at Keeper's Cottage. 14:15Lenny Henry stars as Jake Thorne, a Birmingham police chaplain who's lost his faith.
| 14:00Shaun Ley takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Dramatisation of the celebrated anti-war novel by Kurt Vonnegut.(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs. With Anne Swithinbank, Chris Beardshaw and Pippa Greenwood. 14:451/4The 1969 debate between Noam Chomsky and William F Buckley about American foreign policy.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00Konnie Huq looks back at 40 years of Sesame Street, the experimental children's TV show. 15:451/5Brett is joined by keen bird watcher Stephen Moss in the Forest of Dean.(R)
| 15:00Vanessa Collingridge asks listeners to suggest objects to help tell A History Of The World 15:301/3An exciting day for the inhabitants of a small American farming community. 15:452/5Brett Westwood identifies local species in the Forest of Dean.(R)
| 15:00Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on divorce and separation. 15:302/3Emily Johnson decides to confront the person she suspects of stealing from her apartment. 15:453/5Brett Westwood identifies local bird species in the Forest of Dean.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding discovers the joys of group walking. First stop, Wensleydale. 15:27Jonathon Porritt appeals on behalf of BTCV. 15:303/3Miss Clarence's visit to Greenwich Village gives her an insight into other people's lives. 15:454/5Brett Westwood identifies birds that live on conifers.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs. With Anne Swithinbank, Chris Beardshaw and Pippa Greenwood. 15:455/5Brett Westwood identifies the sounds of jays, tawny owls and sparrowhawks.(R)
| | 15:001/3England's first King of the House of Anjou, Henry II faced conflict with his sons.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Who decides what plants we breed, and what effect does it have on the food we eat? 16:30Ernie Rea discusses the meaning of the flood tablet relating part of the Epic of Gilgamesh
| 16:00Former dotcom millionaire Benjamin Cohen confronts his past. 16:30Sue MacGregor, Chris Packham and Stella Duffy discuss their favourite books.
| 16:00African American consumer culture and the history of tea. 16:30Dr Mark Porter on the latest treatments for lung cancer.
| 16:00James Naughtie and readers talk to Clive James about the first volume of his autobiography 16:30Quentin Cooper visits the BBC's R&D HQ to see what new technologies are on the horizon.
| 16:00The lives of Alexander McQueen, Sir John Dankworth, Charlie Wilson, Ian Carmichael. 16:30James McAvoy talks Tolstoy; Tom Ford on the links between designing and directing.
| 16:00With Jane Garvey. Including Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg and actress Kelly McGillis.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup's guest is Australian novelist Peter Carey. 16:30Roger McGough introduces a selection of poems for Valentine's Day.
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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 Carolyn Quinn. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Brian Hanrahan, plus sports headlines. 17:30Evan Davis and his panel discuss public relations and crisis management. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Michael Robinson investigates the nasty surprises in the commercial property market. 17:40Jonathan Maitland profiles Rajendra Pachauri, the head of the UN's climate change panel. 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. 18:306/12Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Graham Norton, Sue Perkins and Liza Tarbuck.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6With Jon Richardson, Ed Byrne, Johnnie Casson, Mike Wozniak, Robin Ince and Ted Robbins.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6James Walton chairs. With John Walsh, Lynne Truss, Peter Kemp and Tibor Fischer.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4The freethinking funny man chooses who to bail or charge - bankers or mortgage payers?
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/8Sandi Toksvig chairs. With Will Smith, Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton and Milton Jones.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Alastair Campbell, Ashley Walters, Ralf Little and Emma Freud.
| 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 | 19:00Alan braves the elements. 19:15A review of horror film The Wolfman; a new TV documentary on Muslim extremism. 19:451/5Neil MacGregor's world history - an account of a great flood much older than the Bible.
| 19:00Eddie shows his artistic side. 19:15A review of romantic comedy Valentine's Day; Helen Baxendale on producing her new film. 19:452/5Neil MacGregor describes man's early calculations on an Egyptian papyrus fragment
| 19:00Kirsty gets closer to nature. 19:15Mark Lawson talks to Oscar-nominated actor Jeff Bridges and the architect IM Pei. 19:453/5Neil MacGregor's history arrives at a Minoan treasure and a dangerous hobby from 1700 BC
| 19:00The future looks brighter at Keeper's Cottage. 19:15My Name Is Khan reviewed; Michael Landy's Art Bin: how full is it now? 19:454/5Neil MacGregor tells the story of a gold cape found in Wales and made over 3500 years ago.
| 19:00There's a sad shock in store for Jill. 19:15With a review of Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief and Sebastian Barry's new play. 19:455/5The world of Egypt as ruled by Ramesses II and told through one of his giant statues
| 19:00Jonathan Maitland profiles Rajendra Pachauri, the head of the UN's climate change panel. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe discusses the arts with Linda Grant, Aminatta Forna and David Benedict.
| 19:00Ambridge mourns an old friend. 19:15Matt Frei hears from authors John Heilemann and Mark Halperin and lawyer Robert Shapiro. 19:453/5A distinguished former pupil is to pay the school a visit.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:002/2Stephen Sackur discovers the potential benefits - and perils - of a revolution in warfare. 20:30David Goodhart investigates the ideological forces behind mass immigration.
| 20:00Michael Robinson investigates the nasty surprises in the commercial property market. 20:40A look at blind cricket and why Action For Blind People is closing its Carlisle centre.
| 20:00Michael Buerk chairs. With Claire Fox, Clifford Longley, Kenan Malik, Ruth Dudley Edwards. 20:45Mary Ann Sieghart explores class as an issue in British politics.
| 20:00Why did the Copenhagen climate summit fail, and what is its impact on UK industry? 20:30Evan Davis and his panel discuss public relations and crisis management.
| 20:00Shaun Ley chairs the topical debate from Burnley. 20:50Lisa Jardine reflects on the power of music and the value of musical education.
| 20:00The long and turbulent relationship between the BBC and historian AJP Taylor.
| 20:00Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy. 20:30The lives of Alexander McQueen, Sir John Dankworth, Charlie Wilson, Ian Carmichael.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Our goods need to be delivered, but at what cost? Tom Heap goes trucking to find out. 21:30Andrew Marr talks to Peter Brook, Joseph Stiglitz, Lucy Prebble and Robert Beckford.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter on the latest treatments for lung cancer. 21:30Featuring Barbara Harris, whose organisation pays addicted women to take contraception.
| 21:00Paul Evans explores the value of getting to know your 'local patch'. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Francine Stock and guests, including Michael Foreman.
| 21:00Mark Miodownik explores the dwindling supplies of a host of important metals. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the unintended consequences of mathematical discoveries.
| 21:00A student and an eminent historian share the same passion for Wales and the Welsh language
| 21:003/3Smiley's plans to get hold of Russian spy Nelson Ko are coming to a head.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Dr Chris Steele appeals on behalf of Coeliac UK. 21:30David Goodhart investigates the ideological forces behind mass immigration. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:451/5Playwright David Mamet has some typically terse advice for actors in his essay on Emotions
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:452/5By Norman Mailer. Our hero recalls the spring of his sophomore year.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:453/5By Lorrie Moore. Dennis's wife has left him.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:454/5By John Updike. Walter is not looking forward to the arrival of his dinner guest.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:455/5The diaries of Tennessee Williams reveal a social butterfly.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Michael Buerk chairs. With Claire Fox, Clifford Longley, Kenan Malik, Ruth Dudley Edwards.
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including Hung, Drawn and Thwarted.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Richard Wiseman, Ian Leslie and Michele Hanson seek out the truth about lies.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:001/4It's Faye's engagement party, and her mum is given the task of buying the wedding dress. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:003/4Mordrin decides to call up an ogre to deal with his erratic bin collections. 23:154/7Live from the Nurseryland space programme. Will the cow be launched over the moon?(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Robert Orchard.
| 23:006/6It's up to Vicky to get the boiler fixed, even if it means seducing the boiler repair man. 23:301/2Val McDermid on the furore over Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness, banned in 1928.(R)
| 23:00Sue MacGregor, Chris Packham and Stella Duffy discuss their favourite books. 23:302/2In 1950 a novel called Women's Barracks sparked a new genre of lesbian pulp fiction.(R)
| 23:00Nigel Rees chairs. With Ken Bruce, Valerie Grove, Dr Ben Goldacre and Kwame Kwei-Armah. 23:30Roger McGough guides us through a poetic landscape cast in frost.
| 23:00James McAvoy talks Tolstoy; Tom Ford on the links between designing and directing. 23:30The power of the breath as the source of our physical, mental and spiritual health.
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