| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15A history of Intellectual piracy; the morality of obesity. 00:45The sound of bells from St Leonard's Church, Hythe, in Kent. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Neil MacGregor tells the story of a tiny gold chariot from ancient Persia. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Neil MacGregor with some of the world's most disputed objects - the Parthenon sculptures 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Neil MacGregor continues his material history of humanity, with the early Celts. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Neil MacGregor's history of the world tells of a forgotten people of ancient Mexico. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Neil Macgregor tells the story of a Chinese bronze bell from the age of Confucius 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Novelist Will Self reflects on the relationship between art and religion. 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 Dr Gemma Simmonds. 05:45Farming Today hears about plans to start growing GM potatoes within three months. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Gemma Simmonds. 05:45Scotland's farmers get three million pounds in aid after snow ruins farm buildings.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Gemma Simmonds. 05:45The head of the Environment Agency says GM technology should be explored. With Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Gemma Simmonds. 05:45Could there be a return to the EU ban on wonky fruits and knobbly vegetables?
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Gemma Simmonds. 05:45Charlotte Smith hears calls for CCTV to be installed in all UK abattoirs.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Canon Patrick Thomas. 05:45The news programme that starts with its listeners. With Jennifer Tracey and Eddie Mair.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from St Lawrence Church, Towcester, in Northamptonshire. 05:45Mary Ann Sieghart profiles the Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell.
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| 06:00 | 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 Yesterday in Parliament; Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 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. 06:07Clare Balding walks the first section of the proposed Gustav Holst trail near Cheltenham. 06:30Charlotte Smith on how one farmer aims to cash in on the growing market for ethnic food. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Scholar and priest Teresa Morgan explores some of the many ways in which we see work. 06:35Lionel Kelleway investigates the plight of our largest freshwater crustacean. 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. 07:55Jeremy Paxman appeals on behalf of TB Alert. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00Coverage of the first One Day International between Bangladesh and England in Dhaka.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Robert Winston, Raymond Tallis, Andy Beckett and Caroline Alexander. 09:45Christian worship and music led by the Revd Gillean Maclean.
| 09:00The long view of national debt, from Waterloo to today's financial crisis. 09:302/5John Waite reports on how childhood dreams and ambitions match up to the reality of life. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Bishop George Stack.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Caroline Charles. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Rev Peter Whittaker.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of John Calvin and their impact. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Rev Mark Wakelin.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is former England rugby coach Sir Clive Woodward. 09:45An act of worship and music led by Dr Michael Ford.
| 09:00Fi Glover is joined by actor Anthony Head. With poetry from Murray Lachlan Young.
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| 10:00 | 10:00An interview with Irene Khan, the first female and Asian head of Amnesty International. 10:451/5Electrician Tony has no idea his wife has had enough of him and wants him out of her life.
| 10:00Should you put your marriage before the kids? Plus, singer Alison Goldfrapp. 10:452/5Tony assumes that he can see his children whenever he wants to, but Clare has other ideas.
| 10:00How is the UK 'fast-track' system for dealing with asylum seekers failing women? 10:453/5Tony wants 50-50 access to his children, but his wife threatens to fight him all the way.
| 10:00John Barrowman on show tunes. Plus, the impact of the UK Women's Liberation Conference. 10:454/5Tony is outraged when his parenting skills are assessed during his children's visits.
| 10:00Songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman sings live. Plus novelist Hilary Mantel. 10:455/5Tony has proven himself as a father, but his wife wants a new start 200 miles away.
| 10:00John McCarthy discusses wildlife travel with Mark Cawardine and sees a different Mexico. 10:301/3Paul Gambaccini discovers how Gallic charm won Gigi the Best Picture Oscar in 1959
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| 11:00 | 11:00Clive Anderson examines some of the lesser-known governments or rulers in exile. 11:301/6Meet the bungling surveillance team tracking blackmailers in a hotel.(R)
| 11:00Sarfraz Manzoor revisits a 1980s sociological study of Luton with Professor Fiona Devine. 11:301/2Jane Pritchard traces 20 years of the Ballets Russes in England.
| 11:00Henry Bonsu on how the golly has come to mean such different things to different people. 11:303/6The fine eco-balance of the shop is thrown into chaos when Ramesh installs a slush machine
| 11:00Kate Adie introduces stories from Turkey, Kenya, Cambodia, France and Venezuela. 11:303/8Mark Lawson traces how American writers have explored violent divisions in their society.
| 11:002/2With pubs under financial pressure, landladies and landlords talk about hopes and fears. 11:301/3Gilly's son Ben complains that nothing exciting ever happens to them...until it does
| 11:00A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Ben Brogan. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
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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. 12:308/8Sandi Toksvig chairs. With Susan Calman, Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton and Victoria Mather. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Nigel Rees chairs. With Mary Beard, Marcel Theroux, Arthur Smith and Ariel Leve.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30The story of Henry Francis Lyte's hymn that never fails to move a congregation.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Report on press standards; Upstairs Downstairs; lobby reporting; BBC buildings poor value?
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Could it be time to put an end to our pets? Alice Roberts asks if Fido can ever be green.
| 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. 13:10Ed Stourton chairs the topical debate from Wirral.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Tony gives Helen a lesson in family values. 14:151/4Cardiff's extra-terrestrial peacekeepers head to Geneva.(R)
| 14:00Tensions run high for David and Elizabeth. 14:15Eleanor and Clarence are on a ship - and so is her childhood sweetheart.(R)
| 14:00Ambridge says goodbye to Phil. 14:15Young journalist Gemma is sent to interview reclusive chef Milo about his latest book.
| 14:00Kenton looks at the ghosts of his past. 14:15The true story of 16-year-old Edith Scholem, forced to flee Berlin in 1934.
| 14:00Bridge Farm finds a new recruit. 14:15Lenny Henry stars as Jake Thorne, a police chaplain who's lost his faith.
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Northern Broadsides theatre company's version of Shakespeare's tragedy of love turned sour
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| 15:00 | 15:00Fergal Keane looks at the relationship between charity and the media. 15:451/5Two teachers discuss the changing nature of respect between pupils and teachers.
| 15:00Vanessa Collingridge asks listeners to suggest objects to help tell A History of The World 15:301/3By Oliver Emanuel. A shy young girl is dragged to see Elvis by her best friend. 15:452/5Viscount De L'Isle and his daughter discuss changing attitudes towards the aristocracy.
| 15:00Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on maternity and paternity rights. 15:302/3An Ayrshire man remembers the moment in 1960 when his town felt connected to the world. 15:453/5How the level of respect shown by the public to police on the beat has changed over time.
| 15:00Clare Balding walks on Anglesey with members of the North Wales Gay Outdoor Club. 15:27John McCarthy appeals on behalf of Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture. 15:303/3Sonia's best friend has been hit by a car, but it’s overshadowed by a celebrity arrival. 15:454/5Two postal workers on the Isle of Islay discuss the changing nature of the postal business
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs. With Anne Swithinbank, Pippa Greenwood and Bob Flowerdew. 15:455/5Funeral directors discuss our changing ideas about respect for the dead.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon looks at the growing demand for halal meat in Britain. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the relationship between religion and the law.
| 16:00Examining super-injunctions and what the recent John Terry case says about privacy law. 16:30Kenneth Cranham and Adam Nicolson join Sue MacGregor to discuss their favourite books.
| 16:00Corridors under threat and is 'living apart together' a new form of family? 16:30Dr Mark Porter on the parasites that can invade our bodies.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup's guests include writer Thomas Lynch. 16:30Quentin Cooper hears that the universe is made of information.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series. 16:30Amelie director Jean Pierre Jeunet reveals why he thinks all his films are the same.
| 16:30Weekend Woman's Hour presented by Jane Garvey. The highlights of the week.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Joshua Ferris. Plus bankers writing about the credit crunch. 16:30Roger McGough introduces poems including An Overworked Elocutionist by Carolyn Wells.
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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 Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus sports headlines. 17:30Evan Davis and his panel discuss outsourcing and the future of publishing. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Jenny Cuffe asks why CAFCASS, the family courts' advisory service, is facing a backlog. 17:40Mary Ann Sieghart profiles the Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell. 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. 18:308/12Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Graham Norton, Sue Perkins and Tony Hawks.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6With Jon Richardson, Lucy Porter, Roy Walker, Hils Barker and Cannon and Ball.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6James Walton chairs. With John Walsh, Lynne Truss, Jane Thynne and Christopher Brookmyre.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4Crush cars illegally parked in disabled spaces? An audience interacts with the funny man.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:308/8Sandi Toksvig chairs. With Susan Calman, Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton and Victoria Mather.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Rory Bremner, Max Beesley and Pam Ayres.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15John Waite introduces his selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Tensions run high for David and Elizabeth. 19:15Graffiti artist Banksy's film, writer Don DeLillo, Hung and Married Single Other reviews. 19:451/5Neil MacGregor tells the story of a tiny gold chariot from ancient Persia.
| 19:00Ambridge says goodbye to Phil. 19:15Thomas Heatherwick on Henry Moore; Lady Antonia Fraser on Delaroche; Michael Winner. 19:452/5Neil MacGregor with some of the world's most disputed objects - the Parthenon sculptures
| 19:00Kenton looks at the ghosts of his past. 19:15Including interviews with actor Harrison Ford and artist Richard Hamilton. 19:453/5Neil MacGregor continues his material history of humanity, with the early Celts.
| 19:00Bridge Farm finds a new recruit. 19:15Tim Burton on Alice in Wonderland. Martina Cole on stage. Pianist Joanna MacGregor. 19:454/5Neil MacGregor's history of the world tells of a forgotten people of ancient Mexico.
| 19:00Grief comes hard for Jill. 19:15Colin Farrell, the new Gorillaz album and Michael Moore's latest film. 19:455/5Neil Macgregor tells the story of a Chinese bronze bell from the age of Confucius
| 19:00Mary Ann Sieghart profiles the Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Louise Doughty, Paul Morley and Richard Coles.
| 19:00David plans meeting with the enemy. 19:15David Willis hears the views people in Baltimore about the healthcare debate. 19:455/5Jennings tries to play the perfect host, but the General's grandson gives him the slip.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:001/2Bill Law visits Kenya to weigh up the pros and cons of agricultural super projects. 20:30Michael Blastland explores how different professions deal with failures and mistakes.
| 20:00Jenny Cuffe asks why CAFCASS, the family courts' advisory service, is facing a backlog. 20:40Why are many blind people not receiving medical information in the format of their choice?
| 20:00With Melanie Phillips, Michael Portillo, Clifford Longley and Kenan Malik. 20:45Novelist Will Self reflects on the relationship between art and religion.
| 20:00Examining super-injunctions and what the recent John Terry case says about privacy law. 20:30Evan Davis and his panel discuss outsourcing and the future of publishing.
| 20:00Ed Stourton chairs the topical debate from Wirral. 20:50As a tribute to the late Lisa Jardine, another chance to hear her reflections on memory.
| 20:00Roberts Hanks explores the pub in literature.
| 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 | 21:00Could it be time to put an end to our pets? Alice Roberts asks if Fido can ever be green. 21:30Andrew Marr with Robert Winston, Raymond Tallis, Andy Beckett and Caroline Alexander.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter on the parasites that can invade our bodies. 21:30The long view of national debt, from Waterloo to today's financial crisis.
| 21:00Brian Cox meets some celebrity physics enthusiasts, including Alan Alda and Eddie Izzard.(R) 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Caroline Charles.
| 21:00Why are black and Asian people in Britain reluctant to act as blood and organ donors? 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of John Calvin and their impact.
| 21:00By Julian Armitstead. A couple meet the young man responsible for their daughter's death.
| 21:002/3King Henry II refuses to acknowledge Prince Richard as heir, so he turns to the Crusades.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Jeremy Paxman appeals on behalf of TB Alert. 21:30Michael Blastland explores how different professions deal with failures and mistakes. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00The bullying helpline in the eye of a political storm. With Ritula Shah. 22:456/10Daria turns her back on Ukrainian men and contacts Tristan in the United States.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:457/10Daria rejects Vlad's offer of marriage, choosing instead to join Tristan in America.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:458/10Daria learns that Tristan has lied to her: he is not a teacher, but a school janitor.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:459/10Daria's unhappiness in California is compounded by her failure to become pregnant.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:4510/10Daria makes some important decisions about the future, including a separation from Tristan
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15With Melanie Phillips, Michael Portillo, Clifford Longley and Kenan Malik.
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including It Happened Here.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Dominic Arkwright asks his guests to explain how 'me time' works. From 2009.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:003/4The Queen is coming to visit Faye's office. Mum has made some bruschetta. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament and Susan Hulme.
| 23:001/6Two hapless, likeable Australians who came to London in the 1990s are reunited. 23:156/7Why did Mr Dumpty really fall off the wall? Mary Mary is on the shocking case.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Robert Orchard.
| 23:002/4Sarah tackles a mother behaving like a teenager and a butcher who can't find a girl. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:00Kenneth Cranham and Adam Nicolson join Sue MacGregor to discuss their favourite books. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:00Nigel Rees chairs. With Mary Beard, Marcel Theroux, Arthur Smith and Ariel Leve. 23:30Roger McGough is joined by poet Tony Harrison for a new reading of Newcastle is Peru.
| 23:00Amelie director Jean Pierre Jeunet reveals why he thinks all his films are the same. 23:30Scholar and priest Teresa Morgan explores some of the many ways in which we see work.
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