| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15A brief history of nakedness - its role in politics, protest and popular culture. 00:45The sound of bells from Winchester Cathedral. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Criminal barrister Alex McBride explains the grind of his year as a pupil barrister. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Barrister Alex McBride describes life in a lawyers' chambers in London's Inner Temple. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Barrister Alex McBride gets a case at Southwark Crown Court - prosecuting. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Barrister Alex McBride explains the importance of dressing the client for the jury. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Criminal barrister Alex McBride comes to the end of his trainee year. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5By Helen Dunmore. A portrait depicts the charismatic beauty of John Donne.(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 Mary Stallard. 05:45The RSPCA calls for cheap, fast-growing chickens to be taken off supermarket shelves. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Mary Stallard. 05:45Why goose farmers are already thinking about Christmas.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Mary Stallard. 05:45What the waggle dance is telling scientists about making the countryside better for bees.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Mary Stallard from Wales. 05:45Willow farmers fear for their future as the English cricket bat industry falters.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Mary Stallard. 05:45Farmers are facing further subsidy chaos and confusion.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Bob Fyffe. 05:454/4Mark Stephen meets two ladies on Mull who found the ruins of an early Christian chapel.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from St Stephen's church in Brannel, Cornwall. 05:451/3Peter Hennessy shows how places shape political events, starting at Admiralty House.(R)
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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 Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07What effect has the coldest winter for decades had on the wildlife of Scotland? 06:30Charlotte Smith on 12 months of the Farming Today bees. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05A special edition from Westminster Abbey, with the Very Reverend Dr John Hall. 06:35Adam Henson visits a Welsh farm with a flock of multi-coloured sheep. 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. 07:55Muriel Gray appeals on behalf of Contact a Family. 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 Farnham United Reformed Church led by Rev Michael Hopkins. 08:50Simon Schama reflects on the meaning of money as represented by coins and notes and in art
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr talks to Simon Armitage, Lord Bingham, Paul Morley and Fiona Shaw. 09:45Christian worship and music.
| 09:006/6Olivia O'Leary talks to opera singers Amanda Roocroft and Geoffrey Dolton. 09:305/5Lenny meets the music stars about to 'go global' from classical violinists to soul divas. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Father Philip Sumner.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Bobby McFerrin. 09:45Christian worship and music led by John Forrest.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss The Great Wall of China. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Dr Michael Ford.
| 09:00Sue McGregor reunites people affected by the Dunblane school shootings in 1996. 09:45An act of worship and music from Edinburgh, presented by Rev Richard Frazer.
| 09:00Rev Richard Coles is joined by Jodi Picoult. With poetry from Murray Lachlan Young.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Jane Garvey discusses the history of fine dining. 10:451/10Anthropologist Rupert Stonebird and librarian Ianthe Broom arrive in Queens Park.
| 10:00To what extent is the way you vote determined by your parents' politics? 10:452/10There's a dinner party at the vicarage to meet the new communicants.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Can leaving your baby to cry be harmful? 10:453/10A new member of staff arrives at the library, and Ianthe is a little disturbed.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Actor Harriet Walter on her latest role in Jacobean tragedy. 10:454/10Everyone goes off to their Christmas retreats, but Rupert is no nearer making up his mind.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray - including forces' housing, and the lost art of sophistication. 10:455/10Ianthe is worried that John Challow is ill, although Mervyn has his doubts.
| 10:00John McCarthy explores the Caucasus and mountain monasteries in Greece and Bhutan. 10:30Laurie Taylor investigates the pain and pleasure of UK public address announcements.
| 10:00Lilian shows she can keep a secret, and Helen takes some baby steps at Bridge Farm.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Martin Kelner asks if China is set to overtake Britain as the home of snooker. 11:304/4Sarah meets maths professor Tony - aka 'Midnight Magic' - at a speed-dating evening.
| 11:004/40Brett Westwood examines the world of nature and the challenges of wildlife conservation. 11:30A revealing insight into Charles Hawtrey, one of Britain's most memorable comedy actors.
| 11:00Sarfraz Manzoor explores the world of matrimonial websites aimed at the Asian diaspora.(R) 11:306/6It's up to Vicky to get the boiler fixed, even if it means seducing the boiler repair man.(R)
| 11:00Can a controversial economic theory improve the lives of Peru's poorest? 11:30Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores the digital re-mastering of music.
| 11:00Olivia O'Leary tells the story of when divorce came to Ireland 15 years ago. 11:301/6Sandy wants to protect his grandson Tyson from his father's harsh training programme.
| 11:004/4Clive Anderson presents a quirky, irreverent guide to the events of the election campaign. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor reunites the team behind the pioneering BBC Tonight programme.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04British Gas, mortgage mis-selling and the DVD recorder with indelible adverts. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The three main political parties discuss disability, plus the impact of grit on trees. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The heroic pilot who is now 'unemployable' and why wasps attack garden furniture. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04A father wins right to benefits for cancer patients following his daughter's death. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04First UK Best Buy Electrical store opens and who benefits most from self-publishing? 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. 12:303/9Sandi Toksvig chairs. With Andy Hamilton and Francis Wheen. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:045/6David Mitchell challenges Tony Hawks, Arthur Smith, Phill Jupitus and Catherine Tate. 12:32Sheila Dillon explores the world of commercial food photography. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. Includes Election Call.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. Includes Election Call.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical discussion from Garston in Hertfordshire.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Lilian shows she can keep a secret. 14:15Life coach Derby Anderson gets the job of a lifetime. But is she up to it?
| 14:00Jealousy rears its ugly head for Jazzer. 14:15Two PoWs in a Swiss resort struggle to recover from their experiences.
| 14:00Peggy encounters some unexpected heartache. 14:151/4Mickey has met a young Russian woman who will put up with him. But is she just using him?
| 14:00Helen takes some baby steps at Bridge Farm. 14:15Feuding screen goddesses Davis and Crawford in an iconic film - headed for disaster?
| 14:00Lilian and Paul dance till dawn. 14:15Jockey Noel is anxious to get back in the saddle after a career-threatening fall.
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30By Lynne Reid Banks. 11-year-old Omri's plastic Native American Indian figure comes alive.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs. With Pippa Greenwood, Bunny Guinness and Bob Flowerdew. 14:455/12How Octavia set up the National Trust, based on her belief in the importance of nature.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Do rock bands always split up acrimoniously? Richard Coles trawls the archive to find out. 15:451/5The stories of two single women looking for true love in the face of difficult modern life(R)
| 15:00Volcanic ash as fertiliser, intense winter Sun and cooling the Earth. 15:301/3By Rachel Bentham. The tale of an accidental career criminal. 15:452/5Two gay men question whether or not the stereotypes of the modern homosexual man are true.(R)
| 15:00Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on financial issues. 15:302/3By Sheila Hannon. An extraordinary encounter on a drizzly A road. 15:453/5A look at the issues faced by divorcee mums in the modern world.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark visits the landscapes that inspire award-winning folk group Show of Hands. 15:27Rageh Omaar appeals on behalf of Medair UK. 15:303/3By Dann Casswell. A canoe trip at 3am, beneath the city's streets. Read by Joe Sims. 15:454/5How does society look upon people who choose not to marry?(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs. With Pippa Greenwood, Bunny Guinness and Bob Flowerdew. 15:455/5A profile of a widower's attempts to reconcile grief and loss with his new-found freedom.(R)
| 15:303/6Dr Phil Hammond is joined by Milton Jones, Wilf Lunn and Rachel Johnson.
| 15:001/2The Lee family arrive in their new home in a traditional Gloucestershire village.(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:00The new School of Artisan Food offers craft skills and business know-how, but to what end? 16:305/5Simon Cox presents a look behind the scenes of video game development.
| 16:00Michael Rosen on the language used by and about disabled people. 16:30TV producer John Lloyd discusses the life of American architect Richard Buckminster Fuller
| 16:00Laurie Taylor discusses capitalism with leading economists David Harvey and Ha Joon Chang. 16:30Newspaper wars in NY; Labour media plans; Jane Root on UK TV in USA; microphone gaffes.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Andrew O'Hagan about his novel featuring Marilyn Monroe's dog. 16:30Escaping oil, a manifesto for innovation, glowing clouds and brain traces.
| 16:00Including US civil rights campaigner Dorothy Height and prolific writer Alan Sillitoe. 16:30Francine Stock talks to actors Eddie Marsan and Terence Stamp.
| 16:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Actor Harriet Walter on her latest theatrical role.
| 16:00James Naughtie talks to Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk about his novel My Name is Red. 16:304/4Brian Patten examines the work of 'The Voice of the Troubles', poet Padraic Fiacc.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Full coverage 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.
| 17:00Full coverage 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.
| 17:00Full coverage 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 Carolyn Quinn, plus sports headlines. 17:30The news programme that starts with its listeners. With Jennifer Tracey and Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Former hostage John McCarthy meets the man who negotiated his release from captivity. 17:401/8Television writer Tony Grounds 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 challenges Tony Hawks, Arthur Smith, Phill Jupitus and Catherine Tate.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6An unplanned dinner party sets the scene for some serious seduction tactics.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Remoteness, pilchards, Cornish pasties and civil war - what makes Penzance distinctive?
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/4Doc Brown, Gomez, Henry Paker and Richard Herring join Arthur Smith to entertain.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/9Sandi Toksvig chairs. With Andy Hamilton and Francis Wheen.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Peter Curran is joined by Jane Turner, Michael Mosley, Gareth Malone and Emma Freud.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Val McDermid introduces her selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Jealousy rears its ugly head for Jazzer. 19:15With Kirsty Lang, including playwright David Greig on his new version of Peter Pan. 19:451/10Anthropologist Rupert Stonebird and librarian Ianthe Broom arrive in Queens Park.
| 19:00Peggy encounters some unexpected heartache. 19:15Robert Downey Jr returns to the role of Iron Man; and Mark Knopfler on Brothers in Arms. 19:452/10There's a dinner party at the vicarage to meet the new communicants.
| 19:00Helen takes some baby steps at Bridge Farm. 19:15The verdict on Peter Kay's return to stand-up after seven years away. 19:453/10A new member of staff arrives at the library, and Ianthe is a little disturbed.
| 19:00Lilian and Paul dance till dawn. 19:15Country star Glen Campbell and the cello piece fit for Prince Charles. 19:454/10Everyone goes off to their Christmas retreats, but Rupert is no nearer making up his mind.
| 19:00It's the morning after the night before for Lilian. 19:15Mark Lawson travels to Margate to meet Tracey Emin, as she unveils a new work. 19:455/10Ianthe is worried that John Challow is ill, although Mervyn has his doubts.
| 19:001/8Television writer Tony Grounds creates a fictional response to the week's news. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:00The gulf widens between Pip and Ruth. 19:15Mark Mardell presents an insider guide to the people and the stories shaping America today 19:453/4By Catherine O'Flynn. A married man is haunted by his school experiences.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:001/2Martin Bell tells the story of Tito, the fall of Yugoslavia and current crisis in Bosnia. 20:30Did the Pope fail to act on key sex abuse cases?
| 20:00Former hostage John McCarthy meets the man who negotiated his release from captivity. 20:40Peter White puts listeners' questions on disability policy to the three main UK parties.
| 20:00Clive Anderson and some of the country's top legal minds discuss the future of jury trials 20:458/12Analysing how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories of the election campaign.
| 20:003/3The leaders of the three largest UK parties debate the economy.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical discussion from Garston in Hertfordshire. 20:50Simon Schama reflects on the meaning of money as represented by coins and notes and in art
| 20:0025 years on, Gabby Logan remembers the day 56 people died in the Bradford City fire.
| 20:00Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy. 20:30Including US civil rights campaigner Dorothy Height and prolific writer Alan Sillitoe.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper announces the results of a talent search for amateur scientists. 21:30Andrew Marr talks to Simon Armitage, Lord Bingham, Paul Morley and Fiona Shaw.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter reports from Birmingham on new treatments for iron deficient anaemia. 21:306/6Olivia O'Leary talks to opera singers Amanda Roocroft and Geoffrey Dolton.
| 21:00Could volcanoes be unlikely allies in the fight against climate change? Tom Heap reports. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Bobby McFerrin.
| | 21:00The natural world turns on mankind - as a war veteran and his family come under attack(R)
| 21:003/3Smiley moves the operation to Berne. But can he be sure he's the hunter, not the hunted?
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Muriel Gray appeals on behalf of Contact a Family. 21:30Why are some start-ups going global from day one? Peter Day finds out. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:451/7An obsessed editor heads to Venice set on gaining papers of the late poet Jeffrey Aspern.
| 22:00With Ritula Shah in London and Robin Lustig in Edinburgh. 22:452/7Jeffrey Aspern's devoted literary editor believes he can charm his way into the house.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with David Eades. 22:453/7Jeffrey Aspern's literary editor embarks on a campaign of charming Miss Bordereau's niece.
| 22:454/7The would-be literary thief is no nearer Aspern's letters.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:455/7Miss Bordereau interviews her lodger, and he and Miss Tina make an excursion.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Clive Anderson and some of the country's top legal minds discuss the future of jury trials
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. 22:459/12Analysing how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories of the election campaign.
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| 23:00 | 23:007/12Nightly election satire from Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis, with special guests. 23:301/3Paul Jackson traces the rise of TV's independent producers, from minnow to global giant.(R)
| 23:008/12Nightly election satire from Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis, with special guests. 23:302/3How indies could make hit shows during the 1990s and yet still struggle.(R)
| 23:009/12Nightly election satire from Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis, with special guests. 23:303/3Paul Jackson charts the changing fortunes of the independent production sector since 2000.(R)
| 23:001/6Nigel Penny has to contend with an atonal barbershop quartet and a depressed timpanist. 23:151/6With Richard Herring.(R) 23:30Mark Paytress tracks down the mysterious Stash, friend to the stars of 60s London.(R)
| 23:00TV producer John Lloyd discusses the life of American architect Richard Buckminster Fuller 23:30Andrew Collins explores the world of rockumentary filmmaking.(R)
| 23:006/13Paul Gambaccini hosts the general knowledge music quiz. 23:303/4Poet Thomas Blackburn wrote to exorcise his personal demons. Brian Patten tells his story.
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to actors Eddie Marsan and Terence Stamp. 23:30A special edition from Westminster Abbey, with the Very Reverend Dr John Hall.
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