| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor hears why growth is good for all. Plus the rise of the fembot. 00:45The sound of bells from York Minster. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Zaiba is constantly torn between being British and Muslim. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5It's the holy festival of Eid, but the sacrificial goat has disappeared. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5It's 1984 and Zaiba begins her Year of Silence. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Zaiba goes clubbing in Bradford and discovers a whole new world. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Now a journalist, Zaiba returns to her home town of Bradford. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3A painting has strange powers. Elizabeth Morgan's story is read by Miriam Margolyes.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Shaykh Michael Mumisa. 05:45As global grain prices soar, farmers fear animal feed prices will follow. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Shaykh Michael Mumisa. 05:45Caz Graham hears consumers will pay the price for the recent surge in wheat prices.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With Shaykh Michael Mumisa. 05:45The European Parliament proposals which could stop some milk being labelled 'fresh'.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Shaykh Michael Mumisa. 05:45More meat linked to a cloned cow has been on sale.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Shaykh Michael Mumisa. 05:45The gangmaster stripped of his licence after exploiting migrant fruit and veg pickers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Catherine Cowley. 05:452/5Islamic countries see sibling relationships develop via wet-nurses.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from St Vedast, Foster Lane, London. 05:45The making of Michael Gove, the education revolutionary facing a political storm.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Debating free milk in schools, new nuclear power and the effect of speed cameras.
| 06:00Debating cutting benefit fraud, civilian deaths in Afghanistan and Domesday online.
| 06:00Discussing talks with the Taliban, Bank of England credibility and UFOs in the woods.
| 06:00Debating the US withdrawal from Iraq, Con-Lib collaboration, and the resurrection of disco
| 06:00Debating the Afghan war timeline, German recovery, ITV's future and dysfunction at the FA.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark explores the features of Loughs Carra, Mask and Corrib in the west of Ireland. 06:30How droughts in Russia will affect the price of bread in the UK. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mike Wooldridge considers the place of religious art in an increasingly secular age. 06:35Lionel Kelleway and Mark Lawrence hunt for birds' nests hidden on Dartmoor. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00With Alistair Darling on the RBS crisis and James Naughtie at the Edinburgh Festival.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Jane Little with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55John Simpson appeals on behalf of Malaria Consortium. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From Leeds Parish Church with music by SS Wesley, reflecting on treasures old and new. 08:50Lisa Jardine reflects on the history and political significance of fireworks.
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| 09:00 | 09:004/6TV screenwriter Kay Mellor takes Wendy Robbins to her childhood home and haunts in Leeds. 09:304/5Alan Johnson meets Jackie Abbott, ex-singer in The Beautiful South. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Rev Clair Jaquiss.
| 09:004/4A woman with a living will attempts suicide. Should she be admitted to intensive care? 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Judy Merry.
| 09:001/4The Qwerty keyboard: ancient, illogical, inefficient. Why does it still rule how we write? 09:301/5Edward Stourton revisits a broadcast debate from 1960 about nuclear disarmament and Nato. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Monsignor Tony Rogers.
| 09:00Michael Buerk talks to Heather Pratten about her decisions to help her terminally ill sons 09:301/5Tracking the Small Isles GP Rachel Weldon as she does her rounds in her inflatable boat. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Dr Michael Ford.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is Lord David Cobbold, founder of the Knebworth rock festivals. 09:45An act of worship and music led by Rev Ernie Rea.
| 09:00Richard Coles is joined by chef Angela Hartnett and cult graphic novelist Bryan Talbot.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Presented by Bidisha. Niki Segnit on flavours and natural pairings in food. 10:45Coverage of the fourth day of the Second Test between England and Pakistan at Edgbaston.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. 7/7 London bombings survivor Davinia Douglass on her recovery. 10:45Coverage of the fifth day of the Second Test between England and Pakistan at Edgbaston.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Dr Karen Throsby on women and extreme sports. 10:453/5Is Leo's disturbing new tale about a man who murders his wife directed against Sofya?
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Vanessa Feltz on gastric bands. 10:454/5With Leo cold and formal to her, Sofya is attracted to a portly pianist on a summer visit.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. The rise of female ale drinkers; Bluegrass music from Devon. 10:455/5Leo is old and ill. Sofya fights for control of his papers. Will their marriage survive?
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig takes a slow paddle around Britain and hears a new account of Nagasaki. 10:30Adil Ray takes a light-hearted look at the lack of brown faces in rock and pop.
| 10:00There are tensions on Lakey Hill and news spreads fast in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | | | 11:00A man known as HM provided the key to one of the mysteries of the human brain. 11:305/6Antonio Soprano ('the famous baritone') and his henchmen invade Woodstock.(R)
| 11:00How is Romania coping with a healthcare system on the verge of collapse? 11:30How have writers in 1930s Manchester shaped our views of the north?
| 11:00With the rise of the home washer dryer, what has become of the humble laundrette. 11:302/6Satan introduces historian Edith to Adam and Eve, but they're stupid.(R)
| 11:00As public spending cuts loom, how can voters influence where the axe may fall? 11:30Kate Adie introduces reports from Afghanistan, Mexico, Sweden, Bosnia and France.
| 11:15From Lady Gaga to The Specials, comic actor Kathy Burke shares her castaway choices.
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| 12:00 | | | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer affairs with Shari Vahl. New energy use figures and solicitors buckle under costs 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Shari Vahl asks whether or not the police should get paid to investigate crime. 12:30The grieving families waiting years for answers. John Waite investigates delayed inquests. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Hotel overbooking, credit crunch families, Commonwealth Games, QVC music and holiday jabs. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:043/4Financial guru Alvin Hall explores the financial pressures facing young people. 12:301/6The actress-impressionist grills the top comic in the tag-team talk show. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:042/8Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Sue Perkins, Liza Tarbuck and John Sergeant. 12:32Food writer Charles Campion indulges his love of pork scratchings. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | | | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Robin Lustig talks to the managing editor of The Sun, Graham Dudman.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Stewart Henderson presents the interactive programme for those niggling questions.
| 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. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Little Wenlock Village Hall, Shropshire.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:30Kirsty Lang heads to Paris to tell the story of the riverside booksellers, les bouqinistes(R)
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| 14:00 | | | 14:00Vicky and Susan have plenty to talk about. 14:15By Simon Littlefield. Fictional exploration of James Joyce's relationship with his brother
| 14:00News spreads fast in Ambridge. 14:15By Michael Butt. A probing journalist talks to an officer in the armed units of the police
| 14:00It's a day of celebrations for Matt. 14:15Samina's life is thrown into chaos when her elderly parents fall ill. With Nina Wadia.
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:302/2Inspector Rebus investigates the disappearance of an MP's wife.
| 14:00With Matthew Wilson, Bunny Guinness and Bob Flowerdew. Peter Gibbs chairs. 14:452/5Brett Westwood offers help identifying birds you may encounter on our sandy shores.
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| 15:00 | | | 15:002/4Financial guru Alvin Hall explores the financial pressures facing young people. 15:302/3Agatha is drawn to her young cousin Phillip when he comes to stay. Read by Emily Woof. 15:453/5Joy and her grandson Phillip discuss their attitudes to debt, in particular mortgages.
| 15:00Forty years after The Railway Children left, Helen Mark visits the Keighley & Worth Valley 15:27Clive Anderson appeals on behalf of Children with AIDS. 15:303/3After a dull night at the cinema, a woman is approached by someone on the way home. 15:454/5Two people from different generations discuss their experiences of the benefit system.
| 15:00With Matthew Wilson, Bunny Guinness and Bob Flowerdew. Peter Gibbs chairs. 15:455/5Mother and son Rose and John Luff compare their contrasting experiences of retirement.
| 15:303/4Robert Winston looks at the evidence that Schubert contracted syphilis.
| 15:003/3Kate's plan to unite Merton and Milly gains pace. But are they prepared for the result?
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| 16:00 | | | 16:00Laurie Taylor discusses emancipation, ideas of black freedom from slavery to the present. 16:30Dr Mark Porter investigates constipation, a common complaint that is often hidden.
| 16:00Aminatta Forna talks to novelist Louise Dean about her new book The Old Romantic. 16:30Quentin Cooper on meteors, carbon capture, plastic solar cells and noctilucent clouds.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Patricia Neal, Jack Parnell, Jimmy Reid and Professor Tony Judt. 16:30Sherlock's Mark Gatiss celebrates the work of his favourite actor, Roger Livesey.
| 16:00Presented by Bidisha. With 7/7 London bombings survivor Davinia Douglass.
| 16:00Aminatta Forna talks to Nigerian novelist Helon Habila. 16:30Greta Scacchi discusses the life and work of Aboriginal poet Oodgeroo Noonuccal.
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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 Carolyn Quinn, plus sports headlines. 17:30On the picket line and Spanish Civil War poetry. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Sue Armstrong investigates the battle for the hearts and lungs of new smokers. 17:40The making of Michael Gove, the education revolutionary facing a political storm. 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. 18:302/8Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Sue Perkins, Liza Tarbuck and John Sergeant.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6A safety procedures course spells trouble for Douglas's inner dog and Martin's inner ear.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Surprisingly, Ed has had a brilliant idea for a book and, more surprisingly, Ping agrees.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/3The National Theatre of Brent celebrate Tracey Emin and her unmade bed.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6The actress-impressionist grills the top comic in the tag-team talk show.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Peter Curran and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Sheila McClennon introduces her selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Helen tackles a delicate subject. 19:15With Kirsty Lang, including oud player Khyam Allami and novelist Tom McCarthy. 19:451/5Tolstoy has given up writing and cut himself off. Sofya wants to move the family to Moscow
| 19:00Vicky and Susan have plenty to talk about. 19:15John Wilson reviews Black Dynamite, a spoof of 70s Blaxploitation films. 19:452/5Leo invites an aristocratic Christian disciple to stay. Is Sofya right not to trust him?
| 19:00News spreads fast in Ambridge. 19:15John Wilson meets producer William Orbit, and Romantics at Tate Britain. 19:453/5Is Leo's disturbing new tale about a man who murders his wife directed against Sofya?
| 19:00It's a day of celebrations for Matt. 19:15Kirsty Lang discusses new TV talent show Must be the Music. Plus playwright Enda Walsh. 19:454/5With Leo cold and formal to her, Sofya is attracted to a portly pianist on a summer visit.
| 19:00Susan is feeling sidelined. 19:15Philippa Gregory on her new historical novel about Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII. 19:455/5Leo is old and ill. Sofya fights for control of his papers. Will their marriage survive?
| 19:00The making of Michael Gove, the education revolutionary facing a political storm. 19:15Sarfraz Manzoor and guests discuss the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:00Who is the mysterious visitor at Rickyard Cottage? 19:15Americana is off to the beach. 19:453/5The five and a half ton elephant is reluctant to enter its crate.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00David Aaronovitch challenges popular conceptions about the McCarthy period.(R) 20:30The controversy around Muslims converting to Christianity in the Arab World.
| 20:00Sue Armstrong investigates the battle for the hearts and lungs of new smokers. 20:40In Touch visits the Eisteddfod and hears the new Welsh voice software.
| 20:003/3Justin Rowlatt debates topical issues with experts and people at the sharp end. 20:451/3How do you bring terrorists to the negotiating table? Jonathan Powell speaks to both sides
| 20:00Mukul Devichand investigates how people on benefits will be reclassified as 'fit to work'. 20:30Peter Day talks to Saeed Amidi about nurturing Silicon Valley's start-up spirit.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Little Wenlock Village Hall, Shropshire. 20:50Lisa Jardine reflects on the history and political significance of fireworks.
| 20:00Labour's Prince of Darkness Peter Mandelson looks back at his life via the sound archives.
| 20:00Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Patricia Neal, Jack Parnell, Jimmy Reid and Professor Tony Judt.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper dissects the latest science. 21:304/6TV screenwriter Kay Mellor takes Wendy Robbins to her childhood home and haunts in Leeds.
| 21:004/4A woman with a living will attempts suicide. Should she be admitted to intensive care? 21:455/5Prof Gus McGrouther finds links between his wound healing research and early Mesopotamia.(R)
| 21:00Gareth Mitchell asks what happened to hydrogen cars. 21:301/4The Qwerty keyboard: ancient, illogical, inefficient. Why does it still rule how we write?
| 21:00Nick Haslam re-evaluates the renowned underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau.(R) 21:30Michael Buerk talks to Heather Pratten about her decisions to help her terminally ill sons
| 21:0011/20Neil MacGregor retells humanity's history through the objects it has made.
| 21:002/3Milly allows herself to hope that Merton will be the one great passion in her short life.
| 21:00The grieving families waiting years for answers. John Waite investigates delayed inquests. 21:26John Simpson appeals on behalf of Malaria Consortium. 21:30Peter Day talks to Saeed Amidi about nurturing Silicon Valley's start-up spirit. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:451/10Pearlie is about to marry her childhood sweetheart when she receives a strange warning.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:452/10Pearlie has settled down, but a stranger enters her life who will change everything.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Brian Hanrahan. 22:453/10Buzz becomes a regular visitor to the Cook household and makes a startling confession.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:454/10Despite having her life shattered by Buzz's news, Pearlie agrees to help him.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Brian Hanrahan. 22:455/10An obstacle stands in the way of Buzz's happiness and Pearlie agrees to help deal with it.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:153/3Justin Rowlatt debates topical issues with experts and people at the sharp end.
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. 22:45John Harris of The Guardian takes a wry look at the broadsheets and red tops.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Chris Ledgard considers the rise in popularity of storytelling at the Festival at the Edge 23:301/4Retired English master Dr Henry Pickerskill recalls a very mischievous chorister.(R)
| 23:00Situation comedy about Samuel Pepys' less famous sister and her disastrous love life. 23:301/4A wedding party en route to Exeter is delayed by a car on the rail track.(R)
| 23:004/4The Ladies meet an extreme wedding planner, and the voice of the automated Tesco tills. 23:154/6Rik Mayall tells the fantastical tale of Jim and his out-of-body experience.(R) 23:301/4Giles goes to Greece on a desperate mission and discovers that halloumi is officially yum.(R)
| 23:004/6The razor-sharp sketch show about modern communication. 23:301/4Simon uses his 'flair for ideas' to prove how bad he feels about being an arms dealer.(R)
| 23:00Greek poet Sappho - intellectual or vamp? 23:301/4Should 4x4s be made of perspex and Ofsted inspectors expected to teach?(R)
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs. With teams from Scotland and the North of England. 23:30Kenneth Steven probes the mystery of vanished lighthouse keepers and the poem about them.
| 23:00Sherlock's Mark Gatiss celebrates the work of his favourite actor, Roger Livesey. 23:30Mike Wooldridge considers the place of religious art in an increasingly secular age.
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