| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15An exploration of the meaning and history of 'eavesdropping', from cafe society to Twitter 00:45The sound of bells from St Wilfred's Roman Catholic Church, York. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Neil Macgregor with a clockwork galleon designed for a grand dinner table. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Neil MacGregor with some of the best examples of African art, the great plaques of Benin. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Neil MacGregor with one of the stars of the British Museum - an Aztec serpent 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Neil MacGregor with the first truly global money - silver pieces of eight. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3By Fran Landsman. 81-year-old Alice has taken her first risk, and wants to take more.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. 05:45Hundreds of farmers are set to lose land for the planned high-speed rail link. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. 05:45Anna Hill hears all New Zealand lamb and beef is halal but isn't labelled as such.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. 05:45A major agricultural show is to fold. Anna Hill asks if more are under threat.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. 05:45UK food exports are at their highest ever level as they approach the 10 billion pound mark
| | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:45The passing of summer and the coming of the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from St Anne's, Limehouse, London. 05:45Eric Daniels, CEO of Lloyds, to leave with a reputed 13m pound pay off.
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| 06:00 | 06:00With Lord Ashdown on the Lib Dem conference and Michael Gove on education inequality.
| 06:00Nick Clegg defends his economic policies, plus Imran Khan on Pakistani cricket.
| 06:00With Vince Cable on the "murky" corporate world and freed Farc captive Ingrid Betancourt.
| 06:00Are the police "retreating from the streets" and is science getting harder?
| | 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding walks with a group of people with early onset dementia in Wiltshire. 06:30More than 50 farming and environment bodies could be axed by the government. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Is it true that the contribution of Britain's engineers has gone unrecognised? 06:35On Your Farm catches up with Gareth Barlow as he strives to make it as a farmer. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Lord Kinnock on the Labour leadership election, plus what came before the Big Bang?
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10William Crawley with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Judi Dench presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the British Lung Foundation charity. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10In the week of the Ryder Cup, Archbishop Barry Morgan leads a service from Chepstow. 08:50Lisa Jardine on the conflict between her twin passions - saving money and lavish baking.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr talks to Lord Hattersley, Mary Midgley, Andy McSmith and Richard Bean. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Rev Tony Burnham.
| 09:001/3Steve Richards reveals the inside story of Gordon Brown's time as prime minister. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Canon Stephen Shipley.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Alexei Sayle. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Rev Sharon Grenham Toze.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss imaginary numbers. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Rev Ernie Rea.
| 09:45An act of worship and music. From Cardiff, led by Rev Peter Baker.
| 09:00Fi Glover with historian Michael Wood, Inheritance Tracks from musician Jean Michel Jarre.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Presented by Jane Garvey. How gangs groom and sexually exploit children in Britain. 10:451/5Denise's marriage unravels as hysteria rises over prostitute murders in Middlesbrough.
| 10:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Indian cookery queen Madhur Jaffrey talks about easy curries. 10:452/5Denise is frantic because husband Phil has been at the police station all night.
| 10:00Jenni Murray talks to Eat Pray Love author Elizabeth Gilbert. 10:453/5Denise has been asked to go to the police station to answer questions.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Who will win for women? Labour's Ed, Dave, Diane, Andy or Ed? 10:454/5Denise's marriage unravels as hysteria rises over prostitute murders in Middlesborough.
| 10:00Move over Rover - the rise of the house rabbit. Presented by Jenni Murray. 10:455/5Phil is in custody and Denise has to watch their flat being forensically taken apart.
| 10:00John McCarthy looks at the appeal of wildlife travel especially in a balloon. 10:302/4Did the Nazis develop flying saucer technology?
| 10:00Kate lives up to expectations, and Kenton finds a new friend.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Declan Curry meets a Silicon Valley entrepreneur investing in Northern Irish talent. 11:305/6Redecorating prompts a bout of soul-searching for Sam.
| 11:0021/40Saba Douglas-Hamilton reports from Samburu national park in Kenya. 11:30The real story of Joyce Hatto, the pianist embroiled in a fakery scandal.
| 11:002/2Martin Bell traces the story of Tito, the fall of Yugoslavia and the crisis in Bosnia.(R) 11:305/6Single mum Jen attempts some work for charity
| 11:00Kate Adie introduces despatches from Kabul, Moscow, Luanda, Nairobi and London. 11:30Stuart Maconie looks at how to end a piece of music
| 11:00Has Black History Month evolved since its introduction in 1987? Josie d'Arby finds out. 11:302/3By Rona Munro. Friedrich and Beth met as wartime enemies and found love on a Scottish farm
| 11:00As Labour's new supremo emerges, John Kampfner asks: are great leaders born or created? 11:30Kate Adie introduces colour, wit and analysis from correspondents around the world.
| 11:15Singer Sir Tom Jones joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Julian Worricker reports on poorly installed energy devices which are failing carbon tests 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Call You and Yours with Julian Worricker - what will it take to make you happy? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04How one local authority is trying to reduce its spending on taxis to school. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04What do lipreading and cake icing have in common? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The online bookies blamed for horse racing cuts, village greens & the future of TV. 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. 12:301/8Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical news quiz. With Jeremy Hardy, Sue Perkins, Andy Hamilton. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:048/8Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Tony Hawks, Ross Noble and Sheila Hancock. 12:32Sheila Dillon looks behind the scenes of the world's largest and smallest pasta factories. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Coverage of the fourth One Day International between England and Pakistan from Lord's.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30David Willcocks and others reflect on the inspirational impact of Fauré's Requiem.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30BBC opens the books; public loses trust in journalists; Lord Puttnam on C4 "crying wolf".
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Can we redesign our cities to improve our health? Tom Heap investigates.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30This week: welfare numbers, pay revisited and how many birds do cats kill?
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical discussion from Loreto College in Manchester.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:301/3Robin Denselow reports from Nigeria 50 years after the country gained its independence.
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| 14:00 | | 14:00Kate causes problems before she's even arrived. 14:154/4Pilgrim is a most reluctant father of the bride.
| 14:00Nic finds out what's bothering Will, and Borchester Land try boxing clever with Matt.
| 14:00Kenton finds a new friend, and Jamie's leading Marty astray. 14:15John is a young gay man whose landlady is turning him into a replica of her husband.
| 14:00Kenton's feeling very rough indeed, and Kate arrives home. 14:15A couple's casual invites while holidaying abroad, come home to roost.
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30After years in a psychiatric hospital, is a house share right for pensioner Walter?(R)
| 14:00Peter Gibbs and panel are guests of Henleaze Garden Club in Bristol. 14:453/5Wildlife cameraman John Aitchison travels to India to film tigers hunting.
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| 15:00 | | 15:00Vanessa Collingridge examines the labour camps used to deal with unemployment in the 1930s 15:30The self-styled King Of Mars flees the red planet. 15:452/5Ivan Hewett talks with pianist Kenneth Hamilton about the key of C sharp.
| | 15:00Clare Balding takes a walk on Hampstead Heath with a group of inner city Londoners. 15:27John Parrott presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity KidsOut. 15:303/3The King prepares a doomsday scenario for the monkeys on Mars. 15:454/5Ivan Hewett talks with French horn player Roger Montgomery about the key of F major.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs and panel are guests of Henleaze Garden Club in Bristol. 15:455/5Ivan Hewett talks with violinist Daniel Hope about the Key of D major.
| 15:30David Willcocks and others reflect on the inspirational impact of Fauré's Requiem.
| 15:002/2After her dismissal from department store, Denise is determined to find other work.
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| 16:00 | | 16:002/5How do you trace the roots of rootless people? Sally Magnusson gets on the trail. 16:30Professor Robert Winston chooses a famous writer from the French Renaissance.
| | 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to the award-winning crime writer Val McDermid about her new book. 16:30Quentin Cooper investigates the news in science and science in the news.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Barbel Bohley, Geoffrey Burgon, Jill Johnston, John McGlashan. 16:30Francine Stock talks to film star and director Ben Affleck about his new feature The Town.
| 16:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Elizabeth Gilbert on the true story behind Eat Pray Love. 16:30Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to writer Susan Hill about creating fear in her new ghost story. 16:30Roger McGough introduces a selection of American poems.
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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. 17:57Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:30Evan Davis and guests discuss the importance of the US economy and corporate sponsorship. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Richard Black asks how the UK is going to store its radioactive waste. 17:40Eric Daniels, CEO of Lloyds, to leave with a reputed 13m pound pay off. 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. 18:303/4Michael Burke gets trapped in the Moral Maze, and a makeover for Any Answers!
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| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/8Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical news quiz. With Jeremy Hardy, Sue Perkins, Andy Hamilton.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Goldie, Dominic Sandbrook, Matthew Wright and Russell Kane.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Felicity Finch introduces her selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | | 19:00Nic finds out what's bothering Will, and Borchester Land try boxing clever with Matt. 19:15With Mark Lawson. Teenagers on stage and tv screen in The Inbetweeners and Punk Rock. 19:452/5Neil MacGregor with some of the best examples of African art, the great plaques of Benin.
| | | 19:00Kathy's hopes are dashed, and Jolene is grateful for the We Love the Bull campaigners. 19:15Kirsty Lang presents. Julian Fellowes and Hugh Bonneville on Downton Abbey. 19:455/5Neil MacGregor with the first truly global money - silver pieces of eight.
| 19:00Eric Daniels, CEO of Lloyds, to leave with a reputed 13m pound pay off. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:00There's an unpleasant encounter for Kenton, and Nigel's plans are thrown into disarray. 19:15Americana examines the enthusiasm, faith, myth and making of the Tea Party movement. 19:453/3By Hilary Lloyd. The author recalls life on a smallholding in the Welsh Marches.(R)
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| 20:00 | | 20:00Richard Black asks how the UK is going to store its radioactive waste. 20:40Latest news on Vodafone's refund scheme for their discontinued navigation software.
| | | 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical discussion from Loreto College in Manchester. 20:50Lisa Jardine on the conflict between her twin passions - saving money and lavish baking.
| 20:00Simon Fanshawe traces the progress of gay comedy from the margins to the mainstream.
| 20:00This week: welfare numbers, pay revisited and how many birds do cats kill? 20:30Matthew Bannister on Barbel Bohley, Geoffrey Burgon, Jill Johnston, John McGlashan.
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| 21:00 | 21:00The BBC's Amateur Scientist of the Year is revealed at the 2010 British Science Festival. 21:30Andrew Marr talks to Lord Hattersley, Mary Midgley, Andy McSmith and Richard Bean.
| 21:00Mark Porter explores ways to improve the way that blood is used in transfusions. 21:301/3Steve Richards reveals the inside story of Gordon Brown's time as prime minister.
| | | 21:00Denise's marriage unravels as hysteria rises over prostitute murders in Middlesborough.
| 21:001/2When provincial Denise arrives in Paris, she soon catches the eye of seducer Octave Mouret
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Judi Dench presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the British Lung Foundation charity. 21:30Fran Abrams asks why the idea of children earning money causes such unease. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Robin Lustig is in Liverpool at the Lib Dems' conference for Nick Clegg's keynote speech. 22:451/10When Tess dies, her sister Beatrice refuses to believe she took her own life.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:452/10Bee hears the news that she was dreading. Tense psychological thriller.
| 22:15National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:453/10Bee refuses to believe the police conclusion that her sister Tess killed herself.
| | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:455/10Bee is shocked to realise she missed fifteen phone calls from her sister before she died.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:151/4Mariella Frostrup and her guests debate the dilemmas of modern parenting.
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. 22:45Iain Martin takes a look at how the broadsheets and red tops treat the week's news.
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| 23:00 | 23:001/6Dara O Briain joins the comedy talk show which tries to answer the unanswerable. 23:301/3How practical rainwear epitomised the 1950s and 60s.(R)
| 23:004/5Nick Mohammed stars as lifestyle guru Mr Swallow. 23:302/3How German bandleader James Last won over millions of Brits.(R)
| 23:006/6The troubled Radio 4 announcer is not looking forward to his holiday. 23:154/4Looking at conventional living, Andrew Lawrence probes settling down and families. 23:303/3Steve Punt concludes his history of unhip UK with a celebration of the Austin Montego.(R)
| | 23:00Professor Robert Winston chooses a famous writer from the French Renaissance. 23:302/2With pubs under financial pressure, landladies and landlords talk about hopes and fears.(R)
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs as the North of England take on Scotland. 23:30Roger McGough presents an autumn edition focussing on Louis MacNeice.
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to film star and director Ben Affleck about his new feature The Town. 23:30Is it true that the contribution of Britain's engineers has gone unrecognised?
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