| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the growth of high security prisons in America. 00:45The bells of the Parish Church of St Peter, Tiverton, Devon. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Kerry Shale reads from Mark Twain's autobiography. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Mark Twain remembers the annual boyhood visits to his uncle's farm in Florida. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Mark Twain recounts the fashion for duelling in 1870s Nevada. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Mark Twain reflects on a cause celebre and what it reveals about President Roosevelt. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Mark Twain gives his views on the behaviour of American forces in the Philippines. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3By PG Wodehouse. Martin Jarvis performs the rediscovered witty tale of aristocratic angst.(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 Bishop Donal McKeown in Belfast 05:45The price of food is rising. How long will it be before shoppers feel the pinch? 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With Rev Dr Ruth Patterson of Restoration Ministries in Belfast. 05:45Plans for the UK's biggest dairy farm are scaled back after criticism from locals.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With Rev Dr Ruth Patterson of Restoration Ministries in Belfast. 05:45One farmer says he'll take the law into his own hands if trespassing on his land continues
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With Bishop Donal McKeown in Belfast. 05:45There are calls for England's National Parks to be sold to raise money for the government.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With Bishop Donal McKeown in Belfast. 05:45Wild ducks are still being shot with lead despite it being banned over a decade ago.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43With Dr Jeremy Morris, Dean of King's College, Cambridge. 05:45We launch this year's iPM New Year's Honour and interview an ex-squatter.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43For Remembrance, the half-muffled bells of Westminster Abbey, London. 05:451/3Lynsey Hanley explores whether social class still determines the education we receive.
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| 06:00 | 06:00A public inquiry begins this morning into failings at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation
| 06:00Nick Robinson analyses the PM's visit to China, plus actor Bill Tarmey on Jack Duckworth.
| 06:00Is the UK's Afghan strategy failing? Plus Karl Lagerfeld on austerity.
| 06:00With Iain Duncan Smith on his benefit reform and reporting on India's Naxalite insurgency.
| 06:00With Chancellor George Osborne on the G20 and Pakistani wicket keeper Zulqarnain Haider.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark hears how a forest of ten million conifers changed Ayrshire's Whitelee Plateau. 06:30As food prices continue to rise, Charlotte Smith finds out whether farmers are cashing in. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05A programme for Remembrance Sunday on the power of the military band. 06:35Lionel Kelleway heads into Devon to explore the delights of an autumnal hedgerow. 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. 07:10Jane Little with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Andrew Marr presents the Radio 4 Appeal for International Development Enterprises 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 on Remembrance Sunday live from Coventry Cathedral. 08:50Sarah Dunant finds religion a powerful lens for a fresh look at history.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Ed Vulliamy, Patrick Wilcken, Gillian Tett and Lars Gustafsson. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by The Rev Clair Jaquiss.
| 09:00Identical twin sisters talk about their different choices to follow Islam and Christianity 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Dr Michael Ford.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Giles Coren. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Mark Coffey.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Volga Vikings. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Rev Dr Mark Wakelin.
| 09:00Poet and broadcaster Ian McMillan joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs.
| 09:00Fi Glover with TV boss Daisy Goodwin; Inheritance Tracks from fashion designer Paul Smith.
| 09:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 09:15Harry is pushed to the brink and Eddie plans a diversion.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Pamela Stephenson on her new role on Strictly Come Dancing. 10:451/5David Rowlands arrives in Zagreb, but with no official letter of invitation from the UN.
| 10:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Including dentures - love them or hate them? 10:452/5David spends time with the Royal Medical Corps and begins to realise how brutal the war is
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Margaret Atwood on 25 years of The Handmaid's Tale. 10:453/5David Rowlands joins soldiers crossing Serb lines to collect displaced Muslims.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Including Catherine of Aragon - changing the course of history? 10:454/5David Rowlands is shocked by conditions at the hospital in the Muslim enclave of Travnik.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Have we lost the 'art of housekeeping'? Does it matter anyway? 10:455/5It is Easter Sunday and David Rowlands joins the British Battalion on a rare day of peace.
| 10:00John McCarthy talks to medics who work abroad and looks at bridges with Dan Cruickshank. 10:30Sue MacGregor tells the story of the battle over a perfect T-Rex skeleton.
| 10:30Nicholas Witchell is the commentator at the Ceremony of Remembrance at the Cenotaph.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Hermione Cockburn on the writer who led us to value our industrial landscape - LTC Rolt. 11:306/6As winter sets in, John Prescott, Germaine Greer and Nigella Lawson think of home.
| 11:0028/40Saving Species witnesses the extraordinary mating behaviour of Koalas in Australia. 11:30Pete Paphides talks to family, friends and fans of Charles Schulz, creator of Peanuts.
| 11:00The story of the Merchant Navy ships trapped in the Suez Canal during the 1967 Six Day War 11:306/6James Bond star Daniel Craig tries to get car insurance.(R)
| 11:00The traditional two-minute silence to mark Armistice Day. 11:02BBC Radio 4's Thursday look behind the news with Kate Adie. 11:30Julian Fellowes meets an original member of a theatre group supported by Thomas Hardy.
| 11:00Why has NHS Hull spent £500,000 on a yacht for young people? Jolyon Jenkins reports. 11:302/4Simon decides it is time to get self-motivated and starts composing his electronic music.
| 11:00Jackie Ashley looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Radio 4's look behind the news headlines with correspondents around the world.
| 11:451/2War artist Xavier Pick reveals his audio diaries from his trip to Iraq in 2008/2009.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Care in the UK: The launch of a month long season - how do we pay and provide social care? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Should long-term benefit claimants be forced to do community work? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Are sub-prime mortgages making a comeback? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Does animal therapy really improve the lives of people with dementia? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04We investigate suspected breaches of competition law in the online hotel booking sector. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04News and advice on safeguarding and improving your personal finances. 12:308/8Sandi Toksvig chairs. With guests including Jeremy Hardy and Andy Hamilton. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:041/6Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Tony Hawks, Kit Hesketh-Harvey and Alun Cochrane. 12:32Supermarket fruit wars - Sheila Dillon finds out if they cause pain for the producers. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news. 13:30Russell Davies continues the hunt for the 58th Brain of Britain.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:30The story of one of the great folk singers and writers of our time, Lal Waterson.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:30BBC 4 controller; media endangering 2018 World Cup bid; Widdecombe and Wagner syndrome.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:30Dominic Arkwright hits the road with Lucy Mangan, Justin Marozzi and Johnny Green.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:30A licence fee for overseas listeners? Justin Webb on interruptions in Today interviews.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Alton College in Hampshire.
| 13:00A look at events around the world. 13:30The tale of an unexpected encounter between 20th century legends - in a Miami gym in 1964.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Peggy's received an intriguing email and Harry has some cheering news for Lynda. 14:153/5Whilst the Scottish Govt are planning to ban the burqa, Princess Eleanor goes missing.
| 14:00Tony is feeling harrassed and Clarrie and Nic give themselves a treat. 14:15In Bettina Gracias's inspiring story, local Indian women protest using their cooking tins.
| 14:00Harry is pushed to the brink and Jolene spends time away from The Bull. 14:15Unexpected conflicts arise on a school trip to the Flanders trenches.
| 14:00Jolene plays fairy godmother. 14:15True life story of the highest altitude emegency parachute jump, made in 1960.
| 14:00Peggy is impressed by Tom's business acumen and Jazzer makes his debut. 14:15By Rony Robinson and Sally Goldsmith. A funny touching play about the menopause.
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Ten guests travel to an island. Each is an unconvicted murderer. None will leave alive.
| 14:00The panel are guests of students and staff at Askham Bryan College in North Yorkshire. 14:452/2War artist Xavier Pick reveals his audio diaries from his trip to Iraq in 2008/2009.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Iain Sinclair finds out why the weather forecast has always been a national obsession. 15:451/5Brett Westwood presents a guide to Britain's coastal birds.(R)
| 15:00Travelling Scots pine trees and Northern biased maps. 15:301/3The security of a household is comically shattered not by burglars, but by an alarm. 15:452/5Brett Westwood offers help identifying birds you may encounter on our sandy shores.
| 15:00Paul Lewis and guests answer calls on financial issues. 15:302/3A fearful fever spreads through the neighbourhood, which gets Mrs McWilliams agitated. 15:453/5Brett Westwood offers help identifying birds you may see and hear on our rocky shores.
| 15:00Owen Sheers explores Wales' secret military history from World War II. 15:27Margaret Magnusson presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Pancreatic Cancer UK. 15:303/3We're off to a famous theme park, to cross the waters and meet friendly Red Indians. 15:454/5Brett Westwood offers help identifying birds you may see and hear on our sea cliffs.
| 15:00The panel are guests of students and staff at Askham Bryan College in North Yorkshire. 15:455/5Brett Westwood helps identify birds you may see and hear on our off-shore islands.
| | 15:001/2The Quangels begin to write anonymous postcards denouncing the Nazi regime.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon hears from some of the world's disappearing food tribes. 16:305/5The personalities behind trolls, and monitoring flu, with Simon Cox.
| 16:00GCHQ's ex-top lawyer says why phone tap evidence should not be used in terrorist trials. 16:30Playwright Laura Wade and musician Will Gregory talk about books with Sue MacGregor.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor examines new research about publishing and looks at active citizenship. 16:30A new study offers hope for keeping young offenders out of prison. Claudia Hammond reports
| 16:00James Naughtie talks to Claire Tomalin about her biography of Thomas Hardy. 16:30Bigger bangs at CERN; Last winter's deep cold; Invisibility cloaks.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Joseph Gavin, Emilio Massera, Shirley Verrett, Ehud Netzer. 16:30Ralph Fiennes on villains and the rise of community cinemas.
| 16:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Pamela Stephenson discusses psychology and Strictly.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to comedian Barry Humphries about his five favourite books. 16:30Martin Sorrell explores the work of French First World War poet Guillaume Apollinaire.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines. 17:30Evan Davis and guests discuss how companies plan for the unexpected, and dress codes. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Can charities be trusted to run public services well and honestly? Gerry Northam reports. 17:403/8Playwright Nell Leyshon creates an imaginative response to a story from 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. 18:301/6Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Tony Hawks, Kit Hesketh-Harvey and Alun Cochrane.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6James Walton, his team captains and guests delve into the troubled life of Edgar Allan Poe
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Spoof documentary set in 2014, looking back at the fiasco that was the London Olympics.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Attacked by sinister custard, Pip must fight a new form of evil.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:308/8Sandi Toksvig chairs. With guests including Jeremy Hardy and Andy Hamilton.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Elaine Paige, Thelma Schoonmaker, Leslie Jordan & Billy Bragg.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Caz Graham makes her selection of highlights from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Tony is feeling harrassed and Clarrie and Nic give themselves a treat. 19:15With Mark Lawson, including comedian Bill Bailey and Spooks actor Peter Firth. 19:451/5David Rowlands arrives in Zagreb, but with no official letter of invitation from the UN.
| 19:00Harry is pushed to the brink and Jolene spends time away from The Bull. 19:15Rapper Tinie Tempah; Chinese film Aftershock; documentary maker John Krish. 19:452/5David spends time with the Royal Medical Corps and begins to realise how brutal the war is
| 19:00Jolene plays fairy godmother. 19:15With Mark Lawson, including an interview with screenwriter and producer Jimmy McGovern. 19:453/5David Rowlands joins soldiers crossing Serb lines to collect displaced Muslims.
| 19:00Peggy is impressed by Tom's business acumen and Jazzer makes his debut. 19:15With Mark Lawson, including news of the shortlist for the BBC National Short Story Award. 19:454/5David Rowlands is shocked by conditions at the hospital in the Muslim enclave of Travnik.
| 19:00Eddie plans a diversion and tensions surface at the dinner dance. 19:15Sir David Attenborough on fossils; war artists on working in Afghanistan. 19:455/5It is Easter Sunday and David Rowlands joins the British Battalion on a rare day of peace.
| 19:023/8Playwright Nell Leyshon creates an imaginative response to a story from the week's news. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:00There's a visitor to St Stephens and Clarrie faces a big decision. 19:15The British author Jonathan Raban presents the programme from Seattle. 19:451/5A court interpreter is being sent unexpected signals - but will she acknowledge them?(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Carolyn Quinn looks at the work of the conciliation service ACAS. 20:30Emma Jane Kirby investigates Ken Clarke's promised "rehabilitation revolution".
| 20:00Can charities be trusted to run public services well and honestly? Gerry Northam reports. 20:40How will the cut in the mobility component of the DLA affect deaf blind people?
| 20:00Should the unemployed have to work for their benefits? 20:451/3Lynsey Hanley explores whether social class still determines the education we receive.
| 20:00GCHQ's ex-top lawyer says why phone tap evidence should not be used in terrorist trials. 20:30Evan Davis and guests discuss how companies plan for the unexpected, and dress codes.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Alton College in Hampshire. 20:50Sarah Dunant finds religion a powerful lens for a fresh look at history.
| 20:00Archive on Four explores the hugely popular World War Two radio broadcasts of JB Priestley
| 20:00A licence fee for overseas listeners? Justin Webb on interruptions in Today interviews. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Joseph Gavin, Emilio Massera, Shirley Verrett, Ehud Netzer.
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| 21:00 | 21:00The International Space Station; Giant Dragonflies; Objects that changed the World. 21:30Andrew Marr with Ed Vulliamy, Patrick Wilcken, Gillian Tett and Lars Gustafsson.
| 21:00A new study offers hope for keeping young offenders out of prison. Claudia Hammond reports 21:30Identical twin sisters talk about their different choices to follow Islam and Christianity
| 21:00Tracey Logan asks if scientists are ready for the next Icelandic volcanic eruption. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Giles Coren.
| 21:0028/40Saving Species witnesses the extraordinary mating behaviour of Koalas in Australia. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Volga Vikings.
| 21:0017/20Neil MacGregor retells humanity's history through the objects it has made.
| 21:002/2Sita has been abducted by a ruthless warlord. Rama enlists the help of an army of monkeys.
| 21:00News and advice on safeguarding and improving your personal finances. 21:26Andrew Marr presents the Radio 4 Appeal for International Development Enterprises UK. 21:30Emma Jane Kirby investigates Ken Clarke's promised "rehabilitation revolution". 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:451/10Major Brendan Archer travels to Ireland after the war to visit his accidental fiancee.
| 22:00Daily news and current affairs programme bringing you global news and analysis. 22:452/10The Major meets some of the residents at the Majestic but his fiancée remains elusive.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:453/10The Major receives shocking news about Angela, and is compelled to travel to London.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:454/10The Major returns to Kilnalough to find rumblings of disquiet in the Irish countryside.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:455/10As menace hangs in the air around the Majestic, a dear friend returns to Kilnalough.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Should the unemployed have to work for their benefits?
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Dennis Sewell takes a look at how the broadsheets and red tops treat the week's news.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Is it painful to economise? Debate with David Collins, Laurie Penny and Pauline Black. 23:30Sean Curran reports on events at Westminster.
| 23:003/6Nat Segnit meets the 'Jonahs' who offer themselves up to be swallowed by whales. 23:30Susan Hulme has the latest news from Westminster.
| 23:00Radio 4's performance poetry series, featuring Chris Redmond and Niven Ganner. 23:153/6Train driver Bob is suspended after a medical. Is his career over? 23:30Sean Curran reports on this week's session of Prime Minister's Questions.
| 23:004/4Just who killed Elliot Roth, and will they stop at one murder?(R) 23:30Report of the day in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:00Portrait of the life of Aung San Suu Kyi by Mike Wooldridge.(R) 23:30Mark D'arcy reports on events at Westminster.
| 23:00Russell Davies continues the hunt for the 58th Brain of Britain. 23:30Award-winning poet Daljit Nagra explores the story of Indian poetry in English.
| 23:00Ralph Fiennes on villains and the rise of community cinemas. 23:30A programme for Remembrance Sunday on the power of the military band.
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