| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Ronald Dworkin and Anthony Grayling on liberty versus equality. 00:45The bells of St Lawrence Jewry, London. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Hugh Aldersey-Williams explores 'the curious lives of the elements' through history. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Hugh Aldersey-Williams explores the curious lives of the elements through history. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Hugh Aldersey-Williams explores 'the curious lives of the elements' through history. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Further adventures amongst the building blocks of the universe. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Hugh Aldersey-Williams' final examination of what lies beyond the periodic table. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3By Chrissie Gittins. Rich and Dan are united closely by the death of Dan's wife Milly.(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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| 03:00 | | | 03:00Australia v England, the sixth ODI from Sydney.
| | | | 03:00Australia v England, the seventh ODI from the WACA in Perth.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with the Rev Simon Doogan. 05:45Ten years on from the 2001 foot and mouth crisis, a warning the country is at risk again. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with the Rev Simon Doogan. 05:45Anna Hill hears claims that pheasants missed by shooters are damaging our ecosystems.
| | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with the Rev Simon Doogan. 05:45Charlotte Smith hears calls for a pay rise and an extra day off for farm workers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with the Rev Simon Doogan. 05:45Magnets might save cows from accidentally eating lethal scrap metal.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Sister Gemma Simmonds. 05:45"It's quarter to two, I'm not asleep, I've no idea why!" Listeners with insomnia call iPM.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Yesterday in Parliament; Thought for the Day.
| | 06:00With cuts to buses, the US view on Egypt and the protests' consequences for Israel.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Yesterday in Parliament; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Keen walker Stuart Maconie takes in the stunning views on the Bath Skyline Walk. 06:30Ten years after the 2001 Foot and Mouth crisis, are we better prepared now? 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with guests Neville Brody, Prof Alex Danchev, Susan Hiller and EC Osondu. 09:45Christian worship with bible reading, prayer and music, led by Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth.
| 09:00Jonathan Freedland takes the long view of policy reversals in politics. 09:301/5Meet the woman who survived Concorde crashing into her Paris hotel. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Peter Whittaker.
| 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Rev Sharon Grenham Toze.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Bannockburn. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Monsignor Tony Rogers.
| 09:00Journalist and TV presenter Jon Snow joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs. 09:45Spiritual reflection with a bible reading, prayer and music.
| 09:00Fi Glover with paralympian Ade Adepitan; Barry Humphries shares his Inheritance Tracks.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Ken Hom on some of his favourite recipes. 10:451/20Following the mutiny, Ashton is disguised by his ayah as her Indian son Ashok.
| 10:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Political unrest in the Middle East: the implications for women. 10:452/20Ashok finds his life threatened when he is embroiled in dark court intrigues.
| 10:00Australia v England, the sixth ODI from Sydney.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Allison Pearson on writing, Hollywood and depression. 10:454/20Having discovered his true identity Ashok, now Ashton, yearns to return to India.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Bread and Butter Pudding; Sex Diaries. 10:455/20Ash joins the Guides in Mardan, but his relationship with Belinda is increasingly troubled
| 10:00John McCarthy explores Romania and rowing across the Indian Ocean. 10:301/4Paul Jackson's series on classic TV programmes focuses on World in Action.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Jolyon Jenkins investigates yoga. As it goes mainstream, what's happened to spirituality? 11:304/6Ed gets caught up in sibling rivalry when Ping's sister Py undertakes some work experience
| 11:0040/40What is the better approach to conservation, saving species or wilderness? 11:30Creative director of the Bristol Old Vic Tom Morris chooses some favourite writing.
| 11:302/6Muriel decides an apparition may boost religion's appeal.
| 11:00Kate Adie hosts despatches from reporters around the world. 11:30A reappraisal of Raymond Chandler, the Englishman who invented the PI as we know him.
| 11:00Claudia Hammond looks at the government's plan to measure the nation's happiness. 11:304/6In the depths of poverty, Pip finds his true calling and Harry makes a machine from moles.(R)
| 11:00Peter Oborne of The Daily Telegraph looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Kate Adie with despatches from around the world.
| 11:30Writer and Booker Prize winner Howard Jacobson joins Kirsty Young.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The cigarette that comes with an endorsement from a cancer charity. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04With Julian Worricker. Are social networking sites an effective tool of protest? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The squeezed middle classes, hybrid shops and a comedian turned consumer champion. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Shari Vahl discusses the case of the Premier League against a Portsmouth landlady. 12:30Is the General Medical Council the right organisation to regulate the medical profession? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Peter discusses reform of the ATOL holiday rules, Blu-ray disks and Olympic merchandising. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Paul Lewis brings the latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:305/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:046/6Fifty-fourth series of the multi-award award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee 12:32Sheila Dillon looks at the future of cooking and food preparation in the school curriculum 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news. 13:30The nationwide general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:303/3For the last in the series, Frances Fyfield explores the score of Bizet's Opera Carmen.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:30Guardian's Alan Rusbridger on Wikileaks; PCC's Peta Buscombe responds to phone hacking.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:30The Arctic is melting. The battle over its resources is just beginning. Tom Heap reports.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:30Head of the World Service on massive cuts to the network. Presented by Roger Bolton.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical discussion from Wrexham in North Wales.
| 13:00The latest news with in-depth analysis. 13:30Greta Scacchi explores celebrity activism: is it good, bad, or perhaps just inevitable?
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| 14:00 | 14:00Helen makes an announcement. 14:152/6Matt is going off the rails. But a stolen mobile phone call lands him out of his depth.
| 14:00Elizabeth throws herself into her work. 14:15Tennyson's long poem of grief and consolation performed by David Bamber.
| 14:00Kenton's on his best behaviour. 14:151/4Robbie used to be a professional jazz pianist. Now he is a miserable music teacher.(R)
| 14:00David is in positive mood. 14:15Kate Clanchy's tough and touching play exposes the truth about two women.
| 14:15Raymond Chandler spends months in an office with Billy Wilder adapting Double Indemnity.
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:301/8The trouble-seeking private eye gets entangled in the rich Sternwood family's tribulations
| 14:00Peter Gibbs chairs this Q&A from the scenic village of Lavenham, Suffolk. 14:453/5Ian Marchant meets five 'completists' driven by the need to tick off the entire collection
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| 15:00 | 15:00Matthew Sweet debates and assesses the state of cinema and cinemas in the world today. 15:451/5Gyles Brandreth recalls Five Ages of his life, starting with prep school in the 1950s.
| 15:00Why does it appear to be colder just as dawn breaks? 15:301/3A blizzard of snow, blocked roads and a frozen water pump test Gillian's survival skills. 15:452/5Gyles Brandreth recalls The Beatles, the Profumo scandal and the death of JFK.
| 15:00Send your mortgage or remortgage questions to Vincent Duggleby and guests. 15:302/3Bees, hay and swallows make a bountiful summer. 15:453/5Gyles Brandreth looks back at the 70s and Lord Longford's anti-porn commission.
| 15:00Helen Mark is in Wiltshire to find out about a very British obsession. 15:27Sandi Toksvig presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Womankind Worldwide. 15:303/3Potatoes, beetroot and apples are gathered in, and the honey is harvested. 15:454/5Gyles Brandreth continues his Five Ages in the 80s - with Mrs Thatcher and Roland Rat.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs this Q&A from the scenic village of Lavenham, Suffolk. 15:455/5Gyles Brandreth completes his Five Ages with a look back to his time as an MP.
| | 15:003/4Sgt Cuff has failed to find either the thief or the Moonstone as the story moves to London
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon investigates some of the food stories behind Ireland's economic collapse. 16:30Guests discuss if the values of celebrity culture are at odds with religious values.
| 16:00Oldham Council has to make cuts of £25 million. Where will the axe fall? Who will be hit? 16:30Playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah on Marcus Garvey, the inspirational 20th-century black leader.
| 16:00The growth in second home ownership and the cult of the bike. 16:30Dr Mark Porter looks at the options available for care at the end of life.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup and Sebastian Faulks debate the Great British Novel. 16:30Quentin Cooper investigates the news in science and science in the news.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Penny Feiwel, Dame Margaret Price, David Kato, and Malcolm Lyell. 16:30Francine Stock talks to Helen Mirren about a new version of Brighton Rock, set in the '60s
| 16:00Jane Garvey presents: Celebrating, informing and entertaining women.
| 16:00James Naughtie talks to Tim Butcher about his bestselling book Blood River. 16:30Roger McGough introduces requests for poems that explore the myth of Orpheus in Hades.
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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.
| 17:00A fresh perspective on the day's news with sports headlines. 17:30Evan Davis and guests discuss moving with the times and the laws they'd like to scrap. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Is religious intolerance growing among Britain's ethnic minorities? 17:40An insight into Craig Oliver, newly appointed Government Director of Communications. 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. 18:306/6Fifty-fourth series of the multi-award award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Adam and Rudy face the prospect of losing the shop's lease.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6The Showstopper! team improvise an entire musical in front of your very ears.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/4Tom finds himself baffled by the weird world of parking enforcement.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson talks to Dennis Bovell, Denis Lawson, Gruff Rhys and Angelos Epithemiou.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Sheila McClennon makes her selection from the week's radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Elizabeth throws herself into her work. 19:15Film-makers the Coen brothers; a tribute to composer John Barry; Brighton Rock reviewed. 19:451/20Following the mutiny, Ashton is disguised by his ayah as her Indian son Ashok.
| 19:00Kenton's on his best behaviour. 19:15Mark Lawson talks to Dennis Lehane and reviews The Fighter and Mike Figgis's opera debut. 19:452/20Ashok finds his life threatened when he is embroiled in dark court intrigues.
| 19:00David is in positive mood. 19:15Architect Norman Foster, actress Carey Mulligan and cast changes at Waterloo Road. 19:453/20Pursued by Janoo Rani's men, Ashok and Sita flee Gulkote. But death overtakes them.
| 19:15Laura Linney in The Big C; Harry Hill's artwork; and opera director David Pountney. 19:454/20Having discovered his true identity Ashok, now Ashton, yearns to return to India.
| 19:00Helen has her hands full. 19:15Peter Kosminsky talks to Kirsty Lang about his new TV drama series, The Promise. 19:455/20Ash joins the Guides in Mardan, but his relationship with Belinda is increasingly troubled
| 19:00An insight into Craig Oliver, newly appointed Government Director of Communications. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:00Family comes first for Ruth. 19:15Presidential Doctrine: a thing of the past, or a must-have for President Obama? 19:453/3A romanticising couple rehearse possible future scenarios for their life together.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Riazat Butt follows a group of ambitious teenagers applying to Oxford University. 20:30Why free market Austrian economics have inspired a rap video and attracted new fans.
| 20:00Is religious intolerance growing among Britain's ethnic minorities? 20:40Changes to Disability Living Allowance are causing confusion. Hear the RNIB's advice.
| 20:00Combative debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. 20:451/6Scientist Susan Greenfield discusses her life's ambition & how stories develop our brains.
| 20:00Riots, disturbances and injuries in prisons: what's behind the rise in tension? 20:30Evan Davis and guests discuss moving with the times and the laws they'd like to scrap.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical discussion from Wrexham in North Wales. 20:50Alain de Botton reflects on why freedom has become our ultimate political ideal.
| 20:00Peter Day considers the events and impact of Britain's currency going decimal in 1971.
| 20:00Head of the World Service on massive cuts to the network. Presented by Roger Bolton. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Penny Feiwel, Dame Margaret Price, David Kato, and Malcolm Lyell.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper investigates the news in science and science in the news. 21:30Andrew Marr with guests Neville Brody, Prof Alex Danchev, Susan Hiller and EC Osondu.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter looks at the options available for care at the end of life. 21:30Jonathan Freedland takes the long view of policy reversals in politics.
| 21:00The Arctic is melting. The battle over its resources is just beginning. Tom Heap reports. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Sophie Thompson.
| 21:0040/40What is the better approach to conservation, saving species or wilderness? 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Bannockburn.
| 21:00David Eldridge's play follows a marriage as it falters over 25 years of political change.
| 21:002/4Cuff begins his investigation into the missing diamond, with Betteridge as his sidekick.(R)
| 21:00Stephen Sackur uncovers the history behind the upheavals in Egypt. 21:26Julie Christie presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Peace Brigades International. 21:30Why free market Austrian economics have inspired a rap video and attracted new fans.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:456/10As news of war breaks, Ruth longs for Farid, while Noor is drawn closer to the Armstrongs.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:457/10As the relationship between Ruth and Farid deepens, Noor finds strength to face her past.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:458/10Ruth dashes Noor's hopes and realises the true cost of her own happiness with Farid.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:459/10Noor discovers the truth about Ruth and Farid, but now she knows, what will she do next?
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:4510/10Ruth is forced to make a decision about her future. Farid or Euan? Whom will she choose?
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Combative debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Mehdi Hasan takes a look at how the broadsheets and red tops treat the week's news.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen explores the world of language and communication. 23:30Alicia McCarthy reports from Westminster.
| 23:001/4Matt Harvey hosts a comedy-infused, musically enhanced, mildly interactive poetry cabaret. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/6Mordrin enlists the help of an old ally to settle a garden dispute with his neighbour. 23:152/6Bob receives a Royal Appointment and recruits some wild animals for a private zoo. 23:30Alicia McCarthy reports from Westminster.
| 23:005/6Business is booming, but there is a teenage fly in the soup de jour.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Stephen Sackur uncovers the history behind the upheavals in Egypt. 23:30Mark D'Arcy with all the news from Westminster.
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies. 23:30Roger McGough introduces TS Eliot's groundbreaking modernist poem The Waste Land.
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to Helen Mirren about a new version of Brighton Rock, set in the '60s 23:30Alastair Campbell tells Mark Tully his blunt speaking reputation isn't entirely accurate.
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