| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Is happiness the answer? Pascal Bruckner says it is not. Also, the legacies of the poor. 00:45The bells of St Mary's, Barnes, London. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5A third of teachers leave within their first term on the job. This one wouldn't quit. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5A third of teachers leave within their first term on the job. This one wouldn't quit. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5A third of teachers leave within their first term on the job. This one would not quit. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5A third of teachers leave within their first term on the job. This one would not quit. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5A third of teachers leave within their first term on the job. This one would not quit. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Ian Holm reads Mick Jackson's mythical tale about the day the Circus Bears rebelled.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rt Rev Nigel McCulloch, Bishop of Manchester. 05:45Charlotte Smith hears the risk of a flu pandemic is increasing as the world eats more meat 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rt Rev Nigel McCulloch, Bishop of Manchester. 05:45Anna Hill hears about the latest battle being waged against the invasive killer shrimp.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rt Rev Nigel McCulloch, Bishop of Manchester. 05:45The government introduces new measures to safeguard against BSE.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rt Rev Nigel McCulloch, Bishop of Manchester. 05:45New plans for a badger cull in Wales, in an attempt to control TB in cattle.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rt Rev Nigel McCulloch, Bishop of Manchester. 05:45A recent YouGov poll found that 70% of Britain's villages are without a local shop.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43With the Rev Dr Gordon Gray. 05:45'I'm a right Jack.' Listener John Craven tells us about the dying language of the sea.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Olave's, Hart Street, London. 05:45William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, who's been criticised over Libya this week.
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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.
| 06:00Debating SEN reform, plus BBC chairman Sir Michael Lyons and director Mike Leigh.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Yesterday in Parliament; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Latest on the Japan earthquake and debating whether 'three parent IVF' should be allowed.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Stuart Maconie walks the Lickey Hills near Birmingham. 06:30Anna Hill takes a look at the British beef industry. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Dr Mustapha explores the idea that the earth is one country and we are all its citizens 06:35Sarah Swadling is among a million hens at a new breed of intensive egg farm, in Shropshire 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Fear of a possible meltdown at a Japanese nuclear plant.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10William Crawley with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Jan Tallis presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of School-Home Support. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | 08:15World Cup cricket. Bangladesh v England from Chittagong.
| 08:45Coverage of India v South Africa at Nagpur.
| 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Part of our series for Lent live from the chapel of Durham School. 08:50David Attenborough explores the natural history of potatoes, peppers and artichokes.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr and Tim Flannery, Phyllis Lee, Peter Harris and Richard Susskind. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Stephen Shipley.
| 09:00The exposed covert CIA agent, Valerie Plame Wilson, talks to John Humphrys. 09:301/5New series featuring some of Europe's most unusual minority TV stations with Nigel Cassidy 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Clarence B Jones. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Andrew Graystone.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss free will. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Becky Harris.
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| | 09:00News, views and discussion ... with a difference.
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| 10:00 | 10:00With Jane Garvey. An exhibition of Barbara Everard's work at the RHS London Orchid Show. 10:451/5Lawyers Kim and Olivier pay little attention to their Polish domestic. Perhaps they should
| 10:00With Jane Garvey. Including Sienna Miller on her new play 'Flare Path'. 10:452/5Mariola finds the nanny's earrings in the marital bed, a clue to the faltering marriage.
| 10:00With Jenni Murray. Foot and Mouth revisited; networking; horror films; the Storey sisters. 10:453/5Mariola tries to clear up the mess she has made of her employers' marriage.
| 10:00With Jenni Murray. Including actor Olivia Williams on her new West End play. 10:454/5Mariola finds herself caught up in a minefield: a litigious divorce between two lawyers.
| 10:00World Cup cricket. Bangladesh v England from Chittagong.
| | 10:00The strain is beginning to tell at Lower Loxley and there's good news for Lilian.
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| 11:00 | 11:00As the three-year project to make Bristol bike-friendly ends, Miles Warde investigates. 11:303/6Brian tells of his trip to a land where marriage is outlawed.
| 11:00From spaghettification to uncertainty, Lynne Truss unpicks puzzling scientific language. 11:30Val McDermid charts the rise of crime fiction on both sides of the Irish border.
| 11:004/4First-hand accounts of the Woolworths fire in Manchester in May '79 that killed ten people 11:301/4Mindless bureaucracy awaits a timid man's application for an allotment.
| 11:00Kate Adie with correspondents' despatches from around the world. 11:30What links Wales to one of the darkest moments in the American civil rights movement?
| | | 11:15Sue MacGregor reunites the original team behind the charity Comic Relief.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news with Julian Worricker including the West Coast rail franchise. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04With Julian Worricker. How have rising transport costs affected you? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04How much choice do we really get as NHS patients? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The British companies owed millions by the organisers of India's Commonwealth Games. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| | | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:045/8Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth, Shappi Khorsandi, Rick Wakeman 12:32Food writer Tim Hayward goes in search of British charcuterie. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Thirty minutes of news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:303/6Three students from Stirling University take on their professors in a battle of wits.
| 13:00Thirty minutes of news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:30Music lovers describe the important place the tune Simple Gifts has had in their lives.
| 13:00Thirty minutes of news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:30Richard Peppiatt on Daily Star; Ofcom's Ed Richards on NewsCorp; talent show judges.
| 13:00Thirty minutes of news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:30Campaigners for fur claim it's natural, renewable and sustainable. Tom Heap investigates.
| | | 13:00In-depth reporting of national and international events. 13:302/2Mark Vernon asks whether we have lost our ability to doubt well.
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| 14:00 | 14:00David has something important to say. 14:15Johnny loves his car, but old age is upon him. Will he be able to give it up?
| 14:00Elizabeth takes on a daunting new challenge. 14:15A children's hearing has to decide whether Nicole and Scott should be taken into care.
| 14:00There's good news for Lilian. 14:152/4Inspector McLevy investigates a curious case of grave robbing.
| 14:00The strain is beginning to tell at Lower Loxley. 14:15By Alice Oswald. An extraordinary poetic evocation of moonrise over the Severn Estuary.
| | | 14:00Eric Robson is joined by Matthew Wilson, Pippa Greenwood and Matthew Biggs in Cuddington. 14:453/5Tony Hill looks at the genesis of five important inventions that were ahead of their time.
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| 15:00 | 15:00As Rupert Murdoch turns 80, Steve Hewlett assesses his impact. 15:451/5Two people from different generations discuss the changes society has seen on our roads.
| 15:00Helen Castor presents the popular history magazine. 15:301/3By Angela Brazil. Will the girls' daring midnight spree go according to plan? 15:452/5Two people from different generations discuss the changes society has seen on our roads.
| 15:00Paul Lewis and guests answer your questions about dealing with fraud and identity theft. 15:302/3By Hilda Richards. Eccentric Jemima Carstairs concocts a canny plan. But will it work? 15:453/5Two people from different generations discuss the changes society has seen on our roads.
| 15:00Stuart Maconie takes in the Manchester skyline with poet Simon Armitage. 15:27Martha Kearney presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Bees for Development. 15:303/3By Enid Blyton. Susan desperate wants a scholarship. What if there is a chance to cheat? 15:454/5Two people from different generations discuss the changes society has seen on our roads.
| | | 15:002/2Anna Tellwright's fortune earns her independence, but her joy is marred by shocking news.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Simon Parkes reports from Japan on new ideas being developed for the future its food. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss ways in which individuals have sought immortality.
| 16:00Joshua Rozenberg looks at whether Wales is on the road to becoming a fourth jurisdiction. 16:30Joe Boyd and Mat Fraser talk to Harriett Gilbert about the books they love.
| 16:00How answering calls will change your life: the cultural impact of call centres in India. 16:30Dr Mark Porter on faecal transplants, and the balance of good and bad bugs in our guts.
| 16:00James Naughtie talks to Benjamin Zephaniah about his novel for young adults Refugee Boy. 16:30Adam Rutherford investigates the news in science and science in the news.
| 16:15Matthew Bannister on Cyril Stein, Alberto Granado, Rachel Cameron and Anthony Brooke. 16:30Francine Stock meets the writers of political thriller Fair Game.
| | 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Justin Cartwright about his new book, Other People's Money. 16:30Susannah Clapp, Salman Rushdie and Andrew Motion discover the poetry of Angela Carter.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Carolyn Quinn brings you the top stories of the day. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00A fresh perspective on the day's news with sports headlines. 17:30Stephanie Flanders and guests discuss slow growth and Germany's current economic success. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00After the first UK corporate manslaughter conviction, File on 4 examines safety at work. 17:40William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, who's been criticised over Libya this week. 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. 18:305/8Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth, Shappi Khorsandi, Rick Wakeman
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Which generation is the funniest? With Jon Richardson, Lucy Porter and Adrian Walsh.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/3The presenters perform their final routines at the Comedy Store.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Charlie Brooker's panel show celebrating glorious failure. With Mark Watson, Holly Walsh.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Punt, Dennis and Jan Ravens present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Monty Don, Michael Cockerell and Phyllida Law.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15James Walton makes his selection from the week's radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Elizabeth takes on a daunting new challenge. 19:15John Wilson interviews Pet Shop Boys and reviews the latest alien invasion film. 19:451/5Lawyers Kim and Olivier pay little attention to their Polish domestic. Perhaps they should
| 19:00There's good news for Lilian. 19:15With John Wilson. Carl Hiaasen on his new novel and Roger Daltrey on returning to Tommy. 19:452/5Mariola finds the nanny's earrings in the marital bed, a clue to the faltering marriage.
| 19:00The strain is beginning to tell at Lower Loxley. 19:15With Kirsty Lang. Including a review of Fair Game, and author Maxine Hong Kingston. 19:453/5Mariola tries to clear up the mess she has made of her employers' marriage.
| 19:15Kirsty Lang reviews Alison Steadman and Hermione Norris in a new staging of Blithe Spirit. 19:454/5Mariola finds herself caught up in a minefield: a litigious divorce between two lawyers.
| 19:00Jill faces an anxious wait. 19:15With Kirsty Lang, including William Ivory on adapting Women in Love for TV. 19:455/5Mariola explains to her interrogator her final violent role in the break-up's denouement.
| 19:00William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, who's been criticised over Libya this week. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:00It's a stressful time for the Archer family. 19:15With a stalemate on Capitol Hill, Americana looks at the tough budget choices ahead. 19:452/5Tragedy follows as Mars Twenty crash lands on Mars, and the crew is minus a speech writer.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Jenny Cuffe examines the role of local magistrates and the proposed court closures. 20:30Fran Abrams asks whether children need to be taught emotional and social skills in school.
| 20:00After the first UK corporate manslaughter conviction, File on 4 examines safety at work. 20:40Should blind sports fans qualify for concessionary tickets to the Olympics in 2012?
| 20:00What, if anything, should Britain do about Libya? Michael Buerk chairs the debate. 20:456/6Tom Gill recalls some memorable incidents he witnessed as an anthropologist in Japan.
| 20:00Joshua Rozenberg looks at whether Wales is on the road to becoming a fourth jurisdiction. 20:30Stephanie Flanders and guests discuss slow growth and Germany's current economic success.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Teignmouth Science Festival in Devon. 20:50David Attenborough explores the natural history of potatoes, peppers and artichokes.
| 20:0040 years after the Divorce Act came into force, what was the impact on British society?
| 20:00A new chairman for the BBC Trust, a new name for Radio 7 and a reprieve for BBC Hindi. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Cyril Stein, Alberto Granado, Rachel Cameron and Anthony Brooke.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper investigates the news in science and science in the news. 21:30Andrew Marr and Tim Flannery, Phyllis Lee, Peter Harris and Richard Susskind.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter on faecal transplants, and the balance of good and bad bugs in our guts. 21:30The exposed covert CIA agent, Valerie Plame Wilson, talks to John Humphrys.
| 21:00Campaigners for fur claim it's natural, renewable and sustainable. Tom Heap investigates. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Clarence B Jones.
| 21:00Claudia Hammond asks how much we can trust fingerprint evidence. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss free will.
| 21:00A vivid and bloody portrayal of the day to day dilemmas faced by a young female surgeon.
| 21:001/2Anna Tellwright inherits a fortune and provokes her father.
| 21:00News and advice on safeguarding and improving your personal finances. 21:26Jan Tallis presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of School-Home Support. 21:30Fran Abrams asks whether children need to be taught emotional and social skills in school.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Daily news and current affairs programme bringing you global news and analysis. 22:451/1011-year-old Harri has moved from Ghana to live on a tough London estate.
| 22:00Daily news and current affairs programme bringing you global news and analysis. 22:452/10Newly arrived from Ghana, Harri is confronted with life on a tough estate.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:453/10Harri and his friend Dean turn detective to try to discover who killed the boy he knew.
| 22:00Daily news and current affairs programme bringing you global news and analysis. 22:454/10Harri takes time out from his detective work to be friends with Poppy.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15What, if anything, should Britain do about Libya? Michael Buerk chairs the debate.
| 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 | 23:001/3The presenters take their first tentative steps into the world of stand-up comedy. 23:30Alicia McCarthy reports on events at Westminster.
| 23:002/3The presenters do their first try-out night and the mentors assess their progress. 23:30Sean Curran reports on events at Westminster.
| 23:001/4Remarkable true history of rockets and the men, women and animals behind them. 23:151/4Paranoid Christians prepare for the end of the world, and a girl gets wedged in a dress.(R) 23:30Alicia McCarthy reports on events at Westminster.
| 23:004/6Russell Kane, Josie Long, Alun Cochrane and Milton Jones devise the panel show's rounds. 23:30Sean Curran reports on events at Westminster.
| 23:005/10Today is carnival, but after the celebrations Harri's worries return. 23:153/3In the 19th century, under London's streets, several bears are sorting the city's effluent(R)
| 23:003/6Three students from Stirling University take on their professors in a battle of wits. 23:30Roger McGough introduces requests for poems that could inspire athletes at the Olympics.
| 23:00Francine Stock meets the writers of political thriller Fair Game. 23:30Dr Mustapha explores the idea that the earth is one country and we are all its citizens
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