| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Combs, keys, glasses - how everyday objects can have special powers. Also, Utopia. 00:45The bells of St Mary Magdalene, Chewton Mendip, Somerset. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5We don't approve of lying, but we all do it. How did humans get to be such good liars? 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Children can be scaringly good at lying, but when and how do they learn? 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5How can we pick a liar? Is it what they say, or what they do? 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The lie-detector was developed in California, but does its record hold up to scrutiny? 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Is it right to lie if it saves someone? Concluded by Tim McInnerny. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3Coleridge's Lewti and Wordsworth's The Thorn.(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. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Quaker and author Alastair McIntosh. 05:45Demands for farmers to reduce their use of antibiotics on their animals. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Quaker and author Alastair McIntosh. 05:45As Wimbledon begins, Anna Hill hears how British cattle are used to make tennis strings.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Quaker and author Alastair McIntosh. 05:45Plans to cull badgers in Wales have been put on hold for a scientific review.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Quaker and author Alastair McIntosh. 05:45With Charlotte Smith. Colonies of honey bees are still in decline across the UK.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Quaker and author Alastair McIntosh. 05:45Charlotte Smith visits a lab which is developing genetically modified wheat.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. 05:45'The press treats crime like public entertainment. It's not.' A murder victim's mum speaks
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Mary Magdalene, Ditcheat, Somerset. 05:45As President Assad battles to hold Syria, is he by nature a reformer or an autocrat?
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| 06:00 | 06:00Debating elderly home care in England, plus John Simpson meets Aung San Suu Kyi.
| 06:00Will Greece default on its debts? Plus a backdown on sentences, and DLT on his Burmese fan
| 06:00What now for the Greek economy? Plus European arrest warrants, and your favourite number.
| 06:00Debating Lords reform, Afghan withdrawal and what Greece means for the EU.
| 06:00With Paul Simon, reaction to the Greek bail-out plan and Googling extremism.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding explores the countryside of Alderley Edge with author Alan Garner. 06:30There are warnings of a hay and straw shortage for animal owners due to the hot spring. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Llewelyn Morgan examines the ambiguous nature of diamonds. 06:35Sarah Swadling visits the National Stud in Newmarket. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00High-level criticism of the Milly Dowler case, plus Columbo actor Peter Falk remembered.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Lynda Bellingham presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity ERIC. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Marking the launch of the new Methodist Hymn book, live from Eccleston Methodist Church. 08:50Fireflies generate light by themselves and they do this with style.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr and Tim Harford, Andrew Adonis, Eli Pariser and Priyamvada Gopal. 09:45From Glasgow, presented by the Rev Johnston McKay with Choir of Glasgow University Chapel.
| 09:00Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of super injunctions. 09:303/5Prof Stewart visits Rothamsted Research, the world's oldest agricultural research centre.(R) 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Monsignor Tony Rogers.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Henry Winkler. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Dr Mark Wakelin.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Malthusianism. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Clair Jaquiss.
| 09:00Dance judge Len Goodman joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs. 09:45An act of worship led by the Rt Rev Stephen Oliver.
| 09:00Richard Coles with actress Lesley Sharp; Inheritance Tracks from author William Boyd.
| 09:00With Patrick O'Connell. News and conversation about the big stories of the week.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Is crying in the office really a sign of weakness? 10:45England v Sri Lanka. The fifth day of the Third Test from the Rose Bowl.
| 10:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Are mixed football teams good for girls? 10:452/10Jacinta reluctantly takes her baby in for surgery.
| 10:00Caitlin Moran, Birthing Buddy scheme, Women in Prison: Changes to sentencing? Washing. 10:453/10Wayne's childhood is torn between the conflicting desires of his father and mother.
| 10:00Nancy Dell'Olio on turning 50, male circumcision, pensions update - the effect on women. 10:454/10Wayne becomes close friends with a girl, much to his father Treadway's consternation.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. The making and marketing of perfume. 10:455/10Wayne faces the emotional and physical challenges of adolescence.
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig looks at the simplicity and versatility of the bicycle as a travel machine. 10:301/2Terence Blacker explores politically incorrect music over the last century.
| 10:00David finally hears from his sister and will Jazzer's luck be in?
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| 11:00 | | 11:009/30Saving Species presents one of Britain's most beloved species, the dormouse. 11:30The surprising political legacy of the much-loved children's author, Dr Seuss.
| 11:00Alan Dein explores the feisty and the frail sides of ageing in an elderly people's home. 11:304/4US humorist David Sedaris reads his comic stories to an appreciative UK audience.(R)
| 11:00Kate Adie introduces correspondents telling their stories from around the world. 11:30Natalie Haynes investigates our contemporary obsession with vampires and zombies.
| 11:00In Scotland, Dr Beeching has been shunted into reverse as closed railway lines reopen. 11:304/4Much to Betty's horror, Hugh discovers a huge hole in the consortium budget.
| 11:00With Benedict Brogan. A look behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Stories from Somalia, Bahrain, the US, Croatia and Italy. Introduced by Kate Adie.
| 11:15Actress Dame Harriet Walter joins Kirsty Young to choose her Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Should schoolchildren as young as seven be streamed according to their ability? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Changing the way care is provided by the NHS and standardising the cost of church weddings 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The RAC has been sold and the law catches up with a 'boiler room' gang. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Olympic tickets second time around, an Australian mega-pub and the £47 bag of NHS pasta. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Paul Lewis interviews the chief executive of Tesco Bank about account access problems. 12:303/7Hugh Dennis and Jon Culshaw present an assortment of topical comedy. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:046/6Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Stephen Fry, Sue Perkins and Fi Glover. 12:32Food writer Tim Hayward investigates a new wave of food entrepreneurship. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | | 13:00Thirty minutes of news, analysis and comment, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:30Manchester DJ and record collector Andy Votel explores Welsh language pop music.
| 13:00Thirty minutes of news, analysis and comment, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:30With Steve Hewlett. The Guardian's cash crisis; 3D TV; Ivan Lewis on the BBC.
| 13:00Thirty minutes of news, analysis and comment, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:30Dominic Arkwright and guests discuss the rich experience of hopping on a bus or train.
| 13:00Shaun Ley with news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:30What does the future hold for children's radio? And is BBC 6Music losing its edge?
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents a discussion of news and politics from Saltaire, Yorkshire.
| 13:00In-depth reporting of national and international events. Presented by Shaun Ley. 13:30John Humphrys assesses the effects of the radical education policies in contemporary Wales
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| 14:00 | | 14:00Shula faces a tricky conversation. 14:15By David Pownall. WB Yeats proposes to Maud Gonne soon after the execution of her husband.
| 14:00Emma is feeling frazzled. 14:15Irritation quickly turns to an obsession as Sarah gets ever more fixated on her neighbours
| 14:00Pat and Susan come to the rescue. 14:15By Michael Symmons Roberts. A noir crime drama in verse. Starring Jason Done.
| 14:00Will Jazzer's luck be in? 14:15Tennis ace Baron Gottfried Von Cramm offends Hitler by refusing to join the Nazi party.
| 14:00Your chance to have your say. Call Jonathan Dimbleby on 03700 100 444. 14:30The Old Vic Theatre's recent production of Terence Rattigan's gripping courtroom drama. 14:32Coverage of the Twenty20 international between England and Sri Lanka from Bristol.
| 14:00Eric Robson and the team are in Dumfries & Galloway for some gardening trouble-shooting. 14:454/5Charting the preparations of a GP as he prepares for the expedition of a lifetime.(R)
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| 15:00 | | 15:00Fiona Watson with your stories that are changing the way we see the past. 15:301/3A young man in Vienna keeps company with one of the city's most famous doctors. 15:452/5Ian Marchant meets five 'completists' driven by the need to tick off the entire collection(R)
| 15:00Answering listener calls on financial issues. 15:302/3A young Chinese girl has to translate sensitive information for her mother. 15:453/5Ian Marchant meets five 'completists' driven by the need to tick off the entire collection(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding explores the Cornish countryside which inspired Daphne Du Maurier's novels. 15:27Alan Bennett presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Book Aid International. 15:303/3A woman returns to Aberystwyth for her mother's funeral. 15:454/5Ian Marchant meets five 'completists' driven by the need to tick off the entire collection(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and the team are in Dumfries & Galloway for some gardening trouble-shooting. 15:455/5Ian Marchant meets five 'completists' driven by the need to tick off the entire collection(R)
| | 15:002/2Lady Franklin has rejected her chauffeur Leadbitter's advances, and it hurts.
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| 16:00 | | 16:00Joshua Rozenberg looks at radical changes to the way law firms can be owned and run. 16:30Harriett Gilbert, Laura Solon and Fleur Adcock discuss their favourite books.
| 16:00Laurie discusses the politics of sleep and women who kill. 16:30The launch of an online experiment to test the nation's mental health.
| 16:00Margaret Drabble on her short story collection, Helen Oyeyemi on Mr Fox, and Beach Reads. 16:30Quentin Cooper presents his weekly digest of science in and behind the headlines.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Brian Haw, Mike Waterson, Yelena Bonner and Mietek Pemper. 16:30Kristen Wiig on Bridesmaids, her rom-com from the female point of view.
| | 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Benjamin Black, alias John Banville, about A Death in Summer. 16:30Roger McGough presents listeners' poetry requests.
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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 brings you the top stories of the day. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:30Evan Davis's guests discuss temporary relationships and keeping score in business. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Should it be made simpler to end the life of patients in a vegetative state? 17:40As President Assad battles to hold Syria, is he by nature a reformer or an autocrat? 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. 18:306/6Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Stephen Fry, Sue Perkins and Fi Glover.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Agony aunt Sarah's support group tackle a plastic surgery addiction.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4The politicians decide to tackle drugs and homelessness, but what about their future?
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Russell Kane, Josie Long, Alun Cochrane and Milton Jones devise the panel show's rounds.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/7Hugh Dennis and Jon Culshaw present an assortment of topical comedy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Lucinda Lambton with music from King Creosote and Jon Hopkins.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Felicity Finch makes her selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Shula faces a tricky conversation. 19:15Mark Lawson talks to film director Stephen Frears on his 70th birthday. 19:451/10Kathleen Winter's novel about an intersex child growing up in the Canadian wilderness.
| 19:00Emma is feeling frazzled. 19:15Mark Lawson talks to Christos Tsiolkas, whose novel The Slap generated considerable debate 19:452/10Jacinta reluctantly takes her baby in for surgery.
| 19:00Pat and Susan come to the rescue. 19:15Mark Lawson reports on a major Magritte exhibition opening in Liverpool. 19:453/10Wayne's childhood is torn between the conflicting desires of his father and mother.
| 19:00Will Jazzer's luck be in? 19:15With Kirsty Lang, who reports on an exhibition of 60 distinctive images of the Queen. 19:454/10Wayne becomes close friends with a girl, much to his father Treadway's consternation.
| 19:00Ruth tackles the situation head on. 19:15Kirsty Lang finds out more about composer Arthur Wood, whose music introduces The Archers. 19:455/10Wayne faces the emotional and physical challenges of adolescence.
| 19:00As President Assad battles to hold Syria, is he by nature a reformer or an autocrat? 19:15With Tom Sutcliffe. A review of the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:00David weighs things up and Harry is moving fast. 19:15Matt Frei asks why Americans fetishize their history - but many can't even name the VP. 19:451/3It is 1915 and Edie is based at Casualty Clearing Station Number 3 near Ypres.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:002/2Giles Fraser explores church history to find out if money really is the root of all evil. 20:30Investigating Foreign Secretary William Hague's vision for the Arab world.
| 20:00Should it be made simpler to end the life of patients in a vegetative state? 20:40Jonathan Conteh on the fight to provide education to blind children in Sierra Leone.
| 20:00Nick Robinson and his panel examine changing strike laws. 20:45Former England cricketer Ed Smith argues that too much professionalism is not a winner.
| 20:00Joshua Rozenberg looks at radical changes to the way law firms can be owned and run. 20:30Evan Davis's guests discuss temporary relationships and keeping score in business.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents a discussion of news and politics from Saltaire, Yorkshire. 20:50Fireflies generate light by themselves and they do this with style.
| 20:00Did EF Schumacher's landmark book Small is Beautiful inspire David Cameron's big idea?
| 20:00What does the future hold for children's radio? And is BBC 6Music losing its edge? 20:30Matthew Bannister on Brian Haw, Mike Waterson, Yelena Bonner and Mietek Pemper.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper presents his weekly round-up of the latest science research. 21:30Andrew Marr and Tim Harford, Andrew Adonis, Eli Pariser and Priyamvada Gopal.
| 21:00The launch of an online experiment to test the nation's mental health. 21:30Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of super injunctions.
| 21:00What's wrong with earthquake science? Roland Pease investigates. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Henry Winkler.
| 21:009/30Saving Species presents one of Britain's most beloved species, the dormouse. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Malthusianism.
| 21:001/3Stone's discovery of the real truth behind a murder sparks a difficult decsion.(R)
| 21:001/2A chauffeur becomes fatally attracted to the rich young widow who hires him.
| 21:00Paul Lewis interviews the chief executive of Tesco Bank about account access problems. 21:26Lynda Bellingham presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity ERIC. 21:30Investigating Foreign Secretary William Hague's vision for the Arab world.
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| 22:00 | 22:00With Ritula Shah. National and international news and analysis. 22:456/10Renko is approached by an oligarch in distress and we hear what's become of Maya's baby.
| 22:00George Papandreou faces a vote of confidence but will Greeks put up with more austerity? 22:457/10When his wife rejects the baby he's bought her the General abandons it at Three Stations.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. Presented by Ritula Shah. 22:458/10Renko is dismissed from his job but still he pursues the killer of Vera Antonova.
| 22:00With David Eades. National and international news and analysis. 22:459/10Sacked from his job but still on the trail of a killer, Renko finds his own life in danger
| 22:00With Felicity Evans. National and international news and analysis. 22:4510/10The killer is now hunting Renko and is ruthless in his quest.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Nick Robinson and his panel examine changing strike laws.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Sarah Sands of the Standard analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories
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| 23:00 | 23:00Dominic Arkwright explores the concept of the quick fix with guests. 23:30Sean Curran presents the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Robin Ince, Brian Cox and guests debate whether Cosmology is really a science? 23:30Susan Hulme presents the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:004/4A layer cake of disaster threatens the creosoted community. And where is Colin? 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:001/6It is Sailesh's first day as team leader working at catalogue company Smile5. 23:30Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Harriett Gilbert, Laura Solon and Fleur Adcock discuss their favourite books. 23:30Mark D'Arcy with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:0012/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz. 23:30Roger McGough with listeners' requested poems about summer.
| 23:00Kristen Wiig on Bridesmaids, her rom-com from the female point of view. 23:30Llewelyn Morgan examines the ambiguous nature of diamonds.
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