| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Martha Nussbaum on human capabilities. 00:45The bells of St Peter and St Paul, Shiplake, Oxfordshire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:1516/25Communism's star rises, but Stalin dies before he can carry out his next round of purges. 00:301/5Lynn Knight's memoir tells the story of her accidental family. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Lynn Knight's memoir tells the story of her accidental family. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Lynn Knight's memoir tells the story of her accidental family. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Lynn Knight's memoir tells the story of her accidental family. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Lynn Knight's memoir tells the story of her accidental family. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3By Tamara Pollock. Jules has cancer, but her best friend finds it hard to be supportive.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:30The latest shipping forecast. 05:40A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Shaykh Michael Mumisa. 05:42Satellite monitored cows are helping restore wildlife habitats in the Lake District. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Shaykh Michael Mumisa. 05:45Charlotte Smith takes control of a combine as Farming Today prepares for the harvest.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Shaykh Michael Mumisa. 05:45How the drought has affected this year's harvest.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Shaykh Michael Mumisa. 05:45Charlotte Smith is in Lincolnshire driving a combine to harvest a field of oil seed rape.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Shaykh Michael Mumisa. 05:45The team battle thunderstorms as they take in the harvest at a Lincolnshire farm.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, presented by the Rev Marjory MacLean. 05:45Can our listeners collectively edit the works of Charles Dickens - in just six months?
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of Sheffield Cathedral. 05:45James Reynolds profiles Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran.
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| 06:00 | 06:00David Attenborough nominates the largely forgotten 17th-century inventor and illustrator.(R) 06:30How did the MOD lose track of over 5bn pounds of equipment?(R)
| 06:00Debating the US debt deal, teenage drug rehab, and the true history of the Titanic.
| 06:00With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day
| 06:00With James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Debating a political and economic crisis in the eurozone, life on Mars and the news boom.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark visits Kent to discover the history of the Ordnance Survey after 220 years. 06:30Charlotte Smith takes to the combine to try and help finish the harvest. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully explores our relationship with animals, with Jane Goodall. 06:35Almost all the world's limestone pavements and their unique botany are found in Britain. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | 07:00With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day
| | | | | 07:00The US credit rating downgrade, and 'the world's hardest crossword'.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Kirsty Young presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Relate. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10The Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham is Alive with the Vision. 08:50Alain de Botton takes a witty look at modern parenting.
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| 09:00 | 09:004/4Is language and class still the contentious issue it used to be? 09:304/4Peter White explores his bete noire of going slowly with keen fisherman Nick Hancock. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music led by Canon Stephen Shipley.
| 09:00Eddie Mair examines how the hacking scandal will affect the shape of power in Britain. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Father Philip Sumner.
| 09:002/4Amanda Vickery uses court cases to explore the lives of gay men in the 18th century. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Chris Chivers.
| 09:001/4Baroness Shirley Williams returns to her childhood homes. 09:301/5Peter Curran encounters a tribe of archaeologists, digging up Stone Age life on Jersey. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Monsignor Tony Rogers.
| 09:00Broadcaster Danny Baker joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs. 09:45An act of worship led by Andrew Graystone.
| 09:00Richard Coles with Paul Gambaccini and author Nicholas Evans' Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00With Paddy O'Connell. News and conversation about the big stories of the week.
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| 10:00 | 10:00The gardens at Wrest Park; three generations of a corner shop; and women in business. 10:45Coverage of the fourth day of the second Test between England and India, from Trent Bridge
| 10:00Why are conviction rates for FGM so low? Lynne Truss: her favourite Stella Gibbons books. 10:45Coverage of the fifth day of the second Test between England and India, from Trent Bridge.
| 10:00Eva Gabrielson, the partner of Swedish crime writer Stieg Larsson, in interview. 10:453/10Frederic and Catherine are reunited in a Milan hospital.
| 10:00Breast cancer screening; urban beekeeping and fear of poetry. Presented by Jenni Murray. 10:454/10Frederic has to go back to the war, and Catherine gives him some parting news.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Lifeboat women; boredom; cyber-bullying; midwives for the soul. 10:455/10Frederic moves to a new ambulance unit, and takes part in the great Italian retreat.
| 10:00Sonia Deol looks at Kashmir and meets a couple who collect countries. 10:30Rhona Cameron celebrates the bi-centenary of the earliest known women's golf competition
| 10:00There's an anxious wait at Bridge Farm and Lilian is after information.
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| 11:00 | | | 11:001/4New history documentary on the 1961 evacuation of the loneliest island, Tristan da Cunha. 11:302/4Retired teacher Dr Henry Pickerskill recalls an unusual boy fascinated by thunderstorms.
| 11:00Tim Judah reports from Senegal on the growing influence of the Mouride Sufi brotherhood. 11:30John McCarthy explores the life of Arthur Ransome through the boats he once owned.
| 11:00The exorcism business is booming - Jolyon Jenkins asks if and why demonism is on the rise. 11:306/6Some vodka and an unwary bird could spell the end of the line for MJN Air.
| 11:00Anita Anand asks if elected commissioners will make the police more accountable. 11:30The BBC's foreign correspondents take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor reunites those behind the collapse of Barings Bank in 1995.
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| 12:00 | | | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04With Shari Vahl. Is the health service paying too much for drugs such as paracetamol? 12:30John Waite meets the owner of a Dubai property company and some of his unhappy clients. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04With Peter White. What next for thousands of customers of the now-collapsed Holidays 4 U? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The boss of Gatwick Airport, the new European iPlayer and why Real Ale sales are booming. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Peter Day and Andrew Verity present a special Money Box on the global economic crisis. 12:302/6The comedian and Joy Division musician in the tag talk show 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:046/6Jack Dee chairs, with Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Jeremy Hardy. 12:32Sheila Dillon looks at the life of Mario Cassandro, a man who re-invented the restaurant. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | | | 13:00With Martha Kearney. National and international news. 13:30Hacking, libel, contempt and problems at the PCC. Where does this leave the British press?
| 13:00With Martha Kearney. National and international news. 13:30Stewart Henderson finds out why tea and coffee pots are different shapes.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Tim Harford and the More or Less team unpick more numbers in the news.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a discussion of news and politics from Wester Ross, Scotland.
| 13:00With Shaun Ley. In-depth reporting of national and international events. 13:30Penny Woolcock investigates who sprayed a marriage proposal on a Sheffield bridge.
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| 14:00 | | | 14:00Lilian is after information. 14:15When a bookseller's wife goes missing, his neighbours suspect the worst.
| 14:15Grief-stricken Hugh and Bella keep meeting after the sudden deaths of their loved ones.(R)
| 14:00Lynda makes a show of solidarity. 14:15What can Philippa do, when Dewey Decimal is the only language her mum understands?(R)
| 14:00Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Toby Stephens and David Suchet star in a dramatisation of Ian Fleming's novel.(R)
| 14:00Peter Gibbs chairs this horticultural Q&A from Walsham Le Willows in Suffolk. 14:451/5Peter Curran encounters a tribe of archaeologists, digging up Stone Age life on Jersey.
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| 15:00 | | | 15:002/4Alvin Hall explores young people's attitudes to pensions and saving for retirement. 15:302/3By Roddy Doyle. As George walks his latest dog, he remembers the family's pet history. 15:4518/25Khrushchev puts Gargarin into space but will resign in ignominy.
| 15:00Is the largest replica of the human body in the landscape a good idea for Northumberland? 15:27James Landale presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Lymphoma Association. 15:303/3Glanmire Wood finally belongs to Eva - but at what price? 15:4519/25Brezhnev begins the decline that leads to the collapse of the USSR.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs this horticultural Q&A from Walsham Le Willows in Suffolk. 15:4520/25Mikhail Gorbachev takes power and we learn a new word: Glasnost.
| | 15:005/6Far from Gormenghast, Titus finds himself in an alien world.
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| 16:00 | | | 16:00Laurie Taylor investigates the curse of the mummy and other myths of the Orient. 16:303/4Vivienne Parry explores changing attitudes to giving birth and asks what is a normal birth
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup and the final part of her history of women's writing. 16:3050 years since Milgram's obedience experiment, and the science behind magic.
| 16:00Jane Little on John Stott, Stan Barstow, Derek Bryce-Smith and Fran Landesman. 16:30Dominic Cooper talks about The Devil's Double and Mark Gatiss revels in French horror.
| 16:00Eva Gabrielsson on her life with Stieg Larsson and other highlights of Woman's Hour.
| 16:00Donna Leon talks to James Naughtie about her first crime novel Death At La Fenice. 16:30A love affair and a secret daughter takes Wordsworth to Calais as John Worthen discovers.
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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 brings you the top stories of the day. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00With Carolyn Quinn. A fresh perspective on the day's news with sports headlines. 17:30Can our listeners collectively edit the works of Charles Dickens - in just six months? 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Why are some Rwandans in the UK living in fear of their government? Jenny Cuffe reports. 17:40James Reynolds profiles Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:20David Attenborough muses over the peculiar Kiwi, a bird more mammal-like in its habits.(R) 18:306/6Jack Dee chairs, with Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Jeremy Hardy.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4The human chameleon's host of comic characters includes a nonagenarian musical diva.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Ed is befriended online by old flame Fiona - but is it wise for them to get reacquainted?(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Milton crosses stamens with a deadly rival in the vicious cut-throat world of gardening.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6The comedian and Joy Division musician in the tag talk show
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Timothy Spall, Liza Goddard and Doug Stanhope.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Lynne Truss makes her selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00There's an anxious wait at Bridge Farm. 19:15John Wilson talks to poet Daljit Nagra and how painter Atkinson Grimshaw made his name. 19:451/10American ambulance driver Frederic Henry meets British nurse Catherine Barkley.
| 19:00Lilian is after information. 19:15With John Wilson, including best-selling writer Gerald Seymour and JJ Abrams' Super 8. 19:452/10Frederic is injured while seeing to the suppers of his fellow ambulance drivers.
| 19:15Kirsty Lang meets Sebastian Barry and reviews Kristin Scott Thomas' film Sarah's Key. 19:453/10Frederic and Catherine are reunited in a Milan hospital.
| 19:00Lynda makes a show of solidarity. 19:15With Kirsty Lang, who meets violinist Viktoria Mullova and cellist Matthew Barley. 19:454/10Frederic has to go back to the war, and Catherine gives him some parting news.
| 19:00Clarrie comes to a decision. 19:15Kirsty Lang meets actress Ruth Wilson, documentary maker Angus Macqueen and DJ Switch. 19:455/10Frederic moves to a new ambulance unit, and takes part in the great Italian retreat.
| 19:00James Reynolds profiles Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran. 19:15Bidisha and her guests review the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:00James and Leonie make a big announcement. 19:15Americana asks whether the time has come for America's military spending to be cut. 19:452/3By Tony Lidington. A young Indian illusionist gets revenge on his cruel employer.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Mike Thomson asks if Britain's part in Zimbabwean peace meant protecting terrorists. 20:30Reporting the desperate and dangerous efforts of North Koreans to flee to the South.
| 20:00Why are some Rwandans in the UK living in fear of their government? Jenny Cuffe reports. 20:40Peter White with news and information for blind and partially sighted people.
| 20:00Paul Mason chairs a debate between followers of two contrasting liberal economists. 20:45Poet Musa Okwonga explores the downside of living a life on Twitter and Facebook.
| 20:00The battle over badger culling and the controversy of how to tackle TB in cattle. 20:30What does the closure of the giant Pfizer facility in Kent mean for the UK's R&D future?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a discussion of news and politics from Wester Ross, Scotland. 20:50Alain de Botton takes a witty look at modern parenting.
| 20:00Melvyn Bragg observes the decline of RP alongside an increasing pride in regional accents.
| 20:00Tim Harford and the More or Less team unpick more numbers in the news. 20:30Jane Little on John Stott, Stan Barstow, Derek Bryce-Smith and Fran Landesman.
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| 21:00 | 21:00New clues to Higgs, badgers and bovine TB and diamond clues to the deep Earth. 21:304/4Is language and class still the contentious issue it used to be?
| 21:003/4Vivienne Parry explores changing attitudes to giving birth and asks what is a normal birth 21:30Eddie Mair examines how the hacking scandal will affect the shape of power in Britain.
| 21:00Matthew Taylor tells the story of the last eight years in the life of George Price. 21:302/4Amanda Vickery uses court cases to explore the lives of gay men in the 18th century.
| 21:00Dr Ben Goldacre explores what happens when science takes the long view. 21:301/4Baroness Shirley Williams returns to her childhood homes.
| 21:004/5Communism's star rises, but Stalin dies before he can carry out his next round of purges.
| 21:004/6Steerpike takes up his new role as the Master of Ritual.
| 21:00John Waite meets the owner of a Dubai property company and some of his unhappy clients. 21:26Kirsty Young presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Relate. 21:30What does the closure of the giant Pfizer facility in Kent mean for the UK's R&D future?
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| 22:00 | 22:00Michael Heseltine relives his life in sound through the BBC archives with John Wilson.(R) 22:456/10At a clinic in Parede, Pereira meets a doctor who is prepared to talk about the soul.
| 22:00With Robin Lustig. National and international news and analysis. 22:457/10Pereira's assistant is in trouble and he needs money. Read by Derek Jacobi.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:458/10As the fighting in Spain intensifies Pereira is told what to put in his culture page.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:459/10Pereira's assistant is on the run and needs somewhere to hide. Derek Jacobi reads.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritulah Shah. 22:4510/10Three men who call themselves political police burst in to Pereira's apartment.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Paul Mason chairs a debate between followers of two contrasting liberal economists.
| 22:00Political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators, with Carolyn Quinn. 22:45Ian Burrell of the Independent analyses how the papers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00What's in a name? Chris Ledgard looks at where our surnames come from and what they mean. 23:302/4How will Dr Jeremy and the two Dr Thorntons cope with buying the NHS Walk-In Centre?(R)
| 23:004/4BigiHype - the sure-fire way to raise the profile of a new event or an unpopular charity. 23:301/4Lady Tresselian lets her ward bring his wife and ex-wife to her party sparking tensions...(R)
| 23:006/6It is Twitten's birthday but no one's in the mood to celebrate.(R) 23:301/3Rory meets Hans Teeuwen, an absurdist comic performer from Holland.(R)
| 23:001/6When Matt's plans for winning the lottery go awry he is forced to borrow money from Vicky. 23:302/6Lord Darkness has Amis and wants the sword. Can Sam stop him?(R)
| 23:00War reporter Tim Butcher chooses an exploration into the strange world of Graham Greene. 23:301/5How do toasters work? Is staring at the sun dangerous? With Tom Wrigglesworth.(R)
| 23:00With guests Sian Phillips, James Richardson, Edward Stourton and Rebecca Front. 23:301/4Ruth Padel presents a new series about how to enjoy writing and reading poetry.
| 23:00Dominic Cooper talks about The Devil's Double and Mark Gatiss revels in French horror. 23:30Mark Tully explores our relationship with animals, with Jane Goodall.
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