| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15UK income mobility as a multi-storey building? Also, New York tour guides. 00:45The bells of St Andrews in Rugby, Warwickshire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5A baby boy is born to a humble family in a remote Tuscan hilltown. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Tenducci embarks on his operatic career but soon becomes embroiled in a public scandal. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:303/5In Dublin, Tenducci encounters the teenage girl, who brings him love and potential ruin. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Dorothea proves her tenacity and determination to remain with her husband. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Giusto and Dorothea begin a new life in Italy, but their marriage soon comes under strain. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3By Fraser Grace, read by James Fleet.(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 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Presented by the Rev Neil Gardner, minister of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45Warnings that British songbirds are being trapped and exported by criminals. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Presented by the Rev Neil Gardner, minister of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45Anna Hill hears the late hot spell could mean a vintage year for UK wine.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Presented by the Rev Neil Gardner, minister of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45It will be harder to find organic chicken in shops in the future, says industry body.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Presented by the Rev Neil Gardner, minister of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45Charlotte Smith asks if the proposed planning laws will help or hinder food production.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Presented by the Rev Neil Gardner, minister of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45New planning proposals will give people more say according to the Planning Minister.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Rabbi Dr Naftali Brawer. 05:45'I don't know what prison is for!': A convict's wife on punishment and rehabilitation.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of All Saints in Maidstone, Kent. 05:45Claire Bolderson profiles Lord Justice Leveson.
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| 06:00 | 06:00With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague; Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00With James Naughtie and Justin Webb.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding discovers the delights of walking along the ancient pathways of Kent. 06:30Anna Hill hears how radical planning proposals could change the English countryside. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully asks how best we should learn from our mistakes on the journey to God. 06:35Adam Henson meets the first BBC Farmer of the Year finalist, Andrew Hughes, in Andover. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00With Evan Davis and Justin Webb. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Archbishop Dr John Sentamu presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Mildmay International. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:30Susan Hulme with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| 08:30Alicia McCarthy with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| 08:30Mark D'Arcy with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| 08:30Alicia McCarthy with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service live from St David's Uniting Church, Pontypridd, South Wales. 08:50Will Self sees an urgent need to reform the prison system.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Rory Stewart, Gordon Corera, Rosemary Hollis and Frank Ledwidge. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music.
| 09:002/2Michael Portillo asks whether free-market capitalism is a broken system. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Rev Sharon Grenham Toze.
| 09:00Libby Purves is joined by Peter Brookes, Alexandra Fuller, Albie Sachs and Niamh Cusack. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Judy Merry.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of the Scottish philosopher David Hume. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music.
| 09:00Children's TV producer Anne Wood is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Ernie Rea.
| 09:00Sian Williams with Gyles Brandreth; Inheritance Tracks of broadcasting legend Bob Harris.
| 09:00With Paddy O'Connell. News, views and discussion ... with a difference.
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| 10:00 | 10:00How to Cook the Perfect..Fish Pie and why it's the ultimate comfort food. With Jane Garvey 10:451/5Pepys plans to save money by cutting back on theatre-going and drinking.
| 10:00Jane Garvey talks to George Alagiah; Liz Sidwell, Schools Commissioner; Lauren Child. 10:452/5Pepys celebrates the anniversary of an operation three years previously.
| 10:00Actress Kirsten Dunst on her new film; singer Janet Baker; Tories and female voters. 10:453/5Pepys goes to Westminster Abbey and gets drunk afterwards.
| 10:00The actress Olivia Colman on her new film Tyrannosaur, Deborah Bull, HIV Rates in women. 10:454/5When his Uncle dies, Pepys goes to his house to find the man's papers in a mess.
| 10:00Presented by Sheila McClennon. Horrible Histories' Terry Deary on his mobile phone novel. 10:455/5For a joke, Pepys steals Sir William's silver tankard and sends an anonymous ransom note.
| 10:00John McCarthy discusses travel biography at the Cheltenham Literature Festival. 10:30As Private Eye nears 50, Michael Crick traces its ups and downs and assesses its impact.
| 10:00Kenton makes his move, and a face from the past returns to Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:002/2Jon Stewart explores how robots are used as carers and motivators. 11:305/6Whenever people plan to tell porkies, they seem to come to Sandy for help.
| 11:0020/30The Pika, a small mountain mammal, is blamed for the degradation of grassland. 11:30Peter Day explores the wayward genius of Irish writer Flann O'Brien on his centenary
| 11:00Hugh Thomson travels to Peru's ancient wonder to unearth the truth behind its discovery. 11:307/8Acting on a tip-off, Paul Temple lays a trap in a London tube station.
| 11:00The BBC's foreign correspondents take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines. 11:303/3Why did Deacon Blue's song 'Raintown' become such a loved Glasgow anthem?
| 11:002/2Hardeep tests his talents at the Mumbai Comedy Store. 11:303/6Is Clare linguistically out of touch with today's youth? – and Brian fails to impress.
| 11:00Andrew Rawnsley looks at the political strategies of the main parties at Westminster. 11:30Kate Adie introduces reports from Damascus, Kabul, Juba, Paris and Berlin.
| 11:15Veteran hairdresser Vidal Sassoon is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Community energy, children's medicines and the big sewer switchover. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Right to Buy: Should council tenants get extra help to buy their own homes? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. University students' marks. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. New car sales figures. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Celebrating 50 years of In Touch, the programme for the blind and partially sighted. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Who will qualify for a new winter fuel rebate? How QE2 will hit our pensions. 12:305/9A 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. 12:041/6John Lloyd and Dave Gorman with Jimmy Carr, Francesca Stavrakopoulou and Alex Bellos. 12:32Richard Johnson travels to Los Angeles, a city where many of the world's food trends begin 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00With Martha Kearney. National and international news. 13:30Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of cryptic connections and mental contortion.
| 13:00With Martha Kearney. National and international news. 13:30Philip Sweeney finds out about the pioneering composer of African Sanctus David Fanshawe.
| 13:00With Martha Kearney. National and international news. 13:30Reporting on Knox and Sollecito's trial, sports broadcast rights, BBC savings.
| 13:00With Martha Kearney. National and international news. 13:30How much disruption will a new high speed rail line really cause? Tom Heap reports.
| 13:00With Shaun Ley. National and international news. 13:30Controller Roger Wright answers your concerns about Radio 3.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents a panel discussion of news and politics from Cheltenham.
| 13:00With Shaun Ley. In-depth reporting of national and international events. 13:30John Lloyd of the FT on the future of journalism after the phone hacking scandal.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Kathy makes a kind offer. 14:15By Katie Hims. Starring David Bower and Sophie Woolley.
| 14:15Caryl Phillips new play about the writers CLR James and Richard Wright and their marriages
| 14:00Helen and Tom wait for news. 14:15By Sean Grundy. Strange tale about dysfunctional family relationships.
| 14:00A face from the past returns to Ambridge. 14:15Garda Roisin MacKenna works with the PSNI to solve a murder on the Irish border.
| 14:00The Bull is buzzing with gossip. 14:15Acclaimed drama series by Peter Jukes starring Lenny Henry as Police Chaplain Jake Thorne.
| 14:00The panel discuss quantitative easing, NHS 'efficiency savings' and Afghanistan. 14:306/8When a rare gold coin is stolen, Mrs Murdoch hires private eye Philip Marlowe to find it.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs chairs this gardening discussion from Berkshire. 14:455/5Adil Ray looks at life through the camera lens of an urban explorer.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Paul Merton delves into the story of the Leeds City Varieties music hall. 15:451/5Meet the woman who survived Concorde crashing into her Paris hotel.
| 15:00Listeners share their ideas and questions with some of the world's leading historians. 15:301/3Selections from Flann O' Brien's writings charting the exploits of the 'brother'. 15:452/5Meet the man who got a distress call from a ship named Titanic.
| 15:00Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on energy and energy saving. 15:302/3The latest exploits of The Brother who learns French and suffers from a leaky valve. 15:453/5Meet the man who saved his ansaphone messages from the last 20 years.
| 15:00Clare Balding walks a section of the Dales Way with its creator, Colin Speakman. 15:27Melanie Reid presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Spinal Injuries Association. 15:303/3The Brother turns his attention once again to his long-suffering landlady. 15:454/5Dominic Arkwright meets a man whose life was transformed by a call to the Samaritans.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs this gardening discussion from Berkshire. 15:455/5Professor Peter French talks about the science of forensic acoustics.
| | 15:002/2Stella Gibbons' sparkling comedy of manners dramatised by Christopher William Hill.
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| 16:00 | 16:00As tax on low-alcohol beer is cut, Sheila Dillon asks how problem drinking can be tackled. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the future of Catholicism in the Irish Republic.
| 16:004/5Sally and Nick follow up on their favourite Tracing Your Roots stories. 16:30Michael Morpurgo and Sara Maitland talk to Harriett Gilbert about the books they love.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores surnames and comic book superheroes. 16:30Health risks of antipsychotic drugs, breaking habits, PTSD after recovering bodies in Iraq
| 16:00Arundhati Roy talks about her Booker prize winning novel The God of Small Things. 16:30Quentin Cooper presents his weekly digest of science in and behind the headlines.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Steve Jobs, Bert Jansch, Ralph Steinman and Robert Whitaker. 16:30Francine Stock travels to New York to meet Woody Allen.
| 16:00Cook the Perfect... Fish Pie. Presented by Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Robert Harris talks to Mariella Frostrup about his book The Fear Index. 16:30Roger McGough presents a weekly selection of favourite poetry requested by listeners.
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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.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 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 Ritula Shah. A fresh perspective on the day's news with sports headlines. 17:30Evan Davis asks his guests about the perils and pitfalls of creating a business online. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Are households and businesses being overcharged for gas and electricity? 17:40Claire Bolderson profiles Lord Justice Leveson. 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. 18:301/6John Lloyd and Dave Gorman with Jimmy Carr, Francesca Stavrakopoulou and Alex Bellos.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Ramesh takes it upon himself to reunite a local couple who have split up.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Love is in the air and helium is in the offing as a new SatNav causes chaos at the altar.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/5Charlie Brooker seeks the best in wrong answers, with Lee Mack, Josie Long and Tom Basden.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/9A 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 with Peter Richardson and Ade Edmondson with his band The Bad Shepherds.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15AL Kennedy makes her selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Rowan Atkinson on Johnny English Reborn; Claire Tomalin on the life of Charles Dickens. 19:451/5Pepys plans to save money by cutting back on theatre-going and drinking.
| 19:00Helen and Tom wait for news. 19:15John Wilson meets legendary singer Johnny Mathis; and photographer David Bailey. 19:452/5Pepys celebrates the anniversary of an operation three years previously.
| 19:00A face from the past returns to Ambridge. 19:15Kenneth Branagh reflects on his career, as he returns to the stage in his native Belfast. 19:453/5Pepys goes to Westminster Abbey and gets drunk afterwards.
| 19:00The Bull is buzzing with gossip. 19:15Des O'Connor back on stage, and Vanessa Redgrave in Driving Miss Daisy. 19:454/5When his Uncle dies, Pepys goes to his house to find the man's papers in a mess.
| 19:15Orlando Bloom on The Three Musketeers and Tracy Chevalier on Vermeer. 19:455/5For a joke, Pepys steals Sir William's silver tankard and sends an anonymous ransom note.
| 19:00Claire Bolderson profiles Lord Justice Leveson. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:00Will and Nic have a heart-to-heart. 19:154/4Zoo music and a sketch that only a fool wouldn't find funny. 19:453/3By Rupert Smith. A narcoleptic chef tries to teach his daughter a family recipe.
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| 20:00 | 20:002/3Matthew Flinders asks if politics is unfairly treated by the media, satire and fiction. 20:30Could a more relaxed policy on immigration help the developing world more than state aid?
| 20:00Are households and businesses being overcharged for gas and electricity? 20:40As the programme turns 50, a look back at the past and a look forward to its future.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate. 20:45Advertising guru Cindy Gallop discusses embracing zero privacy.
| 20:00Investigating falling school exclusion rates which may be masking failure. 20:30Evan Davis asks his guests about the perils and pitfalls of creating a business online.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents a panel discussion of news and politics from Cheltenham. 20:50Will Self sees an urgent need to reform the prison system.
| 20:00The long, tragic legacy of Irish migration is examined by acclaimed writer Fintan O'Toole.
| 20:00Controller Roger Wright answers your concerns about Radio 3. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Steve Jobs, Bert Jansch, Ralph Steinman and Robert Whitaker.
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| 21:00 | 21:00The return of So You Want to Be a Scientist?, Radio 4's amateur science award. 21:30Andrew Marr with Rory Stewart, Gordon Corera, Rosemary Hollis and Frank Ledwidge.
| 21:00Health risks of antipsychotic drugs, breaking habits, PTSD after recovering bodies in Iraq 21:302/2Michael Portillo asks whether free-market capitalism is a broken system.
| 21:00How much disruption will a new high speed rail line really cause? Tom Heap reports. 21:30Libby Purves is joined by Peter Brookes, Alexandra Fuller, Albie Sachs and Niamh Cusack.
| 21:0020/30The Pika, a small mountain mammal, is blamed for the degradation of grassland. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of the Scottish philosopher David Hume.
| 21:00By Nigel Smith. Ben has survived a crippling brain lesion but won't engage with the world.(R)
| 21:001/2The dowdy Wither family tries to compete with the glittering Springs.
| 21:00Who will qualify for a new winter fuel rebate? How QE2 will hit our pensions. 21:26Archbishop Dr John Sentamu presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Mildmay International. 21:30Could a more relaxed policy on immigration help the developing world more than state aid?
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| 22:00 | 22:00With Ritula Shah. National and international news and analysis. 22:456/10Milo's capitalist enterprise shifts up a gear and Yossarian decides against clothing.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:457/10Orr crash-lands again and Yossarian refuses to fly with him. Will he regret it?
| 22:00With Robin Lustig. National and international news and analysis. 22:458/10Orr is lost, and flying with McWatt has horrific consequences for Yossarian.
| 22:00With Robin Lustig. National and international news and analysis. 22:459/10Nately's whore holds Yossarian responsible for his death and attacks him with a knife.
| 22:00With Robin Lustig. National and international news and analysis. 22:4510/10Colonel Korn offers Yossarian an odious deal, there is extraordinary news about Orr.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Combative, provocative and engaging debate.
| 22:00Preview of the week's politics with politicians, pundits and experts. 22:45Iain Martin of The Daily Mail analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories
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| 23:00 | 23:003/4Micky Flanagan looks at his life in the 90s, returning to education and becoming a teacher(R) 23:30Alicia McCarthy with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:006/6Satan is ready to risk God's wrath by returning baby Patrick to Earth.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:001/4A text sparks the first of Neil and Kim's arguments. 23:153/6Nigel Penny has to share his tiny room with an unwanted boorish guest.(R) 23:30Alicia McCarthy with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:004/4The soldiers learn that pitching shows is difficult and that it is never a good idea. 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Michael Morpurgo and Sara Maitland talk to Harriett Gilbert about the books they love. 23:30Historian Justin Champion investigates real life duels and the literature they influenced.(R)
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of cryptic connections and mental contortion. 23:30Roger McGough presents a weekly selection of favourite poetry requested by listeners.
| 23:00Francine Stock travels to New York to meet Woody Allen. 23:30Mark Tully asks how best we should learn from our mistakes on the journey to God.
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