| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores surnames and comic book superheroes. 00:45The bells of All Saints in Maidstone, Kent. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Christopher Hitchens explores the morality of waterboarding - by being waterboarded. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Christopher Hitchens appraises how the rich traditionally disdain the poor. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Hitchens' forceful condemnation of the use of Agent Orange in the Vietnam War. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5A brutal confrontation in Beirut is only one face of a remarkable city. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Peter Ackroyd's biography of Isaac Newton sparks Hitchens' nostalgic rumination on science 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3A woman recalls one of the Old Testament's more extraordinary acts of seduction.(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. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Rabbi Dr Naftali Brawer. 05:45Wild boars are are being used to try to control invasive bracken one part of Scotland. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Rabbi Dr Naftali Brawer. 05:45Anna Hill hears that red kites are moving from the countryside into our cities.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Rabbi Dr Naftali Brawer. 05:45Ahead of the CAP reforms, its supporters and critics predict the future of subsidies.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Rabbi Dr Naftali Brawer. 05:45The CAP reform proposals are published in Brussels to a mixed response in the UK.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Rabbi Dr Naftali Brawer. 05:45How changes to subsidies in Scotland could mean an end to 'slipper farming'.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Short reflection and prayer with Canon Noel Battye. 05:45'Dad coming out brought us closer.' How a policeman's complex private life came to light.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Michael's in Kingsteignton, Devon. 05:45Chris Bowlby profiles Jeremy Heywood who is to become the new Cabinet Secretary.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Examining allegations surrounding Dr Liam Fox, plus is the UK becoming more civil?
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding discovers that the Lincolnshire Wolds are not as flat as most people think. 06:30As the CAP reforms are published in Brussels, Charlotte Smith asks what impact it may have 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully discusses the importance of mentors in our lives. 06:35Adam Henson meets the second BBC Farmer of the Year finalist, Paul Sousek, in Cornwall. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Ofsted's new head vows to tackle coasting and incompetent teachers.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Michael Palin presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Motivation Charitable Trust. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:30The latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| 08:30The latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| 08:30The latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| 08:30The latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service marking the 250th anniversary of Baptist missionary William Carey. 08:50Will Self praises the beauty of wind turbines.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Jeremy Paxman, Richard Gott, Marieme Jamme and Shuyun Sun. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music led by the Rev Clair Jaquiss.
| 09:00Jim meets Paul Nurse, Nobel prize-winning geneticist and President of the Royal Society. 09:30Lyse Doucet speaks to Masood Khalili, Afghanistan's Ambassador to Spain. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Nigel Swinford.
| 09:00Libby Purves is joined by David M Wilson, Fred Baier, Buddy Greco and Kathryn Tickell. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Andrew Martlew.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Ming Voyages of discovery. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Father Phil Sumner.
| 09:00Veteran hairdresser Vidal Sassoon is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs. 09:45An act of worship led by the Rt Rev and Rt Hon Richard Chartres, Bishop of London.
| 09:00Richard Coles with advertising creative Rosie Arnold; Inheritance Tracks from Tori Amos.
| 09:00With Paddy O'Connell. News, views and discussion ... with a difference.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Cliff Richard; postnatal depression; work-life balance running your own business. 10:451/5Ex-geography teacher Ralph meets his nemesis in the shape of the Dudley Fantasy Book Club.
| 10:00Cook the perfect coq au vin; treatment after miscarriage; Georgette Heyer; zero waste. 10:452/5Taking a break from playing Angry Birds, teenagers Saurabh and Yusuf explore the Edge.
| 10:00A phone-in on mixed marriages. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:453/5Things aren't going well for Janice with her father in hospital and family farm in crisis.
| 10:00Katherine Jenkins; Adoption parties, Obesity link to rise in osteoarthritis in women. 10:454/5Leah is the last person you'd expect to see running in the woods with blood on her hands.
| 10:00Coverage of the first One Day International between India and England from Hyderabad.
| 10:00John McCarthy looks at natural navigation, travel guiding and post colonial India. 10:30Tim Brooke-Taylor views Chaplin's legacy in the theatre of his grandson James Thierree.(R)
| 10:00Will and Nic have a heart-to-heart, and there's an unwelcome visitor at Rickyard Cottage.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Alan Dein explores the impact of last summer's riots on one London man and his friends. 11:306/6Dolores' oral history project reveals the yawning chasms which divide the Hopper family.
| 11:0021/30Saving Species catches up with the work in Outer Mongolia on the Bar-Headed Goose. 11:30David Schneider looks back at the history of British Jewish comedy.
| 11:00Cerys Matthews explores her love affair with angling. 11:308/8A final showdown occurs with a ruthless enemy at a hotel.
| 11:00Story-telling from news correspondents around the world. 11:30The writer Kevin Crossley-Holland meets fellow East Anglians affected by coastal erosion.
| | 11:00Peter Oborne of The Daily Telegraph looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Reports from Bahrain, Cairo, Madrid, Abidjan and Johannesburg.
| 11:15Olympic sprinter Michael Johnson joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The UK citizenship test, dramatic pauses on TV and why cars never achieve their MPG claims 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Should it be easier to adopt a child in the UK? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Could a Kitemark on tickets for concerts and shows help crack down on fraud? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Beauty BOGOFs, payday loans and undercutting supermarket veg - join Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:306/9With panellists including Jeremy Hardy, Sarah Millican and Paul Sinha. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:042/6John Lloyd and curator Dave Gorman welcome exhibits from Graham Linehan among others. 12:32Sheila Dillon looks at some of the ingenious ways we have developed of preserving food. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00With Shaun Ley. National and international news. 13:30Tom Sutcliffe chairs the long-running lateral thinking quiz.
| 13:00With Martha Kearney. National and international news. 13:30Jimmy Page, Mark Knopfler, Phil Manzanera and Cliff Richard explore 'The Thing About Hank'
| 13:00With Martha Kearney. National and international news. 13:30The BBC's proposals for making savings, and Paul Dacre addresses the Leveson Inquiry.
| 13:00With Martha Kearney. National and international news. 13:30Tom Heap investigates the mining boom in South and Central America.
| | 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a panel debate about news and politics from Ascot.
| 13:00In-depth reporting of national and international events. 13:301/2As Obama's campaign to win a 2nd term ramps up Gary Younge assesses his performance so far
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| 14:00 | 14:00Will and Nic have a heart-to-heart. 14:151518. Strasbourg. Plague strikes. Many dead. 2011. London. Is it happening again?
| 14:00Susan shares her concerns. 14:15After ten years, Joe clearly remembers everything about Ally, but she recalls nothing.(R)
| 14:15A painter's work is decoded by someone who seems to know his exact thought processes.
| 14:00Tom is fired up with future plans. 14:15Drew Pautz's drama examining the gaps between facts, finance, conscience and confidence.
| | 14:00Your chance to respond to the issues of the week. With Jonathan Dimbleby. 14:307/8Toby Stephens is Raymond Chandler's fast-talking private eye Philip Marlowe.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs a gardening Q&A in Wiltshire. 14:451/4Horatio Clare joins the Paris River Police, the Brigade Fluviale, on patrol on the Seine.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The long, tragic legacy of Irish migration is examined by acclaimed writer Fintan O'Toole. 15:451/5Brett Westwood joins members of the Botanical Society on an aquatic field trip.
| 15:00Helen Castor hears about King Harold's banners and the Amritsar massacre. 15:301/3Meg Rosoff reads her story in front of an audience at the Cheltenham Literature Festival. 15:452/5Brett Westwood joins a Dipterists Forum workshop where he learns to identify flies.
| 15:00Discussion and advice on personal finance. 15:302/3Joe Dunthorne reads his new short story at the Cheltenham Literature Festival. 15:453/5Brett Westwood explores Bookham Common with the London Natural History Society.
| 15:00Clare Balding discovers the delights of walking along the ancient pathways of Kent. 15:27Archbishop Dr John Sentamu presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Mildmay International. 15:303/3Andrew Miller reads his short story to an audience at the Cheltenham Literature Festival. 15:454/5Brett Westwood bones up on mosses and liverworts with the British Bryological Society.
| | | 15:001/2Silas Marner lives a miserly isolated life, with money as his only company.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Richard Johnson travels to Los Angeles, a city where many of the world's food trends begin 16:301/6Simon Cox with the latest news from the digital world.
| 16:005/5Sally and Nick return with more of their favourite family history items from past series. 16:30Mary Beard and Bidisha talk about favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. From 2011.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores music as a threat to national security and new work on immigration. 16:30Their treatment shocked the world - how have the adopted Romanian babies recovered?
| 16:00Robert Harris talks to Mariella Frostrup about his book The Fear Index. 16:30Quentin Cooper presents his weekly digest of science in and behind the headlines.
| | 16:00Cliff Richard, Katherine Jenkins, Adoption parties, Mixed race relationships phone in.
| 16:00Ian Rankin talks to Mariella Frostrup about his latest crime novel The Impossible Dead. 16:30Roger McGough presents a weekly selection of favourite poetry requested by listeners.
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| 17:00 | 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 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.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00A fresh perspective on the day's news with sports headlines. With Carolyn Quinn. 17:30Stephanie Flanders and guests discuss the art of marketing, and messiness in business. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Allan Urry investigates the Government's radical changes to the planning system. 17:40Chris Bowlby profiles Jeremy Heywood who is to become the new Cabinet Secretary. 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. 18:302/6John Lloyd and curator Dave Gorman welcome exhibits from Graham Linehan among others.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/4A bike accident lands Tom Sheffield in A&E, just as he is about to go for a pizza.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30James Walton presents a special edition recorded at 2011's Cheltenham Literature Festival.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/5Comedy panel show of glorious failures with Richard Herring, Holly Walsh and Iain Morris.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/9With panellists including Jeremy Hardy, Sarah Millican and Paul Sinha.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Bill Bailey, Derren Brown, Emma Freud and singer Jo Hamilton.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Susan Calman makes her selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Susan shares her concerns. 19:15Turner Prize nominee Tacita Dean on her Tate Modern Turbine Hall commission. 19:451/5Ex-geography teacher Ralph meets his nemesis in the shape of the Dudley Fantasy Book Club.
| 19:15Steve Coogan on Alan Partridge's memoirs; Australian film Sleeping Beauty reviewed. 19:452/5Taking a break from playing Angry Birds, teenagers Saurabh and Yusuf explore the Edge.
| 19:00Tom is fired up with future plans. 19:15John Wilson meets Noel Gallagher, as he prepares to release his first solo album. 19:453/5Things aren't going well for Janice with her father in hospital and family farm in crisis.
| 19:00Adam is not best pleased. 19:15Nicky Wire of Manic Street Preachers; Simon Mayo and Mark Watson on marathon shows. 19:454/5Leah is the last person you'd expect to see running in the woods with blood on her hands.
| 19:00There's an unwelcome visitor at Rickyard Cottage. 19:15Tamsin Greig on her latest stage role; Holy Flying Circus - a TV drama about Monty Python. 19:455/5Ian is jogging frantically around the Edge. But who, or what, is he running from?
| 19:00Chris Bowlby profiles Jeremy Heywood who is to become the new Cabinet Secretary. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:00George's behaviour causes concern. 19:151/4Opinion polls, party conferences, political sat nav. With Rory Bremner and Andy Zaltzman. 19:451/3An invitation to Richard's family home finds Elizabeth forced to make a difficult choice.
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| 20:00 | 20:003/3Matthew Flinders argues against the drive to reduce the scope of politics. 20:30Owen Bennett-Jones asks, what exactly is the Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah?
| 20:00Allan Urry investigates the Government's radical changes to the planning system. 20:40More 50th birthday fun with Peter White and his guests in the Radio Theatre in London.
| 20:00The moral boundaries of friendship. Chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Kate Fox argues we need to re-learn what we think we know about the effects of alcohol.
| 20:00Simon Cox looks at the real story behind the potential for shale gas extraction in the UK. 20:30Stephanie Flanders and guests discuss the art of marketing, and messiness in business.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a panel debate about news and politics from Ascot. 20:50Will Self praises the beauty of wind turbines.
| 20:00David Cannadine explores the teaching of history in English schools over the past century.
| 20:00The real story of cuts to Radio 4, the future of longwave and coverage of the Welsh rugby. 20:30Matthew Bannister on George Baker, Ramiz Alia, Madeleine Simms and George Hinchcliffe.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper presents his weekly digest of science in and behind the headlines. 21:30Andrew Marr with Jeremy Paxman, Richard Gott, Marieme Jamme and Shuyun Sun.
| 21:00Their treatment shocked the world - how have the adopted Romanian babies recovered? 21:30Jim meets Paul Nurse, Nobel prize-winning geneticist and President of the Royal Society.
| 21:00Mining is booming in South America. That's bad news for the environment. 21:30Libby Purves is joined by David M Wilson, Fred Baier, Buddy Greco and Kathryn Tickell.
| 21:0021/30Saving Species catches up with the work in Outer Mongolia on the Bar-Headed Goose. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Ming Voyages of discovery.
| 21:00A tragic comedy about Shirley Porter's leadership of Westminster Council by Gregory Evans.(R)
| 21:002/2Stella Gibbons' sparkling comedy of manners dramatised by Christopher William Hill.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Michael Palin presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Motivation Charitable Trust. 21:30Owen Bennett-Jones asks, what exactly is the Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah?
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| 22:00 | 22:00With Ritula Shah. National and international news and analysis. 22:451/101950s Colombo: 11-year-old Michael embarks on a life-changing voyage to London.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:452/101950s Colombo: 11-year-old Michael embarks on a life-changing voyage to London.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:453/10Michael and his two new friends Ramadhin and Cassius continue to explore the adult world.
| 22:00With Ritula Shah. National and international news and analysis. 22:454/10The boys learn why the wealthy Sir Hector de Silva is travelling on the same ship.
| 22:00With Robin Lustig. National and international news and analysis. 22:455/10The boys manage to persuade Mr Daniels to be the 'responsible adult' supervising them.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15The moral boundaries of friendship. Chaired by Michael Buerk.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45How the newspapers are covering the biggest stories in Westminster and beyond.
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| 23:00 | 23:004/4Micky completes his life story during the 2000s, settling down and building up his career.(R) 23:30The day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Matt Harvey presents a comedy-infused interactive poetry cabaret from Cheltenham. 23:30Susan Hulme reports on the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:002/4Neil's new trilby hat is a flashpoint for an argument. 23:154/6Musical comedy starring Richie Webb as long suffering music teacher Nigel Penny.(R) 23:30The day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:001/4Opinion polls, party conferences, political sat nav. With Rory Bremner and Andy Zaltzman. 23:30David Cornock with the top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Mary Beard and Bidisha talk about favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. From 2011.
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the long-running lateral thinking quiz. 23:30Roger McGough presents a weekly selection of favourite poetry requested by listeners.
| 23:00Tilda Swinton discusses We Need to Talk about Kevin. 23:30Mark Tully discusses the importance of mentors in our lives.
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