| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores impartiality in TV political interviewing. 00:45The bells of St Wilfred's in York. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Italian journalist Beppe Severgnini contemplates the view from Italy. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5German historian Michael Stürmer contemplates the idea of Europe in Autumn 2011. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Political commentator Agnes Poirier contemplates the view from France. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Irish writer Fintan O'Toole contemplates the idea of Europe in Autumn 2011. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Greek novelist Ersi Sotiropoulos contemplates the idea of Europe in Autumn 2011. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3A farmer wants his house demolished. The house has other ideas.(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. 05:43With Shaunaka Rishi Das, Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. 05:45Is it right to separate dairy cows from their calves? With Charlotte Smith. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With Shaunaka Rishi Das, Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. 05:45Catching birds in the name of Conservation. Presented by Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With Shaunaka Rishi Das, Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. 05:45Anna Hill asks why investors are swapping bricks and mortar for blades of grass.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With Shaunaka Rishi Das, Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. 05:45Caz Graham asks why plans to extend two National Parks are proving controversial.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With Shaunaka Rishi Das, Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. 05:45How the government's food and farming department is failing to source food sustainably.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43With the Rev George Pitcher. 05:45One care leaver's inspirational story.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Sepulchre in Newgate, City of London. 05:45Geeta Guru-Murthy profiles Umberto Bossi, leader of Italy's Northern League.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Hague on Tory rebels, Prof Brian Cox on quantum physics and Emma Thompson discusses Burma.
| 06:00With Michael Gove on the EU referendum rebellion and debating global population.
| 06:00Debating the eurozone crisis, breast cancer screening, and the life of Hurricane Higgins.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Debating rising executive pay, crime maps and the market reaction to the eurozone deal.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Jules Hudson visits the Peak District to discover its tragic aviation history. 06:30The delicate balance between heritage and modern life in the UK's National Parks. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully examines the psychological and spiritual significance of dawn. 06:35On a wet autumnal day Joanna Pinnock goes in search of the rare stone curlew in Wiltshire. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Debating the C of E's attitude to protesters, ChildLine at 25 and camels' milk ice-cream.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Jane Little with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Kim Wilde presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Ataxia UK. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:30Susan Hulme with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| 08:30Sean Curran with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| 08:30David Cornock with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| 08:30With Sean Curran. The Chancellor updates MPs on the eurozone deal.
| 08:50The latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10With Don Carson, celebrated preacher of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Illinois. 08:50Will Self deplores the arms trade, Britain's role in it and the euphemisms around it.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr and Jarvis Cocker, Jez Butterworth, Melanie Challenger and Matthew White. 09:45A space for spiritual reflection with a bible reading, prayer and Christian music.
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili talks to astronomer Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell. 09:30Lyse Doucet in conversation with Nader Nadery, a human rights campaigner in Kabul. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Ernie Rea.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Sir Terry Wogan. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Tony Burnham.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Siege of Tenochtitlan and fall of the Aztec Empire 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Archbishop George Stack.
| 09:00Kirsty Young interviews writer and actor Mark Gatiss. 09:45An act of worship led by Leslie Griffiths.
| 09:00Richard Coles with author and designer Lauren Child; Inheritance Tracks from Sue Johnston.
| 09:00News, views and discussion on population growth and Lord Lloyd Webber on the Olympics.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Will Young performs and talks about his musical career. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:451/5Four months into their relationship, Rosie and Tom have only spent five weekends together.
| 10:00Commentary on India v England in the fifth One Day lnternational from Kolkata.
| 10:00Joely Richardson; can dyslexia be an advantage; improving child protection; and Eva Braun. 10:453/5Long-distance single parent couple Rosie and Tom both have difficult decisions to make.
| 10:00Stephanie Beacham; older women unware of their risk of breast cancer; Cristina Kirchner. 10:454/5Rosie is keeping the baby but Tom doesn't know about it yet.
| 10:00A new art exhibition explores the symbolism of lace. 10:455/5Rosie and Tom are not a couple any more but can a piano be ever without its stool?
| 10:00John McCarthy looks at transoceanic rowing and the tango in Buenos Aires. 10:30Roger Law takes a look at the 'fancy': the wonderful world of show rabbits
| 10:00Clive makes an unexpected appearance and Helen faces family friction.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Alan Dein is in Edinburgh to meet evangelical travellers surviving amid decaying estates. 11:302/6Captain Mad Hoagy tackles a bomb, and Twitten uses reverse psychology on Inspector Steine.
| | 11:00The story of how Botswana has become Africa's leading exponent of crime investigation. 11:302/4Inspector Lestrade introduces Sherlock Holmes' rival Professor SFX Van Dusen.
| 11:00Correspondents around the world tell their stories. 11:30Exploring the legacy of musician and broadcaster Jack Jackson.
| 11:00Iraqi interpreters were offered a new life in the UK for their help. What did they get? 11:306/6It's Clare and Brian's wedding day! But first there's the hen party and stag night.
| 11:00Sue Cameron of the Financial Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Reporters telling their stories from around the world.
| 11:15Lord Victor Adebowale is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Cuts to bus services, avoiding care home fees and the online boost for new bands. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Why washing laundry at low temperatures might not kill bugs and electronic NHS records. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Data protection and referral fees, and tackling obesity. Winifred Robinson reports. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Forty winks on four wheels? We road test Megabus' new sleeper service. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:308/9A 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. 12:044/6John Lloyd and Dave Gorman with Natalie Haynes, David McCandless and David Crystal. 12:32A traditional cooking oil and a controversial food ingredient. What's up with palm oil? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00With Shaun Ley. National and international news. 13:30The teams from the Midlands and Wales join Tom for the latest contest.
| | 13:00With Shaun Ley. National and international news. 13:30WikiLeaks funding block, the i's first birthday and is The X-Factor in trouble?
| 13:00With Shaun Ley. National and international news. 13:30Tom Heap investigates ways to keep Britain moving if we have another harsh winter.
| 13:00Edward Stourton with news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:30Questions about Any Answers, Sunday night comedy, Shipping Forecast and long wave.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents a panel discussion of news and politics from Newcastle.
| 13:00With Edward Stourton. In-depth reporting of national and international events. 13:304/4Paul Morley visits London's Basing St Studios with Trevor Horn and Chris Blackwell.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:152/6A young teacher is accused of having an affair with a sixth former.
| | 14:00Mike voices his objections. 14:151/2Robert Louis Stevenson sets off with a donkey across France.
| 14:00Tom has a bee in his bonnet. 14:152/2In pursuit of the woman he loves, Stevenson catches a steamer to New York.
| 14:00Ed and Emma go into hiding. 14:15A young man joins Tony's boxing ring in an attempt to escape his own circle of addiction.
| 14:00Commentary on the T20 International between India and England at Eden Gardens.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs this Grow Your Own themed programme. 14:453/4Horatio Clare discovers how the River Seine inspires lovers, writers and river policemen.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Dominic Sandbrook questions the political importance of Prime Minister's Questions. 15:451/5Why do we sleep, and why do many of us find crossing the threshold of sleep so difficult?
| | 15:002/3Stephanie Flanders on the global financial crisis with top economists and George Soros. 15:302/3William and the Outlaws decide that rightin' wrongs could be a profitable undertaking. 15:453/5In deep sleep, where the places we go are unlimited - does dream interpretation matter?
| 15:00Clare Balding walks a stretch of the South West Coastal Path from Hope Cove to Salcombe. 15:27Jeremy Hardy presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Adoption UK. 15:303/3William manages unwittingly to bring a criminal to justice - while wearing stilts. 15:454/5Paul explores the uncanny world of sleep disorders and sleep talk.
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs this Grow Your Own themed programme. 15:455/5Beds are the places we withdraw to, away from currents of society and community.
| | 15:001/2Stella's wartime allegiances are tested.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon asks if the calorie is an outdated way of controlling diet. 16:303/6Simon Cox presents the latest news from the digital world.
| | 16:00Laurie Taylor discusses: globalisation is good for you - and Muslim women's basketball. 16:30The power of sleep to improve memory and why hysteria isn't a thing of the past.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Margaret Atwood about her new book In Other Worlds. 16:30A special recording from the National Maritime Museum as part of London Science Festival.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Elouise Cobell, Edmundo Ros, Gil Hayward, Sue Mengers, Norman Corwin. 16:30Director Roland Emmerich on why the Bard is a fraud.
| | 16:00Victoria Hislop on her novel The Thread and crime writing Roslund and Hellstrom style. 16:302/4Ruth Padel presents a landmark series exploring the joys of writing and reading poetry.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 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.
| 17:00A fresh perspective on the day's news with sports headlines. With Carolyn Quinn. 17:30Evan Davis and guests serve up a smorgasbord of topics - from Ikea to proliferation. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00How investors are profiting from the eurozone crisis. Can money be made from disaster? 17:40Geeta Guru-Murthy profiles Umberto Bossi, leader of Italy's Northern League. 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. 18:304/6John Lloyd and Dave Gorman with Natalie Haynes, David McCandless and David Crystal.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/4If your son's visiting with his new girlfriend, how far apart should their beds be placed?
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Frank Skinner tries four new things, including getting a spray tan and eating Jugged Hare.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30England's least co-ordinated cricketer limbers up for Strictly Come Dancing.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:308/9A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Peter Curran talks to Mackenzie Crook and John Leguizamo. Music from Mara Carlyle.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Sheila McClennon makes her selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Clive makes an unexpected appearance. 19:15Mark Lawson talks to Stephan Solzhenitsyn about his father's life and legacy. 19:451/5Four months into their relationship, Rosie and Tom have only spent five weekends together.
| 19:00Mike voices his objections. 19:15Kirsty Lang meets the Italian writer Umberto Eco, as he publishes a new novel. 19:452/5Rosie is worried that Tom doesn't want her at his ex-wife's wedding.
| 19:00Tom has a bee in his bonnet. 19:15Jeanette Winterson on her new memoir; David Attenborough on Frozen Planet. 19:453/5Long-distance single parent couple Rosie and Tom both have difficult decisions to make.
| 19:00Ed and Emma go into hiding. 19:15Actor Gerard Butler, star of the film Machine Gun Preacher; Kate Prince of Zoo Nation. 19:454/5Rosie is keeping the baby but Tom doesn't know about it yet.
| 19:00Helen faces family friction. 19:15Kirsty Lang talks to cellist Yo-Yo Ma and novelist Emma Donoghue. 19:455/5Rosie and Tom are not a couple any more but can a piano be ever without its stool?
| 19:00Geeta Guru-Murthy profiles Umberto Bossi, leader of Italy's Northern League. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:153/4Austerity Britain and the Big Society. Topical comedy with Rory Bremner. 19:453/3Travelling back to England, Rose encounters Paul and events take an unexpected turn.
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| 20:00 | 20:002/3Misha Glenny explores the rise of Prussia, dispelling several myths along the way. 20:30How effective is cultural diplomacy as a weapon of soft power?
| 20:00How investors are profiting from the eurozone crisis. Can money be made from disaster? 20:40Why the government's being urged to appraise a cheaper drug for the treatment of Wet AMD.
| 20:00How press coverage of court cases can result in trial by media. 20:45Christie Watson asks if there are some things worse than death for some very ill children.
| 20:00Joshua Rozenberg investigates how accountable such reviews as the Leveson Inquiry will be. 20:30Evan Davis and guests serve up a smorgasbord of topics - from Ikea to proliferation.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents a panel discussion of news and politics from Newcastle. 20:50Will Self deplores the arms trade, Britain's role in it and the euphemisms around it.
| 20:00With Gaddafi dead, Owen Bennett-Jones explores what happens after dictators fall.
| 20:00Questions about Any Answers, Sunday night comedy, Shipping Forecast and long wave. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Elouise Cobell, Edmundo Ros, Gil Hayward, Sue Mengers, Norman Corwin.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper presents his weekly digest of science in and behind the headlines. 21:30Andrew Marr and Jarvis Cocker, Jez Butterworth, Melanie Challenger and Matthew White.
| 21:00The power of sleep to improve memory and why hysteria isn't a thing of the past. 21:30Jim Al-Khalili talks to astronomer Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell.
| 21:00Tom Heap investigates ways to keep Britain moving if we have another harsh winter. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Sir Terry Wogan.
| 21:0023/30Saving Species talks to Alastair Fothergill about his series, Frozen Planet on BBC1. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Siege of Tenochtitlan and fall of the Aztec Empire
| 21:00A closet becomes a hallway and a hallway a vast labyrinth in a odd house in Virginia.
| 21:002/2Silas's life changes forever when Eppie, a little girl, crosses his threshold.
| 21:00The latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Kim Wilde presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Ataxia UK. 21:30How effective is cultural diplomacy as a weapon of soft power?
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:451/10As Ruth Becker reaches the end of her life, she finds herself remembering more and more.
| 22:00With Ritula Shah. National and international news and analysis. 22:452/10Ruth remembers when love and the cause of the left became intertwined.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:453/10Ruth recalls her marriage, Dora's love affair and the night in Berlin's TicTacToe Club.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:454/10Ruth recalls the night in 1933 when stormtroopers forced Hans and herself into exile.
| 22:00With Ritula Shah. National and international news and analysis. 22:455/10Ruth remembers how hard life was as a refugee in London, without money, rights, or status.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15How press coverage of court cases can result in trial by media.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Miranda Green analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:002/3The second semi-final of Radio 4's 2009 Poetry Slam, hosted by Dreadlock Alien.(R) 23:30Sean Curran presents the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:001/4Two horses divided by war, united by love. Comedy starring Stephen Fry and Daniel Rigby. 23:151/4Michael is 41 with no girlfriend, but desperate mum Susan has a plan.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports on the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:004/4Celery rears its ugly head again as Neil attempts his Androcles and the lion tactic. 23:156/6Musical comedy starring Richie Webb as put upon music teacher Nigel Penny.(R) 23:30Sean Curran presents the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:003/4Austerity Britain and the Big Society. Topical comedy with Rory Bremner. 23:30David Cornock with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Christopher Frayling and Nikki Bedi talk to Harriett Gilbert about the books they love. 23:30Mark D'Arcy with all the news from Westminster.
| 23:00The teams from the Midlands and Wales join Tom for the latest contest. 23:30Roger McGough presents a weekly selection of favourite poetry requested by listeners.
| 23:00Director Roland Emmerich on why the Bard is a fraud. 23:30Mark Tully examines the psychological and spiritual significance of dawn.
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