| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores ideas about a decline in human violence with Steven Pinker. 00:45The bells of St Mary's in Abergavenny, Gwent. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Prize-winning author Binyavanga Wainaina's memoir of growing up in modern-day Kenya. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5There is political upheaval, but what matters most to Wainaina is learning to read. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Wainaina visits the industrial sprawl of Nairobi with his father and learns about cars. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The government stops subsidising education, so Wainaina enrols at Transkei University. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Desperately homesick, Wainaina returns home to Kenya and a memorable family reunion. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3Rachel is a burden to her neighbours, but she carries a burden of her own.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection by George Craig to start the day on Radio 4. 05:45Thousands of fish could be saved by measures trialled by UK according to the Government. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection by George Craig to start the day on Radio 4. 05:45MPs deliver their verdict on the impact of HS2 on the landscape and rural communities.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection by George Craig to start the day on Radio 4. 05:45A cockle bed closed following safety concerns could remain shut until April.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection by George Craig to start the day on Radio 4. 05:45Your police need you! Charlotte Smith hears how volunteers could help tackle rural crime.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection by George Craig to start the day on Radio 4. 05:45Why sunshine plus traffic and industrial fumes equals depleted European wheat crops.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Judy Merry. 05:45"Einstein's theory has contradictions, mine doesn't." A listener challenges E=MC2.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of Worcester Cathedral. 05:45Edward Stourton profiles Tom Watson, the MP who took on the Murdoch media empire.
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| 06:00 | 06:00With John Humphrys in Athens reporting on the future of Greece.
| 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. 06:07Open Country investigates the latest on a disease which is ravaging forests across the UK. 06:30Charlotte Smith investigates what impact police cuts could have on rural crime. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Fergal Keane considers the place of the outsider in society. 06:35From a rural graveyard to an organic farm, Wales is an important place for waxcap fungi. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00The clampdown in Syria, Italy's continuing crisis, and Abbey Road at 80.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Matt Croucher presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity War Memorials Trust. 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.
| 08:30Sean Curran with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service for Remembrance Sunday from Down Cathedral, Downpatrick in Northern Ireland. 08:50Mary Beard takes a peek at Miss World 2011 and ponders the upsides of middle age.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Thomas Keneally, Kate Grenville and Deborah Cheetham. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Dr Bert Tosh.
| 09:00Neuroscientist Colin Blakemore talks to Jim Al-Khalili about his life and work. 09:30A palliative care consultant discusses the place of honesty in matters of life and death. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Roger Hutchings.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Antonio Carluccio. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Rev Sharon Grenham Toze.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Continental and Analytic philosophical traditions. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Tony Burnham.
| 09:00Children's author Francesca Simon is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
| 09:00Richard Coles with performer Michael Ball and director John Crowley's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 09:15There's a family summit at Bridge Farm. Meanwhile Jennifer tries to make the peace.
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| 10:00 | 10:00The life and legacy of novelist Nancy Mitford. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:451/5Dramatised diaries of VAD nurse Sara Wilsdon in Egypt during WWI.
| 10:00Equality in the police. The history of unwearable shoes. Cook the perfect Christmas cake. 10:452/5Sara meets Ray for the first time and hopes he wishes for nothing more than friendship.
| 10:00Sarah Raven on wild flowers; giving patients a terminal diagnosis; Scottish Tory leader. 10:453/5Peace is declared in Egypt. But conflict erupts between Ray and Sara.
| 10:00Sue Tollefsen, who gave birth to her first child at 57, on late motherhood and IVF. 10:454/5Sara tries to find a moment to tell Ray about her change of feelings for him.
| 10:00Amy Rosenthal's radio adaptation of Bar Mitzvah Boy. 10:455/5Sara is torn between returning home to her family or staying with Ray in Egypt.
| 10:00John McCarthy looks at responsible tourism and Cambodia. 10:30Midge Ure goes in search of the real Freddie Mercury.
| 10:30Nicholas Witchell is the commentator at the Ceremony of Remembrance at the Cenotaph.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Elsecar Park, Barnsley has been both paradise and hell for one man. Alan Dein investigates 11:304/6Mrs Vine hypnotises Steine and lures seagulls to lay siege to the Brighton police force.
| 11:0025/30Including a report on studies to tag and follow the movements of sea horses. 11:304/4Frances Fyfield's musical discoveries conclude with Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique.
| 11:00Stories from The Poppy Factory in Surrey, where poppies are made for Remembrance Sunday. 11:304/4Inspector Lestrade introduces Sherlock Holmes' uncompromising rival Loveday Brooke.
| 11:00Despatches from Kyrgyzstan, Uganda, Colombia, Germany and the United States. 11:30Christine Finn visits the house that was the poet Wilfred Owen's final refuge in France.
| 11:00The traditional two-minute silence to mark Armistice Day. 11:02Testimony from the women who sailed across the Atlantic to join their servicemen husbands. 11:302/4Damien reluctantly writes for a supermarket's online magazine.
| 11:00Journalist and broadcaster Sue Cameron looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30In this edition stories from Varanasi, the Pyrenees, Rome, Havana and Ankara.
| 11:45Mark Whitaker explores the discovery and re-burial of an unknown soldier from World War I.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Should strong ciders cost more? And why swapping your council house could lead to a job. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Should the Church of England do more to help bridge the gap between rich and poor? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Swap your council house and find work. And are we running out of effective antibiotics? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Foodbanks launching at one a week, the British gaming industry, and student inflation. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Christmas TV adverts, big headphones and tourists in Tripoli. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The unexpected tax bill for those receiving PPI compensation. Presented by Paul Lewis. 12:301/6Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the gang return for a new series of the topical comedy show. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:046/6John Lloyd and Dave Gorman receive exhibits as donations to their infinitely vast museum. 12:32Simon Parkes meets the people trying to come up with food ideas for the future. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news. 13:451/10Dr Geoff Bunn reflects on trepanation at the start of his cultural history of the brain.
| 13:00With Martha Kearney. National and international news. 13:452/10Dr Geoff Bunn moves on to the debate in Ancient Greece as to the primacy of heart or brain
| 13:00Martha Kearney with national and international news. 13:453/10Dr Geoff Bunn on early Christian and Islamic contributions to understanding of the brain.
| 13:00Martha Kearney with national and international news. 13:454/10Thomas Willis's pioneering attempt to correlate brain anatomy with function.
| 13:00Shaun Ley with national and international news. 13:455/10Dr Geoff Bunn examines the influence of the 18th-century preoccupation with electricity.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents a panel discussion of news and politics.
| 13:00With Shaun Ley. In-depth reporting of national and international events. 13:301/4Michael Portillo uncovers a tale of smuggling and corruption.
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| 14:00 | 14:00There's a family summit at Bridge Farm. 14:154/6A 60-year-old photographer is accused of assaulting his financial advisor.
| 14:00Nic just can't make her mind up. 14:15Can time be altered? A watchmaker seeks a way to revive his sick child. Drama set in 1791.
| 14:00Jennifer tries to make the peace. 14:15Small-time thief Johnny decides to return everything he has stolen.
| 14:00Brenda offers her expertise. 14:15A Welsh family is fiercely divided over the future of their sheep farm.
| 14:00It's a stressful day for Susan. 14:15A sequence of dramatic and new poems by Andrew Motion to mark Remembrance Day.
| 14:00Your chance to call Jonathan Dimbleby. 14:30Is 13-year-old Eliot Green ready to become a man in the Jewish faith?
| 14:00Eric Robson leads the panel in a gardening Q&A recorded with gardeners in Melrose. 14:45A sequence of dramatic and new poems by Andrew Motion to mark Remembrance Day.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Brain of Britain champions compete in the ultimate general knowledge contest. 15:30Feeding a restaurant trend, Sheila Dillon investigates the world of commercial foragers.
| 15:00Helen Castor presents the programme that reflects listener's passion for the past. 15:30Dominic Arkwright asks his guests to debate excess and gluttony - what exactly is enough?
| 15:00Vincent Duggleby and a panel of guests answer calls on divorce. 15:30Claudia Hammond slays common myths about the brain and its workings.
| 15:00Open Country investigates the latest on a disease which is ravaging forests across the UK. 15:27Benjamin Zephaniah presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Inquest. 15:30Iain Banks talks about his first novel The Wasp Factory.
| 15:00Eric Robson leads the panel in a gardening Q&A recorded with gardeners in Melrose. 15:45Young Robert Thornber discovers strange goings-on in the science block.
| 15:304/4Frances Fyfield's musical discoveries conclude with Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique.
| 15:001/2Lambert Strether is sent to Paris to bring home his fiancée's wayward son and heir.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Art critic Rachel Campbell-Johnston, explores the mysterious world of art attribution. 16:305/6Simon Cox exlpores the latest developments in the world of IT and technology
| 16:00Joshua Rozenberg investigates how reforming the Human Rights Act would affect UK law. 16:30Trevor Phillips and David Morrissey discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor looks at new research about middle-class parents and schooling. 16:30Max Mosley on his court win; reporting from Syria; James Murdoch prepares for MP scrutiny.
| 16:00Francine Stock talks to Bruce Robinson about his return to directing with The Rum Diary. 16:30Fracking for gas, listening to quakes, hidden heroes and amateur science.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Wallace Cunningham, Lord Gould, Alfonso Cano and Joe Frazier. 16:30What's in store for the new, longer World at One? Eddie Grundy's ferret causes concern.
| 16:00Jilly Cooper on marital happiness; Cook the Perfect Christmas Cake; Sue Tollefsen.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup launches Open Book's celebration of funny books and funny writers. 16:30Alan Dein tells the remarkable story of Austrian 'concrete poet' Ernst Jandl.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories. 17:54The latest shipping 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 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.
| 17:00A fresh perspective on the day's news with sports headlines. 17:30Evan Davis and guests on what bonds mean for business and the trials of running airports. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Will Britain's Olympic billions buy a lasting legacy for taxpayers? 17:40Edward Stourton profiles Tom Watson, the MP who took on the Murdoch media empire. 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. 18:306/6John Lloyd and Dave Gorman receive exhibits as donations to their infinitely vast museum.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/4Should the golliwog be reclaimed or consigned to the dustbin of history?
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Marcus Brigstocke invites restaurant critic and die-hard carnivore Giles Coren to be vegan
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4Looking back at a week's worth of broadcasting... that never happened.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the gang return for a new series of the topical comedy show.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson with Warren Clarke and Ralf Little. With music from Ben L'Oncle Soul.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15John Waite makes his selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Nic just can't make her mind up. 19:15Mark Lawson reviews the new film of Wuthering Heights and talks to writer Peter James. 19:451/5Dramatised diaries of VAD nurse Sara Wilsdon in Egypt during WWI.
| 19:00Jennifer tries to make the peace. 19:15Mark Lawson reviews the Leonardo da Vinci exhibition and talks to tenor Joseph Calleja. 19:452/5Sara meets Ray for the first time and hopes he wishes for nothing more than friendship.
| 19:00Brenda offers her expertise. 19:15John Wilson reviews Rum Diary and talks to legendary music producer Nile Rodgers. 19:453/5Peace is declared in Egypt. But conflict erupts between Ray and Sara.
| 19:00It's a stressful day for Susan. 19:15Mark Lawson reviews a new production of Hamlet starring Michael Sheen. 19:454/5Sara tries to find a moment to tell Ray about her change of feelings for him.
| 19:15Kirsty Lang reviews the new TV drama series Pan Am, and meets baritone Simon Keenlyside. 19:455/5Sara is torn between returning home to her family or staying with Ray in Egypt.
| 19:00Edward Stourton profiles Tom Watson, the MP who took on the Murdoch media empire. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:00Family conflicts are brewing. 19:151/6Sue Perkins poses moral and ethical dilemmas. 19:452/3Ilona Siegal left conflict-riven Georgia in the hopes of a brighter future in America.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Why were tens of thousands of people lobotomised in the 1940s and 50s in the UK and US? 20:30Michael Blastland explores how far individuals really change what happens in the world.
| 20:00Will Britain's Olympic billions buy a lasting legacy for taxpayers? 20:40Why the future of Dorton House School for blind children is in doubt.
| 20:00Michael Buerk and guests debate the moral issues behind the Occupy London protest camp. 20:45American designer Aza Raskin proposes a design renaissance in healthcare.
| 20:00Joshua Rozenberg investigates how reforming the Human Rights Act would affect UK law. 20:30Evan Davis and guests on what bonds mean for business and the trials of running airports.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents a panel discussion of news and politics. 20:50Mary Beard takes a peek at Miss World 2011 and ponders the upsides of middle age.
| 20:00Denys Blakeway tells the story of the Act of Remembrance.
| 20:00What's in store for the new, longer World at One? Eddie Grundy's ferret causes concern. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Wallace Cunningham, Lord Gould, Alfonso Cano and Joe Frazier.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper discusses the latest events at Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. 21:30Andrew Marr with Thomas Keneally, Kate Grenville and Deborah Cheetham.
| 21:00Claudia Hammond slays common myths about the brain and its workings. 21:30Neuroscientist Colin Blakemore talks to Jim Al-Khalili about his life and work.
| 21:00Exploring Antarctica's subglacial lakes for new lifeforms and future sea level rise clues. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Antonio Carluccio.
| 21:0025/30Including a report on studies to tag and follow the movements of sea horses. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Continental and Analytic philosophical traditions.
| 21:001/2Dr Geoff Bunn with the first half of his cultural history of the brain.
| 21:002/2Caught between Robert and Harrison, Stella feels betrayed but unsure who to believe.
| 21:00The unexpected tax bill for those receiving PPI compensation. Presented by Paul Lewis. 21:26Matt Croucher presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity War Memorials Trust. 21:30Michael Blastland explores how far individuals really change what happens in the world.
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| 22:00 | 22:00With Ritula Shah. National and international news and analysis. 22:451/10Some hundred years after the death of Sherlock Holmes, a manuscript is discovered.
| 22:00With Ritula Shah. National and international news and analysis. 22:452/10Holmes has been consulted by an art dealer who fears a Boston gangleader is watching him.
| 22:00With Robin Lustig. National and international news and analysis. 22:453/10The man who has been terrorising Edmund Carstairs has been found dead in a hotel room.
| 22:00Robin Lustig with national and international news and analysis. 22:454/10One of Sherlock Holmes's young informants is missing and he is concerned for his safety.
| 22:00Robin Lustig with national and international news and analysis. 22:455/10Unable to find any trace of the House of Silk, Holmes reluctantly consults his brother.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Michael Buerk and guests debate the moral issues behind the Occupy London protest camp.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Steve Richards analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Dominic Arkwright asks why fairies - once so very scary - have become pink and innocent? 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:002/4Uncertainty and conflict mars the relationship between Napoleon and Wellington's horses. 23:153/4A poker-loving aristocrat loses the family jewels. Starring Penelope Keith and Kevin Eldon(R) 23:30Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:002/6Could we all use more or less faith? Mark Watson's quest to improve the world. 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:001/4Are you a 'decent' person? Then this is the show for you as Britain is put to rights. 23:30David Cornock with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Trevor Phillips and David Morrissey discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. 23:30Mark D'Arcy with the news from Westminster.
| 23:00Brain of Britain champions compete in the ultimate general knowledge contest. 23:30Spike Milligan's three daughters discuss how their father's serious poetry reflected him.
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to Bruce Robinson about his return to directing with The Rum Diary. 23:30Fergal Keane considers the place of the outsider in society.
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