| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor looks at new research about middle-class parents and schooling. 00:45The bells of Worcester Cathedral. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5London's well-heeled diners sample the delights of acorns, turnips and eels. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5As the bombs rain down, a group of East Enders storm the Savoy in demand of shelter. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Two clandestine networks form an unlikely alliance at the bar below the Ritz. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The Savoy's waiting staff must prove their allegiance to Britain or face detention. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The weird and wonderful clientele of the Dorchester carries on regardless. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3Peppa is due to marry Finu, then runs off to join some hot-shot she has never even met.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Judy Merry. 05:45Charlotte Smith hears how the UK's food export market is expanding. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Judy Merry. 05:45Anna Hill finds out what Stilton Cheese and Native Shetland Wool now have in common.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Judy Merry. 05:45Anna Hill hears how washing your veg could protect you from E. coli.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Judy Merry. 05:45Feeding millions of tomatoes on rainwater and mysteries of the bumblebee unravelled.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Judy Merry. 05:45Charlotte Smith hears why three tonnes of carrots will be dumped on Trafalgar Square.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Ibrahim Mogra. 05:45'A quick handshake is enough' - the dad of a dead marine on public displays of grief.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells from St Peter in Tiverton, Devon.. 05:45How has Meryl Streep become one of the most successful actresses in Hollywood history?
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| 06:00 | 06:00The outlook for jobs. What will Leveson achieve? Plus Lenny Henry on Shakespeare.
| 06:00Alan Johnson on border security, an Afghan woman's ordeal plus a scientific take on Turner
| 06:00With former border boss Brodie Clark and debating smoking in cars and K2.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Debating Germany and the EU, Afghan food shortages and On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Richard Uridge meets the 58 residents of Herm who all live and work for just one employer. 06:30Drought or flooding? Charlotte Smith hears how UK farmers could better manage their water. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully discusses spirituality as a positive force in a contemporary global society. 06:35As the cold nights draw in, ladybirds come indoors for the winter months. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00The future of sick pay. Are pensions too costly? And does E still equal mc squared?
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10William Crawley with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Terry Wogan presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Children in Need. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:30Sean Curran with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| 08:30Susan Hulme 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. 08:10Faith in the suburbs: worship from John Keble Church north London. 08:50Mary Beard reflects on the very first monetary union, two and a half thousand years ago.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Peter Englund, Norman Davies, Boris Johnson, and Alison Weir. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Andrew Graystone.
| 09:00Jim al-Khalili talks to a scientist who grows human bones in a test tube, Molly Stevens. 09:30Evan Davis talks to Penny, who for decades concealed her true self. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Father Philip Sumner.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Reginald D Hunter. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Andrew Martlew.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Ptolemy and ancient astronomy. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Dr Martyn Atkins.
| 09:00Anna Scher is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs. 09:45An act of worship led by Monsignor Tony Rogers.
| 09:00Richard Coles with filmmaker Sir Alan Parker; designer Celia Birtwell's Inheritance Tracks
| 09:00News, views and discussion ... with a difference.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Anita Dobson on her energy and enthusiasm for Strictly Come Dancing. With Jane Garvey. 10:451/5By Sarah Daniels. Heart-warming drama inspired by one of BBC Children in Need's projects.
| 10:00Diane Keaton; fathers and maternity care; Alison Teale performs live; HPV vaccine & boys. 10:452/5Moving, funny and truthful story about how love really can be stronger than death.
| 10:00Imogen Stubbs on her latest theatre role - in Salt, Root and Roe. Presented by Jane Garvey 10:453/5Mia has to persuade her mum to make friends with her dad's new wife.
| 10:00The US band The Dum Dum Girls play live, does resolve weaken with age? Sinead Cusack. 10:454/5Mia is called unexpectedly to the headmaster's office.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Paternity fraud, Thanksgiving and girl choristers. 10:455/5Steve is worried about his ex-wife Lucy.
| 10:00John McCarthy looks at Jewish Eastern Europe, a WW2 escape from Hong Kong and the A272. 10:30In Buckingham Palace, David Owen Norris and guests hear Queen Victoria's favourite songs.
| 10:00Family conflicts are brewing and Caroline gives Lynda food for thought.
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| 11:00 | 11:001/2Edward Stourton walks the World War II Freedom Trail. 11:305/6Under siege from seagull attack, the Brighton police team share secrets of their past.
| 11:0026/30We report from Assisi in Italy where world religions have come together to save wildlife. 11:301/4Ken Clarke and Ian Smith examine the life and music of hard-bop trumpeter Lee Morgan.
| 11:00Why many thousands of former British army soldiers have settled in Germany. 11:301/3By Rona Munro. A comic retelling of events at Dunsinane, when Macbeth's porter took charge(R)
| 11:00How local level campaigners against corruption in India face threats and violence. 11:30Barbara Windsor tells the story of the popular variety act Wilson, Keppel and Betty.
| 11:00Malmesbury in Wiltshire aims to establish itself as the country's 'Philosophy Town'. 11:303/4Damien and Anthony go on holiday so that their builder can crack on with the kitchen.
| 11:00George Parker of the Financial Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Kate Adie introduces despatches from Egypt, Russia, Afghanistan, Burma and Colombia.
| 11:15Actor Robert Hardy is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04A campaign to stop tax increases on petrol and what chance of flood insurance beyond 2013? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04On Call You and Yours with Julian Worricker today - the price of fuel. How can we adapt? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. How to cut sick leave. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04How rail networks could deliver better value for money for commuters. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04US sanctions on Iran, more compliance for holiday companies, Olympic transport plans. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The latest news from the world of personal finance, presented by Paul Lewis. 12:302/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis dissect the week's news with forensic zeal. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:041/6Fifty-sixth series of the multi-award award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee. 12:32Mark Bittman, chief food writer at the New York Times, meets three campaigning UK chefs. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00With Martha Kearney. National and international news. 13:456/10The influence of evolutionary theory, phrenology and a hole in Phineas Gage's head.
| 13:00With Martha Kearney. National and international news. 13:457/10Dr Geoff Bunn discovers Freud's original contribution was via the microscope.
| 13:00Martha Kearney with national and international news. 13:458/10Dr Geoff Bunn on how chemical transmission became a fundamental concept in neuroscience.
| 13:00Martha Kearney with national and international news. 13:459/10The impact of the electroencephalograph, which made brain waves visible.
| 13:00Shaun Ley with national and international news. 13:4510/10Dr Geoff Bunn discusses the impact of neurology on how we understand ourselves today.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live panel discussion of news and politics from Worcester.
| 13:00With Shaun Ley. In-depth reporting of national and international events. 13:302/4Michael Portillo discovers riots on the streets in forgotten police strikes of 1918-19.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Family conflicts are brewing. 14:155/6A right wing academic is accused of assault, leading to an ethical crisis for Sarah Gold.
| 14:00Caroline gives Lynda food for thought. 14:15By Dave Sheasby. Three Second World War veterans return to Normandy on a coach trip.(R)
| 14:00David receives an unexpected invitation. 14:15EM Forster grapples with a mysterious death, his own sexuality and the seed of an idea.(R)
| 14:00Ruth makes her feelings known. 14:15Strangers Eve and Patrick meet in a hotel to carry out an unofficial sperm donation.(R)
| 14:00Pat's thoughts are elsewhere. 14:15A migrant worker attempts to get to know the people of Britain.(R)
| 14:00Call Jonathan Dimbleby on 03700 100 444 or email any.answers@bbc.co.uk or tweet #bbcaq. 14:30In Alderley Edge, local legend tells of sleeping knights ready to awake to save the world.
| 14:00Bunny Guinness, Matthew Wilson and Bob Flowerdew are guests of Durham Wildlife Trust. 14:451/5Daniel is rebuilding his life in a community that knows he has been imprisoned.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The nationwide general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies. 15:30Simon Parkes meets the people trying to come up with food ideas for the future.
| 15:00Tom Holland presents the programme that reflects listeners' passion for the past. 15:30Stuart Heritage, Dee Caffari and Neil McCormick discuss heart, courage and brains.
| 15:00Paul Lewis presents a programme on student finance, from Harrogate Grammar School. 15:30One of the world's most influential psychologists, Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman.
| 15:00Richard Uridge meets the 58 residents of Herm who all live and work for just one employer. 15:27Matt Croucher presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity War Memorials Trust. 15:30Mariella Frostrup launches Open Book's celebration of funny books and funny writers.
| 15:00Bunny Guinness, Matthew Wilson and Bob Flowerdew are guests of Durham Wildlife Trust. 15:45A boy's father buys an early version of an answering machine, with chilling consequences.
| 15:301/4Ken Clarke and Ian Smith examine the life and music of hard-bop trumpeter Lee Morgan.
| 15:002/2Strether falls under the spell of Paris, but his fiancee sends more men to bring him home.
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| 16:00 | 16:00An exclusive interview with Al Pacino about his passion for Oscar Wilde. 16:306/6Simon Cox with the latest news from the digital world.
| 16:001/3Will the ability to scan brains transform ideas of criminality, memory and justice? 16:30Nerina Pallot and Peter Molyneux join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor looks at the limits of science with Bryan Appleyard and John Gray. 16:30The PCC and phone hacking: Lord Hunt, Richard Wallace, Graham Dudman and Robin Esser.
| 16:00Terence Davies on The Deep Blue Sea, and Daniel Henshall on murder Australian style. 16:30Regulating geo-engineering, getting to Mars and a new island in the Atlantic.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Jackie Leven, Evelyn Lauder, Dulcie Gray, Richard Scott, Jane Packer. 16:30Radio 4 Controller addresses listeners' concerns about schedule changes.
| 16:00Diane Keaton, Sinead Cusack, Anita Dobson, Vancouver's Missing Women: Prostitute killer.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup continues Open Book's celebration of funny books and funny writers. 16:30Diana Collecott on wartime poet Hilda Doolittle with readings by Sara Kestelman.
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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.
| 17:00Full 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.
| 17:00Carolyn Quinn with a fresh perspective on the day's news with sports headlines. 17:30Evan Davis asks his guests if now is the time for businesses to pursue big, bold ideas. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Ann Alexander investigates whether families are getting justice in the coroner's court. 17:40How has Meryl Streep become one of the most successful actresses in Hollywood history? 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. 18:301/6Fifty-sixth series of the multi-award award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4Is the wheelchair a symbol of equal access? Do we see beyond a person's disability?
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Marcus Brigstocke invites Kathy Burke to try new things, like visiting Harrods in London.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/4Looking back at a week's worth of broadcasting...that never happened.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis dissect the week's news with forensic zeal.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson chats to Robert Lindsay and Billy Bragg. Music from the Webb Sisters.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Stewart Henderson makes his selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Caroline gives Lynda food for thought. 19:15Neil LaBute on his new play with Billie Piper; Ian Rankin on undercover TV shows. 19:451/5By Sarah Daniels. Heart-warming drama inspired by one of BBC Children in Need's projects.
| 19:00David receives an unexpected invitation. 19:15Terence Conran at 80; news of the shortlists for the Costa Book Awards. 19:452/5Moving, funny and truthful story about how love really can be stronger than death.
| 19:00Ruth makes her feelings known. 19:15Robert Lindsay and Joanna Lumley on stage; and Ugly Betty's America Ferrera. 19:453/5Mia has to persuade her mum to make friends with her dad's new wife.
| 19:00Pat's thoughts are elsewhere. 19:15The Killing returns for a second series; comedian Sean Hughes reflects on death. 19:454/5Mia is called unexpectedly to the headmaster's office.
| 19:00Kathy can't believe what she hears. 19:15Kirsty Lang meets the comedian, pianist and composer Tim Minchin; Rihanna reassessed. 19:455/5Steve is worried about his ex-wife Lucy.
| 19:00How has Meryl Streep become one of the most successful actresses in Hollywood history? 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:152/6Sue Perkins sets moral and ethical posers for Nick Revell, Danielle Ward and Grace Dent. 19:451/3Byng reminisces about his early childhood as the son of a Nottingham bank manager.
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| 20:00 | 20:001/2Martin Wolf of the FT examines how the world of economics has changed since 2007. 20:30Robert H. Frank explains why he believes Darwin was a better economist than Adam Smith.
| 20:00Ann Alexander investigates whether families are getting justice in the coroner's court. 20:40Why not all special schools are in trouble and a gig in the dark with Amadou and Mariam.
| 20:00Combative debate chaired by Michael Buerk examining the morality of the press. 20:45James Daunt argues libraries and bookshops should be vital social and cultural spaces.
| 20:00Simon Cox tells the story behind the St Paul's protests and City of London Corporation. 20:30Evan Davis asks his guests if now is the time for businesses to pursue big, bold ideas.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live panel discussion of news and politics from Worcester. 20:50Mary Beard reflects on the very first monetary union, two and a half thousand years ago.
| 20:00Stephen Fry's metaphorical taxi journey to discover what knowledge really means.
| 20:00Radio 4 Controller addresses listeners' concerns about schedule changes. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Jackie Leven, Evelyn Lauder, Dulcie Gray, Richard Scott, Jane Packer.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Fracking for gas, listening to quakes, hidden heroes and amateur science. 21:30Andrew Marr with Peter Englund, Norman Davies, Boris Johnson, and Alison Weir.
| 21:00One of the world's most influential psychologists, Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman. 21:30Jim al-Khalili talks to a scientist who grows human bones in a test tube, Molly Stevens.
| 21:00Vivienne Parry explores the crucial role the hormone leptin plays in the body. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Reginald D Hunter.
| 21:0026/30We report from Assisi in Italy where world religions have come together to save wildlife. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Ptolemy and ancient astronomy.
| 21:002/2The second half of Dr Geoff Bunn's cultural history of the brain, Episodes 6-10.
| 21:001/2Lambert Strether is sent to Paris to bring home his fiancée's wayward son and heir.
| 21:00The latest news from the world of personal finance, presented by Paul Lewis. 21:26Terry Wogan presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Children in Need. 21:30Robert H. Frank explains why he believes Darwin was a better economist than Adam Smith.
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| 22:00 | 22:00With Ritula Shah. National and international news and analysis. 22:456/10Sally Dixon has been shot. Lying unconscious beside her with a gun is Sherlock Holmes.
| 22:00With Robin Lustig. National and international news and analysis. 22:457/10To Watson's horror, Sherlock Holmes has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
| 22:00Robin Lustig with national and international news and analysis. 22:458/10Watson is warned that Holmes's life is in danger and is given the key to his prison cell.
| 22:00Robin Lustig with national and international news and analysis. 22:459/10Dr Watson takes Holmes to Dr Silkin's House of Wonders in Jackdaw Lane.
| 22:00Ritula Shah with national and international news and analysis. 22:4510/10Having exposed the House of Silk, Holmes returns to Wimbledon, where the case began.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Combative debate chaired by Michael Buerk examining the morality of the press.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Iain Dale of Total Politics analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Dominic Arkwright asks his guests to debate excess and gluttony - what exactly is enough? 23:30Susan Hulme with all the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:004/4Two horses divided by war, united by love. Starring Stephen Fry and Daniel Rigby. 23:154/4A tight-fisted farmer's thrifty ways are questioned when his mother's friend returns home.(R) 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:003/6Can intelligence ever be a curse? Mark Watson's quest to improve the world. 23:30David Cornock with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:002/4Putting Britain to rights, Les on emergency yodellers and an embarrassing medical matter. 23:301/2Matthew Sweet meets Michael Chaplin, who reveals new facts about his father Charlie.(R)
| 23:00Nerina Pallot and Peter Molyneux join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books. 23:302/2Matthew Sweet explores Chaplin's vast archive of unfinished scripts, letters and cuttings.(R)
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies. 23:30Alan Dein tells the remarkable story of Austrian 'concrete poet' Ernst Jandl.
| 23:00Terence Davies on The Deep Blue Sea, and Daniel Henshall on murder Australian style. 23:30Mark Tully discusses spirituality as a positive force in a contemporary global society.
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