| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Obesity Clinics and the 'cruel optimism' that still promises the good life. 00:45The bells from the Church of the Holy Cross in Crediton, Devon. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The men leave Grimsby and motor through northern Germany. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5The men leave Germany for Austria, and on to Italy. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5The men encounter problems at the Italian customs post. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The men discover the issues facing Greece between the wars. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The travellers return with a new perspective on their homeland, as well as Europe. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3A story in letters between a Pakistani father and his British Asian daughter. 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.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Peter Whittaker. 05:45McDonald's defends its decision to not serve 100% British food at London 2012. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Peter Whittaker. 05:45A pig farmer refutes allegations of cruelty made by undercover animal welfare campaigners.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Peter Whittaker. 05:45The welfare standards on British pig farms are defended after a case of alleged cruelty.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Peter Whittaker. 05:45Caz Graham hears from gamekeepers who say that too many deer are being culled in Scotland.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Peter Whittaker. 05:45Caz Graham hears seafood is being tested for radiation on a beach in Fife.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Anna Magnusson. 05:45The programme that starts with its listeners.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Mary's in Barnes, Greater London. 05:45Rob Hopkins argues for a new approach to energy, society and our surroundings.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Debating elected police commissioners, world child malnutrition and legal aid changes.
| 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 joins members of the Wee Binnians, Northern Ireland's biggest walking club. 06:30Domesticated deer - farmers rearing deer in response to the UK's appetite for venison. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Irma Kurtz explores the human need for superstition. 06:35Miranda Krestovnikoff searches for the mysterious wading bird, the woodcock 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Debating Iran's nuclear ambitions, the future of The Sun and new claims about Lord Lucan.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Baroness Butler-Sloss presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Childhood First. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Susan Hulme with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| 08:31Sean Curran with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| 08:31Alicia McCarthy with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| 08:31Sean Curran with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From Wilmslow URC with Moderator of General Assembly the Rev Dr Kirsty Thorpe. 08:50Historian David Cannadine reflects on attitudes towards bankers in America.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr and Max Hastings, Mary Beard, John Guy and Lola Young. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Andrew Martlew.
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili meets paleoanthropologist Chris Stringer to find who our ancestors were. 09:30Bridget Kendall talks to plant biochemist Dianna Bowles about her joy for work and sheep. 09:45A space for spiritual reflection with a bible reading, prayer and Christian music.
| 09:00Libby Purves is joined by actor Sir Antony Sher and jazz saxophonist Barbara Thompson. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Christopher Landau.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the An Lushan Rebellion. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Father Phil Sumner.
| 09:00Actor and writer James Corden is interviewed by Kirsty Young. 09:45An act of worship led by the Rev Peter Baker.
| 09:00Richard Coles with TV presenter and tabloid favourite Anthea Turner, and poet Mr Gee.
| 09:00With Paddy O'Connell. News, views and discussion ... with a difference.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Is surgery still too dominated by men? and Alex Polizzi on how to run a family business. 10:45Commentary on the first One Day International between Pakistan and England in Abu Dhabi.
| 10:00Do we overprotect our children? Plus why don't diets work - or do they? 10:452/5Bev takes her struggle to the council and tries to rekindle the affections of an old flame
| 10:00The life-changing arrival of a baby from dad's point of view. Plus novelist Harriet Lane. 10:45Commentary on the second One Day International between Pakistan and England in Abu Dhabi.
| 10:00Style icon Mary Quant, comedy duo Watson and Oliver and writer Jeanette Winterson. 10:454/5Bev squares up to the local vicar, Harriet, in her quest for succour.
| 10:00Where are the female lead characters on CBeebies? Louise Rennison. Group B Streptococcus. 10:455/5John's plans to get one over on Beverley go up in smoke.
| 10:00John McCarthy discusses the diverse culture of Israel as a destination. 10:302/8Will examines items from the Royal Collection that are associated with war. 10:59Commentary on the third One Day International between Pakistan and England from Dubai.
| 10:00Plans are brewing at Bridge Farm, and Shula makes a decisive move.
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| 11:00 | | 11:00James Aldred travels to California in search of the world's biggest trees. 11:30Exploration of how Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto touches and changes people's lives.
| | 11:00Featuring reports from Greece, the Maldives, Russia, Liberia and County Mayo. 11:30Angela Carter's friends, colleagues and admirers remember her innovative plays for radio.
| 11:003/3Edward is in the Nile Delta, one of the most intensively farmed areas on the planet. 11:305/6James Walton tests Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Jane Thynne and Mark Billingham.
| | 11:15The former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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| 12:00 | 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the first One Day International between Pakistan and England in Abu Dhabi.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Should people be forced to become organ donors? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the second One Day International between Pakistan and England in Abu Dhabi.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The plastic surgeons accused of cashing in on the faulty breast implants scandal. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04After Bristol launches its own pound, we find out how other local currencies are doing. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the third One Day International between Pakistan and England from Dubai.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:042/8Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth, Jenny Eclair and Ross Noble. 12:32Sheila Dillon looks at how people are clubbing together to buy budget and luxury food. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | | 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:4512/30Clare Balding discovers how tennis and golf clubs were borne of Victorian middle classes.
| | 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:4514/30Clare Balding discovers how working women were finally given their sporting chance.
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents national and international news. 13:4515/30Clare Balding looks at the role gambling has played in our relationship with sport.
| | 13:00Shaun Ley presents the latest national and international news. 13:30The story of two Polish composers, Andrzej Panufnik and Witold Lutoslawski.(R)
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| 14:00 | | 14:00Plans are brewing at Bridge Farm. 14:152/3Jermaine, a ruthless and amoral gang member, is disturbingly keen to confess to police.
| | 14:00Shula makes a decisive move. 14:154/4Pilgrim is asked to sacrifice a man he has kept safe for centuries.
| 14:00Adam comes to a decision. 14:15Drama about UK activism that was recorded during actual protest actions.
| | 14:00Eric Robson chairs a horticultural Q and A from Grange-Over-Sands in Cumbria. 14:452/5Ivan Hewett talks with pianist Kenneth Hamilton about the key of C sharp.(R)
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| 15:00 | | 15:002/4The perfect Valentine's meal, and do supposed aphrodisiacs really work? 15:30Deer numbers are rising fast. Tom Heap asks what this means for the rural landscape.
| | 15:00Clare joins members of the Wee Binnians, Northern Ireland's biggest walking club. 15:27Linda Nolan presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Samaritans. 15:30William Boyd talks to Mariella Frostrup.
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs a horticultural Q and A from Grange-Over-Sands in Cumbria. 15:453/3By Somali writer Saida Hagi-Dirie Herzi. A young woman is possessed by a jinni.
| | 15:003/3Gulliver meets the mad inventors of Laputa and the mysterious race of the Houyhnhnms.
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| 16:00 | | 16:003/3Allan examines new resentments and divisions within the EU exposed by the crisis. 16:30Presenter Harriett Gilbert and her guests discuss three favourite books in A Good Read.
| | 16:00Matthew Sweet talks to Max von Sydow and Ciaran Hinds about their latest films. 16:30Star on the brink of a supernova explosion; our global water footprint; New Elizabethans.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Patricia Stephens Due, James Whitaker, Josh Gifford, Whitney Houston. 16:30Is football more important than economic crisis? And Michael Buerk on chairing Moral Maze.
| | 16:00Aminatta Forna discusses the delights of the short story. 16:30Poetry favourites nominated by listeners and presented by Roger McGough.
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| 17:00 | 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair brings you the top stories of the day. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00How will a European ban on Iranian oil affect Britain during a period of economic gloom? 17:406/8A young woman living in the Falklands has an unsettling encounter with the island's past. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Commentary on the first One Day International between Pakistan and England in Abu Dhabi.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4Annabelle is annoyed because Will could not stand up to their over-enthusiastic builder.
| 18:00Commentary on the second One Day International between Pakistan and England in Abu Dhabi.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6It's Clare and Brian's wedding day! But first there's the hen party and stag night.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis return with another series of topical sketch and stand up.
| 18:00Commentary on the third One Day International between Pakistan and England from Dubai.
| 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 | 19:00Plans are brewing at Bridge Farm. 19:15Mark Lawson interviews Daniel Radcliffe, who now stars in the film The Woman in Black. 19:451/5Deciding against Shirley's offer, Bev resorts to desperate measures to save the salon.
| 19:00Lynda faces friction at the meeting. 19:15An interview with Jon Hamm, star of the TV drama Mad Men, and the art of making stage rain 19:452/5Bev takes her struggle to the council and tries to rekindle the affections of an old flame
| 19:00Shula makes a decisive move. 19:15A S Byatt on a new Picasso exhibition, plus tenor Vittorio Grigolo, and chemistry goes pop 19:453/5Bev has a new appointment, and is reminded of an old disappointment.
| 19:00Adam comes to a decision. 19:15Mark Lawson interviews director Josie Rourke; conductor Alan Gilbert; artistic friendships 19:454/5Bev squares up to the local vicar, Harriet, in her quest for succour.
| 19:00Brian feels hunted, and there are underlying tensions at Brookfield. 19:15Walter Mosley, documentary-maker Phil Agland, and Rory Gallagher. 19:455/5John's plans to get one over on Beverley go up in smoke.
| 19:006/8A young woman living in the Falklands has an unsettling encounter with the island's past. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:00Alan sets an intriguing challenge. 19:153/6What not to do with a mouse and the ups and downs of a long-term relationship.(R) 19:452/3A young woman falls in love with her parent's lodger, the charming John George Haigh.
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| 20:00 | 20:003/3Mark explores the relationship between the police and other agencies. 20:30Europe thinks the unthinkable - what happens if the eurozone splits.
| 20:00How will a European ban on Iranian oil affect Britain during a period of economic gloom? 20:40Peter White with news and information for blind and partially sighted people.
| 20:00Michael Buerk and guests discuss organ donation. 20:45Rob Hopkins argues for a new approach to energy, society and our surroundings.
| 20:00Why some primary schools are fighting government plans to force them to become academies. 20:30Evan Davis asks three young entrepreneurs about their business headaches and hopes.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Solihull. 20:50Historian David Cannadine reflects on attitudes towards bankers in America.
| 20:00Peter Jefferson presents an elegy to the Shipping Forecast he used to read.
| 20:00Is football more important than economic crisis? And Michael Buerk on chairing Moral Maze. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Patricia Stephens Due, James Whitaker, Josh Gifford, Whitney Houston.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper asks if Freud was a scientist, and reviews the week's science. 21:30Andrew Marr and Max Hastings, Mary Beard, John Guy and Lola Young.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter discusses patient records, cholesterol and statins, and whiplash. 21:30Jim Al-Khalili meets paleoanthropologist Chris Stringer to find who our ancestors were.
| 21:00Deer numbers are rising fast. Tom Heap asks what this means for the rural landscape. 21:30Libby Purves is joined by actor Sir Antony Sher and jazz saxophonist Barbara Thompson.
| 21:00James Aldred travels to California in search of the world's biggest trees. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the An Lushan Rebellion.
| 21:003/6How the North/South divide, racism, feminism and classism played out on the sports field.
| 21:002/3Gulliver arrives in Brobdingnag, where the inhabitants are enormous.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest personal finance news. 21:26Baroness Butler-Sloss presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Childhood First. 21:30Europe thinks the unthinkable - what happens if the eurozone splits.
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| 22:00 | 22:00The Arab League wants the UN to send a peacekeeping mission to Syria. 22:451/10It is 1985 and life is about to change for the art critic Sukhanov.
| 22:00Ritula Shah presents national and international news and analysis. 22:452/10Sukhanov is disconcerted by an encounter with an old friend and by his wife's behaviour.
| 22:00Robin Lustig presents national and international news and analysis. 22:453/10Sukhanov's encounter with a flock of pigeons and a painting prompt disturbing dreams.
| 22:00Robin Lustig presents national and international news and analysis. 22:454/10Sukhanov's home life becomes more fraught when a cousin arrives to stay unexpectedly.
| 22:00Robin Lustig presents national and international news and analysis. 22:455/10Sukhanov is assailed by self-doubt and, in a dream, relives his father's death.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Michael Buerk and guests discuss organ donation.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Dennis Sewell of the Spectator analyses how the papers.
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| 23:00 | 23:002/4Can the duo help a man who’s inadvertently encouraged hopes of romance?(R) 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00What better way to chart mishaps in love than Disney films aimed at the home video market? 23:30Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:006/6In her mission to save the world, country legend Tina C ends up camped outside St Paul's. 23:154/4Looking at conventional living, Andrew Lawrence probes settling down and families.(R) 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:004/8The suave sleuth faces danger on departing the Machicha Club.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy has the best of the day's debates at Westminster.
| 23:00Presenter Harriett Gilbert and her guests discuss three favourite books in A Good Read. 23:30Frank Cottrell Boyce celebrates one of the great TV families - The Waltons.(R)
| 23:00Second semi-final, with competitors from Elgin in Morayshire, London, Twickenham and Sale. 23:30Roger McGough presents a selection of spine-chilling poetry requested by listeners.
| 23:00Matthew Sweet talks to Max von Sydow and Ciaran Hinds about their latest films. 23:30Irma Kurtz explores the human need for superstition.
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