| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15'Jobs for the Boys?' Discrimination and nepotism in the media industry, with Laurie Taylor 00:45The bells of Solovsky Monastery, Russia. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The first stop on the author's journey of discovery is California where the internet began 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5The author journeys to Silicon Valley to meet the men behind the internet. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5The author meets members of the curiously named 'peering' community. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The author travels to Docklands and Cornwall on his journey behind the scenes. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The author visits the headquarters of Google and Facebook with surprising results. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3By Nick Walker. Still damaged by Vietnam, Arnold tries to arrange transport for a band.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 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 Shaunaka Rishi Das. 05:45American farmers say livestock is at risk due to animal feed shortages. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Shaunaka Rishi Das. 05:45Russia's grain yields are forecast to be sharply lower. Will food prices be forced up?
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Shaunaka Rishi Das. 05:45RSPB fear environment funding cuts in Scotland will have a detrimental impact on wildlife.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Shaunaka Rishi Das. 05:45The price of tea rises due to poor harvests and bad weather conditions.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Shaunaka Rishi Das. 05:45Scottish gamekeepers say incidents of raptor poisoning are down.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to begin the day with Richard Hill. 05:45'I know that God thinks differently'. A gay vicar describes being banned because he is gay
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Mary's Church, Lamberhurst, Kent. 05:45Ruth Alexander profiles Dave Brailsford, the mastermind behind the British cycling team.
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| 06:00 | 06:00News headlines with Evan Davis and James Naughtie, including Nasa's touchdown on Mars.
| 06:00Standard Chartered denies allegations it 'schemed' with Iran and latest news from Syria.
| 06:00News headlines and sport, including reports of Egypt launching 'air strikes' in Sinai.
| 06:00News headlines and sport, including a look back at five years since credit crunch began.
| 06:00News headlines and sport, including plans to introduce plain packaging for UK tobacco.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark is in Ireland to celebrate the ancient Celtic harvest festival of Lughnasa. 06:30Charlotte Smith is out on the combine to help bring in the barley harvest. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully asks whether the best practical jokes can serve a social or religious purpose. 06:35Miranda Krestovnikoff visits Dartmoor in search of ring ouzels, the mountain blackbirds. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10The story of a missionary who ended up training many of the Kenyan Olympic athletes. 07:55Rhidian Brook presents an appeal on behalf of the charity the Salvation Army. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From the College of St Hild and St Bede in Durham, led by the Rev Fr Jonathan Lawson. 08:50John Gray reflects on the climate needed for culture to thrive.
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| 09:00 | 09:001/6Amanda Vickery explores the medieval knight, on location in Pembroke Castle. 09:305/5A new series uncovering the powerful relationship between our financial and legal systems. 09:45A service from Albany Road Baptist Church, Cardiff, led by the Rev Roy Jenkins.
| 09:00Geneticist Steve Jones lives life in the slow lane, studying snails. 09:30Razia Iqbal talks to Hanif Qadir who helps Muslim children in danger of being radicalised. 09:45Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music, led by the Rev Dr Mark Wakelin.
| 09:001/3Quentin Letts asks if the Queen still needs 98 personal representatives around the country 09:30Fi Glover presents stories from Oxford, Liverpool, London and Stoke-on-Trent.(R) 09:45Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music, led by the Rev Clair Jaquiss.
| 09:004/4Should children with degenerative, life-limiting conditions be kept alive at all costs? 09:45Reading, prayer and Christian music from Emmanuel Church in Didsbury, led by John Forrest.
| 09:00Disability campaigner Baroness Campbell is interviewed by Kirsty Young. 09:45An act of worship led by Christopher Landau.
| 09:00John McCarthy and Richard Coles with Joan Bakewell; Virginia Ironside's Inheritance Tracks
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| 10:00 | 10:00Jamaican independence, Shafilea Ahmed, home-working, and is policing too male-dominated? 10:45Commentary on the second Test between England and South Africa from Headingley.
| 10:00Politics v family life; the woman banned from the '36 Olympics. Presented by Jenni Murray. 10:452/5Bruce Ottley wonders how much longer he is to stay in the spare room.
| 10:00Family secrets, older women workers, and Cook the Perfect tiramisu. With Jenni Murray. 10:453/5Edith still hasn't told her fiancé Aylmer that ex-husband Bruce is back.
| 10:00Generation rent - what's the impact of not being able to afford to buy a home? 10:454/5Bruce realises Miss Flummerfelt from his drama society is getting keen.
| 10:00Jenni Murray discusses why fashion models need union representation. 10:455/5Aylmer confronts Vincy and Miss Flummerfelt calls round to Sloane Street.
| 10:30Jack Dee narrates the story of Gerard Hoffnung's classic tale, The Bricklayer's Lament.
| 10:00Mike is in thoughtful mood and Jennifer makes a heartfelt plea.
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| 11:00 | | 11:00Mark Stratton visits Papua New Guinea to search for Queen Alexandra's Birdwing. 11:303/4Paul Morley charts a history of popular music through recording studios.
| 11:002/4History documentary on the American 'ghost ships' sent to be scrapped in Britain in 2003. 11:306/6Anne is off to Cambridge, but Charlotte doesn't know the meaning of the word 'thick'.
| 11:00Mobeen Azhar finds out how a charity is helping heroin addicts in Karachi. 11:30The Best of Everything - the steamy 1950s novel that was ahead of its time.
| 11:00Ian McMillan goes in search of one of Britain's strangest linguistic features... 11:306/6Lucy and Tom are not allowed a dog, but their dad is seeing an unstable pet shop owner.
| 11:00Bridget Kendall and her three guests enter the night. 11:30Kate Adie presents tales from southern Spain, Nebraska, Turkey, the Philippines and Paris.
| 11:15Critic and satirist Craig Brown is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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| 12:00 | 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the second Test between England and South Africa from Headingley.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04How do we ensure a lasting Olympic legacy? Consumer phone-in with Julian Worricker. 12:45James Naughtie profiles the sewing machinist who led an infamous strike in the 1970s. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Winifred Robinson debates plain cigarette packaging and how to spend a PPI windfall. 12:30John Waite follows the plight of thousands of forgotten soldiers. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Why the bank account you pay for may not deliver the product you thought. 12:45James Naughtie profiles Stuart Hall, leading thinker on British culture, race and identity 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04How other nations are using the London Olympics to promote themselves. 12:45A profile of Sir David Attenborough - Britain's well-known broadcaster and naturalist. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:042/4Michael Robinson wonders if a return to the banking of yesteryear is a possible solution. 12:303/6The comedian and illusionist meet and discuss magic, comedy, art, faith and Hitler. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:041/16Nicholas Parsons challenges guests to speak for 60 seconds. From 2012. 12:32Can changing our dining utensils change the flavour of food? Simon Parkes investigates. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | | 13:00News, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world, with Martha Kearney. 13:452/5John Simpson examines the issue of objectivity for foreign correspondents in wartime.
| 13:00National and international news presented by Martha Kearney. 13:453/5John Simpson looks at the right wing journalists reporting on the Spanish Civil War.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world with Martha Kearney. 13:454/5John Simpson on Claud Cockburn's left-wing promulgation of untruth in Spain's Civil War.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:455/5John Simpson explores recordings from the Spanish Civil War in the Imperial War Museum.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Eddie Mair presents a panel discussion of news and politics from Manchester.
| 13:00The latest national and international news. 13:30John Kember rediscovers the original song settings of children's verses by AA Milne.(R)
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| 14:00 | | 14:00Mike is in thoughtful mood. 14:15By David Lemon and Mark Eccleston. The story of one of literature's greatest hoaxes.
| 14:15Two brothers cycle from Lands End to John O'Groats to heal their shattered relationship.
| 14:00Jennifer makes a heartfelt plea. 14:15A home help faces a moral dilemma when an elderly man dies, leaving no next of kin.
| 14:00Clarrie puts her foot down. 14:15A sequel to the much acclaimed Radio 4 drama Boniface and Me.
| 14:00Discuss the Olympic legacy, discrimination, school sport, banks and riots with Anita Anand 14:30Thriller by Michael Butt. An ex-pat taxi driver returns to Moscow to a world of violence.(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson and the team are guests of Thetford Garden and Allotment Club. 14:45An Argentine soldier and a British soldier tell their stories of the Falklands War.
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| 15:00 | | 15:001/4Matthew Sweet encounters a problem that affects Man City, criminal trials and the Drifters 15:304/6TV screenwriter Kay Mellor takes Wendy Robbins to her childhood home and haunts in Leeds.(R)
| 15:001/4Michael Robinson investigates the origins of PPI mis-selling. 15:30Dr Mark Porter discovers new approaches to helping people who have strokes in rural areas.
| 15:00Helen Mark is in Ireland to celebrate the ancient Celtic harvest festival of Lughnasa. 15:27Felicity Finch presents an appeal on behalf of Health Poverty Action. 15:30Michael Ondaatje talks about his 1992 Booker prize-winning novel The English Patient.
| 15:00Eric Robson and the team are guests of Thetford Garden and Allotment Club. 15:451/3By Kapka Kassabova. Heady tale exploring the exotic world of tango and the tango addict.
| 15:303/4Paul Morley charts a history of popular music through recording studios.
| 15:001/3A German family fight to keep their supremacy in the changing world of 1840s Europe.
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| 16:00 | | 16:00Chris Ledgard visits Brussels, a melting pot of European languages. 16:30Josephine Bonaparte, first empress of France, chosen by Janine di Giovanni.
| 16:00White middle-class settlers in edgy areas, plus how to get ahead in the media. 16:30Gold medal for the BBC's Olympic coverage? Plus DAB and the radio digital switchover.
| 16:00Matthew Sweet chats with Jeremy Renner about his role as the lead in The Bourne Legacy. 16:30Quentin Cooper reports on the latest surface rover mission to Mars, NASA's Curiosity.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Robert Hughes, Sir Bernard Lovell, Lakshmi Sehgal and Sir John Keegan 16:30High-frequency trading, Trumptonomics and more medalling with the Olympics.
| 16:00Highlights from the Woman's Hour week: the perfect tiramisu. Presented by Jenni Murray.
| 16:00Comedian and author Russell Kane discusses Ian Fleming's James Bond novels. 16:30Kenneth Steven traces the forced journey of Lady Grange, abducted & imprisoned on St Kilda
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| 17:00 | 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Carolyn Quinn with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news with Ritula Shah. 17:30'I know that God thinks differently'. A gay vicar describes being banned because he is gay 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Is enough being done to combat diesel pollution which is blamed for thousands of deaths? 17:40Ruth Alexander profiles Dave Brailsford, the mastermind behind the British cycling team. 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. 18:301/16Nicholas Parsons challenges guests to speak for 60 seconds. From 2012.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6What will happen to his family when Harvey's racist mum, Lou, has to move in?(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Sandy's quiet life is shattered when his daughter and son-in-law make use of his address.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Sanjay causes chaos in Lenzie when he starts work experience at the local paper.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6The comedian and illusionist meet and discuss magic, comedy, art, faith and Hitler.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Adjoa Andoh, Andy Hamilton, Anneka Rice and Jonathan Harvey.
| 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 | 19:00Mike is in thoughtful mood. 19:15New Pixar animated film Brave, Mike Scott of the Waterboys, and pop stars changing names. 19:451/5Edith is free at last to marry her true love Aylmer - with just a month to go.
| 19:15John Wilson remembers the composer Marvin Hamlisch and the art critic Robert Hughes. 19:452/5Bruce Ottley wonders how much longer he is to stay in the spare room.
| 19:00Jennifer makes a heartfelt plea. 19:15Bourne writer Tony Gilroy, large-scale public theatre, Jackpot review. 19:453/5Edith still hasn't told her fiancé Aylmer that ex-husband Bruce is back.
| 19:00Clarrie puts her foot down. 19:15Jack Whitehall's latest comedy reviewed, Edinburgh fringe so far, bartering for theatre. 19:454/5Bruce realises Miss Flummerfelt from his drama society is getting keen.
| 19:00Adam tries to make amends. 19:15Kirsty Lang interviews violinist Nicola Benedetti and reviews a TV drama about Paralympics 19:455/5Aylmer confronts Vincy and Miss Flummerfelt calls round to Sloane Street.
| 19:00Ruth Alexander profiles Dave Brailsford, the mastermind behind the British cycling team. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the highlights of the week at the Edinburgh Festival.
| 19:00Mike receives an unexpected delivery. 19:15Laughter, poetry, music and audience creativity in the company of Matt Harvey and guests. 19:453/5By Christopher Matthew. John Small was at school with Tim Slingsby. Or was he?(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Angus Crawford asks whether the army can do its job whilst respecting the environment. 20:30James Naughtie talks to Gore Vidal, one of the great American men of letters.(R)
| 20:00Is enough being done to combat diesel pollution which is blamed for thousands of deaths? 20:40The Seeing with Photography Collective in New York, and audio-description at the Olympics.
| 20:00Should Britain stay in the European Union? Former diplomat Sir Stephen Wall puts the case. 20:45Architect Ali Mangera discusses the closely-connected futures of cities and shopping.
| 20:00Simon Cox investigates the economic legacy of hosting the Olympic Games. 20:30Peter Day discovers the new fizz in English wine.
| 20:00Eddie Mair presents a panel discussion of news and politics from Manchester. 20:50John Gray reflects on the climate needed for culture to thrive.
| 20:00Melvyn Bragg reassesses the life of Richard Burton through his private diaries.
| 20:00High-frequency trading, Trumptonomics and more medalling with the Olympics. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Robert Hughes, Sir Bernard Lovell, Lakshmi Sehgal and Sir John Keegan
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper reports on the latest surface rover mission to Mars, NASA's Curiosity. 21:301/6Amanda Vickery explores the medieval knight, on location in Pembroke Castle.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter discovers new approaches to helping people who have strokes in rural areas. 21:30Geneticist Steve Jones lives life in the slow lane, studying snails.
| 21:00Can you apply Darwin's theory of natural selection to music and create the perfect song? 21:301/3Quentin Letts asks if the Queen still needs 98 personal representatives around the country
| 21:004/4Should children with degenerative, life-limiting conditions be kept alive at all costs? 21:453/5Mary Colwell meets a man who has spent his life searching for corals on the Devon coast.(R)
| 21:00Adaptation of Paul Theroux's stage play about Rudyard Kipling's final months in America.(R)
| 21:002/2Will David be forced to flee to the lawless Fringes, or risk discovery?
| 21:00John Waite follows the plight of thousands of forgotten soldiers. 21:26Rhidian Brook presents an appeal on behalf of the charity the Salvation Army. 21:30Peter Day discovers the new fizz in English wine.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Lords reform, Idi Amin, and Australia at the Olympics. News and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:455/9It's time to check out Bride Number Two, but is this a set-up by false friend Mulloo?
| 22:00Round-up of the day's news, with Robin Lustig. 22:456/9With violence hampering the social season, how's a girl to concentrate on matchmaking?
| 22:00'Zero growth' Britain, ethical investment and the Church, and the Gu Xilai trial. 22:457/9A near-death experience gives our heroine a moment of fame.
| 22:00Syria, Usain Bolt and a special report from Chile, with Robin Lustig. 22:458/9It's time to go and meet Bride Number Three, but this time the groom is doing the choosing
| 22:00The Olympic legacy, funding Syrian rebels, and Chile's wealth divide. With Ritula Shah. 22:459/9Can a happy ending really be in store for Jonkers, in spite of his furious mother?
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Should Britain stay in the European Union? Former diplomat Sir Stephen Wall puts the case.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Miranda Green of the Day analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:004/6Alex Horne, Jason Cook and Margaret Cabourn-Smith reflect on the Olympics. 23:301/5Jay Rayner presents the show from Bristol, ahead of the city's annual Grillstock festival.(R)
| 23:002/4Comedy's best-kept secret ingredient, with a fly, a fruit bowl and the Hallelujah Chorus. 23:302/5Jay Rayner presents a show from Brighton, talking about ice cream beyond the seaside cone.(R)
| 23:005/6Fifth in series of live Now Shows: Comedians reflect the highs and lows of the Olympics. 23:303/5Jay Rayner presents a programme from the Latitude Festival.(R)
| 23:001/4The human chameleon's host of characters from a chatty schoolgirl to a decrepit charwoman.(R) 23:304/5Newcastle. The team takes questions on ingredients and food traditions in the North East.(R)
| 23:006/6Sixth in series of live Now Shows: Comedians reflect the highs and lows of the Olympics. 23:305/5Jay Rayner and the team discuss damsons, salt marsh lamb and Morecambe Bay shrimps.(R)
| 23:00With guests Louise Doughty, Natalie Haynes, Nicholas Owen and Hugo Rifkind. 23:30Medieval historian Miri Rubin explores the history of the most famous of Hebrew poems.
| 23:00Matthew Sweet chats with Jeremy Renner about his role as the lead in The Bourne Legacy. 23:30Mark Tully asks whether the best practical jokes can serve a social or religious purpose.
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