| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the summer riots of 2011. Also, the death of the weekend. 00:45The bells of St Mary Magdalene, Chewton Mendip, Somerset. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/518-year-old Patrick Leigh Fermor embarks on an epic walk across Europe. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5On his epic quest across Europe, the aspiring writer enters the Ottoman East. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5As a young solider in Crete, Patrick devises the plan that was to turn him into a war hero 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Love flourishes in Cairo and Patrick retreats to a monastery to write his first book. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Fascinating insight into the creative journey that culminated in A Time of Gifts. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3Elliot Levey reads from Vasily Grossman's front line despatches.(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.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 03:00 | 03:59Commentary on the final day of the first Test between India and England from Ahmedabad.
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| 03:59Commentary on the second day of the second Test between India and England from Mumbai.
| 03:59Commentary on the third day of the second Test between India and England from Mumbai.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30Commentary on the final day of the first Test between India and England from Ahmedabad.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Martyn Atkins. 05:45Anna Hill hears how gardeners can help the fight against Ash Dieback.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Martyn Atkins. 05:45One of the largest meat processors in Europe decides to sell off all 38 plants in the UK.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Martyn Atkins. 05:45Farmers scramble to find seeds for planting crops next spring, as stocks run low.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30Commentary on the first day of the second Test between India and England from Mumbai.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30Commentary on the second day of the second Test between India and England from Mumbai.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30Commentary on the third day of the second Test between India and England from Mumbai.
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| 06:00 | | 06:00Includes Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00The child abuse report, C of E women bishops vote, and Dickens' as a parliamentary writer.
| 06:00Prisoners' votes, plus the EU budget, and the dark side of the Paris suburbs.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Alicia McCarthy reports on a row over the low turn-out in last week's elections.
| 08:31Susan Hulme reports on the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| 08:31Simon Jones reports on events at Westminster.
| 08:31MPs grill BBC bosses over the former director general George Entwistle's £450,000 payoff. 08:58Commentary on the first day of the second Test between India and England from Mumbai.
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| 09:00 | 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Dr Bert Tosh.
| 09:00Jonathan Freedland explores the politics of appointing the Archbishop of Canterbury. 09:303/4Alvin pursues Alistair's passion for jazz in New Orleans, the city where it all began. 09:45Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music, led by the Rev Kirsty Thorpe.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets Lady Pamela Hicks and tattoo artist Ami James. 09:45Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music, led by the Rev Tony Burnham.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Borgias, the most infamous family in Renaissance Italy 09:45Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music, led by Becky Harris.
| 09:45An act of worship led by the Rev Angela Tilby.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Commentary on the final day of the first Test between India and England from Ahmedabad.
| 10:00Women bishops, Justine Roberts on the women shaping family lives, and Movember's woman. 10:452/5George has been hurt in the Taunton rail crash. Marie thought he was gigging in Scotland.
| 10:00Susan Boyle, Jude Kelly on powerful women in the arts, and Lone Frank's Beautiful Genome. 10:453/5Is George a bigamist? And who is the new woman at his hospital bedside?
| 10:00Grace Coddington, creative director of US Vogue; Antonio Carluccio; new anti-stalking law. 10:454/5Marie is unexpectedly pregnant, and now there's another woman sitting at George's bedside.
| 10:00Commentary on the first day of the second Test between India and England from Mumbai.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Fi Glover investigates radio's 90 years as a potent political force in revolutions. 11:302/4Ray and Jane are like lovestruck teenagers with younger paramours. Stars Juliet Stevenson.
| 11:0012/24Brett Westwood examines the likely impacts of Ash dieback on our wildlife. 11:30Laura Barton tells the poignant story of singer-songwriter Jackson C Frank.
| 11:002/2Peter White returns to his blind boarding school to find out what it's like for pupils now 11:303/4Will reluctantly joins Annabelle at a music festival with her annoying friend Heather.(R)
| 11:00El Salvador's gangs have made a truce. The murder rate has plummeted. Can it last? 11:30Geoffrey Palmer celebrates variety act The Western Brothers.
| 11:00400 years on, novelist Jeanette Winterson considers the Pendle Witch trials. 11:303/6When Betty insists on cuts, Polyoaks faces a crisis over a controversial drugs audit.
| 11:00Fraser Nelson of the Spectator looks behind the scenes at Westminster this week. 11:30Kate Adie hosts reporters' stories from Gaza, Congo, France, Ethiopia and New York state.
| 11:00Things take an unexpected turn at Jaxx. 11:15Kirsty Young interviews artist and author Edmund de Waal.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Your questions to the consumer minister, and where on Earth has your spare tyre gone? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Can consumers make a difference? Consumer phone-in with Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Aasmah Mir asks if the new Universal Credit could lead thousands of people into debt. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news with Aasmah Mir. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04What the Energy Bill means for your power bills, and Christmas dinner in a can. 12:52Mother and daughter Kay and Zoe discuss what it is like when the tables are turned. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Fuel Poverty, PIN woes, the pension time-bomb and how to change a 500 Euro note. 12:303/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week in stand-up and sketches. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:042/6Regulars Graeme, Tim and Barry are joined by Tony Hawks. Jack Dee chairs. 12:32Sheila Dillon meets finalists in the Food and Farming Awards offering ideas for the future 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news presented by Martha Kearney. 13:451/5Kirsty Lang and Lucy Ash explore the French obsession with film festivals.
| 13:00National and international news presented by Martha Kearney. 13:452/5Kirsty and Lucy ask why the French were the first to elevate comics to an art form.
| 13:00National and international news presented by Martha Kearney. 13:453/5Kirsty Lang and Lucy Ash meet the world's most celebrated street theatre company.
| 13:00National and international news presented by Martha Kearney. 13:454/5Lucy and Lang find out how feminism in France is still very much a fringe affair.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:455/5Kirsty and Lucy investigate an arts collective operating in tunnels beneath Paris.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Haverhill in Suffolk.
| 13:00Global news and analysis presented by Shaun Ley. 13:30Hardeep meets Avril and Ron Head, who have dedicated their lives to caring for children.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Things take an unexpected turn at Jaxx. 14:15A young man is determined, with the help of John Virgo, to turn his life around.
| 14:00Vicky makes her presence felt. 14:15By Helen Cross. The true story of Lawrence Cross, the evacuee who never went home.(R)
| 14:15A biker suffers amnesia after a road accident. But who is the stranger who rescues him?(R)
| 14:00Things reach crisis point for Ed. 14:15Romantic comedy noir from a team of five young writers.
| 14:00Oliver gets some practice. 14:152/4It's a full moon. Samuel remembers an old fenland story. Marcia has something on her mind.
| 14:00Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:305/10A case of arson hinges on finding a man who fits an impossibly vague description.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs chairs a programme recorded with local gardeners in Balsall, West Midlands. 14:45Fi Glover hears from Professor Dorothy Sheridan of the Mass Observation Archive.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the last contest in the current series of the cryptic quiz. 15:30Tom Parker Bowles discovers the joys of the gourmet hot dog.
| 15:00History magazine programme. 15:307/14Brinsley Forde discusses Aswad's album 'New Chapter' and performs tracks from it live.
| 15:00Ruth Alexander and a panel of guests answer calls on divorce and separation. 15:30The chilling history of the Victorian 'mad doctor', and the boredom of the drone operator.
| 15:00Helen Mark discovers the myths and legends of the landscape of Snowdonia. 15:27Sir Terry Wogan presents an appeal on behalf of Children in Need. 15:30Rachel Johnson on her novel Winter Games, prequels and sequels, and Dashiell Hammett.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs a programme recorded with local gardeners in Balsall, West Midlands. 15:451/2Roger Eckersley's account of life behind the scenes in the new Broadcasting House of 1932.
| 15:30Laura Barton tells the poignant story of singer-songwriter Jackson C Frank.
| 15:001/4Edmond Dantès finds buried treasure, and plots revenge on his enemies.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Stuart Flanagan explores how art can teach him about pain and help in the consulting room. 16:30Brian and Robin are joined by Patrick Stewart, Ben Miller and Monica Grady.
| 16:00Nick Fraser asks what it takes to get the rich world interested in the poor world. 16:30Ben Goldacre and Michelle Paver disagree strongly over the paperbacks they're discussing.
| 16:00Older people in residential care - a landmark study. Also, an archaeology of homelessness. 16:30Lord Black explains his proposals for a self-regulated press. Presented by Steve Hewlett.
| 16:00Colin Firth on the secrets of comedy and why he never expected to play posh people. 16:30Quentin Cooper investigates the science in the news and the news in science.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on William Turnbull, Albano Harguindeguy, Martin Fay and Kenneth Cragg. 16:30Tim Harford fells some ash tree related statistics and asks if Fergie-time really exists. 16:55Fi Glover hears a conversation between father and son about being sent to boarding school.
| 16:00Susan Boyle on her temper, loneliness and fame, and Antonio Carluccio cooks rice balls.
| 16:00Children's Book Special with Richard Curtis, Charlie Higson, Lauren Child and Amanda Craig 16:304/4Ruth Padel and the Shalom House Poets in Belfast dish out tough love on their poems.
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| 17:00 | 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. Includes Weather. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30The programme that starts with its listeners. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00With the CBI calling for it to be scrapped, Allan Urry examines the Highways Agency. 17:40Mary Ann Sieghart profiles the Australian political strategist Lynton Crosby. 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. 18:302/6Regulars Graeme, Tim and Barry are joined by Tony Hawks. Jack Dee chairs.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Pip Bin is beginning to miss the conflict with absent evil nemesis Mr Gently Benevolent.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6After problems assembling his model schooner, Arthur goes in search of a free gift.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Sketches, stand-up and song in a comic exploration of money.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week in stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Catherine Bott makes her selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Vicky makes her presence felt. 19:15Derek Jacobi on Last Tango in Halifax, new film End of Watch, Denise Mina's Dragon Tattoo. 19:451/5Marie's Christmas plans are upset, when George tells her the band's schedule has changed.
| 19:15Arts news with John Wilson, including news of the shortlists for the Costa Book Awards. 19:452/5George has been hurt in the Taunton rail crash. Marie thought he was gigging in Scotland.
| 19:00Things reach crisis point for Ed. 19:15The Mousetrap at 60; Calixto Bieito on Carmen; contemporary Russian art. 19:453/5Is George a bigamist? And who is the new woman at his hospital bedside?
| 19:00Oliver gets some practice. 19:15Choreographer Matthew Bourne, John Lithgow in The Magistrate, and Benjamin Britten. 19:454/5Marie is unexpectedly pregnant, and now there's another woman sitting at George's bedside.
| 19:00Emma worries about the future. 19:15Brian Eno, Michael Hoffman, and Spike Lee's new Michael Jackson documentary. 19:455/5Marie is at the end of her tether and wants George charged with bigamy.
| 19:00Mary Ann Sieghart profiles the Australian political strategist Lynton Crosby. 19:15Jake Gyllenhaal's fast-paced new thriller End of Watch, and John Lithgow in The Magistrate
| 19:153/3Mabel suggests shows for 'minorities', taking Lord Reith by surprise 19:452/4An attorney, in 1735 New York, is surprised to find a recently-widowed lady at his door.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Steve Richards talks to Ed Miliband, his friends and critics about his political ideas. 20:30Is Mogadishu on the mend? A day in the life of the new Somali/British mayor of Mogadishu.
| 20:00With the CBI calling for it to be scrapped, Allan Urry examines the Highways Agency. 20:40Listeners express their concerns that local councils are failing to consider their needs.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate on morality and ethics in the Gaza conflict. 20:45Maria Popova asks how we can find more information we don't know we want to know.
| 20:00Melanie Abbott asks how the law can deal with burglary victims who attack their intruders. 20:30Peter Day travels to the Midlands to ask how businesses are coping in an era of no growth.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Haverhill in Suffolk. 20:50Mary Beard ponders the rights and wrongs of archaeological restoration.
| 20:00Lynne Truss decodes interviews and puzzles to find the secrets of this hardy mind teaser.
| 20:00Tim Harford fells some ash tree related statistics and asks if Fergie-time really exists. 20:30Matthew Bannister on William Turnbull, Albano Harguindeguy, Martin Fay and Kenneth Cragg.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper looks at the idea of converting power stations to burn wood from trees. 21:30Andrew Marr on art with Antony Gormley, Christopher Frayling, Sarah Teasley and Ron Arad.
| 21:00The chilling history of the Victorian 'mad doctor', and the boredom of the drone operator. 21:30Jonathan Freedland explores the politics of appointing the Archbishop of Canterbury.
| 21:00Has humanity launched a new geological time period? Gaia Vince on the Anthropocene Epoch. 21:30Libby Purves meets Lady Pamela Hicks and tattoo artist Ami James.
| 21:0012/24Brett Westwood examines the likely impacts of Ash dieback on our wildlife. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Borgias, the most infamous family in Renaissance Italy
| 21:00In Alderley Edge, local legend tells of sleeping knights ready to awake to save the world.(R)
| 21:002/2As Rebus investigates an unsolved murder, someone kidnaps his brother.
| 21:00Fuel Poverty, PIN woes, the pension time-bomb and how to change a 500 Euro note. 21:26Sue MacGregor presents the Radio 4 Appeal for One to One Children's Fund. 21:30Peter Day travels to the Midlands to ask how businesses are coping in an era of no growth.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Clashes between Hamas in Gaza and Israel continue into a sixth day. With Carolyn Quinn. 22:456/10High Priest Caiaphas is put under pressure by the Roman Prefect Pilate.
| 22:00Church votes against women bishops, no Gaza Israel ceasefire yet, MP job-share proposal. 22:457/10Caiaphas, High Priest of Jerusalem, encounters a troublesome young preacher, Jehoshuah.
| 22:00Round-up of the day's news, with Robin Lustig. 22:458/10Bar-Avo journeys around Judea, gathering followers for his rebel army.
| 22:00Europe's leaders seek budget deal, life after Gaza/Israel conflict, tackling loneliness. 22:459/10The rebel Bar-Avo finds himself sharing a cell with the Jewish preacher Jehoshuah.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:4510/10Bar-Avo meets a follower of Jehoshuah, who believes that the preacher died and rose again.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Combative, provocative and engaging debate on morality and ethics in the Gaza conflict.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Tom Newton Dunn of the Sun analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:006/14Paul Weller answers questions from the audience about The Gift, the Jam's final album. 23:30Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Brian and Robin are joined by Patrick Stewart, Ben Miller and Monica Grady. 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:004/4Yasmine Akram and Aisling Bea bring to life some of Ireland's most popular folklore. 23:154/4Allison forces son Owen to go on a much-needed diet, but he has other ideas. 23:30Peers inflict a series of defeats on the government's plans for secret courts.
| 23:004/6The Headsetters have been asked to remove the massive hole in the middle of their office. 23:30Rachel Byrne with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Ben Goldacre and Michelle Paver disagree strongly over the paperbacks they're discussing. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports on passionate debates from the UK Youth Parliament. 23:55Fi Glover listens as David says goodbye to his partner Mark, whom he lost to brain cancer.
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the last contest in the current series of the cryptic quiz. 23:303/4Ruth Padel works with poets at Stalybridge Station buffet bar. Tough love for poems.
| 23:00Colin Firth on the secrets of comedy and why he never expected to play posh people. 23:30Mark Tully asks why trees are important to us - and what it means to be Inside a Tree.
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