| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores prize-winning research. Also Vietnamese sex workers turned US wives(R) 00:45The bells of the Church of St Peter and Paul, Courteenhall, Northamptonshire.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Young Laurence Olivier shows early promise at school and enters the acting profession.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Olivier begins his stellar rise in the London theatre, but has less success in Hollywood.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5As war threatens Europe, Olivier makes his film breakthrough, with a very timely Henry V.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Olivier's tenure running the Old Vic is a great success but comes to an abrupt end.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5A hit at the Royal Court leads Olivier to Joan Plowright, and to the National Theatre.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3An old fisherman saves a boy from drowning in the shadow of mysterious Black Scarf Rock.(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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| 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 Shaunaka Rishi Das. 05:45Seven UK meat plants are found to have breached BSE food safety regulations. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the curlew.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Shaunaka Rishi Das. 05:45Spanish lettuces labelled with the British Red Tractor logo - what went wrong? 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the redshank.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Shaunaka Rishi Das. 05:45Lessons will be learned after the extended Somerset badger cull fails to meet its target. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the barnacle goose.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Shaunaka Rishi Das. 05:45Warnings to farmers and the public after a deer farmer is gored by a stag. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the bar-tailed godwit.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Shaunaka Rishi Das. 05:45Charlotte Smith speaks to a farm tenant facing eviction because their landlord didn't pay. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games tells the story of waders which are drawn to the UK's estuaries.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Presented by the Chaplain to the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards in Kabul, Padre David Anderson 05:45The programme that starts with its listeners.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of Worcester Cathedral. 05:45Becky Milligan profiles Alison Saunders, the new Director of Public Prosecutions.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; 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. 06:07Helen Mark joins geocachers from around the world discovering the Salcey Forest.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith meets a new generation of tenant farmers in the Peak District. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Could a robot have a soul? John McCarthy speaks to experts in artificial intelligence. 06:35Chris Sperring talks to fungi expert Lynne Boddy about the weird world of fairy rings. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10William Crawley talks to the Bishop of Portsmouth about the demise of ship buliding. 07:55Giles Duley presents an appeal on behalf of Mines Advisory Group (MAG). 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Payday lenders face MPs on the Business Committee. Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Keith Macdougall has all the news from Westminster.
| 08:51Mark D'Arcy has the best of Friday in the Commons and the Lords.
| 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service exploring the silence of Remembrance-tide from Girton College Chapel, Cambridge. 08:48Will Self reflects on America's view of the assassination of JF Kennedy, 50 years on.(R) 08:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the curlew.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Stephanie Flanders talks to Jeremy Webb, Carolin Crawford, Fiona Shaw and Simon McBurney. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by the Rev Roger Hutchings.
| 09:004/4Grayson Perry discusses the painful yet rewarding process of becoming an artist. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by John Forrest.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets jazz musician Courtney Pine and actor Rula Lenska. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by Pastor Alex Robertson.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Ordinary Language Philosophy. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by Becky Harris.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to educationalist Sir Ken Robinson.(R) 09:45An act of worship led by the Rev Christopher Landau.
| 09:00Richard Coles and Anita Anand with scientist Baroness Susan Greenfield.
| 09:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 09:15Caroline receives an important letter, and Lynda mulls things over.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Mark Hix cooks the perfect cauliflower cheese. Can you be too old be adopted? 10:456/10New Year 1914. Adele succumbs to temptation and betrays her lover.
| 10:00Dido Harding, CEO of TalkTalk, on her career and her position on the WH Power List. 10:457/10The lovers plan to run away, but Luce does not yet know that Adele has taken her film part
| 10:00Jenni Murray talks maternity discrimination, penal reform and support for cheated partners 10:458/101914 Paris, and Andre discovers Adele and Luce's affair - with violent consequences.
| 10:00Laura Jurd brings her trumpet to the studio for a spot of jazz improv. With Jenni Murray. 10:459/10The young Adele Roux arrives to watch the trial of her former employers and lovers.
| 10:00Jenni Murray on the female characters in Peter Grimes and a new biography of Lady Rhondda. 10:4510/10Juliette finally discovers the truth about Petite Mort and the enigmatic Madame Roux.
| 10:30Ordinary Egyptians share their stories of the recent tumultuous events.
| 10:30Nicholas Witchell is the commentator at the Ceremony of Remembrance at the Cenotaph.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Why are more and more people trying to swim across the English Channel? 11:305/6Moral and ethical posers for John Finnemore, Danielle Ward, Alun Cochrane and Ann Leslie.(R)
| 11:00As more rubbish is put in landfill and the human population grows, can this help wildlife? 11:302/2Writer Chris Salewicz investigates the enduring appeal of the Rude Boy in Jamaican music.
| 11:00Katie Grant visits a summer camp aimed at mixed-race families. 11:304/4Tom's loyalty is tested over supporting bridesmaid Ellen or a Jonathan Creek TV fest.(R)
| 11:00Meeting those travelling into Syria, and other reporters' tales from around the world. 11:30Lauren Laverne profiles three women who have inspired creative genius.
| 11:00The story of the world's first broadcasting organisation - in 1890s Budapest. 11:304/6Joe tries to keep his new affair a secret and Tom has erotic dreams about the wrong girl.
| 11:00Sue Cameron of the Daily Telegraph looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Redrawing the map of the Middle East, and other stories from around the world.
| 11:45Mark Whitaker tells the surprising story of how the Commonwealth War graves were created.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04A plan to clean-up the second-hand car market, and a shortage of the shingles vaccine. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Winifred Robinson asks why more employers don't pay their staff a living wage. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. Will water bills go up like our gas and electricity? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news with Winifred Robinson, including food swapping events. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04What happens when fraudsters target a You and Yours reporter? With Peter White. 12:52Fi Glover with a conversation that sheds light on the dilemmas facing immigrants to the UK 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Beware the clones - will bondholders co-operate? And the big sleep - dormant bank accounts 12:301/7A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:046/6John Lloyd and Humphrey Ker welcome objects from Paul Sinha and Maggie Aderin-Pocock.(R) 12:32The incredible story of one farmer who is trying to change the way we produce our food. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00First broadcast interview with the new director of public prosecutions, Alison Saunders. 13:451/5Murray Pittock on the belief that may end the 300-year union between Scotland and England.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:452/5Prof Murray Pittock explores the origins of Scottish nationalism.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:453/5Prof Murray Pittock explores the origins of Scottish nationalism.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:454/5Prof Murray Pittock explores the origins of Scottish nationalism.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:455/5Prof Murray Pittock explores the origins of Scottish nationalism.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Glasgow.(R)
| 13:00The latest national and international news. 13:302/4Historian Peter Hennessy asks senior politicians to reflect on their life and times.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00It's the night of the village bonfire.(R) 14:15By Maxine Peake. Four miners' wives occupy a coal mine to save 31 pits from closure.
| 14:00Caroline receives an important letter.(R) 14:15Farmer Barry discovers that he is the star of a long-running radio drama serial.
| 14:00Kathy is put on the spot.(R) 14:15How many ways are there to say goodbye? An adventurous new play about parting.(R)
| 14:00Lynda mulls things over.(R) 14:15The story of Gagarin's first space flight through the eyes of his training partner Titov.(R)
| 14:00The newly-weds return.(R) 14:15Artistic tensions surface as composers Philip Glass and Steve Reich share a day job.
| 14:00The business of Scottish independence, a looming crisis in A+E and broken politics. 14:30Can a young country girl lead an army?(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs, as the GQT team tackle questions sent in by post, email and Twitter.(R) 14:45Fi Glover with four conversations between couples about the challenges they face together.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. 15:30Sheila Dillon asks why no one has been prosecuted following on from the horsemeat scandal.(R)
| 15:001/7Jay Rayner hosts the first episode in the new series of the culinary panel programme. 15:30Tom Heap meets a man determined to rid the world of plastic.
| 15:00Need advice on making your will or estate planning? Ruth Alexander takes calls and emails. 15:30Dr Mark Porter goes on a weekly quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark joins geocachers from around the world discovering the Salcey Forest. 15:27Kate McCann presents an appeal on behalf of Missing People.(R) 15:30Matthew Hollis talks to James Naughtie about his biography of poet Edward Thomas.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs, as the GQT team tackle questions sent in by post, email and Twitter. 15:453/3Subtle and uncanny tale evoking the German folklore of the doppelganger.
| 15:302/2Writer Chris Salewicz investigates the enduring appeal of the Rude Boy in Jamaican music.(R)
| 15:007/7Guy believes his wartime experience is at an end, but then he receives new orders.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Alistair McGowan tells the story of the love letters that composer Erik Satie never sent.(R) 16:30We might want to drown it out in light, but as Aleks discovers darkness can be good for us
| 16:00Interview with the president of the court which considers complaints brought against MI5. 16:30Harriett Gilbert and guests John Inverdale and Rachel Cooke discuss their favourite books.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor discusses the first biography of this leading cultural commentator. 16:30Trinity Mirror's Sue Douglas on the new People website and another re-design for the Indy.
| 16:00Francine Stock talks to zombie godfather George A Romero about where horror lurks today. 16:30Dr Lucie Green on putting your sequenced DNA, your personal genome, on the internet.
| 16:00John Cole, John Cloudsley-Thompson, Georgina Livingston, Sultan Jamalul Kiram III and more 16:30Is Grayson Perry a tough act to follow? We ask the Reith Lectures commissioner. 16:56Fi Glover with a conversation about when a parent should tell the truth, even if it hurts.
| 16:00Equalities minister Maria Miller and Nicola Smith of the TUC discuss equal pay.
| 16:00Margaret Drabble talks about her latest novel The Pure Gold Baby. 16:302/4Paul Farley meets poets Roy Fisher and Michael Longley.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Infrastructure projects can take decades to complete. How do you plan for the future?(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Is the government's flagship Work Programme working? Gerry Northam investigates.(R) 17:40Becky Milligan profiles Alison Saunders, the new Director of Public Prosecutions.(R) 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 Humphrey Ker welcome objects from Paul Sinha and Maggie Aderin-Pocock.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6With panellists Andrew Maxwell, Celia Pacquola, Will Smith and Jason Solomons.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4Phoning his parents in Tenerife, Tom soon regrets persuading them to go exploring.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Brian and Clare are struggling with their son, when they bump into their beloved ex-nanny.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/7A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.
| 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. 18:15Antonia Quirke chooses the best of the previous seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Caroline receives an important letter. 19:15Mark Lawson talks to Hermione Lee about her biography of novelist Penelope Fitzgerald. 19:456/10New Year 1914. Adele succumbs to temptation and betrays her lover.(R)
| 19:00Kathy is put on the spot. 19:15Mark Lawson reviews Alec Baldwin in the movie industry documentary Seduced and Abandoned. 19:457/10The lovers plan to run away, but Luce does not yet know that Adele has taken her film part(R)
| 19:15Arts news, including Zadie Smith on her new story The Embassy of Cambodia. 19:458/101914 Paris, and Andre discovers Adele and Luce's affair - with violent consequences.(R)
| 19:15Kirsty Lang talks to Matthew Macfadyen and Stephen Mangan as they play Jeeves and Wooster. 19:459/10The young Adele Roux arrives to watch the trial of her former employers and lovers.(R)
| 19:00Alistair lays it on the line. 19:15Arts news and reviews. John Wilson talks singer-songwriter and X Factor judge Gary Barlow. 19:4510/10Juliette finally discovers the truth about Petite Mort and the enigmatic Madame Roux.(R)
| 19:00Becky Milligan profiles Alison Saunders, the new Director of Public Prosecutions. 19:15Bullock and Clooney in outer space in new film Gravity; the paintings of Stanley Spencer.
| 19:00Shula tries to face the facts. 19:156/6Julia Donaldson reads from her diaries, recalling her teenage obsession with Mick Jagger.(R) 19:452/3During apartheid, a visiting Austrian geologist falls foul of the Immorality Act.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Tim Samuels presents a social history of the password as we prepare for its demise. 20:30Matthew Taylor looks at the grassroots economic revolution being led by big cities.
| 20:00Is the government's flagship Work Programme working? Gerry Northam investigates. 20:40Blind and visually impaired fathers share their experiences of parenting without sight.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:4528/3Sam Edwards argues that we should think again about how we memorialise war.
| 20:00Interview with the president of the court which considers complaints brought against MI5.(R) 20:30Infrastructure projects can take decades to complete. How do you plan for the future?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Glasgow. 20:50Will Self reflects on America's view of the assassination of JF Kennedy, 50 years on.
| 20:00Juliet Gardiner on how directors, writers and producers achieve authenticity in their work
| 20:00Is Grayson Perry a tough act to follow? We ask the Reith Lectures commissioner.(R) 20:30John Cole, John Cloudsley-Thompson, Georgina Livingston, Sultan Jamalul Kiram III and more(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Monty Don asks if people are prepared to forgo personal choice to protect wildlife.(R) 21:30Stephanie Flanders talks to Jeremy Webb, Carolin Crawford, Fiona Shaw and Simon McBurney.(R)
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter goes on a weekly quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us. 21:304/4Michael Blastland asks if finding something disgusting influences moral judgement.(R)
| 21:00Tom Heap meets a man determined to rid the world of plastic.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets jazz musician Courtney Pine and actor Rula Lenska.(R)
| 21:00Dr Lucie Green on putting your sequenced DNA, your personal genome, on the internet.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Ordinary Language Philosophy.(R)
| 21:00By David Harrower. Siblings Morna and Athol have not spoken for 14 years. Why not?(R)
| 21:006/7Guy's military career is revived when he is selected for a mission to Italy.(R)
| 21:00Beware the clones - will bondholders co-operate? And the big sleep - dormant bank accounts(R) 21:26Giles Duley presents an appeal on behalf of Mines Advisory Group (MAG).(R) 21:30Matthew Taylor looks at the grassroots economic revolution being led by big cities.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00A terror suspect escapes surveillance disguised in a burqa. With Ritula Shah. 22:4511/15Theo finds that both art and love can be bought, sold and used as collateral.
| 22:00Germany summons British ambassador over spying claims. News round-up with Ritula Shah. 22:4512/15An evening with Pippa confirms Theo's feelings. Boris offers a way out.
| 22:00BAE Systems to cut 1,775 jobs across the UK and end shipbuilding in Portsmouth. 22:4513/15Boris is determined to put The Goldfinch back in Theo's hands, whatever the cost.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:4514/15Alone in his hotel, Theo faces a future without the painting, Boris or freedom.
| 22:00Royal Marine found guilty of murder of Afghan insurgent. Presented by David Eades. 22:4515/15Friendship, love and art prove enduring talismans, as Theo looks ahead.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:154/4Grayson Perry discusses the painful yet rewarding process of becoming an artist.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Zoe Williams of the Guardian looks at how newspapers covered the week's big stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00John McCarthy explores a special time in Lennon's life - an idyllic last summer in Bermuda 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:003/4The cosmetic benefits of old men's legs and a witness protection conference. 23:30Sean Curran reports as MPs hear from the police on Plebgate, and from payday lenders.
| 23:004/6Even the most successful writers have, at some point, had to take jobs to pay the bills. 23:152/4Comic modern reworkings of popular ancient Irish stories.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports on a busy day at Westminster.
| 23:006/6Events at the job centre mean Stuart could finally prove to Nicola that he is a bit heroic 23:30Sean Curran reports as three spymasters give evidence to MPs.
| 23:00Harriett Gilbert and guests John Inverdale and Rachel Cooke discuss their favourite books.(R) 23:30In or out of Europe? MPs continue the arguments. Mark D'Arcy has the best of the debate. 23:55Fi Glover with a conversation about how poetry can be fundamental to a relationship.
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections.(R) 23:301/4Lavinia Greenlaw and Simon Armitage have kidnapped three ancient poems and made them new.(R)
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to zombie godfather George A Romero about where horror lurks today.(R) 23:30Could a robot have a soul? John McCarthy speaks to experts in artificial intelligence.(R)
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