| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor examines the history and future of an often controversial police tactic.(R) 00:45Church bells from Loughborough Parish Church.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Edmund de Waal's first stop is China and Jingdezhen, the city of porcelain.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5The author explores the dramatic events that led to the creation of European porcelain.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5How young alchemist Johann Freidrich Bottger unlocked the secrets of porcelain creation.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5In Cornwall, the author explores William Cookworthy's contribution to porcelain's history.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The author journeys to Dachau to uncover Allach porcelain's dark history.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3Will the war in Syria come between a father and daughter?(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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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Imam Monawar Hussain. 05:45The debate over this year's harvest, disease resistant hops and British herbs. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the Andean cock-of-the-rock from Peru.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Imam Monawar Hussain. 05:45Listeners' questions are put to the new shadow Defra secretary Kerry McCarthy. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the poisonous variable pitohui from New Guinea.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Imam Monawar Hussain. 05:45A new approach to newts might make land development easier. Presented by Anna Hill. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the black drongo of Southern Asia.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Imam Monawar Hussain. 05:45Dual farm payments: how two people can claim subsidies on the same land at the same time. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the long distant migrant Arctic warbler.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Imam Monawar Hussain. 05:45McDonalds say their fast food fries go 100% British, but will this help potato producers? 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the Hawaiian crow, now extinct in the wild.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day. 05:45Final report on listener Anne Cleave's attempt to find out more about her sister's murder.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Bells from the church of St Mary and St Benedict in Buckland Brewer, Devon. 05:45Series of profiles of people who are currently making headlines.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding walks in Windsor Great Park with writer and journalist Bill Bryson.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith talks about the growing herb and spice industry. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Laura Barton reflects on how feeling finds its way into words. 06:35Anna Hill meets the McVeigh family, giving control of their Suffolk farm to their children 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton presents from Philadelphia as Pope Francis concludes his trip to the US. 07:54The actor Brian Cox presents an appeal on behalf of the Brittle Bone Society. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Mass from St Aloysius' RC Church, Glasgow, marking the Pope's visit to the United States. 08:48Will Self sees a love of habit as a shield against the unexpected in life.(R) 08:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the Andean cock-of-the-rock from Peru.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr talks to Edmund de Waal, Tim Marlow, Annie Freud and Mark Miodownik. 09:45Christian worship with a reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Chris Chivers.
| 09:00Jonathan Freedland compares Britain's responses to refugees from Vietnam and Syria. 09:304/5Town and Gown provide the inspiration as Simon Preston creates a new dish for Cambridge.(R) 09:45Christian worship with a reading, prayer and music, led by Katharine Longworth.
| 09:003/3Mariella Frostrup and guests discuss the importance of good manners in young children. 09:45Christian worship with a reading, prayer and music, led by Monsignor Tony Rogers.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss perpetual motion. 09:45Christian worship with a reading, prayer and music, led by Andrew Graystone.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to actress Dame Judi Dench.(R) 09:45An act of worship and music from Cardiff, led by the Rev Mary Stallard.
| 09:00Actor and MasterChef 2014 winner Sophie Thompson and Ben Cohen's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Women and pensions; erectile dysfunction; Jackie Collins; the history of emotions. 10:451/10C J Sansom's bestselling Tudor crime novel featuring lawyer detective Matthew Shardlake.
| 10:00Jane Garvey talks to the pioneering feminist artist Judy Chicago. 10:452/10Shardlake is disturbed by a dying man's last words. Dramatisation of CJ Sansom's novel.
| 10:00Folk band Stick in the Wheel perform live. Plus the increased use of restorative justice. 10:413/10Wrenne confirms that Shardlake will be presented to Henry VIII at Fulford Cross. 10:55Fi Glover introduces a conversation between two zoo workers about their working day.
| 10:00Power List judge Jane Shepherdson, Jojo Moyes, Nell Gwynn on stage and Lorraine Pascale. 10:454/10As the Royal Progress draws closer to York, Shardlake prepares to meet King Henry VIII.
| 10:00Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette discuss the film Miss You Already. Jenni Murray presents. 10:455/10Humiliated by Henry VIII, Shardlake returns to York and crosses the path of an old enemy.
| 10:305/6Jay Rayner and the culinary panel are in the Scottish city of Oban.
| 10:00At Grey Gables it's the time and place to remember. Will the truth ever be understood?
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| 11:00 | 11:002/2Georgina Ferry presents the letters of Ada Lovelace, dramatized by an all -star cast. 11:302/4Jen is driven to compete with Stuart in the parenting stakes.
| 11:00Brett Westwood explores parrots and their effect on art, literature and society. 11:30Novelist Neil Gaiman explores the the intricacies of the Orpheus myth
| 11:001/2The daughter of a Chernobyl worker returns to her father's old workplace. 11:302/3The sleuth uncovers a crime when she looks into the curious sacking of a lady's maid.
| 11:00Kate Adie introduces despatches from the frontlines - from conflict and post-conflict. 11:30Dotun Adebayo explores his teenage obsession with actor James Dean
| 11:002/2Journalist Lainy Malkani shakes off the invisibility of being Indo-Guyanese in Britain. 11:302/4An intruder, an ice-cream van and Daniel Barenboim make life difficult for Snoo and Alice.
| 11:00Bridget Kendall and guests discuss subversion and inversion in a topsy-turvy world. 11:30A valuable discovery on the beach in South Africa and other correspondents' stories.
| 11:15Kirsty Young talks to comedy writing partners Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Albert does not think he and Florrie should pass up on two free tickets to the theatre. 12:15Five police forces in England promise to investigate all dog attacks on private property. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The Winwoods venture out for the first time with their new baby. 12:15Winifred Robinson asks whether it is possible to learn how to be happy. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Juliet Argent makes an undercover visit. 12:15A look at new rules on charity cold calling and the rise of budget hotels. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Kitty makes a strategic decision to keep her friends close. 12:15How can you know if a company has sold your data? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04It is a day of ceremonies for the vicar of St Jude's. 12:15Is persuading last-time buyers to downsize the answer to our so-called housing drought? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Ros Altmann has her first interview for Money Box since becoming pensions minister. 12:302/8Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:045/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's comedy game.(R) 12:32From losing daily bread to an ancient food culture - what conflict has meant for Syrians. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:456/12Hannah Fry describes some 1980s efforts to inspire Britain to embrace computing.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:457/12How 1980s Britain grew to love the home computer. Presented by mathematician Hannah Fry.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:458/12Teens write computer games in their bedrooms, and a billion-dollar business is created.
| 13:00With over 700 people killed attending Hajj, why are so many dying on the pilgrimage? 13:459/12Hannah Fry traces the dot com boom and bust in Britain between 1999 and March 2000.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:4510/12Hannah Fry explores how a British company shrunk chips and made the mobile revolution.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs debate from South Downs College in Waterlooville, Portsmouth.(R)
| 13:00Labour conference analysis, plus David Gilmour on music and politics. 13:303/3James Naughtie asks if Britain made the most of its North Sea oil rush.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Who will produce a winning entry?(R) 14:15Simon Armitage creates a contemporary interpretation of the famous Greek myth.
| 14:00Rob looks for more structure.(R) 14:15Contemporary interpretation of the Orpheus myth by Linda Marshall Griffiths.
| 14:00At Grey Gables, it is the time and place to remember.(R) 14:15Comedy by Tony Jones. Edward Quill must write a blockbuster play for the Huntslet Fair.
| 14:00Jennifer turns detective once again.(R) 14:15Ronan Bennett drama about the migrant crisis, starring Lindsay Duncan and Stephen Rea.(R)
| 14:00Eddie stirs up some community spirit.(R) 14:156/6Frank's suspicions about Ronnie's boyfriend Nick come to a head.
| 14:00Listeners have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30Anna Maxwell Martin stars in the first of seven dramas exploring the history of oil.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs the programme from the Eden Project.(R) 14:45Conversations about riding ponies and tandems, and buying Marmite in bulk for gorillas.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Nigel Rees hosts the quotations quiz with Norman Lovett, Nicolette Jones, Jeremy Front. 15:30By Jonathan Buckley. A clairvoyant sheds light on the fate of a missing daughter.
| 15:004/6Jay Rayner and the culinary panel are in Wolverhampton.(R) 15:30By Mark Haddon. A man overeats and fears leaving the house, but Leah comes to the rescue.
| 15:00Changing the way you work in later life? E-mail questions to moneybox@bbc.co.uk. 15:30By Frances Leviston. Hidden emotions surface in the build-up to a family wedding.
| 15:00Clare Balding walks in Windsor Great Park with writer and journalist Bill Bryson. 15:27Vanessa Redgrave presents the Radio 4 Appeal for War on Want.(R) 15:304/5In Hilary Mantel's shortlisted story, a sniper is mistaken for a plumber.
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs the programme from the Eden Project. 15:30By Jeremy Page. A young man prepares to meet his girlfriend's parents for the first time.
| 15:30Tom Ravenscroft discusses private pressings with DIY musicians from the 1970s and 80s.
| 15:001/2By Timur Vermes. What would happen if Adolf Hitler woke up in modern-day Berlin?
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| 16:00 | 16:002/3Jim Coleman managed Chet Baker’s touring schedules for the last four years of his life. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religious history and contemporary aspects of pacifism.
| 16:00Michael Rosen examines the differences between reading print books and reading eBooks. 16:30Nick Stadlen champions the life of the Afrikaner Revolutionary Bram Fischer.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores marriages between people from different class backgrounds. 16:30Police communication; Nordic broadcasters support the BBC; Greenpeace's investigative unit
| 16:00John Waters discusses whether shock value still has any currency. 16:30Adam Rutherford is joined by guests to answer listener questions.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on an art critic, a novelist, a naturalist, a poet and a baseball player 16:30Tim Harford asks whether one in three people born in the UK this year will get dementia. 16:55How the 'pilot' can be the eyes for the 'stoker' in a successful tandem team for the blind
| 16:00Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette on friendship and women in films; pensions; JoJo Moyes.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks with Orhan Pamuk about A Strangeness in My Mind. 16:30Roger McGough brings poetry of love and of colours - blue, green, crimson, silver, gold...
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| 17:00 | 17:00News interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00News 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.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Final report on listener Anne Cleave's attempt to find out more about her sister's murder.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Simon Cox meets migrants working in Britain illegally.(R) 17:40Series of profiles of people who are currently making headlines.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00falsified emission tests in US results in billions wiped off the value of Volkswagen. 18:305/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's comedy game.
| 18:00VW says 11 million diesel cars have same software used to cheat in emissions tests in US 18:302/4Rupert Hardacre enlists Amanda's help to win back one of his old accounts.
| 18:00VW's chief executive has resigned, the firm faces a criminal investigation in Germany 18:304/5Sketches include a horror story for slugs and the world's first horseless staircase.(R)
| 18:00Hundreds of people have died in a crush whilst taking part in the Hajj pilgrimage. 18:302/6Uh-oh - Marcus Brigstocke has decided to cross the gender gap and become a woman.
| 18:00Swiss criminal investigation begins into Sepp Blatter. VW appoints new Chief Executive. 18:302/8Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.
| 18:00Jeremy Corbyn has promised "hope and unity" at his first Labour conference as leader 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Jeremy Corbyn will "try to persuade" his shadow cabinet to oppose the nuclear deterrent 18:15Sheila McClennon chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Rob looks for more structure. 19:15George Osborne discusses his plans to take British culture to China. Samira Ahmed presents 19:451/10C J Sansom's bestselling Tudor crime novel featuring lawyer detective Matthew Shardlake.(R)
| 19:00At Grey Gables, it is the time and place to remember. 19:15Including a review of the James Dean biopic Life. John Wilson presents. 19:452/10Shardlake is disturbed by a dying man's last words. Dramatisation of CJ Sansom's novel.(R)
| 19:00Jennifer turns detective once again. 19:15Kirsty Lang reviews the British Museum's Celts exhibition. 19:453/10Wrenne confirms that Shardlake will be presented to Henry VIII at Fulford Cross.(R)
| 19:00Eddie stirs up some community spirit. 19:15Sir Roger Moore talks to Kirsty Lang about his long career on stage and in TV and film. 19:454/10As the Royal Progress draws closer to York, Shardlake prepares to meet King Henry VIII.(R)
| 19:00Will the truth ever be understood? 19:15Ridley Scott on The Martian, ENO's Mark Wigglesworth, and ceramics in Stoke. 19:455/10Humiliated by Henry VIII, Shardlake returns to York and crosses the path of an old enemy.(R)
| 19:00Series of profiles of people who are currently making headlines. 19:15The week's cultural highlights, including Ai Wei Wei, Margaret Atwood, and 99 Homes.
| 19:00It is a crucial match for the Ambridge cricket team. 19:154/4Stoneybridge, Little Girl, Calum and Frank Hovis feature in The Absolutely Radio Show. 19:453/3A troubled relationship dissolves to the strains of Puccini.
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| 20:00 | 20:003/3James Naughtie asks if Britain made the most of its North Sea oil rush. 20:30Britain spends £25 billion on Housing Benefit. Why so much? And what good does it do?
| 20:00Simon Cox meets migrants working in Britain illegally. 20:40We hear from a blind financial trader, a Baptist minister and an archer.
| 20:00How will we move from place to place in future? Will speed and freedom always be the goal? 20:45Jim Smallman says society treats men and women differently when it comes to their pasts.
| 20:00Can Greece turn its fortunes around? Frances Stonor Saunders asks the Greek people. 20:30Peter Day asks what makes a company last and whether longevity still matters.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs debate from South Downs College in Waterlooville, Portsmouth. 20:50Will Self sees a love of habit as a shield against the unexpected in life.
| 20:00How 10,000 unaccompanied children, mostly Jewish, escaped from Nazi Europe to Britain.(R)
| 20:00Tim Harford asks whether one in three people born in the UK this year will get dementia.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on an art critic, a novelist, a naturalist, a poet and a baseball player(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Brett Westwood explores how brambles appear in art, literature, forensics and religion.(R) 21:30Andrew Marr talks to Edmund de Waal, Tim Marlow, Annie Freud and Mark Miodownik.(R)
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter on the anxiety being caused by proposed reforms to the Cancer Drugs Fund. 21:30Jonathan Freedland compares Britain's responses to refugees from Vietnam and Syria.(R)
| 21:00Professor Alice Roberts asks how ocean acidification will alter sea life. 21:303/3Mariella Frostrup and guests discuss the importance of good manners in young children.(R)
| 21:00Adam Rutherford is joined by guests to answer listener questions.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss perpetual motion.(R)
| 21:00Folkestone seems to be poisoned by the war.
| 21:003/3Robespierre and Danton are at odds over the direction the revolution should take.(R)
| 21:00Ros Altmann has her first interview for Money Box since becoming pensions minister.(R) 21:26The actor Brian Cox presents an appeal on behalf of the Brittle Bone Society.(R) 21:30Peter Day asks what makes a company last and whether longevity still matters.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Bosses of the world's biggest car manufacturer under growing pressure. 22:451/10Novel by William Boyd, bestselling author of 'Any Human Heart' and 'Restless'.
| 22:00Vote passed by a large majority - despite fierce opposition from some countries. 22:452/10The new novel by William Boyd, bestselling author of 'Any Human Heart' and 'Restless'
| 22:00More support will go to countries hosting Syrian refugees 22:453/10The new novel by William Boyd, bestselling author of 'Any Human Heart' and 'Restless'
| 22:00Saudi King orders review of arrangements after pilgrims killed in crush near Mecca 22:454/10The new novel by William Boyd, bestselling author of 'Any Human Heart' and 'Restless'
| 22:00Swiss prosecutors investigating Sepp Blatter over issue of "criminal mismanagement" 22:455/10The new novel by William Boyd, bestselling author of 'Any Human Heart' and 'Restless'
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15How will we move from place to place in future? Will speed and freedom always be the goal?(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Andrew Grice of the Independent analyses how the newspapers are covering the big stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen and Laura Wright look at how numbers are understood - and misunderstood.(R) 23:30Jessica Hynes presents to live audience the writing that means the most to her.(R)
| 23:002/4Can the peculiar narrator help a ghost find the villain who squashed him in the 1970s? 23:30Levi Roots picks his favourite readings. Read by Adrian Lester and Claire Benedict.(R)
| 23:001/4Kayvan Novak imagines the answerphone messages of Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch. 23:153/4Lach reminisces and shares his thoughts on Jim Morrison, Batman and Tom Petty.(R) 23:30Neurosurgeon and author of Do No Harm Henry Marsh chooses writing that is important to him(R)
| 23:003/4Will and the gang help organise a stag do to remember - in more ways than one. 23:30Paddy Ashdown chooses his favourite works of poetry and prose.(R)
| 23:00Nick Stadlen champions the life of the Afrikaner Revolutionary Bram Fischer.(R) 23:27John Finnemore presents his favourite readings, with Stephanie Cole and Geoffrey Whitehead(R) 23:55Horses can sometimes be easier to manage than people.
| 23:00Nigel Rees hosts the quotations quiz with Norman Lovett, Nicolette Jones, Jeremy Front.(R) 23:30Roger McGough with a selection of listeners' requests with a family theme.(R)
| 23:00Guy Raz investigates whether something serious happens when we play. 23:50Will Self sees a love of habit as a shield against the unexpected in life.(R)
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