| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor looks at stigma versus choice and explores romance in the digital age.(R) 00:45Bells from St Peter and St Paul, Shiplake, Oxfordshire.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5How the novelist's remarkable father, Ronnie, cast a long shadow over the family.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5The future writer meets a man with a route into the spying game.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Oxford, teaching at Eton, employment at MI5 and publication.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Le Carre hits the heights of fame, meets Graham Greene and tackles his most difficult book(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Will the ending of the Cold War diminish the popularity of a writer like John le Carre?(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3By Marina Warner. Evocative story in which a 1950s housewife dreams of glamour.(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.
| 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. 05:45Farm safety, the secrets of Scotland's midges and the UK forestry industry. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents Australia's satin bowerbird.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Shaunaka Rishi Das. 05:45The latest on ash dieback research as some trees appear to be resilient. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the world's most numerous bird: red-billed quelea.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Shaunaka Rishi Das. 05:45Is the maize harvest damaging soils as well as providing sustainable energy? 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the house crow, native of southern Asia.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Shaunaka Rishi Das. 05:45Environment secretary Liz Truss is questioned on Defra's performance. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the Arctic specialist the king eider duck.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Shaunaka Rishi Das. 05:45It is claimed that British demand for wood pellets is damaging American forests. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the Panamanian Montezuma oropendola.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Karen Smith. 05:45The programme that starts with its listeners - 'why I'm emigrating to Australia'.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Bells from All Saints Church in Marsworth, Buckinghamshire. 05:45Commentary on the fourth day of the second Test between Pakistan and England, from Dubai.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day. 06:45Commentary on the first day of the second Test between Pakistan and England, from Dubai.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day. 06:45Commentary on the second day of the second Test between Pakistan and England, from Dubai.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding walks with Carolyn Savidge in north Somerset.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith is at an award-winning wood in Warwickshire to talk forestry. 06:45Commentary on the third day of the second Test between Pakistan and England, from Dubai.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn challenges David Cameron on cuts to tax credits.
| 08:31Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Mary Beard, Stephen Frears, Timberlake Wertenbaker and Mehmet Ergen. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Dr Bert Tosh.
| 09:00Professor Robert Plomin talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the genetics of intelligence. 09:30Bel Mooney explores whether home is as much an idea as a place. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Peter Whittaker.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets writer and comedian Dawn French and Egyptologist Joann Fletcher. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Roger Hutchings.
| 09:00Commentary on the first day of the second Test between Pakistan and England, from Dubai. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Claire Campbell Smith.
| 09:00Commentary on the second day of the second Test between Pakistan and England, from Dubai. 09:45An act of worship and music led by the Rev Dr Michael Ford.
| 09:00Commentary on the third day of the second Test between Pakistan and England, from Dubai.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Women breadwinners - what's behind the rise? Presented by Emma Barnett. 10:456/10Italy 1943. Chiara and her young Jewish charge, Daniele, are lying low in the countryside.
| 10:00The Women's Equality Party on the morning of their first party conference. 10:457/10A Nazi officer arrives at the farmhouse where Chiara is hiding a small Jewish boy, Daniele
| 10:00Kirsty Lang discusses The Road Home by Rose Tremain. Jane Garvey presents. 10:418/10Italy 1944. Chiara and her young Jewish charge Daniele return to Rome. By Virginia Baily. 10:55A brother and sister who want Handsworth to be remembered for something other than riots.
| 10:00Commentary on the first day of the second Test between Pakistan and England, from Dubai.
| 10:00Commentary on the second day of the second Test between Pakistan and England, from Dubai.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Rhiannon Adam offers a very personal account of her visit to the remote British territory. 11:302/6Sue Perkins sets moral posers for Josie Long, Owen Jones, Clare Grogan and Andrew Maxwell.(R)
| 11:00Brett Westwood explores how oak tree has influenced society, art and druidism. 11:30Frances Fyfield and team explore Leos Janacek's dazzling Glagolitic Mass.
| 11:003/4Radio 4's alternative take on the archive goes to the country. Presented by Gerald Scarfe. 11:302/4Great works of fiction are upended when the comedy trio stumble into the plot.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Russia and Italy declare war on Bulgaria, and Lilian Frost tries to make amends. 12:15A look at winter in a holiday park home and rural right-to-buy. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Germany announces an assault on Riga, and Alice Macknade reluctantly hosts a dinner party. 12:15Is love better second time around? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Isabel and Dorothea put aside their differences to help Dolly Clout. 12:15The pension scheme which was ruled illegitimate and dishonest by a judge. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the first day of the second Test between Pakistan and England, from Dubai.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the second day of the second Test between Pakistan and England, from Dubai.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the third day of the second Test between Pakistan and England, from Dubai.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the fourth day of the second Test between Pakistan and England, from Dubai.
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| 13:00 | 13:00News of a possible tax credit rebellion by Conservative MPs. Presented by Martha Kearney. 13:456/10Peter Snow and his guest board a time travelling DeLorean.
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents news analyis, including the latest on the UK steel industry. 13:457/10Peter Snow and his guest board a time travelling DeLorean.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:458/10Peter Snow and his guest board a time travelling DeLorean.
| | | | 13:45Opera singer Andrea Baker explores the impact of Frederick Douglass' time in Scotland.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Everybody seems to have a theory.(R) 14:15A repertoire for a mountain, conceived by Maria Fusco, recorded inside a power station.(R)
| 14:00Adam feels the need to help.(R) 14:15A re-imagining of the Cornish folk tale.
| 14:00Does Toby have the gift of the gab?(R) 14:15Mickey Bliss returns to the front line as a newly-trained officer.
| 14:45By Nick Underwood. Quirky drama about a humanist celebrant who specialises in death.
| 14:45A patient is given a strong psychedelic drug as part of a treatment for his depression.
| 14:45Orson Welles' adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s celebrated novel. Starring James McAvoy.
| 14:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from South Yorkshire.(R) 14:45Conversations about rugby, about Handsworth and about leaving home.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe returns with the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. 15:30Do we take cows' milk for granted? Sheila Dillon asks if we need a reintroduction to it.(R)
| 15:002/6Josie Long with stories about time and timing. 15:30A new report reveals how the UK's coast has changed over the last 50 years.
| 15:00Lesley Curwen and a panel of guests answer calls on the state pension. 15:302/2Georgina Ferry presents the letters of Ada Lovelace, dramatized by an all -star cast.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding walks with Carolyn Savidge in north Somerset. 15:27Kamila Shamsie presents the Radio 4 Appeal for Peace Direct.(R) 15:30Novelist Jonathan Lee talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new book High Dive.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from South Yorkshire. 15:453/3Chris receives devastating news from Chae, a neighbour home on leave from the front.
| 15:55Two friends from Wales who like nothing more than talking about rugby.(R)
| 15:00Comedy trio Penny Dreadfuls transport us to ancient Greece. Robert Webb stars as Odysseus
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| 16:00 | 16:001/2Novelist Bernardine Evaristo on the complex man at the heart of the Black Arts Movement. 16:30The web is a gateway to online vigilantism, but heroic actions come with a price
| 16:00Michael Rosen explores the wonderful Latin names used to describe animals and plants. 16:30Journalist Fraser Nelson and critic Adam Mars-Jones talk books with Harriett Gilbert
| 16:00Laurie Taylor looks at the complex role of human rights in the peace process. 16:30Alan Rusbridger talks about why Fleet Street's confidence is 'wearing thin'.
| 16:00A look at Mad Max, the Jaws music, Cartel Land and casting James Bond. With Francine Stock 16:30Latest stats shows UK scientists used fewer research animals last year. Or did they?
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a general, an actress, an MP, a football manager and a bodyguard. 16:30A Miller marathon, questionable statistics and a subterranean play. 16:55Two friends from Wales who like nothing more than talking about rugby.
| 16:00Ann Limb, first female chair of the Scouts Association; women and homelessness; scents.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Adam Sisman about his new biography of John le Carre. 16:30Roger McGough presents a pot luck of poetry from Byron and Keats to Charles Tomlinson.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00PM at 5pm - Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00News interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00PM at 5pm - Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Companies like BP and Aviva use sponsorship to promote their brands. How effective is it?(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00A lasting legacy? Have the sexual abuse revelations blighted Rotherham in the longer-term?(R) 17:40He was a boxer, a bouncer and a bungee jump coach - now he is prime minister of Canada.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Steel firm Caparo goes into administration . Jamie Oliver tells MPs 'tax sugar'. 18:303/8Andy Hamilton, Sue Perkins, Tony Hawks and Gyles Brandreth join host Nicholas Parsons.
| 18:00Tata steel company confirmed nearly 1,200 job losses at two UK plants 18:302/4Andrew hatches a plan to avoid spending Saturday lunchtime with his girlfriend's parents.
| 18:00Britain signs a multi billion pound nuclear power station deal with China. 18:302/5When Songs of Praise comes to town, Sophie sees a career opportunity.
| 18:00Commons approves English votes for English laws. Official report calls for tax on sugar 18:306/6Please turn your radio over and start listening as Marcus Brigstocke retakes his GCSEs.
| 18:00Talk Talk says it's received a ransom demand after a major cyber attack. 18:306/8Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.
| 18:00Talktalk says the cyber attack on its website is less serious than initially feared. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The government says a defeat on tax credits would be "constitutionally unprecedented". 18:15John Waite chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Adam feels the need to help. 19:15Young Chekhov, Robert Seethaler, Mississippi Grind review and Bryan Elsley on TV writers. 19:456/10Italy 1943. Chiara and her young Jewish charge, Daniele, are lying low in the countryside.(R)
| 19:00Does Toby have the gift of the gab? 19:15Samira Ahmed explores the enduring appeal of designers Charles and Ray Eames. 19:457/10A Nazi officer arrives at the farmhouse where Chiara is hiding a small Jewish boy, Daniele(R)
| 19:00Susan fears overexposure. 19:15Mark-Anthony Turnage discusses composing his first piano concerto. Kirsty Lang presents. 19:458/10Italy 1944. Chiara and her young Jewish charge Daniele return to Rome. By Virginia Baily.(R)
| 19:00It is a bitter-sweet day for Pip. 19:15John Wilson talks to Bond star Daniel Craig about his new film Spectre. 19:459/101944. As American soldiers parade through Rome, Chiara receives some devastating news.(R)
| 19:00Charlie makes a discovery. 19:15Tracey Thorn of Everything But the Girl discusses her solo career. John Wilson presents. 19:4510/10Chiara decides to tell Maria the truth about Daniele, in Virginia Baily's powerful novel(R)
| 19:00He was a boxer, a bouncer and a bungee jump coach - now he is prime minister of Canada. 19:15A look at Magna Carta plays in Salisbury and the film Mississippi Grind.
| 19:00It is the Harvest Festival in Ambridge. 19:153/4Shedtown continues into surreal seaside chaos as it hits the headlines.(R) 19:45By MJ Hyland. A man has dark thoughts about his wife.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Carrie Gracie looks at the past and future of the relationship between Britain and China. 20:30Edward Stourton examines the long-term prospects for the British monarchy.
| 20:00A lasting legacy? Have the sexual abuse revelations blighted Rotherham in the longer-term? 20:40The controversy over the RNIB's latest campaign, and Peter talks to writer Stephen Kennedy
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45John Osborne discusses what it means to be ignored.
| 20:00Why an operation might be the best way to treat Type 2 diabetes 20:30Companies like BP and Aviva use sponsorship to promote their brands. How effective is it?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Porthcawl in Wales. 20:50Roger Scruton argues that the law on freedom of speech ought to protect heretical views.
| 20:00Steve Hewlett explores the troubled past behind today's debates on the future of the BBC.
| 20:00A Miller marathon, questionable statistics and a subterranean play.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a general, an actress, an MP, a football manager and a bodyguard.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Brett Westwood explores how hornbills have influenced art, religion and feminism.(R) 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Mary Beard, Stephen Frears, Timberlake Wertenbaker and Mehmet Ergen.(R)
| 21:002/2Georgina Ferry presents the letters of Ada Lovelace, dramatized by an all -star cast.(R) 21:30Professor Robert Plomin talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the genetics of intelligence.(R)
| 21:00A new report reveals how the UK's coast has changed over the last 50 years.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets writer and comedian Dawn French and Egyptologist Joann Fletcher.(R)
| 21:00Latest stats shows UK scientists used fewer research animals last year. Or did they?(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, work and life of Simone de Beauvoir.(R)
| 21:00Omnibus edition of Home Front covering a week that saw crises lead to drastic actions.
| 21:002/2Szacki struggles with his burgeoning feelings for attractive journalist Monika Grzelka.(R)
| 21:00More than four million TalkTalk customers may have had their data stolen.(R) 21:26Frank Cottrell Boyce presents the Radio 4 Appeal for Railway Children.(R) 21:30Edward Stourton examines the long-term prospects for the British monarchy.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Workers in London, Wales and the Midlands are among those affected. 22:451/5A snowbound rescue brings Egger down from the mountain. He carries a man on his back.
| 22:00The Queen has been hosting a state banquet at Buckingham Palace tonight 22:452/5Egger is ready to settle down, he has built a house and knows love.
| 22:00Bank of England Governor says Britain's membership has increased "openness and dynamism" 22:453/5War arrives in Europe, and Egger leaves the valley for the Russian front.
| 22:00Former Sec of State says opposition trying to exploit attack which killed US Ambassador 22:454/5Television comes to the valley and stirs emotions Egger has buried deep.
| 22:00We examine the relationship between climate change and extreme weather. 22:455/5An echo from his past shocks Egger, and he seeks shelter on the high slopes.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Leading journalists analyse how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright take us through the A-Z of the alphabet.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/4The actor-cum-sleuth critique of a production of Marat Sade leads to a sinister discovery.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:001/4Join Alex and Ben - aka The Pin - in their weird twist on the double-act sketch show. 23:153/4By Naomi Alderman. A heart-broken girl returns to the Roman ruins of Silchester.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/4Rob Newman presents a witty, fact-packed A to Z of evolution, mixing stand-up and sketches 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Journalist Fraser Nelson and critic Adam Mars-Jones talk books with Harriett Gilbert(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55A mother and son who are very close and understand their need to support one another.
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe returns with the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections.(R) 23:30Roger McGough presents half an hour of satirical poetry, read by Rory Bremner.(R)
| 23:00Guy Raz investigates the guilty pleasure of behaving badly and confronting sin. 23:50Roger Scruton argues that the law on freedom of speech ought to protect heretical views.(R)
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