| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores forms of non-religious culture and identification.(R) 00:45Church bells from St Michael's, Angersleigh, in Somerset.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Claire Harman's intimate biography of one of Britain's greatest novelists.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5A decision to write to the poet laureate Robert Southey yields a surprising response.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5At school in Brussels, Charlotte is powerfully attracted to her charismatic tutor.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The Bronte sisters set about the business of bringing out their best-known books.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Charlotte grieves for her brother Branwell and her sisters Emily and Anne.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3A young woman faces a terrifying situation while her doctor confronts a new world order.(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.
| 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 Father Tim Byron. 05:45Commentary on the second day of the third Test between Pakistan and England, from Sharjah.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Father Tim Byron. 05:45Commentary on the third day of the third Test between Pakistan and England, from Sharjah.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Father Tim Byron. 05:45Commentary on the fourth day of the third Test between Pakistan and England, from Sharjah.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Father Tim Byron. 05:45Commentary on the fifth day of the third Test between Pakistan and England, from Sharjah.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Father Tim Byron. 05:45Game fairs, Gay Farmer Helpline, taste tourism and the question of UK farming and the EU. 05:58Chris Packham presents the vegetarian tree finch on the Galapagos Islands.(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 Jasdeep Singh. 05:45'It was a very emotional discovery' - a listener finds his father's World War Two album.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Bells from Cathedral Church of Christ, Oxford. 05:45Is Aung San Suu Kyi on the brink of power in Myanmar?(R)
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| 06:00 | | | | | 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 visits Tollesbury Wick on the Essex coast.(R) 06:30Caz Graham visits a house in Somerset where the RABI runs a home for retired farmers. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully considers the difficulty and the potential of making a home in new country. 06:35Lionel Kelleway heads to Kent in search of herons. Recorded in 2003. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Morning news. Includes Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Coventry Cathedral's mission after the destructive Blitz of 1940. 07:54Anne, a beneficiary of the charity Adoption UK, presents an appeal on its behalf. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Sean Curran reports from Westminster on the latest investigation into Kids Company.
| 08:31How serious could be the effects of cuts to police budgets? Susan Hulme reports.
| 08:31Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 08:51Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.
| 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service for Remembrance Sunday from Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff. 08:48Roger Scruton argues for the freedom to make jokes that others may find offensive.(R) 08:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the Galapagos Islands' blue-footed booby.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by John Forrest.
| 09:00Commentary on the third day of the third Test between Pakistan and England, from Sharjah. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Father Philip Sumner.
| 09:00Commentary on the fourth day of the third Test between Pakistan and England, from Sharjah. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Pastor Alex Robertson.
| 09:00Commentary on the fifth day of the third Test between Pakistan and England, from Sharjah. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to mental health campaigner and journalist Marjorie Wallace.(R) 09:45An act of worship and music led by the Rev Ernie Rea.
| 09:00Ian Rankin joins Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir.
| 09:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 09:15It is time for a public meeting, and the Grundys try to keep their chins up.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Commentary on the second day of the third Test between Pakistan and England, from Sharjah.
| 10:00Commentary on the third day of the third Test between Pakistan and England, from Sharjah.
| 10:00Commentary on the fourth day of the third Test between Pakistan and England, from Sharjah.
| 10:00Patti Smith talks about her life and music. 10:454/5Monica struggles with her true identity when a journalist interviews her about her geese.
| 10:00Jenni Murray presents discussion on the Syrian doctor separated from her baby girl. 10:455/5Will Monica finally accept her life at Brynmeheryn without her ex-love?
| 10:30Miranda Sawyer and podcaster Helen Zaltzman explore spoken word audio podcasting.
| 10:30Coverage of the solemn remembrance of sacrifice from London's Whitehall.
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| 11:00 | | | | 11:00There's surprise as a question about democracy is asked in Bahrain. 11:30Lewis Carroll's roots in the North East of England are uncovered by Simon Farnaby.
| 11:00Alan Dein hears how a community has helped following the death of two youngsters. 11:304/6Mark and Luke have agreed to meet in St Anne's church in the village of Mayton Chennett.
| 11:00Paul Waugh of the Huffington Post looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30The challenge for UN 'blue helmets' in Mali trying to restore calm north of Timbuktu.
| 11:45Ritula Shah talks to Satish Kumar about the central tenet of Jainism: renunciation.(R)
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| 12:00 | 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the second day of the third Test between Pakistan and England, from Sharjah.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the third day of the third Test between Pakistan and England, from Sharjah.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the fourth day of the third Test between Pakistan and England, from Sharjah.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Mike Williams asks why these simple garments are so appealing 12:15How much personal information are you sharing with social media companies? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Why does commuting make us the people we are and how? 12:15Wholesale gas prices are at a record low - why are energy bills not following suit? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Criminal TalkTalk impersonators on tape, credit card debts, and the pension debate. 12:308/8A satirical 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. 12:045/8Julian Clary, Susan Calman, Josie Lawrence and Paul Merton try to beat the clock.(R) 12:32The Northern Irish farmer's daughter who changed food writing in France for good. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:45The recollections of soldiers who returned home for a brief period of leave in 1915.
| 13:45Dan Snow hears the recollections of those who served on and were victims of German U-Boats
| 13:45First-hand accounts of the disastrous Battle of Loos from the BBC and IWM sound archives.
| 13:00When will it be safe to fly from Sharm el-Sheikh? 13:45Dan Snow hears vivid accounts from those who fought in Salonika from 1915 onwards.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:45WWI veterans describe siege conditions, starvation and surrender in Kut-Al-Amara.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Churchill, Somerset.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Hardeep meets Corinne Hutton, who is in line to make British medical history.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Helen is in a world of her own.(R) 14:15Toby Jones and Colin Stinton star in this comedy about the birth of political mudslinging.
| 14:00Clarrie is taken on a detour.(R) 14:15Farmer Barry discovers that he is the star of a long-running radio drama serial.(R)
| 14:00David has a proposition for Ruth.(R) 14:15Ahmadullah and Zarbab must deliver a wireless set to beleaguered British forces.
| 14:00It is time for a public meeting.(R) 14:15A man is contracted to repair the lift in a tower block. Why does no one believe him?(R)
| 14:00Whose temperature is set to rise on bonfire night?(R) 14:15The true story of the author's intrepid search for her long lost and much feared sister.
| 14:00Listeners have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30Adaptation of Alasdair Gray's cult novel, telling the stories of Duncan Thaw and Lanark.(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Cornwall.(R) 14:45Conversations between parents and their young sons.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the contest of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. 15:30With a growing array of oils on sale, Sheila Dillon cuts through the latest thinking.(R)
| 15:004/6Josie Long presents stories of what follows after the main event. 15:30Tom Heap investigates claims England's rivers are under threat from 'insidious' pollution.
| 15:00What do you need to know about pay? 15:30The Rest Test. What exactly is rest, and can listeners help scientists find out?(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark visits Tollesbury Wick on the Essex coast. 15:27Matt Lucas presents the Radio 4 Appeal for YoungMinds.(R) 15:30Fantasy writer China Mieville talks about The City & the City. With James Naughtie.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Cornwall. 15:45By Syrian writer Zaher Omareen. A mother explains terrible events of the 1980s to her son.
| | 15:002/2Dodie Smith's classic novel dramatised by Jane Rogers.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Michael Symmons Roberts on the life and legacy of the philanthropist Thomas Horsfall. 16:30Aleks Krotoski explores living in a digital world.
| 16:00Solicitors affected by cuts in criminal legal aid give their verdicts on the changes. 16:30Krishnan Guru-Murthy and crime writer Ann Cleeves talk about books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores the likely costs and benefits of the TTIP. 16:30Chief executive of Trinity Mirror Simon Fox discusses buying Local World.
| 16:00Bradley Cooper discusses movie Burnt, and Nick Hornby on period drama film Brooklyn. 16:30Tracey Logan unpicks how people's brains work and discusses maverick scientist Boole.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a conservationist, a singer, an historian, an actor, a newsreader 16:30Coverage of Shaker Aamer's release, the limits of free speech and Vanessa Feltz. 16:55A father and his four year old son share a passion for the tiny coloured bricks…
| 16:00Celebrating Marguerite Patten's recipes. Patti Smith. Best of the Best Women's Fiction.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to two writers who have written memoirs of their mothers. 16:302/2A stellar cast of 26 leading poets read their own work inspired by the Lyrical Ballads.
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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.
| 17:00PM at 5pm - Eddie 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.
| 17:00PM at 5pm - Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30How do fast fashion brands deliver the latest trends in double-quick time?(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00How safe are we in the hands of the growing number of agency staff at NHS hospitals?(R) 17:40Is Aung San Suu Kyi on the brink of power in Myanmar?(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Russian airline whose plane crashed in Egypt says only external forces can be to blame. 18:305/8Julian Clary, Susan Calman, Josie Lawrence and Paul Merton try to beat the clock.
| 18:00No 10 denies scrapping plans to seek MPs approval which appears to be ebbing away. 18:304/4Andrew's girlfriend announces she is pregnant, and he faces one of his biggest decisions.
| 18:00Flights are halted to Sharm el-Sheikh over fears a bomb brought down the Russian plane 18:304/5Sophie gets fired up about the life she could be living.
| 18:00Flights between Britain and Sharm el-Sheikh won't resume until security is improved. 18:301/6Music and comedy with Alex Horne and his five-piece band. With Danny Baker.(R)
| 18:00Russia suspends all flights to Egypt 18:308/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.
| 18:00Flight investigators in Egypt release their initial assessment of the Russian plane crash 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Jeremy Corbyn accuses the head of the armed forces of taking sides over nuclear weapons 18:15Simon Parkes chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Clarrie is taken on a detour. 19:15Kamila Shamsie reviews the documentary He Named Me Malala. Samira Ahmed presents. 19:451/5The diaries of Monica Rawlins: artist and goose-breeder. Dramatised by Bethan Roberts.(R)
| 19:00David has a proposition for Ruth. 19:15Danny Boyle discusses directing a film about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. With John Wilson 19:452/5Monica hopes a visit from her nephew, artist Geoffrey Rawlins, will bring some reprieve.(R)
| 19:00It is time for a public meeting. 19:15Nicholas McCarthy plays Ravel's Piano Concerto for One Hand. 19:453/5A trip to London offers Monica respite from the farm but not from memories of her ex-love.(R)
| 19:00Whose temperature is set to rise on bonfire night? 19:15Tom Rob Smith discusses his TV thriller London Spy. Kirsty Lang presents. 19:454/5Monica struggles with her true identity when a journalist interviews her about her geese.(R)
| 19:00Jill is very much missed. 19:15Kirsty Lang talks to violinist Alina Ibragimova and screenwriter and author John Niven. 19:455/5Will Monica finally accept her life at Brynmeheryn without her ex-love?(R)
| 19:00Is Aung San Suu Kyi on the brink of power in Myanmar? 19:15A look at Saoirse Ronan in Brooklyn and Bob Dylan Bootlegs Vol 12.
| 19:00On Remembrance Sunday, Ambridge remembers the fallen. 19:15Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence and two young players speak within the rules of Just a Minute. 19:45By Neil Noon. Diz suspects that his friend's coma is a publicity stunt.
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| 20:00 | 20:00A look back at Labour's civil war in the 1980s and whether there is currently a re-run. 20:30John Redwood asks how viable currency unions can be without political unions behind them.
| 20:00How safe are we in the hands of the growing number of agency staff at NHS hospitals? 20:40Looking at the Cosy heating app and Blind Veterans UK radio society.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Adam Kelly argues that economics needs to get back in touch with its literary side.
| 20:00Solicitors affected by cuts in criminal legal aid give their verdicts on the changes.(R) 20:30How do fast fashion brands deliver the latest trends in double-quick time?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Churchill, Somerset. 20:50Roger Scruton argues for the freedom to make jokes that others may find offensive.
| 20:00Fifty years after abolition, John Tusa reviews the history of the death penalty debate.
| 20:00Coverage of Shaker Aamer's release, the limits of free speech and Vanessa Feltz.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a conservationist, a singer, an historian, an actor, a newsreader(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Brett Westwood explores how beetles have influenced arts and science. From 2015(R) 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Helga Nowotny, David Willetts, Matthew Syed and Oliver Morton.(R)
| 21:00The Rest Test. What exactly is rest, and can listeners help scientists find out? 21:30Jim Al-Khalili meets Patrick Vallance heading drug development at a pharmaceutical company(R)
| 21:00Tom Heap investigates claims England's rivers are under threat from 'insidious' pollution.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets historian Thomas Pakenham and actor Janice Connolly.(R)
| 21:00Tracey Logan unpicks how people's brains work and discusses maverick scientist Boole.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the mathematical problem of P versus NP.(R)
| 21:00Omnibus edition of the series covering the events of 1915, with Dan Snow.
| 21:001/2The lives of 17 year old Cassandra Mortmain’s eccentric family in a rural 1930's Suffolk.(R)
| 21:00Criminal TalkTalk impersonators on tape, credit card debts, and the pension debate.(R) 21:26Anne, a beneficiary of the charity Adoption UK, presents an appeal on its behalf.(R) 21:30John Redwood asks how viable currency unions can be without political unions behind them.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Erdogan wins the Turkish election, and Dame Edna on Australia ending dames and knights. 22:456/10Bond tries to convince Capt Eugene T Lawrence to delay the forthcoming rocket launch.
| 22:00Including a special report on the death of Ahmed Chalabi. 22:457/10Having linked Jason Sin to Smersh, Bond and Jeopardy head to Sin's compound.
| 22:00Bomb fears halt UK to Sharm el-Sheikh flights. 22:458/10Bond and Jeopardy are held captive while Sin regales them with his evil plans.
| 22:00The latest on the Egyptian plane crash. 22:459/10Having escaped a near-death experience, it is a race against time for Bond to stop Sin.
| 22:00Will President Putin change his foreign policy as a result of the suspected terror attack? 22:4510/10Will Bond make it in time to put a stop to Sin and his plans for death and destruction?
| 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. 22:45Peter Hitchens of the Mail on Sunday looks at how the papers covered the week's stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Neuroscientist Dr Frederique Liegeois joins Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports as government housing plans come under fire in the Commons.
| 23:004/4Can thespian sleuth Charles Paris finally uncover who murdered Ellie?(R) 23:30MPs clash on help for refugees, and police chiefs protest at cuts in funding.
| 23:003/4Join Alex and Ben - aka The Pin - in their weird twist on the double-act sketch show. 23:151/4Will the Battle of Waterloo divide the equine love of Marengo and Copenhagen?(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:004/4Rob Newman presents a witty, fact-packed A to Z of evolution, mixing stand-up and sketches 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Krishnan Guru-Murthy and crime writer Ann Cleeves talk about books with Harriett Gilbert.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55An artist facing a worsening neurological condition shares his potter's wheel with his son
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the contest of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. 23:301/2A stellar cast of 26 leading poets read their own work inspired by the Lyrical Ballads.(R)
| 23:00Bradley Cooper discusses movie Burnt, and Nick Hornby on period drama film Brooklyn.(R) 23:30Mark Tully considers the difficulty and the potential of making a home in new country.(R)
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