View schedule at a glance
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00:00–00:30The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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00:30–00:485/5. An increasingly affluent and confident Britain is rocked by the Suez crisis.
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00:48–01:00
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01:00–05:20
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05:20–05:30
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05:30–05:43
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05:43–05:45Daily prayer and reflection with Alastair McIntosh.
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05:45–06:001/5. Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty, heads for the British Film Institute. (R)
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06:00–06:04News headlines, plus a look at the papers.
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06:04–06:07The latest weather forecast.
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06:07–06:30Matt Baker finds how the River Clyde is being prevented from flooding Glasgow.
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06:30–06:57Charlotte Smith asks why buying British food is such a minefield.
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06:57–07:00The latest weather forecast.
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07:00–09:00Including Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
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09:00–10:00Fi Glover talks to author Justin Cartwright. With poetry from Luke Wright.
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10:00–10:30Sandi Toksvig looks at scenic and historical walks in Britain, including one from 1066.
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10:30–11:00Supermodel Erin O'Connor explores the nature of beauty.
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11:00–11:30A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Steve Richards.
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11:30–12:00Kate Adie introduces despatches from India, Russia, Egypt and the Palestinian Territories.
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12:00–12:30Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance.
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12:30–12:571/6. Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical review of the week's news.
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12:57–13:00The latest weather forecast.
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13:00–13:10The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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13:10–14:00Eddie Mair chairs the topical debate from Tidworth in Wiltshire.
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14:00–14:30Eddie Mair takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions?
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14:30–15:30Michael Dobbs' play follows Margaret Thatcher's last traumatic days in power.
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15:30–16:00Justin Adams on the Egyptian singer who dominated Middle Eastern culture and politics.
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16:00–16:56Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey.
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16:56–17:00Czech PM Ladislav Adamec formally announces the end of the communists' monopoly on power.
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17:00–17:30Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn Quinn, plus sports headlines.
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17:30–17:54The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate.
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17:54–17:57The latest shipping forecast.
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17:57–18:00The latest weather forecast.
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18:00–18:15The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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18:15–19:00Clive Anderson is joined by Dara O'Briain, Adrian Noble and Ruth Wilson.
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19:00–19:154/8. By Glyn Maxwell. Two nurses tend to a man who has been in a coma for over 20 years.
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19:15–20:00Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Kathryn Hughes, Sir Christopher Frayling and Danny Robins.
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20:00–21:00Richard Weight reassesses Kenneth Clark and his landmark BBC TV series, Civilisation.
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21:00–22:002/2. John Franklin, a wounded British airman, is finally fit and plans his escape from France.
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22:00–22:15The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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22:15–23:00With Michael Portillo, Matthew Taylor, Melanie Phillips and Clifford Longley.
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23:00–23:30Russell Davies chairs the seventh heat of the perennial general knowledge contest.
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23:30–00:003/6. Robert Frost's Mending Wall gave us the epigram 'good fences make good neighbours'.
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00:00–00:30The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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00:30–00:484/5. Robert Shearman's persuasive fantasy depicts the devil in the guise of a romantic novelist (R)
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00:48–01:00The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00–05:20BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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