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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00:30–00:483/5. Frances and her mother take to the road in her temperamental old banger.
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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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05:20–05:30The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30–05:43News from BBC Radio 4.
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05:43–05:45Daily prayer and reflection with the Very Rev John Cairns.
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05:45–06:00The price of food could quadruple in the next 20 years according to one analyst.
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06:00–09:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
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09:00–09:45Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pessimistic philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer.
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09:45–10:004/5. Frances marvels at Arthur Miller's new wife, Marilyn Monroe.
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10:00–11:00Jenni Murray has a special programme on women's relationship with clothes.
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11:00–11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
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11:30–12:001/2. Reece Shearsmith examines some classic scary moments from British radio and television.
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12:00–12:57
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12:57–13:00The latest weather forecast.
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13:00–13:30National and international news with Martha Kearney.
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13:30–14:00Tom Heap on the prospects for the United Nations' crucial climate change conference.
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14:00–14:15Brian and Jennifer fear the worst.
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14:15–15:002/3. Detective Inspector Julie Hill is sent to Tokyo to investigate Daisy's disappearance. (R)
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15:00–15:276/6. Clare Balding walks the final stage of St Oswald's Way.
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15:27–15:30
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15:30–15:453/3. When William is interrupted by an irate woman, he underestimates her capacity for revenge.
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15:45–16:0024/30. Two 18th-century marriages and how the husbands prepared new houses for their bride.
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16:00–16:30Five more leading novelists nominate books they think have been unfairly neglected.
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16:30–16:56Quentin Cooper explores mundane science fiction, where imagination meets reality.
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16:56–17:00Walter Sisulu addresses 70,000 people at the biggest ever ANC rally.
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17:00–18:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
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18:00–18:30
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18:30–19:001/6. Pip Bin's happiness is shattered once again.
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19:00–19:15The Grundys make themselves at home.
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19:15–19:45A report on the Ashmolean Museum's re-opening, after a multi-million pound redevelopment.
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19:45–20:009/10. Paddy goes into hiding when she starts to believe she could be the killer's next victim.
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20:00–20:30Clive Coleman talks to the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge.
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20:30–21:00Evan Davis and guests discuss those silly bits of paper and metal we call money.
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21:00–21:30Geoff Watts finds out how scientists investigate nuclear test ban treaty violations.
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21:30–21:58Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pessimistic philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer.
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21:58–22:00Weather information.
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22:00–22:45National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig.
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22:45–23:004/10. Rob witnesses a stabbing on the local estate.
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23:00–23:303/6. An old school friend rocks Dave's world, while Mike gets involved in a gay stag night.
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23:30–00:00News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
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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. Frances marvels at Arthur Miller's new wife, Marilyn Monroe.
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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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