The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 0604 0600 The latest weather forecast. 0607 0604 Clare Balding explores the joys of group walking. 6/6: Clare sets off from Hathersage in the Peak District with members of the Sheffield Dog Walking Group. 0630 0607 With plans for a dairy farm with 8,000 cows, Charlotte Smith asks whether intensive farming is having an impact on animal welfare. 0657 0630 The latest weather forecast. 0700 0657 With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports Desk at 7.25am, 8.25am; Weather at 7.57am; Thought for the Day at 7.48am; Yesterday in Parliament at 7.20am. 0900 0700 Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues that matter to them. Fi Glover is joined by novelist and screenwriter David Nicholls. With poetry from Aoife Mannix. 1000 0900 Sandi Toksvig explores the relationship between landscape and writing in Somerset and the Scottish Highlands and travels along the Suez Canal. 1030 1000 John Wilson tells the story of the unexpected 1964 encounter between The Beatles and Cassius Clay - a meeting which created a new template for global celebrity. 1100 1030 A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Peter Riddell. 1130 1100 BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. 1200 1130 Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 1230 1200 Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical review of the week's news, with help from Jon Holmes, Laura Shavin, Mitch Benn and special guest. 1257 1230 The latest weather forecast. 1300 1257 The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 1310 1300 Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Oxford. The panel includes Lord Adonis, Ann Widdecombe MP, David Laws MP and John Micklethwait. 1400 1310 Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls and emails in response to this week's edition of Any Questions? Call 03700 100 444 [calls cost no more than to 01, 02 landline numbers]. 1430 1400 ...Medium. Confessions of a Medium: Dark comedy by AL Kennedy, set in 1870s London. In search of a higher meaning to life, Mr Parker encounters Mr Thomson, a charming and mesmerising medium. 1530 1430 Exploring the emotional appeal of famous pieces of music. 3/5: Mezzo soprano Sarah Connolly talks about why she finds Dido's Lament from Purcell's Dido and Aeneas so extraordinary. 1600 1530 With Jane Garvey. Including Helen Skelton on kayaking up the Amazon; Lynda Bellingham on being adopted; should the burka be banned? 1700 1600 Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Ritula Shah, plus the sports headlines. 1730 1700 Evan Davis is joined by a panel of top executives from the travel industry to discuss how they go about making cuts in difficult times and dealing with nightmare customers. 1754 1730 The latest shipping forecast. 1757 1754 The latest weather forecast. 1800 1757 The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 1815 1800 Clive Anderson is joined by Sir Max Hastings, Stephen Clarke, Mike Batt, Arthur Smith and Guy Browning. With comedy from Keith Farnan and music from Beach House and Alberta Cross. 1900 1815 James Silver profiles Baroness Catherine Ashton, the EU's first High Representative for Foreign Affairs, who has been in the headlines over her plans for an EU diplomatic service. 1915 1900 Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week's cultural highlights. 2000 1915 Leaders Under The Lights Reeta Chakrabarti unearths some memorable moments in presidential TV debates from the archives and asks what Britain's party leaders can learn from them. 2100 2000 Of Mice and Men Dramatisation of John Steinbeck's 1937 novel about migrant workers in 1930s California whose dream of one day owning a place of their own is tragically destroyed. 2200 2100 The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather. 2215 2200 Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions behind the week's news. Melanie Philips, Michael Portillo, Kenan Malik and Matthew Taylor cross-examine witnesses. 2300 2215 Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange of quotations and anecdotes. 5/6: With David Nobbs, Justin Webb, Marcel Berlins and Naomi Gryn. 2330 2300 Roger McGough introduces listeners' requests. 0000 2330 The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather. 0030 0000 Series of six talks by eminent thinkers. 3/6: Maajid Nawaz, co-director of the Quilliam Foundation, reflects on pluralism in society. 0048 0030 The latest shipping forecast. 0100 0048 BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. 0520 0100 The latest shipping forecast. 0530 0520 The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 0543 0530 The sound of bells from the church of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate in London. 0545 0543 James Silver profiles Baroness Catherine Ashton, the EU's first High Representative for Foreign Affairs, who has been in the headlines over her plans for an EU diplomatic service. 0600 0545