Including Sports Desk 6.25am, 7.25am, 8.25am; Yesterday in Parliament 6.45am; Weather 6.05am, 6.57am, 7.57am; Thought for the Day 7.48am. 0900 0600 Jim Al-Khalili meets neuroscientist Barbara Sahakian. Neurotransmitters (chemicals in the brain) affect memory and understanding, but can new drugs make people smarter? 0930 0900 Mary Ann Sieghart talks to people who have killed another person. 1/3. Mary Ann talks to army medic Chantelle Taylor, the first British woman known to have killed in combat. 0945 0930 Midnight in Peking, by Paul French. A scandalous murder mystery haunts the last days of Old Peking. 2/5. The search for Pamela's killer intensifies. 1000 0945 Celebrating, informing and entertaining women. Presented by Jane Garvey. 1045 1000 Incredible Women Spoof documentary. 2/5. Jeremy Front spends 24 hours with Lucy Winterton, the rent-a-gob journalist famous for her anti-men puns. Featuring Jeremy Paxman. 1100 1045 Adam Rutherford investigates extinction. 3/3. A look at early human extinctions, from the longest-surviving human species, Homo erectus, to the smart but ill-fated Neanderthals. 1130 1100 Frances Fyfield on the stories behind the scores of famous musical pieces. 3/3. Frances tells the story of the discovery in Edinburgh of a lost Vivaldi flute concerto. 1200 1130 Consumer phone-in presented by Julian Worricker. Call 03700 100 444 [calls cost no more than to 01, 02 landline numbers]. 1257 1200 The latest weather forecast. 1300 1257 Shaun Ley presents the national and international news. Listeners can share their views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato. 1345 1300 ...Struggle. ...Epic Struggle: Richard Holloway explores doubt and faith. 2/20. In the Beginning: Richard asks when the religious mind was born and looks at one of religion's earliest doubters. 1400 1345 Usha seeks sanctuary and Tony has a surprise up his sleeve. 1415 1400 Homeowners Dark thriller by Kellie Smith. Excited to be moving into their first home, Kate and Mark are shocked to discover that the previous owners have neglected to move out. 1500 1415 Helen Castor is in the chair for the popular magazine programme in which listeners and leading researchers share their passion for the past. 1530 1500 No Country for Old Men Dominic Arkwright presents new writing and conversation from Guy Browning, Katharine Whitehorn and Tibor Fischer on the theme of No Country for Old Men. 1600 1530 Michael Morpurgo on the changing experience of learning to read over the last 70 years. 2/2. Beyond the Reading Wars: How past teaching methods have informed contemporary debate. 1630 1600 Deadly 60 presenter Steve Backshall and editor of Gransnet Geraldine Bedell discuss their favourite books with Harriet Gilbert. 1700 1630 Eddie Mair presents full coverage and analysis of the day's news. Including 5.57pm Weather. 1800 1700 The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 1830 1800 Sitcom about the ups and down of a tiny charter airline. 3/6. Newcastle: Love is in the air, but also in a small airport in Birmingham, and and Martin has to make some choices. 1900 1830 Vicky and Susan are in Jubilee mood but are there republican rumblings in Ambridge? 1915 1900 Presented by John Wilson, including an interview with musician and writer Patti Smith, whose new album features a song in memory of Amy Winehouse. 1945 1915 Incredible Women Spoof documentary. 2/5. Jeremy Front spends 24 hours with Lucy Winterton, the rent-a-gob journalist famous for her anti-men puns. Featuring Jeremy Paxman. 2000 1945 Yalta, Potsdam, Maastricht. Summit meetings between heads of state have shaped the world, but what happens behind the scenes when leaders meet? Jonathan Powell investigates. 2040 2000 Peter White with news and information for blind and partially sighted people. 2100 2040 Exploring the limits and potential of the human mind. Presented by Claudia Hammond. 2130 2100 Jim Al-Khalili meets neuroscientist Barbara Sahakian. Neurotransmitters (chemicals in the brain) affect memory and understanding, but can new drugs make people smarter? 2158 2130 The latest weather forecast. 2200 2158 Robin Lustig presents national and international news and analysis. 2245 2200 Jubilee, by Shelley Harris. 2/10. Satish remembers waking in Cherry Gardens on jubilee morning in 1977, and, as preparations for the party get underway, Mandy comes to see him. 2300 2245 Retired English master Dr Henry Pickerskill looks back on his favourite pupils. 2/4: Patrick Trumball was an otherworldly boy, with a strange fascination for epic forces of nature. 2330 2300 Philip Glassborow explores the origins of Maurice Sendak's classic children's book Where the Wild Things Are. Featuring readings by Henry Goodman and Jewish Klezmer music. 0000 2330 The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather. 0030 0000 Midnight in Peking, by Paul French. A scandalous murder mystery haunts the last days of Old Peking. 2/5. The search for Pamela's killer intensifies. 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 A reading and a reflection to start the day from Wales with singer and broadcaster Beverley Humphreys. 0545 0543 The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. Presented by Anna Hill. 0600 0545