| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Raoul Moat - the media story, and prostitutes in Calcutta. 00:45The bells of St Andrew's Church, Hurstbourne Priors, Hampshire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5In Bogota, Pico Iyer first reveals how his travels are shaped by writer Graham Greene. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Pico recalls schooldays in Oxford and then a remarkable decision to commute to California. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Pico hits the streets of Havana, and, of course, Graham Greene is with him once more. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00Comprehensive coverage of the council and mayoral election results.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5On the roads of Bogota an incident puts Iyer face to face with a Greene-like character. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30By Diana Hendry. A woman fails to notice that her lover is not all that he seems.(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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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Alison Jack. 05:45Charlotte Smith hears from dairy farmers facing an eight per cent cut in their pay. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Alison Jack. 05:45Caz Graham looks at the tradition of farming common land.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Alison Jack. 05:45GM scientists plead with protestors who have pledged to destroy vital trial crops.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Alison Jack. 05:45A new vaccine for Foot and Mouth could prevent a repeat of the disasters of 2001.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Alison Jack. 05:45Farming seaweed - the solution to feeding a growing world population?
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer with the Rt Rev Chris Edmondson, Bishop of Bolton. 05:45Another Country: A Briton who went French to vote there. Danny Baker reads Your News.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Mary's Church, Andover, Hampshire. 05:45Multi-lingual, intelligent and a surprise choice for the biggest job in sport, Roy Hodgson
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| 06:00 | 06:00Debating the murder of Khalil Dale, wind farm planning and Roy Hodgson for England manager
| 06:00Debating UK borders, Pirate Bay, local elections and John Peel's record collection.
| 06:00Debating GM crops, MP hacking report, waste water and WWI memorabilia.
| 06:00Evan Davis interviews Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King after his Today lecture.
| 06:00Reaction to the local election results from the Conservatives, Labour and the Lib Dems.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Richard Uridge discovers the Northamptonshire countryside around Rockingham Forest. 06:30Is there a future for common land? Sarah Swadling explores an ancient grazing tradition. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully assesses Henry David Thoreau's influence, 150 years after his death. 06:35Joanna Pinnock discovers the extraordinary masquerade of the large bee-fly. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Boris Johnson on his London mayoral victory, plus John Humphrys on the situation in Greece
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Samira Ahmed. 07:55Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Bag Books. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From Highfields Church, Cardiff. Preacher: Rev Peter Baker. Musical Director: Philip Holt. 08:50Will Self explores Lords reform and the narrowing of the range of British political choice
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr on creativity with Jonah Lehrer, Scanner, Rachel O'Reilly and Joanna Kavenna. 09:451/5In Bogota, Pico Iyer first reveals how his travels are shaped by writer Graham Greene.
| 09:002/2Peter White catches up with the youngsters who helped secure the 2012 Olympics for London. 09:30Evan Davis talks to Penny, who for decades concealed her true self.(R) 09:452/5Pico recalls schooldays in Oxford and then a remarkable decision to commute to California.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets musical star Maria Friedman and documentary maker Michael Cockerell. 09:453/5Pico hits the streets of Havana, and, of course, Graham Greene is with him once more.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Voltaire's satirical novel Candide, published in 1759. 09:454/5How does Graham Greene figure when the Iyer family home goes up in flames one year?
| 09:00Sue MacGregor reunites five people involved in the British handover of Hong Kong in 1997. 09:455/5On the roads of Bogota an incident puts Iyer face to face with a Greene-like character.
| 09:00Sian Williams and Richard Coles, with David Cassidy and Cilla Black's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Dolls' house restoration, Prof Robert Winston, bisexuality, and being a supportive friend. 10:451/5Anthropologist Domenica MacDonald observes the lives of her neighbours.
| 10:00Gillian Gilbert; wedding dressing; recovering from anorexia. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:452/5Bruce has his eye on Pat as his new tenant, and five-year-old Bertie has issues.
| 10:00Obesity and discrimination, cancer and children, forced marriage. With Jenni Murray. 10:453/5Pat is the centre of attention at home and work, but there could be tears before bedtime.
| 10:00Diana Athill on care homes, what is 'normal' body size, and a Hungarian home birth expert. 10:454/5Pat is on a desperate search for a lost masterpiece, and Dr Fairbairn just needs peace.
| 10:00Pat Phoenix, scrapbooking, writer Shelagh Stephenson and Italian widows. With Jenni Murray 10:455/5Pat's future is in the hands of a certain famous author, and can Matthew find hidden gold?
| 10:30Yasmeen Khan explores the bling-filled world of the British Asian wedding.
| 10:00Usha is frustrated and Brian's thinking positive.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Claudia Hammond examines the legacy the psychologist who launched the cognitive revolution 11:304/6Harvey's rather difficult mum is having a tough time. What can his family do to help?
| 11:00Chris Sperring searches for sika deer and how they're fitting into the Dorset countryside. 11:30Cerys Matthews celebrates one of her musical heroines, gospel singer Mahalia Jackson.
| 11:00Alan Dein captures the dramas of families moving into a new Peterborough housing estate. 11:304/4A queue for the loo and a rogue back rub threaten to blow up the colony.
| 11:00A profile of the People's Funeral Service in Honduras, the most murderous nation on earth. 11:30Mukti Jain Campion reports on the changing reading habits of India's growing middle class.
| 11:00Comedian Dave Brown, member of the Mighty Boosh, on the development of the Highway Code. 11:304/6Milton gets tangled up in a close-fitting body suit and the population of Holland.(R)
| 11:00Sue Cameron of The Daily Telegraph looks behind the scenes at Westminster this week. 11:30Correspondents with stories from Greece, Italy, Ireland, Kenya and the Russian Arctic.
| 11:15Musician and comedian Tim Minchin is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Getting to grips with pricey food, plus have we fallen out of love with renewable energy? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer phone-in with Julian Worricker. Do we overreact about children and technology? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer affairs with Shari Vahl. Government to act on whiplash pay outs. 12:30John Waite investigates radioactive waste buried and forgotten by the Ministry of Defence. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Kevin McCloud on eco-housing, private company profits first in the NHS, and clothes banks. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Digital wallets, dark tourism, and tackling insurance fraud. With Peter White. 12:52Tony and Katherine from the Lincolnshire Wolds debate whether or not it's time to retire. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Energy bills, HMRC hassles, benefit confusion, Arch Cru compensation and faster payments. 12:305/9Jeremy Hardy, Phill Jupitus and Hugo Rifkind join Sandi Toksvig to review the week's news. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:005/6With panellists Danielle Ward, Henning Wehn, Tom Wrigglesworth and John Finnemore. 12:32Nutritious, tasty but overlooked, Sheila Dillon asks if seaweed is the food of the future? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:4511/20Tabloid history of Shakespeare's England via contemporary accounts of royal murder plots.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:4512/20Neil MacGregor on how a delicate glass goblet reveals the twin seductions of Venice.
| 13:00Analysis of national and international news, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:4513/20Sunken gold from West Africa sheds light on England's complex relationship with the Moors.
| 13:00Analysis of international news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:4514/20A pedlar's trunk reveals deception and religion, cross-dressing and travelling salesmen.
| 13:00National and international news and analysis, presented by Martha Kearney and Shaun Ley. 13:4515/20The problems in creating a Great Britain are encapsulated in designs for a common flag.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents a panel discussion of news and politics from St Albans.
| 13:00Shaun Ley asks if the political mood is shifting away from the need for austerity measures 13:30Robin Denselow examines the growing influence of the Mexican drug ballad, or narcocorrido.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Carl pays a surprise visit. 14:15How British PoWs survived incarceration in German camps by studying free-flying birds.
| 14:00Jennifer gets her hopes up. 14:15Hugh Costello's play explores how abuse was allegedly covered up by the Catholic church.(R)
| 14:00Brian's thinking positive. 14:15By Harriet O'Carroll. Sr MaryJo returns to Ireland after years in Uganda as a missionary.(R)
| 14:15Comedy drama by Emily Steel. Dee has issues with food and it is complicating her life.
| 14:00Jim is sceptical, and Amy is making plans. 14:15By Katie Hims. Betsy goes on a journey through her tragic past. Starring Maxine Peake.
| 14:00Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Shell-shocked WW1 survivor Tom Birkin finds welcome recovery in a remote Yorkshire village(R)
| 14:00A drought-themed postbag edition, chaired by Peter Gibbs. 14:45Fi Glover presents encounters from Manchester, London and Liverpool.
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| 15:00 | 15:002/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz. 15:30Sheila Dillon looks at changes to egg supplies following the EU's ban on battery cages.
| 15:00Helen Castor presents the popular history magazine. In this edition, the origin of May Day 15:30Could a new generation of genetically-modified crops attract the public? Tom Heap reports
| 15:30Could future health reforms affect mental health services? The psychology of online dating
| 15:00Richard Uridge discovers the Northamptonshire countryside around Rockingham Forest. 15:27Jim Carter presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Starfish Greathearts Foundation. 15:30Mariella Frostrup talks to comedian Russell Kane about his debut novel The Humorist.
| 15:00A drought-themed postbag edition, chaired by Peter Gibbs. 15:452/3Attracted to Karlssen's brilliance, Chapman is soon on the receiving end of his ambition.
| 15:30Cerys Matthews celebrates one of her musical heroines, gospel singer Mahalia Jackson.
| 15:001/2Nick Carraway arrives in wealthy Long Island.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Alistair Sooke traces the history of the ampersand, the character representing 'and'. 16:30In a new series, Aleks Krotoski takes a journey through the digital world.
| 16:00Michael Rosen investigates the world of interpreting. 16:30Alexei Sayle explains why scholar and literary critic Edward Said inspired him.
| 16:00Transgender body modifications and latent nationalism, subjects of two prize-winning books 16:30The future of BSkyB with or without Rupert Murdoch. Presented by Steve Hewlett.
| 16:00Fifty years on, Sir Tom Courtenay looks back at The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner 16:30Science magazine programme.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Khalil Dale, Leila Berg, Tomas Borge, Terry Spinks, Rev Ray Davey. 16:30Austerity, border queues and bank holidays. With Tim Harford. 16:55Flavia can think of no better way for her daughter Afshan to live than to get married.
| 16:00Highlights from the Woman's Hour week. Presented by Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Ross Raisin and James Naughtie discuss Ross' debut novel, God's Own Country. 16:30Paul Farley seeks out the famous visitor who interrupted Coleridge's writing of Kubla Khan
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair presents full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00The day's top news stories, with sports headlines. 17:30Another Country: A Briton who went French to vote there. Danny Baker reads Your News. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00John Simpson on reporting from danger zones and the cost of getting the story home. 17:40Multi-lingual, intelligent and a surprise choice for the biggest job in sport, Roy Hodgson 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6With panellists Danielle Ward, Henning Wehn, Tom Wrigglesworth and John Finnemore.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Ed lends some authentic 'oldenspeak' to the modern gaming fraternity.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Antonio Soprano ('the famous baritone') and his henchmen invade Woodstock.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/4Tom asks why the insurance industry is so confusing?
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/9Jeremy Hardy, Phill Jupitus and Hugo Rifkind join Sandi Toksvig to review the week's news.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson chats to Richard Wilson and Alison Steadman. With music from Django Django.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Caz Graham makes her selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Jennifer gets her hopes up. 19:15Leonardo Da Vinci reviewed, violinist Maxim Vengerov interviewed, American Pie reheated. 19:4511/20Tabloid history of Shakespeare's England via contemporary accounts of royal murder plots.
| 19:00Brian's thinking positive. 19:15John Wilson meets Mark Haddon, plus news of the shortlist for the Turner Prize. 19:4512/20Neil MacGregor on how a delicate glass goblet reveals the twin seductions of Venice.
| 19:15John Wilson speaks to actor Jason Isaacs and the South Sudan Theatre Company. 19:4513/20Sunken gold from West Africa sheds light on England's complex relationship with the Moors.
| 19:00Jim is sceptical, and Amy is making plans. 19:15The creator of a controversial play about Apple, plus children's writer Shirley Hughes. 19:4514/20A pedlar's trunk reveals deception and religion, cross-dressing and travelling salesmen.
| 19:00Ian provides reassurance and Amy jumps the gun. 19:15Kirsty Lang with poet Paul Durcan, comic Isy Suttie; Michael Craig-Martin on Bauhaus art. 19:4515/20The problems in creating a Great Britain are encapsulated in designs for a common flag.
| 19:00Multi-lingual, intelligent and a surprise choice for the biggest job in sport, Roy Hodgson 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:00Usha puts her foot in it. Meanwhile Alice has to change her plans. 19:15Coverage of the results of the French presidential election. Presented by Ed Stourton.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Millie died at 22 months. Her 'little life' is celebrated, its ongoing impact considered. 20:30Angus Crawford joins Bangladeshis working to halt the illegal practice of child brides.
| 20:00John Simpson on reporting from danger zones and the cost of getting the story home. 20:40News of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, and a special school taster.
| 20:001/3Journalists debate with Andrew Rawnsley what leading articles about the news should say. 20:45Clare Melford explains what she believes business leaders can learn from Buddhism.
| 20:00Phil Kemp asks if banks are facing another mis-selling scandal with 'interest rate swaps'. 20:30A new approach to the business of innovation. Peter Day reports.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents a panel discussion of news and politics from St Albans. 20:50Will Self explores Lords reform and the narrowing of the range of British political choice
| 20:00Michael Portillo assesses the lasting impact of the Beeching cuts on Britain's railways.
| 20:00Austerity, border queues and bank holidays. With Tim Harford. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Khalil Dale, Leila Berg, Tomas Borge, Terry Spinks, Rev Ray Davey.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Science magazine programme. 21:30Andrew Marr on creativity with Jonah Lehrer, Scanner, Rachel O'Reilly and Joanna Kavenna.
| 21:00Could future health reforms affect mental health services? The psychology of online dating 21:302/2Peter White catches up with the youngsters who helped secure the 2012 Olympics for London.
| 21:00The Bank of England Governor, Sir Mervyn King, delivers the second Today Programme Lecture 21:451/5Why do we sleep, and why do many of us find crossing the threshold of sleep so difficult?(R)
| 21:00Chris Sperring searches for sika deer and how they're fitting into the Dorset countryside. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Voltaire's satirical novel Candide, published in 1759.
| 21:00Contemporary drama exploring the 'what if' scenario of a police strike.(R) 21:45Lucy Kellaway explores the complexities of personal wealth with the super rich.(R)
| 21:002/2Uncle Fred is still masquerading as a brain doctor and Lord Emsworth's prize pig is stolen
| 21:00Energy bills, HMRC hassles, benefit confusion, Arch Cru compensation and faster payments. 21:26Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Bag Books. 21:30A new approach to the business of innovation. Peter Day reports.
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| 22:00 | 22:00As Spain falls into double dip recession, is discontent with austerity growing in Europe? 22:451/5Reverend Micah Balwhidder's appointment in 1760 tears the community apart.
| 22:00Robin Lustig presents national and international news and analysis. 22:452/5Balwhidder remembers how news of trouble in the Americas reached Dalmailing in 1769.
| 22:00Robin Lustig presents national and international news and analysis. 22:453/5It is 1776, and change is in the air as the outside world intrudes upon rural Dalmailing.
| 22:00Robin Lustig presents national and international news and analysis. 22:454/5Incomers from America bring changes to the sleepy parish of Dalmailing.
| 22:00The day after the UK's local elections, where do the main parties stand? With Ritula Shah. 22:455/5Balwhidder remembers the loss of a dear friend and the shocking events at the cotton mill.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Clare Melford explains what she believes business leaders can learn from Buddhism. 22:301/3The Rt Rev James Jones visits Liverpool, High Down and Forest Bank prisons.(R)
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn talks to Liberal Democrat MP Jo Swinson about tensions in the coalition. 22:45George Parker of the Financial Times analyses how the newspapers are covering the stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00What's it like to lose the language spoken by your parents? Michael Rosen finds out. 23:30Sean Curran reports on events at Westminster.
| 23:001/3The Periwinkle and the Hermit Crab reveal the truth about life between the tides. 23:30Moves to reshape the House of Lords come under attack. Susan Hulme reports.
| 23:005/6Nigel finds himself agreeing to join an unusual Simon and Garfunkel tribute act. 23:155/6A divorce has left outdoors pursuit expert Kenny with a touch of agoraphobia.(R) 23:301/3Starting in London, Des Lynam and Christopher Matthew visit sporting venues to reminisce.(R)
| 23:00Pink Floyd members explore the tragic mental breakdown of former front man Syd Barrett.(R) 23:303/3Des Lynam and Christopher Matthew head to Eastbourne on their tour of sporting venues.(R)
| 23:00Alexei Sayle explains why scholar and literary critic Edward Said inspired him. 23:272/3Des Lynam and Christopher Matthew visit the West Sussex Riding Club.(R) 23:55Brother and sister, priest and nun, Mary and Peter discuss their religious vocations.
| 23:002/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz. 23:30Paul Farley explores the American poet Elizabeth Bishop's extraordinary years in Brazil.
| 23:00Fifty years on, Sir Tom Courtenay looks back at The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner 23:30Mark Tully assesses Henry David Thoreau's influence, 150 years after his death.
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