| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the fortunes of Hebden Bridge. Also, a social history of neighbours 00:45The bells of St George's Church, Poynton, Cheshire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Mark Wallington embarks on a one-man ukulele tour of Great Britain. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Mark lays to rest the ghost of missing a 1970s festival as he reaches the Isle of Wight. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5In Bangor, Mark is asked to fill for half an hour, as the belly dancer hasn't turned up. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5It's Edinburgh Festival time, and Mark Wallington is awarded the title Uke of Edinburgh. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5His tour nearing its end, Mark strolls along Balnakeil Bay and reflects on his journey. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3On his retirement day, Detective Jensen gets a curious new lead on an long-unsolved case.(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 short reflection and prayer to begin the day with Andrea Rea. 05:45Anna Hill hears farmers are being put off building reservoirs, despite the drought. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer to begin the day with Andrea Rea. 05:45The controversial Severn barrage, which MP Peter Hain quit his job to support.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer to begin the day with Andrea Rea. 05:45Multi-million pound supermarket contracts bought with bribes of luxury holidays.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer to begin the day with Andrea Rea. 05:45Anna Hill talks to Farming Minister Jim Paice about China's growing market.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer to begin the day with Andrea Rea. 05:45How Ireland has cracked the Chinese market for dairy, pork, and seafood.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sister Gemma Simmonds. 05:45The programme that starts with its listeners.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Clement Danes, The Strand, London. 05:45With mixed news in its Annual Report, Channel 4's controller Jay Hunt is in the spotlight.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Debating Greek politics, Nato casualties in Libya and capitalism's future.
| 06:00With the Dalai Lama, debate on Franco-German relations, and special educational needs.
| 06:00Should Greece stay in the euro, should insults be illegal, and do you lack storage space?
| 06:00Vince Cable on Vauxhall jobs, Lord Lamont on the eurozone and Simon Cowell on The Voice.
| 06:00Debating Spain and the eurozone, parenting classes, and Sacha Baron Cohen out of character
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark is in Snowdonia to see if the walkers have enough navigation skills. 06:30Cashing in on China - how UK farmers could benefit from exporting to the East. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Poet Stewart Henderson celebrates true darkness, now absent from much of the modern world. 06:35Sarah Pitt visits the Usk Valley to see a population of lesser horseshoe bats. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00How best to resolve miscarriages of justice, plus the eurozone, and discrimination laws.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton. 07:55Chris Jones presents an appeal on behalf of the Multiple Sclerosis Trust. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From Methodist Central Hall, Westminster. Led by the Rev Tony Miles. 08:50Will Self ponders the future of Europe, as he stands by Berlin's Brandenburg gate.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Paul Preston, Maria Delgado, Daniel Hannan and Iain Begg. 09:451/5Mark Wallington embarks on a one-man ukulele tour of Great Britain.
| 09:00Frances Ashcroft on a lifetime spent studying the link between blood sugar and insulin. 09:30Fi Glover talks to the founders of the new tech companies in Silicon Roundabout, Hackney. 09:452/5Mark lays to rest the ghost of missing a 1970s festival as he reaches the Isle of Wight.
| 09:00Libby Purves is joined by journalist Angela Rippon, and photographer and filmmaker Jim Lee 09:453/5In Bangor, Mark is asked to fill for half an hour, as the belly dancer hasn't turned up.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Clausewitz's influential treatise On War. 09:454/5It's Edinburgh Festival time, and Mark Wallington is awarded the title Uke of Edinburgh.
| 09:00Kirsty Young interviews professor of psychiatry Baroness Sheila Hollins. 09:455/5His tour nearing its end, Mark strolls along Balnakeil Bay and reflects on his journey.
| 09:00Sian Williams and Richard Coles with chef Angela Hartnett.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Actress Chloe Sevigny, novelist Michele Roberts, and entrepreneur Liz Earle. 10:451/5Sam burns Elizabeth's love letters and faces a writ against him on false charges.
| 10:00Calmer parenting, 'punishment shootings', and osteoarthritis. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:452/5Sam goes to see an autopsy, while Elizabeth begins dancing lessons with Mr Pembleton.
| 10:00Susie Wolff, House of Lords reform, women and autism, Cook the Perfect...with Rowley Leigh 10:453/5Sam's jealousy of Elizabeth's dancing tutor, Mr Pembleton, begins to run out of control.
| 10:00Jenni Murray presents a live broadcast from the Swedish capital, Stockholm. 10:454/5Sam is disappointed to discover the truth behind Lord Sandwich's strange behaviour.
| 10:00The Icelandic MP who is suing the US government. Presented by Jenni Murray. 10:455/5Sam is anxious about confronting his benefactor Lord Sandwich.
| 10:30How Tarzan has enjoyed 100 years swinging through the jungle of popular culture.(R)
| 10:00Alan ministers to one of his flock and Peggy speaks her mind.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Hayden Lorimer explores the double life of Walter Poucher: photographer and perfumer. 11:306/6Harvey is excited as wedding bells are in the air for his daughter, Charlie.
| 11:001/3Adam Rutherford asks why almost all of life became extinct 250 million years ago. 11:301/3Frances Fyfield explores the manuscript of Britten's Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra.
| 11:00Alan Dein is in Portrush in Northern Ireland as the town tidies up for the Irish Open. 11:302/4Richard Wilson unveils his radiography - revealing, surprising and largely untrue.
| 11:00Mukul Devichand tells the stories of Shanghai's rapidly ageing population. 11:301/3Dexys' brave and very different follow-up to their hugely successful album, Too-Rye-Ay.
| 11:00Paul Bayley discovers forgotten examples of important twentieth century art in churches. 11:306/6Milton proves that you don't need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.(R)
| 11:00Andrew Pierce of the Daily Mail looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Kate Adie gathers correspondents' stories from Ankara, Luxor, Dubai, New York and China.
| 11:15Writer and historian Peter Ackroyd is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Too small and too few? School dinner portion sizes and part-time fire fighters. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer call-in with Julian Worricker, discussing the need for more UK foster carers. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Winifred Robinson asks when is a vehicle fault not a safety issue? 12:30John Waite investigates the two billion pounds of unpaid court fines. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Winifred Robinson explores how some dentists are working without proper insurance. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Tourism in Greece, avoiding Olympic white elephants and the changing meat we eat. 12:52Presented by Fi Glover. Capturing the nation in conversation. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00How the euro crisis is affecting the UK. Personal finance news with Paul Lewis. 12:307/9Jeremy Hardy, Susan Calman, Bob Mills and Matt Forde join Sandi Toksvig. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:001/12Nicholas Parsons chairs the game where no hesitation repetition or deviation is allowed. 12:32Tim Hayward on how the public and chefs fell back in love with the humble British pie. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:451/5Ivan Hewett explores the key of B minor with Simon Halsey.
| 13:00National and international news and analysis with Martha Kearney. 13:452/5Ivan Hewett explores the key of G minor with Cliff Eisen.
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:453/5Ivan Hewett explores the key of E major with Professor Paul Robertson.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. Email wato@bbc.co.uk or twitter #wato 13:454/5Ivan Hewett explores the key of F minor with Terence Charlston.
| 13:00Could Greece could make an orderly exit from the Euro? With James Robbins. 13:455/5Ivan Hewett explores the key of C minor with Peter Donohoe.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a discussion of news and politics from Hexham, Northumberland.
| 13:00James Robbins presents the latest national and international news. 13:30Peter and Dan Snow on how the Royal Flying Corps went from balloons to long-range bombers.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Alan ministers to one of his flock. 14:151/3Three lives on three continents connected by one event...(R)
| 14:00There's a sporting theme at The Bull. 14:152/3Three lives on three continents connected by one event.(R)
| 14:00Lynda has high expectations. 14:153/3Vengeance is on Ben's mind, Prem is drawn into danger, and Jim's life takes a nose dive.(R)
| 14:00Amy won't concede. Meanwhile Josh gets teased. 14:15Emma uses a powerful, illegal device to try to control her disturbing nightmares.
| 14:00Joe is keen to solve a mystery. 14:15Alastair Jessiman's psychic detective discovers a shocking secret about his own past.
| 14:00Topics include the Eurozone crisis, and can the state teach parenting? 14:30Unity is pursuing a title along with seven Gascoyne family members.
| 14:00Bunny Guinness, Chris Beardshaw and Bob Flowerdew answer gardening questions in Thornbury. 14:45Fi Glover presents encounters from Merseyside, Lincolnshire and Humberside.
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| 15:00 | 15:004/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz. 15:30What is the future for one of the world's most successful and controversial crops, soya?
| 15:00Helen Castor on the forgotten war of 1812, West Indian cricket and the history of Tamworth 15:30Drought in the south but plenty of water elsewhere. Why not move it? Tom Heap investigates
| 15:30Money and motivation, street therapy and reforming the law on insanity.
| 15:00Helen Mark is in Snowdonia to see if the walkers have enough navigation skills. 15:27Tommy Walsh presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Tools with a Mission. 15:30Jackie Kay on her new collection of short stories, Reality, Reality.
| 15:00Bunny Guinness, Chris Beardshaw and Bob Flowerdew answer gardening questions in Thornbury. 15:451/3A luminious observation of fateful love written by Neil M Gunn, first published in 1928.
| 15:301/3Frances Fyfield explores the manuscript of Britten's Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra.
| 15:001/2A single June day, Clarissa Dalloway prepares for an important party
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| 16:00 | 16:00Danish poet Pejk Malinovski stumbles upon a small town in Texas called Poetry. 16:30What is the biggest threat to privacy: governments, corporate entities or our friends?
| 16:00Old BBC programmes are chopped up and recycled into something new(R) 16:30Diana Athill joins Matthew Parris to explore the life of Spanish painter Goya.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor investigates the pain of love from a sociological perspective. 16:30Steve Hewlett on the fast-changing media world with Channel 4 chief exec David Abraham.
| 16:00Francine Stock joins Martin Scorsese to celebrate The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. 16:30Quentin Cooper investigates the news in science and science in the news.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Horst Faas, Carlos Fuentes and Donna Summer 16:30Troubled families, nursing numbers and the mathematical consequences of unneutered cats. 16:55Presented by Fi Glover. Capturing the nation in conversation.
| 16:00Is Sweden really an egalitarian, feminist utopia? Presented by Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup with the best new fiction and non-fiction, unearthing lost classics. 16:30Roger McGough with poetry requests read by Sean Gleeson, Barbara Barnes and Samuel West.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Joanna Carr and Eddie Mair present full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Ritula Shah presents the day's top news stories, with sports headlines. 17:30The programme that starts with its listeners. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00David Aaronovitch investigates 'declinism' - the idea that human society is in decline. 17:40With mixed news in its Annual Report, Channel 4's controller Jay Hunt is in the spotlight. 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. 18:301/12Nicholas Parsons chairs the game where no hesitation repetition or deviation is allowed.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6When MJN flies near the North Pole, the hunt is on for polar bears and a rogue lemon.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Lee Mack, Susan Calman and Daniel Maier compete to supply the best wrong answers.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/4Tom asks Ken Clarke MP if compensation culture is opposed to the theory of evolution.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:307/9Jeremy Hardy, Susan Calman, Bob Mills and Matt Forde join Sandi Toksvig.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Neil Stuke, Jodie Whittaker, Michael Wood and Jay Rayner.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Ernie Rea makes his selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00There's a sporting theme at The Bull. 19:15Danny DeVito and Richard Griffiths, and the shortlist for the Art Fund Prize for museums. 19:451/5Sam burns Elizabeth's love letters and faces a writ against him on false charges.
| 19:00Lynda has high expectations. 19:15Dexys Midnight Runners return, ballgowns at the V&A, and Brice Marden. With John Wilson. 19:452/5Sam goes to see an autopsy, while Elizabeth begins dancing lessons with Mr Pembleton.
| 19:00Amy won't concede. Meanwhile Josh gets teased. 19:15Shameless creator Paul Abbott on his new TV drama; Sacha Baron Cohen in The Dictator. 19:453/5Sam's jealousy of Elizabeth's dancing tutor, Mr Pembleton, begins to run out of control.
| 19:00Joe is keen to solve a mystery. 19:15Omid Djalili in a new staging of What yhe Butler Saw; Julie Delpy's 2 Days in New York. 19:454/5Sam is disappointed to discover the truth behind Lord Sandwich's strange behaviour.
| 19:00Peggy speaks her mind and David gets an unexpected call. 19:15Rolf Harris on his art; acting drunk on stage; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau remembered. 19:455/5Sam is anxious about confronting his benefactor Lord Sandwich.
| 19:00With mixed news in its Annual Report, Channel 4's controller Jay Hunt is in the spotlight. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests with sharp, critical discussion of the week's cultural events.
| 19:00Bert plans a celebration. Meanwhile Tony takes everyone by surprise. 19:152/4Rory Bremner hosts the topical satire show. 19:452/3Moonlighting postman Brian Larsen finds something creepy in an old lady's front garden.
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| 20:00 | 20:001/2Series following a new approach tried as an alternative to custody for child offenders. 20:30Lucy Ash visits Russia's Arctic where reindeer herders and gas companies compete for land.
| 20:00David Aaronovitch investigates 'declinism' - the idea that human society is in decline. 20:40Peter White talks to Prof Andrew Lotery about the interim results of the IVAN trial.
| 20:003/3Journalists debate with Andrew Rawnsley what leading articles about the news should say. 20:45Martin Cassini argues that the UK system for managing traffic needs radical reform.
| 20:00From St Sepulchre's Church London, featuring music by John Rutter and Imogen Holst.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a discussion of news and politics from Hexham, Northumberland. 20:50Will Self ponders the future of Europe, as he stands by Berlin's Brandenburg gate.
| 20:00Louisa Foxe reveals the changing British attitude towards the expression of emotion.
| 20:00Troubled families, nursing numbers and the mathematical consequences of unneutered cats. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Horst Faas, Carlos Fuentes and Donna Summer
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper investigates the news in science and science in the news. 21:30Andrew Marr with Paul Preston, Maria Delgado, Daniel Hannan and Iain Begg.
| 21:00Money and motivation, street therapy and reforming the law on insanity. 21:30Frances Ashcroft on a lifetime spent studying the link between blood sugar and insulin.
| 21:00Drought in the south but plenty of water elsewhere. Why not move it? Tom Heap investigates 21:30Libby Purves is joined by journalist Angela Rippon, and photographer and filmmaker Jim Lee
| 21:001/3Adam Rutherford asks why almost all of life became extinct 250 million years ago. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Clausewitz's influential treatise On War.
| 21:00By Doug Lucie. A normal sunny afternoon is shattered when a man is killed in the street.(R)
| 21:002/2Nick's neighbour, Gatsby, asks him to engineer a meeting with his lost love Daisy.
| 21:00How the euro crisis is affecting the UK. Personal finance news with Paul Lewis. 21:26Chris Jones presents an appeal on behalf of the Multiple Sclerosis Trust. 21:30Europe thinks the unthinkable - what happens if the eurozone splits.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Ritula Shah presents national and international news and analysis. 22:456/10Aaron remembers the first few tentative dates with his late wife, Dorothy.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:457/10Aaron is spending a lot of time thinking about the early days of his marriage.
| 22:00Robin Lustig presents national and international news and analysis. 22:458/10Aaron is distracted from his grief by some reassuringly ordinary visits from his dead wife
| 22:00Ritula Shah with a special programme on the future of higher education from King's College 22:459/10Moving and life-affirming story by Anne Tyler.
| 22:00With Robin Lustig. The new French president Francois Hollande meets his US counterpart. 22:4510/10After making his peace with Dorothy, Aaron's life takes an unexpected turn for the better.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Martin Cassini argues that the UK system for managing traffic needs radical reform. 22:303/3Going soft? The Bishop of Liverpool considers whether community sentencing works.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45John Kampfner of The Independent analyses how the papers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen tackles the language of chuggers and street vendors. Which words work best? 23:30The defence secretary announces he has closed the 'black hole' in the MOD's budget.
| 23:003/3The Limpet and the Lugworm reveal the funny side of life between the tides. 23:30William Hague says the euro crisis is 'the biggest single obstacle to economic recovery'.
| 23:001/4Are there civilisations on other planets, and, if so, why do they never call? 23:151/4Clever Peter with a pygmy hippo, a mystery voice, house eyes and the Pope. 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:002/4Rory Bremner hosts the topical satire show. 23:30Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Diana Athill joins Matthew Parris to explore the life of Spanish painter Goya. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports on events at Westminster. 23:55Presented by Fi Glover. Capturing the nation in conversation.
| 23:004/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz. 23:30First in a new series. Roger McGough is joined by Wendy Cope.
| 23:00Francine Stock joins Martin Scorsese to celebrate The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. 23:30Poet Stewart Henderson celebrates true darkness, now absent from much of the modern world.
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