| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15A special programme linked to a landmark study of 'kinship'. 00:45The bells of St Mary and St Chad, Brewood in Staffordshire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Italian journalist Roberto Saviano describes the effects of writing his Mafia exposé. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Roberto Saviano's tale of pianist Michel Petrucciani's music and indomitable spirit. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Roberto Saviano describes meeting his hero, football star Lionel Messi. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Italian journalist Roberto Saviano dines out with Joe Pistone, his American counterpart. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Saviano attends the Nobel Prize ceremony where he has been asked to speak. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3By Helen Dunmore. Meija meets an old friend, sparking long-lost childhood excitement.(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 Ranjit Singh Dhanda. 05:45Charlotte Smith opens nominations for BBC Farmer of the Year 2012. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Ranjit Singh Dhanda. 05:45The emotional and financial cost of TB in cattle. Plus, Slugs versus Spuds.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Ranjit Singh Dhanda. 05:45The weather causes the worst season in years for some British strawberry growers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Ranjit Singh Dhanda. 05:45Joanna Lumley campaigns for dairy cows in Europe.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Ranjit Singh Dhanda. 05:45Caz Graham spends a day at the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A short reflection and prayer with Father Eugene O'Neill. 05:45'My generation is spoilt and self-centred' - an exasperated volunteer carer speaks out.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Mary's Church in Dunsford, Devon. 05:45Computer games offer many opportunities for self-reflective thought, says Mitu Khandaker.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Debating the Greek election, children in care, mental health and playing music to cows.
| 06:00Are the Dilnot social care reforms in doubt? What should A-levels look like? And Yoko Ono.
| 06:00Executive pay, the latest from Egypt, plus the rise of the gay superhero.
| 06:00Doctors take industrial action, GCSE changes in the pipeline, and Liberia's entrepreneurs.
| 06:00with Clive James, debating Labour and immigration, HS2 and Liberian hip-hop.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding walks across a wild Dartmoor with former Royal Marine Pen Farthing. 06:30Cattle, badgers and possums - TB control at home and abroad. Country news with Anna Hill. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Felicity Finch reflects on the feeling of 'getting away with it'. 06:35The beef industry is booming - Caz Graham visits the Scottish Borders to find out why. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Floods are affecting many parts of the UK, plus immigration numbers and more from Liberia.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by William Crawley. 07:55Caseworker Santok Odedra appeals on behalf of Refugee Action. Donate online at BBC Radio 4 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service from Tabernacle Baptist Church in Cardiff. The preacher is the Rev Roy Jenkins. 08:50Adam Gopnik ruminates on how to handle a bad review.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with David Nutt, Mark Henderson, Jill Rutter and David Blunkett. 09:451/5Italian journalist Roberto Saviano describes the effects of writing his Mafia exposé.
| 09:001/4Niall Ferguson argues that institutions determine the success or failure of nations. 09:452/5Roberto Saviano's tale of pianist Michel Petrucciani's music and indomitable spirit.
| 09:00Libby Purves is joined by 60s singer Frank Ifield plus Alastair Campbell. 09:453/5Roberto Saviano describes meeting his hero, football star Lionel Messi.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the 19th-century writer and campaigner Annie Besant. 09:454/5Italian journalist Roberto Saviano dines out with Joe Pistone, his American counterpart.
| 09:00Egyptian novelist and cultural commentator Ahdaf Soueif is interviewed by Kirsty Young. 09:455/5Saviano attends the Nobel Prize ceremony where he has been asked to speak.
| 09:00Sian Williams and Richard Coles with Robert Peston and Meera Syal's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Fashion style in the rain - and it's not all about wellies. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:451/5Wealthy landowner and warlord Akbar Khan welcomes his son's friend to his household.
| 10:00Biba designer Barbara Hulanicki. And why can't women use the word 'vagina' in US politics? 10:452/5Mewa Gul and his son Taza Gul witness a murder.
| 10:00Katie Price, model; Caring for a sick partner; Forced feeding. Presented by Jenni Murray. 10:453/5After years of marriage to Gulnara, village shopkeeper Sardar Aka has taken a second wife.
| 10:00Celebrating, informing and entertaining women. Presented by Jenni Murray. 10:454/5Mewa Gul and Taza Gul agonise over what to do with their knowledge of the recent murder.
| 10:00What relevance does Elizabeth Cady Stanton's Woman's Bible have today? With Jenni Murray. 10:455/5Akbar Khan lends money to his son to bet on their own dog Lucifer in a dogfight.
| 10:30Midge Ure explores the story behind the David Bowie's iconic rock album Ziggy Stardust.
| 10:00Amy makes a bold move. Meanwhile the terror mounts at Brookfield.
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| 11:00 | 11:00The story of the 4,000 children evacuated from Bilbao in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War 11:302/6Mark visits Holyhead in Anglesey to talk ferries, foot nibbling, and Kate and Wills.(R)
| 11:00Amber Marks explores the science of olfactory detection. 11:30John Kember rediscovers the original song settings of children's verses by AA Milne.
| 11:00Alan connects with a man conducting his relationship entirely through Google Translate. 11:303/4June Whitfield and Barbara Windsor star as showbiz refugees.
| 11:00Kate Adie presents stories from Cairo, India, Kentucky, Chad and Seoul. 11:30Barry Johnston explores the early career of the legendary commentator Brian Johnston.
| 11:00Tim's identity is clear to him, but can Northern Ireland ever accept a black Irishman? 11:305/6Malcolm loses his registrar mojo when his ex-girlfriend arrives to register her marriage.
| 11:00Andrew Pierce of the Daily Mail looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Tales from Cairo, Thessaloniki, Vukovar, Stockholm and the Indonesian Spice Islands.
| 11:15Comedian John Bishop is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The Oscars of the food world, pain relief for dementia and how to avoid water rates. 12:45James Naughtie profiles the molecular biologist who helped discover the structure of DNA. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00With Julian Worricker. How can we change attitudes towards mental illness? 12:45Doris Lessing. Spirited, straight-talking Nobel Laureate. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00An Olympic legacy for UK firms, stranded air passengers and the boom in erotic e-books. 12:45James Naughtie considers the champion of the self-service supermarket. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Antisocial behaviour and hate crime, missing bank transfers, and an automatic dog washer. 12:45Master of obsession, suspense and terror, Alfred Hitchcock. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news with Peter White. Is eBay doing enough to protect buyers from fraud? 12:45Olivier's theatre and stage career spanned more than 60 years with 12 Oscar nominations. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00NatWest, Ulster Bank and RBS technical glitches, PayPal problems, and tax avoidance. 12:303/7Marcus Brigstocke, Lloyd Langford, Mitch Benn and Laura Shavin join Punt and Dennis. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:006/12Nicholas Parsons challenges guests to speak for 60 seconds. 12:32Sheila Dillon meets Jan Matthews head of the UK's biggest catering job, London 2012. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:4516/20In exploring the riddle of existence, Richard draws on the work of poet Emily Dickinson.
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:4517/20Richard Holloway explores the theme of doubt and disloyalty.
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:4518/20How can the idea of God can be reconciled, when there is so much suffering in the world?
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:4519/20Exploring the paradox that God can be experienced as present and absent at the same time.
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents national and international news. 13:4520/20In the concluding episode, Richard Holloway sums up the journey he has undertaken.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents a topical discussion from the Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents the latest national and international news. 13:30Jonathan Glancey investigates Paris's secret underground maze of tunnels.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Open Farm Sunday goes with a bang. 14:15A quirky comedy about a teenager who becomes a good-news internet phenomenon.
| 14:15Returning to Cape Town to record his new play, a writer is confronted by his first lover.
| 14:00Amy makes a bold move. Meanwhile, Brian tries to keep Adam on track. 14:15Greek, green, fresh and vivid - a true story set in the environmental gardens of Helikion.
| 14:00Kenton does some quick thinking. 14:15Katie-Ann is 11 and dying of leukaemia, but she is the bravest of souls.
| 14:15Mike Walker updates Arthur Hugh Clough's Victorian poems of missed opportunities.
| 14:00Listeners' calls and emails in response to this week's edition of Any Questions? 14:30A motorcycle journey, a meditation on values, and a man coming to terms with his past.
| 14:00Eric Robson and the panel answer the gardening questions sent in by post and email. 14:45Fi Glover presents the Sunday edition of the series capturing the nation in conversation.
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| 15:00 | 15:009/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz. 15:30Sheila Dillon launches the search for the winners of the 2012 BBC Food and Farming Awards.
| 15:00Tom Holland shares your passion for the past with Radio 4's popular history magazine. 15:30Dominic Arkwright and guests discuss the merits of idleness.
| 15:00Vincent Duggleby and guests take calls on saving and investing. 15:30Death while detained on psychiatric ward. Does parenting make you happy? Club drug clinic.
| 15:00Clare Balding walks across a wild Dartmoor with former Royal Marine Pen Farthing. 15:27Head teacher Matt Dickson presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Place2Be. 15:30How London has inspired writing and writers across the centuries.
| 15:00Eric Robson and the panel answer the gardening questions sent in by post and email. 15:453/3AL Kennedy draws a surprising comparison when she visits luxury hotel Chateau Marmont.
| | 15:002/2Drama looking at the last days of Jerusalem from two very different perspectives.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Bob Dickinson follows this acclaimed experimental theatre group evolving a new production. 16:30Robin Ince and Brian Cox consider the mysteries that remain uncovered in the watery depths
| 16:00Joshua Rozenberg asks if reducing costs is affecting the quality of advocacy in the courts 16:30Harriett Gilbert and guests Ian Marchant and Larry Lamb discuss their favourite paperbacks
| 16:00A study of the slums of Mumbai. Also, the rights and wrongs of taxation. 16:30Changes for Premier league on TV, Leveson's 'chilling effect', varying voices on the BBC.
| 16:00Jason Segel on 'The Five-Year Engagement' and Stephen Frears on 'Lay the Favorite'. 16:30Adam Rutherford presents the finals of So You Want to Be a Scientist?
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Rodney King, Teofilo Stevenson, Gitta Sereny and Victor Spinetti. 16:30Radio 4's Bloomsday - triumph or blooming inconvenience? Plus, what next for Chris Moyles? 16:55Fi Glover presents the Radio 4 series, this week capturing Hackney in conversation.
| 16:00Model Katie Price on managing fame and business. Presented by Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Adele Parks and Jane Green discuss the continuing appeal of Chick Lit. 16:30Roger McGough presents poetry requests, including readings by Irish poet Paul Durcan.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Ritula Shah presents full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 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.
| 17:00Carolyn Quinn presents coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Ritula Shah presents the day's top news stories, with sports headlines. 17:30Evan Davis's guests compare their working days and discuss shareholder discontent. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Are plans for secrecy in some civil courts necessary to protect national security? 17:404/8Novelist and playwright Deborah Levy responds to the week's news with a new drama. 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. 18:306/12Nicholas Parsons challenges guests to speak for 60 seconds.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Some vodka and an unwary bird could spell the end of the line for MJN Air.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Richard Osman, Rob Beckett and Susan Calman compete to supply the best 'wrong' answers.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Reformed violent offender Tony Becton returns with stories of his rehabilitation.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/7Marcus Brigstocke, Lloyd Langford, Mitch Benn and Laura Shavin join Punt and Dennis.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson with Miriam Margolyes, Barrie Rutter, Michael Winslow and Danny Wallace.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Val McDermid makes her selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Art by Yoko Ono; Lay the Favourite, directed by Stephen Frears; the Paraorchestra. 19:451/5Wealthy landowner and warlord Akbar Khan welcomes his son's friend to his household.
| 19:00Amy makes a bold move. Meanwhile, Brian tries to keep Adam on track. 19:15Sam Mendes on TV Shakespeare; news of the winner of the Art Fund Prize for museums. 19:452/5Mewa Gul and his son Taza Gul witness a murder.
| 19:00Kenton does some quick thinking. 19:15Julie Walters back on stage; Adrian Lester's advice for actors; Ed Stoppard on Alan Turing 19:453/5After years of marriage to Gulnara, village shopkeeper Sardar Aka has taken a second wife.
| 19:15Prunella Scales at 80, artist Jenny Saville, Steve Coogan and Armando Iannucci TV projects 19:454/5Mewa Gul and Taza Gul agonise over what to do with their knowledge of the recent murder.
| 19:00The terror mounts at Brookfield. 19:15Ted Hughes' Crow, guitarist Milos, artist Mark Wallinger and Gordon Ramsay behind bars. 19:455/5Akbar Khan lends money to his son to bet on their own dog Lucifer in a dogfight.
| 19:004/8Novelist and playwright Deborah Levy responds to the week's news with a new drama. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:00While things are falling apart at Brookfield, Jamie acquires a fan club. 19:153/6James Walton tests Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, John O'Farrell and Alex Clark.(R) 19:453/3In a case of mistaken identity, a sailor becomes part of a family he has never met before.
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| 20:00 | 20:004/4Michael Portillo remembers a crucial 1944 incident that impacted on the war. 20:30Why are Tories and the left obsessed with the 'Swedish model'? Jo Fidgen investigates.
| 20:00Are plans for secrecy in some civil courts necessary to protect national security? 20:40White cane versus guide dog - is there a measurable difference?
| 20:00Should we be treating the cause of mental illness rather than the symptoms? 20:45Computer games offer many opportunities for self-reflective thought, says Mitu Khandaker.
| 20:00Joshua Rozenberg asks if reducing costs is affecting the quality of advocacy in the courts 20:30Evan Davis's guests compare their working days and discuss shareholder discontent.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents a topical discussion from the Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House 20:50Adam Gopnik ruminates on how to handle a bad review.
| 20:00Critic, poet and TV personality Clive James meets his younger self in the sound archives.
| 20:00Radio 4's Bloomsday - triumph or blooming inconvenience? Plus, what next for Chris Moyles? 20:30Matthew Bannister on Rodney King, Teofilo Stevenson, Gitta Sereny and Victor Spinetti.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper looks at how mathematical genius Alan Turing helped form the digital age. 21:30Andrew Marr with David Nutt, Mark Henderson, Jill Rutter and David Blunkett.
| 21:00Death while detained on psychiatric ward. Does parenting make you happy? Club drug clinic. 21:304/4History documentary on the Portsmouth Sinfonia, 'the world's worst orchestra'.(R)
| 21:00Geoff Watts explores new techniques in gene therapy for cystic fibrosis. 21:30Libby Purves is joined by 60s singer Frank Ifield plus Alastair Campbell.
| 21:00Amber Marks explores the science of olfactory detection. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the 19th-century writer and campaigner Annie Besant.
| 21:004/4Richard Holloway focuses on writers and thinkers of the 20th and 21st centuries.
| 21:001/2Drama looking at the last days of Jerusalem from two very different perspectives.
| 21:00NatWest, Ulster Bank and RBS technical glitches, PayPal problems, and tax avoidance. 21:26Caseworker Santok Odedra appeals on behalf of Refugee Action. Donate online at BBC Radio 4 21:30Why are Tories and the left obsessed with the 'Swedish model'? Jo Fidgen investigates.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Ritula Shah presents national and international news and analysis. 22:456/10Skeetah and Rico organise a dog fight in the woods, watched by Esch and their friends.
| 22:00Round-up of the day's news, with Ritula Shah. 22:457/10Esch and her brothers prepare for Katrina. Esch tells Manny he is the father of her child.
| 22:00Greece has a new government - but will it solve the crisis, or just prolong the agony? 22:458/10Hurricane Katrina unleashes its full fury. Will Esch's family be safe in the house?
| 22:00Should GCSEs be scrapped, the latest from Egypt, and the 'green economy'. 22:459/10As the hurricane rages, Esch's family are forced to attempt a dangerous journey to safety.
| 22:00Robin Lustig presents national and international news and analysis. 22:4510/10Esch and her friends survey the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:151/4Niall Ferguson argues that institutions determine the success or failure of nations.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Iain Martin of the Telegraph analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Dominic Arkwright and guests discuss truth, lies and honesty. 23:30Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Robin Ince and Brian Cox consider the mysteries that remain uncovered in the watery depths 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:002/4Ben and Graham are short on food supplies and cannot radio main base. 23:152/4Mordrin finally has an opportunity to get a seat on the Wizard Council. 23:30Susan Hulme with Westminster news; the government urges doctors not to go on strike.
| 23:00Sitcom about two women trying to live sustainably on a canal boat, with mixed results. 23:30Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi addresses both Houses of Parliament.
| 23:00Harriett Gilbert and guests Ian Marchant and Larry Lamb discuss their favourite paperbacks 23:30Mark D'Arcy with the day's top news stories from Westminster. 23:55Fi Glover presents the Radio 4 series, this week capturing Hackney in conversation.
| 23:009/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz. 23:30Roger McGough presents poetry requests, including readings by the Irish poet Paul Durcan.
| 23:00Jason Segel on 'The Five-Year Engagement' and Stephen Frears on 'Lay the Favorite'. 23:30Felicity Finch reflects on the feeling of 'getting away with it'.
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