| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor asks if a sociology of evil is possible. Also, the morality of cycling. 00:45The bells of St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide, South Australia. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Robert McFarlane begins his journey on the chalk of The Icknield Way. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Robert takes an ancient route across the most dangerous sands in England. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5In memory of his late grandfather, Robert treads the pinkish granite of the Cairngorms. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Robert Macfarlane walks the ancient pathways of Spain, with the help of 'walking books'. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5It's back to the chalk paths for Robert MacFarlane, and a ghostly encounter is in store. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3By Alison Miller. Returning home to Orkney, lonely Jan seeks diversion in a blind date.(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 Alison Murdoch. 05:45How can dairy farmers move on after the latest round of price cuts? 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Alison Murdoch. 05:45Could drought in the USA increase the price of bread here?
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Alison Murdoch. 05:45Milk wars - the cuts to dairy farmers that affect the cost of your pint of milk.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Alison Murdoch. 05:45Unlocking the potential of England's forests for nature, leisure, and up to 7,000 jobs.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Alison Murdoch. 05:45Iolo ap Dafydd hears from dairy farmers threatening to protest during the Olympics.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Peter Baker. 05:45'Jimmy Carr? Let him get on with it.' A welfare adviser's view of tax avoidance.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of Westminster Abbey. 05:45Alice Bell tackles the myth of scientific literacy as a panacea to understanding science.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Barclays chairman 'set to resign', plus NHS drug spending and mantelpiece memorabilia.
| 06:00Osborne on Diamond's resignation, children in care, and how one man defied a loan shark.
| 06:00Myners on Libor, plus news on the hunt for the Higgs boson, and can seaweed clean teeth?
| 06:00Including Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00GSK fined a record £1.9bn, the debate about women bishops, and how do you write about sex?
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark is in Gloucestershire to find out about the mysterious eel. 06:30Charlotte Smith asks if landowners are cashing in on England's forests and woodlands. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Do we consider a moral life an achievement? Mark Tully explores the value of 'Being Good'. 06:35Deborah Meaden investigates one of her passions and business interests, British wool. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Debating social care, plus the latest on the floods and Murray's chances of victory.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton. 07:55Annette Crosbie presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Sound Seekers. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Stephen Oliver visits Iona in the first of three services exploring island spirituality. 08:50Adam Gopnik muses on life when - like him - you've been lumbered with a funny name.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Maajid Nawaz, Robert Chesshyre, Elizabeth Truss and Christopher Meyer. 09:451/5Robert McFarlane begins his journey on the chalk of The Icknield Way.
| 09:003/4Niall Ferguson asks if different systems of law are key to economic success. 09:452/5Robert takes an ancient route across the most dangerous sands in England.
| 09:00Libby Purves is joined by Olympian Fatima Whitbread and composer Mark-Anthony Turnage. 09:453/5In memory of his late grandfather, Robert treads the pinkish granite of the Cairngorms.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history of philosophical scepticism. 09:454/5Robert Macfarlane walks the ancient pathways of Spain, with the help of 'walking books'.
| 09:00Architectural critic Charles Jencks is interviewed by Kirsty Young. 09:455/5It's back to the chalk paths for Robert MacFarlane, and a ghostly encounter is in store.
| 09:00Sian Williams and Richard Coles with Mary Beard; Olivia Newton-John's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Grammy award-winner Mary Chapin Carpenter, and DIY manicures. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:451/10Maria Semple's comic novel. 15-year-old Bee calls in her parents' promise of a present.
| 10:00Fifty Shades of Grey - a harmless love story or degrading to women? 10:452/10Bernadette becomes more reliant on her virtual assistant.
| 10:00Mitch Winehouse, infertility and mental health, and James Bond. Presented by Jenni Murray. 10:453/10Bernadette prepares for the family trip to Antarctica.
| 10:00Julie Walters on her new stage role, and Paul Hollywood cooks the perfect pork pies. 10:454/10Bernadette's relationships with the other Galer St mothers become increasingly fractious.
| 10:00Jenni Murray discusses sex after childbirth, and women and the temperance movement. 10:455/10Bernadette's lost career as a genius architect is revealed.
| 10:302/3Paul Jackson traces the development of the sports programme which ran for nearly 50 years.
| 10:00Jim goes on a charm offensive. Meanwhile David receives a chilling message.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Clare Jenkins explores why people record the life stories of their nearest and dearest. 11:304/6Mark Steel creates a stand-up show for residents of Douglas on the Isle of Man.(R)
| 11:00Can we use the Amazon for the wealth of resources it contains, but still keep it alive? 11:30Christopher Gabbitas explores the effects on singers of changing the pitch of their voice.
| 11:00The sad life of Jim Thorpe, the American Indian who was the star of the 1912 Olympics. 11:301/6Sir John fills his castle with wounded soldiers and De Warenne fills his trousers with ice
| 11:00Kate Adie presents stories from Timbuktu, Kiev, Kinshasa, Toulouse and the Atacama Desert. 11:30Alan Dein meets figurehead of the Northern Irish punk scene, Terri Hooley.
| 11:00Poet Paul Henry explores the true story behind Dad's Army's Private Godfrey. 11:301/6Armed with a new parenting manual, Mimi takes on her daughter's deluded self-esteem.
| 11:00George Parker of the Financial Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Kate Adie presents reports from Nairobi, Riga, London, Nigeria and the Indian Himalayas.
| 11:15Tennis legend Martina Navratilova is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Japanese knotweed, what independent shops are doing to survive, and why aging is good. 12:45One of the great English poets, famous for his day job as librarian at Hull University. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00As Bob Diamond resigns, Julian Worricker asks: What's the future of banking? 12:45James Naughtie on Barbara Windsor's very British combination of grit and naughtiness. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Busting 'health and safety' myths, ageing and exercise, the launch of YouView internet TV. 12:45James Naughtie profiles one of the most influential judges of the 20th century. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Healthy convenience foods, and the technology making ageing less of a pain. 12:45James Naughtie considers the significance of campaigning journalist Paul Foot. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Dealing with dementia Dutch-style, and 'unhappy hour' at a Yorkshire pub. 12:45James Naughtie profiles the haunting artist of suffering, pain and death. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Paul Lewis with the latest personal finance news, including troubles with timeshares. 12:305/7Jon Holmes, Holly Walsh, Mitch Benn and Pippa Evans join Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:002/6Jack Dee, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer are joined by Tony Hawks and Jeremy Hardy. 12:32Sheila Dillon and Henrietta Green ask if food is the key to reviving UK high streets. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:451/5Roger’s museum tour starts in Shanghai, with venues for opera and unusual shoes.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:452/5Roger continues his journey through Shanghai, visiting a bank museum and a tobacco museum.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:453/5Roger travels to Chongqing to see its new museums.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:454/5In Zhengzhou, Roger finds a building housing some of the finest treasures of the country.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:455/5Roger concludes his journey in Beijing, visiting the city's Tap Water Museum.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Barnsley, South Yorks
| 13:00The latest national and international news. 13:30Jake Wallis Simons explores the murky and controversial world of private investigators.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Ruth struggles to cope with the new situation. 14:15Affairs, scandals and a letter of hatred turn a 1961 French holiday into a nightmare.(R)
| 14:00Elizabeth comes to her own conclusions. 14:15Drama imagining a day in the life of Hans Christian Andersen as a child.
| 14:00Jim goes on a charm offensive. 14:15A father takes his son on a trip to the woods unaware of what terrible horror awaits.
| 14:00David receives a chilling message. 14:15By Louise Monaghan. Alex's dying wish is to be buried in the family garden.
| 14:15An artist plans to capture someone's last breath in a jar. But who is the donor?
| 14:00A chance for Radio 4 listeners to have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions. 14:30Comic take on the classic Holmes mystery, performed in front of an audience in Bristol.
| 14:00Eric Robson and the panel invite GQT listeners to ask their questions at Hampton Court. 14:45Ahmed Kathrada was jailed in South Africa alongside Nelson Mandela.
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| 15:00 | 15:0011/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the second semi-final of the general knowledge music quiz. 15:30Sheila Dillon investigates the future of the printed cookery book.
| 15:001/5Jay Rayner presents the show from Bristol, ahead of the city's annual Grillstock festival. 15:30Dominic Arkwright and his guests discuss the avant-garde free spirit.
| 15:00Financial phone-in, with Paul Lewis and guests taking calls on tax and self-assessment. 15:30Is frozen shoulder a condition that's overdiagnosed? Dr Mark Porter investigates.
| 15:00Helen Mark is in Gloucestershire to find out about the mysterious eel. 15:27Actress Imelda Staunton presents an appeal on behalf of Music as Therapy International. 15:30David Baddiel is our guide to novelist Elizabeth Taylor's Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont.
| 15:00Eric Robson and the panel invite GQT listeners to ask their questions at Hampton Court. 15:452/3Fernando, a child refugee from the Spanish Civil War, comes to stay with an English family
| 15:30Christopher Gabbitas explores the effects on singers of changing the pitch of their voice.
| 15:002/2Lupin upsets daily life and Carrie hosts a seance, while the Pooters dine in Peckham.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Richard Coles on the various ways that the voice of God is depicted, and what this reveals 16:30Debating the advantages and disadvantages of being really huge, or extremely small.
| 16:00Jake Wallis Simons explores the murky and controversial world of private investigators. 16:30Harriett Gilbert and guests Helen Castor and Rob Hopkins discuss favourite books.
| 16:00Urban Protest: Laurie Taylor talks to David Harvey about trouble on the streets. 16:30Steve talks to Jeremy Hunt MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport.
| 16:00Rhys Ifans on being Spider-Man's nemesis, and Willem Dafoe on hunting a Tasmanian Tiger. 16:30Quentin Cooper investigates the news in science and science in the news.
| 16:00John Wilson explores the lives of Eric Sykes, Yitzhak Shamir and Sir Michael Palliser. 16:30Too much drama in Ambridge? Plus the Controller of Radio 5 Live warms up for the Olympics.
| 16:00Julie Walters, Mitch Winehouse and music from Mary Chapin Carpenter.
| 16:00Michael Palin discusses his second novel The Truth. 16:30Roger McGough presents poems about machines, cider and the sea by Tolkien and others.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00The day's top news stories, with sports headlines with Paddy O'Connell. 17:30Evan Davis and guests discuss the evolution and hierarchy of brands, and consumer taste. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Are stolen Arab billions still locked in British banks? Jenny Cuffe reports. 17:406/8Lemn Sissay responds to the recent banking scandal with a short drama about two bankers. 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. 18:302/6Jack Dee, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer are joined by Tony Hawks and Jeremy Hardy.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4Humphrey Ker presents sketch groups the Noise Next Door, the Boom Jennies and Jigsaw.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Caitlin Moran revisits her teens when she was home-schooled in Wolverhampton.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Washed-up rocker and plumber Brian Pern comes to the Mallard and is interviewed on stage.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/7Jon Holmes, Holly Walsh, Mitch Benn and Pippa Evans join Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Neil Sedaka, Helena Kennedy QC, Sharon Horgan and Luke Goss.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Liz Barclay makes her selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Elizabeth comes to her own conclusions. 19:15Christopher Eccleston in Blackout; the Chariots of Fire stage running track; ping pong. 19:451/10Maria Semple's comic novel. 15-year-old Bee calls in her parents' promise of a present.
| 19:00Jim goes on a charm offensive. 19:15Artist Richard Wilson re-creates The Italian Job finale, plus Mark Damazer on The Newsroom 19:452/10Bernadette becomes more reliant on her virtual assistant.
| 19:00David receives a chilling message. 19:15Julian Barnes on Jean Dujardin's new film, Nick Hewer, and a new James Bond exhibition. 19:453/10Bernadette prepares for the family trip to Antarctica.
| 19:15Bryn Terfel on Welshness; new scores for Hitchcock; Sinbad on TV; The Shard on opening day 19:454/10Bernadette's relationships with the other Galer St mothers become increasingly fractious.
| 19:00Emma is feeling put-upon. 19:15Amy Winehouse and Katy Perry documentaries; William Fiennes on Joseph Mitchell; Sam Lee. 19:455/10Bernadette's lost career as a genius architect is revealed.
| 19:006/8Lemn Sissay responds to the recent banking scandal with a short drama about two bankers. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the week's cultural highlights including The Hunter.
| 19:155/6James Walton tests Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Jane Thynne and Mark Billingham.(R) 19:452/3By Kevin Barry. A spaghetti bolognese in a Manchester bedsit brings back romantic memories
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| 20:00 | 20:002/3Ali Ansari continues his Persian grand tour from 3000 BC to the present. 20:30Simon Jack asks: Would the financial system be more stable if money was backed by gold?
| 20:00Are stolen Arab billions still locked in British banks? Jenny Cuffe reports. 20:40Travelling in adverse weather and London landmarks audio-described by celebrities.
| 20:00Provocative and engaging debate on the morality of banking, chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Alice Bell tackles the myth of scientific literacy as a panacea to understanding science.
| 20:00Is profit being prioritised over a duty of care when it comes to children's homes? 20:30Evan Davis and guests discuss the evolution and hierarchy of brands, and consumer taste.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Barnsley, South Yorks 20:50Adam Gopnik muses on life when - like him - you've been lumbered with a funny name.
| 20:00Peter Oborne revisits British history's most dramatic cabinet reshuffle in 1962.
| 20:00Too much drama in Ambridge? Plus the Controller of Radio 5 Live warms up for the Olympics. 20:30John Wilson explores the lives of Eric Sykes, Yitzhak Shamir and Sir Michael Palliser.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper investigates the news in science and science in the news. 21:30Andrew Marr with Maajid Nawaz, Robert Chesshyre, Elizabeth Truss and Christopher Meyer.
| 21:00Is frozen shoulder a condition that's overdiagnosed? Dr Mark Porter investigates. 21:303/4Chris Ledgard revisits the final Gentlemen and Players cricket match in September 1962.(R)
| 21:00Gareth Mitchell meets the engineers who will transform the way we fly around the world. 21:30Libby Purves is joined by Olympian Fatima Whitbread and composer Mark-Anthony Turnage.
| 21:00Can we use the Amazon for the wealth of resources it contains, but still keep it alive? 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history of philosophical scepticism.
| 21:00CS Forester's gripping guerrilla warfare story set in Napoleonic Spain.(R)
| 21:001/2Johnny Vegas and Katherine Parkinson are Mr and Mrs Pooter in this classic adaptation.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest personal finance news, including troubles with timeshares. 21:26Annette Crosbie presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Sound Seekers. 21:30Simon Jack asks: Would the financial system be more stable if money was backed by gold?
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| 22:00 | 22:00Ritula Shah presents national and international news and analysis. 22:451/10After his book on an oil terminal, Keith Mabbut feels unfulfilled.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:452/10Mabbut's ex-wife asks him to meet her new man.
| 22:00Diamond in parliament, Higgs boson discovered, and Swiss finishing schools of the future. 22:453/10Publisher Ron Latham wants Mabbut to write the true story of the activist Hamish Melville.
| 22:00Round-up of the day's news, with Robin Lustig. 22:454/10Mabbut sets off for India in search of his elusive subject.
| 22:00A senior Syrian army figure leaves the country - Robin Lustig discusses the significance. 22:455/10As Mabbut heads to India in search of Melville, he soon finds himself in deep trouble.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:153/4Niall Ferguson asks if different systems of law are key to economic success.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Kevin Maguire of the Mirror analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Dominic Arkwright and guests boldly venture into Tomorrow's World. 23:30Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Debating the advantages and disadvantages of being really huge, or extremely small. 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:004/4Graham gives the shock news that a new member of the team is joining them. 23:154/4Mordrin decides he has to do something if he has any chance of ever dating Heather. 23:30MPs question former Barclays boss Bob Diamond over the inter-bank interest rate scandal.
| 23:00Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Adam Riches' fully-loaded bandolier of character comedy 23:30MPs decide what kind of inquiry there will be into banking.
| 23:00Harriett Gilbert and guests Helen Castor and Rob Hopkins discuss favourite books. 23:30Mark D'Arcy with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:0011/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the second semi-final of the general knowledge music quiz. 23:30Roger McGough marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Byron's Childe Harold.
| 23:00Rhys Ifans on being Spider-Man's nemesis, and Willem Dafoe on hunting a Tasmanian Tiger. 23:30Do we consider a moral life an achievement? Mark Tully explores the value of 'Being Good'.
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