| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Urban Protest: Laurie Taylor talks to David Harvey about trouble on the streets. 00:45The bells of Westminster Abbey. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/4Jonathan Lethem recalls an unnerving journey hitch-hiking in the USA. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Yasmin Alibhai-Brown talks to Louis de Bernieres about the impact of family breakdown.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/4US writer Jonathan Lethem talks about dancing, writing and rock stars. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/4In his third essay, American writer Jonathan Lethem ruminates on famous school friends. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/4Jonathan Lethem on the ghosts who sit at the writer's table. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3A family discussion about the fate of a trapped squirrel risks revealing a shocking truth.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Reflection and prayer with the Rev Peter Baker. 05:45The WI throws its weight behind the campaign against milk price cuts. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Reflection and prayer with the Rev Peter Baker. 05:45Peas are rotting in the field, with farmers unable to harvest them after weeks of rain.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Reflection and prayer with the Rev Peter Baker. 05:45Hundreds of dairy farmers angry at price cuts are taking their fight to Westminster.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Reflection and prayer with the Rev Peter Baker. 05:45Charlotte Smith hears from dairy farmers preparing to throw away their milk in protest.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Reflection and prayer with the Rev Peter Baker. 05:45Farmers in England prepare for trial badger culls in September. With Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual reflection and prayer to begin the day, presented by the Rev Johnston McKay. 05:45'I was the second man to swear on the BBC.' Listener Sir Peregrine Worsthorne looks back.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Olave's Church, City of London. 05:45In the year of the London Olympics, Comedian Leisa Rea ponders the delight of losing.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Why is Murray the UK's only tennis ace? Plus Lords reform, and defining our heritage.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark explores the landscape around Wenlock Edge in Shropshire. 06:30Charlotte Smith hears from dairy farmers who are in crisis over the price of milk. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully looks at the emotional impact of Rain in a programme for St Swithun's Day. 06:35Sarah Swadling investigates how two new farmers are making money from mobile milking. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00G4S boss on Olympic security staffing problems, plus plans to cut rural speed limits.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by William Crawley. 07:55Michael Morpurgo presents an appeal on behalf of Storybook Dads. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Mozart's 'Sparrow' Mass sung by the Buxton Madrigal Singers during the Buxton Festival. 08:50John Gray reflects on the nature of violence as an inevitable part of the human condition.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Jonathan Freedland and his guests take the long view of liberal intervention. 09:301/5Series uncovering the powerful relationship between the UK's financial and legal systems. 09:451/4Jonathan Lethem recalls an unnerving journey hitch-hiking in the USA.
| 09:004/4Niall Ferguson asks what constitutes a vibrant and independent civil society.
| 09:00Libby Purves is joined by parfumeur Jean-Claude Ellena and Linda Hope, daughter of Bob. 09:452/4US writer Jonathan Lethem talks about dancing, writing and rock stars.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Hadrian's Wall. 09:453/4In his third essay, American writer Jonathan Lethem ruminates on famous school friends.
| 09:00Tennis legend Martina Navratilova is interviewed by Kirsty Young. 09:454/4Jonathan Lethem on the ghosts who sit at the writer's table.
| 09:00Sian Williams and Richard Coles with artist Grayson Perry; John Carlos' Inheritance Tracks
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Housework, women bishops, HIV, and the Crystal Quilt, presented by Jane Garvey. 10:456/10Elgin confronts Bernadette about the mudslide.
| 10:00Post-exam break. Where are the youngsters going and what are they telling their parents? 10:457/10Elgin is paid a visit by an agent from the FBI, who makes a shocking revelation.
| 10:00Melinda Gates, female eccentrics, young boys and role models. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:458/10A frantic Elgin travels to Argentina in an attempt to find his wife.
| 10:00Female conductors and composers at the Proms. Plus, what do we women really want from M&S? 10:459/10Bee and her father Elgin travel to Antarctica on Bernadette's trail.
| 10:00Presented by Susan Calman. Has feminism developed a sense of humour? 10:4510/10Bee and Elgin continue their search for the missing Bernadette in forbidding Antarctica.
| 10:303/3Paul Jackson recalls the quirky children's TV show mixing art, animation and stunts.
| 10:00Roy is up in arms. Meanwhile the campaign of terror escalates further.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Sir Ken Robinson, creativity guru, is in Derry-Londonderry, the first UK City of Culture. 11:305/6Comedian Mark Steel visits Bungay in Suffolk to find out what makes this town distinctive.(R)
| 11:00The truth about the life of the urban chicken is revealed by Natalie Haynes.(R) 11:30The story of Sibelius's 'lost' Eighth Symphony - and its remarkable rediscovery.
| 11:00Historical photographs are rare in China, but now the pictured past is being reclaimed. 11:302/6Someone is hacking into peoples' private conversations. Meanwhile Lady Anne is nuzzling.
| 11:00Migrants fleeing war or poverty who are risking their lives to reach the European Union. 11:30Razia Iqbal looks at writers of many nationalities who have worked for the World Service.
| 11:00Poet Daljit Nagra revels in the legendary dictionary of colonial India. 11:302/6Tom discovers Grandad in a stool-softening ad. Lucy figures Dad needs a classy present.
| 11:00Jackie Ashley of the Guardian looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Kate Adie hosts reports by BBC foreign correspondents from Libya, Honduras, Rome and more.
| 11:15Actor, writer and director Simon McBurney is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Nick Hewer on working at 75, Lesley Joseph on carers, and the UK's first hand transplant. 12:45James Naughtie assesses the pair at the heart of the Beatles, Lennon and McCartney. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer phone-in with Julian Worricker. Working beyond 65 - who benefits most? 12:45Jim Naughtie considers the life and legacy of the eminent prima ballerina. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The future of social care in England. Presented by Shari Vahl. 12:30Foreign tourists are shunning the UK because of laborious visa requirements. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest on O2's network problems, and should libraries ever get rid of books? 12:45James Naughtie considers the colossus of 20th century English theatre. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Bribery in the grocery trade and images of ageing in advertising. With Peter White. 12:45James considers the impact of Terence Conran - designer, retailer, restaurateur and writer 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Care costs, flood insurance, farepak and RBS compensation with Paul Lewis. 12:306/7Susan Calman, Gareth Gwynn, Mitch Benn and Laura Shavin join Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:003/6From Swansea. Tim, Barry, and Graeme are joined by Rob Brydon. Jack Dee is in the chair. 12:32Nine-year-old blogger Martha Payne explains how she triggered a debate on school food. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:451/5Old Believer villages on the Yenisei river find their way of life threatened by outsiders.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:452/5A return to nomadic herding in Tuva, told through the story of one family's migration.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of intelligent analysis, comment and interviews, with Martha Kearney. 13:453/5A story of shamanism's repression and revival in Tuva, told through the shaman's drum.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of intelligent analysis, comment and interviews, with Martha Kearney. 13:454/5A group of Khakassian horsemen's herds are threatened by a rare species of red wolf.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:455/5A vanishing community of Tuvan reindeer herders threatened by new pressures on the land.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a discussion of news and politics from Uckfield, East Sussex.
| 13:00The latest national and international news. 13:30A mixture of memories and archive about the BBC World Service in Bush House, 1941-2012.
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| 14:00 | 14:15Disinherited by her stepmother, Amber Buchanan decides to enter the family trade, crime.
| 14:00Hayley tries to put on a brave face. 14:15A family hit crisis point during a re-enactment of the Battle of Waterloo. By Ben Ockrent.
| 14:00The competition hots up between Kenton and Lynda. 14:15Contemporary drama of exile and belonging by Iain Finlay MacLeod.(R)
| 14:00The campaign of terror escalates further. 14:15By Emily Steel. A car crash. A middle-aged woman falls for a teen. What's the connection?(R)
| 14:00The nightmare at Brookfield continues. 14:15By Philip de Gouveia. A banker leaps into a taxi, but his destination proves a shock.
| 14:00Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Harold Pinter's acclaimed drama about a love affair and the intricate nature of deceit.
| 14:00Eric Robson and the team meet gardeners from North Yorkshire. 14:45A Cuban exile tells how he and several hundred others tried to overthrow Fidel Castro.
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| 15:00 | 15:0012/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the latest semi-final of the general knowledge music quiz. 15:30Sheila Dillon and Henrietta Green ask if food is the key to reviving UK high streets.
| 15:002/5Jay Rayner presents a show from Brighton, talking about ice cream beyond the seaside cone. 15:30Dominic Arkwright and guests consider inner demons and the embracing of the dark side.
| 15:00Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer your calls on credit reports. 15:30Dr Mark Porter asks what the performance of elite athletes tells us about our health.
| 15:00Helen Mark explores the landscape around Wenlock Edge in Shropshire. 15:27Annette Crosbie presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Sound Seekers. 15:30Michael Palin discusses his second novel The Truth.
| 15:00Eric Robson and the team meet gardeners from North Yorkshire. 15:453/3A middle class housewife suffers a rude awakening. Read by Joanna Tope.
| 15:45Quirky sound composition inspired by the songs of crickets.
| 15:001/2It's summer in the Californian suburbs and Benjamin Braddock is worried about his future.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Ann Widdecombe explores the supernatural lore and legend of Dartmoor. 16:30The Monkeys discuss symmetry with Marcus Du Sautoy, Alan Moore and Adam Rutherford.
| 16:00Trevor Phillips talks to Marine Le Pen and others about extremism in Europe and the UK. 16:30Fairtrade entrepreneur Sophi Tranchell and TV critic Alison Graham join Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores the ways in which human beings have resisted the idea of mortality. 16:30Radio 1 controller Ben Cooper; former News of the World deputy editor Neil Wallis; YouView
| 16:00Steven Soderbergh on male strippers, and why he is quitting the film business. 16:30Angela Saini examines new technology designed to speed up airport security checks.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Ernest Borgnine, Elinor Ostrom, Jeff Keen, Andy Hamilton. 16:30How much damage did messing with Libor actually do to the financial system?
| 16:00Melinda Gates on empowering women in the developing world. Presented by Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Ben Fountain discusses his Iraq war novel, and Siri Hustvedt on her new essay collection. 16:30Poet Simon Armitage takes listeners on a journey to the Stanza Stones.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Carolyn Quinn with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Carolyn Quinn with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news with Ritula Shah. 17:30Evan Davis and guests discuss the business of infrastructure and media training. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Is sport doing enough to tackle the sexual abuse of athletes? Chris Buckler investigates. 17:407/8Poets W N Herbert and Clare Pollard respond to a story in this week's news. 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. 18:303/6From Swansea. Tim, Barry, and Graeme are joined by Rob Brydon. Jack Dee is in the chair.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/4Humphrey Ker presents the Three Englishmen, Max and Ivan, and Frisky and Mannish.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Poet Jackie Kay returns to her teenage days as a right-on, politically active student.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/2Satan turns his malevolent eye on a certain sporting event that occurs every four years.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/7Susan Calman, Gareth Gwynn, Mitch Benn and Laura Shavin join Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Jimmy Cliff, Michel Roux Jr, AA Gill and Steve Boggan.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15James Walton makes his selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Hayley tries to put on a brave face. 19:15Magic Mike reviewed; crime writer Andrea Camilleri; Twenty Twelve creator John Morton. 19:456/10Elgin confronts Bernadette about the mudslide.
| 19:00The competition hots up between Kenton and Lynda. 19:15Jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis interviewed; Keira Knightley in an apocalyptic rom-com. 19:457/10Elgin is paid a visit by an agent from the FBI, who makes a shocking revelation.
| 19:00The campaign of terror escalates further. 19:15Poet James Fenton interviewed; festival insurance in wet weather; author Nicola Barker. 19:458/10A frantic Elgin travels to Argentina in an attempt to find his wife.
| 19:00The nightmare at Brookfield continues. 19:15Mark Lawson meets sculptor Antony Gormley as a new exhibition, Still Standing, opens. 19:459/10Bee and her father Elgin travel to Antarctica on Bernadette's trail.
| 19:00Emma's suspicions are mounting. 19:15Eoin Colfer, Catherine the Great's treasures, and the loneliness of the classical soloist. 19:4510/10Bee and Elgin continue their search for the missing Bernadette in forbidding Antarctica.
| 19:007/8Poets W N Herbert and Clare Pollard respond to a story in this week's news. 19:15Sarfraz Manzoor and his guests review the week's cultural highlights, including Magic Mike
| 19:156/6With journalist and critic Alex Clark and novelist and comedy writer John O'Farrell.(R) 19:453/3By Aminatta Forna. A man does his best to cook for a child after a terrible loss.
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| 20:00 | 20:003/3Ali Ansari concludes his grand tour of Iranian history travelling from the 1700s to today. 20:30As China changes leadership, Mukul Devichand probes Beijing's hidden battle of ideas.
| 20:00Is sport doing enough to tackle the sexual abuse of athletes? Chris Buckler investigates. 20:40Paralympic runner Libby Clegg and indoor rock climbing. With Peter White.
| 20:00Should pragmatism or principle guide policies on the Syrian uprising? 20:45In the year of the London Olympics, Comedian Leisa Rea ponders the delight of losing.
| 20:00Wesley Stephenson asks if lessons be learnt from the first NHS Trust to go bust. 20:30Evan Davis and guests discuss the business of infrastructure and media training.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a discussion of news and politics from Uckfield, East Sussex. 20:50John Gray reflects on the nature of violence as an inevitable part of the human condition.
| 20:00Joe Klein celebrates Woody Guthrie's centenary with a USA road trip.
| 20:00How much damage did messing with Libor actually do to the financial system? 20:30Matthew Bannister on Ernest Borgnine, Elinor Ostrom, Jeff Keen, Andy Hamilton.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper investigates the news in science and science in the news. 21:30Jonathan Freedland and his guests take the long view of liberal intervention.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter asks what the performance of elite athletes tells us about our health. 21:304/4Jolyon Jenkins charts the rise of the 1970s kung fu craze in the wake of Enter the Dragon.(R)
| 21:00The power of scepticism to both support and attack science. 21:30Libby Purves is joined by parfumeur Jean-Claude Ellena and Linda Hope, daughter of Bob.
| 21:00The truth about the life of the urban chicken is revealed by Natalie Haynes.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Hadrian's Wall.
| 21:00Five misfits travel to a mysterious planet. A science fiction adventure by Mike Walker.(R)
| 21:002/2Lupin upsets daily life and Carrie hosts a seance, while the Pooters dine in Peckham.
| 21:00Foreign tourists are shunning the UK because of laborious visa requirements. 21:26Michael Morpurgo presents an appeal on behalf of Storybook Dads. 21:30As China changes leadership, Mukul Devichand probes Beijing's hidden battle of ideas.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Ritula Shah presents national and international news and analysis. 22:456/10Melville rescues Mabbut from his captors but knows what Keith is up to.
| 22:00Global news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:457/10Kumar takes Mabbut to see the destruction caused by the Astramex Corp.
| 22:00Round-up of the day's news, with Robin Lustig. 22:458/10Melville agrees to collaborate with Mabbut on his book.
| 22:00Olympics, human rights in Ethiopia and our love of buildings, with Robin Lustig. 22:459/10Mabbut submits the manuscript of his book on Hamish Melville but the publisher isn't happy
| 22:00Killings in Syria, John Terry's acquittal, and Vince Cable on investment. With Ritula Shah 22:4510/10Ron Latham tells Mabbut that he has missed the real story of Melville.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:054/4Niall Ferguson asks what constitutes a vibrant and independent civil society.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45George Parker of the FT analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Dominic Arkwright and his guests discuss the avant-garde free spirit. 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00The Monkeys discuss symmetry with Marcus Du Sautoy, Alan Moore and Adam Rutherford. 23:30Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:001/4Looking back at a week's worth of broadcasting...that never happened.(R) 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:001/4Meet the waifs, strays, wig shops, murderous pensioners and squirrels of this magical land 23:30Home secretary Theresa May on Olympics security. Westminster news with Susan Hulme.
| 23:00Fairtrade entrepreneur Sophi Tranchell and TV critic Alison Graham join Harriett Gilbert. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports on a crackdown on metal thieves and criticism of the killings in Syria
| 23:0012/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the latest semi-final of the general knowledge music quiz. 23:30Roger McGough presents poems about machines, cider and the sea by Tolkien and others.
| 23:00Steven Soderbergh on male strippers, and why he is quitting the film business. 23:30Mark Tully looks at the emotional impact of Rain in a programme for St Swithun's Day.
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