| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the ways in which human beings have resisted the idea of mortality. 00:45The bells of St Olave's Church, City of London. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5For the young Carmen, her childhood days are marked by innocence and ebullience. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Shortages at her father's shop show Carmen a different side to the villagers. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5With his wife and his youngest daughter away, Ion Bugan decides it's time to act. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The consequences of her father's actions are soon brought home to Carmen. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5When a courier is needed, it's Carmen who volunteers. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3Alan is delighted by an unusual upgrade to first class, but his mood is suddenly soured.(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 reflection and prayer to begin the day, presented by the Rev Johnston McKay. 05:45A global shortage of corn means shoppers may soon have to pay for more for meat. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual reflection and prayer to begin the day, presented by the Rev Johnston McKay. 05:45This season's carrots will be short in size and short in number due to the heavy rain.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual reflection and prayer to begin the day, presented by the Rev Johnston McKay. 05:45ASDA covers the cost of price cuts to dairy farmers. Will Morrisons and the Co-op follow?
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual reflection and prayer to begin the day, presented by the Rev Johnston McKay. 05:45Rain and mould stop play for strawberry growers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual reflection and prayer to begin the day, presented by the Rev Johnston McKay. 05:45Dairy farmers take to the picket lines in protest over milk price cuts.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to begin the day with Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra. 05:45What happens to the carer when the person they love finally dies? A listener tells us.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St. Nicholas' Church, Leeds, Kent. 05:45Naif Al-Mutawa discusses the importance of interpreting and translating between cultures.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Debating rail investment, plus the mother of a man who died from dehydration.
| 06:00Are Olympic branding rules too tight? Plus Scottish gay marriage, and a pedalo odyssey.
| 06:00Debating 'troubled families', plus more on Olympic security, and Mandela's Shakespeare.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Lord Coe on the Olympics, William Hague on Syria, plus Bradley Wiggins's roots.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Jules Hudson takes a journey around the unique swimming ponds of Hampstead Heath. 06:30Charlotte Smith tracks down new businesses in the country. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Tom Robinson reflects on manners, courtesy and respect. 06:35Caz Graham explores the impact 'England's best kept Roman secret' is having on one farm. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Debating police complaint procedures, plus Syria and Sir Humphry Appleby's Olympics.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton. 07:55Food writer and TV presenter Stefan Gates appeals on behalf of peacebuilding charity Cord. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From the Keswick Convention. Stuart Townend leads the music. Preacher: Simon Manchester. 08:50John Gray takes a fresh look at the thinking of John Maynard Keynes.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Jonathan Freedland takes the long view of Libor with a 14th-century financial scandal. 09:302/5A new series uncovering the powerful relationship between our financial and legal systems. 09:451/5For the young Carmen, her childhood days are marked by innocence and ebullience.
| 09:001/3Top economists discuss with Stephanie Flanders how to get the UK economy to grow again. 09:304/5Ivan Hewett talks with French horn player Roger Montgomery about the key of F major.(R) 09:452/5Shortages at her father's shop show Carmen a different side to the villagers.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets Clive Stafford Smith, Lois Pryce and Nick Phillips. 09:453/5With his wife and his youngest daughter away, Ion Bugan decides it's time to act.
| 09:001/4Should an autistic man be forced to have the life-saving treatment he is fighting against? 09:454/5The consequences of her father's actions are soon brought home to Carmen.
| 09:00Actor, writer and director Simon McBurney is interviewed by Kirsty Young. 09:455/5When a courier is needed, it's Carmen who volunteers.
| 09:00Sian Williams and Richard Coles with Tanni Grey-Thompson; Gary Kemp's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Prom fever, jobless at 50, Cook the Perfect, and making yourself heard. With Jane Garvey. 10:451/5It's 1664, and Sam's thoughts turn increasingly towards the ladies in his life.
| 10:00Elizabeth Streb; planning a career around a baby; Bond's bikinis. Presented by Jane Garvey 10:452/5Sam's younger brother Tom falls seriously ill, but the diagnosis is unclear.
| 10:00Feminist weddings, Angela Neustatter, and entrepreneur skills. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:453/5Sam is embarrassed when he comes home and finds Lady Sandwich on the chamber pot.
| 10:00The Essex teacher fighting back against 'TOWIE' stereotype. Plus music from pianist HJ Lim 10:454/5Sam's affair with Mrs Lane continues, and he is tempted by the whores on Fleet Street.
| 10:00Planning your career for the female graduate. Presented by Sheila McClennon. 10:455/5The Pepys household see the launch of the Royal Catherine, and the year ends with a row.
| 10:30Robin Hunt discovers the people that inhabit and work in the British Library.
| 10:00Emma goes out on a limb and Eddie aims for monster profits.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Cricket was almost wiped out in Ireland. Kevin Connolly tells the story of its revival. 11:306/6Mark performs in Wigan, talking about pie-eating and the radicalism of George Formby.(R)
| 11:001/2Who should have the final say on important issues in science, researchers or the public? 11:30Anna Chen explores the history of the famous Chinese model operas.
| 11:00Essex Girl Cathy FitzGerald returns to Romford Market to see if the stiletto fits. 11:303/6Woodstock village has two mysterious visitors - one deathly pale and one deathly orange.
| 11:00Shanghai-based journalist Duncan Hewitt finds out how microblogging is changing China. 11:30Fionola Meredith goes in search of medieval scholar, author and poet Helen Waddell.
| 11:00The British Library's vast newspaper archive is becoming available online as never before. 11:303/6Lucy has found an ethical way of eating meat, thanks to Mark Zuckerberg.
| 11:00Steve Richards of the Independent looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30The BBC's foreign correspondents take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Choreographer and dancer Akram Khan is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Breaking mobile phone contracts, barring disabled people from buses and local shop parking 12:45James Naughtie considers the controversial parliamentarian Enoch Powell. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer phone-in with Julian Worricker on the package of investment in the railways. 12:45James Naughtie profiles the founder of the modern hospice movement. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Do first-class stamped letters really arrive before those posted with second-class stamps? 12:30The rise in parents abducting their children, fleeing abroad and evading custody orders. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Olympic transport, the police and mental illness, and the cure-all 'miracle' solution. 12:45James Naughtie remembers the South African cricketer who aided the fight against apartheid 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Peter White explores the cost of dying and why Sundays should be kept special. 12:45James Naughtie considers the life and achievements of the footballer from Northern Ireland 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The Serious Fraud Office warns of rising Sipps' fraud. Financial advice with Paul Lewis. 12:307/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis join Nathan Caton, Mitch Benn, Laura Shavin and Jon Holmes. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:004/6From Swansea. Tim, Barry and Graeme are joined by Rob Brydon. Jack Dee is in the chair. 12:32Can health secretary Andrew Lansley change Britain's bad eating habits? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:451/5Columnist Simon Barnes introduces Hardeep Singh Kohli to the magical sounds of the dawn.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:452/5Para world champion Kay Lucas introduces Hardeep to the concentrated serenity of archery.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:453/5Hardeep meets the comic Chris Dangerfield, who found serenity after years of drugs.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:454/5Hardeep meets Maria Mansari, a foster parent who finds serenity in a challenging role.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:455/5Hardeep Singh Kohli talks to the dancer and choreographer Akram Khan.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Farnham, Surrey.
| 13:00The latest national and international news. 13:30Behind the scenes of the security operation at the Olympic Games.
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| 14:00 | 14:15Tensions flare when Peggy Guggenheim and her daughter spend the summer together in Venice.(R)
| 14:00Lynda acts as agony aunt. 14:15Pulling out all the stops for adopted Amber's 18th, Dan makes a discovery.
| 14:00There's an uninvited guest at Brookfield. 14:15Miss Balcombe is getting on, but she is determined to keep her apple trees.
| 14:00Eddie aims for monster profits. 14:15By Charlotte Bogard Macleod. Martha can hear the voices of babies in the womb.
| 14:00Tracy has a bone to pick with Emma. 14:15Unable to run for South Africa, can Zola get a UK passport to run in the Olympics?
| 14:00Call Anita Anand on 03700 100 444, email any.answers@bbc.co.uk or tweet #bbcaq. 14:30The Russians want Bond dead. Will his romance with a beautiful spy cloud Bond's judgement?
| 14:00Eric Robson and the panel welcome GQT listeners to the RHS Flower Show Tatton Park. 14:45Janina Dawidowicz survived the Warsaw Ghetto as a child during World War Two.
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| 15:00 | 15:0013/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the 2012 Final of the general knowledge music quiz. 15:30Nine-year-old blogger Martha Payne explains how she triggered a debate on school food.
| 15:003/5Jay Rayner presents a programme from the Latitude Festival. 15:301/4Baroness Shirley Williams returns to her childhood homes.(R)
| 15:00Paul Lewis takes your calls on the financial consequences of flooding. 15:30Dr Mark Porter asks if amateur sportspeople should be screened for heart conditions.
| 15:00Jules Hudson takes a journey around the unique swimming ponds of Hampstead Heath. 15:27Michael Morpurgo presents an appeal on behalf of Storybook Dads. 15:30Ben Fountain discusses his Iraq war novel, and Siri Hustvedt on her new essay collection.
| 15:00Eric Robson and the panel welcome GQT listeners to the RHS Flower Show Tatton Park. 15:451/3By Gerri Brightwell. A harsh Alaskan winter heralds trouble for a young couple.
| | 15:002/2Benjamin stops sleeping with Mrs Robinson but becomes obsessed with marrying her daughter.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Singer Cerys Matthews shares some of her favourite pieces of poetry and music. 16:30Brian Cox, Robin Ince and guests look at one of the most tantalising ideas of cosmology.
| 16:00Chris Ledgard looks at referendums and the art of asking the right question. 16:30TV producer Jon Plowman and publisher Tim Coates discuss their favourite books.
| 16:00Builders' lives and the cooperation between musicians. 16:30BBC presenters' tax, Yahoo's CEO search, and the Voice newspaper goes to the Olympic games
| 16:00Francine Stock talks to Christopher Nolan about The Dark Knight Rises. 16:30Neanderthal medicine, commemorating extinctions, ExLab and the ethics of crowd funding.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Sir Alastair Burnet, Jon Lord, Yaakov Meidad and Mike Westmacott. 16:30Can maths prove whether the Tour de France has successfully clamped down on drugs?
| 16:00An Essex teacher fights back against the 'TOWIE' stereotype. Plus life after graduation.
| 16:00American travel writer and author Paul Theroux discusses his latest novel The Lower River. 16:30Ian Sansom on the contemporary poetry scene emerging in Northern Ireland.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 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 of the day's news with Ritula Shah. 17:30What happens to the carer when the person they love finally dies? A listener tells us. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Why are areas of Britain losing millions of pounds of regeneration money from Europe? 17:408/8Writer Kate Clanchy imagines one child's remarkable school report. 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. 18:304/6From 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. 18:304/4Featuring How Do I Get Up There?; The Ginge, The Geordie and The Geek; and Pappy's.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Toby Young revisits his tearaway teens, playing knock down ginger and skateboarding.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/2Satan transports historian Edith from the chaos of Hell up to London in 2012.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:307/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis join Nathan Caton, Mitch Benn, Laura Shavin and Jon Holmes.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Danny Wallace and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Graham Seed makes his selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Lynda acts as agony aunt. 19:15Verdict on The Dark Knight Rises, Tate Modern's new Tanks, and film-maker Asif Kapadia. 19:451/5It's 1664, and Sam's thoughts turn increasingly towards the ladies in his life.
| 19:00There's an uninvited guest at Brookfield. 19:15Hattie Morahan and Dominic Rowan on booing at the theatre, John Lydon and literary letters 19:452/5Sam's younger brother Tom falls seriously ill, but the diagnosis is unclear.
| 19:00Eddie aims for monster profits. 19:15Madonna's tour reaches the UK, Simon Russell Beale in Timon of Athens, poet Julia Copus. 19:453/5Sam is embarrassed when he comes home and finds Lady Sandwich on the chamber pot.
| 19:00Tracy has a bone to pick with Emma. 19:15Rapper Ice-T, Tom Hanks' new web project and Monica Mason's farewell to the Royal Ballet. 19:454/5Sam's affair with Mrs Lane continues, and he is tempted by the whores on Fleet Street.
| 19:15The Owl and the Pussycat becomes a floating opera, plus Steptoe and Son on stage. 19:455/5The Pepys household see the launch of the Royal Catherine, and the year ends with a row.
| 19:008/8Writer Kate Clanchy imagines one child's remarkable school report. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:00Clarrie feels overloaded. 19:151/6Marcus Brigstocke invites Ian Hislop to try new things, including his first pair of jeans.(R) 19:451/3By Alison Fisher. The 8.51 to Brighton has meant more to one family than they'll ever know
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| 20:00 | 20:00Matthew Syed explores the puzzling but powerful phenomenon of home advantage in sport. 20:30Migrants fleeing war or poverty who are risking their lives to reach the European Union.
| 20:00Why are areas of Britain losing millions of pounds of regeneration money from Europe? 20:40Eye care is lacking in care homes and text-to-speech facility is missing on some e-books.
| 20:00The morality of empire - combative, provocative and engaging debate with Michael Buerk. 20:45Naif Al-Mutawa discusses the importance of interpreting and translating between cultures.
| 20:00As banks are investigated for rigging the Libor interest rate, Simon Cox asks who lost out 20:30Peter Day asks how continental European businesses are surviving the euro crisis.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Farnham, Surrey. 20:50John Gray takes a fresh look at the thinking of John Maynard Keynes.
| 20:00Paul Farley marks the 50th anniversary of paperback poetry publishing in the UK.
| 20:00Can maths prove whether the Tour de France has successfully clamped down on drugs? 20:30Matthew Bannister on Sir Alastair Burnet, Jon Lord, Yaakov Meidad and Mike Westmacott.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Angela Saini examines new technology designed to speed up airport security checks. 21:30Jonathan Freedland takes the long view of Libor with a 14th-century financial scandal.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter asks if amateur sportspeople should be screened for heart conditions. 21:301/3Top economists discuss with Stephanie Flanders how to get the UK economy to grow again.
| 21:00Jonathan Edwards explores when we will get to the limits of human sporting endeavour. 21:30Libby Purves meets Clive Stafford Smith, Lois Pryce and Nick Phillips.
| 21:001/4Should an autistic man be forced to have the life-saving treatment he is fighting against? 21:45Quirky sound composition inspired by the songs of crickets.
| 21:00Simon Passmore's fast-paced psychological thriller. Starring Claire Foy.(R)
| 21:001/2It's summer in the Californian suburbs and Benjamin Braddock is worried about his future.
| 21:00The rise in parents abducting their children, fleeing abroad and evading custody orders. 21:26Food writer and TV presenter Stefan Gates appeals on behalf of peacebuilding charity Cord. 21:30Peter Day asks how continental European businesses are surviving the euro crisis.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Ritula Shah presents national and international news and analysis. 22:451/10Lost loves recalled, in Booker winner John Banville's new novel, read by Dermot Crowley.
| 22:00Fighting in Damascus intensifies, but is the momentum with the government or rebels? 22:452/10Alexander Cleave remembers his 'first encounter' with his best friend's mother, Mrs Gray.
| 22:00Syria attack, Nigeria slum clearance, and a Bollywood legend dies. With Ritula Shah. 22:453/10Alexander recalls the secret place of rendezvous that Mrs Gray and he made their own.
| 22:00Western powers react with fury to China and Russia's veto of their Syria resolution. 22:454/10Alexander Cleave enters the world of film. Memories of Mrs Gray continue to haunt him.
| 22:00Refugees flee Syria crisis, cinema shooting in Denver, Wiggins on Tour. With Robin Lustig. 22:455/10Alexander Cleave remembers the risks Mrs Gray and he took in that intoxicating summer.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15The morality of empire - combative, provocative and engaging debate with Michael Buerk.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Anne McElvoy of the Economist analyses how the papers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Dominic Arkwright and guests consider inner demons and the embracing of the dark side. 23:30The government defends itself over the shortfall in Olympic security. With Susan Hulme.
| 23:00Brian Cox, Robin Ince and guests look at one of the most tantalising ideas of cosmology. 23:30Sean Curran reports on a gruelling session for the chief executive of G4S, Nick Buckles.
| 23:003/4Looking back at a week's worth of broadcasting...that never happened.(R) 23:30Labour demands details of a multi-billion pound loan guarantee scheme for business.
| 23:002/4A trip round Wunderland, the Poundland of magical realms. 23:30Sean Curran reports as peers debate border security, police morale, more power for Wales.
| 23:00TV producer Jon Plowman and publisher Tim Coates discuss their favourite books. 23:30Poet Sarah Cuddon explores the career of the French 'New Wave' director Jacques Demy.(R)
| 23:0013/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the 2012 Final of the general knowledge music quiz. 23:30Poet Simon Armitage takes listeners on a journey to the Stanza Stones.
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to Christopher Nolan about The Dark Knight Rises. 23:30Tom Robinson reflects on manners, courtesy and respect.
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