| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15White middle-class settlers in edgy areas, plus how to get ahead in the media. 00:45The bells of St Mary's Church, Lamberhurst, Kent. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The story of Isabella Robinson's sensational divorce case in the 1850s. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Isabella Robinson cements her friendship with Edward Lane. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Isabella continues to see Edward Lane, but her feelings are not returned by him. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5High drama as Mrs Robinson's diaries are taken away by her opportunistic husband. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The revealing of Isabella's diaries has caused much ado, and forces an unforgettable trial 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3By Laura Barton. Lying in hospital, a visit from his wife reminds Mike of how they met.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to begin the day with Richard Hill. 05:45The advantages of blight-resistant GM potatoes and warnings of a global food crisis. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to begin the day with Richard Hill. 05:45Agricultural land in England is expected to reach an all time high of £9,000 per acre.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to begin the day with Richard Hill. 05:45The 2012 UK apple crop could be down almost a fifth on last year due to rain and hail.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to begin the day with Richard Hill. 05:45A rainy and disease-hit harvest could mean less British wheat in our biscuits and cereals.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to begin the day with Richard Hill. 05:45Anna Hill meets farmers in Missouri to assess the worst drought for 80 years.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Mark Coffey. 05:45The programme that starts with its listeners.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of Durham Cathedral. 05:45Chris Bowlby profiles Dame Helen Ghosh, who is to take over as head of the National Trust.
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| 06:00 | 06:00With Evan Davis and James Naughtie. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day
| 06:00With Sarah Montague and Evan Davis. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day
| 06:00With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark is in Ireland, looking at attitudes down the centuries to the peat bogs. 06:30Anna Hill is in Missouri to report on the worst drought in the USA since the 1930s. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Elaine Storkey reflects on the moments when our normal lives are put on hold. 06:35Miranda Krestovnikoff tracks down Britain's smallest resident owl in a Wiltshire village. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Jane Little presents the Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme. 07:55Matthew Peacock, founder of the charity Streetwise Opera, makes an appeal on their behalf. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Anticipating the Paralympic Games and exploring the encounter with God through disability. 08:50John Gray reflects on the enduring appeal of Sherlock Holmes' powers of deduction.
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| 09:00 | 09:002/6Amanda explores an ideal of refinement and culture which has roots in Renaissance Italy. 09:301/51974. Historians Correlli Barnett and Paul Johnson clash on the causes of Britain's demise 09:451/5The story of Isabella Robinson's sensational divorce case in the 1850s.
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili talks to Pat Wolseley talks about her obsession with lichen. 09:30Razia Iqbal talks to Hilal Sezgin about what it means to a Muslim in modern Germany. 09:452/5Isabella Robinson cements her friendship with Edward Lane.
| 09:002/3As A-level results come out, Quentin Letts asks, 'What's the point of university?'. 09:30Fi Glover presents encounters from Northern Ireland, Stoke-on-Trent and Reading.(R) 09:453/5Isabella continues to see Edward Lane, but her feelings are not returned by him.
| 09:001/4Stephen Fry gets help from David Hockney on how language and colour work together. 09:301/5Edi Stark asks the ultimate twins question: Does any other relationship come close?(R) 09:454/5High drama as Mrs Robinson's diaries are taken away by her opportunistic husband.
| 09:00Critic and satirist Craig Brown is interviewed by Kirsty Young. 09:455/5The revealing of Isabella's diaries has caused much ado, and forces an unforgettable trial
| 09:00Richard Coles and John McCarthy with Tamsin Greig, Sally Becker and the Kinks' Ray Davies.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00What Olympic success means for women's sport, and why working women undervalue their work. 10:451/5A 12-year-old girl's world turns upside down when she is told an unbelievable truth.
| 10:00Feminism in family life, and the Olympic footballer Kelly Smith. With Jenni Murray. 10:452/5Laura meets the detective in charge of her case.
| 10:00Photos of veteran athletes that prove you don't have to be young to be athletic. 10:453/5Laura tracks down the medic in charge on the day she was born and swapped.
| 10:00Judy Murray on tennis, her kids and achieving sporting ambitions. With Jenni Murray. 10:454/5Laura finds the woman she believes is her biological mother.
| 10:00Camille Paglia on women in Hitchcock, Parveen Ahmed on Eid, and being blind on a bike. 10:455/5Laura and her parents prepare to meet the girl who was accidentally swapped with Laura.
| 10:30Comedian and musician Rich Morton explores the laid-back world of lounge music.(R)
| 10:00Mike receives an unexpected delivery. Meanwhile Pawel makes himself at home.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Yasmeen Khan explores the bling-filled world of the British Asian wedding.(R) 11:304/6Pip and Harry put to sea, but fate has other plans and they are shipwrecked.(R)
| 11:00James Aldred encounters one of the world's most powerful birds of prey, the Harpy Eagle.(R) 11:30Comedian Stewart Lee explores the early pioneers and rumblings of electronic music.
| 11:003/4Chris Ledgard with 1960s school stories of the switch from single sex to co-education. 11:301/6Brian relives his experiences in a land where genetics is pitted against education.
| 11:00The host bars revealing the cracks in South Korea's conservative social structures. 11:30Paul Jackson and a team of scriptwriters assess the legacy of Steptoe and Son, 50 years on
| 11:00Suzy Klein tries to conquer her claustrophobia through cognitive behavioural therapy. 11:301/6Can Beauty cope when her Mum comes to stay?
| 11:00Global ideas on tackling mental illness, in a discussion led by Bridget Kendall. 11:30Kate Adie hosts correspondents from France, India, Syria, Egypt and the United States.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor reunites five women who ruled the world of pop in the 1960s.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Who really wins from tourist attractions offering 'free' annual passes? 12:45James Naughtie considers the longest-serving prime minister of the 20th century. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Should the relaxation of Sunday trading laws for the Olympics be made permanent? 12:45James Naughtie profiles the artist who has long been at the forefront of British art. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00When automatic car insurance renewal goes wrong, and recovering from locked-in syndrome. 12:45James Naughtie considers Scottish comedian Billy Connolly, 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Does university clearing provide students with what they need? A ban on smoking in parks. 12:45James Naughtie on the industrialist credited with turning around Rolls Royce's fortunes. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Tickets for the Paralympic Games, sport for older people, and housing regeneration. 12:45James Naughtie profiles the Nobel prize-winning economist. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:003/4Michael reports on initiatives to do without banks, including peer-to-peer lending. 12:304/6Derren Brown gets inside the mind of musical wizard and fellow sceptic Tim Minchin. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:002/16Nicholas Parsons challenges guests to speak for 60 seconds. 12:32Sheila Dillon embarks on a journey through the world of spices, starting with the clove. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:451/5Lucy visits Schwabisch Hall which has been swamped with young job applicants.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world, with Martha Kearney. 13:452/5Lucy visits Latvia, where she finds that life for young people is particularly tough.
| 13:00National and international news presented by Martha Kearney. 13:453/5Lucy Ash is in Italy with Milan's youngest city councillor who wants to clean up politics.
| 13:00National and international news presented by Martha Kearney. 13:454/5Lucy Ash is in Hungary, where students were suddenly told they faced university tuition.
| 13:00National and international news presented by Shaun Ley. 13:455/5Lucy Ash is in Poland with the young people going underground - in mines and in business.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Shaun Ley chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Bourne End, Buckinghamshire.
| 13:00The latest national and international news. 13:30BBC correspondent Will Grant challenges stereotypes as he investigates Mexico's economy.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Mike receives an unexpected delivery. 14:15Scott Cherry and Gregory Evans' play revisits a scandalous Victorian crime.(R)
| 14:00Pawel makes himself at home. 14:151/6A community interpreter's girlfriend is arrested for assaulting a police officer.
| 14:15Drama about an obsessive affair between a lawyer and a jewel thief.(R)
| 14:15When a bookseller's wife goes missing, his neighbours suspect the worst.(R)
| 14:00Rosa offers a shoulder to cry on. 14:15Georges Simenon's black comedy about a husband and wife who loathe each other.(R)
| 14:00Call Anita on 03700 100 444 [standard rates], email any.answers@bbc.co.uk or tweet #bbcaq. 14:301/2Penniless, Paine arrives in America as the struggle for independence is beginning.(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson and the GQT panel are garden troubleshooting in Hazlemere. 14:45The Woodstock music festival has come to symbolise much of the idealism of the 1960s.
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| 15:00 | 15:00With guests Charlie Higson, Martin Kelner, Nat Luurtsema and Stephanie Merritt. 15:30Can changing our dining utensils change the flavour of food? Simon Parkes investigates.
| 15:002/4Matthew Sweet discovers his favourite painting is a forgery. But does it really matter? 15:30What will Britain's landscape look like in 2060? Tom Heap on our changing climate.
| 15:002/4Michael Robinson wonders if a return to the banking of yesteryear is a possible solution. 15:30Dr Mark Porter asks why some medical conditions are over-diagnosed, thanks to test results
| 15:00Helen Mark is in Ireland, looking at attitudes down the centuries to the peat bogs. 15:27Rhidian Brook presents an appeal on behalf of the charity the Salvation Army. 15:30Comedian and author Russell Kane discusses Ian Fleming's James Bond novels.
| 15:00Eric Robson and the GQT panel are garden troubleshooting in Hazlemere. 15:452/3The lure of dance proves impossible to ignore for one woman who seems to have it all.
| | 15:002/3It's 1848 and the revolution comes to Lubeck. The story of a German merchant family.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Comedian, journalist and GP, Dr Phil Hammond selects his favourite books and poems. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the role of religion in Syria.
| 16:00Chris Ledgard listens to the ways in which preachers use words and the power of language. 16:30Conservative politician, author and adventurer Rory Stewart chooses Sir Walter Scott.
| 16:00Inside the world of Wall Street women, and the role of morality in preventing crime. 16:30Why does Birmingham Alabama have eight local TV stations, when Birmingham UK has none?
| 16:00Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger on male masculinity and 19th century poetry. 16:30How a child with total paralysis could kick a football using a brain-controlled suit.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Sid Waddell, Helen Gurley Brown and Lord Morris of Manchester. 16:30How many school playing fields have really been sold off? Presented by Tim Harford.
| 16:00Judy Murray, Camille Paglia, Queens of Comedy and other highlights from the week.
| 16:00Aminatta Forna presents the best new fiction and non-fiction and talks to Pat Barker. 16:30Simon Armitage takes us to sea to explore one of the oldest poems in the English language.
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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.
| 17:00Carolyn Quinn with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Carolyn Quinn with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news with Patrick O'Connell. 17:30The programme that starts with its listeners. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Clubs or corporations? Jim White reports on the Premier League's first 20 years. 17:40Chris Bowlby profiles Dame Helen Ghosh, who is to take over as head of the National Trust. 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. 18:302/16Nicholas Parsons challenges guests to speak for 60 seconds.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Harvey is excited as wedding bells are in the air for his daughter, Charlie.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Delores has a moment of revelation as she feels really guilty for being late with the rent(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6The local traders are in revolt after a rowdy party shop opens in Lenzie.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Derren Brown gets inside the mind of musical wizard and fellow sceptic Tim Minchin.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 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 | 19:00Pawel makes himself at home. 19:15Rock star Alice Cooper, actor Clive Owen, and new US crime drama Person of Interest. 19:451/5A 12-year-old girl's world turns upside down when she is told an unbelievable truth.
| 19:15Interview with Alanis Morissette, review of Take This Waltz, and music for the cactus. 19:452/5Laura meets the detective in charge of her case.
| 19:15Mark Lawson reports from Edinburgh on the talking points of the Festival and Fringe so far 19:453/5Laura tracks down the medic in charge on the day she was born and swapped.
| 19:00Rosa offers a shoulder to cry on. 19:15Jeanette Winterson on witch trials; Birger Larsen, director of The Killing; political pop. 19:454/5Laura finds the woman she believes is her biological mother.
| 19:00Vicky struggles to find the right words. 19:15Novelist Philippa Gregory, Blake Morrison's The Last Weekend, and Dirty Dancing at 25. 19:455/5Laura and her parents prepare to meet the girl who was accidentally swapped with Laura.
| 19:00Chris Bowlby profiles Dame Helen Ghosh, who is to take over as head of the National Trust. 19:15Bidisha and guests review the week's cultural events including Parade's End.
| 19:15Sue Perkins presents a special edition of the panel show about morality and ethics. 19:451/3Comedian Russell Kane reads his own short story, recorded at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Historian Tristram Hunt MP considers the legacy of Octavia Hill, 100 years after her death 20:30Mobeen Azhar finds out how a charity is helping heroin addicts in Karachi.
| 20:00Clubs or corporations? Jim White reports on the Premier League's first 20 years. 20:40Ian Macrae on why complex Paralympic classifications are deterring blind competitors.
| 20:00Edward Stourton chairs a debate on issues surrounding human dignity. 20:45Katarina Skoberne describes how history repeating itself taught her valuable lessons.
| 20:00Should severely obese children be taken into care? 20:30Peter Day looks at the insatiable demand for coal and asks if it can ever go green.
| 20:00Shaun Ley chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Bourne End, Buckinghamshire. 20:50John Gray reflects on the enduring appeal of Sherlock Holmes' powers of deduction.
| 20:00Paul Morley on the unknown Anthony Burgess - his northern roots and his work as a composer
| 20:00How many school playing fields have really been sold off? Presented by Tim Harford. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Sid Waddell, Helen Gurley Brown and Lord Morris of Manchester.
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| 21:00 | 21:00A look at phonics and neuroscience, maths and the epic classics, and animal empathy.(R) 21:302/6Amanda explores an ideal of refinement and culture which has roots in Renaissance Italy.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter asks why some medical conditions are over-diagnosed, thanks to test results 21:30Jim Al-Khalili talks to Pat Wolseley talks about her obsession with lichen.
| 21:00What will Britain's landscape look like in 2060? Tom Heap on our changing climate. 21:302/3As A-level results come out, Quentin Letts asks, 'What's the point of university?'.
| 21:00James Aldred encounters one of the world's most powerful birds of prey, the Harpy Eagle. 21:301/4Stephen Fry gets help from David Hockney on how language and colour work together.
| 21:00Stunning blonde Marnie is not what she appears to be. She's about to be tested.(R)
| 21:001/3A German family fight to keep their supremacy in the changing world of 1840s Europe.
| 21:003/4Michael reports on initiatives to do without banks, including peer-to-peer lending. 21:26Matthew Peacock, founder of the charity Streetwise Opera, makes an appeal on their behalf. 21:30Peter Day looks at the insatiable demand for coal and asks if it can ever go green.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Criticism of Norwegian police; Egypt reacts to changes; the world's first all-female city. 22:451/5Helen Dunmore's new ghost story set after the Second World War. Read by Jasmine Hyde.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis, presented by Ritula Shah. 22:452/5Helen Dunmore's new ghost story set after the Second World War. Read by Jasmine Hyde.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis, presented by Robin Lustig. 22:453/5Helen Dunmore's new ghost story set after the Second World War. Read by Jasmine Hyde.
| 22:00Round-up of the day's news, with Robin Lustig. 22:454/5Helen Dunmore's new ghost story set after the Second World War. Read by Jasmine Hyde.
| 22:00Pussy Riot, the Syria border and delivering the post. News round-up with Ritula Shah. 22:455/5Helen Dunmore's new ghost story set after the Second World War. Read by Jasmine Hyde.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Edward Stourton chairs a debate on issues surrounding human dignity.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45David Aaronovitch of the Times analyses how the papers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Chris Ledgard visits Brussels, a melting pot of European languages. 23:301/3Comedian and cockney geezer Micky Flanagan regales us with his life story.(R)
| 23:003/4Kevin talks to a stupid man, Apollo 11 mission commander Neil Armstrong and a hypnotist. 23:301/3Ross Noble visits bustling Shanghai, teeming with spittoons and parks packed with people.(R)
| 23:001/4The chief mouser to the Cabinet Office, 1973-1987, reflects on life with Margaret Thatcher 23:15Ian Leslie with often surprising first literary attempts of the world's best-known writers 23:301/3How to talk to an emperor and inventing Saturday night TV shows. From August 2009.(R)
| 23:002/4The human chameleon's host of comic characters includes a nonagenarian musical diva.(R) 23:301/3Discover how progress is coming along on a bridge between Dover and Calais.(R)
| 23:00Conservative politician, author and adventurer Rory Stewart chooses Sir Walter Scott. 23:301/3Tube system goes berserk and the anniversary of space. From May 1992.(R)
| 23:00With guests Charlie Higson, Martin Kelner, Nat Luurtsema and Stephanie Merritt. 23:30Kenneth Steven traces the forced journey of Lady Grange, abducted & imprisoned on St Kilda
| 23:00Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger on male masculinity and 19th century poetry. 23:30Elaine Storkey reflects on the moments when our normal lives are put on hold.
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