| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Why is the Italian birth rate falling? Laurie Taylor on the crisis of the Italian family. 00:45The bells of St Mary's Church, Lymm, Cheshire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Early in 1495, Leonardo da Vinci began work on one of history's greatest masterpieces. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Despite his reputation by 1495, Leonardo da Vinci is frustrated at his lack of achievement 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Da Vinci sets about capturing one of the Bible's most dramatic scenes in paint and plaster 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5While he was painting the Last Supper, Leonardo found many distractions from the job. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5An eyewitness records the fitful progress that Leonardo was making on his masterpiece. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3A protective father wrestles with his spirited blind daughter's unexpected independence.(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 reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. 05:45Farmers in Gloucestershire voice their concerns over an anti badger culling website. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day from Wales with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. 05:45Charlotte Smith investigates the history of farming cooperatives in the Netherlands.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. 05:45An advert claiming 'Red Tractor Pork is High Welfare Pork' is banned. Pig farmers respond.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. 05:45The UK's biggest fresh milk processor says it will change the way it decides milk prices.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. 05:45Eleventh-hour negotiations on a new fairness code between farmers and milk processors.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Janet Wootton. 05:45How to turn the Cuban Missile Crisis into a musical, and Tanni Grey-Thompson on Your News.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Mary's Church, Abergavenny. 05:45Claire Bolderson profiles Frances O'Grady, soon to the the first woman to lead the TUC.
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| 06:00 | 06:00With James Naughtie and Justin Webb. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Justine Greening on planes and trains, public sector pay levels and which US votes count.
| 06:00Should the wealthy pay more tax? Plus the honours system and a supernova spotter.
| 06:00The West's options on Afghanistan, plus student visas and President Hollande's love-life.
| 06:00With John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Jules Hudson is in North Yorkshire discovering the fascinating history of Richmond Castle. 06:30Caz Graham investigates how farming co-operatives work in the UK, Europe and globally. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully challenges the premise that familiarity breeds contempt. 06:35A peer with a passion for pedigree pigs - Sarah Swadling meets the Marquess of Salisbury. 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. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton. 07:55Journalist and satirist Ian Hislop appeals on behalf of the charity Railway Children. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Bishop Stephen Oliver visits Caldey Island, exploring the spirituality of Britain's coast. 08:50John Gray explores the role of memory in giving meaning to our lives.
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| 09:00 | 09:004/6Amanda Vickery explores the virile poster boy of British manhood. 09:303/5Morality and freedom: Iris Murdoch and David Pears discuss the nature of morality. 09:451/5Early in 1495, Leonardo da Vinci began work on one of history's greatest masterpieces.
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili discusses silent aircraft with Cambridge engineer, Dame Ann Dowling. 09:30Paddy O'Connell explores the effect of great emotional upheaval on family life. 09:452/5Despite his reputation by 1495, Leonardo da Vinci is frustrated at his lack of achievement
| 09:00Libby Purves is joined by musician Clarence Adoo, a member of the British Paraorchestra. 09:453/5Da Vinci sets about capturing one of the Bible's most dramatic scenes in paint and plaster
| 09:003/4Stephen Fry celebrates the important verbal art and social tool of conversation. 09:303/5We assume twins' lives will follow similar patterns, but what happens when one is gay?(R) 09:454/5While he was painting the Last Supper, Leonardo found many distractions from the job.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor reunites a group of Asians who were expelled from Uganda by Idi Amin in 1972 09:455/5An eyewitness records the fitful progress that Leonardo was making on his masterpiece.
| 09:00Suzy Klein and Richard Coles with studio guest Lynda Bellingham and some remarkable people
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Jane Garvey and Tim Samuels explore the motivations for, and impact of, keeping secrets. 10:451/5A body with a missing finger and an extra front tooth leads the team to a cannabis factory
| 10:00Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson previews the Paralympics, plus Sandi Toksvig on her new novel. 10:452/5The case involving organised crime and cannabis farming continues.
| 10:00Jacqueline Wilson on her new book, Ann Romney, and the civil service. With Jenni Murray. 10:453/5Craven searches for two missing children and her history with the new boss is revealed.
| 10:00Are pens for women really necessary? Plus preparing a child for school, and real intimacy. 10:454/5A call from Craven's mother interrupts this case of modern-day slavery.
| 10:00Inga Bejer Engh, sperm donation, Astrid Bonfield and Stealing Sheep. With Jenni Murray. 10:455/5La Thu Huyen is tracked down, but what of the showdown with Macca and Craven's mum?
| 10:30Laurence Llewelyn Bowen explores their lasting attraction of the Blackpool Illuminations.
| 10:00Lilian's suspicions are aroused and there's news at last for Vicky.
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| 11:00 | 11:00The story of the Isle of Man's innovative leisure complex and the fire that destroyed it. 11:306/6Our hero Pip faces his nemesis Mister Benevolent for an epic Russian battle.(R)
| 11:00Rowan Pelling searches for a cure for the problem which blights her life, procrastination. 11:30Anti-apartheid campaigner Albie Sachs on the Largo from Dvorak's New World Symphony.
| 11:00Sheppey, landscape of cars, caravans and morose marshland - the place they call The Island 11:303/6Brian relives his adventures in a land where the military are revered above everything.
| 11:00Tessa Dunlop investigates why a plan for a massive gold mine is dividing Romania. 11:30Audrey Niffenegger catches Hokusai's 'Great Wave' to trace his far-reaching influence...
| 11:002/2Penny Marshall goes into the UK Missing Persons Bureau. 11:303/6Is Beauty's job ageing her up?
| 11:00Does digital technology open or close our minds? A show from the Aspen Festival of Ideas. 11:30The BBC's foreign correspondents take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor reunites the architects and opponents of the infamous Poll Tax initiative.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Social media for 4-year-olds, a new magazine for teens and 13-year-olds reading erotica. 12:45Jim Naughtie profiles the Irish politicians who shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00What more should be done to ensure we eat healthily? 12:45Jim Naughtie profiles the campaigner and mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Winifred Robinson: How green were the 2012 games?; taxi booking apps; what fish we eat. 12:45The inventor of the World Wide Web and unlikely hero of the Olympic opening ceremony. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. Are payday lenders doing rigorous enough checks? 12:45James Naughtie reflects on the glamorous life and untimely death of the Princess of Wales. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00New rules to protect us from 'chuggers', and how should we describe Paralympians? 12:45Jim Naughtie considers the Scottish politician with a passion for an independent Scotland. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Paul Lewis on a crackdown on claims managers who don't always deliver the promised cash. 12:306/6Journalist and author Caitlin Moran interviews her comedy hero Jennifer Saunders. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:004/16Nicholas Parsons challenges guests to speak for 60 seconds. From 2012. 12:32Sheila Dillon explores a food story of decline and revival - British mustard. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:451/5At HMP Brixton, prisoners write poems to their younger selves and to those at risk.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world with Martha Kearney. 13:452/5Women prisoners tell of the despair of imprisonment and the importance of family bonds.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:453/5At HMP YOI Brinsford, Mr Gee encourages teenagers to write to their loved ones in poetry.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:454/5Former prisoners pass on, in poetry, the result of many years of contemplation.
| 13:00National and international news with James Robbins. 13:455/5Young people in Edinburgh at risk of offending give Mr Gee a tour of the local areas.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Hebden Bridge.
| 13:00The latest national and international news with James Robbins. 13:30Peter White meets respected rock musician Mark Goffeney, who plays guitar with his feet.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Hayley tries to keep the peace. 14:15Sally has planned it all out. But when David finally arrives, she's hopelessly unprepared.(R)
| 14:00Lilian's suspicions are aroused. 14:153/6Declan investigates why a father wants his estranged daughter arrested for fraud.
| 14:15The Veracity Virus breaks out in Jonathan Myerson's comedy about internet fakery.
| 14:00There's news at last for Vicky. 14:15A painter's work is decoded by someone who seems to know his exact thought processes.(R)
| 14:00David and Ruth make plans. 14:15Through past-life hypnosis, Debbie has come to believe she used to be Anne Boleyn.(R)
| 14:00Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30By David Hare. A pin-sharp pupil is cut off from his fellow boys by his own intellect.
| 14:00Eric Robson, Bob Flowerdew, Chris Beardshaw and Bunny Guinness join gardeners in Norfolk. 14:45In 1989 the Observer journalist was arrested and accused of spying for Britain.
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| 15:00 | 15:00With guests Samira Ahmed, Simon Jones, Dominic Sandbrook and Dominic Lawson. 15:30Sheila Dillon looks at the modern vanilla trade and meets a young British vanilla grower.
| 15:004/4Matthew Sweet wonders if we have any moral reason to obey the law. 15:30The first attempt in England to turn a landscape back into a wilderness is 10 years old.
| 15:004/4Michael Robinson assesses what the future holds in the wake of the rate-fixing scandal. 15:30Dr Mark Porter finds out that botox injections can help chronic migraine sufferers.
| 15:00Jules Hudson is in North Yorkshire discovering the fascinating history of Richmond Castle. 15:27Award-winning actor Jim Broadbent makes an appeal on behalf of Dementia UK. 15:30Dreda Say Mitchell presents a special on Tartan Noir and the thriving Scottish crime scene
| 15:00Eric Robson, Bob Flowerdew, Chris Beardshaw and Bunny Guinness join gardeners in Norfolk. 15:451/3Every rucksack carried a copy - the 1970s traveller's guide to hitching on £10 a week.
| 15:30Anti-apartheid campaigner Albie Sachs on the Largo from Dvorak's New World Symphony.
| 15:001/3The battles of Ma Joad as her family trek west in 1930s America.
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| 16:00 | 16:00The life story of Ted Lewis, author of the novel which became the popular film Get Carter. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the history of the Baptist Church and its significance today.
| 16:00Chris Ledgard explores the ways people have read to each other at home down the centuries. 16:30Matthew Parris and his guest Natalie Haynes encounter the Latin poet Juvenal.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor visits Naples to investigate the role of Italian family values. 16:30Chris Blackhurst on Leveson, C4's Paralympics, and Sir Christopher Meyer on Harry photos.
| 16:00Matthew Sweet meets actor Toby Jones about the weird world of the Berberian Sound Studio. 16:30Piano tuners' brains, exo-planets and chimp justice. Quentin Cooper presents science news.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister remembers Neil Armstrong, Carlo Curley, Meles Zenawi and Phyllis Diller. 16:30Love at first sight for Woman's Hour and Men's Hour? Plus the Feedback jingle.
| 16:00The Norwegian lawyer who prosecuted Anders Behring Breivik. Presented by Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Victoria Hislop talks to James Naughtie about her debut novel The Island. 16:30Roger McGough with poetry requests, including work by Frost, Yeats and Julia Copus.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. Includes Weather.
| 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. 17:30How to turn the Cuban Missile Crisis into a musical, and Tanni Grey-Thompson on Your News. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00A journey through the UK defence economy telling the story of a bullet from factory to war 17:40Claire Bolderson profiles Frances O'Grady, soon to the the first woman to lead the TUC. 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. 18:304/16Nicholas Parsons challenges guests to speak for 60 seconds. From 2012.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30A love story about a socially inept childhood neighbour and a 'well-bred' Surrey girl.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Sandy sponsors his son-in-law in a charity marathon, but he proves to be too generous.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Dave and the boys organise a surprise 50th birthday for Ramesh.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Journalist and author Caitlin Moran interviews her comedy hero Jennifer Saunders.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson joins Luke Treadaway, Phil Cornwell, Alexandra Roach and Charlie Connelly.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio, presented by Gerry Northam.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Lilian's suspicions are aroused. 19:15Mark Lawson talks to Hustle star Adrian Lester, who answers questions from young actors. 19:451/5A body with a missing finger and an extra front tooth leads the team to a cannabis factory
| 19:15Sheridan Smith in Mrs Biggs, novelist Joyce Carol Oates, and poetry from the rooftop. 19:452/5The case involving organised crime and cannabis farming continues.
| 19:00There's news at last for Vicky. 19:15Mark Lawson chairs a debate on whether ebooks are a threat or a new chance for publishers. 19:453/5Craven searches for two missing children and her history with the new boss is revealed.
| 19:00David and Ruth make plans. 19:15John Wilson talks to soul survivor Bobby Womack, with views from collaborator Damon Albarn 19:454/5A call from Craven's mother interrupts this case of modern-day slavery.
| 19:15Opera star Alfie Boe, TV drama The Bletchley Circle, and organist Cameron Carpenter. 19:455/5La Thu Huyen is tracked down, but what of the showdown with Macca and Craven's mum?
| 19:00Claire Bolderson profiles Frances O'Grady, soon to the the first woman to lead the TUC. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the week's cultural highlights, including The Tempest.
| 19:00Freddie takes on a new challenge. 19:15Al Murray and Tim Key join Alex and his band for an Edinburgh special. 19:453/3Comedian Mark Watson reads his own short story, recorded live at the Edinburgh Fringe.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Michael Goldfarb looks at the history of federalism, and its successes and failures. 20:30Investigating the links between football, corruption and politics in Bulgaria.
| 20:00A journey through the UK defence economy telling the story of a bullet from factory to war 20:40Did the Olympics and Paralympics meet expectations? What legacy can we expect?
| 20:002/3How should we teach? John Humphrys challenges education experts. 20:45Ian Robertson argues that success and being a winner has a drug-like effect on us drug.
| 20:00Hannah Barnes investigates the state of the forensic science industry in the UK. 20:30Peter Day explores the impossible economics of the concert hall.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Hebden Bridge. 20:50John Gray explores the role of memory in giving meaning to our lives.
| 20:00Composer Gavin Bryars explores the ideas, personas and reception of his mentor John Cage.
| 20:00Love at first sight for Woman's Hour and Men's Hour? Plus the Feedback jingle. 20:30Matthew Bannister remembers Neil Armstrong, Carlo Curley, Meles Zenawi and Phyllis Diller.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper investigates Mars, bomb-proof make-up, toilets of the future, and bird song 21:304/6Amanda Vickery explores the virile poster boy of British manhood.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter finds out that botox injections can help chronic migraine sufferers. 21:30Jim Al-Khalili discusses silent aircraft with Cambridge engineer, Dame Ann Dowling.
| 21:00The first attempt in England to turn a landscape back into a wilderness is 10 years old. 21:30Libby Purves is joined by musician Clarence Adoo, a member of the British Paraorchestra.
| 21:00Rowan Pelling searches for a cure for the problem which blights her life, procrastination. 21:303/4Stephen Fry celebrates the important verbal art and social tool of conversation.
| 21:002/2Freud treats a young man's depression by analysing his childhood dream of white wolves.(R)
| 21:003/3The Buddenbrook family business is under threat from within and without.
| 21:00Paul Lewis on a crackdown on claims managers who don't always deliver the promised cash. 21:26Journalist and satirist Ian Hislop appeals on behalf of the charity Railway Children. 21:30Peter Day explores the impossible economics of the concert hall.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Round-up of the day's news, presented by Felicity Evans. 22:456/10The first spades cut the cemetery ground, but the digging disturbs more than the earth.
| 22:00Round-up of the day's news with Felicity Evans. 22:457/10Still recovering from the attack in his bedroom, Baratte starts to make some changes.
| 22:00The Paralympic ceremony, Assad on TV, and Putin's wealth exposed. News with Robin Lustig. 22:458/10To the consternation of those around him, Baratte asks Heloise Godard to move in with him.
| 22:00The latest on the South African mining crisis, and how unified is the Syrian opposition? 22:459/10Following the rape, Lecoeur is hiding with a pistol in the charnels of Les Innocents.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:4510/10The miners build a pyre for their dead comrade and hold a vigil in the ruins of the church
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:152/3How should we teach? John Humphrys challenges education experts.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Nick Watt of the Guardian analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Chris Ledgard endures bars, clubs and flight paths to listen to speech through noise. 23:303/3Micky Flanagan looks at his life in the 90s, returning to education and becoming a teacher(R)
| 23:001/4Gangland enforcer Jack Carter goes home to investigate the suspicious death of his brother 23:303/3Travelling from rainy Sligo to busy Dublin, Ross learns to play the penny whistle - badly.(R)
| 23:003/4Talks from well-known, if unreliable, Downing Street cats. 23:15Ian Leslie with more surprising first literary attempts of the world's best-known writers. 23:303/3Who will succeed Zorro? Can pensioners understand the futures trade? From September 2009.(R)
| 23:004/4The human chameleon's host of comic characters, from deluded teen to nonagenarian diva.(R) 23:303/3Sketch comedy from Tom Basden, Stefan Golaszewski, Tim Key and Lloyd Woolf.(R)
| 23:00Matthew Parris and his guest Natalie Haynes encounter the Latin poet Juvenal. 23:303/3Ireland hits the headlines, as the programme celebrates its 33rd birthday. From May 1992.(R)
| 23:00With guests Samira Ahmed, Simon Jones, Dominic Sandbrook and Dominic Lawson. 23:30Roger McGough with a brand new series, and a cheery selection of poetry requests.
| 23:00Matthew Sweet meets actor Toby Jones about the weird world of the Berberian Sound Studio. 23:30Mark Tully challenges the premise that familiarity breeds contempt.
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