| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Gay-straight friendships, and how students approach alcohol. With Laurie Taylor. 00:45The bells of York Minster. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Valentine's Day, 1989, and author Salman Rushdie's life is changed forever. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Salman Rushdie describes how storytelling was central to his life as a youngster. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Rushdie describes eventful days at Cambridge before moving to his first job in advertising 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Salman Rushdie describes his life after working in advertising. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The author travels to India and delivers the manuscript that will shape his life. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3By Emma Darwin. Twelve-year-old Tom hears the mother he left calling to him in the night.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Bishop Joe Aldred. 05:45Queen guitarist Brian May warns badger culling will mean 'civil war' in the countryside. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Bishop Joe Aldred. 05:45A provisional licence to cull badgers is issued in Gloucestershire.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Bishop Joe Aldred. 05:45Agriculture Minister David Heath says the government is committed to the badger cull.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Bishop Joe Aldred. 05:45How pig paternity tests are being used to fight meat mislabelling in Ireland.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Bishop Joe Aldred. 05:45Farmers in the Peak District call for off-road users to be banned from green lanes.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Dr Ed Kessler. 05:45The programme that starts with its listeners.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Edward's, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire. 05:45Edward Stourton profiles leading social media blogger Pete Cashmore.
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| 06:00 | 06:00With James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Nato to scale-down joint operations in Afghanistan, plus complaints rise about GPs.
| 06:00Should the police be armed, the BBC's new boss and why Franco censored James Bond.
| 06:00David Laws on the pupil premium, plus reforming coroners and farewell to the Lada Classic.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare is in Richmond Park exploring a sculptor's unique view of London's animal park-life. 06:30Charlotte Smith discusses the impending badger cull pilot in Gloucestershire. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Rabbi Julia Neuberger discusses the complexities of our relationship with food. 06:35Sarah Swadling learns how oyster farmer John Labbett is coping with an emerging disease. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Evan Davis at UKIP's conference, plus Islam and free speech, and last night's 'meteors'.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton. 07:55Lesley Jenkins presents an appeal on behalf of the Hepatitis C Trust. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10For Harvest, from Flemington-Hallside Parish Church, Cambuslang, with the Rev Neil Glover. 08:50Sarah Dunant reflects on the growing importance of charity shops in times of austerity.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr talks to the writer Salman Rushdie. 09:451/5Valentine's Day, 1989, and author Salman Rushdie's life is changed forever.
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili interviews Prof David Nutt about research into drugs and the brain. 09:30Sarfraz Manzoor talks to author Judith Kerr about making public a personal story. 09:452/5Salman Rushdie describes how storytelling was central to his life as a youngster.
| 09:00Hardeep Singh Kohli meets Dr Pamela Stephenson and wildlife film-maker Alan Root. 09:453/5Rushdie describes eventful days at Cambridge before moving to his first job in advertising
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Druids of ancient Europe. 09:454/5Salman Rushdie describes his life after working in advertising.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor reunites the team that brought reality TV show Big Brother to UK screens. 09:455/5The author travels to India and delivers the manuscript that will shape his life.
| 09:00Sian Williams, Richard Coles, Clarissa Dickson-Wright, Harry Belafonte Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Margaret Aspinall and Jenni Hicks discuss the Hillsborough campaign for justice. 10:451/5A severe frost brings London to a standstill and the streets are given over to football.
| 10:00Nigel Slater, Tessa Jowell, and women in the Mormon church. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:452/5A freezing winter gives way to a heatwave, and the bubonic plague claims its first victims
| 10:00Migraines, family-friendly parliaments, Carousel and swimming. Presented by Jenni Murray. 10:453/5Sam is busy with navy work, since England is now at war with the Dutch.
| 10:00Dame Anne Owers, women at the top of banking, and why do some women love bad boys? 10:454/5In spite of sickness and fear around him, Sam has one of the best nights of his life.
| 10:00'Me Tarzan, You Jane' - the Lord of the Jungle celebrates 100 years in print. 10:455/5By the end of the year deaths from the plague are decreasing, and London starts to recover
| 10:303/3Steve searches for new clues on an old map to solve a 400-year-old missing persons case.
| 10:00Jazzer is confident of success and Pawel needs to talk.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Poet and accidental chainsaw owner James Lasdun learns how to chop wood. 11:303/6Justin has to cope with a visit from his dad.
| 11:003/24Is it going to be brownfield sites that will provide the room for wildlife to flourish? 11:30The enduring appeal of the Dire Straits classic is explored by those touched by the piece.
| 11:00Who was the man behind mantra 'Every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better'? 11:306/6Brian tells of a place where forgetfulness is a virtue
| 11:00The BBC's foreign correspondents take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines. 11:30Roger Luckhurst goes in search of the original Curse of the Mummy's Tomb...
| 11:00John McCarthy retraces one of the journeys of the mercurial travel writer HV Morton. 11:306/6Beauty falls for a charming English gentleman - like the ones in the movies.
| 11:00How do you rebuild after traumatic events? Bridget Kendall and her guests discuss. 11:30The BBC's foreign correspondents take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Hollywood actress Goldie Hawn is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Proposed changes to way private car parks are run, and the rise of bedbugs. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Who should benefit from employment law - the employer or employee? With Shari Vahl. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00As Bristol finally launches its own pound, we hear whether local currencies really work. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00New guidelines on cosmetic surgery, electric cars and house prices. With Winifred Robinson 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Actress Carey Mulligan talks about how she deals with her grandmother's dementia. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Banks' automated calls, inflation, free help to cut fuel bills, and bankrupts not welcome. 12:303/9With panellists Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton, Rebecca Front and Kevin Day. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:007/16Nicholas Parsons challenges guests to speak for 60 seconds. 12:32Tom Parker Bowles looks at the cinema eating experience. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world, with Martha Kearney. 13:456/10Juliet Gardiner considers an 18th-century economist's warnings about population growth.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world with Martha Kearney. 13:457/10Karl Marx believed that the future was predetermined by inexorable economic forces.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:458/10Juliet Gardiner looks at the dystopian predictions of the father of science fiction.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:459/10Juliet Gardiner considers George Orwell's haunting visions of the near-future.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:4510/10Are we more, or less, anxious about what is to come than we ever were?
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Stratford-upon-Avon.
| 13:00The latest national and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Ruth McDonald investigates the crisis in the Irish Catholic church.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Jazzer is confident of success. 14:15By Jackie Malton. A charismatic ex-con moves in on a family and nearly blows it apart.
| 14:156/6Frank thinks he's going to have a quiet day, but then a childhood pal turns up.
| 14:15A separated couple attempt to live together, but sticking to a list of rules proves hard.(R)
| 14:15Yvonne's ultimatum means either Issachar's dreadlocks go or she does.(R)
| 14:00Fallon has last-minute jitters. 14:15Psychological drama by Bethan Roberts. Fertility nurse Dawn gets too close to one patient.
| 14:00Call Anita Anand on 03700 100 444, email any.answers@bbc.co.uk or tweet #bbcaq. 14:30Brothers Tommo and Charlie's journey from a Devon childhood to the horrors of WWI.(R)
| 14:00Peter Gibbs chairs a horticultural debate at Ness Botanic Gardens, South Wirral. 14:45An Iraqi woman remembers living through the US-led invasion of 2003 with Robin Lustig.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe is joined by competing two-person teams from the Midlands and Wales. 15:301/10A young girl growing up in 1995 Belfast is fascinated by a computer game.
| 15:002/6Blurring the line between fact and fiction with tales of love, loss and bending the law. 15:302/10A businessman's eyes are opened to intriguing new possibilities when he takes in a tenant.
| 15:00Vincent Duggleby takes your calls on student finances. 15:303/10A woman's trip back to an old haunt in the South African bush becomes fraught with tension
| 15:00Clare is in Richmond Park exploring a sculptor's unique view of London's animal park-life. 15:27World affairs broadcaster Mike Wooldridge appeals on behalf of Hospice Care Kenya. 15:304/10A young man sees his father in a new light as he suspects that history is repeating itself
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs a horticultural debate at Ness Botanic Gardens, South Wirral. 15:355/10An advertising executive is drawn to an archaeologist, intrigued by the curve of his spine
| | 15:001/3Young farmer Gabriel Oak falls in love with Bathsheba.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Jarvis Cocker explains his love for one of literature's most extraordinary figures. 16:30Special edition live from the Imperial War Museum North on civilians in armed conflict.
| 16:004/4Michael Portillo investigates Alfred the Great - English hero or Saxon spin-doctor?(R) 16:30Alan Johnson tells Matthew Parris about the impact George Orwell had on his life.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor on research into racial segregation in cities and Britain's ethnic pay gap. 16:30Harriet Harman on Leveson, Kate and those photos, and the new DG's plans for the BBC.
| 16:00Jonathan Pryce on prototype vibrators and Benicio del Toro on Latino stereotypes. 16:30Climate computer modelling and its use in determining future UK energy policy.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Professor Sid Watkins, Bill Moggridge, Stanley Long and George Hurst. 16:30Was a topless Duchess of Cambridge really news? And listener suggestions for the new DG.
| 16:00Tessa Jowell, Hillsborough, Nigel Slater, and Darren Day on the appeal of a bad boy.
| 16:00AN Wilson talks about his novel based on the life of Josiah Wedgwood, The Potter's Hand. 16:30Roger McGough, with guest Hugo Williams, presents poems requested by listeners.
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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. 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, presented by Ritula Shah. 17:30Evan Davis and guests consider whether talk of the decline of Europe is exaggerated. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Rana Mitter discovers the unexpected thinking behind China's welfare state. 17:40Edward Stourton profiles leading social media blogger Pete Cashmore. 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. 18:307/16Nicholas Parsons challenges guests to speak for 60 seconds.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4From Al Pacino to Paul McCartney, Jon Culshaw imagines the private lives of the famous.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/4The young party idealists' ambition steps up a gear after their summer break.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6How does The Archers sound to people who don't listen to The Archers?
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/9With panellists Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton, Rebecca Front and Kevin Day.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Stephen K Amos, Aleks Krotoski, Carl Djerassi and Mark Watson.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15John Waite presents his selection of the best from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Now Is Good director Ol Parker, Caryl Churchill's new play, BBC Short Story Award writer. 19:451/5A severe frost brings London to a standstill and the streets are given over to football.
| 19:15Brad Pitt in Killing Them Softly reviewed, choirmaster Gareth Malone, comedian Greg Davies 19:452/5A freezing winter gives way to a heatwave, and the bubonic plague claims its first victims
| 19:15Oliver Stone on Savages; Mel C, Tim Minchin and Chris Moyles on Jesus Christ Superstar. 19:453/5Sam is busy with navy work, since England is now at war with the Dutch.
| 19:00Fallon has last-minute jitters. 19:15Actor Rupert Everett on his new memoir, novelist Deborah Levy and Big Boys Go Bananas!*. 19:454/5In spite of sickness and fear around him, Sam has one of the best nights of his life.
| 19:15French hit Untouchable reviewed, and Louise Wener and Roy Boulter on their radio drama. 19:455/5By the end of the year deaths from the plague are decreasing, and London starts to recover
| 19:00Edward Stourton profiles leading social media blogger Pete Cashmore. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests with sharp, critical discussion of the week's cultural events.
| 19:00Fallon is stuck in a rut. 19:156/6Marcus Brigstocke invites comic Sarah Millican to eat Chinese food with chopsticks.(R) 19:453/5Cockroft and Walton split an atom. But elsewhere, a mother's own world is splitting apart.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Chris Ledgard meets therapists bringing Jung back to Russia after the underground years. 20:30Michael Blastland on why your approach to politics might not be as rational as you think.
| 20:00Rana Mitter discovers the unexpected thinking behind China's welfare state. 20:40Is self-employment a good choice for the visually impaired? Peter White investigates.
| 20:001/3Mariella Frostrup and guests explore the issues involved in raising 'digital kids'. 20:45Ruchir Sharma describes his search for the next global economy which can deliver growth.
| 20:00Why has London Metropolitan University lost its licence to sponsor overseas students? 20:30Evan Davis and guests consider whether talk of the decline of Europe is exaggerated.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Stratford-upon-Avon. 20:50Sarah Dunant reflects on the growing importance of charity shops in times of austerity.
| 20:00Giles Dilnot searches the programme archives to see if political debate has changed.
| 20:00Was a topless Duchess of Cambridge really news? And listener suggestions for the new DG. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Professor Sid Watkins, Bill Moggridge, Stanley Long and George Hurst.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper explores how online social pressure can increase voter turnout. 21:30Andrew Marr talks to the writer Salman Rushdie.
| 21:00US research suggests screening all women for ovarian cancer does more harm than good. 21:30Jim Al-Khalili interviews Prof David Nutt about research into drugs and the brain.
| 21:00Should our farmland be used to grow fuel for our cars? Tom Heap reports. 21:30Hardeep Singh Kohli meets Dr Pamela Stephenson and wildlife film-maker Alan Root.
| 21:003/24Is it going to be brownfield sites that will provide the room for wildlife to flourish? 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Druids of ancient Europe.
| 21:00Juliet considers the dire warnings on population growth from the 18th-century economist.
| 21:003/3In a vigilante mob attack, Casy goes down and Tom hits back. Stars Robert Sheehan.
| 21:00Banks' automated calls, inflation, free help to cut fuel bills, and bankrupts not welcome. 21:26Lesley Jenkins presents an appeal on behalf of the Hepatitis C Trust. 21:30Michael Blastland on why your approach to politics might not be as rational as you think.
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| 22:00 | 22:00English schoolchildren will face 'tougher' tests in an overhaul of GCSEs. 22:451/15Many things are preoccupying the physician, father and sometimes fool to King Charles II.
| 22:00Nato tactics in Afghanistan; two police officers killed in Manchester. With Robin Lustig. 22:452/15Merivel sets out on a dazzling journey to the glittering court at Versailles.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:453/15Merivel arrives at Versailles but gaining an audience with Louis proves more difficult.
| 22:00Anti-reform protests in India, Brothers Grimm tales, and Mitt Romney's campaign troubles. 22:454/15Merivel accepts a lift in Louise de Flamanville's coach, but finds more than he bargained.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:455/15Physician, father and part-time fool, Merivel rescues a bear and returns to Bidnold.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:151/3Mariella Frostrup and guests explore the issues involved in raising 'digital kids'.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45A look at how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories in Westminster and beyond.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Alan connects with a 66-year-old Texan widow and an 18-year-old poker player in London.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports as ministers unveil plans for a 'tougher GCSE'.
| 23:004/4Jack's discovery that Frank's daughter made a porn film drives him to find her co-star. 23:30Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:002/4Neil's attempts at recycling strike Kim as an unhealthy obsession with death. 23:152/4Uncertainty and conflict mars the relationship between Napoleon and Wellington's horses.(R) 23:30Karen Krizanovich revisits the career defining book of Cosmo editor Helen Gurley Brown.(R)
| 23:003/4Diane, Joe and David go on the run around BBC Radio 4. 23:30Damien Hirst and others reflect on the forces that produced a brash, bold group of artists(R)
| 23:00Alan Johnson tells Matthew Parris about the impact George Orwell had on his life. 23:302/2Singer-songwriter Erykah Badu explores the music generated by the Black Power movement.(R)
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe is joined by competing two-person teams from the Midlands and Wales. 23:30Roger McGough presents a selection of poetry about secrets, art, nostalgia and libraries.
| 23:00Jonathan Pryce on prototype vibrators and Benicio del Toro on Latino stereotypes. 23:30Rabbi Julia Neuberger discusses the complexities of our relationship with food.
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