| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The impact of financial crisis on public health. Also, race and Scottish identity.(R) 00:45The bells of St Eadburgha's Church, Ebrington, Gloucestershire.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The remarkable story behind the only fragment of parchment to bear Cleopatra's signature.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Peter traces his interest in Cleopatra by looking himself up in the Alexandria library.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5A meal with the author's friends Mahmoud and Socratis takes a bizarre conversational turn.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5A visit to a carpet shop and a history lesson, both ancient and modern.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The author recalls seeing Elizabeth Taylor in the 1963 film Cleopatra.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3The story of a young girl's visit to a northern dance hall. Why doesn't she want to dance?(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Andrew Martlew. 05:45Rural crime and its effect on communities - why farmers and neighbours need to fight back. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58The Great Skua - Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of this bird and its sound.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Andrew Martlew. 05:45Both and animals and farmers are victims of wildlife crime. Can the police combat it? 05:58The Golden Oriole - Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of this bird and its sound.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Andrew Martlew. 05:45Anna Hill hears fears that traffic light labelling will put consumers off dairy products. 05:58The Lesser Whitethroat-Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of this bird and its sound
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Andrew Martlew. 05:45Campaigners want the rules changed on feeding food waste to pigs. Is it a good idea? 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the cormorant.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Andrew Martlew. 05:45Caz Graham visits the Royal Highland show in Edinburgh. 05:58The Wryneck - Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of this bird and its sound.
| 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 Frank Sellar. 05:45'It's hard to give up on your voice' - iPM hears about talking through a computer.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Leonard's Church, Hythe, Kent. 05:4512/3Economist Judith Shapiro believes the next steps towards women's equality will be harder.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00George Osborne on tax, an Arctic veteran's new medal, plus what's up with our weather?
| 06:00Care Quality Commission under fire, plus should reckless bankers be jailed?
| 06:00Government in GM push, plus rural poverty and James Gandolfini remembered.
| 06:00Jeremy Hunt on the failures and future of the CQC, plus why is gin 'under threat'?
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding walks with twin sisters Pauline Walker and Fiona Rennie.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith fights rural crime, from hare coursing to tractor thefts. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Jude Rogers explores our desire to disappear. 06:35Sarah Swadling meets Croatian farmers facing an uncertain future in the EU. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00GCHQ 'snooping' allegations, plus Amr Moussa on Syria, and the art of worm charming.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10William Crawley discusses Chester Mystery plays, Sunni-Shia tension, and God in hip-hop. 07:55Michaela Strachan presents an appeal on behalf of Send a Cow. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10His Story: Our Story - Live from St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square. 08:48Shouldn't we in Britain have better festivals? Shouldn't we celebrate Midsummer?(R) 08:58The Great Skua - Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of this bird and its sound.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Jonathan Freedland with Hari Kunzru, Jane Rogers, James Robertson and Adam Broomberg. 09:451/5The remarkable story behind the only fragment of parchment to bear Cleopatra's signature.
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili talks risk and uncertainty with Prof David Spiegelhalter. 09:30Owen Bennett-Jones talks to a British soldier about the reality of war. 09:452/5Peter traces his interest in Cleopatra by looking himself up in the Alexandria library.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets photojournalist Paul Conroy and composer Errollyn Wallen. 09:453/5A meal with the author's friends Mahmoud and Socratis takes a bizarre conversational turn.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Physiocrats, important French economic thinkers. 09:454/5A visit to a carpet shop and a history lesson, both ancient and modern.
| 09:00Alexandra Shulman, editor of British Vogue, is interviewed by Kirsty Young.(R) 09:455/5The author recalls seeing Elizabeth Taylor in the 1963 film Cleopatra.
| 09:00Sian Williams and Richard Coles with writer Viv Groskop and actor Paul Nicholas.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Will the PM promote more women? What children can see online, Kishwar Desai, Amanda Craig. 10:451/5Can teenager Jessie Lamb save humanity with the impact of biological terrorism?
| 10:00Beatrice Mtetwa, lawyer working in Zimbabwe. The politics of female friendships. 10:452/5As her own world falls apart, Jessie realises she must act.
| 10:00Jane Garvey presents a special show on alternatives to prison for some female offenders. 10:453/5As the death toll mounts, Jessie’s act of heroism could save the human race.
| 10:00Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns, and unveiling the Women in the Workplace report. 10:454/5Jessie's world is in crisis, but her father’s adamant she shouldn’t volunteer.
| 10:00Jenni Murray is joined by the BBC Philharmonic for a celebration of women and music. 10:455/5With her own world falling apart, Jessie realises it is time to take action.
| 10:302/4Will Gompertz meets Martin Mills, co-owner of music powerhouse the Beggars Group.
| 10:00Helen goes kite flying, and Matt demands his pound of flesh.
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| 11:00 | 11:003/4Old radio, recycled into something new: Blood 11:303/6Pip races to Antarctica to thwart another fiendish plot by the evil Mr Gently Benevolent.(R)
| 11:00With so many species and habitats under threat, how do we decide what to conserve? 11:302/3Frances studies Butterworth's A Shropshire Lad song settings and orchestral rhapsody.
| 11:002/2The story of HMP Brixton's conversion in 1853 to a prison solely for female convicts. 11:305/6Vicky wants a pay rise and decides she can only get it by becoming a single mother.
| 11:00Tourism in turmoil in Egypt and other despatches, presented by Kate Adie. 11:30Stuart Maconie enters the bohemian world of the Shakespeare and Company bookshop in Paris.
| 11:00Alan Dein follows the building of a new primary school... but where are the pupils? 11:302/4Tom finds himself bemused by the peculiar practices of utilities companies.(R)
| 11:00Andrew Pierce of the Daily Mail looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30There's something still splendid about air travel, and other stories from around the world
| 11:15Hugh Laurie, actor and musician, is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Reduced premiums through group-buying of insurance. With Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Winifred Robinson asks if we are failing a lost generation of older people. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Computers for £24, the best supermarket fashions, and new food labelling. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The companies making you pay just to receive a paper bill. Consumer news with Peter White. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news with Peter White, discussing energy bills, works of art and the high street. 12:52Fi Glover with two best friends in conversation about different approaches to motherhood. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest news from the world of personal finance. Presented by Paul Lewis. 12:306/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a topical spin through the week's news.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:005/6With Tony Hawks, Roy Walker, Fred MacAulay and Gyles Brandreth. Nicholas Parsons hosts.(R) 12:32A look at the award winners who leaving high flying careers to follow their food passions. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Syria is set to dominate the G8 summit. News and analysis with Martha Kearney. 13:45Michael challenges the notion that industrial unrest began with the General Strike of 1926
| 13:00Nato hands over responsibility for security to Afghan forces. Presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45Michael Portillo explores the pre-war attitudes to poverty, both in town and country.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:45Michael examines the Tories of the day, who appeared to be dicing with political death.
| 13:00National and international news, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:45Michael explores the tensions that existed before 1914 between the Empire and its colonies
| 13:00National and international news. 13:45Michael Portillo talks to a number of historians about the turmoil of the pre-war years.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents live political debate and discussion from Purley in Croydon.(R)
| 13:00The latest national and international news. 13:30Geoff Watts investigates why we cry and why emotional tears are a uniquely human trait.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Clarrie's getting up to speed.(R) 14:15Mark discovers his wife has been replaced by a replica, in Ed Harris's twisted love story.
| 14:00Eddie has a disturbed night.(R) 14:15Astronaut Kadian Giametti returns to Earth to find that the world has changed.
| 14:15Dystopic vision of London imagining the city divided in two.
| 14:00Jamie's finding it hard work.(R) 14:15A city-state plagued by drought has instituted a system of sacrifice in a bid for rain.
| 14:00Helen goes kite flying.(R) 14:15By Lou Stein. Drama about phone hacking. Media lawyer Hayley crosses the line of legality.
| 14:00A chance for Radio 4 listeners to have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30Composer Will Byrd is charged with coding papist messages in the music of the Chapel Royal
| 14:00Eric Robson hosts a postbag edition from Matt Biggs's garden.(R) 14:45Fi Glover with conversations about dealing with leukaemia and life as a transgender woman.
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| 15:00 | 15:007/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz. 15:30The story of Mott Green, Grenadian cocoa farmer, who tried to change the chocolate world.
| 15:004/6Josie Long presents stories of last words, lost love and lights being knocked out. 15:308/12Eliza and Martin Carthy answer audience questions about her album and their work together.
| 15:00Financial phone-in. Paul Lewis answers questions on disability and carers' benefits. 15:30Do older people need specialist mental health services? Claudia Hammond investigates.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding walks with twin sisters Pauline Walker and Fiona Rennie. 15:27Erwin James, a former prisoner, presents an appeal on behalf of the Prison Phoenix Trust. 15:30Louise Doughty talks about her psychological thriller, Apple Tree Yard.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson hosts a postbag edition from Matt Biggs's garden. 15:451/3English conveyancing law and her solicitor's sewage concerns leave Kennedy confused.
| 15:302/3Frances studies Butterworth's A Shropshire Lad song settings and orchestral rhapsody.(R)
| 15:00A cocky young architect is stranded when he crashes off the motorway.
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| 16:00 | 16:00John McCarthy explores the fascinating life of British author Derek Tangye. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests debate the role of religion within politics.
| 16:00Do women judge differently from men? Legal magazine with Joshua Rozenberg. 16:30Antonia Quirke and Kerry Shale talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books.
| 16:00Did Princess Diana's death prompt a major shift in British culture? Plus ethnography. 16:30Jon Snow on reporting from Iran, the future of the TV licence fee, and the Guardian USA.
| 16:00Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater and Julie Delpy tell Francine Stock about Before Midnight. 16:30Quentin Cooper looks back at 100 years work of the MRC.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on James Gandolfini, Elizabeth Braund, David Wall and Oliver Bernard. 16:30Goodbye Quentin Cooper - changes to Radio 4 science. Plus, OFCOM rulings and BBC losses. 16:55Fi Glover with a conversation about coping when the lifeboat and menfolk are at sea.
| 16:00Jenni Murray conducts the BBC Philharmonic. Feminist writing. Women and criminal justice.
| 16:00Neil Gaiman talks to Mariella Frostrup about his works for children and adults alike. 16:30Bells, brides and vows: Roger McGough finds words for weddings and other celebrations.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Food company CEOs tell Evan Davis how they satisfy customer appetites.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Are taxpayers getting value for money when cash strapped councils sell off their assets?(R) 17:406/8Poets Kate Fox and Salena Godden respond to the G8's pledge on international tax affairs.(R) 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. 18:305/6With Tony Hawks, Roy Walker, Fred MacAulay and Gyles Brandreth. Nicholas Parsons hosts.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Woodstock village has two mysterious visitors - one deathly pale and one deathly orange.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4Thom Tuck reunites classic sketch group, Absolutely, in Glasgow.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Victoria Coren Mitchell is joined by Katy Brand, David Baddiel and Richard Osman.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a topical spin through the week's news.
| 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. 18:15The best of the previous seven days of BBC Radio, chosen by Sheila McClennon.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Eddie has a disturbed night. 19:15Arts news with Mark Lawson, including Daniel Radcliffe, World War Z and Neil Gaiman. 19:451/5Can teenager Jessie Lamb save humanity with the impact of biological terrorism?(R)
| 19:15Before Midnight reviewed; playwright Conor McPherson; Rachel Whiteread's Cultural Exchange 19:452/5As her own world falls apart, Jessie realises she must act.(R)
| 19:00Jamie's finding it hard work. 19:15Lenny Henry returns to the stage, Joan Bakewell's Cultural Exchange and a Foghorn Requiem. 19:453/5As the death toll mounts, Jessie’s act of heroism could save the human race.(R)
| 19:15David Edgar, Errol Flynn, Airport Live and Glenn Patterson's Cultural Exchange. 19:454/5Jessie's world is in crisis, but her father’s adamant she shouldn’t volunteer.(R)
| 19:00Darrell's looking for work. 19:15Giorgio Moroder, site-specific art, Tim Firth and Francine Stock's Cultural Exchange. 19:455/5With her own world falling apart, Jessie realises it is time to take action.(R)
| 19:006/8Poets Kate Fox and Salena Godden respond to the G8's pledge on international tax affairs. 19:15Conor McPherson's new play The Night Alive; Delpy and Hawke reunite in Before Midnight.
| 19:15The ground-breaking Radio 4 phone-in show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy. 19:453/3By Jess Walter. A troubled father frets about being a good parent.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Matthew Sweet re-examines Parkinson's Law. Does work expand to fill the time allocated? 20:30Predistribution is Labour's new idea. The US thinker who invented it explains what it is.
| 20:00Are taxpayers getting value for money when cash strapped councils sell off their assets? 20:40Two listeners relate their experiences of navigating the legal system.
| 20:00Combative debate examining the moral issues behind pornography and the internet. 20:4512/3Economist Judith Shapiro believes the next steps towards women's equality will be harder.
| 20:00Do women judge differently from men? Legal magazine with Joshua Rozenberg.(R) 20:30Food company CEOs tell Evan Davis how they satisfy customer appetites.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents live political debate and discussion from Purley in Croydon. 20:50Shouldn't we in Britain have better festivals? Shouldn't we celebrate Midsummer?
| 20:00Susannah Clapp talks to authors who grew up at the end of the radio age.
| 20:00Goodbye Quentin Cooper - changes to Radio 4 science. Plus, OFCOM rulings and BBC losses.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on James Gandolfini, Elizabeth Braund, David Wall and Oliver Bernard.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Is there room for wildlife in a world with an increasing human population?(R) 21:30Jonathan Freedland with Hari Kunzru, Jane Rogers, James Robertson and Adam Broomberg.(R)
| 21:00Do older people need specialist mental health services? Claudia Hammond investigates. 21:30Jim Al-Khalili talks risk and uncertainty with Prof David Spiegelhalter.(R)
| 21:00Can we beat bacteria by stopping the bugs from talking to each other? 21:30Libby Purves meets photojournalist Paul Conroy and composer Errollyn Wallen.(R)
| 21:00Quentin Cooper looks back at 100 years work of the MRC.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Physiocrats, important French economic thinkers.(R)
| 21:002/2Michael Portillo challenges the notion of calm before the storm of the Great War.
| 21:00A future where the Earth's atmosphere, and human consciousness, has eroded.(R)
| 21:00The latest news from the world of personal finance. Presented by Paul Lewis.(R) 21:26Michaela Strachan presents an appeal on behalf of Send a Cow.(R) 21:30Predistribution is Labour's new idea. The US thinker who invented it explains what it is.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00G8 meets amid division over Syria. How moderate will Iran's new president be? 22:456/10The discovery of an ID card leads Cooper to Walter Frobisher, who is hiding something.
| 22:00Talking to the Taliban: US and Afghan governments announce start of direct negotiations. 22:457/10DDI Cooper's suspicions about Walter Frobisher increase as he pays him an unexpected visit
| 22:00George Osborne announces that Lloyds Bank will return to the private sector. 22:458/10The investigation follows a new twist.
| 22:00CQC names revealed, Brazil demonstrations and a poet mistaken for William Blake. 22:459/10Cooper hopes that an apprehended villain may lead him to a spiv called Dennis.
| 22:00Brazil, Libya, Care Quality Commission and Turkey. News round-up with Carolyn Quinn. 22:4510/10Dennis's plea for help leads DDI Cooper to the devastating conclusion of the case.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Combative debate examining the moral issues behind pornography and the internet.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Patrick O'Flynn of the Express analyses how the papers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:007/12Eliza and Martin Carthy talk to John Wilson about the Mercury nominated album: 'Anglicana' 23:30William Hague says a new president gives Iran the opportunity to renew relationships.
| 23:00Comedian Lucy Beaumont returns to her hometown of Hull for her BBC Radio 4 debut 23:30Susan Hulme hears MPs press for a binding vote on Syria.
| 23:002/4Luke struggles to tell his paranoid mother about his long-term girlfriend.(R) 23:153/4By Naomi Alderman. A heart-broken girl returns to the Roman ruins of Silchester. 23:30Health secretary apologises after accusations of a cover-up by England's health watchdog.
| 23:004/4Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes rewind and mangle real programmes.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Antonia Quirke and Kerry Shale talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55Fi Glover introduces a conversation about how the milk round can shape your life.
| 23:007/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz.(R) 23:30Roger McGough presents poems by Hollie McNish, Piotr Kniecicki and Nazim Hikmet.(R)
| 23:00Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater and Julie Delpy tell Francine Stock about Before Midnight.(R) 23:30Jude Rogers explores our desire to disappear.(R)
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