| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Did Princess Diana's death prompt a major shift in British culture? Plus ethnography.(R) 00:45The bells of St Leonard's Church, Hythe, Kent.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Author David Mitchell introduces a unique book written by a 13-year-old with severe autism 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Author David Mitchell introduces a unique book written by a 13-year-old with severe autism(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/513-year-old Naoki reveals a unique insight into his world as a child with severe autism. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Author David Mitchell introduces a unique book written by a 13-year-old with severe autism 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/513-year-old Naoki reveals a unique insight into his world as a child with severe autism.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3Sarah visits the husband who deserted her, and a long bicycle ride won't deter her.(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. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Frank Sellar. 05:45European ministers meet for final talks on the Common Agricultural Policy. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58The Little Egret - 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 Frank Sellar. 05:45Low wages plus high cost of living - the formula for hidden rural poverty. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the common sandpiper.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Frank Sellar. 05:45Anna Hill asks if the poorest pupils in rural areas are losing out in school. 05:58The Savi's Warbler - 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 Frank Sellar. 05:45A finale for farm subsidies - the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy is agreed. 05:58The Marsh Warbler - 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 Frank Sellar. 05:45Charlotte Smith looks at what austerity cuts could mean for the countryside. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the reed warbler.
| 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 Roger Hutchings. 05:45"Dogs enjoy making decisions" -we visit a guide dog trainer who changed a listener's life.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. 05:4513/3Social anthropologist Jamie Tehrani dissects our obsession with celebrity culture.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Osborne and Balls on the Spending Review, plus the power of British gothic film.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding walks with Tara Bariana, who recalls his extraordinary walk home to India.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith visits Exmoor to investigate rural deprivation. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully examines the role of poetry in worship. 06:35On Your Farm goes fishing for whelks in the Moray Firth. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Humphrys meets Jagger. Is the UK facing power cuts? Plus the latest from Egypt.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10The Church of England is hoping for a new ethical bank on the high street. 07:55Samira Ahmed presents an appeal on behalf of Acid Survivors Trust International. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service from St Arvan's Parish Church, Chepstow. Preacher: Fr Michael Gollop. 08:48Tom Shakespeare presents the last of his four essays. Isn't it time to democratize art?(R) 08:58The Little Egret - Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of this bird and its sound.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Stephanie Flanders with Zadie Smith, David Kynaston, David Willetts MP and Owen Jones. 09:451/5Author David Mitchell introduces a unique book written by a 13-year-old with severe autism
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili talks to Professor Elizabeth Stokoe about studying real-life conversations. 09:30Owen talks to a British soldier about one particular day of fighting in Afghanistan. 09:452/5Author David Mitchell introduces a unique book written by a 13-year-old with severe autism
| 09:00Libby Purves meets farmer Tracy Mackness and artist George Butler. 09:453/513-year-old Naoki reveals a unique insight into his world as a child with severe autism.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Chinese book Romance of the Three Kingdoms. 09:454/5Author David Mitchell introduces a unique book written by a 13-year-old with severe autism
| 09:00Hugh Laurie, actor and musician, is interviewed by Kirsty Young. 09:455/513-year-old Naoki reveals a unique insight into his world as a child with severe autism.
| 09:00Sian Williams and Richard Coles with singer Barb Jungr.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine with Britain's best newspaper review, presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Jane Garvey talks to publisher Gail Rebuck and explores the sexual politics of compliments 10:451/51918. Vera is raising funds for Serbian causes.
| 10:00Jane Garvey with poet Fleur Adcock and artist Sonia Boyce. Plus the economics of childcare 10:452/51919. Former actress and suffragette Vera finds a new role as a relief worker in Serbia.
| 10:00Billie Jean King on 40 years of the WTA and changes in women's tennis. 10:453/51920. Vera faces her biggest challenge as Eve becomes desperately ill.
| 10:00Jenni Murray talks to the young activists getting involved in feminist causes. 10:454/51920. Vera takes on more responsibilities at the orphanage.
| 10:00Child refugees in Syria, Prof Nancy Rothwell, oversharing online, childcare - who pays? 10:455/51921. As her time in Serbia draws to a close, Vera is faced with finding a new role.
| 10:303/4Will Gompertz on the people taking YouTube to the next level and changing the face of TV.
| 10:00Clarrie's a woman on a mission, and Jazzer's trying to keep a low profile.
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| 11:00 | 11:004/4Gerald Scarfe introduces the radio, recycled. The subject is class. 11:304/6Pip and Charles Dickens engage in a novel-writing showdown to find the greatest writer.(R)
| 11:00Monty Don explores the link between the loss of wildlife abundance and human activity. 11:303/3Frances Fyfield and friends explore the score of Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess.
| 11:001/2Naturalist Richard Mabey profiles three of the oldest British trees - Yew, Beech and Elm. 11:306/6It's Vicky's birthday, and she's hopeful that someone will remember.
| 11:00The Libyans still waiting for reconciliation, and other reporters' despatches. 11:30Mark Burman strips away the layers of Stuart Freeborn's remarkable life in movie make-up.(R)
| 11:00Alan Dein follows the mixed fortunes of a new primary school in its first year. 11:303/4Tom wonders how the bankers keep getting away with it.(R)
| 11:00Steve Richards looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Cheers and tears in the Old Port at Marseille, and other correspondents' despatches.
| 11:15Steven Pinker, science writer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Julian Worricker on the prohibitive cost of insurance in areas at high risk of flooding. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Do working families need more help with their finances? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Special programme covering the chancellor's Spending Review, with analysis and reaction.
| 12:00Winifred Robinson on the Green Deal take-up, and how lower-alcohol wines drive the market. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The new restrictions making hand luggage even smaller. Consumer news with Peter White. 12:52Fi Glover introduces a conversation between a married couple about adoption and identity. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Discussing mobile insurance, care home top-up fees, flood deals and credit card inequality 12:301/7With Jeremy Hardy, Andrew Maxwell, Miles Jupp and Katy Brand. Sandi Toksvig chairs.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:006/6With panellists Gyles Brandreth, Russell Kane, Richard Herring and Paul Merton.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon meets a new generation of producers making butter special again. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news. 13:451/5Jan and Evie were reunited through Facebook, after being separated for 60 years.(R)
| 13:00National and international news. 13:452/5DNA helps to identify a missing man, more than two decades after his body was found.(R)
| 13:57The latest weather forecast.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:454/5Richard found his mother through the Salvation Army, only to discover he had a brother.(R)
| 13:00News and current affairs, presented by Edward Stourton. 13:455/5A family in Haiti, split by poverty and the earthquake, reunite.(R)
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Titchfield in Hampshire.(R)
| 13:00The latest national and international news. 13:303/3Frances Fyfield and friends explore the score of Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Tom feels out of things.(R) 14:15LS Lowry's obsessive relationship with his bed-ridden mother. Stars Lynda Baron.(R)
| 14:00Clarrie's a woman on a mission. 14:15Alastair Jessiman's psychic detective attempts to trace a missing journalist.
| 14:00Caroline's working hard.(R) 14:15Alastair Jessiman's psychic detective engages in a dangerous game with a leading actor.
| 14:00The big day arrives at Bridge Farm. 14:15When Barney's dog is run over, he wonders how he is going to pay the vet's bill.
| 14:15The discovery of a pair of red shoes triggers Kate's memories of her sixth birthday.
| 14:00Should there be a public inquiry into police attempts to smear Stephen Lawrence's family? 14:30Brian Cox stars in Mike Walker's epic chronicle of Mary, Queen of Scots.
| 14:00The GQT team visit Glenarm Castle in Northern Ireland, with Eric Robson in the chair.(R) 14:45Fi Glover introduces conversations touching on the final journey we all make in the end.
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| 15:00 | 15:008/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz. 15:30A look at the award winners who leaving high flying careers to follow their food passions.(R)
| 15:005/6Josie Long presents a selection of short documentaries with stories of loss and discovery. 15:3010/12Gary Kemp and Tony Hadley answer audience questions about Spandau Ballet's hit album True.
| 15:00Faulty goods or poor service? For consumer rights advice, call or email moneybox@bbc.co.uk 15:30Dr Mark Porter goes on a weekly quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding walks with Tara Bariana, who recalls his extraordinary walk home to India. 15:27Michaela Strachan presents an appeal on behalf of Send a Cow. 15:30Neil Gaiman talks to Mariella Frostrup about his works for children and adults alike.(R)
| 15:00The GQT team visit Glenarm Castle in Northern Ireland, with Eric Robson in the chair. 15:452/3AL Kennedy reflects on hearth and home: why does she spend so little time there?
| | 15:00Mike Walker's epic chronicle of the Stuarts considers James I and VI. With Bill Paterson.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Poet Michael Symmons Roberts explores the life of his childhood inspiration. 16:30Brian and Robin discuss the scientific nature of death with comedian Katy Brand.
| 16:00What information do internet companies have on us, and how can we delete it? 16:30Colin Murray and Bob Mills talk about favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor looks at crime in the armed forces. Also, the impact of welfare reforms. 16:30The future of Rupert Murdoch's News UK; coverage of the Guardian's scoops; change at BBC1.
| 16:00Director Evan Goldberg talks to Francine Stock about apocalypse comedy This Is the End. 16:30How 700,000-year-old horse DNA could change the way scientists study evolution.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Mick Aston, Betty Joseph, Lord Fraser of Carmyllie, Michael Baigent. 16:30Is any subject taboo for the Moral Maze? And do you like your radio recycled? 16:55Fi Glover with a conversation between friends about life choices and where they can lead.
| 16:00Billie Jean King on her fight for equality in tennis, plus modern feminism and Ed Miliband
| 16:00Evie Wyld on her novel All the Birds, Singing, plus fiction inspired by JFK's shooting. 16:30Roger McGough introduces poems after Homer by Alice Oswald and Michael Longley.
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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.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Entrepreneurs discuss their start-up stories with Evan Davis.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Are petrol prices manipulated to keep them artificially high?(R) 17:407/8Disgraced managers and corrupt executives face their retribution in a reality TV show.(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. 18:306/6With panellists Gyles Brandreth, Russell Kane, Richard Herring and Paul Merton.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6With the Olympics coming to Woodstock, Sir William is on a go-slow and Henry hunts dragons(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Marcus Brigstocke has volunteered to be the face, and indeed trousers, of British fashion.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/4Day one on the colony and they've lost the food, the air, the commander and the mood music(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/7With Jeremy Hardy, Andrew Maxwell, Miles Jupp and Katy Brand. Sandi Toksvig chairs.
| 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 Peter Curran.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Clarrie's a woman on a mission. 19:15This Is the End, LS Lowry exhibition, Jonathan Dee, and Brian Aldiss's Cultural Exchange. 19:451/51918. Vera is raising funds for Serbian causes.(R)
| 19:15Music in the paintings of Vermeer; two new tennis documentaries; pianist Mitsuko Uchida. 19:452/51919. Former actress and suffragette Vera finds a new role as a relief worker in Serbia.
| 19:00The big day arrives at Bridge Farm. 19:15Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; arts funding cuts; Lee Hall's Cultural Exchange. 19:453/51920. Vera faces her biggest challenge as Eve becomes desperately ill.(R)
| 19:15Liz Lochhead on Mary Queen of Scots exhibition, Mike Figgis, and the music of Miles Davis. 19:454/51920. Vera takes on more responsibilities at the orphanage.(R)
| 19:00Nic can't believe her eyes. 19:15Amy Winehouse exhibition; Alex Gibney on Wikileaks; Amanda Levete's Cultural Exchange. 19:455/51921. As her time in Serbia draws to a close, Vera is faced with finding a new role.
| 19:007/8Disgraced managers and corrupt executives face their retribution in a reality TV show. 19:15Sam Mendes' Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and LS Lowry at Tate Britain.
| 19:15James Walton presents a special edition recorded at 2011's Cheltenham Literature Festival.(R) 19:451/3A stranger walks into a village pub and hesitantly tells his strange story to the landlord
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| 20:00 | 20:00Lina Sinjab presents a personal account of how the Syrian war has changed her home city. 20:30What does the best evidence tell us about the effects of pornography? Jo Fidgen presents.
| 20:00Are petrol prices manipulated to keep them artificially high? 20:40Peter White speaks to Andrea Begley, the winner of BBC 1's talent show The Voice.
| 20:00Are baby boomers the Dick Turpin generation? Michael Buerk hosts combative debate. 20:4513/3Social anthropologist Jamie Tehrani dissects our obsession with celebrity culture.
| 20:00What information do internet companies have on us, and how can we delete it?(R) 20:30Entrepreneurs discuss their start-up stories with Evan Davis.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Titchfield in Hampshire. 20:50Tom Shakespeare presents the last of his four essays. Isn't it time to democratize art?
| 20:00Poet Brian Patten explores the 1960s counter-culture through its radically risqué poetry.
| 20:00Is any subject taboo for the Moral Maze? And do you like your radio recycled?(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on Mick Aston, Betty Joseph, Lord Fraser of Carmyllie, Michael Baigent.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00With so many species and habitats under threat, how do we decide what to conserve?(R) 21:30Stephanie Flanders with Zadie Smith, David Kynaston, David Willetts MP and Owen Jones.(R)
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter goes on a weekly quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us. 21:30Jim Al-Khalili talks to Professor Elizabeth Stokoe about studying real-life conversations.(R)
| 21:00Gaia Vince asks if we can ever run our vehicles on biofuels from algae or bacteria. 21:30Libby Purves meets farmer Tracy Mackness and artist George Butler.(R)
| 21:00How 700,000-year-old horse DNA could change the way scientists study evolution.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Chinese book Romance of the Three Kingdoms.(R)
| 21:00A run-down housing estate fizzes with supernatural forces. The original Candyman.
| 21:00A cocky young architect is stranded when he crashes off the motorway.(R)
| 21:00Discussing mobile insurance, care home top-up fees, flood deals and credit card inequality(R) 21:26Samira Ahmed presents an appeal on behalf of Acid Survivors Trust International.(R) 21:30What does the best evidence tell us about the effects of pornography? Jo Fidgen presents.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Lawrence allegations - who gave the order to watch the family? With Ritula Shah. 22:451/10Years later, a university lecturer still does not know the truth of the Lockerbie bombing.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:452/10The visit from a former CIA man has triggered painful memories for Alan.
| 22:00Spending review targets benefit claimants and public sector workers. With Ritula Shah. 22:453/10The American reveals crucial details about the investigation.
| 22:00Fresh claims about police snooping on the Macpherson inquiry. 22:454/10Alan Tealing finally learns the true purpose of the former CIA man's visit.
| 22:00Egypt, trust and transparency, and psychopaths. News and analysis with Philippa Thomas. 22:455/10Tealing must decide whether to trust Nilsen and act on the information he's been given.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Are baby boomers the Dick Turpin generation? Michael Buerk hosts combative debate.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Mary Riddell of the Telegraph analyses how newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:009/12Gary Kemp and Tony Hadley talk to John about Spandau Ballet's chart-topping album True. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Brian and Robin discuss the scientific nature of death with comedian Katy Brand.(R) 23:30Sean Curran and the BBC parliamentary team report from Westminster.
| 23:004/4Allison forces son Owen to go on a much-needed diet, but he has other ideas.(R) 23:154/4Writer Michael Smith returns to his hometown of Hartlepool. 23:30Susan Hulme follows chancellor George Osborne's statement to MPs.
| 23:001/4John Thomson, Helen Moon and Fiona Clarke perform sketches sent in by the public. 23:30Rachel Byrne reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Colin Murray and Bob Mills talk about favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55Two friends who live in London and have to face the British stereotypic view of Germans.
| 23:008/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz.(R) 23:30Bells, brides and vows: Roger McGough finds words for weddings and other celebrations.(R)
| 23:00Director Evan Goldberg talks to Francine Stock about apocalypse comedy This Is the End.(R) 23:30Mark Tully examines the role of poetry in worship.
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