| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor looks at crime in the armed forces. Also, the impact of welfare reforms.(R) 00:45The bells of St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury, Shropshire.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Labelled 'a cooked seed', one who has no chance to sprout, Anchee Min wants to leave China 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Anchee lands in the US, but as a student with no English, will immigration let her in?(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Anchee Min copes with the culture shock of her luxurious American dorm. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Can Anchee Min juggle several jobs, her studies and debt while being desperately homesick? 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Anchee Min begins to live the American dream the hard way, and finally finds her voice.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3By Naomi Alderman. A love story involving eight loosely networked friends.(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 Roger Hutchings. 05:45Sybil Ruscoe hears how farming is one of the most dangerous jobs in the UK. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the corn bunting.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Roger Hutchings. 05:45Farmers have long warned about Chinese lanterns. Does the Midlands fire prove them right? 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the yellowhammer.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Roger Hutchings. 05:45One of the largest events in the farming calender starts today - Livestock 2013. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the turtle dove.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Roger Hutchings. 05:45Charlotte Smith reports from the Livestock Event 2013. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the sandwich tern.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Roger Hutchings. 05:45The government sets out a new plan to eradicate TB from England in the next 25 years. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the common buzzard.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Sheikh Ibrahim Mogra. 05:45'I couldn't compromise myself anymore' - An iPM listener talks about working at the CQC.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of the Church of Holy Trinity, Penn, Buckinghamshire. 05:4514/3Kevin Allen explains how missing airline cutlery shows where business leaders go wrong.(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.
| 06:00Morning news. Jeremy Hunt on 'health tourism' levy, plus what defines modern etiquette?
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark promenades with Timothy West along the pier at Clevedon and Weston-super-Mare.(R) 06:30A fifth of fatal injuries at work happen in the farming sector. Charlotte Smith asks why. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Samira Ahmed considers the value of re-examining the past. 06:35In the Pinks: Sarah Swadling visits an Isles of Scilly flower farm. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Includes Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10A special report from Uganda on child soldiers and other stories. Edward Stourton presents 07:55Sierra Leonean journalist Sorious Samura presents an appeal for AfriKids. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From Eton College Chapel. Canon Keith Wilkinson explores Gerard Manley Hopkins's poetry. 08:48Sarah Dunant reflects on feminism and the ousting of Australia's prime minister.(R) 08:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the corn bunting.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Sue MacGregor talks to Stephen Emmott, Danny Dorling, Jill Rutter and Amartya Sen. 09:451/5Labelled 'a cooked seed', one who has no chance to sprout, Anchee Min wants to leave China
| 09:00In the wake of the Turkish protests, Jonathan Freedland considers the Nika Riots of AD532. 09:304/5In Zhengzhou, Roger finds a building housing some of the finest treasures of the country.(R) 09:452/5Anchee lands in the US, but as a student with no English, will immigration let her in?
| 09:00Libby Purves meets James Bowen, owner of Bob the cat, and cabaret star Miss Hope Springs. 09:453/5Anchee Min copes with the culture shock of her luxurious American dorm.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the invention of radio. 09:454/5Can Anchee Min juggle several jobs, her studies and debt while being desperately homesick?
| 09:00Steven Pinker, science writer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young. 09:455/5Anchee Min begins to live the American dream the hard way, and finally finds her voice.
| 09:00Sian Williams and Richard Coles with composer Debbie Wiseman.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Statistics on domestic violence - how likely are men to experience it? With Jane Garvey. 10:451/10The war has ended, and Rupert finally returns home but finds much has changed.
| 10:00Jane Garvey launches the Woman's Hour Power List films. 10:452/10Edward is surprised when Louise agrees to meet his long-standing lover Diana.
| 10:00Sigrid Rausing, Brene Brown, and the challenges facing intersex people. With Jenni Murray. 10:453/10Sid's relationship with Thelma reaches breaking point. Christopher declares his feelings.
| 10:00Old-fashioned baby names are back, women on Boards, and a rape survior in India speaks out 10:454/10Archie finds himself the unexpected confidant for what seems like the whole family.
| 10:00Jenni Murray discusses Royal dresses, older motherhood, damaging dyes and mindful eating. 10:455/10Polly finds an admirer, and Clary's relationship reaches a difficult conclusion.
| 10:304/4Will Gompertz with Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng - taking education into the internet age.
| 10:00Lilian rejects an idea out of hand, and Emma gives George something else to think about.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Kit Hesketh Harvey goes beyond the pale, to explore the fake tan's meteoric rise. 11:305/6A new and terrible danger threatens Britain.(R)
| 11:00How much is a honey bee worth? Monty Don explores the value of nature. 11:30The impact of wartime favourite 'Lili Marlene', made famous by Marlene Dietrich.
| 11:002/2Richard Mabey considers the cultural and natural history of the Elm, Beech and Holly. 11:301/10The daughter of an eminent physician disappears after a night out at the Alpine Club.
| 11:00A house in Damascus and other correspondents' tales from around the world. 11:30Horatio Clare explores the landscapes - real and imagined - of horror writer Arthur Machen
| 11:00An insight into the lives of two Yorkshire van drivers who transport items traded on eBay. 11:304/4Tom Wrigglesworth on corporate lunacy, asking why we still bother with estate agents.(R)
| 11:00Sue Cameron of the Telegraph looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Portuguese are emigrating in their thousands in search of work, plus other despatches.
| 11:15Emeritus Professor and cardiologist Jane Somerville is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Julian Worricker hears about the hackers who steal information from your smartphone. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00How are councils responding to cuts and how is that affecting you? With Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Surveyor shortage, Spanish sales and borrowing a dog. Consumer news with Aasmah Mir. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Product placement, how to save on your mobile contract, and the history of the telegram. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Step-free stations, the perils of online storage, and feeding the UK's hungry. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Insurance renewals, financial break-ups, the cost of plastic, why a second costs a minute. 12:302/7With Jeremy Hardy, Susan Calman, Jason Cook and Hugo Rifkind. Sandi Toksvig chairs.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:001/6Fifty-ninth series of the multi award-winning comedy panel game, chaired by Jack Dee.(R) 12:32Valentine Warner and chef Magnus Nilsson swap food stories. In part one, British wild boar 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Carolyn Quinn. 13:451/5Terence Stamp discusses life as a food intolerant - raw vegetables and alphonso mango.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:452/5Soprano Angela Gheorghiu remembers cabbage and cake over afternoon tea with Nina Myskow.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:453/5Mary Portas on sex and chocolate, fighting for seconds and why she loves a full fridge.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:454/5Rower and adventurer James Cracknell on endurance food and losing senses.
| 13:00National and international news with Norman Smith. 13:455/5Chef Helene Darroze remembers the French upbringing that ignited her passion for food.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from the Lake District.(R)
| 13:00The latest national and international news. 13:301/3The alarming extent to which cyberspace is now used to steal, to spy and to wage war.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:15A feel-good drama about three men who venture on a climb of their lives.(R)
| 14:15By Steven Camden. Jason's life is thrown into chaos when an old friend turns up.
| 14:00Brian's got work on his mind.(R) 14:15A Japanese woman seeks whisky perfection on the Scottish island of Islay. Naoko Mori stars
| 14:00Pip has a good suggestion. 14:15Kate Clanchy's tough and touching play exposes the truth about two women.(R)
| 14:15Rumpole defends a shoplifting clergyman, exposes a former arsonist and appeases Hilda.(R)
| 14:00Should foreigners be charged for using the NHS? 14:306/10The 1960s Swedish detective series Martin Beck returns with Murder at the Savoy drama.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs chairs the horticultural panel programme from Gressenhall, Norfolk.(R) 14:45In the summer of 1984 a Nigerian exile living in London was kidnapped in a crate.
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| 15:00 | 15:009/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the eclectic general knowledge music quiz. 15:30Sheila Dillon meets a new generation of producers making butter special again.(R)
| 15:006/6Josie Long presents stories of running away, flight and car chases. 15:301/4Michael Blastland invites us to discover the way we think, behave and make decisions.
| 15:00Vincent Duggleby and a panel of guests answer your calls on saving and investing. 15:30Generics versus branded medicines - why pay more for the same thing? With Dr Mark Porter.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark promenades with Timothy West along the pier at Clevedon and Weston-super-Mare. 15:27Samira Ahmed presents an appeal on behalf of Acid Survivors Trust International. 15:30Evie Wyld on her novel All the Birds, Singing, plus fiction inspired by JFK's shooting.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs the horticultural panel programme from Gressenhall, Norfolk. 15:453/3AL Kennedy considers the challenges associated with staying in other people's houses.
| 15:30The impact of wartime favourite 'Lili Marlene', made famous by Marlene Dietrich.(R)
| 15:00Henrietta Maria watches husband Charles I fail to keep a hold on the reins of government.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Peter Curran on Northern Ireland's burgeoning film industry. 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince transport their own take on quantum physics to Glastonbury.
| 16:00Kim Normanton presents a moving, personal programme about memory and dementia. 16:30Owen Jones and Sarah Hall talk about their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor considers an ethnography of human-bird interactions. Also, Belfast mothers. 16:30BBC Trust faces criticism over exec pay; murder trials on TV; delay for press reform.
| 16:00Sightseers director Ben Wheatley talks to Matthew Sweet about new film A Field in England. 16:30Bovine TB, sunscreens from nature, and cleaning up space junk.
| 16:00Aasmah Mir remembers Douglas Engelbart, Gyula Horn, Richard Marlow and Marjorie Anderson. 16:30How impartial is the BBC? And why is Ambridge Extra infuriating Archers fans?
| 16:00How to be a powerful woman. Sigrid Rausing. Later motherhood. Old-fashioned baby names.
| 16:00Audrey Niffenegger discusses her bestselling novel The Time Traveler's Wife. 16:30Roger McGough introduces new poems made out of the oldest stories.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage 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. 17:30Managing corporations through crisis is the discussion for Evan Davis and his guests.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00With attention on A&E, is there a bigger problem in the way hospitals are funded?(R) 17:408/8A down-at-heel journalist gets a lucky break when he bonds with a fellow traveller.(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. 18:301/6Fifty-ninth series of the multi award-winning comedy panel game, chaired by Jack Dee.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Anne is off to Cambridge, but Charlotte doesn't know the meaning of the word 'thick'.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Uh-oh - Marcus Brigstocke has been put in charge of a thing! This week, his own hospital.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4Day seven on the colony and Mason faces an ethical nightmare.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/7With Jeremy Hardy, Susan Calman, Jason Cook and Hugo Rifkind. Sandi Toksvig chairs.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Derren Brown, Richard Madeley, Rich Hall and Isy Suttie.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15The best of the previous seven days of BBC Radio, chosen by Andy Kershaw.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including Julia Donaldson's Cultural Exchange. 19:451/10The war has ended, and Rupert finally returns home but finds much has changed.(R)
| 19:00Brian's got work on his mind. 19:15Emma Watson in The Bling Ring, Anna Chancellor, and Clarke Peters' Cultural Exchange. 19:452/10Edward is surprised when Louise agrees to meet his long-standing lover Diana.
| 19:00Pip has a good suggestion. 19:15Elton John reflects on his new album and the pressures of celebrity, with John Wilson. 19:453/10Sid's relationship with Thelma reaches breaking point. Christopher declares his feelings.(R)
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Michael Simkins offers a guide for aspiring actors 19:454/10Archie finds himself the unexpected confidant for what seems like the whole family.(R)
| 19:15Mark Lawson in Manchester talks to Adam Curtis, Nikhil Chopra, Josie Rourke, Matt Charman. 19:455/10Polly finds an admirer, and Clary's relationship reaches a difficult conclusion.
| 19:008/8A down-at-heel journalist gets a lucky break when he bonds with a fellow traveller. 19:15Kenneth Branagh and Alex Kingston in Macbeth at the Manchester International Festival.
| 19:00Josh has a bit of trouble. 19:15It's an Ashes summer. Has England's sleaziest ex-cricketer Dave Podmore met his match? 19:452/3Bee loves Brad, but he seems to care more for his guitar than he does for her.
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| 20:00 | 20:001/3The alarming extent to which cyberspace is now used to steal, to spy and to wage war. 20:30Does the Middle East any longer recognise the 'lines in the sand' imposed by the West?
| 20:00With attention on A&E, is there a bigger problem in the way hospitals are funded? 20:40A groundbreaking treaty will increase books available to the visually impaired.
| 20:00Combative debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. 20:4514/3Kevin Allen explains how missing airline cutlery shows where business leaders go wrong.
| 20:00How is Woolwich in south-east London coping with the killing of drummer Lee Rigby? 20:30Managing corporations through crisis is the discussion for Evan Davis and his guests.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from the Lake District. 20:50Sarah Dunant reflects on feminism and the ousting of Australia's prime minister.
| 20:00A humble wooden cabinet reveals secrets about how Churchill developed his oratorical style
| 20:00How impartial is the BBC? And why is Ambridge Extra infuriating Archers fans?(R) 20:30Aasmah Mir remembers Douglas Engelbart, Gyula Horn, Richard Marlow and Marjorie Anderson.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Monty Don explores the link between the loss of wildlife abundance and human activity.(R) 21:30Sue MacGregor talks to Stephen Emmott, Danny Dorling, Jill Rutter and Amartya Sen.(R)
| 21:00Generics versus branded medicines - why pay more for the same thing? With Dr Mark Porter. 21:30In the wake of the Turkish protests, Jonathan Freedland considers the Nika Riots of AD532.(R)
| 21:00Roland Pease on the idea that life on early Earth led to the evolution of plate tectonics. 21:30Libby Purves meets James Bowen, owner of Bob the cat, and cabaret star Miss Hope Springs.(R)
| 21:00Bovine TB, sunscreens from nature, and cleaning up space junk.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the invention of radio.(R)
| 21:00As its residents struggle to survive, the Welsh village of Cilhendre is rocked by murder.(R)
| 21:00Mike Walker's epic chronicle of the Stuarts considers James I and VI. With Bill Paterson.(R)
| 21:02Shaimaa Khalil travels across Egypt, hearing the voices of her fellow countrymen.(R) 21:26Sierra Leonean journalist Sorious Samura presents an appeal for AfriKids.(R) 21:30Does the Middle East any longer recognise the 'lines in the sand' imposed by the West?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Egyptian protests - will President Morsi resign? News and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:456/10Alan Tealing arrives in Australia, ready to confront the investigation's key witness.
| 22:00Is Egypt in the midst of a military coup? 22:457/10Failing to find the trial's key witness, Alan engineers a meeting with his wife instead.
| 22:00Egypt's army forces elected president Morsi from power. News round-up with Ritula Shah. 22:458/10Kim makes it clear that Parroulet deserves to have his side of the story heard.
| 22:00Egypt, Falkirk and South Georgia. News and analysis with David Eades. 22:459/10Tealing battles with Parroulet to save the house from the approaching bush fires.
| 22:00Egypt protests, Falkirk and Pope John Paul II is to become a saint. With Roger Hearing. 22:4510/10Alan Tealing finally grasps the deep truth of the investigation.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Combative debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45George Parker looks at the newspaper coverage of Wimbledon, Egypt, Mark Carney and Saatchi
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| 23:00 | 23:001/4Arthur Smith presents music and comedy from his home in Balham.(R) 23:30Sean Curran and the BBC parliamentary team report from Westminster.
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince transport their own take on quantum physics to Glastonbury.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00The News Quiz gets a US makeover with an all-American panel. Presented by Andy Borowitz. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster on Prime Minister's Question Time.
| 23:002/4John Thomson, Helen Moon, Fiona Clarke and Gavin Webster in sketches sent by the public. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Owen Jones and Sarah Hall talk about their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.
| 23:009/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the eclectic general knowledge music quiz.(R) 23:30Roger McGough introduces poems after Homer by Alice Oswald and Michael Longley.(R)
| 23:00Sightseers director Ben Wheatley talks to Matthew Sweet about new film A Field in England.(R) 23:30Samira Ahmed considers the value of re-examining the past.(R)
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