| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor considers an ethnography of human-bird interactions. Also, Belfast mothers.(R) 00:45The bells of the Church of Holy Trinity, Penn, Buckinghamshire.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Judith embarks on a dream holiday in Kenya, when nightmare becomes reality. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5As her ordeal begins, Judith clings on to her hope that her husband is safe.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Judith gets a phone call - but worryingly it's from her son, rather than her husband. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5As Judith's ordeal stretches into months, she begins to fear for her sanity. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Judith finally lets herself believe that her ordeal could soon be over.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3By Laura Dockrill. After setting up an account, how hard is it to truly quit the network?(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 spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Sheikh Ibrahim Mogra. 05:45Farmers call for fly-grazing to be made a criminal offence. Presented by Charlotte Smith. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the osprey.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Sheikh Ibrahim Mogra. 05:45Anna Hill investigates claims that there are too many horses in Britain. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the corncrake.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Sheikh Ibrahim Mogra. 05:45British Sugar is accused of intimidation tactics by sugar beet growers. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the house martin.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Sheikh Ibrahim Mogra. 05:45Charlotte Smith hears fears over the future of the rural postal service. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the coal tit.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Sheikh Ibrahim Mogra. 05:45Allegations of dirty tricks in the animal classes at this year's Great Yorkshire Show. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the tree pipit.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Claire Campbell Smith. 05:45'I don't care what the Foreign Office says, I'm staying in Egypt!' A tourist talks to iPM.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol. 05:45Mark Coles profiles the England cricket captain Alastair Cook.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Labour and the unions, plus the latest from Egypt and can you beat the queues?
| 06:00Call for better care training, plus Branagh on Macbeth and Aussie sporting underdogs.
| 06:00NHS England chief on its challenges, Cerys Matthews on Welsh attitudes to independence.
| 06:00Government 'to abandon cigarette packaging plan', plus Today listeners 'ask the world'.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Felicity Evans visits the Teifi Valley in West Wales.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith takes a look at the state of the UK's multi-billion pound equine industry. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Samira Ahmed considers whether procrastination is always such a bad thing. 06:35Caz Graham visits the Isle of Mull to investigate the challenges of island farming. 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. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton. 07:55Tim Bentinck presents an appeal on behalf of Autistica. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Glory to God: Vivaldi comes to Salford with the BBC Philharmonic and local choirs. 08:48A week after Wimbledon, amid the Ashes, Sarah Dunant reflects on sport's cathartic power.(R) 08:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the osprey.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Robert Peston investigates the murky world of financial algorithms. 09:301/5Brett Westwood and Phil Gates on creatures likely to be found in log piles and long grass. 09:451/5Judith embarks on a dream holiday in Kenya, when nightmare becomes reality.
| 09:00Sir Malcolm Rifkind and others discuss international surveillance. 09:301/4Tim Harford is joined by Malcolm Gladwell for the first in this new series of talks. 09:452/5As her ordeal begins, Judith clings on to her hope that her husband is safe.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets singer Natalie Cole and columnist Liz Jones. 09:453/5Judith gets a phone call - but worryingly it's from her son, rather than her husband.
| 09:001/4Peter Hennessy asks a senior politician to reflect on their life and times. 09:454/5As Judith's ordeal stretches into months, she begins to fear for her sanity.
| 09:00Emeritus Professor and cardiologist Jane Somerville is interviewed by Kirsty Young. 09:455/5Judith finally lets herself believe that her ordeal could soon be over.
| 09:00Sian Williams and Richard Coles with actor, broadcaster and writer Michael Palin.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Singer-songwriter KT Tunstall performs her upcoming single live. Jane Garvey presents. 10:456/10Diana and Edward are finally living together, but their happiness is not quite complete.
| 10:00Women in Egypt. Is it time for a women's Tour de France? With Jane Garvey. 10:457/10Polly and Christopher are faced with decisions about their future.
| 10:00Zora Neale Hurston, a woman's value if she has no children, and do looks matter at work? 10:458/10Louise feels unexpected pity for her father, while Sid is rescued by an old friend.
| 10:00Violence against women, international family planning, Susan Greenfield and Kate Nash live 10:459/10Without Archie, Clary finds it impossible to stay alone in the cottage to write her novel.
| 10:00Curbing overindulgent grandparents, girls' education and Siobhan Reddy. With Jenni Murray. 10:4510/10Polly's wedding brings the Cazalet family together once more.
| 10:30Alistair McGowan tells the story of the love letters that composer Erik Satie never sent.
| 10:00Emma feels sidelined, and Rob is on his best behaviour.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Exploring the lives of white women married to local Indian men who have made India home. 11:306/6Mister Gently Benevolent unveils an advent calendar of evil culminating on Christmas Day.(R)
| 11:00With increased urbanisation around the world, can wildlife be let in? 11:30How Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez for classical guitar touches people's lives.
| 11:00Mukti Jain Campion examines the world's most ambitious national identity scheme. 11:302/10Paul and Steve take a walk to a lonely clifftop cottage.
| 11:00A peek inside Abu Qatada's new home, and other despatches presented by Kate Adie. 11:30Rex Bloomstein profiles Burma's greatest comedian and a political activist, Zarganar.
| 11:00Idyllic Castle Cary Station is a sleepy one man show - until Glastonbury comes around! 11:301/4Geoff's decision to finally rebel against his domineering dad does not quite go to plan.
| 11:00George Parker of the Financial Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Despatches from correspondents in Egypt, Burma, the United States, Ecuador and France.
| 11:15Crime writer Val McDermid is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Public image of lawyers, small privately run shops, and cycle chic. With Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Is investment into sport creating results after more British victories over the weekend? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00With a look at standing charges and tips on when to buy a holiday to get the cheapest deal 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Should football ticket prices be capped? And what's really in e-cigarettes? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Pensioners targeted in bank card con and the rise of subtitled TV. With Peter White. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The global holiday rental booking fraud, insurance for the unemployed, and the ABC of cash 12:303/7With Jeremy Hardy, Samira Ahmed, Francesca Martinez and Bob Mills. Sandi Toksvig chairs.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:002/6Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer are joined by Tony Hawks. Jack Dee chairs(R) 12:32Magnus Nilsson and Valentine Warner fish the lakes of Sweden's Jamtland for wild trout. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news. 13:451/5Mark talks to Petros Markaris, whose crime series prophesied the Greek financial crisis.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:452/5How Argentinian writers have dramatised the transition from dictatorship to democracy.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:453/5Mark meets novelist Brian McGilloway, whose books explore the long shadows of the Troubles
| 13:00National and international news. 13:454/5Mark Lawson talks to Deon Meyer about the criminality in post-apartheid South Africa.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:455/5Mark Lawson examines the rise of female investigators in TV crime dramas.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Bushey in Hertfordshire.(R)
| 13:00The latest national and international news. 13:302/3The alarming extent to which cyberspace is now used to steal, to spy and to wage war.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Josh has a bit of trouble.(R) 14:151/3As WWII rages, an injured soldier strives to save West Wycombe Park for the National Trust
| 14:152/3The realities of war strike home for Lees-Milne, when Tom Mitford returns on leave.
| 14:153/3James travels to Faringdon House, home to eccentric Lord Berners and his ménage-a-trois.
| 14:00David's backseat driving. 14:15By Cat Jones. A detective's certainties are tested by the suicide of a young prisoner.
| 14:00Rob's on his best behaviour. 14:151960. Hilda's had a baby son, Nicholas. Rumpole, awash with flu, defends a safe-blower.(R)
| 14:00Discussing the U-turn on minimum alcohol pricing and plain cigarette packaging. 14:307/10Steven Mackintosh plays Martin Beck in the classic Swedish detective series.
| 14:00Chaired by Eric Robson, the GQT team is in Ambleside, Cumbria.(R) 14:45Hear one man's story of life in a Soviet labour camp during Stalin's rule.
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| 15:00 | 15:0010/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz. 15:30Valentine Warner and chef Magnus Nilsson swap food stories. In part one, British wild boar(R)
| 15:001/6Jay Rayner hosts the first episode in the new series of the culinary panel programme. 15:302/4Michael Blastland explores how our very human foibles can lead us into scandal.
| 15:00Need advice about pension planning or retirement choices? Call Vincent Duggleby. 15:30Dr Mark Porter goes on a weekly quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us.(R)
| 15:00Felicity Evans visits the Teifi Valley in West Wales. 15:27Sierra Leonean journalist Sorious Samura presents an appeal for AfriKids. 15:30Audrey Niffenegger discusses her bestselling novel The Time Traveler's Wife.(R)
| 15:00Chaired by Eric Robson, the GQT team is in Ambleside, Cumbria. 15:451/3Steven feels settled in the village, until his lover's ex-husband starts causing trouble.
| 15:30How Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez for classical guitar touches people's lives.(R)
| 15:00By Mike Walker. Charles I's best qualities come to the fore only in defeat.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Musician Rainer Hersch on the life and work of astronomer and musician William Herschel. 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince talk space exploration and space tourism with actor Brian Blessed
| 16:00What happens when a habit for collecting other people's diaries gets out of hand?(R) 16:30Dame Jacqueline Wilson and Richard Osman discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores a new academic field emerging. Also, political violence in Pakistan 16:30The BBC Chairman and DG appear before MPs over exec pay offs; Rupert Murdoch's Sun tape.
| 16:00Director Guillermo del Toro talks to Matthew Sweet about summer blockbuster Pacific Rim. 16:30Could the same knowledge used to save lives create viruses to use as weapons of terror?
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Alan Whicker, Islam Bibi, Lord Campbell, Paul Smith, Princess Fawzia. 16:30Is Ambridge Extra stepping on The Archers' toes? And why can't you download all BBC radio?
| 16:00Music from Kate Nash, sex after cancer treatment, and a Tour de France for women?
| 16:00Denise Mina, writing about the profession you're in, and the biography of Agent Marie. 16:30Roger McGough takes a new job as Noah at the helm of an ark of animal poems.
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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. 17:30How can businesses predict the trends of the future? Evan Davis and guests discuss.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00As big business is asked to pay its dues, are some charities being used for tax avoidance.(R) 17:40Mark Coles profiles the England cricket captain Alastair Cook.(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. 18:302/6Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer are joined by Tony Hawks. Jack Dee chairs
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/7Chaired by Miles Jupp, with panellists Frankie Boyle, Diane Morgan and Alan Johnson.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Radicalisation and the difficulties of dining hall protest tray-banging syncopation.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/4Day 27 on the colony. Brian's monkey wrench poses a significant threat.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/7With Jeremy Hardy, Samira Ahmed, Francesca Martinez and Bob Mills. Sandi Toksvig chairs.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Harry Shearer, Marcus Brigstocke and Imogen Edwards-Jones.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15The best of the previous seven days of BBC Radio, chosen by James Walton.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Kenneth Branagh on stage as Macbeth; The xx interviewed; Monsters University review. 19:456/10Diana and Edward are finally living together, but their happiness is not quite complete.(R)
| 19:15Arts news with Mark Lawson, including Murray Gold on composing music for Doctor Who. 19:457/10Polly and Christopher are faced with decisions about their future.(R)
| 19:00David's backseat driving. 19:15Arts news with Mark Lawson. Novelist Pat Barker makes her selection for Cultural Exchange. 19:458/10Louise feels unexpected pity for her father, while Sid is rescued by an old friend.(R)
| 19:00Rob's on his best behaviour. 19:15Ballet star Sergei Polunin; David Baddiel on his return to stand-up; photographer Rankin. 19:459/10Without Archie, Clary finds it impossible to stay alone in the cottage to write her novel.(R)
| 19:15John Wilson meets architect Richard Rogers, in the month he celebrates his 80th birthday. 19:4510/10Polly's wedding brings the Cazalet family together once more.(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles the England cricket captain Alastair Cook. 19:15Jane Campion's Top of the Lake, and silent film Blancanieves.
| 19:151/3Richard Tyrone Jones relives his perilous journey to the operating table and back again. 19:453/3Will the war in Syria come between a father and daughter?
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| 20:00 | 20:002/3The alarming extent to which cyberspace is now used to steal, to spy and to wage war. 20:30Paul Johnson argues that taxes look set to rise and finds out which ones and who will pay.
| 20:00As big business is asked to pay its dues, are some charities being used for tax avoidance. 20:40Blind Veterans UK are seeking thousands of blind ex-serviceman whom they can now help.
| 20:00When is it morally justifiable for an elected government to be thrown out in a coup? 20:451/4Tim Harford is joined by Malcolm Gladwell for the first in this new series of talks.(R)
| 20:00Melanie Abbott probes the activities of undercover police officers. 20:30How can businesses predict the trends of the future? Evan Davis and guests discuss.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Bushey in Hertfordshire. 20:50A week after Wimbledon, amid the Ashes, Sarah Dunant reflects on sport's cathartic power.
| 20:00Jake Arnott examines the Great Train Robbery of 1963.
| 20:00Is Ambridge Extra stepping on The Archers' toes? And why can't you download all BBC radio?(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on Alan Whicker, Islam Bibi, Lord Campbell, Paul Smith, Princess Fawzia.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00How much is a honey bee worth? Monty Don explores the value of nature.(R) 21:30Robert Peston investigates the murky world of financial algorithms.(R)
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter goes on a weekly quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us. 21:30Sir Malcolm Rifkind and others discuss international surveillance.(R)
| 21:00How 26 miles of precision-engineered tunnels are created through London's erratic geology. 21:30Libby Purves meets singer Natalie Cole and columnist Liz Jones.(R)
| 21:00Could the same knowledge used to save lives create viruses to use as weapons of terror?(R) 21:301/4Peter Hennessy asks a senior politician to reflect on their life and times.(R)
| 21:00Mark Lawson looks at crime fiction as a form for exploring social change around the world.
| 21:00Henrietta Maria watches husband Charles I fail to keep a hold on the reins of government.(R)
| 21:00The global holiday rental booking fraud, insurance for the unemployed, and the ABC of cash(R) 21:26Tim Bentinck presents an appeal on behalf of Autistica.(R) 21:30Paul Johnson argues that taxes look set to rise and finds out which ones and who will pay.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Could Egypt descend into civil war? In-depth reporting and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:451/5Attending a funeral awakens childhood memories of a series of terrifying events.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:452/5A curious encounter and a new arrival in the family home lead to a shocking confrontation.
| 22:00Egypt prosecutor orders arrest of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie. 22:453/5Can the mysterious Hempstock womenfolk send Ursula Monkton back to wherever she came from?
| 22:00MPs' pay, Egyptian crackdown on journalists, holiday email etiquette. With Philippa Thomas 22:454/5The children go to face Ursula Monkton, and Lettie reveals the secret of her ocean.
| 22:00Paris train crash, Belfast, Egypt, and Malala speaks at the UN. With Philippa Thomas. 22:455/5A final confrontation with the Hunger Birds leads to a terrifying attack.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15When is it morally justifiable for an elected government to be thrown out in a coup?(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45A look at how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:002/4Arthur Smith entertains at his south London home, with Alex Wilson's salsa combo.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince talk space exploration and space tourism with actor Brian Blessed(R) 23:30The best of the day in the Commons and the Lords, with Sean Curran.
| 23:00Mark Steel uncovers stories and characters making up Leith in Edinburgh.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme and the BBC parliamentary team report as Cameron and Miliband clash again.
| 23:003/4John Thomson, Helen Moon, Fiona Clarke and Gavin Webster star in sketches written by you! 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Dame Jacqueline Wilson and Richard Osman discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.
| 23:0010/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz.(R) 23:30Roger McGough introduces new poems made out of the oldest stories.(R)
| 23:00Director Guillermo del Toro talks to Matthew Sweet about summer blockbuster Pacific Rim.(R) 23:30Samira Ahmed considers whether procrastination is always such a bad thing.(R)
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