| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15A tribute to the leading cultural theorist Stuart Hall, who died this week.(R) 00:45The bells of St Clement Danes, Strand, London.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Moving story of a historian's four years of madness and recovery in England's last asylum.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Moving story of a historian's four years of madness and recovery in England's last asylum.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Moving story of a historian's four years of madness and recovery in England's last asylum.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Moving story of a historian's four years of madness and recovery in England's last asylum.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Moving story of a historian's four years of madness and recovery in England's last asylum.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3Things go awry for a traveller when his bags go missing at the airport.(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.
| 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 Sister Gemma Simmonds CJ. 05:45Organised gangs are hunting with dogs in the British countryside. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58John Aitchison presents the Canada goose.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Sister Gemma Simmonds CJ. 05:45Contaminated floodwater poisoned livestock in Wales. Can Somerset learn lessons? 05:58John Aitchison presents the skylark.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Sister Gemma Simmonds CJ. 05:45As the floodwaters subside in some areas, the cost of the clear-up is beginning to emerge. 05:58John Aitchison presents the chough.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Sister Gemma Simmonds CJ. 05:45Wales reports a 23% drop in new cases of bovine tuberculosis. But is this just a blip? 05:58John Aitchison presents the parrot crossbill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Sister Gemma Simmonds CJ. 05:45What have we learnt 13 years on from the outbreak of Foot and Mouth? 05:58John Aitchison presents the Slavonian grebe.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, presented by the Rev Bob Fyffe. 05:45The programme that starts with its listeners.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of All Saints Church, Allesley, Warwickshire. 05:4539/3Byron Vincent discusses nature versus nurture, and society's obligations to its weakest.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding walks with Rachael Kiddey and her mother, Rosie Barrett, in Devon.(R) 06:30What are the costs and opportunities of building on the countryside? With Charlotte Smith. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Hardeep Singh Kohli reflects on the relationship between fathers and sons. 06:35Trai Anfield witnesses the dawn eruption of starlings from the Somerset Levels. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Thought for the Day and Weather.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Shelagh Fogarty. 07:55Gavin Hastings presents an appeal for the Cure Parkinson's Trust. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Live from Wesley's Chapel, London, with Leslie Griffiths (Superintendent). 08:48Roger Scruton argues for a vote for the English in the debate over Scottish independence.(R) 08:58John Aitchison presents the Canada goose.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with John Cornwell, Vanessa Feltz, Susie Orbach and Turney Duff. 09:451/5Moving story of a historian's four years of madness and recovery in England's last asylum.
| 09:00Peter Higgs opens up to Jim Al-Khalili about the real story of the Higgs boson. 09:30Women in the City talk about how they have combined motherhood with a high-flying career. 09:452/5Moving story of a historian's four years of madness and recovery in England's last asylum.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets comedian Arthur Smith and plant hunter Tom Mitchell. 09:453/5Moving story of a historian's four years of madness and recovery in England's last asylum.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Social Darwinism. 09:454/5Moving story of a historian's four years of madness and recovery in England's last asylum.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to Olympic ice skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.(R) 09:455/5Moving story of a historian's four years of madness and recovery in England's last asylum.
| 09:00Richard Coles and Andrea Catherwood are joined by chef and cookery writer Yotam Ottolenghi
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Sharon Rooney on starring in TV's My Mad Fat Diary. Presented by Jenni Murray. 10:451/5Ambassador B inspects a planet that encourages free speech.
| 10:00Major Kate Philp talks to Jenni Murray about her recent Antarctic expedition. 10:452/5Ambassador B pursues her missing sister into the uncharted planets of the Tundra.
| 10:00Female defence ministers. Benefit cuts and single parents. Good Housekeeping. 10:453/5Ambassador B is about to be disarmed in a way she never dreamed of.
| 10:00Jenni Murray presents the programme that offers a female perspective on the world. 10:454/5Landing on an unknown rock, Ambassador B gets a cheery welcome - and handcuffs.
| 10:00Why are older women more prone to anxiety? Is Prince a feminist icon? With Jenni Murray. 10:455/5Ambassador B decides to turn in her badge on the next planet she finds.
| 10:30Garry Richardson trades sports presenting for big band singing while learning its history.
| 10:00Clarrie is making mischief, and there's a crisis at The Bull.
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| 11:00 | 11:002/2Series following the eight workers picked from 1,700 who applied to work at a new Costa. 11:303/6Damien is invited to do an after-dinner speech.
| 11:00Chris Watson travels to Iceland in search of humpback whales. 11:30You've heard of the twelve bar - it's time to learn what exactly it is.(R)
| 11:00Steve Carver looks to the learn the secrets of the chimney sweeping trade. 11:301/6Sam's household grows, as Kate moves in with him and her ex-husband Peter.
| 11:00Global correspondents read between the lines, presented by Kate Adie. 11:30Folk musician Seth Lakeman travels to Greenwich Village in New York to meet The Folklorist(R)
| 11:00Gareth Gwynn takes us on a surreal journey into Welsh independence. 11:302/4After losing his job in Urban Planning, will Matt's ex-partner come to his rescue?
| 11:00Transforming waste into valuable products, with Bridget Kendall and guests. 11:30Reporters' stories from Ethiopia, Ukraine, Syria, Zimbabwe and China.
| 11:15Kirsty Young talks to intensive care specialist Prof Hugh Montgomery.
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| 12:00 | 12:00How much should you pay for a reduced or even non-existent service? With Winifred Robinson 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00What now for those affected by the floods? Consumer phone-in with Melanie Abbott. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00How future wind-farm projects could bring a cash-boost to the UK's towns and villages.
| 12:00Are the rules to make bank account switching easier really working? With Peter White. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Peter White looks at e-cigarette advertising, and rock star brewing with Francis Rossi. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Paul Lewis looks at Aviva's data breach and asks about the Vodafone share windfall. 12:302/9Chaired by Sandi Toksvig. Bob Mills joins regular panellist Jeremy Hardy.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:002/8Nicholas Parsons with Alun Cochrane, Rebecca Front, Russell Kane and Paul Merton.(R) 12:32Matthew Hill reports on the future of Fairtrade as the label marks its 20th anniversary. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news. 13:451/5Lucy Ash meets Ivan Fischer, the conductor who is holding up a mirror to Hungarian society
| 13:00National and international news. 13:452/5Lucy Ash meets Ada Colau of PAH, a group that challenges Spain's draconian mortgage laws.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:453/5Lucy Ash explores the art and activism of Wu Ming, an Italian writers' collective.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:454/5Lucy Ash meets the mayor who is challenging the French government's green policies.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:455/5Lucy Ash talks Tetiana Chrnovol, a Ukrainian opposition journalist.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Blundells School in Devon.(R)
| 13:00The latest national and international news. 13:30Dr Kat Arney meets a new generation of virtual cartographers, making maps to save lives.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Helen has a lot on her mind.(R) 14:15By Sibusiso Mamba. Two stand-up comics get in over their heads when they return to Africa.
| 14:00Clarrie is making mischief.(R) 14:151/4A turf war breaks out between rival factions in the Leith underworld.
| 14:00There's a crisis at The Bull.(R) 14:15By Eoin McNamee. A mysterious woman brings magic and murder to a small fishing port.
| 14:00Jolene faces a disappointment.(R) 14:15By Colin Bytheway. The story of serial murderer Parisian Henri Desire Landru.
| 14:151/3An alien with an aversion to electricity threatens to take Earth back to the dark ages.(R)
| 14:00Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? Presented by Anita Anand. 14:302/8Wealthy businessman Derace Kingsley hires Marlowe to find his estranged wife Crystal.(R)
| 14:00Peter Gibbs and the GQT panel take questions in Weymouth.(R) 14:45In February 1974, Russia's most famous dissident writer was sent into exile in the West.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Russell Davies chairs the nationwide general knowledge quiz. 15:30From krill burgers to goat's blood, the intriguing diet of the BBC Natural History Unit.(R)
| 15:002/7Jay Rayner and the team take questions from a local audience in Dartmouth. 15:30The fight back against the flood waters starts here. Tom Heap reports.
| 15:00Converting pension savings into retirement income? Lesley Curwen takes calls and emails. 15:30Is loneliness bad for you, who should take statins, treating air pollution and coughs.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding walks with Rachael Kiddey and her mother, Rosie Barrett, in Devon. 15:27Denis Goldberg presents the Radio 4 Appeal for Computer Aid International.(R) 15:30Ben Watt on his memoir about his parents, and literary reviews - do women get a fair deal?(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs and the GQT panel take questions in Weymouth. 15:451/2Scottish-born poet Katrina Porteous explores the Northumbrian landscape.
| | 15:001/3Jane Austen's masterpiece was the first novel to ask if a woman could have it all.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Novelist AS Byatt presents favourite pieces of writing with the help of actor Peter Eyre. 16:30William Crawley and guests discuss the role of religion in Putin's Russia.
| 16:003/4Shumi Bose explores how design can help us explore and express our sense of identity. 16:30Richard Herring and Tracy-Ann Oberman tell Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor on the home as a vehicle for self-expression. Also, the symbolic bathroom. 16:30Will another presenter change rescue ITV's Daybreak? Media news with Steve Hewlett.
| 16:00The Oscar-nominated writer of 12 Years a Slave talks about race in cinema. 16:30Bee diseases, whale-spotting question, epigenetics of pain and genes for sexual preference
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a footballer, a comedian, a climber, a politician and a tennis player 16:30Anger over Today's science coverage. Plus, Brits who? We're at the Radio 2 Folk Awards.
| 16:00Is Prince a feminist icon? Plus treating tongue-tie, and the perils of shopping with mum.
| 16:00Sally Beauman talks to guest presenter Ellah Allfrey about her latest novel The Visitors. 16:30Roger McGough presents poems that include a dollop of nonsense and a hint of spring.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage 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 of the day's news. 17:30Is there life after being a CEO? Evan Davis and guests discuss life after being boss.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Are government reforms to probation on track and will they work? Danny Shaw investigates.(R) 17:407/8By Lucy Caldwell. An elderly woman finds herself considering what her life is really worth(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. 18:302/8Nicholas Parsons with Alun Cochrane, Rebecca Front, Russell Kane and Paul Merton.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Sue Perkins with Tom Wrigglesworth, Lucy Beaumont, Anne McElvoy and Joel Morris.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6When a groom-to-be mysteriously vanishes, Milton leaps in.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Jason and his team examine the pitfalls of making best man speeches.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/9Chaired by Sandi Toksvig. Bob Mills joins regular panellist Jeremy Hardy.
| 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. 18:15Julian Worricker selects highlights from the previous seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Clarrie is making mischief. 19:15Arts news with John Wilson, including Lesley Sharp on her stage role in A Taste of Honey. 19:451/5Ambassador B inspects a planet that encourages free speech.(R)
| 19:00There's a crisis at The Bull. 19:15John Wilson talks to Prime Suspect's Lynda La Plante about her new plans for DCI Tennison. 19:452/5Ambassador B pursues her missing sister into the uncharted planets of the Tundra.(R)
| 19:00Jolene faces a disappointment. 19:15John Wilson talks to actor Andrew Sachs about his new autobiography. 19:453/5Ambassador B is about to be disarmed in a way she never dreamed of.(R)
| 19:15Arts news including Antonia Quirke's review of the latest Lars Von Trier film Nymphomaniac 19:454/5Landing on an unknown rock, Ambassador B gets a cheery welcome - and handcuffs.(R)
| 19:15Arts news with Tom Sutcliffe, including Emily Mortimer and Dolly Wells on their new sitcom 19:455/5Ambassador B decides to turn in her badge on the next planet she finds.(R)
| 19:007/8By Lucy Caldwell. An elderly woman finds herself considering what her life is really worth 19:15Will Gompertz leads critical discussion of Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac.
| 19:153/4Kerry Godliman is obsessed with lists - bleaching mugs, napping, sorting out cobwebs.(R) 19:454/4A return to a childhood location brings back painful memories for an ex-pat.
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| 20:00 | 20:002/2Steve Richards tells the inside story of the Lib Dems' turbulent years in government. 20:30Frances Stonor Saunders asks why people want anonymity while venerating individuality too.
| 20:00Are government reforms to probation on track and will they work? Danny Shaw investigates. 20:40Peter White discusses the effects of Scottish independence on visually impaired people.
| 20:00What are the limits of science when it comes to making moral and ethical choices? 20:4539/3Byron Vincent discusses nature versus nurture, and society's obligations to its weakest.
| 20:00Is Amanda Knox really guilty of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher? 20:30Is there life after being a CEO? Evan Davis and guests discuss life after being boss.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Blundells School in Devon. 20:50Roger Scruton argues for a vote for the English in the debate over Scottish independence.
| 20:00Poet Paul Henry traces the evasive spiv as he slips and slides through the archives.
| 20:00Anger over Today's science coverage. Plus, Brits who? We're at the Radio 2 Folk Awards.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a footballer, a comedian, a climber, a politician and a tennis player(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson follows Arctic terns on their migration north.(R) 21:30Andrew Marr with John Cornwell, Vanessa Feltz, Susie Orbach and Turney Duff.(R)
| 21:00Is loneliness bad for you, who should take statins, treating air pollution and coughs. 21:30Peter Higgs opens up to Jim Al-Khalili about the real story of the Higgs boson.(R)
| 21:00The fight back against the flood waters starts here. Tom Heap reports.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets comedian Arthur Smith and plant hunter Tom Mitchell.(R)
| 21:00Bee diseases, whale-spotting question, epigenetics of pain and genes for sexual preference(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Social Darwinism.(R)
| 21:00A celebration of the life and music of the late folk singer and activist Pete Seeger(R)
| 21:003/3Miss Thorne organises a summer fete and then develops a cunning plan for Eleanor.(R)
| 21:00Paul Lewis looks at Aviva's data breach and asks about the Vodafone share windfall.(R) 21:26Gavin Hastings presents an appeal for the Cure Parkinson's Trust.(R) 21:30Frances Stonor Saunders asks why people want anonymity while venerating individuality too.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00North Korea human rights abuses: UN publishes damning report. With Ritula Shah. 22:4511/20A newspaper article shocks a man into recalling a past relationship with a married woman.
| 22:00Violence in Ukraine leaves at least nine dead. Reporting and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:4512/20A group of political canvassers shelter from the rain and discuss modern Irish politics.
| 22:00EU threatens sanctions on Ukraine as violence continues in Kiev. With Ritula Shah. 22:4513/20As a group of canvassers share drinks, the talk turns to the politician Parnell.
| 22:00Ukraine - the bloodiest day since protests began. News round-up with David Eades. 22:4514/20Mrs Kearney organises a series of concerts featuring her daughter. But for whose benefit?
| 22:00Ukraine rivals agree early election after scores of deaths. Presented by David Eades. 22:4515/20An injured man is found at the bottom of the stairs in a bar, unable to speak.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15What are the limits of science when it comes to making moral and ethical choices?(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Iain Dale of LBC looks at how newspapers covered the week's biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Arthur Smith reflects on life, dementia and death, marinated in the music of Leonard Cohen
| 23:003/6From talking billboards to a dieting consumer of planets, another peek into the future. 23:301/2Christopher Frayling with informal tapes of Orson Welles, giving new insight into the man.(R)
| 23:001/4From launch to landing, we follow the crew of Apollo 11 as they cruise to the Moon. 23:151/6Paul Whitehouse's series follows a community psychiatric nurse on her rounds. 23:302/2Christopher Frayling with informal tapes of Orson Welles, giving new insight into the man.(R)
| 23:001/2A priest is called in when a 12-year-old girl appears to be possessed by a demonic force.
| 23:002/2Karras is increasingly convinced of the need for an exorcism for 12-year-old Regan.
| 23:00Russell Davies chairs the nationwide general knowledge quiz.(R) 23:30Roger McGough introduces poems requested by listeners.(R)
| 23:00The Oscar-nominated writer of 12 Years a Slave talks about race in cinema.(R) 23:30Hardeep Singh Kohli reflects on the relationship between fathers and sons.(R)
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