| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The rise & fall of the working class. Also, the attraction of 'cool' jobs with poor wages.(R) 00:45The bells of Tewkesbury Abbey in Gloucestershire.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Tim decides to retrace the route of the 1914 Giro d'Italia in authentic, period style.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Tim arrives in Milan to start his challenge to retrace the route of the 1914 Giro d'Italia(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Tim inadvertently cycles over the finish line of the 2012 Women's Tour of Tuscany.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Tim stops overnight in Montecorvino Rovella and finds himself in a rather strange hotel.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Tim's bike is falling to pieces & his sat-nav directs him to the most terrifying road yet.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3By Alix Nathan. A fireman discovers more than he envisaged when he investigates a fire.(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 Andrew Graystone. 05:45British strawberries this summer are set to be sweet as they bask in the early sunshine. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58David Attenborough introduces the male cuckoo.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Andrew Graystone. 05:45A row has erupted over the future of Grasmere Common in the Lake District. 05:58David Attenborough presents the song thrush.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Andrew Graystone. 05:45Confusion on who pushed for a media blackout during the pilot badger cull. 05:58David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the swift.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Andrew Graystone. 05:45A call for Europe to base regulation of farm chemicals on science not precaution. 05:58David Attenborough presents the wood warbler.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Andrew Graystone. 05:45Farmers face financial woe over dog faeces danger in the countryside. 05:58David Attenborough presents the nightingale. (Part 1 of 2)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with writer and broadcaster Anna Magnusson 05:45The programme that starts with its listeners.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Mary's Church, Ilmington, Warwickshire. 05:4546/3Thought-provoking talks with a personal dimension.(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. Includes Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark visits Coquet Island, sanctuary for some of Britain's rarest nesting sea birds.(R) 06:30Pigs are on the up! Charlotte Smith explores optimism in the industry. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05John McCarthy makes his way to the centre of the labyrinth 06:35Trai Anfield is in Dorset to find a bee that builds its nest in empty snail shells. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, 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 Edward Stourton. 07:55Olivia Colman presents the Radio 4 Appeal for the charity Anthony Nolan. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From King's College Chapel, Aberdeen, with the Rev Easter Smart and Prof John Swinton. 08:48Mary Beard reflects on exam season - past and present.(R) 08:58David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the swift.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Richard Hytner, Heather Rabbatts, Jonathan Powell and Archie Brown. 09:451/5Tim decides to retrace the route of the 1914 Giro d'Italia in authentic, period style.
| 09:001/3Michael Sandel asks if governments should try to influence private morality. 09:452/5Tim arrives in Milan to start his challenge to retrace the route of the 1914 Giro d'Italia
| 09:00Libby Purves meets songwriter Tony Hatch and cabaret performer Le Gateau Chocolat. 09:453/5Tim inadvertently cycles over the finish line of the 2012 Women's Tour of Tuscany.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss photosynthesis. 09:454/5Tim stops overnight in Montecorvino Rovella and finds himself in a rather strange hotel.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to comedian, actor and writer Jack Dee.(R) 09:455/5Tim's bike is falling to pieces & his sat-nav directs him to the most terrifying road yet.
| 09:00Aasmah Mir and Suzy Klein with singer Lulu and Ronan Keating's Inheritance Tracks.
| 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 Benjamin Brooks-Dutton about coping with grief and caring for a child 10:451/5Clare returns home years after tragedy struck, but can she put the past behind her?
| 10:00Marriage certificates - sexist, outdated or just a piece of paper? Plus kids and Tourettes 10:452/5Clare's angry words, scrawled on the treehouse, cause panic among Mark's remaining friends
| 10:00South African soprano Pretty Yende talks to Jenni Murray. 10:453/5The tension mounts, when the friends receive an anonymous summons to the treehouse.
| 10:00Nasa's chief scientist Dr Ellen Stofan; Women and Art; and music from First Aid Kit. 10:454/5The friends finally begin to talk and remember, but why does this make Guy so anxious?
| 10:00Michelle Knight talks to Jenni about her 11-year ordeal at the hands of Ariel Castro. 10:455/5The truth of what happened on the night of Mark's death finally emerges.
| 10:302/6Jay Rayner and the team are in Golders Green, North London.
| 10:00Eddie treats Clarrie, and Bridge Farm in inspected.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Nikki Fox investigates the treatment of disabled people in British prisons. 11:306/6Festive angst, a serious row and a huge let-down make for a goodwill bypass all round.
| 11:003/3Adam Rutherford asks what the genetics of intelligence could mean for education. 11:30Salena Godden presents the best blues singer you've never heard.
| 11:00In three generations, Neil Kanwal traces the history of Kenyan Asian migration to Britain. 11:301/6Sandy is feeling bereft, as his lodger has gone to live with her new man.
| 11:00Simon Cox investigates a notorious miscarriage of justice in Iceland. 11:30Trevor Cox asks whether computers can ever be truly creative.
| 11:00Winifred Robinson follows health research into the lives of thousands of Bradford babies. 11:302/4Joan and Colin arrive to visit Anna and Jim at impossibly short notice.
| 11:00George Parker of the Financial Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Stories from reporters around the world, colouring in the gaps between the headlines.
| 11:15Alison Moyet is interviewed by Kirsty Young and chooses her Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Should manufacturers tell us how long they expect our appliances to last? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Where should you have your baby, home or hospital? Shari Vahl takes your calls. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The airlines using 'extraordinary circumstances' to avoid paying out for delayed flights.
| 12:00Have high street markets had their day - or can they revive a town? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Solar farm and wind turbine subsidies. And why does UK diesel cost more than petrol? 12:52Fi Glover with newlyweds in their 90s reflecting on love and marriage second time around. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Sarah Pennells presents the latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:305/7Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team present a comic take on the week's news.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:006/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's comedy panel game(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon on the huge rise in farmed fish and the people trying to make it sustainable 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:45Martin Sixsmith looks at the stages of human development from childhood to old age.
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:45How our DNA and the development of our brains inform who we are.
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:45Martin Sixsmith examines the impact of neuroscience on the way we think, feel and act.
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:45Martin Sixsmith explores the way our brains perceive and process information.
| 13:00Ed Miliband says Labour will never again ignore people who worry about immigration. 13:45Examining the work of psychologists who believe consciousness is 'just an illusion'.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Canterbury in Kent.(R)
| 13:00The latest national and international news. 13:303/3Misha Glenny explores the life of Getulio Vargas, the man who changed Brazil.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Pat and Tony are struggling.(R) 14:151/10By Simon Topping. Charlie is a boy but knows she is really a girl. Starring Alex Lawther.
| 14:152/10By Caroline Horton. A young woman's trip to Paris with her eccentric French grandmother.
| 14:00A surprise visitor at Ambridge Organics.(R) 14:153/10By John Lynch. A man finds himself suspended between the living and the dead.
| 14:154/10By Phil Marley. Comedy about the trials and tribulations of a modern museum.
| 14:00Clarrie celebrates her birthday.(R) 14:155/10Martin's globetrotting girlfriend pushes him to extremes. Written by Andrew Viner.
| 14:00A chance for Radio 4 listeners to have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:306/8When a rare gold coin is stolen, Mrs Murdoch hires private eye Philip Marlowe to find it.(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Bristol. 14:45Fi Glover hears about the legacy of sexual abuse, finding love in your 90s, and friendship
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| 15:00 | 15:006/6Three students from the University of Birmingham take on three of their professors. 15:30Sheila Dillon talks to Ken Hom about his extraordinary life through food. Part two of two.
| 15:001/6Jay Rayner and the team are in Liverpool for this episode of the culinary panel programme.(R) 15:30Tom Heap explores the innovative ways to store energy rather than let it go to waste.
| 15:00Complained about a financial service but still not happy? Email moneybox@bbc.co.uk. 15:30Claudia Hammond hears from a shortlisted entry to the All in the Mind mental health awards(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark visits Coquet Island, sanctuary for some of Britain's rarest nesting sea birds. 15:27Shappi Khorsandi presents an appeal for Asylum Aid.(R) 15:30Tony Parsons talks to Mariella Frostrup about why he turned to crime.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Bristol. 15:451/3By Ruth Jones. A celebration of a colourful life of love, inspired by Dylan Thomas.
| | 15:00After an enforced year away from Mary Thorne, Frank returns to Greshambury.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Simon Armitage explores the creative possibilities opened up by Oblique Strategies cards(R) 16:30In the digital world everyone sells to us, and we sell ourselves to everyone.
| 16:00Michael Rosen and guests debate the language of food, from Oliver's 'more' to cannibalism. 16:30John Craven proposes Victorian Engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, as a great life.
| 16:00'Illicit' dance in Indian popular culture. Also, does war serve a social purpose? 16:30TV election debates; lack of women directors; 'Sky Europe' talks; and all3media is bought.
| 16:00Viggo Mortensen, Cannes Film Festival round-up, Jia Zhangke on China and censorship. 16:30Adam Rutherford discusses the irreversible melting of the Antarctic Western Ice shelf.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a space scientist, a musician, a farmers' leader, a computer pioneer. 16:30Does the government have far more people chasing benefits cheats than tax dodgers? 16:55Fi Glover with sisters sharing a childhood secret of abuse after 30 years of silence.
| 16:00Michelle Knight; Pretty Yende; and the campaign to change marriage certificates.
| 16:00Joseph O'Connor on his new novel The Thrill of It All. With Mariella Frostrup. 16:30Roger McGough presents best-loved poems chosen by an audience at Bristol Food Connections.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair presents 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 and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30The programme that starts with its listeners.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Modern-day slavery in the UK - how the homeless and vulnerable are used for cheap labour.(R) 17:401/8Performance poet Lemn Sissay creates a fictional response to a story in this week's news.(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. 18:306/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's comedy panel game
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Alex and his band explore the theme of home and leisure.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/5Isy recounts the tale of the Crank who helped her study Welsh.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/4Simon asks how land came to be traded. Who really owns the land we buy?
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/7Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team present a comic take on the week's news.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson presents an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Peter Curran presents highlights from the previous seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15James McAvoy; Gillian Clarke on Dylan Thomas; and Natalie Merchant. With John Wilson. 19:451/5Clare returns home years after tragedy struck, but can she put the past behind her?(R)
| 19:00A surprise visitor at Ambridge Organics. 19:15Godzilla reviewed, Ailyn Perez & Stephen Costello in La Traviata, playwright Peter Bowker. 19:452/5Clare's angry words, scrawled on the treehouse, cause panic among Mark's remaining friends(R)
| 19:15Penny Dreadful review; actor Oscar Isaac; Goldfrapp's Will Gregory; playwright Nick Payne. 19:453/5The tension mounts, when the friends receive an anonymous summons to the treehouse.(R)
| 19:00Clarrie celebrates her birthday. 19:15Gary Kemp on starring in a Lional Bart musical; Rachel Johnson on EM Delafield's classic. 19:454/5The friends finally begin to talk and remember, but why does this make Guy so anxious?(R)
| 19:00Bridge Farm is inspected. 19:15Actress, writer and comedian Dawn French, Coldplay reviewed, Ben Miles as Thomas Cromwell. 19:455/5The truth of what happened on the night of Mark's death finally emerges.(R)
| 19:001/8Performance poet Lemn Sissay creates a fictional response to a story in this week's news. 19:15Incognito play; Touchy Feely movie; Penny Dreadful TV; Ned Beauman's Glow; Andreas Gursky.
| 19:00Challenging times at Bridge Farm. 19:153/4Graham teaches Ben to abseil and the bathroom lock in the unit base is broken. 19:303/4A potential burglary brings out Neil's inner hero.(R) 19:453/3A unusual and playful fairy tale, with a twist, penned by a songwriter.
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| 20:00 | 20:002/3Misha Glenny on how, in 1808, the entire Portuguese court moved across the Atlantic.(R) 20:30What is the cause of an ongoing health crisis across Argentina's vast GM farming belt?(R)
| 20:00Modern-day slavery in the UK - how the homeless and vulnerable are used for cheap labour. 20:40Universities minister David Willetts on proposed cuts to Disabled Students' Allowance.
| 20:003/4Top journalists debate live with Andrew Rawnsley what leading opinion articles should say. 20:4546/3Thought-provoking talks with a personal dimension.
| 20:00Investigating the barrister and author Constance Briscoe, jailed for lying to the police. 20:30Peter Day looks at current retail pricing strategies, from market stalls to luxury brands.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Canterbury in Kent. 20:50Mary Beard reflects on exam season - past and present.
| 20:00Jonathan Agnew looks back at the rebel cricket tours to South Africa between 1981-1990.
| 20:00Does the government have far more people chasing benefits cheats than tax dodgers?(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a space scientist, a musician, a farmers' leader, a computer pioneer.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:002/3Adam Rutherford explores the post-war era, when behavioural genetics fell far from grace.(R) 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Richard Hytner, Heather Rabbatts, Jonathan Powell and Archie Brown.(R)
| 21:00Claudia Hammond hears from a shortlisted entry to the All in the Mind mental health awards 21:301/3Michael Sandel asks if governments should try to influence private morality.(R)
| 21:00Tom Heap explores the innovative ways to store energy rather than let it go to waste.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets songwriter Tony Hatch and cabaret performer Le Gateau Chocolat.(R)
| 21:00Adam Rutherford discusses the irreversible melting of the Antarctic Western Ice shelf.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss photosynthesis.(R)
| 21:004/5Martin Sixsmith presents a history of psychology and the mind.
| 21:00dramatised by Michael Symmons Roberts with Iain Glenn, Douglas Booth, Pippa Bennett-Warner(R)
| 21:00Sarah Pennells presents the latest news from the world of personal finance.(R) 21:26Olivia Colman presents the Radio 4 Appeal for the charity Anthony Nolan.(R) 21:30Peter Day looks at current retail pricing strategies, from market stalls to luxury brands.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Boko Haram releases new video of kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls. 22:451/10From different ends of the country, Luke and Nina are both looking for a way out.
| 22:00ICC re-opens examination of British military action in Iraq. With Ritula Shah. 22:452/10A flashbulb moment of a meeting in a Northern town, and Luke knows he must leave.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:453/10In a room above a pub, Paul, Luke and Leigh form Graft.
| 22:00Turkish strike over mine disaster; EU leaders debate; pregnant Sudan woman death sentence. 22:454/10The easy relationship between Paul, Luke and Leigh is threatened by the young actress Nina
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:455/10After the closure of Graft, Luke finally finds the courage to show Paul his first play.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:1546/3Thought-provoking talks with a personal dimension.(R) 22:302/4Jarvis becomes a night watchman, and a nurse and a spy also share stories of keeping watch(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Eleanor Mills of the Sunday Times looks at how newspapers covered the week's big stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Words can be abusive, cruel and cause offence. Which is worse: online or face-to-face?(R) 23:30Education secretary rejects Labour accusations that he has wasted money on free schools.
| 23:003/6Simon Mayo hosts a three-way battle to find out which is the funniest comedy generation. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:003/4Elvis denounces the wage gap and corporate capitalism. 23:152/6Robin Hood (no relation) comes to Dr Matt Berry with a fear of spiders.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Cariad Lloyd stars in a character-driven sketch show. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00John Craven proposes Victorian Engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, as a great life.(R) 23:27Director Mehmet Ergen returns home to lift the curtain on Turkish theatre. From 2014. 23:55Fi Glover with two friends who have rediscovered their friendship after a tragic loss.
| 23:006/6Three students from the University of Birmingham take on three of their professors.(R) 23:30Delicious poems introduced by Roger McGough from Bristol Food Connections Festival.(R)
| 23:00Viggo Mortensen, Cannes Film Festival round-up, Jia Zhangke on China and censorship.(R) 23:30John McCarthy makes his way to the centre of the labyrinth(R)
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