| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15IVF's transformation of biological relations. Also, men in betting shops.(R) 00:45The bells of St Helen's Church, Lundy Island. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Laurie Lee's classic account of walking in Spain.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Laurie Lee's classic account of walking in Spain.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Laurie Lee's classic account of walking in Spain.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Laurie Lee's classic account of walking in Spain.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Laurie Lee's classic account of walking in Spain.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Tao Lin's curious tale about a prisoner in 2042 who depicts a society addicted to sleep. 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 short reflection and prayer with Canon Noel Battye. 05:45Scientists from across the world meet in Cardiff to look at ways of tackling bovine TB. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58The Great Skua - Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of this bird and its sound.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer with Canon Noel Battye. 05:45More commonly used on the continent, now scything is making a revival in the UK. 05:58The Golden Oriole - Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of this bird and its sound.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer with Canon Noel Battye. 05:45Experts meet to discuss how to tackle the global threat of TB in cattle. 05:58The Lesser Whitethroat-Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of this bird and its sound(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer with Canon Noel Battye. 05:45The government reacts to criticism over the environmental impact of high speed rail. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the cormorant.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer with Canon Noel Battye. 05:45Wild goose control in Scotland and New Zealand lamb in Sainsburys. 05:58The Wryneck - Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of this bird and its sound.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Kevin Franz of the Religious Society of Friends. 05:45'They're going to have to wait for us to die before they have any money'.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon. 05:4551/3Sandra Newman argues that genuinely cool people are a liability.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; 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; 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; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare walks near Arundel in West Sussex with Tristan Gooley.(R) 06:30From Maris Pipers to Maris Peers, Charlotte Smith looks at this season's potato crop. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05British writer and mountaineer Stephen Venables considers the importance of exploration. 06:35Farmyard stars of film and television in County Armagh. 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. 07:10Canon Andrew White, the vicar of Baghdad, talks about the plight of Christians in Iraq. 07:55Sophie Winkelman presents an appeal for Cure International UK. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From St David's Uniting Church, Pontypridd, with the BBC National Chorus of Wales. 08:48AL Kennedy argues for a world with less gossip.(R) 08:58The Lesser Whitethroat-Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of this bird and its sound(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe talks pain and suffering with Joanna Bourke, Norman Fowler and Jeremy Farrar 09:451/5Laurie Lee's classic account of walking in Spain.
| 09:00Chris Lintott tells Jim Al Khalili about crowd sourced astronomy and Galaxy Zoo. 09:30Reeta Chakrabarti talks to Andrew Old about his blog on working in education. 09:452/5Laurie Lee's classic account of walking in Spain.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets Merlin Holland, grandson of Oscar Wilde and cellist David Waterman. 09:453/5Laurie Lee's classic account of walking in Spain.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the philosophy of solitude. 09:454/5Laurie Lee's classic account of walking in Spain.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to Palestinian lawyer and writer Raja Shehadeh.(R) 09:455/5Laurie Lee's classic account of walking in Spain.
| 09:00With novelist and screenwriter Helen Fielding and seventh Python Carol Cleveland.
| 09:00Paddy asks if Iraq can remain a united country. With Virginia Wade and AC Grayling.
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| 10:00 | 10:00A new law criminalising forced marriage - how much of a deterrent will it prove to be? 10:451/5Modesty is hired by the secret service to prevent a multi-million pound diamond heist.
| 10:00Cressida Cowell; Young Foster Carers; Battle of Orgreave. 10:452/5Modesty and Willie head to France to discover who is behind the diamond heist.
| 10:00Game of Thrones' Indira Varma on her latest stage role. And is 60 the new 40? 10:453/5Modesty and Willie decide to play the live bait caper.
| 10:00Brazilian food and drink. And childcare - becoming a key issue for the next election? 10:454/5Modesty and Willie have been captured by criminal mastermind, Gabriel.
| 10:00Antoinette Tuff on how she talked down a gunman threatening to run amok in her school. 10:455/5Modesty and Willie are being held by ruthless villain, Gabriel - and time is running out.
| 10:30How a county best known for flat caps and fatty beer won the bid to host Le Grand Depart.
| 10:00Peggy has a difficult day. Meanwhile, Elizabeth is converted.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Half a million Poles have settled here in the last decade. Are they becoming British? 11:304/6One of the rarest records ever recorded is found at the back of the shop.
| 11:00Monty Don presents the second of two special programmes recorded at the Hay Festival. 11:30Meet the crate diggers devoted to giving Africa's obscure musical gems a new lease of life
| 11:00The story of the many Irish women who started new lives in Britain in the 1950s and 60s. 11:306/6Another chance to hear the much missed Ronnie Corbett in his popular sitcom.
| 11:00Why Iraq presents the US with a massive dilemma, and other reporters' stories. 11:30Decades after his death, why does Sun Ra continue to inspire an obsessive following?
| 11:00Winifred Robinson investigates changes to border controls in the wake of election results. 11:303/4The satire on NHS reforms starring Nigel Planer, David Westhead and Simon Greenall.
| 11:00Jackie Ashley of the Guardian looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30A British library on the Italian Riviera and other stories. Presented by Kate Adie.
| 11:15Judy Murray, tennis coach and mother of Andy and Jamie, is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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| 12:00 | 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The Bank of England has suggested interest rates could rise. How would it affect you? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Ocado delivers blow to insurance fraudsters and Tesco drops tempting treats from tills.
| 12:00The prime minster and the first world dementia envoy on global plans to combat dementia. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00High street pressures between newsagents and Waitrose, and rising funeral costs. 12:52Fi Glover introduces a conversation between a couple with a 25-year age difference. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Debt mismanagement, £4m mis-selling investments fine, insurance and national emergencies. 12:303/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:005/6How hard can it be to talk for 60 seconds with no hesitation, repetition or deviation?(R) 12:32Could sweeteners be the way for us to cut down on sugar but keep eating sweet treats? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:45Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy's role in Britain's withdrawal from empire.
| 13:00Edward Stourton presents national and international news. 13:45Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy's nuclear submarines, and their wider impact.
| 13:00Edward Stourton presents national and international news. 13:45Lord West tells the story of Britain and the Royal Navy in the late Cold War.
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:45Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy in the Falklands War.
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents national and international news. 13:45Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy since the end of the Cold War.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Durham.(R)
| 13:00The latest national and international news. 13:30David Blunkett speaks to John Humphrys about his life in politics.
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| 14:00 | 14:00It's Fathers' Day at Bridge Farm.(R) 14:15In the year 2020 the bees are nearly all gone. And human beings might be next.
| 14:00Ruth has a happy birthday.(R) 14:15It's 2091. Lee breaks out of his virtual world to find his lover, Iz. By Miranda Emmerson.
| 14:00Freddie's in the ring at Borsetshire Show.(R) 14:151/2Trevor Preston's sci-fi crime thriller set in a world where blood is currency.
| 14:00It's a sad day for Peggy.(R) 14:152/2Turner is caught in a corrupt world where power lies in blood and body parts.
| 14:00Elizabeth experiences camping.(R) 14:15Sci-fi author Philip K Dick is visited by the FBI in Stephen Keyworth's comedy drama.
| 14:00Listeners' views on austerity, the situation in Iraq and the Assisted Dying Bill. 14:30Derek Jacobi stars in Ray Bradbury's classic fable of a colonisation of Mars.
| 14:00Eric Robson and the GQT team are in Tiverton, Devon.(R) 14:45Fi Glover with conversations about older husbands, adoption, and creating children's books
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| 15:00 | 15:00The contest of lateral thinking and cryptic connections, chaired by Tom Sutcliffe. 15:30Richard Johnson's award-winning travels through the American south to meet chef Sean Brock(R)
| 15:006/6Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel programme from Clitheroe.(R) 15:304/4Fi Glover's guests discuss the experience of mental breakdown.
| 15:00Could equity release help fund your retirement? Ruth Alexander takes calls and emails. 15:30Claudia Hammond meets more finalists in the All in the Mind 25th anniversary awards.(R)
| 15:00Clare walks near Arundel in West Sussex with Tristan Gooley. 15:27Jim Carter presents the Radio 4 Appeal for Living Paintings.(R) 15:30Mariella Frostrup talks to Spanish writer Javier Cercas about his new novel Outlaws.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and the GQT team are in Tiverton, Devon. 15:453/3A story exploring the terror of being trapped in a tiny space cut off from the horizon.
| 15:30Meet the crate diggers devoted to giving Africa's obscure musical gems a new lease of life(R)
| 15:00Bounty hunter Deckard closes in on the rogue androids.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Simon Armitage travels to the edge of the page in his exploration of marginalia. 16:30What is the purpose of an Islamic education? Ernie Rea and guests discuss.
| 16:00Following a spate of high profile escapes, does the open prison system need reforming? 16:30Author Fay Weldon and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist talk books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Laurie explores race relations in 20th-century Liverpool. And, the modern 'hipster'. 16:30The art of sports commentary, and why the internet isn't responsible for print's decline.
| 16:00Toby Jones on Dad's Army; Fanny Ardant; Chinese cinema before the revolution. 16:30Adam Rutherford finds out why Antarctica isn't such a pristine environment after all.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister remembers a songwriter, a pilot, a chemist and an actor. 16:30Radio 2 Controller Bob Shennan talks cutbacks. And was the UKIP coverage all too much? 16:55Fi Glover with a son and his adoptive mother, who's just 11 years older than he is.
| 16:00Young foster carers, body image in pregnancy, and the fantasy of shoe buying.
| 16:00Sandra Newman on her new novel, plus John Banville, Roopa Farooki and Courttia Newland. 16:30Roger McGough presents poems which deal with some of the stages of life we go through.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair presents coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents 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.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Muslim consumers, and how best to serve them, are the topics for Evan Davis and guests.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00After the recent debate over halal meat, Allan Urry investigates Britain's abattoirs.(R) 17:406/8Writer Clara Glynn creates a dramatic response to a story in the 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. 18:305/6How hard can it be to talk for 60 seconds with no hesitation, repetition or deviation?
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Sue Perkins presents a special edition of the panel show about morality and ethics.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6A barbecue proves a painful experience for the three couples.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Ed finds himself working with his son, Jake, on a piece of 'genuine' factutainment.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.
| 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. 18:15Helen Fawkes presents her highlights from the previous seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Ruth has a happy birthday. 19:15Placido Domingo, JK Rowling's new novel, Jersey Boys, Ten Pieces. 19:451/5Modesty is hired by the secret service to prevent a multi-million pound diamond heist.(R)
| 19:00Freddie's in the ring at Borsetshire Show. 19:15Carey Mulligan, Making Colour review, the miners' strike's artistic legacy 30 years on. 19:452/5Modesty and Willie head to France to discover who is behind the diamond heist.(R)
| 19:00It's a sad day for Peggy. 19:15Razia Iqbal interviews Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison at the 2014 Hay Festival. 19:453/5Modesty and Willie decide to play the live bait caper.(R)
| 19:00Elizabeth experiences camping. 19:15Actor Don Johnson, author Carys Bray, Pablo Neruda poems discovered. 19:454/5Modesty and Willie have been captured by criminal mastermind, Gabriel.(R)
| 19:00Charlie fails to convince David. 19:15A review of The Fault in Our Stars, adapted from a best-selling young adult novel. 19:455/5Modesty and Willie are being held by ruthless villain, Gabriel - and time is running out.(R)
| 19:006/8Writer Clara Glynn creates a dramatic response to a story in the week's news. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe chairs sharp, critical discussion of the week's cultural events.
| 19:00Elizabeth wakes up to festival life. 19:154/4Tom takes issue with his local curry house and their addiction to junk mail.(R) 19:452/3An Englishwoman learns about life and love in the new Russia.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Declan Harvey investigates if today's under-30s are a new right-wing political generation. 20:30A clumsy pass or harassment? Jo Fidgen asks: what are the new rules of relationships.
| 20:00After the recent debate over halal meat, Allan Urry investigates Britain's abattoirs. 20:40Siobhan Meade fights back against hate crime and The Amber Trust blows its own trumpet
| 20:00What are British values, and what role should they play in education? With Michael Buerk. 20:4551/3Sandra Newman argues that genuinely cool people are a liability.
| 20:00BBC correspondents debate the Iraq crisis. What's going on, and how will it all unfold? 20:30Muslim consumers, and how best to serve them, are the topics for Evan Davis and guests.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Durham. 20:50AL Kennedy argues for a world with less gossip.
| 20:00Ellah Allfrey looks at the evolution of the N-word.
| 20:00Radio 2 Controller Bob Shennan talks cutbacks. And was the UKIP coverage all too much?(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister remembers a songwriter, a pilot, a chemist and an actor.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Monty Don presents the first of two special programmes recorded at the Hay Festival.(R) 21:30Tom Sutcliffe talks pain and suffering with Joanna Bourke, Norman Fowler and Jeremy Farrar(R)
| 21:00Claudia Hammond meets more finalists in the All in the Mind 25th anniversary awards. 21:30Chris Lintott tells Jim Al Khalili about crowd sourced astronomy and Galaxy Zoo.(R)
| 21:00Gaia Vince looks at the future of power transmission. 21:30Libby Purves meets Merlin Holland, grandson of Oscar Wilde and cellist David Waterman.(R)
| 21:00Adam Rutherford finds out why Antarctica isn't such a pristine environment after all.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the philosophy of solitude.(R)
| 21:003/3Lord West concludes his history by examining the period since the end of Empire.
| 21:00Set in post-apocalyptic San Francisco, a bounty hunter is on a mission.(R)
| 21:00Debt mismanagement, £4m mis-selling investments fine, insurance and national emergencies.(R) 21:26Sophie Winkelman presents an appeal for Cure International UK.(R) 21:30A clumsy pass or harassment? Jo Fidgen asks: what are the new rules of relationships.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Will Iran and USA co-operate on defeating ISIS in Iraq? With Ritula Shah. 22:456/10Startling news may yet save Jack and Mai's troubled marriage.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:457/10On a trip home, Jack is horrified to discover how bad things have become at home.
| 22:00Can Iraq PM unite the country? Ireland's new housing crisis, ceasefire ordered in Ukraine. 22:458/10An inspector from the Ghana Police Force warns Jack to watch his back.
| 22:00US calls for an end to sectarian politics in Iraq, while Obama considers air strikes. 22:459/10Can Jack and Mai ever regain the love they once had for each other?
| 22:00British Muslims appear in ISIS jihad video. The father of one talks to the World Tonight. 22:4510/10Returning with Tom to his village, Jack witnesses a remarkable life-changing event.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15What are British values, and what role should they play in education? With Michael Buerk.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Nosheen Iqbal of the Guardian looks at how papers covered the week's big stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:004/4Every day we complete a myriad of tiny negotiations, only noticing when they go wrong.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/4Brilliantly stupid scientists seek cash and develop a thought-powered gun. 23:30Sean Curran hears William Hague announce a thaw in relations with an old adversary.
| 23:004/4A tip-off sends Jane, Lucy and Amelia across the Arizona desert in search of aliens. 23:151/6Country legend Tina C kicks off her tour to solve global recession in the United States.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster as the new parliamentary year begins.
| 23:001/4Ruth gets to perform her favourite sketch - she just has to get Lucy to understand it. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Author Fay Weldon and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist talk books with Harriett Gilbert.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy with the news from Westminster and a look back at the parliamentary week. 23:55Fi Glover with a conversation about collaboration between writers and illustrators.
| 23:00The contest of lateral thinking and cryptic connections, chaired by Tom Sutcliffe.(R) 23:30Roger McGough presents an LP of poems set to music.(R)
| 23:00Toby Jones on Dad's Army; Fanny Ardant; Chinese cinema before the revolution.(R) 23:30British writer and mountaineer Stephen Venables considers the importance of exploration.(R)
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