| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Elevators: A cultural history. Also, Indian militants who embrace electoral politics.(R) 00:45The bells of St Mary the Virgin in Bowdon, Cheshire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Eight-year-old Richard catches his first newt.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Toads - real and imaginary. The temptations of anthropomorphism.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Tensions at home are released by a lizard hunt.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The much maligned adder, and how to catch one.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Family memories, a natterjack sings, and the 'alien' Camden Creature.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3By Aminatta Forna. A man does his best to cook for a child after a terrible loss.(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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| 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 Alison Murdoch. 05:45Some farmers will face a price drop for the crops they are bringing in from the fields. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the herring gull.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Alison Murdoch. 05:45Concern that government research on the bee decline is being funded by pesticide companies 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the kingfisher.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Alison Murdoch. 05:45Members of the rural tourism industry unite to call for a cut to VAT. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the cirl bunting.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Alison Murdoch. 05:45The apples are early! The latest from the orchards of England. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the spotted flycatcher.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Alison Murdoch. 05:45Why is New Zealand lamb cheaper to buy in our shops than UK-produced lamb? 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the sparrowhawk.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45The programme that starts with its listeners.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of the Cathedral of the Transfiguration. 05:45Becky Milligan profiles the Polish foreign minister, Radoslaw Sikorski.(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 and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Snowdonia's slate once roofed the world. Find out what has become of the quarries today.(R) 06:30Harvest is here, and Caz Graham explores the arable farm at Tatton Park in Cheshire. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully asks whether the discovery of DNA is evidence for or against God. 06:35Tom Heap meets the critically endangered rock iguana of the Caribbean. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Thought for the Day and Weather.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Middle East crisis, Rowan Williams, Star Wars. 07:55Monty Don presents an appeal for GardenAfrica. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service from Dartford Parish Church marking the centenary of the outbreak of World War I 08:48Will Self reflects on what the changing nature of utopias says about us.(R) 08:58Steve Backshall presents the cirl bunting.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:003/3James MacMillan plays a lowland skyline, Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis one in the highlands. 09:303/5Agony aunt Irma Kurtz talks to Australian counterpart Kate de Brito about Australian agony 09:451/5Eight-year-old Richard catches his first newt.
| 09:001/4Justice Michael Kirby, the first Australian High Court judge to come out as gay. 09:30In July 1944 a group of German officers attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler. 09:452/5Toads - real and imaginary. The temptations of anthropomorphism.
| 09:00Jonathan Freedland on attitudes to young people who volunteer to fight in foreign wars. 09:303/5Robert McCrum explores the life of Harold Macmillan, the publishing prime minister.(R) 09:453/5Tensions at home are released by a lizard hunt.
| 09:003/4When should doctors treat the ailments of people with dementia and when should they not? 09:454/5The much maligned adder, and how to catch one.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to Dame Wendy Hall.(R) 09:455/5Family memories, a natterjack sings, and the 'alien' Camden Creature.
| 09:00Maureen Lipman joins Richard Coles and Suzy Klein. Plus, Andy Bell's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Is the independence referendum an issue for women?; MS research and care; Sally Beamish. 10:451/5It's 1989, and all-girl rock band Velveteens sign their first record deal.
| 10:00Eating disorders and sport - Scotland high jumper Jayne Nisbet on recovering from bulimia. 10:452/5After the excitement of their record deal, Velveteens are back to the realities of life.
| 10:00From our archive, Margaret Atwood on the Handmaid's Tale and we cook the perfect dal. 10:453/5Beth hangs out with a rival band's lead singer, leaving with new ideas of how to proceed.
| 10:00Jenni Murray presents the programme that offers a female perspective on the world. 10:454/5Velveteens land the support slot on a big tour, allowing them to play to thousands.
| 10:00Should domestic violence be a specific crime? And what is causing the birth rate to fall? 10:455/5Velveteens' debut single hits the airwaves. Will the nation love it?
| 10:304/4Steve Punt examines the mysterious case of a woman found dead inside a tree.
| 10:00There's a special guest at the village fete, and Charlie lays it on the line.
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| 11:00 | 11:00The search for an elusive watery wonder in the aftermath of Sri Lanka's civil war. 11:304/4Three women embrace Bad Salsa, where everybody knows your name, but not your prognosis.
| 11:00Monty Don finds out if national parks are good for wildlife. 11:302/2British musician and poet Akala examines the culture of his Rastafarian heritage.
| 11:002/2Amanda Foreman considers reform on the ground as the disenfranchised rebel. 11:302/6Tom discovers Grandad in a stool-softening ad. Lucy figures Dad needs a classy present.
| 11:00Tim Whewell meets the dynamic women in Turkish Kurdistan who are defining the future. 11:30Actor Simon Callow presents his favourite readings, with the help of Patricia Hodge.
| 11:00Sean Rocks discovers how soul music and blues first gained an audience in 1960's Ireland. 11:302/6Vanessa Feltz relives her teenage years growing up in North London in the late 1970s.(R)
| 11:00Bridget Kendall and her guests explore the slender filaments that are essential to life. 11:30The new invaders of Rome and other correspondents' despatches.
| 11:15Kirsty Young talks to Guy Garvey, musician and frontman of Elbow.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The Portas towns two years on. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00As new licences are made available across the country, would you welcome fracking? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00How raw chicken is being bulked out with extra hidden water. With Winifred Robinson. 12:30John Waite investigates the varying approaches to street prostitution across the UK.
| 12:00Winifred Robinson asks why it is so difficult to build enough affordable homes in the UK. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Peter White asks the new minister for high streets how to better support small retailers. 12:52Fi Glover with a conversation about the lasting impact of facing living death in Auschwitz 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:001/4Michael Robinson asks whether the UK is really experiencing a housing bubble. 12:301/6Uh-oh, Marcus Brigstocke has got himself elected as a Member of the European Parliament.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:005/6Andy Hamilton joins regular panellists Tim, Graeme and Barry. Jack Dee hosts.(R) 12:32Is the poultry industry fit for purpose? Dan Saladino looks at how UK chicken is produced. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Edward Stourton presents national and international news. 13:45Kathy Willis examines the Victorian race to flower the Amazonian water lily.
| 13:00Edward Stourton presents national and international news. 13:45Kathy Willis explores the smuggling of rubber seeds from South America.
| 13:00Edward Stourton presents national and international news. 13:45Kathy Willis examines Charles Darwin's use of orchids as a scientific tool.
| 13:00Edward Stourton presents national and international news. 13:45Kathy Willis on the side effects of effortlessly moving plants and seeds around the world.
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents national and international news. 13:45Kathy Willis on how Mendel's famous pea experiments helped to revolutionise horticulture.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Edward Stourton presents political debate and discussion from Margate in Kent.(R)
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents national and international news. 13:301/2Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen explores how humanity has perceived colour.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00There's a special guest at the village fete.(R) 14:15Eileen Atkins and Jeremy Irons read TS Eliot's classic poem.(R)
| 14:00The SAVE video is ready to roll.(R) 14:15Psychic Thomas Soutar discovers some unsettling connections between his uncle and a murder(R)
| 14:00PC Burns is handing out advice.(R) 14:156/6Life's complicated for simple soul Harper. Then the ground starts to shift - literally.
| 14:00Lynda makes a breakthrough.(R) 14:15By Ellen Dryden. Haunting story about a woman's struggle to come to terms with the truth.
| 14:15By Jon Canter. When God appears to Simon in a dream, Simon tells him he doesn't exist.
| 14:00Anita Anand hosts listeners' responses to the conflict in Gaza. 14:30Rob Brydon is Peter Brough the ventriloquist, in the true story behind Educating Archie.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs hosts the horticultural panel programme from Shropshire.(R) 14:45A special omnibus featuring conversations with a Holocaust survivor and a poem she wrote.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. 15:30English and Welsh wines are on the up and up, as Sheila Dillon investigates.(R)
| 15:00Tom Holland and his guests discuss honour among 18th century street fighters. 15:302/2Is mining the deep ocean the solution to the world's growing demand for valuable metals?(R)
| 15:00Pension freedom and responsibility, the pros and cons of P2P and tax credits deadline.(R) 15:30Paracetamol and back pain; blood thinning drugs; drug driving limits and kidney stones.(R)
| 15:00Snowdonia's slate once roofed the world. Find out what has become of the quarries today. 15:27David Dimbleby presents an appeal for homeless charity The Passage.(R) 15:30Mariella Frostrup talks to Jessie Burton, author of the bestselling The Miniaturist.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs hosts the horticultural panel programme from Shropshire. 15:453/3Sophie's life is assaulted by emotional challenges and an unforgiving environment.
| 15:302/2British musician and poet Akala examines the culture of his Rastafarian heritage.(R)
| 15:002/2Will the miserly Monsieur Grandet be able to forgive his defiant daughter?
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| 16:00 | 16:002/3Will Gompertz investigates the art-works in our homes, and the stories they tell about us. 16:30Stephen Fry and Eric Idle join Brian Cox and Robin Ince to ask, 'Can science save us?'. 16:55Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.
| 16:00Chris Ledgard explores Orwell's dystopian vision of the future of language - Newspeak. 16:30Paralympian Ade Adepitan and comedian Dominic Holland talk books with Harriett Gilbert. 16:55The Kaiser sends a telegram to the Tsar to try to prevent war.
| 16:00Race and consumption. Also, working class graduates who refuse to network. 16:30Right to be forgotten, save BBC 3 campaign and London Live requests cut to live programmes 16:55The tsar orders a full mobilisation of the Russian army.
| 16:00Richard Ayoade, Mark Gatiss, Audrey Tautou and Romain Duris, the return of the space opera 16:30Alice Roberts indulges in some science experiments for kids, including Bubblecano! 16:55Panic in the financial markets as the Bank of England is forced to close.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on an architect, a modelling agent, an editor, an actress, a puppeteer 16:30Lyse Doucet on reporting from Gaza. And we question the Gardeners' Question Time team. 16:55The German government receives word that Britain will remain neutral.
| 16:00The Scottish Referendum - are women really still making up their minds? 16:55The British cabinet is split over whether to join the war.
| 16:00Sadie Jones talks about her novel The Outcast, which won the Costa First Novel award 2008. 16:27Razia Iqbal shares poetry from around the Commonwealth sent to Glasgow for the Games. 16:55The British foreign secretary speaks in favour of war at the House of Commons.
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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.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Coverage 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.
| 17:00How evolutionary biology shapes policy on welfare reform, immigration and bankers' pay.(R) 17:40Becky Milligan profiles the Polish foreign minister, Radoslaw Sikorski.(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. 18:305/6Andy Hamilton joins regular panellists Tim, Graeme and Barry. Jack Dee hosts.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Stephen K Amos and comedian friends present a guide to mortality.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6The return of the popular impressions show that tugs on the beard of news.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4Thom Tuck presents sketch groups Mixed Doubles, the Real MacGuffins, and Bob and Jim.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Uh-oh, Marcus Brigstocke has got himself elected as a Member of the European Parliament.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Nikki Bedi and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Sheila McClennon chooses her highlights from the previous seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00The SAVE video is ready to roll. 19:15Gareth Malone and Adrian Sutton's Prom, Neil Bartlett's new novel and In the Club. 19:451/5It's 1989, and all-girl rock band Velveteens sign their first record deal.(R)
| 19:00PC Burns is handing out advice. 19:15A Streetcar Named Desire review, violinist Daniel Hope and composer Gabriel Prokofiev. 19:452/5After the excitement of their record deal, Velveteens are back to the realities of life.(R)
| 19:00Lynda makes a breakthrough. 19:15Adrian Dunbar on Beckett, violinist Tasmin Little, Tautou in Mood Indigo, Katie Paterson. 19:453/5Beth hangs out with a rival band's lead singer, leaving with new ideas of how to proceed.(R)
| 19:15Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, novelist Deon Meyer, streaming books, summer films. 19:454/5Velveteens land the support slot on a big tour, allowing them to play to thousands.(R)
| 19:00Charlie lays it on the line. 19:15Kirsty Lang talks the blues with singer Loudon Wainwright III, father of Rufus and Martha. 19:455/5Velveteens' debut single hits the airwaves. Will the nation love it?(R)
| 19:00Becky Milligan profiles the Polish foreign minister, Radoslaw Sikorski. 19:15Gillian Anderson Streetcar, Mood Indigo, Secret Cinema, Philip Hensher, Gomorrah on TV.
| 19:00Susan is getting desperate. 19:154/4John's guest is Leee John from Imagination. 19:452/3Jackie Kay chooses ginger, weaving in connections between Scotland and the Caribbean.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Gordon Corera travels to Stockholm to investigate the assassination of a prime minister. 20:30What do you do when a twisting funnel drops from the sky? A report from tornado alley.(R)
| 20:00How evolutionary biology shapes policy on welfare reform, immigration and bankers' pay. 20:40Three blind musicians debut as conductors; and a blind businessman in the building trade.
| 20:00Michael Buerk presents combative, provocative and engaging debate. 20:4557/3Adjoa Andoh on raising a transgender child.
| 20:00Could increasing access to weight loss surgery help the battle against diabetes? 20:30Peter Day meets business people inspired and influenced by highbrow philosophers.
| 20:00Edward Stourton presents political debate and discussion from Margate in Kent. 20:50Will Self reflects on what the changing nature of utopias says about us.
| 20:00Historian DD Guttenplan explores what happened in the Gulf of Tonkin on 4 August 1964.
| 20:00Lyse Doucet on reporting from Gaza. And we question the Gardeners' Question Time team.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on an architect, a modelling agent, an editor, an actress, a puppeteer(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Monty Don asks if reserves fenced off for the benefit of wildlife are effective.(R) 21:303/3James MacMillan plays a lowland skyline, Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis one in the highlands.(R)
| 21:00Paracetamol and back pain; blood thinning drugs; drug driving limits and kidney stones. 21:301/4Justice Michael Kirby, the first Australian High Court judge to come out as gay.(R)
| 21:00His home's Bronze Age legacy and nearby Jodrell Bank inspire author Alan Garner to write.(R) 21:30Jonathan Freedland on attitudes to young people who volunteer to fight in foreign wars.(R)
| 21:00Alice Roberts indulges in some science experiments for kids, including Bubblecano!(R) 21:303/4Theaster Gates, who is using collectors' desire for his art to transform Southside Chicago(R)
| 21:00The youngest MP in the House of Commons is drawn into a web of political intrigue.(R)
| 21:001/2Eugenie's miserly father is a man whose terror of poverty overrides his love for his child(R)
| 21:00John Waite investigates the varying approaches to street prostitution across the UK.(R) 21:26Monty Don presents an appeal for GardenAfrica.(R) 21:30Peter Day meets business people inspired and influenced by highbrow philosophers.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Libya government plea for help, Ukraine forces take back crash site, China gay rights row. 22:456/10Whilst Johannes is in Venice an unwelcome visitor arrives at the Brandt household.
| 22:00The EU imposes new sanctions on Russia. 22:457/10Nella discovers Marin's secret, but does she fully understand its implications?
| 22:00Death toll rises as UN school and market struck in Gaza. With Carolyn Quinn. 22:458/10Nella must do what she can to sell the warehouse full of sugar before it rots
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:459/10The burgomasters of Amsterdam determine to uphold their city's God-fearing reputation.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:4510/10Nella bids her husband farewell and welcomes the new arrival.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:153/4When should doctors treat the ailments of people with dementia and when should they not?(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Iain Martin of the Telegraph looks at how newspapers covered the week's big stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Chris Ledgard uncorks the subject of messages in a bottle.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55A conversation in which a photographer and his model come to terms with nude shots.
| 23:00Stephen Fry and Eric Idle join Brian Cox and Robin Ince to ask, 'Can science save us?'.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster. 23:55Father and son discuss their successful family business and what it is that makes it work.
| 23:001/4BBC boffins explore the possibilities of broadcasting smells over the airwaves. 23:151/6A woman married to a philandering husband finds solace during a turbulent air flight. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster. 23:55Going to live on a remote island brought about more life changes than anticipated.
| 23:00Clive Anderson, Rhys Thomas, Chris Ramsay and Katherine Ryan try not to be funny. 23:30Robert Macfarlane undertakes an immersive poetic pilgrimage to the Cairngorms.(R)
| 23:002/6Conflicts, big and small - what do they have in common? Evan Davis and guests discuss. 23:55A survivor of Auschwitz reflects with her granddaughter on its impact on them both.
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections.(R) 23:30Jarvis Cocker uncovers an album made by Sir John Betjeman in 1974.(R)
| 23:005/6Austria-Hungary's declaration of war on Serbia threatens to drag all of Europe into a war. 23:30Mark Tully asks whether the discovery of DNA is evidence for or against God.(R)
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