| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Race and consumption. Also, working class graduates who refuse to network.(R) 00:45The bells of the Cathedral of the Transfiguration. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Picasso turns up with his friend Casagemas during the World Fair and quickly feels at home(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Picasso is painting, selling and carousing, and falling for Fernande, his new muse.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5By 1906, Picasso has met with Matisse. The two of them are like chalk and cheese.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Picasso travels with Fernande to Spain, which opens the mind to fantastic possibilities.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Picasso eventually leaves Montmartre, with Fernande, for the sedate charms of Clichy.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3The repercussions of a naked dance come back to haunt Lady Hamilton 32 years later.(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. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45Sheep farmers in Scotland's harshest landscapes will get extra EU money from 2015. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the icterine warbler.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45The long hot summer has led to more fires on farms this harvest time. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the northern wheatear.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45Dairy experts say falling global milk prices could spell disaster for UK farmers. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the white stork.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45Today is Self-Sufficiency Day, but what does it mean when it comes to food security? 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the honey buzzard.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45UK farmers are concerned as Russia bans almost all food imports from the EU and US. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the common tern.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Stephen Shipley. 05:45'We keep referring to them as children, but they're not'.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of the Parish Church of St Thomas, Norbury in Hazel Grove, Stockport. 05:45The life and times of Karren Brady, successful in business and now rising political star.(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. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; 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. 06:07Felicity Evans asks how George Cadbury's vision for Bournville, Birmingham, lives on today(R) 06:30Fight at the front or work on the land? What happened to farmers during World War One? 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05John McCarthy explores our connectedness to forests, both real and imagined 06:35The green hairstreak butterfly is making a comeback in the Pentland Hills. 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. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme. 07:55Bill Oddie presents an appeal for Bipolar UK. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | 08:57Winifred Robinson presents the DEC Gaza Crisis Appeal.
| | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10The Rev Dr Stephen Roberts explores the relationship between jazz and faith. 08:48Will Self offers a weekly reflection on a topical issue.(R) 08:58Michaela Strachan presents the white stork.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:001/4Stephen Fry celebrates the mind-altering and mysterious language of magic. 09:304/5Agony aunt Irma Kurtz talks to her Egyptian counterpart Youssra el-Sharkawy about agony. 09:451/5Picasso turns up with his friend Casagemas during the World Fair and quickly feels at home 09:58A service live from Glasgow Cathedral presented by James Naughtie with guest Colin MacKay.
| 09:002/4Helena Kennedy talks to solicitor Gareth Peirce. 09:30On 13 July 1954, celebrated Mexican artist Frida Kahlo died at the age of 47. 09:452/5Picasso is painting, selling and carousing, and falling for Fernande, his new muse.
| 09:00Jonathan Freedland looks at the boom in coffee shops now and in the 17th century. 09:305/5Robert McCrum explores the publishing life of Geoffrey Faber.(R) 09:453/5By 1906, Picasso has met with Matisse. The two of them are like chalk and cheese.
| 09:004/4Should patients with severe lung disease be given home oxygen if they continue to smoke? 09:454/5Picasso travels with Fernande to Spain, which opens the mind to fantastic possibilities.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to Guy Garvey, musician and frontman of Elbow.(R) 09:455/5Picasso eventually leaves Montmartre, with Fernande, for the sedate charms of Clichy.
| 09:00Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir are joined by writer and comedian Katy Brand.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | | 10:00How women react differently to the contraceptive pill. Presented by Emma Barnett. 10:452/5Sam spots Debs, his former maid and lover, and is unable to resist following her.
| 10:00Jenni Murray discusses how to be a playful parent with Julia Deering and Wendy Russell. 10:413/5Sam asks the King for time off work so that he can go abroad and rest his eyes. 10:56Fi Glover with a boy and his mother, who worries that her son is too bright for his school
| 10:00Jenni Murray talks to Deepti Kapoor about her debut novel A Bad Character. 10:454/5Elizabeth starts writing her travel journal, but Sam disapproves of her method.
| 10:00Sheila McClennon presents the programme that offers a female perspective on the world. 10:455/5Sam and Elizabeth are enjoying the sights of Paris, when Elizabeth is suddenly taken ill.
| 10:30Nina Myskow talks to Rufus and Martha Wainwright about their confessional songs.
| 10:00Susan is getting desperate, and Elizabeth tackles Freddie.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Behind the scenes of Radio 4's new WWI drama Home Front. Presented by Emma Barnett. 11:451/5Sam's affair put a strain on his marriage, and now Elizabeth won't let him leave the house
| 11:001/3Four individuals discuss the part languages and words play in their working lives. 11:30Midge Ure explains how technical innovation has always stimulated musical creativity.(R)
| 11:00Michael Symmons Roberts describes the beauty of Psalters and sets out to make his own. 11:303/6Lucy has found an ethical way of eating meat, thanks to Mark Zuckerberg.
| 11:00Lucy Ash meets the Russian holidaymakers who are reclaiming their bit of paradise. 11:30Was graffiti the great art of the 70s? Some of New York's pioneers share their stories.
| 11:00Alex Stevenson explores musical diplomacy, as the Parliament and Bundestag choirs sing. 11:303/6Journalist Sarfraz Manzoor's adolescent obsessions with Bo Derek and pop music.(R)
| 11:00What is it like to be on the edge of Europe? And do modern societies create new outcasts? 11:30The Thai worker who died in the conflict over Gaza, and other reporters' stories.
| 11:15Kirsty Young talks to writer Malcolm Gladwell.
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| 12:00 | 12:00As Britain waits for Germany's response to their ultimatum, Kitty has her own deadline. 12:15Winifred Robinson asks if it's time for the banks to repay the victims of telephone scams. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Folkestone has woken up to new responsibilities as a part of the war machine. 12:15As we live longer and work more, do you think you will ever be able to retire? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00In all the excitement of war, two seven-year-old boys fancy an adventure of their own. 12:15Winifred Robinson on the curious case of the missing TalkTalk emails.
| 12:00When a postman drops dead, the life of Reverend Mr Winwood takes an unexpected turn. 12:15Winifred Robinson asks if plain-packaged cigarettes could reduce rates of smoking. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Perfect weather for the Sunday School picnic. 12:15Peter White on the roll-out of superfast broadband and the invasion of Himalayan Balsam. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:002/4Michael Robinson asks why London's homes are so expensive. 12:302/6Marcus Brigstocke has decided to create his own social media site.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:006/6Andy Hamilton joins regular panellists Tim, Graeme and Barry. Jack Dee hosts.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon visits a salad business that employs ex-addicts. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:45Kathy Willis explores the harnessing of plants' ability to photosynthesise their own food.
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:45Kathy Willis examines the mystery of a plant's ability to exist in multiple forms.
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:45Kathy Willis examines the origin and impact of Dutch elm disease across Europe.
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:45Kathy Willis explores Nikolai Vavilov's pioneering search for unused varieties of crops.
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents national and international news. 13:45Kathy Willis on how new opportunities opened up for finding medicines from plants.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Martha Kearney presents political debate from London's Broadcasting House Radio Theatre.(R)
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents national and international news. 13:302/2Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's exploration into the history of colour.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Susan is getting desperate.(R) 14:15Comedy drama about the life-changing impact of a family's first home telephone in 1969.
| 14:15Psychic Thomas Soutar becomes obsessed when he's asked to help find a missing student.(R)
| 14:15Nick Warburton's lyrical story about a condemned man, saved by the words of a psalm.
| 14:151/2A new head teacher battles with a governor over the inclusion of faiths and cultures.
| 14:00Elizabeth tackles Freddie.(R) 14:15A widow and a Kenyan librarian form an unlikely bond in a remote Perthshire reading room.(R)
| 14:00A chance for Radio 4 listeners to have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30Drama about the love triangle of Horatio Nelson, William Hamilton and Emma, Lady Hamilton
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs a special edition aboard a Lake Windermere ferry.(R) 14:45Fi Glover with conversations between adults and young people about the choices they make.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the last in the 2014 series of the game of cryptic connections. 15:30Is the poultry industry fit for purpose? Dan Saladino looks at how UK chicken is produced.(R)
| 15:00Tom Holland and his guests discuss an early example of political image management. 15:301/3From Marcus Aurelius to Men Are From Mars, let's get richer, happier and more productive.
| 15:001/4Michael Robinson asks whether the UK is really experiencing a housing bubble.(R) 15:30Dr Mark Porter finds out why people with HIV very rarely get multiple sclerosis.(R)
| 15:00Felicity Evans asks how George Cadbury's vision for Bournville, Birmingham, lives on today 15:27Monty Don presents an appeal for GardenAfrica.(R) 15:30Sadie Jones talks about her novel The Outcast, which won the Costa First Novel award 2008.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs a special edition aboard a Lake Windermere ferry. 15:451/3A story of the repetitious life of a scientist, but what is it he hopes to discover?
| 15:30Simon Broughton tells the story of Hungarian folk musicians Muzsikas.(R)
| 15:00Mike Walker's epic chronicle considers the young Charles II. With Jamie Parker.
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| 16:00 | 16:003/3Will Gompertz investigates the art-works in our homes, and the stories they tell about us. 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince ask what happened before the big bang. 16:55Britain declares war on Germany.
| 16:00Chris Ledgard explores the impact of the telephone. 16:30Writer Jonathan Meades nominates the English artist Edward Burra. 16:55Advertisements in British newspapers urge the public to enlist in the army.
| 16:00Gay life, at home and in the 'city' - a special programme. 16:30New laws for bloggers; the impartiality of reporters; radio presenters working for free 16:55German Zeppelins bomb the Belgian city of Liege, the first air attack on a European city.
| 16:00Mad Men star John Slattery discusses his directorial debut God's Pocket. 16:30Professor Alice Roberts reveals Laquintasaura, a new dinosaur found in South America. 16:55British Trade Unions announce they will not oppose the war.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a journalist, a businessman, a broadcaster, a pilot, an actor 16:30World War I commemorations, The Archers' Carol Tregorran and the Scottish Referendum. 16:55The French army declares a victory in their lost province of Alsace.
| 16:00Emma Barnett presents highlights from the Woman's Hour week.
| 16:00A tour of the foggy streets, smoke-filled bars and genteel hotel tea rooms of 1950s Dublin 16:30Ed Docx discovers that John Donne can be a poet for life.
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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.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30'We keep referring to them as children, but they're not'.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Lord Digby Jones explores the relationship between business, government and society.(R) 17:40The life and times of Karren Brady, successful in business and now rising political star.(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. 18:306/6Andy Hamilton joins regular panellists Tim, Graeme and Barry. Jack Dee hosts.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6The ups and downs of a colonoscopy and how the right lighting can make us all look good.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6The impressions show that tugs on the beard of news.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/4Thom Tuck presents sketch groups Four Screws Loose, The Jest and Birthday Girls.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:27Winifred Robinson presents the DEC Gaza Crisis Appeal. 18:302/6Marcus Brigstocke has decided to create his own social media site.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests are in Edinburgh, with conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Chris Watson chooses his highlights from the previous seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Samira Ahmed talks to author DBC Pierre and reviews the film Welcome to New York 19:451/5Sam's affair put a strain on his marriage, and now Elizabeth won't let him leave the house(R)
| 19:15Christina Hendricks talks about working with Philip Seymour Hoffman in God's Pocket. 19:452/5Sam spots Debs, his former maid and lover, and is unable to resist following her.(R)
| 19:15Kirsty Lang talks to acclaimed conductor Sir Neville Marriner about his long career. 19:453/5Sam asks the King for time off work so that he can go abroad and rest his eyes.(R)
| 19:00Elizabeth tackles Freddie. 19:15Damian Barr talks to actor Guy Pearce about his new film The Rover. 19:454/5Elizabeth starts writing her travel journal, but Sam disapproves of her method.(R)
| 19:15Damian Barr talks to actor Ben Whishaw about his new film Lilting. 19:455/5Sam and Elizabeth are enjoying the sights of Paris, when Elizabeth is suddenly taken ill.(R)
| 19:00The life and times of Karren Brady, successful in business and now rising political star. 19:15Razia Iqbal and her guests discuss the cultural highlights of the week.
| 19:151/4Actor-cum-amateur sleuth Charles Paris gets a part in a terrible play. Stars Bill Nighy.(R) 19:453/3Fred D'Aguiar's story is about sugar and a slave brought back to Glasgow from Jamaica.
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| 20:00 | 20:00David Loyn investigates how a lost record is helping Afghanistan address its painful past. 20:30Tim Whewell meets the dynamic women in Turkish Kurdistan who are defining the future.(R)
| 20:00Lord Digby Jones explores the relationship between business, government and society. 20:40Dr Fred Reid and Robert Baker refect on changes to blind people's lives since Aug 4th 1914
| 20:00Michael Buerk presents combative, provocative and engaging debate. 20:4558/3Philip North argues that poor people have been held back by the professional middle class.
| 20:00The Report speaks to the wife and son of the murdered former Russian intelligence officer 20:30Peter Day explains how the influence of Formula 1 expertise is reaching everyday lives.
| 20:00Martha Kearney presents political debate from London's Broadcasting House Radio Theatre. 20:50Will Self offers a weekly reflection on a topical issue.
| 20:00Samira Ahmed considers the British relationship with the western.(R)
| 20:00World War I commemorations, The Archers' Carol Tregorran and the Scottish Referendum.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a journalist, a businessman, a broadcaster, a pilot, an actor(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Monty Don finds out if national parks are good for wildlife.(R) 21:301/4Stephen Fry celebrates the mind-altering and mysterious language of magic.(R)
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter finds out why people with HIV very rarely get multiple sclerosis. 21:302/4Helena Kennedy talks to solicitor Gareth Peirce.(R)
| 21:001/3From Marcus Aurelius to Men Are From Mars, let's get richer, happier and more productive.(R) 21:30Jonathan Freedland looks at the boom in coffee shops now and in the 17th century.(R)
| 21:00Professor Alice Roberts reveals Laquintasaura, a new dinosaur found in South America.(R) 21:304/4Will Gompertz meets Sonia Friedman, the prolific West End and Broadway producer.(R)
| 21:00Folkestone comes to terms with being at the hub of Britain's war effort.
| 21:002/2Will the miserly Monsieur Grandet be able to forgive his defiant daughter?(R)
| 21:002/4Michael Robinson asks why London's homes are so expensive.(R) 21:26Bill Oddie presents an appeal for Bipolar UK.(R) 21:30Peter Day explains how the influence of Formula 1 expertise is reaching everyday lives.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00David Eades presents a special programme on how Britain went to war 100 years ago today.
| 22:00Scotland decides: the first televised referendum debate. 22:451/4On a fishing trip, all is happy with the Roland clan. Then returning home, a revelation.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:452/4The Marechal Will causes ructions between the brothers, then a second revelation surfaces.
| 22:00Islamists seize new ground in Iraq, Russian EU food ban and a special report on Nigeria. 22:453/4Jean is happy of course, but Pierre burns with rage. So a confrontation is due.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:454/4The two brothers must take action to avoid a family showdown.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:154/4Should patients with severe lung disease be given home oxygen if they continue to smoke?(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45George Parker of the FT looks at how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:02Chris Ledgard explores Orwell's dystopian vision of the future of language - Newspeak.(R) 23:30Singer Pauline Black chooses her favourite words of music, prose and poetry.(R)
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince ask what happened before the big bang.(R) 23:30Call the Midwife screenwriter Heidi Thomas chooses some favourite pieces of writing.(R)
| 23:002/4BBC boffins explore the possibilities of combining radio with 3D printing. 23:152/6Lorraine Ashbourne is Carol, in Jenny Eclair's story about a lifesaving friendship. 23:30Actor Neil Stuke chooses favourite food writing at the Bristol Food Connections Festival.(R)
| 23:00David Mitchell, Josh Widdicombe, Roisin Conaty and Joe Lycett try not to be funny. 23:30Actor Simon Callow presents his favourite readings, with the help of Patricia Hodge.(R)
| 23:003/6Aleks Krotoski discusses pandemics, panics and our fascination with contagious diseases. 23:55Fi Glover introduces an eight-year-old and her grandmother, who share a passion for dance.
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the last in the 2014 series of the game of cryptic connections.(R) 23:30Razia Iqbal shares poetry from around the Commonwealth sent to Glasgow for the Games.(R)
| 23:006/6Margaret Macmillan tells the story of the events leading up to the First World War. 23:30John McCarthy explores our connectedness to forests, both real and imagined(R)
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