| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores free will and pets as family.(R) 00:45The bells of St Bartholomew's Church in Sutton-cum-Lound, Nottinghamshire.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The tough challenges of growing up in the Lake District in a sheep farming family.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5James and his family face a difficult decision to keep the farm out of debt.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Clashing with his father, James gains a place at Oxford University.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5James recalls facing the horror of foot-and-mouth disease in 2001.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Lake District shepherd James Rebanks prepares for lambing season.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3By Toby Litt. A teenager searches for his missing Bob Dylan record all over the village.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Andrew Martlew. 05:45Scientists have found stressful conditions can trigger illness in pigs. With Sybil Ruscoe. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the Egyptian goose.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Andrew Martlew. 05:45The rural analysis of the Labour Party manifesto. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the alpine swift.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Andrew Martlew. 05:45Presented by Anna Hill. Includes a rural analysis of the Conservative party manifesto. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the ruff.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Andrew Martlew. 05:45The Scottish sheep farmer who bought British lamb, only to find it was from New Zealand. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the little ringed plover.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Andrew Martlew. 05:45Eight cows have been put down after a 'horrific' dog attack in Anglesey. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the black redstart.(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 the Rev Dr Martyn Atkins. 05:45'These are moving sands, and it's getting very interesting.'.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Peter's Cathedral in Adelaide, Australia. 05:45Mark Coles profiles snooker legend Ronnie 'The Rocket' O'Sullivan.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, 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 discovers why adults aged 50 to 105 are feeling wild at heart in Sheffield.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith meets a lady who started to farm during WW2 and is still going strong. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Samira Ahmed explores the idea of the desert in literature and spiritual texts. 06:35Chris Packham relives programmes from the Living World archives. 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 examines same-sex marriage in Ireland, the Generation 2015 initiative and exorcism. 07:54Michael Buerk presents an appeal for Partners for Change Ethiopia. 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 Christ Church, Carmarthen, with the Rev Canon Dr Patrick Thomas. 08:48Howard Jacobson explains why he prefers art to ideology, especially at election time.(R) 08:58Bill Oddie presents the ruff.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Lydia Cacho, David Sloan Wilson, William MacAskill and Tansy Davies. 09:451/5The tough challenges of growing up in the Lake District in a sheep farming family.
| 09:00Sir Nigel Shadbolt talks about artificial intelligence and open data with Jim Al-Khalili. 09:30Anita Anand talks to world-renowned facial surgeon Prof Iain Hutchison.(R) 09:452/5James and his family face a difficult decision to keep the farm out of debt.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets conductor and composer Carl Davis and mortician Caitlin Doughty. 09:453/5Clashing with his father, James gains a place at Oxford University.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Matteo Ricci's 16th-century travels in Ming China. 09:454/5James recalls facing the horror of foot-and-mouth disease in 2001.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor looks back at the deadliest disaster in the history of ocean racing.(R) 09:455/5Lake District shepherd James Rebanks prepares for lambing season.
| 09:00The comedian, writer and presenter Paul Merton joins Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Jane Garvey discusses Hillary Clinton's potential run for presidency in the USA. 10:451/5The cowman's first book is finally published.
| 10:00Coral and Paul Jones talk about the loss of their little girl April. With Jane Garvey. 10:452/5Pastures new for published cowman Fred Kitchen.
| 10:00Ed Miliband's offer to women voters, and Noomi Rapace on her new film. 10:413/5Finances are tight, and writing commissions are few and far between for Fred Kitchen. 10:56Anxiety and depression are common problems in the City, yet remain largely unacknowledged.
| 10:00The wedding dress choice and Jill Bialosky on History of a Suicide. With Jenni Murray. 10:454/5Fred Kitchen is now a school gardener and preacher alongside his spasmodic writing career.
| 10:00Carey Mulligan on her leading role in the new film version of Far from the Madding Crowd. 10:455/5Now nearly 78, Fred Kitchen is still writing.
| 10:301/3Francine Stock continues her exploration of the culture of World War I in 1915.
| 10:00Lilian makes some changes, and Shula makes a call.
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| 11:00 | 11:00The women who overcame grief through friendship and sea shanties 11:301/4Comedian Deborah Frances-White tells the true story of the search for her birth mother.
| 11:00Tom Armitage decodes digital literacy for the so-called 'second machine age'. 11:30How an obscure track on a Leonard Cohen album became a global anthem.
| 11:00Alan Dein meets the islanders of Lindisfarne, who coexist with millions of tourists. 11:303/6The local seafarers' pub is serving only coffee. Who better than Milton to sort it out?(R)
| 11:00Why does Vladimir Putin fear a tiny drama company that operated from a Moscow basement? 11:30Nick Rankin explores the literary legacy of the writer John Buchan.
| 11:00A look at the lives of children from divorced parents who travel between parental homes. 11:305/10A sinister shop may hold a vital clue for the suave sleuth.(R)
| 11:00A quirky, irreverent take on the twists and turns of the election, with Hugo Rifkind. 11:30Migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean from Libya, plus other despatches.
| 11:16Sue MacGregor reunites the pop hitmakers of the 1980s.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Barry Smith, Paul Broks, AL Kennedy and Jules Evans discuss the self. 12:16Tesco pays compensation for abandoning a store, and why is clickbait so popular? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Paul Broks asks how we can be sure we are the same person that we were yesterday. 12:16Are you one of the million or so people who are looking after parents as well as children? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Writer AL Kennedy explores existentialist ideas about the individual. 12:16The airlines still not paying compensation for delays despite new legal obligations. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Jules Evans explores Jung and the shadow inside all of us. 12:16Consumer affairs programme. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Philosopher Barry Smith explores ideas about consciousness. 12:16Concerns over the UK's smart motorways, plus greener fuels in the aviation industry. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Money Box talks to Ed Balls about Labour's plans for taxation, pensions and other benefits 12:302/5Satire meets silliness in the comedy for hard-working families up and down the country.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:042/6Sue Perkins presents another edition of the show that tackles the big moral problems.(R) 12:32Can UK school food be made better by learning from abroad? Sheila Dillon investigates. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents debate and discussion from Eltham in South London.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell.
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| 14:00 | 14:15In Winsome Pinnock's drama set in an investment bank, the cleaners try out trading.
| 14:00It is a difficult day for Rob.(R) 14:15An artist plans to capture someone's last breath in a jar. But who is the donor?(R)
| 14:00Lilian makes some change.(R) 14:15The Reivers Festival in Hawick is the setting for a love story.(R)
| 14:00Clarrie is not to be comforted.(R) 14:15When Barney's dog is run over, he wonders how he is going to pay the vet's bill.(R)
| 14:00Tom and Helen have plans.(R) 14:15By Jonathan Holloway. The Carter's storage warehouse contains an untold wealth of stories.
| 14:00Listeners have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? With Anita Anand. 14:30By Simon Armitage, inspired by Derek Jarman. Preceded by Jonathan Watts on Jarman and art.
| 14:00Eric Robson and the panel visit Warwickshire.(R) 14:45Conversations about mental health, death and divorce, and the perfect carer.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Russell Davies chairs the last semi-final of the 2015 series. 15:30Dan Saladino meets the people working to save foods and flavours at risk of extinction.(R)
| 15:002/6Josie Long hears stories of love, loss and finding yourself. 15:30Tom Heap saddles up to find out if Britain is really about to become a nation of cyclists.
| 15:00Questions on benefits and tax credits answered by Paul Lewis and guests. 15:30Claudia Hammond meets a psychologist who treated people after the 2005 London bombings.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark discovers why adults aged 50 to 105 are feeling wild at heart in Sheffield. 15:27Diane Louise Jordan presents an appeal on behalf of The Who Cares? Trust.(R) 15:30American novelist Christopher Bollen talks about his book Orient.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and the panel visit Warwickshire. 15:453/3After some neglect, Teffi's popular tales set in Moscow and Paris are being re-published..
| 15:30How an obscure track on a Leonard Cohen album became a global anthem.(R)
| 15:002/2Genly Ai arrives from Earth onto a planet with ambigendered humans.
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| 16:00 | 16:001/2Martha Lane Fox explores how increasing internet speed is changing the way music is made. 16:30Aleks Krotoski explores the impact digital technology is having on secrets.
| 16:00What is a pedant, and where does pedantry come from? Michael Rosen talks to Oliver Kamm. 16:30Rachel Johnson author and journalist champions the life of Ottoline Morrell.
| 16:00Programme devoted to the academic research shortlisted for the Thinking Allowed award. 16:30Politico expands into Europe, Labour's media policy, Katie Hopkins, and EU and Google.
| 16:00Jemaine Clement talks about his vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows. 16:30The Hubble Telescope and its contribution to shaping our understanding of the cosmos.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on an author, a childbirth campaigner, a critic, a gambler and a singer. 16:30Radio 5 live listeners pin down politicians with their questions. 16:56Friends with spinal muscular atrophy still manage to live life to the full.
| 16:00Carey Mulligan on Far from the Madding Crowd. Paul and Coral Jones. Noomi Rapace.
| 16:00Mexican writers Valeria Luiselli and Jorge Volpi on their country's literary heritage. 16:30A portrait of poet Gwendolyn Brooks, narrated by her daughter Nora Brooks Blakely.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30'These are moving sands, and it's getting very interesting.'.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Mark Urban investigates whether the west is losing its military edge.(R) 17:40Mark Coles profiles snooker legend Ronnie 'The Rocket' O'Sullivan.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Sue Perkins presents another edition of the show that tackles the big moral problems.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/9Matt Lucas joins Max Olesker and Ivan Gonzalez as they investigate a showbiz mystery.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/4Adventuring comic Tim FitzHigham attempts to cook a pudding under ten feet of water.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6To escape his daughter's gluten-free falafel salad, Ed enrols on a clinical trial.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/5Satire meets silliness in the comedy for hard-working families up and down the country.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Emma Freud, Danny Wallace and guests with conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Sheila McClennon chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00It is a difficult day for Rob. 19:16The Baileys shortlist and a stage adapation of the Dear Lupin letters. With Samira Ahmed. 19:451/5The cowman's first book is finally published.(R)
| 19:00Lilian makes some change. 19:16Alan Rickman on directing A Little Chaos, the art of Sonia Delaunay and Punchdrunk Theatre 19:452/5Pastures new for published cowman Fred Kitchen.(R)
| 19:00Clarrie is not to be comforted. 19:16John Wilson discusses Child 44, starring Tom Hardy, and a new Francis Bacon exhibition. 19:453/5Finances are tight, and writing commissions are few and far between for Fred Kitchen.(R)
| 19:00Tom and Helen have plans. 19:16Gypsy, Martin Parr, Hermitage Museum director, newly discovered Tennessee Williams drama. 19:454/5Fred Kitchen is now a school gardener and preacher alongside his spasmodic writing career.(R)
| 19:16Horse racing film Dark Horse, National Theatre changes, artist Luke Jerram, Danai Gurira. 19:455/5Now nearly 78, Fred Kitchen is still writing.(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles snooker legend Ronnie 'The Rocket' O'Sullivan. 19:15Simon Stephens's Carmen Disruption and Home from Home, the prequal to Heimat.
| 19:00Rob wants a private word with Tom. 19:161/6The Now Show gang present their critique of the second of the leaders' debates.(R) 19:453/3A single man recalls his parents' fractious relationship, dominated by money.
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| 20:00 | 20:00The hidden history of Britain's covert programme against communism during the Cold War. 20:30How a cluster of tiny US cities are accused of fuelling community tensions.(R)
| 20:00Mark Urban investigates whether the west is losing its military edge. 20:40Peter White is joined by Cathy Yelf of the Macular Society and Nick Marr of Henshaws.
| 20:00Fi Glover finds out what people really feel about society as election day looms. 20:45Jamie Bartlett meets online trolls and finds out that they can be surprisingly human.
| 20:00Are sharia councils in the UK a cause for concern? Jenny Chryss reports. 20:30Peter Day reports from Buenos Aires on the economic troubles once again facing Argentina.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents debate and discussion from Eltham in South London. 20:50Howard Jacobson explains why he prefers art to ideology, especially at election time.
| 20:00Clive Anderson searches for a golden age of respect for the football referee.
| 20:00Radio 5 live listeners pin down politicians with their questions.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on an author, a childbirth campaigner, a critic, a gambler and a singer.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Howard Stableford investigates whether advances in 3D printing can benefit nature.(R) 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Lydia Cacho, David Sloan Wilson, William MacAskill and Tansy Davies.(R)
| 21:00Claudia Hammond meets a psychologist who treated people after the 2005 London bombings. 21:30Sir Nigel Shadbolt talks about artificial intelligence and open data with Jim Al-Khalili.(R)
| 21:00Tom Heap saddles up to find out if Britain is really about to become a nation of cyclists.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets conductor and composer Carl Davis and mortician Caitlin Doughty.(R)
| 21:00The Hubble Telescope and its contribution to shaping our understanding of the cosmos.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Matteo Ricci's 16th-century travels in Ming China.(R)
| 21:00Melvyn Braggs asks 'What does it mean to be me?', with the help of four guests.
| 21:001/2Ursula Le Guin's groundbreaking novel set on an ice-age world. Adapted by Judith Adams.(R)
| 21:00Money Box talks to Ed Balls about Labour's plans for taxation, pensions and other benefits(R) 21:26Michael Buerk presents an appeal for Partners for Change Ethiopia.(R) 21:30Peter Day reports from Buenos Aires on the economic troubles once again facing Argentina.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Will 'fiscal responsibility' be a vote winner? 22:451/10Chelski: a London home for Russian wealth. Gorsky: a story about beauty, money and books.
| 22:00David Cameron promises the "good life" for all. 22:452/10Chelski: a London home for Russian wealth. Gorsky: a story about beauty, money and books.
| 22:00We examine their proposals and ask if they're sacrificing principles in favour of power. 22:453/10Chelski: a London home for Russian wealth. Gorsky: a story about beauty, money and books.
| 22:00Miliband faces demands from SNP, Greens and Plaid to go further in reversing austerity. 22:454/10Chelski: a London home for Russian wealth. Gorsky: a story about beauty, money and books.
| 22:00Ritula Shah and guests discuss Europe, the Middle East and China - from Chatham House 22:455/10Chelski: a London home for Russian wealth. Gorsky: a story about beauty, money and books.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Fi Glover finds out what people really feel about society as election day looms.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Julia Hartley Brewer analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen on the evocative words used to describe features of the British landscape.(R) 23:301/4Tom Dyckhoff examines how the design of the built environment can influence who we are.(R)
| 23:00Matt Harvey presents a comedy-infused interactive poetry cabaret from Cheltenham.(R) 23:302/4Tom Dyckhoff explores the history and the practice of design in protest.(R)
| 23:003/6Dan Antopolski, Nat Luurtsema and Tom Craine piece together a selection of sketches.(R) 23:153/6Nigel is tasked with writing a charity song for the local football team.(R) 23:303/4Tom talks to Sir Kenneth Grange about his ideas on designing furniture for older people.(R)
| 23:005/6Improvised chat show hosted by Justin Edwards. 23:304/4Tom Dyckhoff considers the digital future of design.(R)
| 23:001/6The Now Show gang present their critique of the second of the leaders' debates. 23:30Rachel Johnson author and journalist champions the life of Ottoline Morrell.(R) 23:55A mother and daughter find similarities in their losses from death and divorce.
| 23:00Russell Davies chairs the last semi-final of the 2015 series.(R) 23:30A poetic meditation on the element uniting Nagasaki, Argyll and a mutant bounty hunter.(R)
| 23:00Jemaine Clement talks about his vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows.(R) 23:30Samira Ahmed explores the idea of the desert in literature and spiritual texts.(R)
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