| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The impact of gentrification on working-class people. Plus the division of domestic labour(R) 00:45Church bells from St Mary's Redcliffe, Bristol.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Peter Moore's account of the adventurous quest to understand the weather.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5In Peter Moore's vivid account innovation and science lead to the first weather reports.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Peter Moore's vivid account of the quest to understand the weather takes to the high seas.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Peter Moore's account of the quest to understand the weather takes to the skies.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Peter Moore relates the weather forecast's controversial beginnings.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Being invisible is no joke, particularly when it is your birthday.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer with Father Eugene O'Neill. 05:45Anna Hill asks what effect the general election result will have on farming. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58David Attenborough presents the spotted crake.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer with Father Eugene O'Neill. 05:45Tony Juniper and Meurig Raymond comment as Liz Truss is reappointed Defra secretary. 05:58David Attenborough presents the guillemot.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer with Father Eugene O'Neill. 05:45El Nino is back. What will it mean for farming across the world? 05:58David Attenborough presents the storm petrel.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer with Father Eugene O'Neill. 05:45What the so-called 'black spider' letters say about Prince Charles's views on agriculture. 05:58David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the sedge warbler.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer with Father Eugene O'Neill. 05:45Sybil Ruscoe investigates an increase in sheep deaths after eating bog asphodel. 05:58David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the female cuckoo.(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 Sister Gemma Simmonds CJ. 05:45'Who can make decisions about a pacemaker once it's in my body?' - iPM explores UK law.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from Monks Kirby, Warwickshire. 05:45Mark Coles profiles veteran American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh.(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 visits Cumbria to experience the exciting and ancient sport of hound trailing.(R) 06:30Sybil Ruscoe explores the challenges of farming in the uplands. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05John McCarthy considers the importance of complexity and ambiguity. 06:35A report from the UK's first Farm Hack, an initiative from the USA to help smaller farms. 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. 07:10What makes a good religious leader? A recent poll says character is important. 07:54Paul O'Grady presents an appeal for David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation. 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 Andrew's and St George's West Church, Edinburgh, led by the Rev Ian Gilmour. 08:48David Cannadine says Barack Obama is not the first American president to act like a king.(R) 08:58David Attenborough presents the storm petrel.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Hamid Dabashi, Edith Hall, Douglas Murray and Glenn Ligon. 09:451/5Peter Moore's account of the adventurous quest to understand the weather.
| 09:00WB Yeats was born 150 years ago. Roy Foster explores why his poems still tell truths. 09:30Rob Walker reports on an attempt to free hostages from the US embassy in Iran in 1980. 09:452/5In Peter Moore's vivid account innovation and science lead to the first weather reports.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets Cormac Murphy-O'Connor and conservator Lucy Branch. 09:453/5Peter Moore's vivid account of the quest to understand the weather takes to the high seas.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Lancashire cotton famine during the American Civil War 09:454/5Peter Moore's account of the quest to understand the weather takes to the skies.
| 09:00Kirsty Young interviews cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins.(R) 09:455/5Peter Moore relates the weather forecast's controversial beginnings.
| 09:00Presenters Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir are joined by Chris Tarrant.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell. 09:57Paul O'Grady presents an appeal for David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Emily Watson and A Royal Night Out and Newsnight's political editor Allegra Stratton. 10:451/5Bill is back in London and eager to catch up with bohemian Bella.
| 10:00Liz Kendall on why she wants to be the next leader of the Labour Party. With Jane Garvey. 10:452/5Bella needs cheering up because someone close to her has died.
| 10:00Jenni Murray launches the 2015 Woman's Hour Power List. 10:413/5Bill has had an unexpected encounter, and Bella is worried about losing her job. 10:56Two taekwondo teachers reveal the truth behind the martial art.
| 10:00The clothes of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo and the influences that led to her unique style. 10:454/5Bill is grumpy due to still being on a starvation diet, while Bella is glowing.
| 10:00A look ahead to 2015's RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Presented by Jenni Murray. 10:455/5Following Bill's party, he is keen to know if Bella thinks his wife is having an affair.
| 10:301/7Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel programme from Holywood, Northern Ireland.
| 10:00Robert and Jim prepare for battle, and things do not go Ed's way.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Kim Normanton explores the booming British drag scene. 11:301/41938: the GP0 return to a remote Isles of Scilly island to check up on the post office.
| 11:00Angela Saini explores the science of birdsong and its relationship to human language. 11:30Howard Goodall and Selina Scott explore the impact of the hymn based on Psalm 23.
| 11:00Shaun Ley follows the changing views of some floating voters.(R) 11:301/6Ed’s currently in a relationship with BBC radio producer Laura - and her expenses.
| 11:00Peru's wildlife is under threat from illicit trafficking. Linda Pressly investigates. 11:302/3Mark Radcliffe travels from Malham to the village of Greenhead near Hadrian's Wall.
| 11:00The Alice in Wonderland world of the Anglo-Indians, focusing on a remarkable 92-year-old. 11:309/10Temple and Sir Graham are hunting for the missing girl.(R)
| 11:00Steve Richards of the Independent looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30The migration crisis in Asia - hundreds of desperate people at sea with nowhere to go.
| 11:16Kirsty Young talks to Helen Browning, farmer and CEO of the Soil Association.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04In a room devoid of all light and sound, a guest is left alone to reveal their thoughts. 12:15An incorrect energy bill for 14 years, and mortgages for the self-employed. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04A room devoid of light and sound where a guest is left alone to reveal their thoughts. 12:16Ousted MPs have five days to clear their desks. Have you been in that situation? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04A room devoid of light and sound where a guest is left alone to reveal their thoughts. 12:15A look at how the supermarkets are responding to the changing ways people shop. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04A room devoid of light and sound where a guest is left alone to reveal their thoughts. 12:15What's gone wrong with a flagship rural broadband scheme funded by £460k of public money? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04A room devoid of light and sound where a guest is left alone to reveal their thoughts. 12:15Holiday refunds if someone dies and the art of good manners. With Peter White. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04More than four million couples are eligible for a new allowance, but they have to claim. 12:301/7Sandi Toksvig is joined by Jeremy Hardy, Susan Calman, Samira Ahmed and Elis James.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:046/6Sue Perkins poses more big moral problems for her panellists to tackle.(R) 12:32Cyrus Todiwala celebrates the role of spice in Britain's community, identity and taste. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Martha Kearney presents analysis of current affairs reports. 13:45A portrait of the Buddha and how he has been interpreted over the millennia.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45Sunil Khilnani tells the story of Mahavira Jain, the inspiration behind the Jain faith.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45The life and legacy of Panini, master of the Sanskrit language and original nerd.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45The life and legacy of the political strategist Kautilya, known as the Indian Machiavelli.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:45Sunil Khilnani explores the life and legacy of Ashoka, ruler of a great Indian empire.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Filleigh Village Hall in North Devon.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Folk singer Lisa Knapp explores the inspirational power of the Shipping Forecast.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Rob means what he says.(R) 14:15Ahmadullah is posted from the western front to join the start of the Gallipoli campaign.
| 14:00Robert and Jim prepare for battle.(R) 14:15The truth about Rock Hudson's health is revealed. Inspired by events in 1985 Hollywood.(R)
| 14:00Rob does Pip a favour.(R) 14:15A twist on history as astronauts retrieve the bodies of the first men on the moon.(R)
| 14:152/5Blood Money by Richard Monks. Second drama in Stone series created by Danny Brocklehurst.
| 14:15Romantic comedy noir from a team of five young writers.(R)
| 14:00Listeners have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30Martin Jarvis directs his fourth Ian Fleming for Radio 4. Toby Stephens returns as 007.(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson and the team are at Garden Show Ireland at Antrim Castle Gardens.(R) 14:45Conversations about taekwondo, prostate cancer and absent fathers in the forces.
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| 15:00 | 15:003/6Three students from the University of Essex take on their professors in the upbeat quiz. 15:30Jane Grigson's work in the Observer and book English Food make up part two of this tribute
| 15:006/6Josie Long presents stories of investigations. 15:30Peter Gibbs finds out if the ozone layer hole is healing 30 years on from its discovery.
| 15:00Considering equity release? Listeners put their questions to Ruth Alexander and guests. 15:30Claudia Hammond on body dysmorphia, social media PTSD and preventing procrastination.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark visits Cumbria to experience the exciting and ancient sport of hound trailing. 15:27Lesley Garrett presents an appeal for the charity Help Musicians UK.(R) 15:30Anne Enright talks about her novel The Green Road. Presented by Mariella Frostrup.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and the team are at Garden Show Ireland at Antrim Castle Gardens. 15:451/3Paula's romantic weekend break in the Lakes is derailed by a fellow hotel guest.
| | 15:002/2Franz Kafka's mind-warping novel. K is desperate to make a meeting with the elusive Klamm.
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| 16:00 | 16:002/3Mini lectures on character, plot and style, featuring Graham Greene and Baroness Orczy. 16:30Aleks Krotoski explores how technology is impacting on seduction.
| 16:00Michael Rosen and Laura Wright discuss the role of young women in language innovation. 16:30Marlon Brando - greatest actor of the twentieth century?
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores the social history of the gymnasium and the taboo against body art. 16:30News chiefs discuss the dominance of stories about election polls. Steve Hewlett presents.
| 16:00As Mad Max hits the road again, Kim Newman examines familiar post-apocalyptic cliches. 16:30New research on seasonal variation in people's immune systems. With Adam Rutherford.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a bluesman, a general, an airline boss, a dancer and a glider pilot. 16:30Are strokes among working-age people on the rise? Presented by Tim Harford. 16:56The pain and anxiety suffered by the children of those serving in the armed forces.
| 16:00The Woman's Hour Power List 2015 and new MP for Bradford West, Naz Shah. With Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Julian Barnes about his book Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art 16:30Poetry Please at the Poetry by Heart finals.
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| 17:00 | 17:00News interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00News interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00News interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30'Who can make decisions about a pacemaker once it's in my body?' - iPM explores UK law.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Why, ten years on, does one of the biggest murder cases in Scotland remain unsolved?(R) 17:40Mark Coles profiles veteran American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh.(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. 18:306/6Sue Perkins poses more big moral problems for her panellists to tackle.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/2Lemn explores the nature of home via comedy, poetry and conversation.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Clare and the rest of the Sparrowhawk team are forced to take part in a team-building day.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Holly Walsh and the panel tackle the social minefield of parties.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/7Sandi Toksvig is joined by Jeremy Hardy, Susan Calman, Samira Ahmed and Elis James.
| 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. 18:15Sheila McClennon chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Robert and Jim prepare for battle. 19:15The English National Opera's production of The Pirates of Penzance. With Samira Ahmed. 19:451/5Bill is back in London and eager to catch up with bohemian Bella.(R)
| 19:15The Virginia Woolf ballet Woolf Works and 2015's Turner Prize shortlist. With Samira Ahmed 19:452/5Bella needs cheering up because someone close to her has died.(R)
| 19:15Mad Max: Fury Road reviewed, and Alabama Shakes on their latest album. With John Wilson. 19:453/5Bill has had an unexpected encounter, and Bella is worried about losing her job.(R)
| 19:15David Hockney discusses his troubled relationship with perspective. Kirsty Lang presents. 19:454/5Bill is grumpy due to still being on a starvation diet, while Bella is glowing.(R)
| 19:15The set design for U2's new show and the legacy of BB King. Kirsty Lang presents. 19:455/5Following Bill's party, he is keen to know if Bella thinks his wife is having an affair.(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles veteran American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh. 19:15Mad Max: Fury Road and Cornelia Parker's Magna Carta embroidery interpretation.
| 19:00It is a sunny day for the cricket. 19:154/4James Boswell, Dr Johnson's biographer, attempts to write a life of Boris Johnson. 19:451/6A cellist sets off reluctantly to play at an outdoor concert.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Shaun Ley follows the changing views of some floating voters. 20:30A report on Georgia's schools and the radical priests who want to influence them.(R)
| 20:00Why, ten years on, does one of the biggest murder cases in Scotland remain unsolved? 20:40Blindness for Beginners discusses shopping with Richard de Costobadie and Diane Roworth.
| 20:00Clive Anderson asks why the law is struggling to reduce the gender pay gap. 20:45Baraa Shiban, stranded in London by the conflict in Yemen, on how his life has changed.
| 20:00The archbishop of Canterbury is the preacher at a service celebrating Ascension Day.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Filleigh Village Hall in North Devon. 20:50David Cannadine says Barack Obama is not the first American president to act like a king.
| 20:00Brains behaving badly: how talented people are fooled into failing.
| 20:00Are strokes among working-age people on the rise? Presented by Tim Harford.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a bluesman, a general, an airline boss, a dancer and a glider pilot.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Are DNA results being misinterpreted in criminal cases?(R) 21:30Mariella Frostrup talks to Hamid Dabashi, Edith Hall, Douglas Murray and Glenn Ligon.(R)
| 21:00Claudia Hammond on body dysmorphia, social media PTSD and preventing procrastination. 21:30WB Yeats was born 150 years ago. Roy Foster explores why his poems still tell truths.(R)
| 21:00Peter Gibbs finds out if the ozone layer hole is healing 30 years on from its discovery.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets Cormac Murphy-O'Connor and conservator Lucy Branch.(R)
| 21:00New research on seasonal variation in people's immune systems. With Adam Rutherford.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Lancashire cotton famine during the American Civil War(R)
| 21:00Dan Snow presents the story of World War I through the voices of those who were there.
| 21:001/2Franz Kafka's novel. A stranger is lured into a bureaucratic world of wonder and terror.(R)
| 21:00More than four million couples are eligible for a new allowance, but they have to claim.(R) 21:26Paul O'Grady presents an appeal for David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation.(R) 21:30Peter Day talks to authors Charles Handy and Kevin Ashton about life changing innovation.
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| 22:00 | 22:00How will the Commons change with the new MP intake? 22:456/10Dan heads home from Toronto and, back in Ireland, Hanna is in a real mess.
| 22:00US and Russia urge all sides in Ukraine to stop breaching the ceasefire 22:457/10It is Christmas Eve in the Madigan household, and everyone has arrived for the big day.
| 22:00Italy, Spain, Cyprus and France perform better than expected - but Greece slips back 22:458/10It is Christmas Day, and Rosaleen is about to let her family into the big secret.
| 22:00Announcement comes day after a senior general announced the military was seizing power. 22:459/10Rosaleen takes herself off into the hills. But it is dark now, and the family are worried.
| 22:003 people were killed in attack - former student convicted last month of 30 charges. 22:4510/10Family members, neighbours and the local police are out in search of Rosaleen.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Clive Anderson asks why the law is struggling to reduce the gender pay gap.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Dennis Sewell of the Spectator analyses how the papers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen and Laura Wright on colour words, how they vary and how they have changed.(R) 23:303/3Who do you want to read your old emails when you die? Are the dead entitled to privacy?(R)
| 23:001/4Stand-up John Moloney tells a joke about a bank robber and a story about his cat Edward. 23:151/4Award-winning Richard Marsh fuses poetry and prose to tell a story about falling in love.(R) 23:302/3Why do so many women think their men have Asperger's syndrome? Jolyon Jenkins investigates(R)
| 23:006/6Dan Antopolski, Nat Luurtsema and Tom Craine piece together a selection of sketches. 23:156/6An interesting offer from Belinda leaves Nigel reeling.(R) 23:301/3Jolyon Jenkins investigates the shadowy world of online unregulated sperm donation.(R)
| 23:002/4News, weather, sport and a fly on the wall documentary.(R) 23:302/3Jolyon Jenkins explores Esperanto, the language designed to bring world peace and harmony.(R)
| 23:00Marlon Brando - greatest actor of the twentieth century?(R) 23:273/3Jolyon Jenkins meets the people zapping their brains with DIY electrical devices.(R) 23:55A much-loved husband and friend's diagnosis with prostate cancer led to the first ProstAid
| 23:003/6Three students from the University of Essex take on their professors in the upbeat quiz.(R) 23:30Roger McGough travels from 13th-century Persia to Eaglehawk, Australia.(R)
| 23:00As Mad Max hits the road again, Kim Newman examines familiar post-apocalyptic cliches.(R) 23:30John McCarthy considers the importance of complexity and ambiguity.(R)
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