| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the role of pop music in enlivening mundane assembly line work.(R) 00:45The sound of church bells.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Joanna Biggs' portrait of Britain at work begins with the lawyer.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Joanna Biggs' portrait of Britain at work - the giggle doctor and the care worker.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Joanna Biggs' portrait of Britain at work continues with the ballet dancer.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Joanna Biggs' portrait of Britain at work continues with the fishmonger.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Joanna Biggs' portrait of Britain at work concludes with the quiz writer and the potter.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3Every morning in the forest Birdsong Man fixes microphones to the trees.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Leslie Griffiths. 05:45The NFU condemns Defra's handling of its call to use pesticide-coated seeds in the UK. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the serin.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Leslie Griffiths. 05:45Should rural areas be exempt from the government's right to buy plans? 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the redwing.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Leslie Griffiths. 05:45How people in rural Greece are coping with financial uncertainty. 05:58Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Red-legged Partridge.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Leslie Griffiths. 05:45Moves to amend the 2005 Hunting Act have been met by fierce opposition from campaigners. 05:58Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Eider.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Leslie Griffiths. 05:45Rural housing in crisis. The minister in charge responds. 05:58Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Ortolan Bunting.(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 Elizabeth Adekunle. 05:45Christopher Humphrys talks with his father John about living in Greece.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of church bells from St Erme, Cornwall. 05:45Hashi Mohamed re-interprets a recent British response to terrorism.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark lights the midsummer bonfires on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall to celebrate Golowan.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith visits a new affordable housing development in the heart of the Cotswolds. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully asks if it is right to live with regret, or better to get over our mistakes. 06:35Chris Packham relives programmes from The Living World archives. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Morning news. Includes Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton looks at sport and theology, Hindu cremations and medieval graffiti. 07:54Dinah Rose QC presents an appeal for Advice on Individual Rights in Europe. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From the City Temple, Cardiff, marking 100 years of the Elim Pentecostal Church. 08:48Adam Gopnik wonders why religious people are feeling 'persecuted' by same-sex marriage.(R) 08:58Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Red-legged Partridge.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Mary Ann Sieghart with Frank Wilczek, Shobana Jeyasingh, Matt Parker and Gerald Finley. 09:451/5Joanna Biggs' portrait of Britain at work begins with the lawyer.
| 09:00Why do some children find language difficult? Dorothy Bishop talks about her life's work. 09:30Selina Scott talks to Canon Paul Greenwell about ghosts. 09:452/5Joanna Biggs' portrait of Britain at work - the giggle doctor and the care worker.
| 09:00Guests include children's writer Julia Donaldson, author Iain Sinclair and QC Gary Bell. 09:453/5Joanna Biggs' portrait of Britain at work continues with the ballet dancer.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Frida Kahlo. 09:454/5Joanna Biggs' portrait of Britain at work continues with the fishmonger.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to former England cricketer Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff.(R) 09:455/5Joanna Biggs' portrait of Britain at work concludes with the quiz writer and the potter.
| 09:00Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles are joined by comedian and actor Phill Jupitus.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Former chief constable of Northumbria Police Sue Sim talks about her career. 10:451/5Jason thinks that a murdered professor might just be his chance to put Alma in her place.
| 10:00Anne Fine, the former children's laureate, discusses the reissue of Madame Doubtfire. 10:452/5DCI Alma Blair has no shortage of suspects lining up to share their motives.
| 10:00Annie Nightingale talks to Jane Garvey about her 45-year career as a DJ at Radio 1. 10:413/5DS Jason Trotter plays detective with Alma's love life. 10:55How to tackle ageing with a busy life engaged in charitable work.
| 10:00With Jenni Murray. Discussion on men having a biological clock in relation to fertility. 10:454/5Alma's personal life is about to be 'outed', and a forensic clue leads to danger.
| 10:00Dame Evelyn Glennie talks about her musical career, which has spanned more than 30 years. 10:455/5With a man down, the team close ranks to find the murderer.
| 10:301/4Will Gompertz launches his new series on creativity at a life-drawing class in Brighton.
| 10:00Helen and Tom have big ideas, and there is no going back for Adam.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Star England and Australian cricketers remember travelling by ship to play Ashes Tests. 11:301/6An unexpected phonecall and a surprise invitation bring change to Edinburgh's Cafe Culture
| 11:00Brett Westwood explores our relationship with a flabby, sour-faced fresh water fish. 11:30Saxophonist Archie Shepp on life as a black American in Paris.
| 11:00Martha Kearney follows the experiences and explores the hopes of new MPs at Westminster. 11:303/6A song about an unheralded inventor, a touching reunion and a normal man.(R)
| 11:00With Kate Adie. Contradictions and confusion as Iraqis celebrate Ramadan in Baghdad. 11:30Exploring the poetic sound world of postwar radio documentary pioneer Denis Mitchell.
| 11:00Philip Hoare attends the necropsy of a porpoise and thinks about going inside a whale. 11:301/6Clare gets involved with a TV producer making a documentary about the Sparrowhawk estate.
| 11:00George Parker of the Financial Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Global developments change the face of the seafront in Tangier, plus other despatches.
| 11:15Kirsty Young interviews the poet Imtiaz Dharker.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Victor prepares for a meeting he only ever dreamed about before. 12:15Winifred Robinson asks what can be done to reduce loneliness among elderly people. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Hilary is too impatient to settle for the long game, financially. 12:15Does it matter if rural England could soon be mainly populated by pensioners? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04When Mervyn returns home on leave, only Maisie is unchanged by war, for better or worse. 12:15Coverage of the chancellor's Budget speech with analysis and reaction.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The day that Mickey Macknade put away childish things and grew up. 12:15Why are festivals booking such old headline acts? Plus how far off is a dementia cure. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Reverend Winwood finds ministering to his flock far easier than to his own household. 12:15Keeping people with mental illness out of police custody. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Many small business owners are angry about the Budget. Ruth Alexander finds out why. 12:302/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:048/8Paul Merton, Alun Cochrane, Susan Calman and Gyles Brandreth join Nicholas Parsons.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon uncovers the new ways of drinking, selling and writing about wine. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00What next for the Greek debt crisis following a no vote in the referendum? 13:451/12Marina Warner looks at early experiences of stories.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:452/12Marina Warner explores reasons for writing stories.
| 13:56The latest weather forecast.
| 13:00Summer Budget: IFS says poor families are hardest hit. 13:454/12Marina Warner explores, with other writers, the world of contemporary fiction.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, including the evacuation of tourists from Tunisia. 13:455/12Marina Warner looks at the world of contemporary fiction.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Shaun Ley presents political debate from the Runway Visitor Park at Manchester Airport.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:302/2Peter White catches up with youngsters he first met in 2005 during London's Olympic bid.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Phoebe has no time for Kate.(R) 14:15Two strangers collide in the bread aisle of the local supermarket. So too do their lives.
| 14:00Helen and Tom have big ideas.(R) 14:15Anna paints the haunting images that fill her dreams. Whose death do they foretell?(R)
| 14:00Shula plays peacemaker.(R) 14:151/3By Meic Povey. A couple buy a dilapidated pub on the Welsh coast.
| 14:00Jennifer offers some womanly wisdom.(R) 14:15Toby Hadoke's comedy drama about grief and aliens. Starring Ronald Pickup.
| 14:00Ruth and David consider the future.(R) 14:15Rumpole defends a tabloid editor accused of libelling an author. With Benedict Cumberbatch
| 14:00Anita Anand presents listener response to the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30Mike Walker's epic chronicle of the Young Pretender, Bonnie Prince Charlie.
| 14:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel show from County Antrim, Northern Ireland.(R) 14:45Protecting the family farm, ageing gracefully, and being human as well as being a doctor.
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| 15:00 | 15:005/13Paul Gambaccini chairs heat five in the 2015 series of the wide-ranging music quiz. 15:30Lunch to lights out in the mother of Parliaments, an insider's view of Westminster's food.(R)
| 15:00Tom Holland and guests discuss Emperor Carausius, Henry II and Historians for Britain. 15:303/4Is what is expected of us as citizens psychologically absurd?
| 15:00Financial phone-in on the 2015 summer Budget. 15:30Three excerpts from the same conversation between mother and son about secrets and sadness(R) 15:453/12Marina Warner looks at the world of contemporary storytelling.
| 15:00Helen Mark lights the midsummer bonfires on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall to celebrate Golowan. 15:27Lord Judge presents the Radio 4 Appeal for the Personal Support Unit.(R) 15:30Jon McGregor discusses his first novel If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel show from County Antrim, Northern Ireland. 15:453/3By Julie Mayhew. Who - on ‘Earth’ - is the crying girl with the crazy hair?
| | 15:00Mike Walker's epic chronicle of the Stuarts concludes with the story of Charlotte Stuart.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Jessica Hynes presents to live audience the writing that means the most to her. 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince head to New York in the first of four shows from the USA.
| 16:00Ian Marchant explores the rise of self-service. Who benefits - consumers or big business? 16:30Comedian Julian Clary and former Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis talk favourite books.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor considers Arab Londoners. Also, migrants' sense of British identity. 16:30Does the new deal for the BBC undermine the corporation's independence?
| 16:00Director Justin Simien discusses his controversial comedy Dear White People. 16:30Adam Rutherford investigates intrusive memories, silent aircraft, nuclear fusion and Pluto
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on an actor, a detective, a director, a politician and a composer. 16:30Views on the BBC licence fee settlement and verdicts on Apple's new radio station. 16:55A farmer and his son discuss the pull of the land.
| 16:00Annie Nightingale: 50 years in music. Dame Evelyn Glennie. The Handmaid's Tale. Anne Fine.
| 16:00Award-winning Canadian novelist Sean Michaels talks about his book Us Conductors. 16:301/3Six poets reread Ted Hughes's seminal how-to book about poetry.
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| 17:00 | 17:00News interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30How are newspapers adapting to digital technologies? Evan Davis and guests discuss.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Why is Network Rail struggling with its multibillion-pound plan to upgrade our railways?(R) 17:407/8Naomi Alderman's short story responds to news of a big item in the week's Budget.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Greek government prepares to present new proposals to its international creditors 18:308/8Paul Merton, Alun Cochrane, Susan Calman and Gyles Brandreth join Nicholas Parsons.
| 18:00Bombing remembrance services held; Greece's creditors say no fresh deal proposals made 18:302/6Miles Jupp discovers how well a panel of guests know their nearest and dearest.
| 18:00Osborne uses first Tory budget since 1996 to soften austerity promised before election 18:301/4Can't face an evening without wine? The comedian lectures on the economics.
| 18:00The IFS says changes to benefits in the Budget will mean millions of families worse off. 18:304/6Policeman turned comic Alfie Moore makes his audience into police officers for the night.
| 18:00British tourists return from Tunisia amid warnings of another terrorist attack. 18:302/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00Eurozone ministers deciding whether to authorise a third bailout for Greece. 18:15Clive Anderson, Danny Wallace and guests with a mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Eurozone leaders say Greece must pass new austerity laws before talks on third bailout 18:15Sheila McClennon chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Helen and Tom have big ideas. 19:15Children's writer and illustrator Shirley Hughes discusses her work. John Wilson presents. 19:451/5Jason thinks that a murdered professor might just be his chance to put Alma in her place.(R)
| 19:15Samira Ahmed hears about the new Soundscapes exhibition at the National Gallery. 19:452/5DCI Alma Blair has no shortage of suspects lining up to share their motives.(R)
| 19:00Jennifer offers some womanly wisdom. 19:15Henry Goodman discusses his role in Ben Jonson's Volpone at the RSC. 19:453/5DS Jason Trotter plays detective with Alma's love life.(R)
| 19:00Ruth and David consider the future. 19:15Film director Oliver Hirschbiegel, Irish animation Song of the Sea and author Mike Nicol. 19:454/5Alma's personal life is about to be 'outed', and a forensic clue leads to danger.(R)
| 19:15Mike Leigh and Clive Judd discuss Little Malcolm and his Struggle Against the Eunuchs. 19:455/5With a man down, the team close ranks to find the murderer.(R)
| 19:007/8Naomi Alderman's short story responds to news of a big item in the week's Budget. 19:15American college comedy Dear White People and Claudia Rankine's book Citizen.
| 19:00There's a tense cricket match in Ambridge. 19:15John Osborne returns to Radio 4 with stories from the seasides closest to his heart. 19:451/3Hollywood comes to Rye - as does a figure from Dot Buckle's past.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Andy Martin asks what influence loyalists retain on the politics of Northern Ireland. 20:30Helena Merriman explores the recent wave of shootings of unarmed black men in the USA.
| 20:00Why is Network Rail struggling with its multibillion-pound plan to upgrade our railways? 20:40Lord Chris Holmes talks about his report on shared spaces.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Hashi Mohamed re-interprets a recent British response to terrorism.
| 20:00Bridget Kendall and guests look beyond the crisis in Greece to assess the future of Europe 20:30How are newspapers adapting to digital technologies? Evan Davis and guests discuss.
| 20:00Shaun Ley presents political debate from the Runway Visitor Park at Manchester Airport. 20:50Adam Gopnik wonders why religious people are feeling 'persecuted' by same-sex marriage.
| 20:00How Britain developed the world's first atomic bomb only to lose it to the Americans.
| 20:00Views on the BBC licence fee settlement and verdicts on Apple's new radio station.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on an actor, a detective, a director, a politician and a composer.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Brett Westwood looks at how lions became a symbol of power and authority.(R) 21:30Mary Ann Sieghart with Frank Wilczek, Shobana Jeyasingh, Matt Parker and Gerald Finley.(R)
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter discusses new UK guidelines on diabetes in pregnancy. 21:30Why do some children find language difficult? Dorothy Bishop talks about her life's work.(R)
| 21:00Simon Schaffer tells of the astronomers who grappled with evolution long before Darwin. 21:30Guests include children's writer Julia Donaldson, author Iain Sinclair and QC Gary Bell.(R)
| 21:00Adam Rutherford investigates intrusive memories, silent aircraft, nuclear fusion and Pluto(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Frida Kahlo.(R)
| 21:00Soldiers on leave find home very different to the one they thought they were fighting for.
| 21:00Fenella Woolgar is Queen Anne, the last Stuart monarch, in Mike Walker's epic chronicle.(R)
| 21:00Many small business owners are angry about the Budget. Ruth Alexander finds out why.(R) 21:26Dinah Rose QC presents an appeal for Advice on Individual Rights in Europe.(R) 21:30Tim Harford looks at the numbers to tell the story of the Greek crisis.
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| 22:00 | 22:00We ask if the European Central Bank will continue to finance Greek banks. 22:451/5The semi-autobiographical first novel by Elizabeth von Arnim, read by Caroline Martin.
| 22:00We debate whether the real crisis is a bigger one - of the whole European project. 22:452/5Elizabeth must find a replacement for her increasingly unstable gardener.
| 22:00We debate the policy with the PCS union and the CBI 22:453/5The grey November weather stirs in Elizabeth a forlorn yearning to see her childhood home.
| 22:00British government says threat of another attack is "highly likely" 22:454/5Elizabeth enjoys the peace of her snowy garden, despite of an influx of Christmas visitors
| 22:00Will the EU accept Alexander Tsipras's latest proposals? 22:455/5Although the new year has come and gone, Elizabeth's guests show no sign of departing...
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Miranda Green of Newsweek analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Robert Peston surprises Eddie Mair with his third and final guest - Alan Rusbridger. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince head to New York in the first of four shows from the USA.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:004/6Peter Curran and Patrick Marber with their acclaimed late-night conversation series. 23:152/4Can Dr Berry help Mr Wickle with his fear of cats? With Steve Pemberton.(R) 23:30Sean Curran and team report from Westminster on the Budget and PMQs.
| 23:006/6It's the morning after Stuart's stag night - his back hurts and Mr Big's looking for him. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Comedian Julian Clary and former Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis talk favourite books.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy and the BBC parliamentary team report from Westminster. 23:55The human side of the doctor's dilemma confronted by a doctor and her husband
| 23:005/13Paul Gambaccini chairs heat five in the 2015 series of the wide-ranging music quiz.(R) 23:30Peggy Reynolds delves into the world of Henry VIII's poetry.(R)
| 23:00Director Justin Simien discusses his controversial comedy Dear White People.(R) 23:30Mark Tully asks if it is right to live with regret, or better to get over our mistakes.(R)
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