| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The link between education and violent extremism. Also, the iconic orange jumpsuit.(R) 00:45Church bells from St David's, Moreton-in-Marsh.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Margo Jefferson's memoir asks what it means to be born both black and privileged.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Margo Jefferson looks back on her Chicago childhood and the rules of race that defined it.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Margo Jefferson turns her critical gaze towards her own childhood - Chicago in the 1950s.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The Jeffersons take their two daughters to Atlantic City, but not everything goes to plan.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Margo recalls the 60s and 70s and the difficulty of reconciling being privileged and black(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3By Kevin Barry. A teenage boy suffers the torments of unrequited love in rural Ireland.(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 Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. 05:45On the fishing boats of Wales, views on the EU are divided. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the little tern.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. 05:45Former president of the NFU Lord Plumb remembers the 1975 referendum. 05:58Chris Packham presents the avocet.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. 05:45If there's a vote to leave the EU, how quickly would legal disentanglement be achieved? 05:58John Aitchison presents the Canada goose.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. 05:45Farmers are warned to vaccinate against a livestock disease which is expected this summer. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the herring gull.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. 05:45Young farmers at Cereals 2016 on UK farming and the EU, plus the EU fisheries policy. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the lesser black-backed gull.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A short reflection and prayer with Canon Simon Doogan. 05:45A QC explains the difficulties of prosecuting historical sex abuse cases.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of church bells from St Peter's Church, Ropley. 05:45Amanda Spielman is set to take over as chief inspector of schools in England.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding walks with Graham Hoyland and Gina Waggott along the Cotswold Way.(R) 06:30Sybil Ruscoe is at Cereals 2016. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Priest Joanna Jepson examines the construction of image and the search for identity. 06:35Lionel Kelleway is on the look out for the Highland midge. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Flat-pack Byzantine Church; John Sentamu on the murder of MP Jo Cox; Disability theology. 07:54Penelope Wilton presents The Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity CBM UK. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10The Rev Prof David Wilkinson explores the dialogue between science and religion. 08:48Roger Scruton says government by petition is out of step with representative democracy. 08:58Steve Backshall presents the little tern.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Daniel Kramer, Roger Scruton, Franny Moyle and Julia Peyton-Jones. 09:451/5Margo Jefferson's memoir asks what it means to be born both black and privileged.
| 09:00Sheila Rowan talks to Jim Al-Khalili about her role in the search for gravitational waves. 09:30Tim Samuels meets women who have ditched monogamy for an alternative relationship. 09:452/5Margo Jefferson looks back on her Chicago childhood and the rules of race that defined it.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets farmer and broadcaster Adam Henson and writer Paul Spike. 09:453/5Margo Jefferson turns her critical gaze towards her own childhood - Chicago in the 1950s.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Bronze Age collapse. 09:454/5The Jeffersons take their two daughters to Atlantic City, but not everything goes to plan.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is the actor Warwick Davis.(R) 09:455/5Margo recalls the 60s and 70s and the difficulty of reconciling being privileged and black
| 09:00Rick Astley joins Rev Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Legacy of Girlguiding; Gardening as therapy; Home-made presents and thank yous. 10:451/5Christine is forced to reveal secrets from her extraordinary past.
| 10:00How sport helps build confidence, getting a good social life when busy, and social justice 10:452/5Christine relives her jazz club days and an unsuitable relationship with a blues star.
| 10:00The newly appointed makar - Scottish national poet - guest edits the programme. 10:413/5Christine reveals her strange involvement in the Profumo Affair. 10:55A couple who are mixed race deal with their difference in age and his visual disability.
| 10:00Should people stick to a specialism or embrace multitasking in all elements of life? 10:454/5When Sally unearths old rosary beads, Christine recalls her life-changing time in Rome.
| 10:00How do you deal with asthma, cancer or a difficult pregnancy living in a refugee camp? 10:455/5Sally's frantic about her daughter in Mexico and Christine reveals her biggest secret.
| 10:30Tim Harford fact-checks the vital statistics from the EU referendum debate.
| 10:00Ambridge is in the party mood, and Emma deals with an emergency.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Disaster at sea leaves a sailor with nothing. Aged 82, should he return to land for good? 11:303/6Jeff and Andy win a meal at Flamford's poshest hotel, opening a Pandora's Box of envy.
| 11:00Brett Westwood investigates the biology and culture of owls. From 2016 11:301/3Frances Fyfield sees the handwritten score of Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius.
| 11:003/4Hearing voices was once considered a sign of madness, but has there been a cultural shift?(R) 11:301/6The museum battles to prepare for the annual visit of the Women's Institute.
| 11:00Senior correspondents prepare to leave for pastures new. 11:30Sarfraz Manzoor tells the story of Pakistani writer Sa'adat Manto and assesses his legacy.
| 11:00Mukti Jain Campion explores the surprising origins of modern yoga practice. 11:302/6The rudest of awakenings for one particular pet and the positive side of stereotyping.(R)
| 11:00Tim Harford fact-checks the vital statistics from the EU referendum debate. 11:30Stories from Florida, Honduras, Ghana, Japan and France, introduced by Kate Adie.
| 11:15Kirsty Young interviews actor and theatre director Barrie Rutter.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Tim Harford asks how much would be saved and what would be lost if Britain left the EU. 12:15Our relationship with money and how we can control it, with author Claudia Hammond. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Tim Harford on the costs and benefits of EU migrants and what might happen if Britain left 12:15Call You & Yours - What is your experience of the EU? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Tim Harford looks at how much of Britain's law comes from the EU. 12:15The women making money from posting make-up tutorials online. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Tim Harford on how much red tape from the EU costs and what might happen if the UK leaves. 12:15How access to IVF treatment varies across the UK. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:044/5Dominic Lawson interviews military historian Antony Beevor over a game of chess.(R) 12:15Peter White on BHS suppliers, storecard PPI claims and the number of convenience stores.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04When is best to buy foreign currency, Vodaphone blues and just what is a private divorce? 12:301/6Topical impressions show that offers a satirical take on politics, media and celebrity. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:045/6Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Alexei Sayle and Graham Norton join host Nicholas Parsons.(R) 12:32Dan Saladino tells a story of food, survival and fishing from the remote Faroe Islands. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:451/20Assessing the impact of Sir Francis Drake's Circumnavigation Medal.(R)
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs with Martha Kearney. 13:452/20Neil MacGregor uses the Stratford Chalice to explore the world in Shakespeare's time.(R)
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:453/20A fork found on the site of the Rose Theatre reveals what people ate in the Bard's time.(R)
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:454/20The story behind a portrait justifying Elizabeth I's position in the Tudor succession.(R)
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:456/20What Henry V's armoury tells us about the depiction of history on the Elizabeth stage.(R)
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents a special edition of Any Questions? 13:50What does the tragic death of Jo Cox mean for British democracy?
| 13:00Penny Mordaunt and Anna Soubry give their views on the referendum campaign. 13:30The story of how easy credit changed British society forever.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Ambridge is in the party mood.(R) 14:151/3Should sperm donor Harry have contact rights? Barrister Rebecca Nyman's client says no.
| 14:00Helen gets some fresh air.(R) 14:152/3Barrister Rebecca Nyman represents Andrew - a client at a Mental Health Tribunal.
| 14:00Emma deals with an emergency.(R) 14:153/3Mary is in a minimally conscious state, her husband asks that she be allowed to die.
| 14:00Lilian and Kate get down to business.(R) 14:15Mickey Bliss meets both an impressive young woman and a disturbing figure from his past.
| 14:15Ian left Lauren 11 months ago, and now he is back. So why did he leave and why is he back?
| 14:30Bonnie Greer's play, inspired by Strindberg, about the legacy of the 2014 Ferguson unrest
| 14:00Eric Robson hosts a special edition of the programme from Stonehenge.(R) 14:45A couple share their differences and reflect on how they have blended their lives.
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| 15:00 | 15:006/6Three students from the University of Bath take on their professors in the upbeat quiz. 15:30Dan Saladino discovers the gut microbiome, to find that food will never be the same again.(R)
| 15:00Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel programme from Birmingham.(R) 15:301/8Michael Blastland look at facts and the EU referendum.
| 15:00Adam Shaw and guests explore the modern British workplace. 15:302.5% of people are supertaskers, plus replacing exams with AI and our latest award winner.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding walks with Graham Hoyland and Gina Waggott along the Cotswold Way. 15:27Marcus Brigstocke presents an appeal on behalf of Partnership for Children.(R) 15:30Mariella Frostrup talks to Icelandic novelist Sjon.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson hosts a special edition of the programme from Stonehenge. 15:45A chance encounter in the park is about to change Matt Kirwan’s life.
| 15:301/3Frances Fyfield sees the handwritten score of Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius.(R)
| 15:001/2Stephen Rea stars in Graham Greene's Mexico-set masterpiece, dramatised by Nick Warburton.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Following artist Fiona Graham-Mackay as she paints a portrait of poet Imtiaz Dharker. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests explore the relationship between religion and freedom of expression.
| 16:00Joshua Rozenberg examines the new laws on coercive and controlling behaviour. 16:30Robert Rinder, Stella Duffy and Harriett Gilbert discuss some of their favourite books.
| 16:00The hidden architecture of people's working lives. Plus drug-taking and employment. 16:30Reporting the migrant crisis, accessing news online, and achieving 'balanced' EU coverage.
| 16:00Toby Jones reflects on his new role, a king who becomes obsessed by a flea. 16:30Gravitational waves have been found for a second time. What’s different this time?
| 16:00Reeta Chakrabarti on an MP, a musician, a chess player and a writer. 16:30Did initial coverage of the Orlando shooting diminish LGBT views? 16:55A mixed-race couple reflect on other people's assumptions about them.
| 16:00The best bits of the Woman's Hour Takeover Week. Presented by Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Annie Proulx about her new novel, Barkskins. 16:30Documentary poem on canal life by Jo Bell, boat dweller and former canal laureate.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Carolyn Quinn with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Carolyn Quinn with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30From script to screen: how to finance a film. Evan Davis and guests discuss.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00What will it take to improve failing children's services - and is change fast enough?(R) 17:40Amanda Spielman is set to take over as chief inspector of schools in England.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Police in Orlando say they battered a hole in the wall to rescue terrified clubbers 18:305/6Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Alexei Sayle and Graham Norton join host Nicholas Parsons.
| 18:00Jeremy Corbyn launches new push to persuade wavering voters to stay in the EU 18:28A referendum campaign broadcast by the Vote Leave campaign.(R) 18:304/6Michael Rosen reads his diaries, which focus on life as a naughty schoolboy in the 1960s.
| 18:00Tory backbenchers dismiss Chancellor's warning of Brexit leading to austerity budget. 18:28A referendum campaign broadcast by the Stronger IN Europe campaign.(R) 18:305/6Victoria Coren Mitchell is joined by Lee Mack, David Baddiel and Andrew Hunter Murray.
| 18:00The Labour MP Jo Cox has died from her injuries after being attacked in the street. 18:304/4Paul looks at the history of transport, asking 'How did we get here?'
| 18:00Police say they're investigating the suspect's possible links to right-wing extremism. 18:302/5Tony takes up astronomy, and finds something terrible among the stars.(R)
| 18:00Thomas Mair gave his name as "Death to traitors, freedom for Britain" 18:15Arthur Smith and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00It's the first day of referendum campaigning since the murder of the Labour MP, Jo Cox 18:15Liz Barclay chooses radio highlights, including Elgar's notes and Michael Rosen's diary.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Helen gets some fresh air. 19:15Wrong Crowd is the new album from songwriter Tom Odell; he talks about his inspiration. 19:451/5Christine is forced to reveal secrets from her extraordinary past.(R)
| 19:00Emma deals with an emergency. 19:15Tate Modern's new Switch House, pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, and novelist Emma Cline. 19:452/5Christine relives her jazz club days and an unsuitable relationship with a blues star.(R)
| 19:00Lilian and Kate get down to business. 19:15Ashley Pharoah's new TV drama plus writing novels in verse, and sound artist Chris Watson. 19:453/5Christine reveals her strange involvement in the Profumo Affair.(R)
| 19:15Mike Bartlett on Wild, Tale of Tales review, Georgiana Houghton review, Suburra director. 19:454/5When Sally unearths old rosary beads, Christine recalls her life-changing time in Rome.(R)
| 19:00Reality hits home for the Grundys. 19:15John Wilson talks to director Trevor Nunn about A Midsummer Night's Dream. 19:455/5Sally's frantic about her daughter in Mexico and Christine reveals her biggest secret.(R)
| 19:00Amanda Spielman is set to take over as chief inspector of schools in England. 19:15Tale of Tales, Richard III, Barkskins, Tate Modern Switch House, The Living and The Dead.
| 19:15Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present an ultra-topical look at the EU referendum. 19:45A new friendship makes 60-something Lena wonder if there is more to life than housework.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:003/4Hearing voices was once considered a sign of madness, but has there been a cultural shift? 20:30Jason Cowley asks why young people today are - weirdly - so well-behaved.
| 20:00What will it take to improve failing children's services - and is change fast enough? 20:40Going to the gym, and getting on a tandem if you're blind or have a visual impairment.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Former ambassador Tom Fletcher argues that the future of diplomacy will be citizen-led.
| 20:00Joshua Rozenberg examines the new laws on coercive and controlling behaviour.(R) 20:30From script to screen: how to finance a film. Evan Davis and guests discuss.
| 20:00Interview series in which broadcasters follow their personal passions.(R) 20:45A mixed-race couple reflect on other people's assumptions about them.(R) 20:50Adam Gopnik on the difference between magic and science.(R)
| 20:00Critic and broadcaster Gillian Reynolds celebrates 50 years’ professional radio listening.
| 20:00Did initial coverage of the Orlando shooting diminish LGBT views?(R) 20:30Reeta Chakrabarti on an MP, a musician, a chess player and a writer.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Brett Westwood explores the nature and the culture of flies.(R) 21:30Andrew Marr with Daniel Kramer, Roger Scruton, Franny Moyle and Julia Peyton-Jones.(R)
| 21:002.5% of people are supertaskers, plus replacing exams with AI and our latest award winner. 21:30Sheila Rowan talks to Jim Al-Khalili about her role in the search for gravitational waves.(R)
| 21:00How blood donation became segregated and associated with racial identity. 21:30Libby Purves meets farmer and broadcaster Adam Henson and writer Paul Spike.(R)
| 21:00Gravitational waves have been found for a second time. What’s different this time?(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Bronze Age collapse.(R)
| 21:002/3The omnibus edition of Thomas Dixon's major history of friendship.(R)
| 21:002/2Can Undershaft be trusted?(R)
| 21:00When is best to buy foreign currency, Vodaphone blues and just what is a private divorce?(R) 21:26Penelope Wilton presents The Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity CBM UK.(R) 21:30Jason Cowley asks why young people today are - weirdly - so well-behaved.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00In the wake of the Orlando killings we examine the struggle against home grown terrorism. 22:451/10Anne Tyler's contemporary response to Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.
| 22:00Has Labour left it too late to convince voters they are serious about immigration? 22:452/10After Kate meets her father's research assistant Pyotr, he manages to bump into her.
| 22:00In a special programme, James Coomarasamy reports from Rotterdam on a possible Brexit. 22:453/10Anne Tyler's contemporary response to Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.
| 22:00Jo Cox, Labour MP for Batley and Spen, has died after being shot in her constituency. 22:454/10Anne Tyler's contemporary response to Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.
| 22:00Police investigating the killing of Jo Cox say it may have been motivated by extremism. 22:455/10Anne Tyler's contemporary response to Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.
| 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.
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| 23:00 | 23:002/3Will Self asks some of Britain's key opinion-makers about the nature of our existence. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:006/6Guests not welcome. Stephen K Amos's teenage years in 1980s South London.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster on a committee inquiry into anti-Semitism.
| 23:001/4The host of the longest-running open mic night in NYC recalls a tough gig in Tokyo. 23:152/6Patrick Marber and Peter Curran stumble through the darkness in conversation 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster as Parliament has its final debates on the EU vote.
| 23:003/4Enchanting, absurd and funny stories from the mind of celebrated US writer Simon Rich. 23:301/2Lainy Malkani uncovers her family's roots on the sugar plantations of British Guiana.(R)
| 23:00Robert Rinder, Stella Duffy and Harriett Gilbert discuss some of their favourite books.(R) 23:272/2Journalist Lainy Malkani shakes off the invisibility of being Indo-Guyanese in Britain.(R) 23:55The hazards a sighted person can unthinkingly create for their visually impaired partner.
| 23:006/6Three students from the University of Bath take on their professors in the upbeat quiz.(R) 23:30An immersive portrait of the Brazilian poet, who was only discovered when she was 40.(R)
| 23:00Toby Jones reflects on his new role, a king who becomes obsessed by a flea.(R) 23:30Priest Joanna Jepson examines the construction of image and the search for identity.(R)
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