| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Airport security, and retiring to Spain.(R) 00:45The bells of St Peter and St Paul, Courteenhall.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Paul Morley explores David Bowie's childhood and his early attempts to make his name.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5David Bowie moves from support act to novelty hit, to more complex composition.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Paul Morley remembers the excitement of first seeing Bowie in concert.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5After the fast and furious years of the late 60s and early 70s, Bowie moves to Berlin.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5After stepping back from the limelight, Bowie emerges to stun the musical world.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30From his cage in a zoo, a man wonders what it means to be human.(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 spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sister Gemma Simmonds, CJ. 05:45What does the expansion of the Yorkshire Dales National Park mean for farmers? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58The Great Skua - Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of this bird and its sound.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sister Gemma Simmonds, CJ. 05:45EU rural development funding decisions on hold since the EU referendum result. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the arctic skua.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sister Gemma Simmonds, CJ. 05:45Farmer and local residents at war over a planning application for a new poultry unit. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the dotterel.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sister Gemma Simmonds, CJ. 05:45Wheat and barley harvest, National Trust on spending post-Brexit, sea eagles, poultry. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the red-necked phalarope.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sister Gemma Simmonds, CJ. 05:45A study looking at the link between badgers and Bovine TB and behaviour orders for sheep. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the white-tailed eagle.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A short reflection and prayer with the Rev Dr Bert Tosh. 05:45'After the war I found peace as a pig farmer'.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from the Monastery of the Transfiguration, Solovosky. 05:45A look at the life of Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee.
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Orkney's incredible wildlife is under threat. Helen Mark discovers how technology can help(R) 06:30Can rewilding strike a balance between farming and nature in Britain? 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Composer David Owen Norris explains and plays musical counterpoint to Mark Tully. 06:35The use of edible flowers by chefs and menu planners fuels a growing success in Devon. 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. 07:10Pope Francis appoints a commission to consider women deacons. 07:54Simone, a mother helped by the charity MERU, presents The Radio 4 Appeal on their behalf. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Recorded at the Keswick Convention with preacher Derek Burnside and leader Mel Lacey. 08:48Will Self explains why he finds it hard to always act his age.(R) 08:58The Great Skua - Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of this bird and its sound.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Jonathan Freedland examines the result of the EU referendum through the prism of the past. 09:301/5Mexico correspondent Katy Watson follows Greene's 1938 travels around Mexico. 09:451/5Paul Morley explores David Bowie's childhood and his early attempts to make his name.
| 09:001/4Peter Hennessy invites Michael Heseltine to reflect on his life and times. 09:452/5David Bowie moves from support act to novelty hit, to more complex composition.
| 09:003/3Mariella Frostrup and guests focus on the challenge of long-distance parenting. 09:453/5Paul Morley remembers the excitement of first seeing Bowie in concert.
| 09:001/3Is it ethical to withdraw nourishment from a young man in a permanent vegetative state? 09:454/5After the fast and furious years of the late 60s and early 70s, Bowie moves to Berlin.
| 09:00Jilly Cooper, writer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs(R) 09:455/5After stepping back from the limelight, Bowie emerges to stun the musical world.
| 09:00The singer/songwriter Martin Fry joins Aasmah Mir and Suzy Klein.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00How women and children fare in the 'Jungle' camp in Calais. 10:451/5At their drama school reunion, Maz makes a startling discovery about best friend Rachel.
| 10:00Refugee integration strategy, Pretty Woman, Beauty Day in Calais 'Jungle, Women's rugby. 10:452/5Maz wakes up in an unfamiliar house and quickly tries to piece together what happened.
| 10:00The child migrant refugees living in the Jungle camps in Calais. 10:413/5Maz discovers that flathunting is all the more complicated when you are a wheelchair user. 10:55Going to university with a toddler in tow caused problems but no regrets.
| 10:00The star of Radio 4's 15-minute drama on life with hypermobility. Jenni Murray presents. 10:454/5Maz begins to suspect that her partnership with Verity is not as perfect as she had hoped.
| 10:0070-year-old New York comedian Lynne Jassem, and what is Young Adult fiction? 10:455/5Maz is desperate to get Rachel back, but there is the small matter of finding her first.
| 10:302/3Steve Punt visits rural Essex to explore the disappearance of actress Constance Kent.
| 10:00Emma is put in a difficult position, and Lynda is taken by surprise.
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| 11:00 | 11:00The pregnant fiancee of a white-collar criminal tries to organise their prison wedding. 11:304/6Comedy by Guy Meredith about British expats sharing a flat in Hong Kong.
| 11:00Brett Westwood is sucked into the weird and wonderful world of the leech. 11:30Marc Riley raids the BBC archive for interviews with Malcolm McLaren and John Lydon.
| 11:00Film-maker Isis Thompson considers the impact of the 2011 riots five years on.(R) 11:302/4Ros and Laura each have concerns. Will they find what they're looking for?
| 11:00Vladimir Hernandez reports from Venezuela, which is struggling to feed its own people. 11:30Marie-Louise Muir explores 25 years of Signature Theatre company with founder Jim Houghton
| 11:00Mark Vernon explores the phenomenon of the Sunday Assembly. 11:302/6All three couples end up seeing the same therapist. Special guest Sanjeev Bhaskar.
| 11:00Extreme life and synthetic biology in the sea, on land and in space. 11:30Kate Adie with reports including South Africa's elections and Kosovo's Olympic debut.
| 11:15Michael Heath, cartoonist, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Olivia O'Leary speaks to Booker Prize-winning author John Banville.(R) 12:15Vauxhall Zafira fires, and how Edinburgh's cutting the speed limit on most roads to 20mph. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04John McCarthy talks to hermit Rachel Denton about her decision to live alone.(R) 12:15What creative solutions are being used to beat the housing shortage? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04John McCarthy talks to Rafi, an Afghan refugee who fled to Britain in 2011.(R) 12:15Should you rush to pay off your student debt? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Adrian Goldberg explores the topic of mixed marriage.(R) 12:15The latest on the Bank of England decision on interest rates. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Adrian Goldberg meets Rosalind, a Christian who married a Jewish man in the 1970s.(R) 12:15The comedian parodying the clean eating and wellness lifestyle bloggers.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Louise Cooper explores the big decisions for people in their thirties. 12:302/6John Lloyd and Noel Fielding with Janey Godley, Milton Wainwright and Corey Taylor.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:046/6Jack Dee, Barry Cryer and Sandi Toksvig are joined by Miles Jupp and Richard Osman.(R) 12:32Why the global future of strawberry production is hanging by a tendril. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:4516/20A striking clock reveals the changing relationship Shakespeare's audiences had to time.(R)
| 13:00The high court rules that NHS England should pay for a drug that prevents HIV. 13:4517/20Early 17th-century proclamations reveal the impact of the 1603 plague outbreak.(R)
| 13:00News with Martha Kearney including more armed police on the streets and UKIP resignations. 13:4518/20Neil MacGregor surveys the triumphal arches created for James I's entry into London.(R)
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs with James Robbins. 13:4519/20A human eyeball in a silver setting gives a striking insight into the theatre of cruelty.(R)
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:4520/20How a folio of collected plays in 1623 began the creation of a global phenomenon.(R)
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Ritula Shah presents political debate from Broadcasting House in London.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Poet Gillian Clarke creates and curates the festival of her dreams.
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| 14:00 | 14:00It is the day of the village fete.(R)
| 14:00Emma is put in a difficult position.(R) 14:15Five people get on a train to Manchester. They board alone but leave a little less so.
| 14:00There is a chance encounter for Elizabeth.(R) 14:15Drama about a young, full-time, sleep-deprived, clueless dad. By Sarah McDonald Hughes.
| 14:00Susan stands her ground.(R) 14:151/2Mma Ramotswe come to terms with a difficult situation for her - taking a holiday.
| 14:00Ed feels positive about the future.(R) 14:152/2Being on holiday does not stop Mma Ramotswe from taking on an important case.
| 14:00Listeners have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30Entertaining new drama imagining key moments in the Clintons’ enduring partnership.
| 14:00The panel offers horticultural advice to listeners at the Garden Party Potting Shed.(R) 14:45Caring for disabled family members and getting by as a single, student parent.
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| 15:00 | 15:007/13Paul Gambaccini hosts the challenging music quiz. 15:30Sheila Dillon discusses pulses with Sanjay Kumar, Jenny Chandler and Nick Saltmarsh.(R)
| 15:00Helen Castor and guests with a new series of the topical history programme. 15:308/8Michael Blastland explores the quirky ways in which we think, behave and make decisions.
| 15:00Louise Cooper explores the big decisions for people in their twenties.(R) 15:30Has media coverage of statins caused people to come off the drugs?(R)
| 15:00Orkney's incredible wildlife is under threat. Helen Mark discovers how technology can help 15:27Bill Bryson presents an appeal on behalf of Campaign for National Parks.(R) 15:30Mariella Frostrup presents a programme exploring contemporary literature from Italy.(R)
| 15:00The panel offers horticultural advice to listeners at the Garden Party Potting Shed. 15:45Finding a new best friend is not easy in this contemporary short story by Abigail Ulman.
| 15:151/5Which creatures should you look out for in coastal rock pools?(R) 15:30Marc Riley raids the BBC archive for interviews with Malcolm McLaren and John Lydon.(R)
| 15:002/2The first in Elena Ferrante's acclaimed series about a friendship that lasts a lifetime.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Singer-songwriter Ricky Ross presents readings of his favourite pieces of poetry and prose 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
| 16:00Sound expert Julian Treasure explores how open plan design affects us. 16:30The life of Dame Gracie Fields is championed by Hilary Devey. From 2016.
| 16:001/3Will Self asks some of Britain's key opinion-makers about the nature of our existence.(R) 16:30Naming terrorists, Naked Attraction, Facebook results.
| 16:00Alex Cox talks about Sid & Nancy, and Don Paterson on great speeches in cinema history. 16:30What clues should we look for when searching for life on other planets?
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a naturalist, an announcer, a stuntman, an editor, a rock manager. 16:30Has a 5p charge caused a drop in the use of carrier bags? 16:55It's hard to feel you're doing enough if there's a severely disabled member of the family.
| 16:00Rio Olympics 2016 - why Brazil is one of the most dangerous countries to be a woman.
| 16:00James Naughtie talks to Evie Wyld about After the Fire, a Still Small Voice. 16:302/2Poet Glyn Maxwell leads a poetry masterclass at a dream literature festival.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00A new survey suggests the UK economy is contracting.
| 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'After the war I found peace as a pig farmer'.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Simon Cox investigates the secretive world of one of Malawi's biggest charities - DAPP.(R) 17:40A look at the life of Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Downing Street says this would set a very bad precedent. 18:306/6Jack Dee, Barry Cryer and Sandi Toksvig are joined by Miles Jupp and Richard Osman.
| 18:00The High Court has told the NHS in England it can fund a drug that can prevent HIV. 18:304/5Tony changes his breakfast routine, and ends up in court.(R)
| 18:00Energy prices for the poorest households are to be capped for the first time 18:306/6The double Olympic champion tries her first deep-fried Mars bar.(R)
| 18:00The Bank of England has cut interest rates to 0.25 per cent 18:302/4Is marriage all romance and living in harmony, or the most commercial of transactions?
| 18:00The government is urged to reassess the child abuse inquiry, after the third head quits 18:302/6John Lloyd and Noel Fielding with Janey Godley, Milton Wainwright and Corey Taylor.
| 18:00Man shouting "god is greatest" in Arabic injures two Belgian policewomen with machete 18:15Sara Cox and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00IPC says 'state sponsored doping ' to blame for ban; bribes for fracking accusations 18:15Gerry Northam chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Emma is put in a difficult position. 19:15Dominic Sandbrook, Blood Orange, Brazilian artists, Robert Mapplethorpe documentary. 19:451/5At their drama school reunion, Maz makes a startling discovery about best friend Rachel.(R)
| 19:00There is a chance encounter for Elizabeth. 19:15Brian Cox joins John Wilson to discuss his new film, The Carer. 19:452/5Maz wakes up in an unfamiliar house and quickly tries to piece together what happened.(R)
| 19:15Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, The Little Prince, Brazilian artists, the Macarena at 20 19:453/5Maz discovers that flathunting is all the more complicated when you are a wheelchair user.(R)
| 19:00Ed feels positive about the future. 19:15The Mercury Prize shortlist and playwrights Colin Spencer and Jon Brittain on gay theatre. 19:454/5Maz begins to suspect that her partnership with Verity is not as perfect as she had hoped.(R)
| 19:00Anna makes her next move. 19:15Yerma starring Billie Piper, Todd Solondz on Wiener Dog, Kirill Gerstein on Tchaikovsky. 19:455/5Maz is desperate to get Rachel back, but there is the small matter of finding her first.(R)
| 19:02A look at the life of Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee. 19:15Harry Potter, The Carer, Baz Luhrmann's The Get Down, Clive James's Play All, The Knives.
| 19:151/4Isy Suttie presents The Twins Macabre, Massive Dad, and The Penny Dreadfuls.(R) 19:45By Simona Vinci. A mother and her three daughters make a life-changing journey.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Film-maker Isis Thompson considers the impact of the 2011 riots five years on. 20:30The story of the library in a besieged Syrian town providing a lifeline to its community.(R)
| 20:00Simon Cox investigates the secretive world of one of Malawi's biggest charities - DAPP. 20:40How eye tests can help very young children, and we go walking Nordic style.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45David Baddiel tries to get to grips with the US electoral system.
| 20:00The government has delayed a proposed nuclear power station. What choices lie ahead? 20:30Does speed matter? Peter Day visits America's first 'gig city', Chattanooga, to find out.
| 20:00Ritula Shah presents political debate from Broadcasting House in London. 20:50Will Self explains why he finds it hard to always act his age.
| 20:00Joss Ackland narrates a search through BBC archives for unheard gems from JRR Tolkien.
| 20:00Has a 5p charge caused a drop in the use of carrier bags?(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a naturalist, an announcer, a stuntman, an editor, a rock manager.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Brett Westwood meets a wolf and considers the meaning of wolfishness in our culture.(R) 21:30Jonathan Freedland examines the result of the EU referendum through the prism of the past.(R)
| 21:00Has media coverage of statins caused people to come off the drugs? 21:301/4Peter Hennessy invites Michael Heseltine to reflect on his life and times.(R)
| 21:00A look at the support provided for victims of stalking and ways to stop stalkers. 21:303/3Mariella Frostrup and guests focus on the challenge of long-distance parenting.(R)
| 21:00What clues should we look for when searching for life on other planets?(R) 21:30Alan Dein meets pensioners who have transformed their home into a school for bullied kids.(R)
| 21:00Anthropologist David Graeber explores the ways debt has shaped society over 5,000 years.
| 21:001/2Victor Torres faces a dilemma when another man's wife suddenly dies in his arms.(R)
| 21:00Louise Cooper explores the big decisions for people in their thirties.(R) 21:26Simone, a mother helped by the charity MERU, presents The Radio 4 Appeal on their behalf.(R) 21:30Does speed matter? Peter Day visits America's first 'gig city', Chattanooga, to find out.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00The UN-backed Libyan government asks for US help in Sirte. 22:451/10The three contestants prepare for the run-up to the prize.
| 22:00Government shifts tack to an economy that 'works for everyone'. 22:452/10The Master makes a revelation.
| 22:00Ukip leadership favourite Steven Woolfe is excluded from the contest. 22:453/10Rumours fly about which author is ahead in the votes.
| 22:00Dame Goddard - third head of child abuse panel - resigns. 22:454/10The Master senses his own mortality, and the Beginner looks back on an infidelity.
| 22:00Rio protestors prevented from reaching opening ceremony. 22:455/10The Writer still contemplates just how far he will go to win the prize.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:151/3Is it ethical to withdraw nourishment from a young man in a permanent vegetative state?(R)
| 22:00Carole Walker and guests look ahead to the week in politics and discuss the 2011 riots.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen on a new Roald Dahl dictionary collecting the amazing words he invented.(R) 23:30Aleks Krotoski looks at work in a digital world.(R)
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.(R) 23:30Aleks Krotoski asks whether home can be anywhere you can go online.(R)
| 23:004/4Narrative sketch show centred around two interns in the world of work experience. 23:153/4A heady combination of maths, science and comedy with Festival Of The Spoken Nerd. 23:30Aleks Krotoski explores whether or not the digital world is changing food culture.(R)
| 23:004/4The gang must solve a murder on the Yorkshire Moors. 23:30Aleks Krotoski compares technological solutions to our intuitive wayfinding skills.(R)
| 23:00The life of Dame Gracie Fields is championed by Hilary Devey. From 2016.(R) 23:27Aleks explores if people are more likely to find lost items using online social networks.(R) 23:55Hard choices lie ahead regarding the care of a family member who is unable to live alone.
| 23:007/13Paul Gambaccini hosts the challenging music quiz.(R) 23:301/2Poet Glyn Maxwell leads a poetry masterclass at a dream literature festival.(R)
| 23:009/13Meg Bowles introduces stories about marriages, secrets and taking your chances. 23:50Will Self explains why he finds it hard to always act his age.(R)
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