| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30How do you buy a Mother's Day card for a mother you don't know? ipm@bbc.co.uk. 00:45Church bells from St Peter's, Congleton.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Andrew O'Hagan recalls the turbulent time he spent ghost writing Julian Assange's memoir.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Andrew O'Hagan reveals the truth behind his difficult collaboration with Julian Assange.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Andrew O'Hagan reveals the truth behind his difficult collaboration with Julian Assange.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Andrew O'Hagan reveals the truth behind his difficult collaboration with Julian Assange.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Andrew O'Hagan reveals the truth behind his difficult collaboration with Julian Assange.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30As a teenager, Sophie was bookish, keen, but her daughter is more interested in make-up.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Anna Drew. 05:45Charlotte Smith finds out about the current issues in crop protection. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Cameraman Mark Smith on an unusual encounter with a corncrake.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Anna Drew. 05:45Anna Hill has reacion from the industry to Michael Gove's appointment as Defra secretary. 05:58Polly Weston describes an important encounter with an eagle owl.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Anna Drew. 05:45Are housing developers playing fair with rural housing? The CPRE thinks not. 05:58Singer Will Young on the woodland kingfisher for Tweet of the Day.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Anna Drew. 05:45New figures on dog attacks prompt sheep farmers to call for more prosecutions. 05:58Writer Tristan Gooley on the wood pigeon.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Anna Drew. 05:45A European Court ruling means non-dairy products like soya milk will have to be renamed. 05:58Musician Jimi Goodwin on his shock at discovering the cuckoo's wicked ways.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual reflection and prayer to begin the day, with Canon Simon Doogan. 05:45How do you celebrate Father's Day if your dad is no longer around?
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol. 05:45Mark Coles looks at the life of Leo Varadkar, Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland.(R)
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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. 06:07Clare Balding nears the end of her walk along the Nidderdale Way.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith finds out about current issues in crop protection. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully considers how the UK might continue to share a European identity post-Brexit. 06:35Trai Anfield encounters adders basking on the edges of Loch Lomond. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme presented by William Crawley. 07:54Emma Thompson makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Helen Bamber Foundation. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Archbishop George Stack celebrates Mass on the Feast of Corpus Christi. 08:48Howard Jacobson on the political ironies that are emerging following the election.(R) 08:58Cameraman Mark Smith on an unusual encounter with a corncrake.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Kirsty Wark with Thomas Page McBee, Gary Owen, Kayo Chingonyi and Penny Woolcock. 09:451/5Andrew O'Hagan recalls the turbulent time he spent ghost writing Julian Assange's memoir.
| 09:00Art can bring the dead back to life, argues the late novelist Hilary Mantel. 09:452/5Andrew O'Hagan reveals the truth behind his difficult collaboration with Julian Assange.
| 09:00Memories of the much-loved song Who Knows Where the Time Goes? written by Sandy Denny. 09:305/5John has an accident with his coffee, prompting an unwelcome visitor. 09:453/5Andrew O'Hagan reveals the truth behind his difficult collaboration with Julian Assange.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rural protest movement in America's Gilded Age. 09:454/5Andrew O'Hagan reveals the truth behind his difficult collaboration with Julian Assange.
| 09:00Rick Wakeman, musician, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.(R) 09:455/5Andrew O'Hagan reveals the truth behind his difficult collaboration with Julian Assange.
| 09:00Rev Richard Coles at Foxton Locks; Aasmah Mir is joined by Lee Hall and Thomasina Miers.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Salt-N-Pepa, the once huge female hip-hop act, are back on the road and speaking to Jane. 10:451/5Comedy with David Threlfall. An estranged father and daughter go on a road trip to Moscow.
| 10:00Manspreading, the DUP and women in Northern Ireland, sports days. 10:452/5Beth and her estranged father go on a road trip to Moscow to pick up his mail-order bride.
| 10:00Leaving prison, Katie Mitchell, women in Iran. 10:413/5Comedy with David Threlfall. An estranged father and daughter go on a roadtrip to Moscow. 10:55Experiencing the liberation that comes from travelling by bus.
| 10:00Songwriter Carla Marie Williams on why she mentors young women in music. Earl sings live. 10:454/5Beth and her estranged father go on a road trip to Moscow to pick up his mail-order bride.
| 10:00Men discuss their most private parts; and our series on leaving prison continues. 10:455/5Comedy with David Threlfall. An estranged father and daughter go on a roadtrip to Moscow.
| 10:30Actor Michael Sheen's tells the story of Port Talbot's famous art deco Plaza cinema.
| 10:00Bridge Farm's secret is out, and Lynda has some troublesome guests.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Koye, 23, weighs up whether to abandon his home-grown fashion label for a job in the City. 11:304/6Gyles Brandreth welcomes Josh Widdicombe, Susie Dent, Helen Keen and Natalie Haynes.(R)
| 11:00Brett Westwood explores our relationship with that icon of extinction, the dodo. 11:30Laura visits Belfast to gauge its musical temperature with composers and performers.
| 11:00Emma Barnett explores what happened in Oklahoma City after the devastating 1995 bomb.(R) 11:303/4Comedian and policeman Alfie Moore asks his audience to help him solve a real-life crime.
| 11:00From the Valley of Peace to a militia base - correspondents' stories from around the world 11:30Andrew McGibbon talks to trauma surgeon Dr David Halleran, who tried to save John Lennon.
| 11:00Aasmah Mir explores the short and long term impact of abortion on men. 11:301/6The staff at Polyoaks surgery fight on through the bureaucracy. Stars Nigel Planer.
| 11:00Paul Waugh of the Huffington Post looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Tales from Thailand, Morocco, Myanmar, Kenya and the US-Mexico border.
| 11:15Jed Mercurio, writer and director, 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. 12:04How do cats find their way back to their old home when they move house? 12:15Has the falling value of the pound changed prices and what impact will the election have? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04What is fire? Is it a solid, liquid or a gas? Adam Rutherford and Hannah Fry investigate. 12:15Call You & Yours - How have you fared during the decade of austerity? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The science sleuths investigate the question 'What's inside a black hole?'. 12:15What could Brexit mean for British flower growers? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Why do we itch and should we scratch? 12:15Consumer affairs programme. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Can sound kill? Inspired by a Kate Bush song, we ask whether sonic weapons could work. 12:15Consumer news and issues.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Grenfell Tower financial help, guarantor loan complaints rise and umbrella companies. 12:30The topical satirical show returns for some post-election skewering.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:045/6Nicholas Parsons and guests return for the 78th series of the iconic panel show.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon meets pioneering chef and food writer Alastair Little. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45The impact of 9/11, recalled by Jeremy Bowen in his personal history of the Middle East.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45The invasion of Iraq and its fallout, as reported by Jeremy Bowen.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Jeremy Bowen reflects on Iraq's descent into chaos after the US invasion in 2003.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Jeremy Bowen looks back over the life of the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Jeremy Bowen looks back over 25 years, covering one of the world's most troubled regions.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Beyton in Suffolk.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30The results of the general election are in - but what do they mean?
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| 14:00 | 14:00Bridge Farm's secret is out.(R) 14:15Discovering she is pregnant, a Northern Irish student must make a terrifying decision.
| 14:00Pat delivers a telling off.(R) 14:158/8As the rebel army approaches the city, Gregor must confront the truth about his past.
| 14:00Lynda has troublesome guests.(R) 14:15After the victory at Messines, Belgium, are the Allies prepared for Ypres?
| 14:00Lilian chooses her side.(R) 14:15Poignant comedy drama about British TV's first female comedy star. With Alison Steadman.
| 14:00Tom puts himself forward.(R) 14:15By Jonathan Holloway. The Carter's storage warehouse contains an untold wealth of stories.(R)
| 14:00Listeners' calls on the Grenfell Tower fire and its aftermath. 14:30Story of Rory Stewart's role as provincial governor in Iraq, in front of a live audience.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs and his panel of horticultural experts are in the Scottish Borders.(R) 14:45Losing your sense of smell, learning to love, and loving to travel on the bus.
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| 15:00 | 15:004/6Students from St John's College, Cambridge, take on their professors in the upbeat quiz. 15:30Beer sommelier Jane Peyton wants to persuade Sheila Dillon to drink beer made by women.(R)
| 15:005/6Josie Long hears stories of our desire for time to stop. 15:30Medieval mutilation, whisky smuggling and whether humans are getting older.
| 15:00Tuition fees, how do they work and how could education be funded if they were abolished? 15:30Mental heath workers begin learning on the job through the Think Ahead scheme.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding nears the end of her walk along the Nidderdale Way. 15:27Fi Glover makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Africa Educational Trust.(R) 15:30Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Catherine Lacey.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs and his panel of horticultural experts are in the Scottish Borders. 15:45As a teenager, Sophie was bookish, keen, but her daughter is more interested in make-up.
| | 15:002/3From one of Italy's most acclaimed authors, the continued story of a lifetime friendship.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Author Steven Camden investigates why there are so few love stories for teenage boys. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the spiritual allure of the moon.
| 16:00In a special live edition, Joshua Rozenberg considers what the election means for the law. 16:30Nathan Caton and Adam Rutherford talk favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00What sport teaches us about philosophy and the evolution of an East Midlands football club 16:30Have Britain's newspapers lost their influence on British politics?
| 16:00Francine Stock reports from the Sheffield Documentary Festival. 16:30Applying scientific techniques to reduce fire risk in tall buildings
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on an arms dealer, a countess, an actor, an agony aunt, a singer. 16:30Major incident coverage, signing in to iPlayer Radio and the Reith Lectures. 16:55Men who have had to adjust their preconceptions about love.
| 16:00Shazia and Kainat on getting caught in the crossfire and their education in Wales.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Thomas Keneally about his new novel, Crimes of the Father. 16:30Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' poetry requests on the theme of secrets.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30How do businesses protect themselves from copyright infringement? With Evan Davis.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00File on 4 investigates the true scale of child sexual grooming on social media.(R) 17:40Mark Coles looks at the life of Leo Varadkar, Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Confusion over date of Queen's Speech 18:305/6Nicholas Parsons and guests return for the 78th series of the iconic panel show.
| 18:00A deal to prop up a minority Conservative government is expected to be signed tomorrow. 18:302/4Alexei Sayle delivers stand-up, memoir and philosophy from his Imaginary Sandwich Bar.(R)
| 18:00At least 12 dead, many others unaccounted for; residents had raised fire safety concerns 18:304/6Mark and Luke have agreed to meet in St Anne's church in the village of Mayton Chennett.(R)
| 18:00Seventeen people are now known to have died at a block of flats in west London. 18:301/4Paul Sinha looks at the contribution of immigrants to American history.
| 18:00Protestors demonstrate against official response to Grenfell. 18:30The topical satirical show returns for some post-election skewering.
| 18:00Police say at least 58 people are now presumed to have died in the Grenfell Tower fire. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00A day before Brexit talks, Philip Hammond says no deal would be very bad for Britain 18:15Sheila McClennon chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Pat delivers a telling off. 19:15Brian Cox on playing Churchill and a review of The Barbican's sci-fi exhibition. 19:451/5Comedy with David Threlfall. An estranged father and daughter go on a road trip to Moscow.(R)
| 19:00Lynda has troublesome guests. 19:15Andrew Scott and Robert Icke on Hamlet, Whitney Houston documentary, author Amanda Craig. 19:452/5Beth and her estranged father go on a road trip to Moscow to pick up his mail-order bride.(R)
| 19:15Hamlet - the opera, a novel with songs, political docudramas and blue plaques for music. 19:453/5Comedy with David Threlfall. An estranged father and daughter go on a roadtrip to Moscow.(R)
| 19:00Tom puts himself forward. 19:15Israeli author David Grossman on A Horse Walks into a Bar; pianist Evgeny Kissin's memoirs 19:454/5Beth and her estranged father go on a road trip to Moscow to pick up his mail-order bride.(R)
| 19:15John Wilson talks to Fleet Foxes lead singer Robin Pecknold. 19:455/5Comedy with David Threlfall. An estranged father and daughter go on a roadtrip to Moscow.(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles looks at the life of Leo Varadkar, Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland. 19:15Barbershop Chronicles, Slack Bay, Amanda Craig, Sidney Nolan centenary, GLOW.
| 19:15The world premiere of an amazing lost Jane Austen novel - improvised on the spot. 19:451/15A young 22-year-old student, Natalie Driver, has been forced into hiding.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Emma Barnett explores what happened in Oklahoma City after the devastating 1995 bomb. 20:30As angst over European security grows, why is Germany such a reluctant military power?
| 20:00File on 4 investigates the true scale of child sexual grooming on social media. 20:40New partially sighted MP Marsha De Cordova speaks exclusively to In Touch.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Cyberpsychologist Mary Aiken fears an evolutionary blip from our internet obsession.
| 20:00The election was supposed to be a disaster for Jeremy Corbyn - but wasn't. Why? 20:30How do businesses protect themselves from copyright infringement? With Evan Davis.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Beyton in Suffolk. 20:50Howard Jacobson on the political ironies that are emerging following the election.
| 20:00Mark Thomas peels off the labels of fatherhood - from breadwinner to stay-at-home dad.
| 20:00Major incident coverage, signing in to iPlayer Radio and the Reith Lectures.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on an arms dealer, a countess, an actor, an agony aunt, a singer.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Brett Westwood explores our fascination with the starling and their winter murmurations.(R) 21:30Kirsty Wark with Thomas Page McBee, Gary Owen, Kayo Chingonyi and Penny Woolcock.(R)
| 21:00Mental heath workers begin learning on the job through the Think Ahead scheme. 21:30Jolyon Jenkins reports on one man's attempt to create a new nation - a libertarian utopia.
| 21:00Philip Ball on a very modern medieval Big Bang Theory forged by a 13th-century bishop. 21:30Memories of the much-loved song Who Knows Where the Time Goes? written by Sandy Denny.(R)
| 21:00Applying scientific techniques to reduce fire risk in tall buildings(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rural protest movement in America's Gilded Age.(R)
| 21:00A story of death, sex and power in China, told by Carrie Gracie.
| 21:00Bridget Kendall presents a new oral history of the early turning points in the Cold War.(R)
| 21:00Grenfell Tower financial help, guarantor loan complaints rise and umbrella companies.(R) 21:26Emma Thompson makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Helen Bamber Foundation.(R) 21:30As angst over European security grows, why is Germany such a reluctant military power?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00The prime minister says: 'I got us into this, I'll get us out'. 22:456/15In Delhi, landlord Biplab Dasgupta discovers that his tenant is absent.
| 22:00Theresa May aims to finalise a deal with the DUP to keep the Conservatives in power. 22:457/15Biplab Dasgupta pulls a few strings and discovers some photos that are cause for disquiet.
| 22:00Harrowing accounts from survivors describe plight of residents trapped on upper floors. 22:458/15Events unfold at the interrogation centre that leave Naga and Tilo unnerved.
| 22:00At least 17 people have died in the Grenfell fire, with whole families unaccounted for. 22:459/15The man who goes by the nickname of Saddam Hussein concocts an innovative escape plan.
| 22:00Theresa May heckled as she leaves a meeting with survivors of the Grenfell tower fire. 22:4510/15Tragedy lies in wait for Musa as martyrdom steals into the Kashmir Valley.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Art can bring the dead back to life, argues the late novelist Hilary Mantel.(R)
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn and guests discuss the Grenfell tower disaster, and preview the Brexit talks
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| 23:00 | 23:001/2Playwright John Godber takes a drive around Hull to explore the city's existing culture.(R) 23:30Comedian Sara Pascoe presents her favourite funniest readings at the BBC Radio Theatre.(R)
| 23:002/4Comedian Liam Williams tells of his teenage misadventures growing up in Leeds.(R) 23:30Comedian and actor Liz Carr chooses the words and poetry that inspire her.(R)
| 23:001/4YouTube star Damien Slash with surreal and satirical characters. 23:151/6A woman married to a philandering husband finds solace during a turbulent air flight.(R) 23:30Sir Trevor McDonald chooses his favourite prose and poetry.(R)
| 23:003/6Milton discovers the local lido is due to close and unwisely decides to organise a sit-in.(R) 23:30Mel Giedroyc chooses her favourite writing at the Times Cheltenham Literature Festival.(R)
| 23:00Nathan Caton and Adam Rutherford talk favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.(R) 23:27Inspirational writing chosen by comedian and critic Natalie Haynes.(R) 23:55Coming to terms with the loss of the sense of smell.
| 23:004/6Students from St John's College, Cambridge, take on their professors in the upbeat quiz.(R) 23:30Roger McGough presents listeners' poetry requests on the theme of Virtue and Vice.(R)
| 23:00Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich explore a world without words.
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