| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15What sport teaches us about philosophy and the evolution of an East Midlands football club(R) 00:45Church bells from St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Kassia St Clair uncovers the hidden stories behind various shades of white.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5An exploration of the hidden stories behind the colour palette, from gold to acid yellow.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Kassia St Clair's journey around the colour palette reaches pink.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The exploration of colour continues with green, colour of jealousy and ecology.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5At the end of a journey around the palette we reach black, which may not even be a colour.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30A Colombian summer's evening takes an unexpected turn.(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 reflection and prayer to begin the day, with Canon Simon Doogan. 05:45Michael Gove, the new secretary of state for Defra, discusses Brexit, badgers and trade. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Wildlife cameraman Neil Anderson recounts a golden eagle encounter for Tweet of the Day.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual reflection and prayer to begin the day, with Canon Simon Doogan. 05:45A new report suggests the number of dolphins dying from fishing is higher than estimated. 05:58Musician Jimi Goodwin on the mallard in this Tweet of the Day.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual reflection and prayer to begin the day, with Canon Simon Doogan. 05:45The debate over cutting roadside verges - and veg producers on seasonal recruitment. 05:58Lindsey Chapman on the Cetti's warbler.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual reflection and prayer to begin the day, with Canon Simon Doogan. 05:45Results from the BBC seasonal agricultural workers survey, and the future of agro-forestry 05:58Alasdair Grubb describes how a blue tit seemingly cried out for his help.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual reflection and prayer to begin the day, with Canon Simon Doogan. 05:45The Scottish government approves tail-docking for working dogs. 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Gregory Overden on Canada geese for Tweet of the Day.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra. 05:45After 33 years of being a Nun, iPM listener Marion is starting a new life.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from Merton College, Oxford. 05:45Emmanuel Macron is France's youngest-ever President. How did he rise so far so fast?(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.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, 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 embarks on her last leg of the Nidderdale Way.(R) 06:30Sybil Ruscoe explores what a shortage of seasonal workers means for agriculture. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Now past 40, Abdul-Rehman Malik asks what aspects of his youth he can carry with him. 06:35Chris Sperring heads to Skomer Island with ecologist David Boyle. From 2012. 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 Edward Stourton. 07:54Henry Blofeld makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Macular Society. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Brother Alois of the Taize Community preaches at a young people's gathering in Birmingham. 08:48Will Self's personal view of high-rise buildings following the Grenfell Tower disaster.(R) 08:58Wildlife cameraman Neil Anderson recounts a golden eagle encounter for Tweet of the Day.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Lynne Jones, Michael Marmot, Kathryn Lougheed and John Powell. 09:451/5Kassia St Clair uncovers the hidden stories behind various shades of white.
| 09:00How do we construct our pictures of the past asks Hilary Mantel. 09:452/5An exploration of the hidden stories behind the colour palette, from gold to acid yellow.
| 09:00Artist and biographer Keggie Carew meets producer and singer-songwriter Richard Hawley. 09:30Officers of the Royal Flying Corps recall the war in the air during April 1917. 09:453/5Kassia St Clair's journey around the colour palette reaches pink.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Pushkin's masterpiece, Eugene Onegin, a novel in verse. 09:454/5The exploration of colour continues with green, colour of jealousy and ecology.
| 09:00Jed Mercurio, writer and director, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.(R) 09:455/5At the end of a journey around the palette we reach black, which may not even be a colour.
| 09:00Henry "Blowers" Blofeld, Tom Chaplin, Kiri Pritchard-Mclean, Jess Walkup.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Alison Moyet performs live ahead of her new world tour. 10:45Drama from Syria that reveals how life is lived in contemporary Damascus.
| 10:00Willow-weaving. Our relationship with time. Getting babies to sleep when it's hot. 10:45Drama from Syria that reveals how life is lived in contemporary Damascus.
| 10:00Dame Caroline Spelman MP talks about her friend Theresa May. 10:41Assaf wants to trade the fake medicines across Syria, even to opposition areas. 10:55Physical and mental preparations with the help of a good coach.
| 10:00British model Adwoa Aboah, children taking antidepressants, Nashville star Clare Bowen. 10:45Sumayya gets her chance to take over her father's hospital.
| 10:00Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac; dancing when you're older; women in prison; glassmaking. 10:45The fake medicines warehouse is now the centre of everyone's attention.
| 10:30Jay Rayner and his panel of culinary experts visit Newtownards in Northern Ireland.
| 10:00Justin's hackles are raised, and Freddie finds a new vocation.
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| 11:00 | 11:00All Nick wants is his life back after a car accident leaves him with a brain injury. 11:301/2Do unrealistic ideals of the perfect body actually reflect the diverse society we live in?
| 11:00The hare - a creature that is both mysterious and magical, as Brett Westwood discovers. 11:30Laura is in east Kent talking to musicians drawn to the coast around Ramsgate.
| 11:00Giles Edwards asks what happened in Portsmouth after the anti-paedophile riots in 2000.(R) 11:304/4Alfie Moore and another policing dilemma - the most broken law in Britain.
| 11:00A blood sausage, a clockwork orange and a glass of dirty water. 11:30What can we learn about the body by experiencing it through the senses of artists?
| 11:00A year on, contrasting Wakefield, which voted leave, to Oxford, which voted remain. 11:302/6The surgery considers merging with a super practice. Stars Nigel Planer.
| 11:00Helen Lewis of the New Statesman looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Tight-fitting briefs, matching Donald Trump t-shirts, and NATO camouflage.
| 11:15Stella McCartney, fashion designer, 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. 12:04The clock was invented in 1656 and has become an essential part of the modern economy. 12:13The EU referendum effect on prices. The UK launch of the world's largest bicycle operator. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04King Camp Gillette created the disposable razor. But his influence extends beyond shaving. 12:13When lives were on the line - how did you get your voice heard? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Robots threaten the human workforce, but they are crucial to the modern economy. 12:13Summer poems: Cut Grass by Philip Larkin and The Way through the Woods by Rudyard Kipling. 12:15Looking at car insurance quotes, fake holiday sickness claims and music technology. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Geeks versus government - the story of public key cryptography. 12:13Energy company complaints, fashion brand ethical policies and old cars becoming good again 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The story of the battery begins inside a dead murderer. It's a tale that's far from over. 12:13It is one year since the EU referendum, how confident are you feeling about your finances?
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The Queen's Speech, new homes mismatch, pension transfers and lone parents benefit cap win 12:30The topical satirical show returns.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:044/5Paul Merton, Ross Noble, Fern Britton and Gyles Brandreth play the game. From 2017.(R) 12:32An update on cook Paula Wolfert and entrepreneur James Ashwell's food and dementia stories 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45The impact of religious divisions across the Middle East, witnessed by Jeremy Bowen.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Reflections on Iran and its place in the Middle East by Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:43Summer poems: Bill Paterson reads Edwin Morgan's Strawberries. 13:45The popular revolution in Egypt during the Arab Spring, remembered by Jeremy Bowen.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45The overthrow of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, remembered by Jeremy Bowen.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Jeremy Bowen on the dramatic eruption of opposition to the Assad regime in Syria.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents debate from the WMG Academy for Young Engineers in Solihull.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30A Cotswold utopia, treating diabetes, the nightingale and leadership in cricket feature.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Pip insists she is fine.(R) 14:15Love is put through the toughest Q and A in this comedy of festival manners.(R)
| 14:00Justin's hackles are raised.(R) 14:15Drama by Colin Bytheway starring James D'Arcy, Tara Fitzgerald and Nicholas Farrell.
| 14:00Freddie finds a new vocation.(R) 14:15Mickey deals with the problem of remotely controlled German boats packed with explosives.
| 14:00Tom is ready to seal the deal.(R) 14:15By Luke Norris. The lives of a troubled girl and a desperate man collide.
| 14:00Adam has an eventful birthday.(R) 14:15By Stephen Wyatt. Drama about poet John Gray, the possible inspiration for Dorian Gray.(R)
| 14:00Any Answers on citizens, Brexit and universities. 14:30A darkly comic updating of Franz Kafka's classic tale. Starring Tom Basden.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs the horticultural panel programme from County Fermanagh.(R) 14:45Supportive relationships forged in the swimming pool, the office and in childhood.
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| 15:00 | 15:005/6Three students from the University of Hull take on their professors in the upbeat quiz. 15:30Sheila Dillon meets pioneering chef and food writer Alastair Little.(R)
| 15:006/6Josie Long hears stories of bearing witness. 15:30Digging under Stonehenge, the archaeology of a 1960s estate and China's Belt and Road.
| 15:00Is our rental market working well? e-mail moneybox@bbc.co.uk. 15:30New brain cells and depression; yoga in prisons; Insiders' Guide; preferring our own ideas(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding embarks on her last leg of the Nidderdale Way. 15:27Emma Thompson makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Helen Bamber Foundation.(R) 15:30Mariella Frostrup talks to Thomas Keneally about his new novel, Crimes of the Father.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs the horticultural panel programme from County Fermanagh. 15:45A Colombian summer's evening takes an unexpected turn.
| 15:30Laura is in east Kent talking to musicians drawn to the coast around Ramsgate.(R)
| 15:003/3From one of Italy's most acclaimed authors, the continued story of a lifetime friendship.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Exploring the key crew members on film and drama series defining modern entertainment. 16:30What's the relationship between religion and hip hop? Robert Beckford and guests discuss.
| 16:00Should an inquest or a public inquiry occur after multiple deaths? And is bridge a sport? 16:30Harriett Gilbert talks favourite books with Verity Sharp and Matthew Syed.
| 16:00Summer poems: Edward Thomas's Adlestrop, read by Simon Russell Beale. 16:03Heritage beyond saving: should we collaborate with, not defend natural processes? 16:30Is Al Jazeera at risk in the Qatar crisis?
| 16:00Francine Stock celebrates the 50th anniversary of The Graduate. 16:30Dundee University forensics science centre expands to test new psychoactive substances.
| 16:00Julian Worricker on a politician, an artiste, a scientist, an arts pioneer, a TV presenter 16:30Ed Miliband sits in for Jeremy Vine on Radio 2, but has he been a hit with listeners? 16:55A strong friendship grew out of their initial relationship as nanny and her charge.
| 16:00Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie. Model and activist Adwoa Aboah and cook Selin Kiazim.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to best-selling crime novelist Ruth Ware. 16:30An anthology of summer poems, old and new, for the middle of the year.
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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. 17:58Summer poems: Heliotropical, by Lavinia Greenlaw.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Will robots take our jobs? Evan Davis and guests discuss.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00The toxic legacy of the UK's tens of thousands of underground waste dumps.(R) 17:40Emmanuel Macron is France's youngest-ever President. How did he rise so far so fast?(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00The prime minister has described an attack on a group of Muslims as "an act of hatred". 18:304/5Paul Merton, Ross Noble, Fern Britton and Gyles Brandreth play the game. From 2017.
| 18:00Philip Hammond says the economy and jobs must be the priorities during the Brexit talks. 18:303/4Alexei reveals the surprising reason he disappeared from our TV screens in the 1990s.(R)
| 18:00The government has set out its legislative programme in a Queen's Speech 18:303/6Eileen and Lizzie are both determined to enjoy the wedding. No matter what Yvonne does.
| 18:00Urgent checks are being carried out and panels are being stripped from some high-rises. 18:302/4Paul Sinha looks at some unheralded gay figures from history.
| 18:00Police investigate whether Grenfell fire was a criminal offence 18:30The topical satirical show returns.
| 18:00Almost 30 high rise buildings have failed safety tests following the Grenfell Tower fire 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Cladding from 60 high rise blocks fails safety checks after the Grenfell Tower fire 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week with Gerry Northam.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Justin's hackles are raised. 19:15Diane Keaton on Hampstead, Annie Hall and The Godfather; plus new Netflix drama Glow. 19:45Drama from Syria that reveals how life is lived in contemporary Damascus.(R)
| 19:00Freddie finds a new vocation. 19:15Broadway star Audra McDonald on Billie Holiday; novelist Paula McGrath. 19:45Drama from Syria that reveals how life is lived in contemporary Damascus.(R)
| 19:00Tom is ready to seal the deal. 19:15Joseph Fiennes on the Handmaid's Tale. Plus a new exhibition about Wyndham Lewis. 19:45Assaf wants to trade the fake medicines across Syria, even to opposition areas.(R)
| 19:00Adam has an eventful birthday. 19:15Director Sam Mendes and playwright Jez Butterworth on The Ferryman. 19:45Sumayya gets her chance to take over her father's hospital.(R)
| 19:15The writer Jon Ronson on his film Okja, Harry Potter's impact and the artist Khadija Saye. 19:45The fake medicines warehouse is now the centre of everyone's attention.(R)
| 19:00Emmanuel Macron is France's youngest-ever President. How did he rise so far so fast? 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests look at Edgar Rice's film Baby Driver.
| 19:00Lilian has a lot on her mind. 19:151/4Stoneybridge Town Council prepares to receive the town's first ever tourist. 19:452/15Dr Lena Bewick feels that the disappearance of her student is entirely her fault.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Giles Edwards asks what happened in Portsmouth after the anti-paedophile riots in 2000. 20:30How did Brazil's boom years turn to dust? David Baker investigates.
| 20:00The toxic legacy of the UK's tens of thousands of underground waste dumps. 20:40One blind man teaches self-defence to others; concerns about leaving the world of work.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Hugh Warwick calls for reconnection of our fragmented landscape to preserve our wildlife.
| 20:00Should an inquest or a public inquiry occur after multiple deaths? And is bridge a sport?(R) 20:30Will robots take our jobs? Evan Davis and guests discuss.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents debate from the WMG Academy for Young Engineers in Solihull. 20:50Will Self's personal view of high-rise buildings following the Grenfell Tower disaster.
| 20:00Ian Sansom dials up the story of the 999 service, launched in 1937.
| 20:00Ed Miliband sits in for Jeremy Vine on Radio 2, but has he been a hit with listeners?(R) 20:30Julian Worricker on a politician, an artiste, a scientist, an arts pioneer, a TV presenter(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Brett Westwood explores our relationship with that icon of extinction, the dodo.(R) 21:30Andrew Marr with Lynne Jones, Michael Marmot, Kathryn Lougheed and John Powell.(R)
| 21:00New brain cells and depression; yoga in prisons; Insiders' Guide; preferring our own ideas 21:303/3Jolyon Jenkins investigates the world of mousetrap inventors. Can there be a better trap?(R)
| 21:00Naomi Alderman opens the pages of medieval recipe books to find antimicrobial salves. 21:30Artist and biographer Keggie Carew meets producer and singer-songwriter Richard Hawley.(R)
| 21:00Dundee University forensics science centre expands to test new psychoactive substances.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Pushkin's masterpiece, Eugene Onegin, a novel in verse.(R)
| 21:0050 years after the Beatles played Shea Stadium, Kate Mossman plots a history of Arena rock(R)
| 21:00Bridget Kendall presents stories from the Cold War, from Korea to East Germany.(R)
| 21:00The Queen's Speech, new homes mismatch, pension transfers and lone parents benefit cap win(R) 21:26Henry Blofeld makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Macular Society.(R) 21:30How did Brazil's boom years turn to dust? David Baker investigates.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00We hear from the community and discuss how to counter extremism. 22:4511/15In Arundhati Roy's powerful novel, Musa makes an impossible choice.
| 22:00Hammond says Brexit deal should put jobs first; do Tory Brexiteers and Labour agree? 22:4512/15In Arundhati Roy's arresting novel, it is autumn and there is love and lament.
| 22:00Can Theresa May push her legislative plans through with her threadbare majority? 22:4513/15In Arundhati Roy's powerful novel, a primordial punishment is called down.
| 22:00A special report on the battle for the Syrian city of Raqqa. 22:4514/15In Arundhati Roy's kaleidoscopic novel, a boisterous car journey gets started.
| 22:00Saudi Arabia and other Arab states launched a blockade of Qatar two weeks ago. 22:4515/15The guest house residents receive a letter that brings unexpected news from the forest.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15How do we construct our pictures of the past asks Hilary Mantel.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators.
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| 23:00 | 23:002/2John Godber meets the people who will keep Hull's cultural heart beating into the future.(R) 23:30Times columnist Iain Martin examines the role of language differences in social divides.(R)
| 23:003/4Comedian Liam Williams tells of his teenage misadventures in the Yorkshire suburbs.(R) 23:30Writer Nicholas Royle returns three library books - three decades after borrowing them.(R)
| 23:002/4One-man sketch comedy from YouTube star, Damien Slash. 23:15Sean Curran with an extended edition of the programme on the day of the Queen's Speech. 23:55Summer poems from William Morris, William Shakespeare and Seamus Heaney.
| 23:004/6Milton launches a job agency, but his best client goes ballistic.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Harriett Gilbert talks favourite books with Verity Sharp and Matthew Syed.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy examines what lies ahead for an unexpected minority government. 23:55One is retiring, the other just starting her career.
| 23:005/6Three students from the University of Hull take on their professors in the upbeat quiz.(R) 23:30Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' poetry requests on the theme of secrets.(R)
| 23:00Francine Stock celebrates the 50th anniversary of The Graduate.(R) 23:30Now past 40, Abdul-Rehman Malik asks what aspects of his youth he can carry with him.(R)
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