| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The secret world of hair: an anthropological journey. Also, cancer and hair loss.(R) 00:45Church bells from the Church of St Augustine, Brooklands in Kent.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Novelist David Mitchell introduces this compelling book by a teenager with severe autism.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Teenager Naoki Higashida, who has severe autism, explores his pleasure in words.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5David Mitchell introduces this compelling book by a teenager with non-verbal autism.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Novelist David Mitchell introduces this compelling book by a teenager with severe autism.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Novelist David Mitchell introduces this compelling book by a teenager with severe autism.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30An original short work for radio by Anthony Anaxagorou.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 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 reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. 05:45The police and the government must do more to tackle rural crime, according to the NFU. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58RSPB volunteer Steve Vickers recalls childhood memories of the eider for Tweet of the Day.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. 05:45An application to reintroduce lynxes into Kielder Forest is submitted to Natural England. 05:58The RSPB's Liane Holdsworth recalls the kestrel for Tweet of the Day.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. 05:45The number of intensive farms is growing. What does this mean for animal welfare? 05:58The RSPB's Heather Bennett recalls her first sighting of a lapwing for Tweet of the Day.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. 05:45When council auction off farmland, what are the options for unsuccessful tenants? 05:58The RSPB's Danielle Meyer recalls working with gannets for Tweet of the Day.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. 05:45The environment secretary Michael Gove will call for a 'green' Brexit today. 05:58The RSPB's Matthew Capper recalls the joy of hearing a bittern for Tweet of the Day.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day, with writer and broadcaster Anna Magnusson. 05:45Inside the last functioning hospital in Baghdad during the war.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from St Edward's, Stow-on-the-Wold. 05:45Mark Coles profiles the broadcaster Chris Evans.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs. Includes 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.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07Helen Mark climbs Ben Lawers above Loch Tay for a better view of the southern Highlands.(R) 06:30Assessing the UK's rural tourism sector, on a visit to Roves Farm in Wiltshire. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand explores the many ways we measure time and its effect on us. 06:35Caz Graham meets two Yorkshiremen beating the Russians at their own game. 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. 07:54Carol Vorderman makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of United World Schools. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Service reflecting on the Biblical imagery of light. Led by Father Eugene O'Neill. 08:48Adam Gopnik on why he turned to marijuana during his recent bout of shingles.(R) 08:58RSPB volunteer Steve Vickers recalls childhood memories of the eider for Tweet of the Day.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Mariella Frostrup and guests explore the complex topic of the best age to start a family. 09:451/5Novelist David Mitchell introduces this compelling book by a teenager with severe autism.
| 09:00Verity Sharp follows the CBSO's music director in the first year of her new role. 09:452/5Teenager Naoki Higashida, who has severe autism, explores his pleasure in words.
| 09:00The designer Steven Thomas meets the modern day surrealist Nancy Fouts. 09:30Dan Snow hears conflicting accounts of the Etaples mutiny. 09:453/5David Mitchell introduces this compelling book by a teenager with non-verbal autism.
| 09:00Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of landmark fire tragedies. 09:30Does the sports psychologist agree that comedy and sport are kind of the same? 09:454/5Novelist David Mitchell introduces this compelling book by a teenager with severe autism.
| 09:00John McEnroe, tennis player, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.(R) 09:455/5Novelist David Mitchell introduces this compelling book by a teenager with severe autism.
| 09:00Feargal Sharkey talks about his journey from Undertone to executive.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00International surrogacy, eating disorders, staying married, Grace Evangeline Mason. 10:451/5Ex-Black Panther and political activist Assata Shakur's autobiography.
| 10:00Migrant mothers' lullabies; child sex abuse compensation; contraception; Women's Euro 2017 10:452/5Assata's political education continues.
| 10:00Holidaying with another family; gender pay gap; sterilisation in Peru; social media. 10:413/5Shakur has become a member of the Black Panther party. 10:55The 'Face of Hull 2017' compares notes on veganism with his friend.
| 10:00How do you deal with challenging behaviour from children with learning disabilities? 10:454/5Dramatisation of ex-Black Panther and political activist Assata Shakur's autobiography.
| 10:00The challenges of being a woman governor in a men's prison. 10:455/5Shakur is in jail awaiting trial with her friend Kamau.
| 10:30Jay Rayner and his culinary panel are at the Dash Arts Dacha in Shoreditch.
| 10:00Eddie comes up with a plan, and Matt is keen to impress.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Gubs is Sikh, gay and getting married. But will his dad go to the wedding? 11:303/4Fiona hopes to rekindle her relationship with her mother.
| 11:00Brett Westwood investigates our obsession with grass. 11:30Can Rev. Richard Coles write a new power ballad to rival Total Eclipse of the Heart?
| 11:00A legendary match leads us into the extraordinary cultural history of cricket in America. 11:304/4Three women embrace Bad Salsa, where everybody knows your name, but not your prognosis.(R)
| 11:00Shouted questions, briefings in the pub . . . trying to make sense of Brexit negotiations. 11:30How Charles Bliss attempted to bring about world peace through a new visual language.
| 11:00A glimpse into the cloistered world of religious communities. 11:306/6An anti-austerity demo vies with government NHS plans in a battle for hearts and minds.
| 11:00Steve Richards looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Gaza's power struggle: the city where mains electricity is available for two hours a day.
| 11:15Jayne-Anne Gadhia, banker, 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. 12:15With travel tips online for free, is there still a market for printed travel magazines? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Why do some people choose to remain childless? 12:15What would consumers rather spend their money on: experience or possessions? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04What is hypochondria, and why don’t we take this misunderstood malaise more seriously? 12:15How Valspar paint from B&Q is making newly decorated homes smell badly. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Why would anyone share their husband or wife with another partner? 12:15Disappearing banks, big names on cruise holidays, DIY tickets and electric car shopping. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Why would anyone be a goth? What is the appeal of this dark and spooky subculture? 12:15Tesco's Clubcard is relaunched, and train stations that have become shopping destinations.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04What should you consider when buying money for your holiday? 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. 12:044/6Barry Cryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Susan Calman and John Finnemore join chairman Jack Dee.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon is on a trip through crisis hit Greece to meet people making a life in food. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00A senior minister from the UAE tells us why he believes it's right to blockade Qatar. 13:45Bridget Kendall hears stories of the time US nuclear weapons came to English villages.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Bridget Kendall on Perestroika and Glasnost in the USSR.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Bridget Kendall hears how East and West Germans experienced their country's reunification.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Bridget Kendall on the Baltic Singing Revolution.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Bridget Kendall on the final days of the Soviet Union.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Ed Stourton presents political debate from Wedmore in Somerset.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Grenfell Tower's locale, Swansea's drug roads, Jersey and a Brummie dog track all feature.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Eddie comes up with a plan.(R) 14:15Dystopian drama by Piers Black-Hawkins, winner of the Alfred Bradley Bursary Award 2016.
| 14:00Matt is keen to impress.(R) 14:15White American teens get mixed up with a drug dealer. By The Wire writer George Pelecanos.
| 14:00Fallon's options are limited.(R) 14:15Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi help a Canadian lady to face the truth about the past.
| 14:00Ruth makes her position known.(R) 14:15Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi try to resolve the problem of Fanwell's dog.
| 14:00Shula shares all the latest gossip.(R) 14:15Toby Hadoke's comedy drama about grief and aliens. Starring Ronald Pickup.(R)
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions with Anita Anand. 14:30William Goldman's dark sequel to Marathon Man, dramatised by Stephen Keyworth.
| 14:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from the Jurassic Coast.(R) 14:45Whether it is human rights or veganism that puts it there, or the need to avoid gluten.
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| 15:00 | 15:003/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz. 15:30Dan Saladino heads to Tennessee to meet the fermentation teacher and writer Sandor Katz.(R)
| 15:00Jay Rayner and his culinary panel visit the Chawton House Library in Hampshire.(R) 15:30Hadrian's Wall, Iron Age origins of Heathrow Airport and a Saxon Burial mound in Slough.
| 15:00Louise Cooper and guests tackle listeners' money problems. 15:30Dr Mark Porter presents a series that aims to demystify perplexing health issues.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark climbs Ben Lawers above Loch Tay for a better view of the southern Highlands. 15:27Louis Theroux makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of SurvivorsUK.(R) 15:30Mariella Frostrup talks to writer Elizabeth Day about her novel The Party.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from the Jurassic Coast. 15:45An original short work for radio by Anthony Anaxagorou.
| 15:30Can Rev. Richard Coles write a new power ballad to rival Total Eclipse of the Heart?(R)
| 15:00A handsome gypsy is drawn to the rector's daughter when he arrives at her village.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Simon Callow examines the work of 19th century artists who explored same-sex desire. 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince take a look at the life and death properties of oxygen.
| 16:00Sheffield-born politician David Blunkett goes back to his roots. 16:30Sara Cox, Eimear McBride and Harriett Gilbert talk about favourite books.
| 16:00A special programme on the subway. 16:30John Humphrys discusses whether he is worth £600k a year.
| 16:00Christopher Nolan tells Francine Stock about his first war movie, Dunkirk. 16:30Genetics and privacy; Global plastic; Great Ape Dictionary; Ocean Discovery X Prize.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a FIFA boss, a mathematician, an architect, a journalist, an actor. 16:30The BBC's Norman Smith looks back at a tumultuous few months covering UK politics. 16:55United by a burning desire to challenge injustice and do the right thing.
| 16:00Holidays with another family and how to cope with the boring bits of marriage.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Fiona Melrose. 16:30Helen Mort introduces poetry that makes the ordinary becomes extraordinary.
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| 17:00 | 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.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30What is the best way of cutting costs and transforming a business?(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Are teenage boys let down by the system when they report being targeted by paedophiles?(R) 17:40Mark Coles profiles the broadcaster Chris Evans.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Schools in England are promised an extra one-point three billion pounds 18:304/6Barry Cryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Susan Calman and John Finnemore join chairman Jack Dee.
| 18:00A report warns that no youth custody centre in England and Wales can be considered safe 18:303/6The globetrotting, trash-picking, aisle-rolling storyteller with more wit and wisdom.
| 18:00Chris Evans, who earned more than two million pounds last year, is at the top of the list 18:301/6Comedian and actor Adam Buxton talks to The League of Gentlemen's Reece Shearsmith.(R)
| 18:00Knife, gun crime, burglary and car theft are going up. 18:302/4Not invited to the BBC's office party, Alex and Ben try to throw their own.
| 18:00A Cabinet minister suggests free movement of people could continue after Brexit. 18:30The topical satirical show returns for some post-election skewering.
| 18:00President Trump has made his first public comments since the resignation of Sean Spicer. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Female broadcasters say they want fairness for all; not personal rises 18:15Adrian Goldberg chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Front Row is live from a boat on the Thames on the tricentennial of Handel's Water Music. 19:451/5Ex-Black Panther and political activist Assata Shakur's autobiography.(R)
| 19:00Fallon's options are limited. 19:15Arts news, interviews and reviews, presented by Samira Ahmed. 19:452/5Assata's political education continues.(R)
| 19:00Ruth makes her position known. 19:15Mark Rylance discusses his role in Christopher Nolan's new film Dunkirk. 19:453/5Shakur has become a member of the Black Panther party.(R)
| 19:00Shula shares all the latest gossip. 19:15Richard Long, Stella Duffy's Queer Icon, Daljit Nagra on Liu Xiaobo, the value of art. 19:454/5Dramatisation of ex-Black Panther and political activist Assata Shakur's autobiography.(R)
| 19:00There is another unexpected visitor to Grange Farm. 19:15Jane Campion on Top of the Lake, Chris Smith's Queer Icon, Lucy Kirkwood, and Love Island. 19:455/5Shakur is in jail awaiting trial with her friend Kamau.(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles the broadcaster Chris Evans. 19:15Dunkirk, Much Ado at London's Globe, Sarah Winman, Rose Finn-Kelcey, Against The Law.
| 19:00Justin's mind is made up. 19:151/2Julia Sutherland meets Janey Godley and Heather Ross, who share their personal stories. 19:456/15Dr Bewick receives a call from the police concerning the missing students.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Al Letson explores how new high-tech safer guns are being opposed across America. 20:30The political theorist who argues that liberal democracy is in grave danger.
| 20:00Are teenage boys let down by the system when they report being targeted by paedophiles? 20:40A discussion on the state of education for VI children.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Andrew Martin explains his passion for paying by cash rather than by card.
| 20:00Are Tory divisions temporary or symptomatic of deeper problems? 20:30What is the best way of cutting costs and transforming a business?
| 20:00Ed Stourton presents political debate from Wedmore in Somerset. 20:50Adam Gopnik on why he turned to marijuana during his recent bout of shingles.
| 20:00The truth is like a vegetable your mother makes you eat, nourishing but it tastes terrible
| 20:00The BBC's Norman Smith looks back at a tumultuous few months covering UK politics.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a FIFA boss, a mathematician, an architect, a journalist, an actor.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Brett Westwood investigates our obsession with the song and folklore of the blackbird.(R) 21:30Mariella Frostrup and guests explore the complex topic of the best age to start a family.(R)
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter presents a series that aims to demystify perplexing health issues. 21:30Verity Sharp follows the CBSO's music director in the first year of her new role.(R)
| 21:00AL Kennedy talks to migraineurs and neurologists about this debilitating illness.(R) 21:30The designer Steven Thomas meets the modern day surrealist Nancy Fouts.(R)
| 21:00Genetics and privacy; Global plastic; Great Ape Dictionary; Ocean Discovery X Prize.(R) 21:30Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of landmark fire tragedies.(R)
| 21:00Bridget Kendall presents stories from the final years of the Cold War.
| 21:003/3The MI6 manhunt closes in on its quarry.(R)
| 21:00What should you consider when buying money for your holiday?(R) 21:26Carol Vorderman makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of United World Schools.(R) 21:30The political theorist who argues that liberal democracy is in grave danger.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Can the prime minister enforce discipline among her ministers? 22:451/101988. Frank only sells vinyl. And he is never going to change. But then, everything does.
| 22:00Republican senators refuse to repeal the Healthcare Act without a replacement. 22:452/10Frank cannot stop thinking about the mysterious woman who fainted outside his shop.
| 22:00The Work and Pensions Secretary tells us he can't rule out further changes. 22:453/10Ilse Brauchmann has an unexpected proposal for Frank.
| 22:00EU calls for greater clarity from UK in Brexit talks. 22:454/10Frank gives Ilse her first music lesson: Beethoven and sex.
| 22:00Downing Street dismisses the idea that any arrangement would mean continued free movement. 22:455/10Frank begins refurbishing the music shop. But not everyone in Unity Street is so lucky.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.(R)
| 22:00As MPs break for the summer, Carolyn Quinn and guests discuss the political year so far.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Comedian Mark Watson wonders why so many adults are playing children's games. Seriously.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince take a look at the life and death properties of oxygen.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/6Julie's husband comes back after six years, and the rest of the group pick up the pieces.(R) 23:155/6A lonely woman peeks into other people's houses - but is she too quick to judge?(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/4Phil blows a fortune on a new time machine, so the boys try to recoup their losses. 23:30Susan Hulme follows the latest update in the Commons on the Grenfell fire's aftermath.
| 23:00Sara Cox, Eimear McBride and Harriett Gilbert talk about favourite books.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55There are times when it is a relief that the birthday cake has run out.
| 23:003/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz.(R) 23:30Helen Mort explores how movement filters through the work of some very different poets.(R)
| 23:00Christopher Nolan tells Francine Stock about his first war movie, Dunkirk.(R) 23:30Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand explores the many ways we measure time and its effect on us.(R)
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