| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Should business schools be shut down? Laurie Taylor examines the arguments.(R) 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the Church of St Mary, Andover.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Damian Le Bas was born a gypsy and grew up with the Roma language and traveller customs.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Damian Le Bas sets out to visit the stopping places or 'atchin tans' of his gypsy family.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Horses and traditional horse fairs have always been a big part of traveller life.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The author meets a young Hungarian Roma with a guitar.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5There's tension during the festivities at the annual Appleby Horse Fair.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30A man who is obsessed with digital maps is suddenly contacted from... where?(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 reading and a reflection to start the day with George Craig. 05:45Steffan Messenger asks whether Britain's grasslands hold the key to a 'green' Brexit. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the African southern ground hornbill.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day with George Craig. 05:45Refill water stations, rise in farm gate prices and saving meadows. 05:58Chris Packham presents the mute swan.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day with George Craig. 05:45Research reveals chlorine washes on salad leaves are failing to kill off harmful bacteria. 05:58David Lindo, the Urban Birder, on the kestrel.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day with George Craig. 05:45A new test for Bovine TB is being developed which could replace the existing skin test. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the house sparrow.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day with George Craig. 05:45Are rural areas getting a fair deal on policing? Charlotte Smith finds out. 05:58Orcadian author Amy Liptrot laments the Arctic terns of her childhood.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with writer and broadcaster Sarah Joseph. 05:45A listener on why she will fight to keep a historic club open.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from St Leonard's Church in Hythe. 05:45Ed Stourton profiles the billionaire philanthropist and investor George Soros.(R)
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| 06:00 | 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 Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07Clare Balding walks to the extraordinary Dashwood Mausoleum near High Wycombe.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith finds out about how 'smart grass' might change the way cattle are fed. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Rabbi Harvey Belovski discovers the creative power of uncertainty. 06:35Brett Westwood explores the magic of the machair in South Harris. From 2004. 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, with Edward Stourton. 07:54Benjamin Zephaniah makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of International Tree Foundation. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the NHS. 08:48Sarah Dunant asks if robots can solve the crisis in care for the elderly.(R) 08:58Chris Packham, host of BBC Springwatch, selects favourite episodes from Tweet of the Day.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Arundhati Roy, Hattie Naylor, Damian Le Bas and Daniel Finkelstein with Andrew Marr. 09:451/5Damian Le Bas was born a gypsy and grew up with the Roma language and traveller customs.
| 09:00DIY Faecal Transplants? Don't do this at home, immunologist Sheena Cruickshank tells Jim. 09:30Film-maker Michael Jenkins explores fatherhood at a young age. 09:452/5Damian Le Bas sets out to visit the stopping places or 'atchin tans' of his gypsy family.
| 09:00Actress Natalie Dormer meets singer-songwriter Tori Amos. 09:30James Naughtie explores the history of Dundee through front page small ads. 09:453/5Horses and traditional horse fairs have always been a big part of traveller life.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Achaemenid Empire's great ceremonial capital. 09:454/5The author meets a young Hungarian Roma with a guitar.
| 09:00Gillian Reynolds, radio critic, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.(R) 09:455/5There's tension during the festivities at the annual Appleby Horse Fair.
| 09:00Actor Richard Blackwood, Little Britain star Matt Lucas, Fashion commentator Simon Doonan.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Queens of Industry, N Ireland and abortion, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Women in classical music. 10:456/10Lucy Catherine's Viking epic continues. Gudrun and Marlas arrive in Constantinople.
| 10:00Margaret Mizen talks about her decade-long campaign to stamp out knife crime. 10:457/10Lucy Catherine's Viking epic continues. Gudrun uncovers an assassination plot.
| 10:00Courtney Barnett, Esther Perel, Natalie Abrahami, Bilingual parenting. 10:408/10Lucy Catherine's Viking epic continues. Gudrun grows tired of the plots and intrigue. 10:55It's hard to imagine life away from the close-knit RNLI family.
| 10:00Janie Dee, Sport gender pay disparity, Behind Closed Doors. 10:459/10Lucy Catherine's Viking epic of love, revenge and faith. Gudrun plots an abduction.
| 10:00Actress Gabourey Sidibe talks about her memoir exploring fame and body image. 10:4510/10Lucy Catherine's Viking epic of love, revenge and faith. Gudrun waits for Marlas.
| 10:30Actor and comedian Omid Djalili in conversation with his heroes, brought back to life.
| 10:00Brian prepares for the fallout, and Lily finds herself trapped.
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| 11:00 | 11:00After meeting in prison, two men want to make a fresh start as barbers in a Welsh village. 11:304/6Andy helps Jeff track down a vital document.
| 11:00The inside story of the acid attack that led to the victim ending his life by euthanasia. 11:30Zakia Sewell returns to her grandparents home to discover a dance ritual from West Africa.
| 11:003/3Misha Glenny ends his travels in the Netherlands in Brussels, home of the EU.(R) 11:302/6Peter and Julian engage a crooked connection to retrieve a valuable pudding artefact.
| 11:00Justice can be elusive for the young domestic servants abused and mistreated in Pakistan. 11:30Illuminated snails dancing, sculpted volcanoes and music playing for 1,000 years.
| 11:00Journalist Hugh Muir examines Carib-British identity through the descendants of Windrush. 11:302/4All-star comic tour-de-force starring Martin Jarvis and Alex Jennings.
| 11:00Iain Martin, columnist for The Times, looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30They say climate change has a taste in Bangladesh - it tastes of salt.
| 11:15Prof Carlos Frenk, cosmologist, 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 Grenfell memorial wall gave a focus for grieving relatives, survivors and volunteers. 12:15University fees, Motorway driving, Eco-gardening. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04A Radio 4 series following some of the families affected by the Grenfell fire over a year. 12:15Why is it so difficult to make our train system work? 12:56The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04A Radio 4 series following some of the families affected by the Grenfell fire over a year. 12:15The TSB chief executive is quizzed by MPs over the bank's continuing IT crisis. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04A Radio 4 series following some of the families affected by the Grenfell fire over a year. 12:15Identity fraud rise, House of Fraser store closures, Homemade food for dogs. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04A Radio 4 series following some of the families affected by the Grenfell fire over a year. 12:15How are Carillion pension holders affected after the collapse of the outsourcing giant?
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Thousands owed backdated personal independence payments are still waiting to receive them. 12:301/6Topical satirical impressions. The show that holds a wobbly mirror up to the news.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:044/6Just how hard can it be to talk for 60 seconds with no hesitation, repetition & deviation?(R) 12:32Nigel Barden investigates the rapidly evolving world of street food in 2018. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Nick Robinson talks to Labour's shadow Brexit secretary, Keir Starmer.
| 13:00News with Sarah Montague including Crown Prosecution disclosure failures. 13:45Nick Robinson talks to Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Nick Robinson talks to transgender rights campaigner Paris Lees.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Nick Robinson talks to Labour's shadow education secretary, Angela Rayner.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Nick Robinson talks to a leading political figure about the roots of their beliefs.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the Potteries Museum in Stoke-on-Trent.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Shirley Williams reveals the circumstances of her uncle Edward Brittain's death in WWI.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Brian prepares for the fallout.(R) 14:15The detective duo interview a young prisoner about an attack on a fellow inmate.
| 14:00Elizabeth grows suspicious.(R) 14:15Respectable writer Jack insists he is innocent of shoplifting. Max and Sean find out.
| 14:00Emma is at her wits end.(R) 14:15The detective duo are at a loss to find a suspect in the case of a violent attack.
| 14:00Shula puts her foot in it.(R) 14:15By Marie Ndiaye. An examination of modern day slavery, starring Sian Phillips.
| 14:00Lily finds herself trapped.(R) 14:15A psychological thriller. Journalist Ruth fights to recover the memory of her abduction.
| 14:00Listeners have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30The Twin Towers reappear in Dakota in 2021. Teenagers cross border guards to investigate.
| 14:00Eric Robson and the panel are at the RHS Chatsworth Flower Show.(R) 14:45Fi Glover introduces conversations between members of the RNLI team at Spurn Point.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Third semi-final of the 2018 contest, with Russell Davies in the questionmaster's chair. 15:30Dan Saladino and drinks writer Pete Brown find out why Belgium beer is so influential.(R)
| 15:003/6Josie Long hears stories of small radical acts that help re-imagine the world around them. 15:30Helen Castor presents stories from the past with a bearing on issues today.
| 15:00How to make money by choosing to juggle a variety of jobs at the same time. 15:30KIM - the latest group in the Awards, smell blindness and neuropsychologist Paul Broks.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding walks to the extraordinary Dashwood Mausoleum near High Wycombe. 15:27Joanna Lumley makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the HALO Trust.(R) 15:30Margaret Atwood on her dystopian masterpiece The Handmaid's Tale. With James Naughtie.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and the panel are at the RHS Chatsworth Flower Show. 15:45A man who is obsessed with digital maps is suddenly contacted from... where?
| 15:30Chris Hawkins on the new wave of politically engaged bands defining the alternative scene.(R)
| 15:00Dostoyevsky's nightmare vision of a man whose life is usurped by his double.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Ruth Rogers of The River Cafe shares some of her favourite pieces of writing. 16:30Aleks Krotoski explores how effective the digital world is as a confidante.
| 16:00Should it be easier to end a marriage? Joshua Rozenberg investigates. 16:30Robert Webb and Hugo Rifkind talk about favourite books with presenter Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor considers what it means to be very tall, very big or very short. 16:30ITV has found a hit in Love Island. What does its success teach other broadcasters?
| 16:00The Attenborough Archive. 16:30Should dinosaurs be sold to the high bidder?
| 16:00Tina Daheley on a nightclub owner, a businessman, a fashion designer and a historian. 16:30Tim Harford explains how maths can help lazy students reduce their revision workload. 16:55If you're a descendant of Grace Darling, what else can you do?
| 16:00Colourism and dating as a black woman with darker skin.
| 16:00Cressida Connolly talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel After the Party. 16:30Composer Sarah Angliss explores our deep-seated fascination with the echo.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Luke Jones with the day's news. 17:30Evan Davis hosts the business conversation show.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00An investigation into the lucrative trade of selling citizenship to the world's rich.(R) 17:40Ed Stourton profiles the billionaire philanthropist and investor George Soros.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Experts say catastrophic fire safety breaches led to 72 deaths in Grenfell Tower. 18:304/6Just how hard can it be to talk for 60 seconds with no hesitation, repetition & deviation?
| 18:00The government gives go the ahead for a third runway at Heathrow Airport. 18:302/6When a famous baker comes to the gym, Milton decides it's time to show off his nice buns.
| 18:00TSB says it's been overwhelmed by cases of fraud following April's botched IT upgrade 18:302/6A church-organised community choir-off results in a Fifa-esque bribery scandal.(R)
| 18:00The government has published its "backstop" plan for trade with the EU after Brexit. 18:301/6Katy Brand and Pierre Novellie join Frank Skinner and historian Dr Kate Williams.(R)
| 18:00PM defends Boris Johnson after he criticises the progress of the Brexit negotiations. 18:301/6Topical satirical impressions. The show that holds a wobbly mirror up to the news.
| 18:00President Trump leaves the G7 and heads to Singapore to meet Kim Jong-Un. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00President Trump and Kim Jong Un arrive in Singapore to prepare for Tuesday's meeting 18:15Gerry Northam chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Elizabeth grows suspicious. 19:15Playwright David Edgar at 70, Art in the wake of WW1, Women's non-fiction writing. 19:456/10Lucy Catherine's Viking epic continues. Gudrun and Marlas arrive in Constantinople.(R)
| 19:15The 250th Royal Academy Summer Exhibition opens and is reviewed by Jacky Klein. 19:457/10Lucy Catherine's Viking epic continues. Gudrun uncovers an assassination plot.(R)
| 19:00Shula puts her foot in it. 19:15Front Row announces and interviews the winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction. 19:458/10Lucy Catherine's Viking epic continues. Gudrun grows tired of the plots and intrigue.(R)
| 19:00Lily finds herself trapped. 19:15Rupert Everett on writing, directing and playing Oscar Wilde in The Happy Prince. 19:459/10Lucy Catherine's Viking epic of love, revenge and faith. Gudrun plots an abduction.(R)
| 19:00Kate discovers the truth. 19:15South African satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys on his new autobiographical show. 19:4510/10Lucy Catherine's Viking epic of love, revenge and faith. Gudrun waits for Marlas.(R)
| 19:00Ed Stourton profiles the billionaire philanthropist and investor George Soros. 19:15My Name is Lucy Barton, Alexander McQueen, Rachel Kushner, Aftermath, City of Ghosts.
| 19:00Brian struggles to keep his temper. 19:15Gaby Roslin, Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona present a comedy panel show about films. 19:451/3In Christianshavn, Erik covets the caged automaton songbird he sees in a shop window.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:003/3Misha Glenny ends his travels in the Netherlands in Brussels, home of the EU. 20:30Are we giving machines too much power over our lives?
| 20:00An investigation into the lucrative trade of selling citizenship to the world's rich. 20:40We talk to a scientist investigating the ability of blind people to navigate by 'clicks'.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Maura Campbell asks us to think differently about difference.
| 20:00Should it be easier to end a marriage? Joshua Rozenberg investigates.(R) 20:30Evan Davis hosts the business conversation show.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the Potteries Museum in Stoke-on-Trent. 20:50Sarah Dunant asks if robots can solve the crisis in care for the elderly.
| 20:00Kevin Fong boldly goes in search of Star Trek's 50-year-old vision of the future.(R)
| 20:00Tim Harford explains how maths can help lazy students reduce their revision workload.(R) 20:30Tina Daheley on a nightclub owner, a businessman, a fashion designer and a historian.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00How do we address our over-reliance and misuse of plastic? Should we give it up?(R) 21:30Arundhati Roy, Hattie Naylor, Damian Le Bas and Daniel Finkelstein with Andrew Marr.(R)
| 21:00KIM - the latest group in the Awards, smell blindness and neuropsychologist Paul Broks. 21:30DIY Faecal Transplants? Don't do this at home, immunologist Sheena Cruickshank tells Jim.(R)
| 21:00Why are Mexican nuns breeding a rare salamander? Could they save this remarkable species? 21:30Actress Natalie Dormer meets singer-songwriter Tori Amos.(R)
| 21:00Should dinosaurs be sold to the high bidder? 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Achaemenid Empire's great ceremonial capital.(R)
| 21:002/3A-levels, inter-railing and affairs in Jack Rosenthal's comedy drama set in the 1990s.(R)
| 21:00Wounded in action, Walter Oddy is among thousands arriving at the hospitals in Boulogne.(R) 21:45How the archive can help health professionals to have a meaningful conversation.(R)
| 21:00Thousands owed backdated personal independence payments are still waiting to receive them.(R) 21:26Benjamin Zephaniah makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of International Tree Foundation.(R) 21:30Are we giving machines too much power over our lives?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00As the transport secretary announces an inquiry, calls for him to resign grow. 22:451/10By Louise Erdrich. Cedar seeks out her birth mother.
| 22:00Move follows President Trump's decision to abandon the international nuclear deal. 22:452/10Cedar learns more about her birth family and their life on the Ojibwe reservation.
| 22:00Full details of the government's Brexit "backstop" proposal to be outlined tomorrow 22:453/10By Louise Erdrich. Cedar prepares for martial law.
| 22:00Despite losing on a technicality, Northern Ireland pro-abortion campaigners scent victory. 22:454/10By Louise Erdrich. Phil helps Cedar to go into hiding.
| 22:00Europeans reject the idea - at a divided summit in Canada 22:455/10By Louise Erdrich. An escape to Canada is planned.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.(R)
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn and guests preview a crunch week at Westminster for the Brexit process.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Steve Punt goes in search of missing American and Russian nuclear weapons.(R) 23:30Sean Curran with all the news from the day's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:001/4Phil Ellis needs a break. Luckily some luck, and love, might be just around the corner. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:004/4John debates the nature of deities and God's existence. 23:151/4Comic poet Elvis McGonagall seeks the bright side of life in his caravan near Dundee.(R)
| 23:001/4As Parliament returns from recess, young political editor Sam Peakes needs a story - fast. 23:30Susan Hulme reports on renewed calls to change Northern Ireland's abortion laws.
| 23:00Robert Webb and Hugo Rifkind talk about favourite books with presenter Harriett Gilbert.(R) 23:55When every day is like a school day.
| 23:00Third semi-final of the 2018 contest, with Russell Davies in the questionmaster's chair.(R) 23:30Creating dance to poems inspires two choreographers in very different ways.(R)
| 23:001/9Catherine Burns introduces tales of people taken by surprise by discoveries and events. 23:50Sarah Dunant asks if robots can solve the crisis in care for the elderly.(R)
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