| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:154/6Josie Long hears stories of observation.(R) 00:45The sound of the church bells of St Edward's Church in Eggbuckland, Devon.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Tom Gregory's memoir of how he became the youngest person ever to swim the English Channel(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Tom Gregory's memoir of how he became the youngest person ever to swim the English Channel(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Tom Gregory's memoir of how he became the youngest person ever to swim the English Channel(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Tom Gregory's memoir of how he became the youngest person ever to swim the English Channel(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Tom Gregory's memoir of how he became the youngest person ever to swim the English Channel(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30A comic monologue about a doomed space cruise. By Harry Venning, and read by Jeff Rawle.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day with The Rev Richard Frazer. 05:45How learning to fly-fish is helping women recovering from breast cancer. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines defends the bullfinch's feeding habits.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day with The Rev Richard Frazer. 05:45Just touching noses with her lamb is enough to release oxytocin in a ewe. 05:58David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the grey heron.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day with The Rev Richard Frazer. 05:45Farmers give a cautious welcome to the announcement of a seed potato trade deal with China 05:58Dermot O'Leary admires the work ethic and understated beauty of the industrious dunnock.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day with The Rev Richard Frazer. 05:45Lorraine Howells is passing her farm in the Rhymney Valley onto farmworker Lee Pritchard. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the willow tit.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day with The Rev Richard Frazer. 05:45A tribute is paid to environmental campaigner and organic farmer Peter Melchett. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the jay.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43With Dr Eve Poole, Third Church Estates Commissioner for the Church of England. 05:45A listener on learning he was conceived by sperm donation.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43The sound of the church bells of Canterbury Cathedral in Kent. 05:45Mark Coles profiles Victor Headley, author of Yardie.(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.
| 06:00News 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.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07Charlotte Smith revisits Pembrokeshire, where she spent many of her childhood holidays.(R) 06:30Sybil Ruscoe meets father and son Martin and James McCurragh to examine farm succession. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 06:05Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand celebrates the power of call and response. 06:35Sarah Swadling meets two Somerset farming neighbours who have joined forces to survive. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00News and current affairs including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, with Edward Stourton. 07:54Michael Rosen makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Meningitis Research Foundation. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Rediscovering the Presence of Christ: A Service of Meditation. 08:48Will Self tells the story of what happened to a friend in a psychiatric hospital.(R) 08:58Wildlife gardener and writer Kate Bradbury enjoys the swift above her garden in Sussex.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Pat Barker, Sjon, James Robertson and Karine Polwart. 09:451/5Tom Gregory's memoir of how he became the youngest person ever to swim the English Channel
| 09:00Ian Hislop celebrates the enduring evidence of mankind's desire to express dissent. 09:30Datshiane Navanayagam talks to Val McDermid about her unexpected educational journey.(R) 09:452/5Tom Gregory's memoir of how he became the youngest person ever to swim the English Channel
| 09:00Ian Hislop continues his celebration of sedition with the work of professional dissenters. 09:30David Cannadine explores how Mrs Thatcher's handbag became a visual symbol of her power. 09:453/5Tom Gregory's memoir of how he became the youngest person ever to swim the English Channel
| 09:00The last programme in Ian Hislop's series celebrating great works of sedition and dissent. 09:305/5Are toilets a case of Victorian genius, or did they flush away our most precious resource?(R) 09:454/5Tom Gregory's memoir of how he became the youngest person ever to swim the English Channel
| 09:00Sue MacGregor and guests recall the umbrella murder of Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov.(R) 09:455/5Tom Gregory's memoir of how he became the youngest person ever to swim the English Channel
| 09:00Space broadcaster Maggie Aderin-Pocock, author Ann Cleeves, actress Helen Lederer.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Share your holiday romance stories with Jane Garvey. 10:451/5By Alan Harris. First in the latest series of the magical drama set on the Welsh coast.
| 10:00Vanity Fair, caesarean sections, author Miriam Toews, and second careers. 10:452/5Gareth's attempts to prove his masculinity become increasingly extreme.
| 10:00How do you prepare your child for life at university? 10:413/5As the Glan Don crime wave continues, Gareth has another run-in with the mermaid. 10:55Beyond the small talk.(R)
| 10:00Clare Barron, women bartenders, iron deficiency, treasures, preventing domestic violence. 10:454/5Gareth makes a shocking discovery about Guto.
| 10:00Music from Anna Calvi, author Eva Meijer, French feminism, and getting rid of cellulite. 10:455/5Gareth attempts to complete Manon's Race - a gruelling swim to a cave beyond the headland.
| 10:30Toyah Willcox takes an audio journey into the private world of hair and beauty salons.(R)
| 10:00Things go from bad to worse for Elizabeth and Susan has a confession to make.
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| 11:00 | 11:00John Harris considers the potent role of narrative in our public and private lives. 11:304/4Can Dot use her resemblance to Vera Lynn to gain favour with the PM?
| 11:00Brett Westwood on the Komodo dragon - myth, monster and reality! 11:30Virtuoso percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie reveals a hidden world of rhythm around us.
| 11:00Ruth Alexander looks at the rise in violent crime in Sweden.(R) 11:303/4Comedy set in a Scots-Asian corner shop. Written by Sanjeev Kohli and Donald Mcleary.
| 11:00'He was using prisoners like oxen' - an ex-convict recalls life on a Ugandan prison farm. 11:30True stories of life-changing encounters with art in all its forms.
| 11:00Leigh Alexander explores the growing popularity of analogue culture in a digital world 11:306/6Could one of Ed's rediscovered films change his life?(R)
| 11:00The life and legacy of Thomas Sankara, the revolutionary first president of Burkina Faso. 11:30Is China trying to brainwash Muslim Uyhgurs?
| 11:15Sue MacGregor reunites the pioneers of inclusive theatre company Chickenshed.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ideas about justice.(R) 12:15Calls for swifter action to protect vulnerable gamblers. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04In this edition of a series of programmes on justice, Harry Potter examines deterrence.(R) 12:15What have you done to help the people you love get decent housing? 12:56The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Angie Hobbs, Leif Wenar and David Runciman debate and explore the ideas of John Rawls.(R) 12:15Jobs losses in retail, mobile phone changes, and complaints about breakdown recovery. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Criminologist David Wilson looks at Thomas Hobbes and his 'social contract' theory.(R) 12:15We speak to the mother of a disabled man who died in care. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Historian Alice Taylor on the slippery justice of extrajudicial detention.(R) 12:15Banking fraud, food innovations, hi-vis jackets.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04New rules to support those with credit card debt. Plus what next for Wonga clients? 12:30A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04How hard can it be to talk for 60 seconds with no hesitation, repetition or deviation?(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon investigates food labelling; what's on, what's not, and how we got here. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Jenny Kleeman explores places at the extremes of UK society.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Jenny Kleeman explores places at the extremes of UK society.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Jenny Kleeman explores places at the extremes of UK society.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Jenny Kleeman explores places at the extremes of UK society.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Jenny Kleeman explores places at the extremes of UK society.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Shaun Ley presents political debate from the Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House, London.(R)
| 13:00With Mark Mardell. Labour party disquiet and UK trade prospects post Brexit. 13:30Two poets and a composer take to the skies over Bristol in a balloon full of hot air.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Elizabeth attempts a brave face.(R) 14:15The Dead Ringers team imagine what would happen if an alien came to earth.(R)
| 14:00The stress builds for Helen.(R) 14:151/3Val McDermid's thriller examines what happens if antibiotics stop working.(R)
| 14:00Susan has a confession to make.(R) 14:152/3Val McDermid's thriller examines what happens if antibiotics stop working.(R)
| 14:00Oliver takes the stand.(R) 14:153/3Val McDermid's thriller examines what happens if antibiotics stop working.(R)
| 14:15By James O'Neill. A comedy about finding the elixir of youth.
| 14:00Should the government raise the charge for plastic bags? 14:30Peter Benchley's classic novel, and one of the most iconic films of all time.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs and the panel are at the John Innes Centre in Norwich.(R) 14:45An exploration of the relationship at different stages of life.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00The wide-ranging music quiz, chaired by Paul Gambaccini. 15:30Dan Saladino and Polly Russell share seed stories from this year's Oxford Food Symposium.(R)
| 15:00The story of two rough sleepers on the streets of east London. 15:30Tom Jones talks to John Wilson about his 2010 back-to-his-roots album 'Praise & Blame'.(R)
| 15:00Why we have interest rates, how we misunderstand them - and a curious coffin connection.(R) 15:30Matthew Taylor finishes his look at the charity sector, focusing on charities' impact.(R)
| 15:00Charlotte Smith revisits Pembrokeshire, where she spent many of her childhood holidays. 15:27Comedian Mark Thomas makes the Radio 4 Appeal for INQUEST Charitable Trust.(R) 15:30Alex Clark talks to Richard Powers about his new novel, The Overstory.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs and the panel are at the John Innes Centre in Norwich. 15:45A comic monologue about a doomed space cruise. By Harry Venning, and read by Jeff Rawle.
| | 15:002/2Dara now faces an unsuspected rival and a dangerous neighbour.
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| 16:00 | 16:00AL Kennedy returns to Dundee as the V&A opens a new design museum in the city. 16:30Religion and humour: How far can you go?
| 16:00Stephen Nolan tells the story of the broadcasting ban and the actors who became its stars. 16:30Olympic rower Helen Glover nominates the mountaineer Alison Hargreaves who died on K2.
| 16:005/6Josie Long unfurls stories of mistaken identity and people who have been misunderstood.(R) 16:30Louise Pentland has built an audience of millions via YouTube and Instagram.
| 16:00Oscar-winner Pawel Pawlikowski on his tale of amour fou in communist Poland, Cold War. 16:30Electronic brain probe; River biodiversity; Arctic weather expedition; Science book prize
| 16:00Julian Worricker on a dancer, a publisher, a sailor, an academic and a playwright. 16:30Tim Harford fact-checks EU trade deals with Africa, and whether one drink is one too many. 16:55The family gave Grandad a home; he gives them a lot more.(R)
| | 16:00Madeline Miller discusses The Song of Achilles which won the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012 16:30Courting natural disaster at a giant electrifying sculpture - Kim Addonizio and Geoff Dyer
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| 17:00 | 17:00Simon Jack with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Simon Jack with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Simon Jack with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Simon Jack with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news.
| 17:00Luke Jones with coverage of the day's news. 17:30A listener on learning he was conceived by sperm donation.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Former homeless drug addict Mark Johnson explores our relationship with street beggars.(R) 17:40Mark Coles profiles Victor Headley, author of Yardie.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00A UN report says military leaders acted with "genocidal intent" against Rohingya muslims 18:30How hard can it be to talk for 60 seconds with no hesitation, repetition or deviation?
| 18:00Labour blasts comparison with Powell's 'rivers of blood speech' as offensive 18:301/6Fiona road tests Barney's theory about how to put the spark back in your marriage.(R)
| 18:00Fishermen have appealed to the government to ensure there are no further clashes. 18:302/3Storyteller Sarah Kendal returns with more hilarious, gripping and moving stories.
| 18:00The veteran MP, Frank Field, has resigned the Labour whip 18:302/6Peter's forced to visit town, leaving his hopeless deputy Julian in charge.(R)
| 18:00The £15 billion east-west rail line through London will now launch in autumn 2019. 18:30A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Nikki Bedi and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Poet Lemn Sissay chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00The stress builds for Helen. 19:15Delving into the archives with comedian, writer, actor and presenter Michael Palin. 19:451/5By Alan Harris. First in the latest series of the magical drama set on the Welsh coast.(R)
| 19:00Susan has a confession to make. 19:15Andrew Miller on his new novel, Muses in History (part of our Inspire season), Vanity Fair 19:452/5Gareth's attempts to prove his masculinity become increasingly extreme.(R)
| 19:15Idris Elba on directing his first film, Yardie. Plus, are there too many listed buildings? 19:453/5As the Glan Don crime wave continues, Gareth has another run-in with the mermaid.(R)
| 19:15Nick Leather discusses his TV drama Mother's Day, about the Warrington bomb. 19:454/5Gareth makes a shocking discovery about Guto.(R)
| 19:00Things go from bad to worse for Elizabeth. 19:15The theatre at Alexandra Palace re-opens after 80 years. 19:455/5Gareth attempts to complete Manon's Race - a gruelling swim to a cave beyond the headland.(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles Victor Headley, author of Yardie. 19:15Love's Labour's Lost, Cold War, Black Earth Rising, Pat Barker, Surreal Science.
| 19:00There's yet another shock for Elizabeth. 19:152/4Michael Frayn's brilliantly funny view of our world. With Joanna Lumley and Tom Hollander.(R) 19:45By Nick Walker. A journalist is found dead in Norway’s parliament building.
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| 20:00 | 20:02Ruth Alexander looks at the rise in violent crime in Sweden. 20:30A life in limbo for two Britons. Not wanted in the UK and not wanted in Jamaica.(R)
| 20:00Former homeless drug addict Mark Johnson explores our relationship with street beggars. 20:40The future of 'shared spaces' after the government calls a halt to new projects.
| 20:00Solving the devastating problems of rural isolation and loneliness amongst the elderly. 20:45Folk singer Mari Kalkun tells us why we should stop and listen to the forest.
| 20:00Is the failure to build at the core of the housing problem or are other factors at play? 20:30Ruth Alexander visits the Museum of Failure in Sweden to learn the secrets of success.
| 20:00Shaun Ley presents political debate from the Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House, London. 20:50Will Self tells the story of what happened to a friend in a psychiatric hospital.
| 20:00Jonathan Freedland re-examines the 1990s as a rare decade of peace and prosperity.(R)
| 20:00Tim Harford fact-checks EU trade deals with Africa, and whether one drink is one too many.(R) 20:30Julian Worricker on a dancer, a publisher, a sailor, an academic and a playwright.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Brett Westwood goes in search of our only venomous snake, the adder.(R) 21:30Andrew Marr with Pat Barker, Sjon, James Robertson and Karine Polwart.(R)
| 21:00Matthew Taylor finishes his look at the charity sector, focusing on charities' impact.(R) 21:30Ian Hislop celebrates the enduring evidence of mankind's desire to express dissent.(R)
| 21:00Comedian Andy Zaltzman lives by the rules of the ancient Greek philosophy of the Cynics.(R) 21:30Ian Hislop continues his celebration of sedition with the work of professional dissenters.(R)
| 21:00Electronic brain probe; River biodiversity; Arctic weather expedition; Science book prize 21:30The last programme in Ian Hislop's series celebrating great works of sedition and dissent.(R)
| 21:00The series that traces decisive moments in the history of the NHS.
| 21:00Kenny and his pals must endure the morale-boosting verse of a celebrity poet and priest.(R) 21:459/10Psychotherapist Susie Orbach meets Amelia, who's worried about her teenage daughter Grace.(R)
| 21:00New rules to support those with credit card debt. Plus what next for Wonga clients?(R) 21:26Michael Rosen makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Meningitis Research Foundation.(R) 21:30Ruth Alexander visits the Museum of Failure in Sweden to learn the secrets of success.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Myanmar's Rohingya minority suffered mass killings and gang rapes according to a UN report 22:456/10The beaches open again for the 4th July, but Brody is nervous.
| 22:00Divisions emerge over calls for Myanmar to be referred to the International Criminal Court 22:457/10Will it ever be safe to go back in the water?
| 22:00Three former International High Representatives for Bosnia criticise plan. 22:458/10Day two of the hunt, and tensions are rising on board
| 22:00Veteran politician says Labour leadership has become "force for anti-semitism". 22:459/10Peter Benchley's classic 1974 novel, and one of the most terrifying movies of all time.
| 22:00We hear from the Russian dissident who'll be carrying his coffin. 22:4510/10Peter Benchley's classic novel, and one of the 1970s' most iconic movies.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Solving the devastating problems of rural isolation and loneliness amongst the elderly.(R)
| 22:00Preview of the week's politics with politicians, pundits and experts.
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| 23:00 | 23:004/4Boswell attempts to locate the cream cracker under the settee of Mr Alan Bennett.(R) 23:30Aleks Krotoski explores the unforeseen consequences of a frictionless digital life.(R)
| 23:002/4Current affairs parody and stupidly feasible visit to the 24-hour Hall of Opinion Mirrors. 23:30Aleks Krotoski explores how effective the digital world is as a confidante.(R)
| 23:004/4Stand-up Felicity Ward downloads a meditation app to try and treat anxiety. 23:151/4A heady combination of maths, science and comedy with Festival of the Spoken Nerd.(R) 23:30Aleks Krotoski enters the world of the unnoticed, all the content that no-one ever sees.(R)
| 23:003/5Hancock needs to get married to get a job. A 1955 original re-recorded in in 2015.(R) 23:30Aleks Krotoski wonders if it's possible to convey a sense of joyful abandon online...(R)
| 23:00Lauren and guests partake of a few nocturnal frank and funny conversations. 23:25Aleks Krotoski asks whether we can become detached from ourselves using technology.(R) 23:55Hearing the words 'do not resuscitate' changed their lives.(R)
| 23:00The wide-ranging music quiz, chaired by Paul Gambaccini.(R) 23:30Discussing their politics, words and music and how it still resonates in US politics.(R)
| 23:00Oscar-winner Pawel Pawlikowski on his tale of amour fou in communist Poland, Cold War.(R) 23:30Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand celebrates the power of call and response.(R)
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