| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15US philanthropic foundations, and the changing language of wine tasting. 00:45The bells of Coventry Cathedral, Warwickshire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5A scandalous murder mystery, mired in conspiracy and corruption, that haunted Old Peking. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5As Japan invades the countryside, the police search for Pamela's killer intensifies. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5DCI Dennis makes a breakthrough when a suspect is discovered with blood-spattered clothing 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5A prime suspect is found for Pamela Werner's murder, but is there enough evidence? 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The hunt for Pamela's killer is halted amid the chaos of the Japanese invasion of Peking. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3By Olga Grushin. After years in New York, Gregory returns to Russia to visit his mother.(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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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection from Wales with singer and broadcaster Beverley Humphreys. 05:45After the anti-GM protests, Charlotte Smith asks where now for genetically modified crops. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection from Wales with singer and broadcaster Beverley Humphreys. 05:45British farmers are moving into solar power generation thanks to new tariffs.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day with singer and broadcaster Beverley Humphreys 05:45From cold pressed to hard pressed - olive oil prices collapse in Spain.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection from Wales with singer and broadcaster Beverley Humphreys. 05:45Three hundred scientists in fourteen countries have sequenced the tomato genome.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection from Wales with singer and broadcaster Beverley Humphreys. 05:45Unions claim low-paid farm workers are at risk from changes in regulation.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Mark Oakley. 05:45'I pinned my hopes on the 1940 Olympics' - an Olympian flew 81 missions for Bomber Command
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Mary le Ghyll in Barnoldswick, Lancashire. 05:45Paddy Docherty says business is best placed to bring prosperity to impoverished nations.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Debating violence in Syria and teen obesity, plus Harry Belafonte on the power of song.
| 06:00Debating secret courts, pasty tax U-turn, dentistry costs and child poverty.
| 06:00The latest from Syria, plus economist Paul Krugman, and mass observation and the monarchy.
| 06:00Debating the Syrian conflict, addiction and disease, and eurozone banking.
| 06:00With William Hague on Syria, Lord Lawson on budget U-turns, and debating CPR and BP.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare walks with members of the Tavistock-Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team, and their dogs. 06:30As the price of a fleece reaches a 25 year high, is there money to be made in wool? 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Melissa Viney reflects on how becoming a mother can affect creativity. 06:35Nick Baker visits a small community in Devon which is practising 'permaculture'. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00A UK aid worker is rescued from captivity in Afghanistan, and how best to mark the Jubilee
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Samira Ahmed. 07:55Trevor Eve presents an appeal on behalf of Body & Soul. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Susan Hulme presents the best of Monday's debates in Parliament.
| 08:31The latest news from Parliament with Sean Curran.
| | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service of Matins from Westminster Abbey in celebration of the Queen's diamond jubilee. 08:50Adam Gopnik muses on why Shakespeare didn't seem to know that the top bee is a girl bee.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr and Thomas Heatherwick, Jonathan Meades, Anna Minton and Robert Macfarlane. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by Andrew Graystone.
| 09:00Jim meets neuroscientist Barbara Sahakian to discuss her work with Alzheimer's disease. 09:30Mary Ann Sieghart talks to the first British woman soldier known to have killed in combat. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by the Rev Roger Hutchings.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets sculptor Sophie Dickens and Bobby Teale, former associate of the Krays. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by the Rev Dr Mark Wakelin.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Trojan War, a central event of Ancient Greek mythology 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Sister Gemma Simmonds.
| 09:00Kirsty Young interviews agony aunt, writer and presenter Denise Robertson. 09:45Christian worship with Bible reading, prayer and music led by the Rt Rev Richard Chartres.
| 09:00Sian Williams and Richard Coles with the Eden Project's Tim Smit.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Mary Tudor's bloody reign, women denied asylum, singer Regina Spektor, and Rebecca Front. 10:45Commentary on the fourth day of the second Test between England and West Indies.
| 10:00Celebrating, informing and entertaining women. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:452/524 hours with Lucy Winterton, the rent-a-gob journalist famous for her anti-men puns.
| 10:00Michelle Mone, polycystic ovaries, Wah Wah Girls, Elizabeth I. Presented by Jenni Murray. 10:453/5Rebecca and Jeremy Front explore the life and achievements of genetic pioneer Marion Perez
| 10:00The real Queen Anne. Could you foster a child? And the perfect vegetarian supper dish. 10:454/5Jeremy Front spends 24 hours with photographer and former 60s wildchild Paddy Jones.
| 10:00Queen Elizabeth II, Kat Driscoll, Geoffrey and Ben Beattie. Presented by Jenni Murray. 10:455/5Jeremy Front spends 24 hours in the company of self-styled people's diva Andrea Wickham.
| 10:30Kate Williams explores the history and development of the modern winning smile
| 10:00Usha seeks sanctuary and Harry is press-ganged.
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| 11:00 | | 11:003/3Adam Rutherford looks at the extinction of humans in the distant past. Last in series. 11:303/3A lost Vivaldi flute concerto ends Frances Fyfield's series of forensic musical inquiry.
| 11:00Lucy Ash explores London's new French community, as it spreads beyond South Kensington. 11:304/4Does power drive you mad? Richard Wilson knows.
| 11:303/3Pete Paphides tells the story behind Dog Man Star by Suede.
| 11:00Miles Chambers tells the story of the famous 70-year-old white Bristolian reggae DJ. 11:302/6The team are horrified that the media have been invited to Malcolm's citizenship ceremony.
| 11:00Ahead of the Olympics, Edward Smith asks what the government's sports policy delivers? 11:30The BBC's foreign correspondents take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Kirsty Young interviews Margaret Rhodes, former MI6 worker and first cousin to the Queen.
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| 12:00 | 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the fourth day of the second Test between England and West Indies.
| 12:00Julian Worricker asks whether small businesses can make a dent in the deficit. 12:01National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Julian Worricker asks whether small businesses can make a dent in the deficit. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Adult social care, pilot hours, managing your money, and the new Samsung smartphone. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Thomas Cook's latest figures, tackling the takeaway, and home care for the elderly. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Fake booze, cheating university applicants and the expats trying to return home. 12:52Mother and daughter Betty and Elaine reflect on making do when you have 10 children. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Paul Lewis brings you the latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:309/9Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton, Rebecca Front and Susan Calman join Sandi Toksvig. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:043/12Nicholas Parsons challenges guests to speak for 60 seconds. 12:32Simon Parkes reports on the latest trends in the wine industry. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | | 13:00National and international news and analysis with Shaun Ley. 13:452/20Richard asks when the religious mind was born and looks at one of the earliest doubters.
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents the national and international news. 13:453/20Richard looks at idolatry. He reflects on the story of the Golden Calf from Exodus.
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents the national and international news. 13:454/20Richard asks how it can be decided that it is really God at the other end of a revelation.
| 13:00James Robbins presents the national and international news. 13:455/20Richard looks at the meaning of the word mystery and the work of three medieval mystics.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the second edition of a special Schools Q&A in Belfast.
| 13:00James Robbins presents the latest national and international news. 13:302/2Michael Morpurgo how the contemporary debate has been informed by past teaching methods.
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| 14:00 | | 14:00Usha seeks sanctuary and Tony has a surprise up his sleeve. 14:15Dark thriller by Kellie Smith. Kate and Mark get a shock when moving into their new home.
| 14:00Vicky and Susan are in jubilee mood, but are there republican rumblings in Ambridge? 14:15By Juliet Gilkes-Romero. Drama based on the Liverpool race riots of 1919.
| 14:00Kenton dreams of getting away from it all, and Adam is causing concerns. 14:154 Extra Debut. A serious comedy set in Africa about globalisation and climate change.(R)
| 14:00Harry is press-ganged and Pip is feeling unsettled. 14:15Submarines, debt and deception in Fiona Mackie's play starring David Calder.(R)
| 14:00Topics include the Jubilee celebrations, political U-turns and EU referendums. 14:30Hattie Naylor's dark retelling of the story of The Sleeping Beauty.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs and the panel are guests of the Dig Deep Community Project in South Oxhey. 14:45Fi Glover presents encounters from Hull, Bristol and London.
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| 15:00 | | 15:00Helen Castor is in the chair as listeners and researchers share their passion for the past 15:30Dominic Arkwright and his guests explore the idea of time and things slipping away.
| 15:00Paying for care: Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer your calls on the costs of care. 15:30Could there ever be a vaccine against depression? Claudia Hammond investigates.
| 15:00Clare walks with members of the Tavistock-Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team, and their dogs. 15:27From Kenya, Calvince Odoyo makes an appeal on behalf of The Mango Tree. 15:30David Hewson explains how he transported cult Danish TV series The Killing into novel form
| 15:00Peter Gibbs and the panel are guests of the Dig Deep Community Project in South Oxhey. 15:453/3The outbreak of war has a strange effect upon an elderly man.
| 15:303/3A lost Vivaldi flute concerto ends Frances Fyfield's series of forensic musical inquiry.
| 15:001/2Nancy Carroll plays the notorious courtesan with a trail of rich and powerful lovers.
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| 16:00 | | 16:002/2Michael Morpurgo how the contemporary debate has been informed by past teaching methods. 16:30Steve Backshall and Geraldine Bedell discuss their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00A cultural history of British comics plus AIDS conspiracy theories. 16:30Trinity Mirror loses two editors in one day, and Channel 4's Paralympics innovations.
| 16:00Charlize Theron on Prometheus and Snow White and the Huntsman. 16:3080 years of neutrons, why helium gas isn't a laugh and horrible noises we love to hate.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Leopold De Rothschild, Donald Dunn, Elisabeth Tomalin, Colin McIntyre 16:30Roger Bolton on the future of local radio - are some subjects too personal for broadcast? 16:55Catherine and Liz discuss an upbringing by parents who had met as a priest and a nun.
| 16:00Michelle Mone on the business of lingerie. Presented by Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Philippa Gregory talks to James Naughtie about her historical novel. 16:30Roger McGough presents listeners' poetry requests read by Sean Gleeson and Barbara Barnes.
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| 17:00 | 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Patrick O'Connell presents the day's top news stories, with sports headlines. 17:30Evan Davis and guests swap thoughts on the risks and opportunities in the global economy. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00What really happens in intergovernmental summits? Jonathan Powell investigates. 17:401/8Writer Lou Ramsden responds to the news of the recent sharp boom in Greek holidays. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/12Nicholas Parsons challenges guests to speak for 60 seconds.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Love is in the air, but unfortunately for Martin, in a small Birmingham airport.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Graham Linehan, Matthew Crosby and Helen Zaltzman compete to suggest the best in bad ideas
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Entertainer Tommy Cockles is at the Mallard Theatre, and finds it transformed.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:309/9Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton, Rebecca Front and Susan Calman join Sandi Toksvig.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson joins Freddie Flintoff, Louis Theroux, Brendan Walker and Alistair McGowan.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Felicity Finch makes her selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Usha seeks sanctuary and Tony has a surprise up his sleeve. 19:15Ken Loach's new whisky-infused film; interviews with writer James Sallis and singer Rumer. 19:451/5Rebecca and Jeremy Front explore the life and achievements of medium Nicky Markham.
| 19:00Vicky and Susan are in jubilee mood, but are there republican rumblings in Ambridge? 19:15John Wilson interviews singer-songwriter Patti Smith and Ben Drew (aka rapper Plan B). 19:452/524 hours with Lucy Winterton, the rent-a-gob journalist famous for her anti-men puns.
| 19:00Kenton dreams of getting away from it all, and Adam is causing concerns. 19:15With Mark Lawson, including an interview with John Irving, and African art in Manchester. 19:453/5Rebecca and Jeremy Front explore the life and achievements of genetic pioneer Marion Perez
| 19:00Harry is press-ganged and Pip is feeling unsettled. 19:15Ridley Scott's Prometheus, Michael Morpurgo on his life-story, and Antigone on stage. 19:454/5Jeremy Front spends 24 hours with photographer and former 60s wildchild Paddy Jones.
| 19:00Everything is falling apart for Clarrie. 19:15Neneh Cherry; the transit of Venus in art; when a dark future becomes the dull present. 19:455/5Jeremy Front spends 24 hours in the company of self-styled people's diva Andrea Wickham.
| 19:001/8Writer Lou Ramsden responds to the news of the recent sharp boom in Greek holidays. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the week's highlights including Ridley Scott's Prometheus.
| 19:00Ambridge celebrates with the nation. 19:154/4Rory Bremner hosts the topical satire show. 19:45By Patricia Duncker. To mark the transit of Venus, a story about Pilate's wife.
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| 20:00 | 20:001/4How the barons responsible for Magna Carta also aided a second French invasion of England. 20:30Edward Stourton explores the prospects for post-revolution government in the Arab world.
| 20:00What really happens in intergovernmental summits? Jonathan Powell investigates. 20:40Talking cash points and facilities for the visually impaired at the Proms.
| 20:00Nick Robinson examines how decisions are reached behind closed doors in Westminster. 20:45Paddy Docherty says business is best placed to bring prosperity to impoverished nations.
| 20:00How children sent into care far from home become vulnerable to grooming for sexual abuse. 20:30Evan Davis and guests swap thoughts on the risks and opportunities in the global economy.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the second edition of a special Schools Q&A in Belfast. 20:50Adam Gopnik muses on why Shakespeare didn't seem to know that the top bee is a girl bee.
| 20:00Poet Paul Farley explores how the language of poetry and sports commentary compare.
| 20:00Roger Bolton on the future of local radio - are some subjects too personal for broadcast? 20:30Matthew Bannister on Leopold De Rothschild, Donald Dunn, Elisabeth Tomalin, Colin McIntyre
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| 21:00 | 21:00Energy generation perceptions, light loving bugs, fast chips, and predicting earthquakes. 21:30Andrew Marr and Thomas Heatherwick, Jonathan Meades, Anna Minton and Robert Macfarlane.
| 21:00Could there ever be a vaccine against depression? Claudia Hammond investigates. 21:30Jim meets neuroscientist Barbara Sahakian to discuss her work with Alzheimer's disease.
| 21:00Marek Kukula explores the forthcoming transit of Venus across the face of the Sun. 21:30Libby Purves meets sculptor Sophie Dickens and Bobby Teale, former associate of the Krays.
| 21:003/3Adam Rutherford looks at the extinction of humans in the distant past. Last in series. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Trojan War, a central event of Ancient Greek mythology
| 21:001/4Richard Holloway explores the tensions between doubt and faith over the last 3,000 years.
| 21:002/2Clarissa Dalloway makes final party preparations while Septimus is troubled.
| 21:00Paul Lewis brings you the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Trevor Eve presents an appeal on behalf of Body & Soul. 21:30Edward Stourton explores the prospects for post-revolution government in the Arab world.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Heavy weapons in Houla, the Indian prime minister, and more. Presented by Ritula Shah. 22:451/10Satish dreads a reunion to celebrate the 30th anniversary of a silver jubilee photo.
| 22:00Robin Lustig presents national and international news and analysis. 22:452/10Satish remembers waking in Cherry Gardens on the morning of the jubilee in 1977.
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn presents national and international news and analysis. 22:453/10Satish has started self-medicating to keep his anxiety under control.
| 22:00Robin Lustig presents national and international news and analysis. 22:454/10Satish's wife tells his father about the silver jubilee photograph.
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn presents national and international news and analysis. 22:455/10At the hospital, caring for his patients, Satish feels in control of his life.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Nick Robinson examines how decisions are reached behind closed doors in Westminster.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Patrick O'Flynn of the Express analyses how the papers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen investigates the language of the natural world.(R) 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:002/4Retired teacher Dr Henry Pickerskill recalls an unusual boy fascinated by thunderstorms.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports on the latest news from Westminster.
| 23:003/4The women US astronauts of Mercury 13, who never got into space. 23:153/4Strap in for a swimming rat, a talking fly and a Mexican stand-off. 23:301/3Lenny Henry pockets his prejudice and tries to understand the lure of the cue.(R)
| 23:004/4Rory Bremner hosts the topical satire show. 23:302/3Never a fan, Lenny Henry tries to find out what's so great about the band The Pogues.(R)
| 23:00Steve Backshall and Geraldine Bedell discuss their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. 23:273/3Lenny Henry pockets his prejudice and tries to understand the medieval writer.(R) 23:55Anne and Steve on a friendship that has seen them through bereavement and abuse.
| 23:006/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz. 23:30Roger McGough presents classic works by Dylan Thomas and Gerard Manley Hopkins.
| 23:00Charlize Theron on Prometheus and Snow White and the Huntsman. 23:30Melissa Viney reflects on how becoming a mother can affect creativity.
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