| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor visits Naples to investigate the role of Italian family values. 00:45The bells of St Mary's Church, Abergavenny. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5About to turn 64, Paul Auster looks back on life as a young man embarking for Paris. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5A piano in Paul Auster's apartment has a surprising effect on his life there. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Paul Auster explores memories of homes, from a bare New York apartment to the family home. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5When his mother suddenly dies, Paul examines her life with the hindsight of adulthood. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Paul Auster embraces growing old with no recriminations, not nostalgic but looking forward 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3A new girl at school shocks her classmates with an improbable story from her past.(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 spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Janet Wootton. 05:45Much of the UK's wheat harvest has been delayed because of the summer's wet conditions. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Janet Wootton. 05:45A voluntary code for dairy farmers and processors is agreed after a year of negotiations.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Janet Wootton. 05:45Robin Markwell presents from Livestock 2012 and investigates the future for dairy.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Janet Wootton. 05:45Charlotte Smith discusses the new order at DEFRA and what it might mean for rural Britain.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Janet Wootton. 05:45Rice exports from India are threatened after a poor monsoon. With Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rev Scott McKenna of Mayfield Salisbury Parish, Edinburgh. 05:45Would Eddie Mair swap his voice? Listeners talk about talking, and losing the voice.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Mary the Virgin Church, Hanbury, Worcestershire. 05:45Geeta Guru-Murthy profiles Grant Shapps, the new Conservative party co-chairman.
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| 06:00 | 06:00With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00London Met Univ head on student visas, plus the reshuffle, and Knightley on Karenina.
| 06:00Conservative chairman Grant Shapps on the reshuffle. Plus, the Greek economy and N Ireland
| 06:00Call for Patel inquiry, plus Nick Clegg on housing and Zadie Smith on race in fiction.
| 06:00The Green Party's new leader, the shootings in Annecy and the ECB's plans for the euro.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark goes 'doon the watter' to explore the Isle of Bute, off Scotland's west coast. 06:30After a summer of protests, blockades and summits the voluntary milk code is agreed. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05The poet Sean Street considers what can be found both in silence and in stillness. 06:35Anna Hill visits the drought-stricken heartland of the American Mid-West. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00What is 'predistribution'? Plus, France and the Syrian rebels, and Coldplay on ukuleles.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme. 07:55Sports commentator Henry Blofeld appeals on behalf of the Macular Disease Society. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31With Susan Hulme. Nick Clegg attacks MPs who killed his plans for Lords reform.
| 08:31Sean Curran presents the top news stories from Westminster.
| 08:31Rachel Byrne presents the top news stories from Westminster.
| 08:31Sean Curran presents the top news stories from Westminster.
| 08:51Mark D'Arcy has the best of Friday's debate in the Commons.
| 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service from Bath Abbey reflecting on wisdom shared across the generations. 08:50Sarah Dunant looks at attitudes to sexual behaviour from a historical perspective.
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| 09:00 | 09:005/6Historian John Tosh puts Captain Scott in a long tradition of earlier role models for men. 09:304/5Edward Stourton revisits broadcast debates from the archives. Pornography and censorship. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Monsignor Tony Rogers.
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili meets evolutionary biologist and author Prof Richard Dawkins. 09:30Paddy O'Connell meets Sir Al Aynsley-Green who has forged a career helping children. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by Canon Chris Chivers.
| 09:00Libby Purves is joined by musician Billy Bragg and chef Yotam Ottolenghi. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by Rev Sharon Grenham Toze.
| 09:004/4Stephen Fry explores the eXtraordinary story of the 24th letter of the English alphabet. 09:305/5Edi Stark finds out how the special bond between twins isn't always a happy one.(R) 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by Becky Harris.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor reunites the architects and opponents of the infamous Poll Tax initiative. 09:45An act of worship led by Leslie Griffiths.
| 09:00Magazine show presented by Sian Williams and John McCarthy with studio guest Edwina Currie
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Debbie Jevans, director of sport for LOCOG, 'the other woman', and what is a normal birth? 10:451/10Lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake is sent to investigate a killing at a monastery.
| 10:00Jane Garvey talks to author Rose Tremain, plus husband hunting, and GPs and infertility. 10:452/10As Shardlake begins to meet the prime suspects, it is clear the case will not be simple.
| 10:00Naomi Wolf discusses her new biography of the vagina with Jenni Murray. 10:453/10A frustrating lack of hard evidence is hampering Shardlake's investigation of the murder.
| 10:00'Butch' - what does it mean and is it an insult? Presented by Jenni Murray. 10:454/10Shardlake's investigation is complicated by Whelplay's revelation of an earlier murder.
| 10:00Jenni Murray on Zdenka Fantlova, the Oyster Eating Competition and surviving retirement. 10:455/10Another suspicious death at the monastery further complicates Shardlake's investigation.
| 10:301/3Steve Punt is called on to investigate a dead pensioner's secret stash of arms.
| 10:00Freddie takes on a new challenge and Mike feels torn.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Prizewinning traveller Jaswinder Jhalli explores the lives of the gauchos of Argentina 11:301/6Justin has to cope with not having a plus one to bring to his school reunion.
| 11:001/24Brett Westwood looks back at the summer of 2012. How did the wet summer affect wildlife? 11:30An exploration of how Beethoven's Violin Concerto has touched and changed people's lives.
| 11:00Paul Evans navigates a sea of stories to a phantom island where fact and fiction coexist. 11:304/6Brian Gulliver tells of his adventures in Anidara, where he finds himself put out to stud.
| 11:00How exemption from conscription for ultra-Orthodox Jews is exposing Israel's faultlines. 11:30Writer Andrew Greig explores the unexpected connections between mountain climbing and art.
| 11:00Paul Robertson's remarkable story of the Indian ragas he heard from within a coma 11:304/6Beauty has a new best friend who encourages her ambitions.
| 11:00Sue Cameron of the Daily Telegraph looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Kate Adie hosts reports from correspondents in Greece, Chechnya, Israel, France and China.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor reunites the creators of Dolly the cloned sheep.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Texting for free, spotting fakes on Twitter, and a row over new national parks. 12:45James Naughtie profiles Tony Blair, the Labour Prime Minister who swept to power in 1997. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Will the Paralympic Games make a difference in attitudes towards people with a disability? 12:45Jim Naughtie considers Fred Goodwin, the banker now bereft of his knighthood. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Buying a new car, new financial advice rules and half-price supermarket wine. 12:45James Naughtie profiles Rupert Murdoch, the global media magnate. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The new Care Quality Commission boss gives his first interview. With Winifred Robinson. 12:45James Naughtie profiles Simon Cowell, who made his name and fortune on talent shows. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Peter White reveals how many local councils have cut back on sport. 12:45James Naughtie profiles Queen Elizabeth II, who celebrated her diamond jubilee in 2012. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The City watchdog warns banks to stop selling us products we don't need. With Paul Lewis. 12:301/9A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:045/16Graham Norton, Liza Tarbuck, Sue Perkins and Paul Merton try to speak for 60 seconds. 12:32How Australia, built on bulk exports of cheese and meat, became a gastronomic leader. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world, with Shaun Ley. 13:451/5Daniel is rebuilding his life in a community that knows he has been imprisoned.(R)
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:452/5MS patients in their 30s talk about the challenges of coming out with the disease.(R)
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:45Coverage of England v South Africa in the fifth One Day International from Trent Bridge.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:454/5A mother whose son grew up apart from her emerges from 37 years of denial.(R)
| 13:00National and international news. 13:455/5Hannah looks back over the depression and guilt that accompanied her financial disaster.(R)
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Lympstone, Devon.
| 13:00The latest national and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Peter White talks to deaf actress Genevieve Barr about her lead acting role in a BBC drama
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| 14:00 | 14:00Freddie takes on a new challenge. 14:15DCI Craven takes on a case that captures media attention - a body found in a beauty spot.
| 14:00Mike feels torn and Lily speaks her mind. 14:154/6A marijuana operation is found at Bella Houghton's farm. Could her two sons be guilty?
| | 14:00Brenda offers reassurance. 14:15A war hero prepares to bequeath his millions - but with strings attached.(R)
| 14:00Pawel makes a surprising move. 14:15A chance meeting of three former World War II special agents reveals dark secrets.
| 14:00Topics include the cabinet reshuffle and the national honours system. With Anita Anand. 14:15Coverage of England v South Africa in the first T20 international from Durham.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs chairs a postbag edition of GQT, tackling questions sent in by post and email. 14:45Lady Pamela Hicks talks about her mother's love for India's first post-independence leader
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe is joined by competing teams from the Midlands and the South of England. 15:30Sheila Dillon explores a food story of decline and revival - British mustard.
| 15:00Jay Rayner hosts a special edition of the food panel show from Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 15:30Tom Heap finds out how people can use their own energy to power gadgets and lighting.
| | 15:02Helen Mark goes 'doon the watter' to explore the Isle of Bute, off Scotland's west coast. 15:27Journalist and satirist Ian Hislop appeals on behalf of the charity Railway Children. 15:30Victoria Hislop talks to James Naughtie about her debut novel The Island.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs a postbag edition of GQT, tackling questions sent in by post and email. 15:452/3Every rucksack carried a copy - the 1970s traveller's guide to hitching on £10 a week.
| | 15:002/3Searching for work in California, the Joads learn thousands like them have also migrated.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Phill Jupitus journeys back to the steam-powered future to party like it's 1899. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss religious responses to economic inequality.
| 16:00Chris Ledgard examines how the words we use play a critical role in resolving conflict. 16:30Comedian and performer Ken Dodd explains why Stan Laurel inspired him to go into comedy.
| | 16:00Joe Wright on Anna Karenina, starring Keira Knightly and Jude Law. 16:30Quentin Cooper features some of the highlights of the British Science Festival in Aberdeen
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Rev Sun Myung Moon, Max Bygraves, Sir Rhodes Boyson and Hal David. 16:30It's gloves off at the Radio 2 playlist meeting, and just how should you say 2012?
| | 16:00Zadie Smith talks to Mariella Frostrup about her much-anticipated new novel, NW. 16:30Roger McGough has readings by Welsh poets Gillian Clarke, Paul Henry and Menna Elfyn.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. Includes Weather. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:40Would Eddie Mair swap his voice? Listeners talk about talking, and losing the voice. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair tells of the SOS Message Service, which ran for more than 70 years on BBC Radio 17:40Geeta Guru-Murthy profiles Grant Shapps, the new Conservative party co-chairman. 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. 18:305/16Graham Norton, Liza Tarbuck, Sue Perkins and Paul Merton try to speak for 60 seconds.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30What better way to chart mishaps in love than Disney films aimed at the home video market?(R)
| 18:00Coverage of England v South Africa in the fifth One Day International from Trent Bridge.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Nicholas Parsons looks at how Just a Minute inspired players in Indian colleges(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/9A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Rob Brydon, with music from Beth Orton.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Simon Parkes selects his personal favourites from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Mike feels torn and Lily speaks her mind. 19:15Actress Hermione Norris, Anna Karenina reviewed, Henning Mankell and Northumberlandia. 19:451/10Lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake is sent to investigate a killing at a monastery.
| 19:00Elizabeth needs to explain. 19:15Booker-winning writer Howard Jacobson, Damian Lewis on The Sweeney, and Lawless reviewed. 19:452/10As Shardlake begins to meet the prime suspects, it is clear the case will not be simple.
| | 19:00Pawel makes a surprising move. 19:15Ballerina Darcey Bussell; new Bob Dylan album reviewed; restored Bristol Old Vic re-opens. 19:454/10Shardlake's investigation is complicated by Whelplay's revelation of an earlier murder.
| 19:15Director Charles Sturridge; Iraq war novel; silent cinema return; chess sets by artists. 19:455/10Another suspicious death at the monastery further complicates Shardlake's investigation.
| 19:00Geeta Guru-Murthy profiles Grant Shapps, the new Conservative party co-chairman. 19:15A review of the week's cultural highlights with Tom Sutcliffe.
| 19:00Roy and Brenda are at a loss. 19:153/6Marcus Brigstocke invites reluctant vocalist Alan Davies to sing for the first time.(R) 19:451/5Passions come to a head at a Fourth of July barbecue.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Mark D'Arcy examines the controversial approach of the Commons Speaker John Bercow.(R) 20:30Tessa Dunlop investigates why a plan for a massive gold mine is dividing Romania.
| 20:00Eddie Mair tells of the SOS Message Service, which ran for more than 70 years on BBC Radio 20:40The programme talks to medallists and spectators about their experience of the Paralympics
| | 20:00Melanie Abbott asks whether the cosmetic surgery industry has cleaned up its act. 20:30Series about the world of work, from vast corporations to the modest volunteer.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Lympstone, Devon. 20:50Sarah Dunant looks at attitudes to sexual behaviour from a historical perspective.
| 20:00Satirist Joe Queenan reveals that the search for someone to blame is always successful.
| 20:00It's gloves off at the Radio 2 playlist meeting, and just how should you say 2012? 20:30Matthew Bannister on Rev Sun Myung Moon, Max Bygraves, Sir Rhodes Boyson and Hal David.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Piano tuners' brains, exo-planets and chimp justice. Quentin Cooper presents science news. 21:305/6Historian John Tosh puts Captain Scott in a long tradition of earlier role models for men.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter and Dr Margaret McCartney explore the incidence of HIV in the UK today. 21:30Jim Al-Khalili meets evolutionary biologist and author Prof Richard Dawkins.
| | 21:001/24Brett Westwood looks back at the summer of 2012. How did the wet summer affect wildlife? 21:304/4Stephen Fry explores the eXtraordinary story of the 24th letter of the English alphabet.
| 21:00By Charlotte Jones. Chilling story of the tragic fate of Rosemary Kennedy, JFK's sister.(R)
| 21:001/3The battles of Ma Joad as her family trek west in 1930s America.
| 21:00The City watchdog warns banks to stop selling us products we don't need. With Paul Lewis. 21:26Sports commentator Henry Blofeld appeals on behalf of the Macular Disease Society. 21:30Series about the world of work, from vast corporations to the modest volunteer.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:451/10An affair starts Serena on an unintended career path.
| 22:00Round-up of the day's news, with Robin Lustig. 22:452/10Serena's affair with Tony is painfully over, but she is determined to salvage a career.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:453/10Still reeling from the news of Tony's death, Serena finds an alarming piece of evidence.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:454/10Just as Serena is promoted, her friend Shirley is sacked and tells her she's being watched
| 22:00US jobs figures, new tensions in Northern Ireland, and the latest from Syria. 22:455/10Serena's first mission for MI5 involves an attractive young writer.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:153/3John Humphrys asks leading education decision makers and thinkers - who should teach?
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Jan Moir of the Mail analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Chris Ledgard explores the ways people have read to each other at home down the centuries. 23:30Sean Curran reports as the House of Commons returns from its summer break.
| 23:002/4After unexpectedly running into another gangster, Jack follows him to a private club. 23:30As Westminster reacts to the government reshuffle, Susan Hulme has the day's debates.
| 23:004/4Larry, Chief Mouser to the Cabinet since 2011, explains life under a coalition government. 23:15Ian Leslie reveals surprising first literary attempts of the world's best-known writers. 23:30Sean Curran reports on events at Westminster, including Prime Minister's Questions.
| 23:001/4Find out why Rapunzel is getting a haircut, and what spiders do for entertainment. 23:30Rachel Byrne reports on what MPs have had to say after the cabinet reshuffle.
| 23:00Comedian and performer Ken Dodd explains why Stan Laurel inspired him to go into comedy. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports on the day's debates in the Commons and the current political scene.
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe is joined by competing teams from the Midlands and the South of England. 23:30Roger McGough with poetry requests, including work by Frost, Yeats and Julia Copus.
| 23:00Joe Wright on Anna Karenina, starring Keira Knightly and Jude Law. 23:30The poet Sean Street considers what can be found both in silence and in stillness.
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