| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Is the fabled Italian family in terminal decline? Laurie Taylor discusses the crisis. 00:45The bells of St Mary the Virgin Church, Hanbury, Worcestershire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Charlie Connelly sets off on the trail of our national obsession, beginning with rain. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Great thinkers have always been fascinated by the most powerful force in the weather, wind 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5A Fleet Street pharmacist's obsession with clouds, and the father of the weather forecast. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Charlie Connelly looks at meteorological eccentrics, geniuses, charlatans and dreamers. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5A young man's obsession with photographing snowflakes, and a musical ode to the sea. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3By Lizzie Enfield. Eve's plans for some 'together' time are not shared by husband David.(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. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rev Scott McKenna of Mayfield Salisbury Parish, Edinburgh. 05:45Scottish salmon farms are accused of spreading pollution on the sea bed. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rev Scott McKenna of Mayfield Salisbury Parish, Edinburgh. 05:45Warnings of a tough winter ahead for livestock farmers if they don't act over animal feed.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rev Scott McKenna of Mayfield Salisbury Parish, Edinburgh. 05:45A drought in Spain means less olive oil will be produced this year.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rev Scott McKenna of Mayfield Salisbury Parish, Edinburgh. 05:45A new government plan to improve life and business in the countryside is unveiled.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rev Scott McKenna of Mayfield Salisbury Parish, Edinburgh. 05:45As a major dairy announces a price rise for farmers, Charlotte Smith asks if it will last.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Bishop Joe Aldred. 05:45'She's 52 and not being anti-social, she has Alzheimer's.' Tales of early-onset dementia.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of York Minster. 05:45Tennis champion Andy Murray, who has won Britain's first grand slam in 76 years.
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| 06:00 | 06:00The TUC's Brendan Barber on his strategy for growth, and discussion on the Olympic legacy.
| 06:00Includes Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Includes Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Includes Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Richard Uridge goes whale-watching in Scotland's Moray Firth. 06:30Organic food sales are falling. Charlotte Smith considers the future for organic farming. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully looks at the pros and cons of taking a cautious approach. With Rowan Williams. 06:35Moira Hickey visits the Clandeboye Estate in County Down. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00with James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10The Bishop of Liverpool discusses his role chairing the Hillsborough Independent Panel. 07:55World affairs broadcaster Mike Wooldridge appeals on behalf of Hospice Care Kenya. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Sean Curran has the best of yesterday's debates in the House of Commons.
| 08:31Susan Hulme presents the top news stories from Westminster.
| 08:31Sean Curran with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| 08:31Rachel Byrne presents the top news stories from Westminster.
| 08:51Mark D'Arcy on overturning what has been called the last legal form of discrimination.
| 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service of the word from Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, led by Very Rev Dermot Dunne. 08:50Sarah Dunant explores the merit of literary prizes as the Man Booker shortlist is revealed
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| 09:00 | 09:006/6Amanda Vickery ends her series on masculinity with the 1950s professional man. 09:305/5Philosopher Karl Popper and neuroscientist John Eccles discuss scientific progress. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Andrew Martlew.
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili discovers why Andrea Sella's chemistry demonstrations are filling theatres. 09:30Paddy O'Connell meets Lisa Cherry, whose childhood was spent in the care system. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Clair Jaquiss.
| 09:00Hardeep Singh Kohli meets Pam Ayres and John Taylor of Duran Duran. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Steve Williams.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the biology and origins of the cell. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Andrew Graystone.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor reunites the creators of Dolly the cloned sheep. 09:45An act of worship led by Monsignor Tony Rogers.
| 09:00Magazine show presented by Sian Williams and Richard Coles, with guest Charlie Higson.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00What the Olympics have done for nail art. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:456/10Shardlake questions the prime suspect and learns hard truths about Cromwell's methods.
| 10:00Disabled women, painkiller addiction and female pre-Raphaelites. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:457/10The identity of the third victim leads Shardlake to a new understanding of the case.
| 10:00Mary Robinson, novelist Attica Locke, and targeting women voters. With Jenni Murray. 10:458/10An impatient Lord Cromwell questions Shardlake on the slow progress of his investigation.
| 10:00Victoria Pendleton on the pressure of being an elite athlete and life after cycling. 10:459/10Shardlake rushes back to Scarnsea monastery, ready to confront the murderer.
| 10:00Martina Cole, the Rochdale grooming trial, women's golf, and when are you a grown-up? 10:4510/10Abandoned by Mark, Shardlake must act alone to catch the triple murderer.
| 10:302/3Steve Punt looks into the 1928 Charfield rail crash and the woman who visited the memorial
| 10:00Vicky tries to explain and Adam faces temptation.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Arthur Smith goes in search of the modern tramp. 11:302/6Justin has to cope with trying to get elected as a school governor and finding a new job.
| 11:002/24Brett Westwood looks at ways to allow bats to fly free in an increasingly urbanised land. 11:30Exploring how this song from the 1870s continues to touch people's lives across the world.
| 11:00How do Northern Ireland's 18-year-olds feel about their country's past and future? 11:305/6Brian tells of his adventures about some abundance in Hermicia.
| 11:00Kate Adie presents despatches from Ivory Coast, France, Iraq, Spain and the Gambia. 11:30Uncovering the life and work of a pioneering and under-appreciated British painter
| 11:00Chris Bowlby tells the story of the attempt to rescue East Germany's Stasi secret files. 11:305/6Beauty is feeling all broody.
| 11:00Steve Richards of the Independent looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Commentary on the CB40 final between Hampshire and Warwickshire from Lord's.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor reunites the team that brought reality TV show Big Brother to UK screens.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Pre-teen entrepreneurs, inflated vets bills and cut-throat competition between barbers. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04How can we turn the Olympic spirit of participation into a lasting legacy of volunteering? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Winifred Robinson looks at computers made easy, the Olympic transport legacy and telegrams 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Claiming care home fees, designing disability products, and is FairTrade chocolate a con? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news show. Peter White speaks to the boss of Monarch Airlines. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the CB40 final between Hampshire and Warwickshire from Lord's.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:046/16Nicholas Parsons challenges guests to speak for 60 seconds. 12:32Sheila Dillon finds out why sourdough bread is undergoing a major revival. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world, with Martha Kearney. 13:451/10Juliet Gardiner on the Oracle of Delphi where Ancient Greeks heard their future predicted.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world with Martha Kearney. 13:452/10How the Druids' mysterious divining ceremonies foretold the future.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world with Martha Kearney. 13:453/10Juliet Gardiner on the apocalyptic visions of Divine judgement in the Book of Revelation.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world with Martha Kearney. 13:454/10Juliet Gardiner looks at history's most famous futurologist, Nostradamus.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:455/10Juliet Gardiner looks at Renaissance visionary and polymath Leonardo da Vinci.
| | 13:00The latest national and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Peter White traces the life and opinions of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Roy and Brenda are at a loss. 14:15After the Second World War, Germany's top nuclear physicists were brought to England.
| 14:00Vicky tries to explain and Darrell waits for news. 14:155/6A female athletics team are being hounded by vicious online slurs and sexual innuendo.
| 14:00Kathy uncovers the truth. 14:15A sixth-former decides to take a stand against the current cuts in university funding.
| 14:15A reality show contestant makes a bid to overthrow the royal family. Improvised drama.
| 14:00David comes bearing gifts. 14:15A couple's casual invites while holidaying abroad, come home to roost.
| | 14:00Eric Robson and team tackle questions from the audience at the 2012 GQT Summer Party. 14:45One girl's story of exile and soldiering during World War Two.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe is joined by competing two-person teams from Northern Ireland and Scotland. 15:30How Australia, built on bulk exports of cheese and meat, became a gastronomic leader.
| 15:001/6Nina Garthwaite presents mini-documentaries with stories of lifelines. 15:30Conor Woodman asks how farmed Scottish salmon production can increase by 50% sustainably.
| 15:00Vincent Duggleby takes your calls on insurance. Issues include a shake-up of premiums. 15:30Dr Mark Porter finds out about the latest understanding and treatment of osteoarthritis.
| 15:00Richard Uridge goes whale-watching in Scotland's Moray Firth. 15:27Sports commentator Henry Blofeld appeals on behalf of the Macular Disease Society. 15:30Zadie Smith talks to Mariella Frostrup about her much-anticipated new novel, NW.
| 15:00Eric Robson and team tackle questions from the audience at the 2012 GQT Summer Party. 15:453/3The hippie's survival guide to hitching on 'the magic ribbon to a thousand other worlds'.
| | 15:003/3In a vigilante mob attack, Casy goes down and Tom hits back. Stars Robert Sheehan.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Poet Salena Godden considers the impact of her Jamaican heritage on her literary identity. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the place of women in Hinduism.
| 16:001/4Michael Portillo uncovers a violent precursor to the dignified 1936 Jarrow March.(R) 16:30Film-maker Stephen Frears champions his mentor, Karel Reisz.
| 16:00Gay-straight friendships, and how students approach alcohol. With Laurie Taylor. 16:30Armando Iannucci talks to Steve Hewlett about writing and producing for television.
| 16:00Francine Stock reports from the Toronto Film Festival with Terence Stamp and Roger Michell 16:30Quentin Cooper explores how online social pressure can increase voter turnout.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Derek Jameson, Griselda Blanco, Allan Horsfall, Terry Nutkins. 16:30What's the Olympic legacy for BBC 5Live? Plus the future of Thought for the Day.
| | 16:00Will Self discusses his Booker-shortlisted novel Umbrella with Mariella Frostrup. 16:30Roger McGough presents a selection of poetry about secrets, art, nostalgia and libraries.
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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 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.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:30'She's 52 and not being anti-social, she has Alzheimer's.' Tales of early-onset dementia. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Claire Bolderson asks if Latinos are the key to a reborn USA.(R) 17:40Tennis champion Andy Murray, who has won Britain's first grand slam in 76 years. 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. 18:15Coverage of England v South Africa in the second Twenty20 international from Old Trafford.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/4The Archbishop of Canterbury tries tweeting for the first time, with disastrous results.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Coverage of England v South Africa in the third Twenty20 international from Edgbaston.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6John presents a trailer for a film about the only mode of transport that hasn't had a film
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/9With panellists Jeremy Hardy, Francis Wheen, Susan Calman and Cal Wilson.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Clare Balding, Sebastian Faulks, Paula Wilcox and Robin Ince.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Sheila McClennon makes her selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | | 19:00Kathy uncovers the truth. 19:15Mark Lawson on bronze artworks, American band The Killers and the Booker Prize shortlist. 19:457/10The identity of the third victim leads Shardlake to a new understanding of the case.
| | 19:00David comes bearing gifts. 19:15Downton Abbey returns; Sheridan Smith stars as Hedda Gabler; David Byrne's musical rules. 19:459/10Shardlake rushes back to Scarnsea monastery, ready to confront the murderer.
| 19:00Mike and Vicky grapple with an impossible choice. 19:15BBC International Short Story Award shortlist, John Cale interview, and John Moores Prize. 19:4510/10Abandoned by Mark, Shardlake must act alone to catch the triple murderer.
| 19:00Tennis champion Andy Murray, who has won Britain's first grand slam in 76 years. 19:15Sharp, critical discussion of the week's cultural events including Jonathan Pryce as Lear.
| 19:00Jazzer is confident of success. 19:154/6Marcus Brigstocke invites Eve Pollard to try new experiences.(R) 19:452/5The Cold War helps a boy and his sister understand the feud between their parents.
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| 20:00 | | 20:00Claire Bolderson asks if Latinos are the key to a reborn USA. 20:40Peter White on the 'secret' of chip-and-signature credit cards.
| | 20:00Is the Independent Police Complaints Commission up to the job? Simon Cox investigates. 20:30Peter Day reports from Iceland, on its economic recovery from the 2008 banking crisis.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Walsall. 20:50Sarah Dunant explores the merit of literary prizes as the Man Booker shortlist is revealed
| 20:00Owen Bennett Jones asks how and why Syria's House of Assad has survived so long.
| 20:00What's the Olympic legacy for BBC 5Live? Plus the future of Thought for the Day. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Derek Jameson, Griselda Blanco, Allan Horsfall, Terry Nutkins.
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| 21:00 | 21:306/6Amanda Vickery ends her series on masculinity with the 1950s professional man.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter finds out about the latest understanding and treatment of osteoarthritis. 21:30Jim Al-Khalili discovers why Andrea Sella's chemistry demonstrations are filling theatres.
| 21:30Hardeep Singh Kohli meets Pam Ayres and John Taylor of Duran Duran.
| 21:002/24Brett Westwood looks at ways to allow bats to fly free in an increasingly urbanised land. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the biology and origins of the cell.
| 21:00Juliet Gardiner begins her look at the futurologists of the past with the Oracle of Delphi
| 21:002/3Searching for work in California, the Joads learn thousands like them have also migrated.
| 21:00Banks refusing to cancel recurring payments, and potentially unfair income drawdown rules. 21:26World affairs broadcaster Mike Wooldridge appeals on behalf of Hospice Care Kenya. 21:30Peter Day reports from Iceland, on its economic recovery from the 2008 banking crisis.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Roger Hearing. 22:456/10Serena and Tom become lovers. Is it too late to be honest?
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah and Roger Hearing. 22:457/10Serena has to accompany Tom and his terrible dystopian novel to its publisher.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:458/10Serena starts to worry that she is losing Tom to somebody else.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:459/10Tom's dystopian novel has won a prestigious prize and started to threaten Serena.
| 22:00Anti-US protests in Cairo, the limits of privacy, and escaping French taxes. 22:4510/10The truth emerges about Sweet Tooth, but the story doesn't end there.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15David Baddiel introduces some of the best talks of Four Thought.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Iain Martin of the Telegraph analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Chris Ledgard examines how the words we use play a critical role in resolving conflict. 23:30Susan Hulme reports as the House of Commons returns from its summer break.
| 23:003/4Investigating his brother's death, Jack has so far met only with silence and hostility. 23:30Sean Curran reports on Treasury Questions and the rest of today's events at Westminster.
| 23:001/4Neil's discovery of an old notebook rekindles Kim's enthusiasm for Frisbee throwing. 23:151/4Two horses divided by war, united by love. Comedy starring Stephen Fry and Daniel Rigby.(R) 23:30A moving and emotional day in the Commons. Rachel Byrne reports.
| 23:002/4News, weather, sport and a fly on the wall documentary. 23:30Sean Curran on why the Palace of Westminster may have to close for repairs.
| 23:00Film-maker Stephen Frears champions his mentor, Karel Reisz. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports on efforts to overturn a legal form of discrimination.
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe is joined by competing two-person teams from Northern Ireland and Scotland. 23:30Roger McGough has readings by Welsh poets Gillian Clarke, Paul Henry and Menna Elfyn.
| 23:00Francine Stock reports from the Toronto Film Festival with Terence Stamp and Roger Michell 23:30Mark Tully looks at the pros and cons of taking a cautious approach. With Rowan Williams.
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