| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Weapon dogs - status canines as urban menace. Also, the Scottish subculture of 'neds'. 00:45The bells of St Peter's Church, Tiverton, Devon. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Growing up gay and dyslexic led Andrew Solomon to reflect on the 'outsider' child. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5For a large proportion of deaf people, it is both a culture and identity worth celebrating 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5A child of exceptional ability can present as many challenges to parents as any disability 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5What happens to an ordinary family when a child commits extreme criminal behaviour? 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Different kinds of families are constructed or conceived in different ways. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3A photograph taken 40 years ago stirs powerful memories on a Venetian canal bank.(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 to start the day on Radio 4 with the Rev Dr Karen Smith. 05:45European ministers meet today to discuss whether the horsemeat crisis has been contained. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day on Radio 4 with the Rev Dr Karen Smith. 05:45European agriculture ministers try to rush through new rules on food labelling.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day on Radio 4 with the Rev Dr Karen Smith. 05:45Seventy jobs are under threat at a Welsh cheese factory. Can small operations survive?
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day on Radio 4 with the Rev Dr Karen Smith. 05:45The horsemeat scandal sparks a new relationship between farmers, retailers and consumers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day on Radio 4 with the Rev Dr Karen Smith. 05:45The rush for more British traceable food - can farmers deliver? With Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Clair Jaquiss. 05:45'The music speaks to me' - A PM listener praises the sounds of Mali with Eddie Mair.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Mary's Parish Church, Bishopstoke, Hampshire. 05:45Alexander McCall Smith considers how you can feel abandoned by society as you grow older.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Clegg denies 'cover-up' claims, plus Afghan police abuse and all the Oscar news.
| 06:00Italy's election deadlock, dementia in care homes, and South Park creator's new musical.
| 06:00Centrica boss quizzed on profits rise plus what does a negative interest rate do?
| 06:00RBS boss on the bank's losses and future, plus are parliament's women seen as sex objects?
| 06:00Eastleigh by-election analysed, undercover police criticised, and Rodman in North Korea.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Actress and singer Toyah Willcox takes Clare Balding for a walk in rural Worcestershire. 06:30A new era for the relationship between farmer, processor and retailer? 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully compares those who leave religions with those who stay despite their doubts. 06:35Sarah Swadling meets Gloucestershire farmer Eric Freeman of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00What does weak sterling mean? Plus the Eastleigh fallout and a new National Trust gem.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by William Crawley. 07:55Mariella Frostrup presents an appeal on behalf of the International Rescue Committee UK. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Susan Hulme reports on events in Parliament.
| 08:31Sean Curran reports on events in Parliament.
| 08:31Susan Hulme reports on events in Parliament.
| 08:31Sean Curran with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| 08:51Mark D'Arcy reports on the latest events at Westminster.
| 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Live from the Memorial Chapel, University of Glasgow. The preacher is Alison Phipps. 08:50Lisa Jardine celebrates the influence of art connoisseur Sir Denis Mahon.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Bridget Kendall talks to Don McKinnon, Kwasi Kwarteng, Frances Harrison and Ronald Sanders 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Dr Mark Wakelin.
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili talks to Sue Ion about working in the nuclear industry post-Chernobyl. 09:302/5Roger continues his journey through Shanghai, visiting a bank museum and a tobacco museum.(R) 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Andrew Graystone.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets actor Diana Quick and sculptor Nic Fiddian-Green. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Rev Dr Kirsty Thorpe.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Victorian archaeologist Augustus Pitt-Rivers. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Andrew Martlew.
| 09:00Kirsty Young interviews developmental psychologist Professor Uta Frith. 09:45An act of worship led by the Rev Roy Jenkins.
| 09:00Sian Williams and Richard Coles with writer and broadcaster Judy Finnigan.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme, presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Jane Garvey in Ghana, community sentencing for women, and who runs Britain? 10:456/15The realities of war are brought home to Polly and Christopher when a plane crashes nearby
| 10:00Lara Croft, Betty Buckley, and violence against women in South Africa. With Jane Garvey. 10:457/15The Germans continue their raids but Sybil must contend with an enemy nearer to home.
| 10:00Crime writer Ruth Rendell joins Jenni Murray, and Ash Mair cooks the perfect paella. 10:458/15Zoe meets a horribly scarred young airman, while Neville's behaviour continues to decline.
| 10:00Petula Clark performs live, and Jenni Murray talks to Jo Wood about the Rolling Stones. 10:459/15Miss Milliment moves to Home Place but worries about what the future will hold.
| 10:00Yodelling with Doreen Kutzke, and Jenni Murray is joined by video artist Beryl Korot. 10:4510/15The Blitz begins with consequences for the family, while Rachel's visit starts an argument
| 10:30Hardeep Singh Kohli asks whether playing is on the verge of being co-opted by marketeers.
| 10:00There's a tense atmosphere in the village shop. Meanwhile Brenda feels harassed.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Poet Paul Farley takes a walk across the dangerous sands of Morecambe Bay. 11:306/6Damien heads to the Lake District to film his TV series.
| 11:002/2Patrick Aryee meets people who 'listen' to sounds beyond the human range of hearing. 11:30The Stabat Mater hymn imagines the sufferings of the Virgin Mary at the foot of the cross.
| 11:00In the highest flood in living memory Alan Dein meets the people of Muchelney, Somerset. 11:302/3Luke no longer believes that so many deaths in one small village are a coincidence.
| 11:00Cold weather leaves its mark on Calcutta. Kate Adie hosts despatches from around the world 11:30John Lloyd celebrates 30 years of The Meaning of Liff with Matt Lucas and Helen Fielding.
| 11:00The writer Tom Dyckhoff looks at the life and work of Richard Buckminster Fuller. 11:302/6With the demise of their dog, the pensioner chums spend their winnings on animal welfare.
| 11:00Fraser Nelson of the Spectator looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Kate Adie presents reports from Berlin, Portugal, Russia, Iraq and Mexico.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the photographer Rankin.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The hidden harm caused by hip implants, and the smartphone apps killing your battery. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer phone-in presented by Julian Worricker. Is it getting easier to buy a house? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Winifred Robinson investigates why some councils want demolition of old housing stock. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Winifred Robinson hears from people who think TV Licensing's latest campaign is wrong. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04England's largest athletics stadium to close, and government high street policy lashed. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Why loyalty to one's house insurer doesn't pay, and should pensioners release house cash? 12:303/8Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis take a satirical look at the week of the Eastleigh by-election. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:043/8Julian Clary, Jenny Eclair, Richard Herring and Paul Merton join Nicholas Parsons. 12:32Richard Johnson is in Charleston, South Carolina to see how a chef is reviving lost food. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news presented by Martha Kearney. 13:451/8Nick Robinson on radio's early days and the impact of the 1926 General Strike.
| 13:00National and international news presented by Martha Kearney. 13:452/8The maverick Churchill and other critical voices were kept off the BBC in the 1930s.
| 13:00National and international news presented by Martha Kearney. 13:453/8The bitter clash between the broadcasters and Sir Eden's government during the Suez crisis
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:454/8Nick Robinson on the row over Yesterday's Men, a BBC film about Labour in 1971.
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents national and international news. 13:455/8Nick Robinson looks at broadcast coverage of 'The Troubles' in Northern Ireland.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Bradford.
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:301/2BBC correspondent Hugh Sykes returns to Iraq ten years after the US-led invasion.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Lynda makes a big decision. 14:151/3An aid worker goes missing and her husband discovers he doesn't really know her.
| 14:00There's a tense atmosphere in the village shop. 14:152/3A junior NGO strategy team is thrown into training for kidnap crisis negotiation.
| 14:00Pip asserts her independence. 14:153/3A Syrian library, its owner and an aid worker - sharp debate about identity and politics.
| 14:152/4by Sebastian Baczkiewicz. Pilgrim has to rescue the Old Man of Tregarrah Head.
| 14:00Paul refuses to leave empty-handed. 14:15John is in Japan for the Kyoto fire festival, but he hasn't counted on meeting Sachiko.
| 14:00Topics include a proposal to cap banking bonuses, and school governors. 14:30The inside story of the controversial document that persuaded MPs to back the 2003 war.
| 14:00Eric Robson takes the Gardeners' Question Time team to Crickhowell in South Wales. 14:45In the mid 1960s the young people of China were encouraged to turn on their elders.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The nationwide general knowledge quiz reaches the second semi-final with Russell Davies. 15:30Sheila Dillon asks if snacking is killing the tradition of three square meals a day.
| 15:00Magazine programme in which listeners and researchers share their passion for the past. 15:30A geothermal revolution is set to electrify Africa. Tom Heap visits Kenya's Rift Valley.
| 15:00Paul Lewis takes calls about saving or investing for children. 15:30Dr Mark Porter puts the pharmaceutical industry in the spotlight as trials are criticised.
| 15:00Actress and singer Toyah Willcox takes Clare Balding for a walk in rural Worcestershire. 15:27An appeal on behalf of NAPAC (National Association for People Abused in Childhood). 15:30Mariella Frostrup talks to Maggie O'Farrell about her novel Instructions for a Heatwave.
| 15:00Eric Robson takes the Gardeners' Question Time team to Crickhowell in South Wales. 15:453/3Darkly comic tale about the pressures placed on an exiled writer by his fellow countrymen.
| 15:30The Stabat Mater hymn imagines the sufferings of the Virgin Mary at the foot of the cross.
| 15:002/2Opu sees life outside the village and Durga looks forward to marriage.
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| 16:00 | 16:00John Henshaw explores the unrelenting success of one of the longest running comedy series. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss whether homosexuality is compatible with Islam.
| 16:00Should the laws of war ban 'drones'? Plus, illegal immigrants who can't be deported. 16:30Alistair Appleton and Simon Baron-Cohen compare favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor with a unique analysis of racism in communist and post-communist countries. 16:30At the Paul Foot Awards for investigative journalism, with Nick Davies and Ian Hislop.
| 16:00Francine Stock talks to actors Mark Wahlberg and Richard Gere about their latest movies. 16:30Is junk DNA really rubbish? Scientists dispute recent findings about our genetic code.
| 16:00John Wilson on Bruce Reynolds, Elspet Gray, Bob Godfrey, Denis Forman, Stéphane Hessel. 16:30Language warnings - patronising or vital? And do new Radio 4 comedies get you laughing?
| 16:00Petula Clark sings, Jo Wood on the rock 'n' roll life, and sexual violence in South Africa
| 16:00Andrew Miller discusses his novel Pure, winner of the Costa Prize 2011. 16:302/4Presented by Paul Farley. With poems by Jo Shapcott, James Lasdun and Simon Armitage.
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| 17:00 | 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.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news presented by Eddie Mair. 17:30Evan Davis and guests brainstorm ideas on how to save bricks-and-mortar shopping. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Has the government done enough to protect us from flooding? Allan Urry investigates. 17:40Profile of comedian-turned-politician Beppe Grillo, now a major force in Italian politics. 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. 18:303/8Julian Clary, Jenny Eclair, Richard Herring and Paul Merton join Nicholas Parsons.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6The Questers chance upon legendary tavern, the Fat Hog, and its glamorous owner Nigressa.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Sue Perkins sets moral posers for Josie Long, Owen Jones, Clare Grogan and Andrew Maxwell.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/4Does power come from the barrel of a gun or a jar of onion marmalade?
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/8Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis take a satirical look at the week of the Eastleigh by-election.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Barbara Taylor-Bradford for conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Antonia Quirke makes her selection of the best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00There's a tense atmosphere in the village shop. 19:15Sue Perkins, Brett Anderson from Suede, and a review of Richard Gere in Arbitrage. 19:456/15The realities of war are brought home to Polly and Christopher when a plane crashes nearby
| 19:00Pip asserts her independence. 19:15Claire Foy on playing Lady Macbeth; Dinos Chapman turns to music; eco-horror The Bay. 19:457/15The Germans continue their raids but Sybil must contend with an enemy nearer to home.
| 19:15Joe Wright's stage debut Trelawny of the Wells; author Edith Pearlman; new TV crime dramas 19:458/15Zoe meets a horribly scarred young airman, while Neville's behaviour continues to decline.
| 19:00Paul refuses to leave empty-handed. 19:15John Wilson talks to Robbie Williams, who reflects on the highs and lows of his career. 19:459/15Miss Milliment moves to Home Place but worries about what the future will hold.
| 19:00Ruth tries to get through to Pip. 19:15Artist Yinka Shonibare, portraying the PM on stage, and UK attitudes to film censorship. 19:4510/15The Blitz begins with consequences for the family, while Rachel's visit starts an argument
| 19:00Profile of comedian-turned-politician Beppe Grillo, now a major force in Italian politics. 19:15Joe Wright's Trelawny of the Wells; new novel from JM Coetzee; Richard Gere in Arbitrage.
| 19:00There's a difficult parting. 19:152/6Alex and his five-piece band explore the body. 19:451/5Under post-operative anaesthetic, Jennifer judges it's time to convey a last secret.
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| 20:00 | 20:00James Landale examines how Euroscepticism has become increasingly powerful in UK politics. 20:30Tim Finch asks if current left-of-centre thinking on the economy needs to be more radical.
| 20:00Has the government done enough to protect us from flooding? Allan Urry investigates. 20:40Why the RNIB thinks Work Capability Assessments are not suitable for blind people.
| 20:00Is gambling a vice or a morally neutral entertainment? Debate presented by Michael Buerk. 20:45Alexander McCall Smith considers how you can feel abandoned by society as you grow older.
| 20:00Should the laws of war ban 'drones'? Plus, illegal immigrants who can't be deported. 20:30Evan Davis and guests brainstorm ideas on how to save bricks-and-mortar shopping.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Bradford. 20:50Lisa Jardine celebrates the influence of art connoisseur Sir Denis Mahon.
| 20:00When did you last take a lunch hour? Matthew Sweet explores the demise of the midday break(R)
| 20:00Language warnings - patronising or vital? And do new Radio 4 comedies get you laughing? 20:30John Wilson on Bruce Reynolds, Elspet Gray, Bob Godfrey, Denis Forman, Stéphane Hessel.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Why does a virus manage to infect us and make us ill so quickly? 21:30Bridget Kendall talks to Don McKinnon, Kwasi Kwarteng, Frances Harrison and Ronald Sanders
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter puts the pharmaceutical industry in the spotlight as trials are criticised. 21:30Jim Al-Khalili talks to Sue Ion about working in the nuclear industry post-Chernobyl.
| 21:00A geothermal revolution is set to electrify Africa. Tom Heap visits Kenya's Rift Valley. 21:30Libby Purves meets actor Diana Quick and sculptor Nic Fiddian-Green.
| 21:002/2Patrick Aryee meets people who 'listen' to sounds beyond the human range of hearing. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Victorian archaeologist Augustus Pitt-Rivers.
| 21:00In 1870s London, Mr Parker is looking for more meaning to life, and then meets a medium.
| 21:001/2Bhushan Banerji's classic story of poverty and love in a remote Bengali village.
| 21:00Why loyalty to one's house insurer doesn't pay, and should pensioners release house cash? 21:26Mariella Frostrup presents an appeal on behalf of the International Rescue Committee UK. 21:30Tim Finch asks if current left-of-centre thinking on the economy needs to be more radical.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Cardinal O'Brien resigns - what effect will it have on the new Pope? With Carolyn Quinn. 22:451/10Little Edie is already big for her age, but it does not matter. For food is made of love.
| 22:00Europe jitters over Italy deadlock. News round-up with Carolyn Quinn. 22:452/10Rachelle thinks her mother-in-law needs saving. So what's Benny going to do about it?
| 22:00Pope Benedict delivers his final public address. Presented by Carolyn Quinn. 22:453/10Richard Middlestein feels he has no choice but to leave his wife, Edie.
| 22:00Round-up of the day's news, with Philippa Thomas. John Kerry shifts US policy on Syria. 22:454/10Robin needs to spend more time with her newly single, obese, diabetes-stricken mother.
| 22:00The day's news with Philippa Thomas. Which way now for the Tories after Eastleigh? 22:455/10Robin gains a new insight into her mother's life when they visit the Golden Unicorn.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Is gambling a vice or a morally neutral entertainment? Debate presented by Michael Buerk.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Andrew Gimson analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00How Western classical music underpinned the golden age of the Hollywood film score.(R) 23:30George Osborne clashes with Ed Balls over the loss of the UK's AAA credit rating.
| 23:003/4How trying to overcome her own depression has convinced Susan we all need to talk more. 23:30The government pledges to take 'profound steps' to deal with health tourism in Britain.
| 23:004/4Life's everyday journeys, either to work, holiday or just down to the shops.(R) 23:152/6Dan Antopolski, Tom Craine and Nat Luurtsema piece together a rapid-fire sketch show. 23:30Rachel Byrne with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:004/4Martin started out as a software developer but ended up being a legendary explorer. 23:30Alicia McCarthy with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Alistair Appleton and Simon Baron-Cohen compare favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. 23:30Mark D'Arcy with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge quiz reaches the second semi-final with Russell Davies. 23:301/4Adventures in strong language and the best of new poetry, introduced by Paul Farley.
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to actors Mark Wahlberg and Richard Gere about their latest movies. 23:30Mark Tully compares those who leave religions with those who stay despite their doubts.
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