| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Poverty versus abundance in the US. Plus managing a social stigma for people who stammer.(R) 00:45The bells of the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Tonbridge, Kent. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The pioneering men and women who risked their lives to travel by hot air balloon. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Why the military, rather than scientists, saw the opportunities offered by flight.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5More compelling tales of the pioneers who risked their lives to travel by hot air balloon.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Spectacular displays grew in popularity as women began to perform aerial stunts.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The story of Salomon Andree and his efforts to reach the North Pole by balloon in 1897. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Young Robert Thornber discovers strange goings-on in the science block.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 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 with the Rev Mary Stallard. 05:45Charlotte Smith asks why it's not all roses for Britain's homegrown flower industry. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the seabird, the shag.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day with the Rev Mary Stallard. 05:45A vaccine against Schmallenberg disease is approved, but will farmers use it? 05:58David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the greenfinch.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day with the Rev Mary Stallard. 05:45The worrying rate of loss of our wildlife - 60% of species have declined in recent decades 05:58David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the tawny owl.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day with the Rev Mary Stallard. 05:45Dutch mink farmers are calling for compensation following a ban on fur farming. 05:58David Attenborough presents the garganey.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day with the Rev Mary Stallard. 05:45The humble spud becomes less humble as potato prices soar. 05:58David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the redshank.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Alison Murdoch. 05:45'Strapping yourself to a rocket is not a normal thing to do'. A spaceman talks to iPM.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Leonard, Bledington, Gloucestershire. 05:458/3Henry Stewart argues that we should choose our own bosses.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Woolwich attacks analysed, plus Jeremy Hunt on the A&E system, and why a king was bugged.
| 06:00The latest on the Woolwich attack, plus children and porn, and quitting at the top.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding joins a hiking group for ex-pat American and international spouses. 06:30Flowers and farming - Anna Hill explores the agricultural side of Chelsea Flower Show. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Marie-Louise Muir reflects on the mysteries of the creative process. 06:35Caz Graham reports from this year's Keswick tup fair. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Muslim fears after Woolwich killing, plus can clothes drying be beautiful?
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10William Crawley looks at the religious implications of the Woolwich murder. 07:55Baroness Joan Bakewell presents an appeal on behalf of TB Alert. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Service of worship from St Columb's Cathedral, Londonderry, led by Canon John Merrick. 08:50John Gray argues for another way of seeing the world, inspired by writer Arthur Machen.(R) 08:58David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the seabird, the shag.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Anne McElvoy talks to Antonia Fraser, David Graeber and Jesse Norman. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by George Pitcher.
| 09:00Lord John Krebs talks to Jim al-Khalili about birds, foot and mouth disease and badgers. 09:30Ritula Shah talks to Dr Michael Irwin about the idea of renouncing life in old age. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by John Forrest.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets comedian Hugh Dennis and David Watson, a chorister at the Coronation. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by the Rev Dr Janet Wootton.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by Becky Harris.
| 09:00Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple, is interviewed by Kirsty Young.(R) 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by the Rev Ernie Rea.
| 09:00Richard Coles and Sandi Toksvig with maritime and naval historian Brian Lavery.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Is snooping on your partner ever acceptable? The female perspective with Jane Garvey. 10:451/10Abandoned by her salesman husband, Pearl Tull is left to bring up her three children alone
| 10:00Sexual assaults in the US military, the dangers of being a 'cool' parent. With Jane Garvey 10:452/10Young Cody's jealousy of his placid younger brother Ezra accelerates.
| 10:00Powerlister Jan Hall, cot death risks, and Preeya Kalidas as Bollywood Carmen. 10:453/10Jenny must deal with the unpredictable Pearl and Ezra's friend Josiah.
| 10:00Leanne Benjamin on 20 years as principal dancer with the Royal Ballet. With Jenni Murray. 10:454/10Ezra has plans to modernise Scarlatti's Restaurant.
| 10:00Jenni Murray offers a female perspective, discussing women's football and more. 10:45Commentary on the first day of the second Test between England and New Zealand.
| 10:30One time boy choristers recall the thrill of singing at the 1953 Coronation. 10:59Commentary on the second day of the second Test between England and New Zealand.
| 10:00Helen takes it on the chin, and Elona makes a decision. 10:45Commentary on the third day of the second Test between England and New Zealand.
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| 11:00 | 11:002/3Penny considers just how easy it is for a 16-year-old to truly grasp the realities of war. 11:304/4Change sheets, buy a kids book on where babies come from, get roots done, learn to knit.
| 11:00Dr Geoff Bunn features comic book heroes and science in his history of the lie detector. 11:302/4Prof Winston on the logic, engineering and physics underlying the musical sounds we hear.
| 11:00Alan Dein hears a moving story of widowhood from 60-year-old Jennie in the Australian bush 11:301/6After a nasty tax bill, it seems the only sensible decision is for Matt and Vicky to marry
| 11:00Syria - an increasingly difficult war to cover. Plus more correspondents' despatches. 11:30The amazing life story of a 1960s pop artist who fell from grace, told by Wayne Hemingway.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The future of housing for older people. Consumer news with Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer phone-in with Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04London borough has six entries in bottom 10 of a food hygiene poll. With Winifred Robinson 12:30John Waite investigates the 'threat' of a skills shortage in the oil and gas industry. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Why buying local is not always as sustainable as you might think. With Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the first day of the second Test between England and New Zealand.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the second day of the second Test between England and New Zealand.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the third day of the second Test between England and New Zealand.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:451/5Bavarian-born MP Gisela Stuart now represents the people of Edgbaston in the Commons.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:452/5Russian novelist Zinovy Zinik came to London in 1976 and worked for the BBC World Service.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:453/5Mexican scholar of children's literature, Evelyn Arizpe, lives and works in Glasgow.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:454/5Maria Mertzani moved from Greece to study sign language in the UK and now teaches children
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| 14:00 | 14:00Josh shares his ideas.(R) 14:15By Abigail Docherty. The story of Edward VI and Lady Jane Grey seen through a child's eyes
| 14:152/5Lucie Manette is a witness at Charles Darnay's trial for treason at the Old Bailey.(R)
| 14:15A couple risk investing their life savings in a venture proposed by their neighbour.
| 14:00Helen takes it on the chin.(R) 14:15Black girl weds rich old man. Bernardine Evaristo's Roman London is not as you know it.
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| 15:00 | 15:003/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz. 15:30Sheila Dillon asks if food and nutrition should have a bigger role in treating cancer.
| 15:00Helen Castor is joined by leading historians to discuss the latest historical research. 15:30Tom Heap investigates the latest developments in GM technology.
| 15:00Thinking about Equity Release? To find out how it works, call Vincent Duggleby. 15:30Europe and the USA are spending millions mapping the brain but will this approach pay off?(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding joins a hiking group for ex-pat American and international spouses. 15:27Graham Norton presents an appeal on behalf of World Child Cancer.(R) 15:30Mariella Frostrup talks to Louise Erdrich about her new novel The Round House.(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:00Catherine Bott on software that corrects out of tune singing but is also a creative tool. 16:30Ernie Rea and his guests discuss the role of fire within religion.
| 16:00A personal account of the challenges of leaving a prison cell for the outside world. 16:30Edmund de Waal, ceramicist and author chooses Holocaust writer Primo Levi.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores a social history of live music from 1950 to 1967. 16:30Radio 1 chief Ben Cooper - does drive for a younger audience mean losing loyal listeners?
| 16:00Francine Stock on Cannes Film Festival, plus directors Stephen Frears and Clio Barnard. 16:30Why is Oklahoma so prone to tornadoes and what can residents do to protect themselves?
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| 17:00 | 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6With Paul Merton, Pam Ayres, Kevin Eldon and Graham Norton. Nicholas Parsons hosts.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4The tale of a driving instructor and the girl he loves from afar
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4Spoof phone-in show from the creators of The Fast Show.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Victoria Coren is joined by David Mitchell, Alex Horne and Germaine Greer.
| 18:00Commentary on the first day of the second Test between England and New Zealand. 18:302/6A Brit blasts off, the French sound-off and the grassroots are brassed-off.
| 18:00Commentary on the second day of the second Test between England and New Zealand. 18:30Emma Freud is joined by Tricky, Richard Bacon, Maria Friedman and Stephen Woolley for chat
| 18:00Commentary on the third day of the second Test between England and New Zealand. 18:30Hardeep Singh Kohli makes his selection of the best of this week's BBC Radio programmes.
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| 19:00 | 19:15The Big Wedding, James Salter, David Walliams on Pinter, and too many Tudors - who's next? 19:451/10Abandoned by her salesman husband, Pearl Tull is left to bring up her three children alone(R)
| 19:15Arts news with Mark Lawson, including an interview with bestselling writer Dan Brown. 19:452/10Young Cody's jealousy of his placid younger brother Ezra accelerates.
| 19:00Helen takes it on the chin. 19:15Novelist Khaled Hosseini, Michael Landy's recycled saints and AS Byatt's Cultural Exchange 19:453/10Jenny must deal with the unpredictable Pearl and Ezra's friend Josiah.(R)
| 19:00Lynda tries to bite her tongue. 19:15Photographer Erwin Blumenfeld, Lydia Davis, and Nigel Kennedy's Cultural Exchange. 19:454/10Ezra has plans to modernise Scarlatti's Restaurant.(R)
| 19:15Paul Morley's new book on the North; musical instruments lost and found; news from Cannes. 19:455/10Cody's obsession with his brother Ezra's fiancee, Ruth, becomes a determined campaign.(R)
| 19:002/8Sebastian Baczkiewicz's drama responds to a new report into young people and pornography. 19:15James Salter's All That Is, and Disgraced at the Bush Theatre. With Tom Sutcliffe.
| 19:00Matt's pulling the strings. 19:153/6With guests Mark Billingham and Natalie Haynes on Greek tragedy. 19:452/3By Melanie Whipman. Things get complicated for a couple undergoing IVF.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Ayisha Yahya reports on the growing demand for cosmetic surgery in Africa. 20:30A profile of Romario - Brazil's footballing bad-boy turned politician.(R)
| 20:00Can the NHS protect patients from new antibiotic-resistant superbugs? 20:40Mauri Molinario tells Peter about problems for vips trying to use the music site Spotify.
| 20:00Clive Anderson and guests expose the 'myth' of the concept of common-law marriage. 20:458/3Henry Stewart argues that we should choose our own bosses.
| 20:00Can the criminal justice system deliver on its promise to deal with historic sexual abuse? 20:30Peter Day examines innovation in Germany and asks why it lacks world class universities.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from West Byfleet, Surrey. 20:50John Gray argues for another way of seeing the world, inspired by writer Arthur Machen.
| 20:00Tom Mangold revisits the scandal he covered for the Daily Express fifty years ago.
| 20:00Tim Harford on the economics of Scottish independence, Ryanair's punctuality and cat years(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on Ray Manzarek, Jorge Videla, Zahra Shahid Hussain and Eddie Braben.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Scientists to have access to one of the world's most powerful "quantum" computers.(R) 21:30Anne McElvoy talks to Antonia Fraser, David Graeber and Jesse Norman.(R)
| 21:00Europe and the USA are spending millions mapping the brain but will this approach pay off? 21:30Lord John Krebs talks to Jim al-Khalili about birds, foot and mouth disease and badgers.
| 21:00Tom Heap investigates the latest developments in GM technology.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets comedian Hugh Dennis and David Watson, a chorister at the Coronation.(R)
| 21:00Dr Geoff Bunn features comic book heroes and science in his history of the lie detector.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss.(R)
| 21:00A warm-hearted musical romantic comedy by David Greig and Gordon McIntyre.(R)
| 21:001/2Istanbul, 1938. A writer becomes obsessed with the life of an infamous master criminal.
| 21:00The direct debits that came back from the dead, and the true cost of investing.(R) 21:26Baroness Joan Bakewell presents an appeal on behalf of TB Alert.(R) 21:30Peter Day examines innovation in Germany and asks why it lacks world class universities.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Gay marriage - how divided is the Tory party? News round-up with David Eades. 22:456/10Kit learns the truth about the night on the Rock of Gibraltar.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:457/10Where on earth is Jeb?
| 22:00Man thought to be soldier is murdered yards from London army barracks. With Carolyn Quinn. 22:458/10As Toby puts together his case, he knows he is increasingly at risk.
| 22:00Woolwich, Obama's counter-terrorism policy, Congo, riots in Sweden. With Philippa Thomas. 22:459/10Kit and Toby find their efforts to expose the truth rebuffed.
| 22:00Wife of murdered soldier 'thought he would be safe in the UK'. With Philippa Thomas. 22:4510/10The battle to reveal the truth over events on the Rock must come out, whatever the cost.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Clive Anderson and guests expose the 'myth' of the concept of common-law marriage.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Kevin Maguire of the Mirror analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00At the Brighton Festival, Michael Rosen and guests debate our linguistic ties with German.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme and the BBC parliamentary team report from Westminster.
| 23:00Comedy by Sophie Woolley. Sally Phillips stars as a life guru combining diet and disaster. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster as gay marriage clears the Commons.
| 23:004/6Nathan Caton is unsympathetic when his parents are sick, as he has an important gig. 23:154/6David Quantick's sketch show where no sketch features more than one voice.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Jarvis Cocker's award-winning nocturnal exploration of the human condition takes to sea. 23:30Tracing the legacy of the cult Swiss-German writer Hermann Hesse.(R)
| 23:00Edmund de Waal, ceramicist and author chooses Holocaust writer Primo Levi.(R) 23:27Cerys Matthews visits Alabama to uncover a sacred choral tradition.(R) 23:55Fi Glover with a conversation between friends who have differing views of the supernatural
| 23:003/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz. 23:30Roger McGough with a diverse range of poetry read by Kerry Elkins and John Mackay.
| 23:00Francine Stock on Cannes Film Festival, plus directors Stephen Frears and Clio Barnard.(R) 23:30Marie-Louise Muir reflects on the mysteries of the creative process.(R)
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