| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor discusses life in the modern male prison. Also, jellied eels and 'disgust'.(R) 00:45The bells of Westminster Abbey.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5A boy in a steelworking town in the 1980s finds an unlikely heroine in Maggie Thatcher.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5As the steelworkers go out on strike, Damian falls in love for the first time.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Eleven-year-old Damian falls in love with his friend Mark, but tries to hide his sexuality(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Damian is caught up in a secret school visit from Scottish poll tax protesters.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Damian escapes to university and fulfils his dream of becoming a journalist.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Daniel Taylor throws a ball into the air, with unexpected results. By Mick Jackson.(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. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Stephen Shipley. 05:45Bringing back the bumblebees - a species extinct from the UK is reintroduced into Kent. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the nightjar.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Stephen Shipley. 05:45Farmers count the cost of severe flooding in the Czech Republic, Germany and Austria. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the kittiwake.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Stephen Shipley. 05:45How did the Food Standards Agency handle the horsemeat scandal? Anna Hill finds out. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the puffin.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Stephen Shipley. 05:45Who is responsible for managing our rivers and streams? Should farmers do it themselves? 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the razorbill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Stephen Shipley. 05:45Threats of an impending crisis to Britain's landscape as EU subsidies change. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the goldfinch.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Spiritual comment and prayer with Perthshire minister, the Rev Marjory MacLean. 05:45Why is there no UK town called 'Hedgehog'? A listener calls for MPs to take action.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Mary Magdalene, Ditcheat, Somerset. 05:4510/3Steven Poole argues that we should resist the idea that humans are irrational.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Legal aid changes challenged, plus are immigrants adding to A&E queues?
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Labour's new welfare plans, wind farms, and is meritocracy just luckocracy?
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding walks in search of the wild with environmentalist George Monbiot.(R) 06:30Robin Markwell explores Stroud, a market town that was shaped by the wool industry. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully examines the nature of religious visions and visionaries. 06:35Hundreds of farms across the country open their doors to the public for Open Farm Sunday. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Includes Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton with Justine Greening, Secretary of State for International Development. 07:55Clare Short presents an appeal on behalf of Africa Educational Trust. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Susan Hulme reports on the heated debate about gay marriage in the House of Lords.
| 08:31The marathon same-sex marriage debate rages on in the Lords. Sean Curran reports.
| 08:31Susan Hulme reports from Westminster on Prime Minister's Question Time and other stories.
| 08:31Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10The Call to Care: A service from Blackburn Cathedral marking National Carers' Week. 08:48Tom Shakespeare asks if compassion can be taught, in the first of his four essays.(R) 08:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the nightjar.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Allan Little with Jon Butterworth, Jim Baggott, Hilary Rose and Stephen Minger. 09:45Christian worship from St German's Church, Cardiff led by the Rev Roy Jenkins.
| 09:00Prof Dame Athene Donald talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the physics behind everyday stuff. 09:30Clive talks to Sylvia Emenike about her experiences of being an immigrant from Jamaica. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by the Rev Dr Kirsty Thorpe.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets musician Cerys Matthews and Eve Branson, mother of Sir Richard. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by the Rev Peter Whittaker.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Einstein's theory of relativity. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by Becky Harris.
| 09:00Sir Mervyn King, outgoing governor of the Bank of England, is interviewed by Kirsty Young. 09:45An Act of Worship led by the Rev Ernie Rea.
| 09:00Sian Williams and Richard Coles with broadcaster Trevor Nelson, philanthropist Bill Gates.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme.
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| 10:00 | 10:00The impact the Syrian conflict is having on women's lives. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:451/5The kidnapping of an aid worker in Pakistan is told from five different viewpoints.
| 10:00Raha Moharrak on her Everest climb, making hats and how parents affect playground bullying 10:402/5Hostage Elizabeth forms a bond with Samir, the young boy left to guard her. 10:55Her Majesty the Queen attends a service to mark the 60th anniversary of her coronation.
| 10:00Do we need radical feminism? Plus Children and bereavement, and research into Tamoxifen. 10:453/5A hostage negotiator finds his personal life harder to confront than the kidnapping.
| 10:00Ann Widdecombe, fines for unmarried mothers in China, and author Curtis Sittenfeld. 10:454/5As an attempt is made to rescue the hostage, one soldier is distracted by events back home
| 10:00The women who began the RSPB. Turkish women protest for their rights. With Jenni Murray. 10:455/5Lucy awaits her mother's release from captivity, with ambiguous feelings about her return.
| 10:15Commentary on the ICC Champions Trophy match between England and Australia from Edgbaston.
| 10:00Brian turns a bit frosty, and Lynda pricks Jim's conscience.
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| 11:00 | 11:001/4What connects Adolf Hitler, John Humphrys and Jenny Murray? You are about to find out. 11:301/6Pip Bin is beginning to miss the conflict with absent evil nemesis Mr Gently Benevolent.(R)
| | 11:00In another of his quirky assignments for Radio 4, Steve Carver works as a 'trade-plater'. 11:303/6Vicky decides to attend self-defence classes and meets with some unexpected opposition.
| 11:00The protests in Turkey, plus other despatches from correspondents around the world. 11:304/4Prof Robert Winston on what happens when we perform music - does it change our brains?
| 11:00Sian Williams, Jim Naughtie and guests consider the cultural identity of a London landmark 11:459/3Anna Woodhouse explores what looking through glass and glasses means for us.(R)
| | 11:15Conrad Anker, mountaineer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Julian Worricker asks if books can be an effective treatment for mental health problems. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04What more should be done to secure the future of our high streets and town centres? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Why has the number of homes being insulated dived this year? Winifred Robinson presents. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:0440,000 people are paying the wrong amount of tax, and the cost of graduation. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Peter White asks why young people with disabilities are struggling to get into sport. 12:52Two friends from Nigeria talk about what it means to marry white men and live in the UK. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the ICC Champions Trophy match between England and Australia from Edgbaston.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:043/6With panellists Paul Merton, Richard Herring, Gyles Brandreth and Russell Kane.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon explores how bereavement can change our relationship with food. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news. 13:456/10Peter White finds that disabled people were everywhere in the 19th-century workplace.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:457/10Peter White has a close encounter with an aristocratic wooden leg.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:45Commentary on the third One Day International: England v New Zealand at Trent Bridge.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:459/10Peter White searches for the voices of children with disabilities in the 19th century.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:4510/10Peter White reveals the roots of a modern disabled identity in the 19th century.
| | 13:00The latest national and international news. 13:30Writer and comedian Stewart Lee explores the television series Children of the Stones.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Lilian is preoccupied.(R) 14:15Paulie must choose between marrying his long-time love or caring for his widowed mother.
| 14:00Brian turns a bit frosty. 14:154/5Charles Darnay is determined to travel to Paris to go to the aid of the family retainer.(R)
| | 14:151/2Precious Ramotswe has an important new client from the incomprehensible world of football.(R)
| 14:152/2The detectives are embroiled in the murky world of the football cheat.(R)
| | 14:00Eric Robson chairs the horticultural panel programme in Stoke-on-Trent.(R) 14:45Fi Glover with a selection of conversations uploaded by listeners themselves.
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| 15:00 | 15:005/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz. 15:30Sheila Dillon speaks to Michael Pollan on the craft, science and pleasures of cooking.
| 15:002/6Documentaries in which people hurl themselves into the air with the hope of taking flight. 15:304/12Mike Scott and Steve Wickham answer audience questions about Fisherman's Blues.
| | 15:00Clare Balding walks in search of the wild with environmentalist George Monbiot. 15:27Liz Wyatt, whose son is deaf, presents an appeal on behalf of SignHealth. 15:30Jim Crace discusses his 1997 Booker-shortlisted novel Quarantine with James Naughtie.
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs the horticultural panel programme in Stoke-on-Trent. 15:452/3Fear and loathing in an antenatal class. Read by Rosie Cavaliero.
| | 15:002/2At his posting near the Russian border, Carl's life is about to take a turn for the worse.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Stuart Maconie on rock musicians who combined symphony and pop music in the 60s and 70s(R) 16:30Ernie Rea and guests debate the legacy of David Livingstone, 200 years after his death.
| 16:00The president of the ECHR Dean Spielmann responds to criticism of his court in Britain. 16:30Terry Deary and Shappi Khorsandi talk good books with Harriett Gilbert.
| | 16:00Michael Douglas talks to Francine Stock about playing Liberace in Behind the Candelabra. 16:30Quentin Cooper is at the Cheltenham Science Festival.
| 16:00Mark Coles on Tom Sharpe, Nigel Hepper, Anne Valery, Henri Dutilleux, Molly Clutton-Brock. 16:30Tim Harford explores the world of official statistics, plus the chances of having twins. 16:55A mother and son talk about why he disappeared in Thailand and how she coped.
| | 16:00Mark Billingham on his DI Tom Thorne in The Dying Hours, and reportage in book form. 16:30Roger McGough with requests for poetry by John Agard, Louise Bennett and Kathleen Jamie.
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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.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Are there lessons in the collapse of the UK's biggest elderly care home abuse inquiry?(R) 17:404/8Writer and actress Katy Wix creates a fictional response to a story from the week's news.(R) 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. 18:303/6With panellists Paul Merton, Richard Herring, Gyles Brandreth and Russell Kane.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6The wedding of the decade is almost ruined by 200 tents and an over-excited woodpecker.(R)
| 18:00Commentary on the third One Day International: England v New Zealand at Trent Bridge.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Victoria Coren Mitchell is joined by Julia Hartley-Brewer, Richard Coles and Giles Coren.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis join Holly Walsh, John Finnemore, Laura Shavin and Mitch Benn.
| 18:00Commentary on the ICC Champions Trophy match between England and Australia from Edgbaston. 18:30Clive Anderson is joined by Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Mike Lerner.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Caz Graham makes her selection of highlights from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Brian turns a bit frosty. 19:15Julian Clary reviews Michael Douglas as Liberace, composer Philip Glass, and PD James. 19:451/5The kidnapping of an aid worker in Pakistan is told from five different viewpoints.(R)
| 19:00David and Ruth are relieved. 19:15John Wilson has news of the winner of the Museum of the Year prize, live from the ceremony 19:452/5Hostage Elizabeth forms a bond with Samir, the young boy left to guard her.
| | 19:15Arts news, including Miranda Hart, Martin Amis and Kwame Kwei-Armah's Cultural Exchange. 19:454/5As an attempt is made to rescue the hostage, one soldier is distracted by events back home
| 19:00Peggy manages to sort things out. 19:15Marc Chagall, Laura Marling, Frank Cottrell Boyce and Colm TóibÃn's Cultural Exchange. 19:455/5Lucy awaits her mother's release from captivity, with ambiguous feelings about her return.
| 19:004/8Writer and actress Katy Wix creates a fictional response to a story from the week's news. 19:15Michael Douglas as Liberace in Behind The Candelabra, plus Marc Chagall at Tate Liverpool.
| 19:00Pip is glad of the break. 19:155/6James Walton tests his guests on their literary knowledge. 19:451/3By Ron Rash. Life in the American heartlands is overshadowed by the actions of a daughter.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Technology writer Bill Thompson examines the legacy of the 19th-century Luddites. 20:30As the gap grows between English north and south, is regional policy a waste of time?
| 20:00Are there lessons in the collapse of the UK's biggest elderly care home abuse inquiry? 20:40Ophthalmologists give non-medical professionals the go-ahead to give eye injections.
| | 20:00The president of the ECHR Dean Spielmann responds to criticism of his court in Britain.(R) 20:30Recruitment companies discuss the marks left by recession on the employment market.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Machynlleth, Wales. 20:50Tom Shakespeare asks if compassion can be taught, in the first of his four essays.
| 20:00Anne McElvoy explores the eternal struggle: Is a green field better than a human home?(R)
| 20:00Tim Harford explores the world of official statistics, plus the chances of having twins.(R) 20:30Mark Coles on Tom Sharpe, Nigel Hepper, Anne Valery, Henri Dutilleux, Molly Clutton-Brock.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Observational evidence of universes beyond our own? Laura Mersini-Houghton and Lee Smolin.(R) 21:30Allan Little with Jon Butterworth, Jim Baggott, Hilary Rose and Stephen Minger.(R)
| 21:00How an ancient memory training technique can help people with depression. 21:30Prof Dame Athene Donald talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the physics behind everyday stuff.
| | 21:00Ian Peacock sets out to achieve the seemingly impossible, to be original.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Einstein's theory of relativity.
| 21:0012/10Peter White reveals the lives of physically disabled people in the 18th and 19th centuries
| 21:001/2The end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire as seen through the Trotta family.(R)
| 21:00The new PIP benefit, the FOS answers listeners' complaints, and direct debits.(R) 21:26Clare Short presents an appeal on behalf of Africa Educational Trust.(R) 21:30As the gap grows between English north and south, is regional policy a waste of time?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00News and analysis with Carolyn Quinn, including the latest from Turkey protests. 22:456/10The invading army arrives at the gates of Rome, aided by Lucrezia's traitorous husband.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:457/10Alexander and Cesare adopt a devious strategy against the French King and his vast army.
| 22:00Assad forces regain town of Qusair in major blow to Syrian rebels. With David Eades. 22:458/10Now that the war is over, the Borgia family intrigues take centre stage.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective with Philippa Thomas. 22:459/10While Lucrezia's marriage is forced to end, the Duke of Gandia plays soldier.
| 22:00GCHQ accused of secretly gathering info from covert US operation. With Philippa Thomas. 22:4510/10Juan's arrogance causes mayhem, and Cesare tries to comfort his sister.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Clive Anderson and guests ask if too much justice is being conducted behind closed doors.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45John Kampfner of the Independent analyses how the papers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:003/12Mike Scott and Steve Wickham talk about Fisherman's Blues, the fourth Waterboys album. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00The struggles of toll bridge manager Neville and his staff. 23:30The government avoids two potential serious defeats, as Susan Hulme reports.
| 23:006/6Nathan's dad celebrates his 50th birthday and is made to feel middle-aged by his son. 23:151/4Two friends tour the city to choose where to scatter their urban explorer friend's ashes. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:001/4Jeremy Paxman goes rogue, and Today gets remade as a US sitcom.(R) 23:30Rachel Byrne hears the government express regret for colonial torture.
| 23:00Terry Deary and Shappi Khorsandi talk good books with Harriett Gilbert.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55It's not funny being a comedian. It's frightening. Craig and Luke feel the fear.
| 23:005/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz.(R) 23:30Roger McGough presents listeners' poetry requests. Poets reading other poets' work.(R)
| 23:00Michael Douglas talks to Francine Stock about playing Liberace in Behind the Candelabra.(R) 23:30Mark Tully examines the nature of religious visions and visionaries.(R)
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