| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Employees who pursue private actitivies at work. Also, 'long hours' work culture.(R) 00:45The bells of St Mary Magdalene, Ditcheat, Somerset.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Charles Timoney attempts to find the source of the Seine - which proves rather difficult.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Charles takes his first purposeful strokes towards the Channel, travelling the Seine.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5With the Seine too dangerous for a rowboat, Charles resumes in a converted tourist boat.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Author Charles Timoney meets Stephane, a carp fisherman with a very strange habit.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Continuing along the Seine, Charles Timoney tries out an amphicar and stops off in Rouen.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3An attractive red-headed teacher meets five jolly men on a train going north.(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. 05:43Spiritual comment and prayer with Perthshire minister, the Rev Marjory MacLean. 05:45Bananas are under threat as farmer workers in Colombia plan to strike. With Robin Markwell 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the barn owl.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual comment and prayer with Perthshire minister, the Rev Marjory MacLean. 05:45An MP says she feels threatened by an anti-badger cull website listing her home address. 05:58The Manx shearwater - Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of this bird and its sound.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual comment and prayer with Perthshire minister, the Rev Marjory MacLean. 05:45More than 100 applications for just six farm tenancies in Norfolk. Why is demand so high? 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of the quail and its sound.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual comment and prayer with Perthshire minister, the Rev Marjory MacLean. 05:45After a bad start to the year thousands of farmers gather in Lincolnshire for Cereals 2013 05:58The Arctic Tern - Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of this bird and its sound.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual comment and prayer with Perthshire minister, the Rev Marjory MacLean. 05:45Small farms are being protected from cuts to subsidies. Charlotte Smith gauges reaction. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the gannet.
| 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 Andrew Martlew. 05:45iPM hears from an elderly listener who, since his wife's death, now pays for sex.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Eadburgha's Church, Ebrington, Gloucestershire. 05:4511/3Dick Moore calls for urgent action to tackle the problems of adolescent mental health.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes the latest on protests in Turkey, plus Rory Morrison remembered.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00US to support Syrian rebels, plus Iran's elections, and the TEDGlobal conference.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding walks in Cambridgeshire with author and academic Robert Macfarlane.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith looks at the state of cereal production in the UK in 2013. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05John McCarthy considers the significance of holding hands as an act of trust and love. 06:35The End of a Pig Farm. Charlotte Smith visits a family leaving the industry after 43 years 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Danny Alexander on tax reform, the latest from Syria, and experimenting with 'brain soup'.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Bishops attack proposed museum cuts, and how can poverty be truly alleviated? 07:55Erwin James, a former prisoner, presents an appeal on behalf of the Prison Phoenix Trust. 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.
| 08:31Rachel Byrne reports from Westminster.
| | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service from St Macartin's Cathedral, Enniskillen, led by the Very Rev Kenneth Hall. 08:48Tom Shakespeare on 'model animals' and the success of the reductionism scientific strategy(R) 08:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the barn owl.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Anne McElvoy discusses Russia with Fiona Hill, Vladislav Zubok and Oliver Bullough. 09:45Rev Johnston McKay with Songs of Praise School Choir of the Year, High School of Glasgow.
| 09:00Ewan Birney talks to Jim Al-Khalili about deciphering the human genome and junk DNA. 09:30Clive Myrie speaks to Mike Nowak, a Polish immigrant, who has now returned to Warsaw. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by the Rev Roger Hutchings.
| 09:00Mariella Frostrup meets Ruby Wax and mathematician Marcus du Sautoy. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by Rev Sharon Grenham Toze.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss prophecy in the Abrahamic religions. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by Canon Steve Williams.
| 09:00Conrad Anker, mountaineer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young. 09:45An Act of Worship led by the Rev Martyn Atkins.
| 09:00Sian Williams and Richard Coles with festival director and writer James Runcie.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Labour's David Lammy MP on engaging fathers in family life. Jane Garvey presents. 10:451/5Ada grows up during the Jewish pogroms in the Ukraine and falls in love with a rich cousin
| 10:00Sonali Deraniyagala on the 2004 tsunami that killed her children, parents and husband. 10:452/5After a row with her Aunt Raissa, Ada runs away. Ben, Raissa's son, offers her a solution.
| 10:00Teaching sexual consent, Sophie Turner Laing, and fidelity in Othello. With Jenni Murray. 10:453/5Harry sees Ada's paintings and becomes enchanted with them.
| 10:00Singer Debbie Harry, the row over part-time women GPs and gender equality in the EU. 10:454/5When Harry's uncle discovers Ada and Harry's affair, there is a furious row.
| 10:00Wheelchair basketball, stress and breast cancer, school careers advice, and hen parties. 10:455/5Harry's family bank has crashed, so Ada turns to his rich wife.
| 10:301/4Will Gompertz meets cultural entrepreneur Angelica Cheung, editor of Vogue in China.
| 10:00Jazzer's got some good news, and Helen has an unexpected invitation. 10:15Commentary on the ICC Champions Trophy match between England and New Zealand in Cardiff.
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| 11:00 | 11:002/4Recycled Radio explores money, the root of all evil. Or is it? 11:302/6Can Pip thwart the plans of evil Mr Gently Benevolent?(R)
| 11:00Is there room for wildlife in a world with an increasing human population? 11:301/3Frances Fyfield examines Copland's ballet score at the Library of Congress, Washington DC.
| 11:001/2Jerry discovers how Brixton prison popularised the treadmill as a means of punishment. 11:304/6Matt watches Fiddler on the Roof and decides to convert to Judaism.
| 11:00Hungarians bury their differences to fight the floods, and other despatches. 11:30Simon Armitage explores the creative possibilities opened up by Oblique Strategies cards
| 11:00Thousands of Bradford babies are being followed in the biggest health survey of its kind. 11:301/4Tom finds himself baffled by the weird world of parking enforcement.(R)
| 11:00A former spymaster has called for more powers of surveillance for the secret services. 11:30The newfound passion for protest in Egypt and other despatches from around the world.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Unsolicited marketing calls and the risks of black henna tattoos. With Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Do we have to accept an erosion of our right to privacy to stay safe? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04How will the first Consumer Bill of Rights for three decades help the public? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Winifred Robinson discusses cancer chemicals and luxury train trips. 12:57Commentary on the ICC Champions Trophy match between England and Sri Lanka at the Oval.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Rural post boxes, catalogue debts and are 3D films attracting or putting off cinema goers? 12:52Fi Glover presents another intimate conversation, this time about dogs. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04P&O's 'price promise', flat-rate pension, NS&I savings rate cut and comparison websites. 12:305/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the comic run through the week's news.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the ICC Champions Trophy match between England and New Zealand in Cardiff.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news. 13:45Michael Portillo samples the atmosphere of June 1913.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:45Michael Portillo explores the depth and urgency of the pre-war campaign for women's votes.
| 13:00Wages are rising slower than inflation. Martha Kearney debates the state of the economy. 13:45Michael challenges the idea that Irish rebellion started with the Easter Rising of 1916.
| | 13:00News and current affairs, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:45Michael challenges the idea that modernism was a reaction to the shock and savagery of WWI
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Great Yarmouth Racecourse.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Pip is glad of the break.(R) 14:15Inspired by the true story of Ursula Kemp, whose son testified against her for witchcraft.
| 14:00Jim tries to put things right. 14:155/5Will it be possible to save Charles Darnay's life?(R)
| 14:00George has some big questions.(R) 14:151/3Can barrister Rebecca Nyman help a policewoman in a case of sexist bullying at work?
| | 14:00Rob's nervous about his cooking skills. 14:153/3Can Rebecca help Akmed to challenge the legal limits on his daily life?
| 14:00A chance for Radio 4 listeners to have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions. 14:30In a future Britain, people have gradually lost the gift of sleep - or have they?
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| 15:00 | 15:006/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz. 15:30Sheila Dillon explores how bereavement can change our relationship with food.(R)
| 15:003/6Josie presents stories of splits, divisions and tears. 15:307/12The audience asks Richard Thompson questions about his 1991 solo album Rumor and Sigh.
| 15:00Need to know about Power of Attorney? Paul Lewis and guests answer your questions. 15:30Why NIMBYs are misunderstood - the complex psychology of windfarm opposition.(R)
| | 15:00Chaired by Eric Robson, the GQT team is in Penicuik, Midlothian. 15:453/3The hellish trials and tribulations Tess experiences living in bedsit land.
| 15:301/3Frances Fyfield examines Copland's ballet score at the Library of Congress, Washington DC.(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:00Gary Younge tells the story of Ebony, the magazine that redefined African-American life.(R) 16:30Ernie Rea and guests debate the role of celibacy across different religious traditions.
| 16:00Legal matters with Joshua Rozenberg. Will the government back down over cuts to legal aid? 16:30Vanessa Feltz and Elvis McGonagall talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books.
| 16:00The impact of financial crisis on public health. Also, race and Scottish identity. 16:30Closure of Greek public service broadcaster, Apple's iTunes Radio and the BBC's lost £100m
| | 16:00Matthew Bannister on Iain Banks, Sir Henry Cecil, Esther Williams, the Countess of Arran. 16:30How easy is it to complain to the BBC? Your verdict on the revamped complaints system. 16:55Two friends who were brought together by their shared experience of domestic violence.
| 16:00Debbie Harry on Blondie, style and touring. Presented by Jane Garvey.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage 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.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Travel companies discuss coping with recession at home and upheaval in sunny destinations.(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. 18:304/6With Graham Norton, Kevin Eldon, Pam Ayres and Paul Merton. Nicholas Parsons hosts.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Someone is hacking into peoples' private conversations. Meanwhile Lady Anne is nuzzling.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/4Thom Tuck presents sketch groups McNeill & Pamphilon, Barbershopera and Wittank.
| 18:00Commentary on the ICC Champions Trophy match between England and Sri Lanka at the Oval.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the comic run through the week's news.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Commentary on the ICC Champions Trophy match between England and New Zealand in Cardiff. 18:30The best of the previous seven days of BBC Radio, chosen by Martin Wainwright.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Jim tries to put things right. 19:15Author and illustrator Judith Kerr at 90, film comedy Admission, and writer Mark Haddon. 19:451/5Ada grows up during the Jewish pogroms in the Ukraine and falls in love with a rich cousin(R)
| 19:00George has some big questions. 19:15New Superman film Man of Steel, tenor Rolando Villazón, and AL Kennedy's Cultural Exchange 19:452/5After a row with her Aunt Raissa, Ada runs away. Ben, Raissa's son, offers her a solution.
| 19:00Jazzer's got some good news. 19:15Mark Lawson reviews a new staging of James Baldwin's The Amen Corner, with a gospel choir. 19:453/5Harry sees Ada's paintings and becomes enchanted with them.(R)
| | 19:15Tina Gharavi on I Am Nasrine; The White Queen; Paul Weller's Cultural Exchange choice. 19:455/5Harry's family bank has crashed, so Ada turns to his rich wife.
| 19:005/8Is there a spy in your laptop? Edson Burton's thriller explores the use of Prism. 19:15Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing, The Amen Corner at the National and The White Queen.
| 19:00Clarrie's getting up to speed. 19:151/6Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Nigel Williams and Harry Ritchie on the literary quiz. 19:452/3By Jessica Francis Kane. A yard sale is fraught with unspoken tensions for a young boy.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Dennis Marks charts the influence of Russian-origin Israelis on their adopted country. 20:30Life-logging and other obsessions of the nascent 'quantified self' movement explored.
| 20:00Are young grooming victims getting the help they need to rebuild their lives? 20:40A treaty for an international copyright law for blind people. Presented by Peter White.
| 20:00Clive Anderson and guests discuss how the law controls surveillance by 'Big Brother'. 20:4511/3Dick Moore calls for urgent action to tackle the problems of adolescent mental health.
| | 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Great Yarmouth Racecourse. 20:50Tom Shakespeare on 'model animals' and the success of the reductionism scientific strategy
| 20:00Steven Fielding looks at the impact of British dystopian political fiction.
| 20:00How easy is it to complain to the BBC? Your verdict on the revamped complaints system.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on Iain Banks, Sir Henry Cecil, Esther Williams, the Countess of Arran.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper is at the Cheltenham Science Festival.(R) 21:30Anne McElvoy discusses Russia with Fiona Hill, Vladislav Zubok and Oliver Bullough.(R)
| 21:00Why NIMBYs are misunderstood - the complex psychology of windfarm opposition. 21:30Ewan Birney talks to Jim Al-Khalili about deciphering the human genome and junk DNA.
| 21:00Roland Pease reports on scientists building brains from scratch in the lab. 21:30Mariella Frostrup meets Ruby Wax and mathematician Marcus du Sautoy.(R)
| | 21:001/2Michael Portillo challenges the notion of calm before the storm of the Great War.
| 21:002/2At his posting near the Russian border, Carl's life is about to take a turn for the worse.(R)
| 21:00P&O's 'price promise', flat-rate pension, NS&I savings rate cut and comparison websites.(R) 21:26Erwin James, a former prisoner, presents an appeal on behalf of the Prison Phoenix Trust.(R) 21:30Life-logging and other obsessions of the nascent 'quantified self' movement explored.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00The latest on the US surveillance programme and water shortages in China. 22:451/10Stultifying heat and the prospect of a two-hour queue for bread - Lillian dreams of escape
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:452/10Detective Cooper does not relish the prospect of investigating the murder of a prostitute.
| 22:00RBS chief exec Stephen Hester stepping down ahead of privatisation. With Carolyn Quinn. 22:453/10The victory party is well and truly over.
| 22:00The UN says more than 93,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict. 22:454/10Both Lillian and DDI Cooper seek respite from the heat and the grime.
| 22:00Syria, Iran elections, G8, Julia Gillard - with Philippa Thomas. 22:455/10Lillian is distracted by a well-dressed stranger, and the pathologist finds new evidence.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Clive Anderson and guests discuss how the law controls surveillance by 'Big Brother'.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Miranda Green of the Day analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:004/12John Wilson talks to Richard Thompson about the making of his 1991 album Rumor and Sigh. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Sitcom about Karen and Nick, the parents of a little monster. Literally - he's got fangs. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:001/4Naive singer Marlon enters a talent contest, despite warnings from his mother Helen.(R) 23:152/4Sam Thompson takes us to Oxford to follow a man whose wife has turned into a fox. 23:30Susan Hulme and the BBC parliamentary team report from Westminster.
| 23:003/4Michael Burke gets trapped in the Moral Maze, and a makeover for Any Answers!(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Vanessa Feltz and Elvis McGonagall talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55A father remembers the friends he lost to the Piper Alpha disaster with his young daughter
| 23:006/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz.(R) 23:30Roger McGough with requests for poetry by John Agard, Louise Bennett and Kathleen Jamie.(R)
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to director Zack Snyder about the latest Superman film, Man of Steel.(R) 23:30John McCarthy considers the significance of holding hands as an act of trust and love.(R)
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