| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Mark Tully discusses ideas of stewardship and our responsibility to future generations.(R) 00:45The bells of St Mary's Church, Barnes, London.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Sampat Pal, grassroots crusader for women's rights, takes on a new case of injustice.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Sampat Pal confronts the local police, in her quest to find justice for Sheelu.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Sampat continues to investigate the case of Sheelu, whose harrowing story has now emerged.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The legislator steps up his threats against both Sheelu's family and Sampat herself.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Sampat deploys all the might of the Pink Gang to help the unlawfully imprisoned Sheelu.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3Byng tells of his first professional engagement as a member of a concert party in Hastings(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 reading and a reflection to start the day with the Rev Edwin Counsell. 05:45Attacks by dogs on livestock - Sybil Ruscoe looks at one way to prevent them. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the kestrel.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Edwin Counsell. 05:45New restrictions could be brought in for young drivers. Should rural areas be exempt? 05:58Steve Backshall presents the little tern.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Edwin Counsell. 05:45The largest cheese show in the world gets underway at Nantwich. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the red-backed shrike.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Edwin Counsell. 05:45Asian and Citrus longhorn beetles could destroy UK trees, warns the Forestry Commission. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the stonechat.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Edwin Counsell. 05:45Plans to extend badger TB vaccination in Wales, if landowners will pay part of the cost. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the house sparrow.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, presented by the Rev Scott McKenna. 05:45Will ants save us from superbugs? Research into antibiotic resistance.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of Solovetsky Monastery, Russia. 05:45Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Saudi Arabia's first female film director.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Energy companies 'not transparent enough', and should we take fewer holiday snaps?
| 06:00Morning news, including Barclays reveals plans to raise £5.8bn to shore up its finances.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Major political party donors becoming peers, and has the Western fallen out of favour?
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Felicity Evans visits the 'lost' village of Imber on Salisbury Plain.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith meets the Gloucester cows which make Gloucester cheese. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully considers the metaphorical and spiritual significance of heat. 06:35Chris Sperring meets Robin Scagell on a night-time safari for the enigmatic glow worm. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Includes Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Immigration campaign; Caste legislation delay; New approach to homosexuality. 07:55Joanna Lumley presents an appeal for Children in Crisis. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Festival Mass sung to Mozart's Missa Brevis in D in St John's Church, Buxton. 08:48Sarah Dunant on why Machiavelli wrote his seminal work 'The Prince' one summer in Tuscany.(R) 08:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the kestrel.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:003/3Steve Hewlett and guests discuss the significance of the erosion of privacy today. 09:304/5Trees, shrubs - and umbrellas! Exploring the garden with Brett Westwood and Phil Gates. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music.
| 09:001/3Allan Little charts the re-emergence of Turkey as a powerful global force. 09:304/4Tim Harford reflects on the impact of mankind on the world around us. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by Canon Steve Williams.
| 09:002/4Quentin Letts asks how much Britain benefits from a national collection of art. 09:302/5More of the science behind some of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories(R) 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by Bishop Chris Edmondson.
| 09:004/4Peter Hennessy's guest is Lord Kinnock (Neil Kinnock), former Labour Party Leader. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by the Rev Ernest Rea.
| 09:00Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland, is interviewed by Kirsty Young.(R) 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music.
| 09:00Richard Coles and Suzy Klein meet violinist Nigel Kennedy.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Power-dressing for the heat with guest presenter Andrea Catherwood. 10:451/5Dr Linus Scott is confronted by two young women who appear to have the same nightmare.
| 10:00Arianna Huffington on why we need a new approach to how we work and define success. 10:452/5Dr Linus Scott begins investigating Charlene's mysterious death.
| 10:00Painkiller addiction, Jasmine Whitbread of Save the Children, and celebrating Ramadan. 10:453/5Len's son Matt appears to be suffering the same nightmare as the dead Charlene.
| 10:00Conditions for Syrian refugees, influence of song lyrics, and Nell Dunn on Up the Junction 10:25Commentary on the first day of the third Ashes Test between England and Australia.
| 10:00Jenni Murray on vasectomies, giving up alcohol, and tales from the royal bedchamber. 10:30Commentary on the second day of the third Ashes Test between England and Australia.
| 10:30Commentary on the third day of the third Ashes Test between England and Australia.
| 10:00Things are looking up for Lilian, and Tony speaks his mind. 10:30Commentary on the fourth day of the third Ashes Test between England and Australia.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Master gemstone cutters reveal how they let the light out of stones, and what this means. 11:303/6Malcolm falls in love with a woman registering the death of her third deceased husband.
| 11:00Is it possible for seven billion people to live with nature sustainably? 11:30How Elgar's poignant choral work has touched and changed people's lives.
| 11:001/3Paul imagines the journey of an email as it travels from New York to London. 11:305/10A sinister shop may hold a vital clue for the suave sleuth.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04'Prices, Profits and Poverty' - MPs give their view of the energy market. 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. 12:04A buy-to-let landlord was left with huge bills after a tenant set up a cannabis farm. 12:30John Waite investigates how rivers are paying the price for our cheap water. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the first day of the third Ashes Test between England and Australia.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the second day of the third Ashes Test between England and Australia.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the third day of the third Ashes Test between England and Australia.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the fourth day of the third Ashes Test between England and Australia.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news. 13:45How the manager went from being seen as a charlatan to a captain of industry
| 13:00National and international news. 13:45Changes in attitudes to sex, from the 'office wife' to sexual harassment.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:45Lucy Kellaway looks at the changes in office layout over the last 100 years.
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| 14:00 | 14:15Sir Frederick Ashton, tormented by love, is asked to create a ballet for the Queen Mother.
| 14:00Martyn's putting the pressure on.(R) 14:153/5Vice Dean Clive invites his girlfriend to tea, and verger Graham feeds a difficult visitor(R)
| 14:00Things are looking up for Lilian.(R) 14:15Mainz, 1945. Oppenheim has a visitor. A Gestapo officer needs a reference - from a Jew.
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| 15:00 | 15:0013/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the 2013 Final of the general knowledge music quiz. 15:30Sheila Dillon meets the cooks who've specialised in making great food on very low incomes.(R)
| 15:004/6Jay Rayner chairs the culinary panel programme from Winchester, Hampshire. 15:301/4Pints and philosophical puzzles with Matthew Sweet, discussing free riding and tiny harms.
| 15:00Ruth Alexander helps you cut moving costs, whether renting or buying.(R) 15:30Mark Porter finds out why whopping cough is on the rise and who should be concerned.(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:00Hardeep Singh Kohli shares the literature and music he loves, including a song by Elbow. 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince discuss the wonder of science at London's Science Museum.
| 16:00Chris Ledgard talks to the outgoing editor of the Oxford English Dictionary. 16:30Writers Lynne Truss and Diran Adebayo discuss their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00The transformation of gourmet restaurant style. Also, racialised children's literature. 16:30The Sun editor David Dinsmore on the launch of Sun+, and BT Vision chief exec Marc Watson.
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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.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Rob Brydon joins regulars Tim, Barry and Graeme. Jack Dee chairs.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/7Chaired by Miles Jupp, with Nick Helm, Isy Suttie and Dougie Anderson.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Please note this programme may be running late; change at Tiverton Parkway for The Archers
| 18:00Commentary on the first day of the third Ashes Test between England and Australia. 18:302/6The American essayist's musing on life as an author and a satirical swipe at critics.(R)
| 18:00Commentary on the second day of the third Ashes Test between England and Australia. 18:306/7Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.
| 18:00Commentary on the third day of the third Ashes Test between England and Australia. 18:30Nikki Bedi and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Commentary on the fourth day of the third Ashes Test between England and Australia. 18:30The best of the previous seven days of BBC Radio, chosen by Gerry Northam.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Martyn's putting the pressure on. 19:15Architect Richard Rogers nominates a favourite public space for Cultural Exchange. 19:451/5Dr Linus Scott is confronted by two young women who appear to have the same nightmare.(R)
| 19:00Things are looking up for Lilian. 19:15Arts news and reviews with John Wilson, including Ryan Gosling in Only God Forgives. 19:452/5Dr Linus Scott begins investigating Charlene's mysterious death.(R)
| 19:15Arts news with Kirsty Lang, including The Heat and Philip Pullman's Cultural Exchange. 19:453/5Len's son Matt appears to be suffering the same nightmare as the dead Charlene.(R)
| 19:15Arts news and reviews. Kirsty Lang interviews acclaimed Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov. 19:454/5Linus finds that Alice and young Stella have become inexplicably close.(R)
| 19:00Jolene's on a learning curve. 19:15Kirsty Lang meets novelist Louis de Bernieres as he publishes a new book of poetry. 19:455/5On the day of Charlene's funeral, Linus begins to fear for Alice's safety.(R)
| 19:00Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Saudi Arabia's first female film director. 19:15Roddy Doyle's The Guts, and Ryan Gosling in Only God Forgives.
| 19:151/4Lloyd Langford explains about his rather unusual first day at work. 19:453/3By Atar Hadari. A young blade working in a kibbutz kitchen offers friendly advice on love.
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| 20:00 | 20:002/3James Jones focuses on big business corporations and asks how they can become 'virtuous'. 20:30Two women in Spain undergo reconstructive surgery after FGM. Will it work?(R)
| 20:00Are psychiatric hospitals failing to learn vital lessons from suicides among patients? 20:40Clara Eaglen from RNIB tells Peter about the charity's current cataract campaign.
| 20:00Is Wagner's music morally tainted by his anti-semitism? Engaging debate with Michael Buerk 20:454/4Tim Harford reflects on the impact of mankind on the world around us.(R)
| 20:00Three reservists died during SAS selection. Adam Fleming asks if the training is safe. 20:30Peter Day reports from Aberdeen on the UK's North Sea oil industry.
| 20:00Nick Robinson presents political debate from Broadcasting House Radio Theatre in London. 20:50Sarah Dunant on why Machiavelli wrote his seminal work 'The Prince' one summer in Tuscany.
| 20:00Former Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble meets his younger self in the archives.
| 20:00Too much Wagner, not enough Verdi? Roger Bolton talks to the director of the BBC Proms.(R) 20:30Jane Little on Virginia Johnson, Mike Morwood, John Casablancas, Sonia Moriceau, JJ Cale.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Can the oil industry be an asset for wildlife or is the risk too high?(R) 21:303/3Steve Hewlett and guests discuss the significance of the erosion of privacy today.(R)
| 21:00Mark Porter finds out why whopping cough is on the rise and who should be concerned. 21:301/3Allan Little charts the re-emergence of Turkey as a powerful global force.(R)
| 21:002/2Who should decide funding for scientific research, the public or scientists?(R) 21:302/4Quentin Letts asks how much Britain benefits from a national collection of art.(R)
| 21:00With seven disasters last month, Adam Rutherford asks if trains crash more often in summer(R) 21:304/4Peter Hennessy's guest is Lord Kinnock (Neil Kinnock), former Labour Party Leader.(R)
| 21:002/2Writer and satirist Lucy Kellaway traces the origins of today's corporate culture.
| 21:002/2Jack Aubrey is pursued through the South Atlantic by a Dutch warship.(R)
| 21:00John Waite investigates how rivers are paying the price for our cheap water.(R) 21:26Joanna Lumley presents an appeal for Children in Crisis.(R) 21:30Peter Day reports from Aberdeen on the UK's North Sea oil industry.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00John Kerry hosts new Middle East peace talks. News round-up with Ritula Shah. 22:451/10Stephen Sefton's life is a mess when he applies for a job with a populist educator.
| 22:00Bradley Manning awaits the verdict of his trial. News and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:452/10Sefton scrapes through Morley's tough interview. Then he meets his thrill-seeking daughter
| 22:00Mother and stepfather of four-year-old boy battered to death are found guilty of murder. 22:453/10Sefton and Morley head to Norfolk to do field research for the first of the county guides.
| 22:00Zimbabwe elections - was there vote-rigging? With Carolyn Quinn. 22:454/10Morley and Sefton's startling discovery diverts them from their research.
| 22:00Zimbabwe, Daniel Pelka, fracking, Australia asylum-seekers. With Carolyn Quinn. 22:455/10In the local pub in Blakeney, the effusive Swanton Morley sticks out like a sore thumb.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Is Wagner's music morally tainted by his anti-semitism? Engaging debate with Michael Buerk(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Tom Newton Dunn, the Sun's political editor, analyses the week's newspapers.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Chris Ledgard explores the language ideas in the story of Babel.(R) 23:30The House of Lords debates the problems of the 111 out-of-hours medical telephone service.
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince discuss the wonder of science at London's Science Museum.(R) 23:30A senior Tory peer says north-east England is the place for fracking. With Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:003/4Lach reminisces and shares his thoughts on Jim Morrison, Batman and Tom Petty. 23:153/4Strap in for a swimming rat, a talking fly and a Mexican stand-off.(R) 23:301/2Bernard Cribbins looks back on 70 years in showbusiness with a stellar cast of friends.(R)
| 23:002/4As talent night rehearsals grind on, peanuts and a trolley challenge some town residents.(R) 23:302/2Bernard Cribbins looks back on 70 years in showbusiness with a stellar cast of friends.(R)
| 23:00Writers Lynne Truss and Diran Adebayo discuss their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.(R) 23:302/2Peter White returns to his blind boarding school to find out what it's like for pupils now(R)
| 23:0013/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the 2013 Final of the general knowledge music quiz.(R) 23:30Lavinia Greenlaw pays poetic tribute to Luke Howard, the man who named the clouds.(R)
| 23:00Robbie Collin talks to the director Nicolas Winding Refn about Only God Forgives.(R) 23:30Mark Tully considers the metaphorical and spiritual significance of heat.(R)
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