| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor considers the impact of drug enforcement operations.(R) 00:45The bells of St Peter and St Paul, Shiplake, Oxfordshire.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5On an evening in 1956, a group of men gather in an apartment in Buenos Aires to play cards(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Neighbours gather in a Buenos Aires house oblivious to the macabre events about to unfold.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5A police raid on a house in Buenos Aires has astounded the unsuspecting residents.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The arrested men are forced out of a police truck at gunpoint on a deserted road.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Seven men have escaped a botched execution. The injured Livraga is now in a clinic.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3An Asian businessman visits Manchester on his way to America, but never leaves.(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 spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Michael Ford. 05:45The gene which could lead to more sustainable transport fuel from crops and plant waste. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the icterine warbler.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Michael Ford. 05:45Why the House of Commons canteen has stopped making omelettes with fresh eggs. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the northern wheatear.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Michael Ford. 05:45The consultation on the government's strategy to eradicate bovine TB is halfway through. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the white stork.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Michael Ford. 05:45The NFU is in the High Court to seek an injunction against badger cull activists. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the honey buzzard.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Michael Ford. 05:45Anti-cull activists say they will protest despite an NFU injunction to protect farmers. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the common tern.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Bishop Joe Aldred. 05:45'I donate sperm, but not for the money' - one listener tells his story.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Bartholomew's Church, Sutton cum Lound, Nottinghamshire. 05:45Edward Stourton profiles the head of Egypt's Armed Forces, General Abdul Fattah al-Sisi.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news, including the UK foreign secretary on the Egypt crisis.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs with Sarah Montague and James Naughtie.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark is in Scotland to celebrate a recent boom in skiff-racing.(R) 06:30Sybil Ruscoe hears from farmers and protesters preparing for the pilot badger cull. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Llewellyn Morgan reflects on the not always negative nature of anger. 06:35Sybil Ruscoe visits Devon to look at Bovine TB through a vet's eyes. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton talks to the Chief Rabbi, plus the March on Washington, and witchcraft. 07:55Zoë Wanamaker presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Tree Aid. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Live from Edington Priory, 50 years after Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech. 08:48Roger Scruton continues his series of talks on the nature and limits of democracy.(R) 08:58Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the icterine warbler.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:003/3Robert and guests examine the shifting sands of plagiarism, influence and originality. 09:302/5Roger Law meets two creators with contrasting methods. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Clair Jaquiss.
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili talks to zoologist Russell Foster about circadian rhythms and jet lag. 09:30Frank Gardner talks to Dr Stuart Butchart about coping with a life-changing injury. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Dr Mark Wakelin.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets campaigner Baroness Helen Newlove and comedian Roy Hudd. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Father Philip Sumner.
| 09:003/4Should a mother be allowed to have her children tested for a life-threatening faulty gene? 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by John Forrest.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor reunites the creators of the British Asian sketch show Goodness Gracious Me(R) 09:45An Act of Worship led by the Rev Angela Tilby.
| 09:00Richard Coles and Anita Anand are joined by actress Anna Chancellor.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Author Kate Mosse presents a themed edition of Woman's Hour on publishing. 10:451/5A social worker is on suspension, on SSRIs - who’s shouting her name in the supermarket?
| 10:00How bonuses exaggerate gender pay gaps. Samantha Shannon on The Bone Season. Mania Akbari. 10:452/5Liz has been offered a settlement by the Council, if she'll sign a gagging order.
| 10:00Azeri singer Fidan Hajiyeva. Is feminism racist? Jenni Murray presents. 10:25Commentary on the first day of the fifth Ashes Test between England and Australia.
| 10:00The future for women's football, plus female friendships and the new ad campaign from M&S. 10:30Commentary on the second day of the fifth Ashes Test between England and Australia.
| 10:00Would you let your teenager go alone to a festival? Presented by Jenni Murray. 10:30Commentary on the third day of the fifth Ashes Test between England and Australia.
| 10:30Commentary on the fourth day of the fifth Ashes Test between England and Australia.
| 10:00Jennifer's concerned and Helen's weaving a tangled web. 10:30Commentary on the fifth day of the fifth Ashes Test between England and Australia.
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| 11:00 | 11:002/2'Slow coach' Carl asks the volunteers to step back and reflect on the bigger picture. 11:306/6The office reluctantly takes part in a bonding exercise in the grounds of a country house.
| 11:00Adam Hart investigates whether scientists can bring extinct animals back from the dead. 11:30Poet Paul Muldoon and composer Mark-Anthony Turnage on Londonderry's 400-year-old walls.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04How to get tickets to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. With Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04How confident do you feel about the economy? Consumer phone-in with Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the first day of the fifth Ashes Test between England and Australia.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the second day of the fifth Ashes Test between England and Australia.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the third day of the fifth Ashes Test between England and Australia.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the fourth day of the fifth Ashes Test between England and Australia.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the fifth day of the fifth Ashes Test between England and Australia.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news. 13:451/5Wildlife cameraman John Aitchison watches leopard seals hunting young penguins.(R)
| 13:00National and international news. 13:452/5Wildlife cameraman John Aitchison watches prairie chickens boom and dance.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Shula is finalising details.(R) 14:15By Alice Oswald. An extraordinary poetic evocation of moonrise over the Severn Estuary.(R)
| 14:15Christopher Green encounters fashion, loss and legacy through nudity and a bit of singing.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Guests this week are Jenni Murray, Matt Barbet, David Wood and Katharine Whitehorn. 15:30Dan Saladino looks at how food has increasingly become a big ingredient in crime fiction.(R)
| 15:00Tom Holland and guests discuss the ideas that are Making History. 15:304/4Matthew Sweet and philosopher Miranda Fricker look at historic wrongs.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Rich Morton gathers comedians' tales of their all-time nightmare stand-up shows. 16:30Ernie Rea and his guests debate whether violence is permitted within Buddhism.
| 16:00Chris Ledgard mulls over the language and peculiarity of puzzles. 16:30Tanika Gupta nominates Rabindranath Tagore. With Matthew Parris and Ketaki Kushari Dyson.
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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.
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| 18:00 | 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/7Nicholas Parsons hosts the popular panel game, recorded at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:307/7Miles Jupp discovers how well a panel of celebrity guests know their nearest and dearest.
| 18:00Commentary on the first day of the fifth Ashes Test between England and Australia. 18:301/6Ken Livingstone reads from his 1966 diary when he hitchhiked across the Sahara Desert.
| 18:00Commentary on the second day of the fifth Ashes Test between England and Australia. 18:305/6The perils of learning a language by audio tape and crossing the line in property desire.(R)
| 18:00Commentary on the third day of the fifth Ashes Test between England and Australia. 18:302/6Rory and team joined by Gillian Tett, of the FT, and financial journalist Max Keiser.
| 18:00Commentary on the fourth day of the fifth Ashes Test between England and Australia. 18:30Danny Wallace and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Commentary on the fifth day of the fifth Ashes Test between England and Australia. 18:30Liz Barclay makes her selection of the best of the previous seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Mark Lawson talks to Tom Stoppard about his new Radio 2 drama, inspired by Pink Floyd. 19:451/5A social worker is on suspension, on SSRIs - who’s shouting her name in the supermarket?(R)
| 19:15Arts news with John Wilson, featuring Naughty Boy, Lovelace and Elmore Leonard. 19:452/5Liz has been offered a settlement by the Council, if she'll sign a gagging order.(R)
| 19:00It's make-your-mind-up time for Jolene. 19:15Mark Lawson interviews Vince Gilligan, creator of the TV drama series Breaking Bad. 19:453/5When Tamsin presents her with an emergency, Liz tries to play it by the book.(R)
| 19:15Mark Lawson meets Travis's Fran Healy and Simon Bird and Jonny Sweet of TV comedy Chickens 19:454/5Liz changes her mind - and then also her appearance.(R)
| 19:00Lynda sees herself as the power behind the throne. 19:15We're the Millers reviewed, Franz Ferdinand, Terry Gilliam and portraits by Bob Dylan. 19:455/5Liz makes a full confession. But it's harder than she expected.(R)
| 19:00Edward Stourton profiles the head of Egypt's Armed Forces, General Abdul Fattah al-Sisi. 19:15Saturday Review comes from the Edinburgh Festival.
| 19:154/4True stories from Phill Jupitus, Richard Melvin, Dave Hook and Josie Long. 19:452/2By Katy Darby. After some very bad reviews, a poet tries to drown himself.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Does true love have to be monogamous? We hear three very modern love stories. 20:30Rayhan Demeytrie investigates allegations of torture in Kazakhstan's prisons.(R)
| 20:00Rory Cellan-Jones investigates whether patents are harming innovation more than they help. 20:40Broadcaster and singer Georgia Collins, plus Actions' James Cary about finding work.
| 20:002/4Georgie Fienberg, Matthew Syed and Ben Dyson give talks that challenge received wisdom. 20:4517/3Yasmin Hai gives her personal perspective on the radicalisation of young British Muslims.
| 20:00Phillip Kemp travels to Gibraltar to investigate what's really happening on The Rock. 20:30Peter Day finds out how designers are moving out of the lab and into the real world.
| 20:00Ritula Shah presents political debate and discussion from Broadcasting House in London. 20:50Roger Scruton continues his series of talks on the nature and limits of democracy.
| 20:00A recreation of the1963 train journey made to Washington by civil rights campaigners.
| 20:00A special edition of Feedback recorded at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.(R) 20:30Aasmah Mir on Elmore Leonard, Rosalia Mera, Jacques Verges and John Coombs.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Melvyn Bragg tells the story of the Nobel-winning physicists William and Lawrence Bragg.(R) 21:303/3Robert and guests examine the shifting sands of plagiarism, influence and originality.(R)
| 21:003/7Lisa Jardine explores how the industrial revolution transformed scientific endeavour. 21:30Jim Al-Khalili talks to zoologist Russell Foster about circadian rhythms and jet lag.(R)
| 21:00Quentin Cooper looks at the weaknesses in GPS and the future of navigation. 21:30Libby Purves meets campaigner Baroness Helen Newlove and comedian Roy Hudd.(R)
| 21:00The science of artificial reefs, and why our feet are more ape-like than we thought.(R) 21:303/4Will Gompertz on the people taking YouTube to the next level and changing the face of TV.(R)
| 21:00Unity is pursuing a title along with seven Gascoyne family members.(R)
| 21:001/2With his father on his back and his son in his arms, Aeneas flees Troy to follow his fate.(R)
| 21:00The commonly used medical 'drip' that may have caused thousands of unnecessary deaths.(R) 21:26Zoë Wanamaker presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Tree Aid.(R) 21:30Peter Day finds out how designers are moving out of the lab and into the real world.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Greenwald, UN Baghdad bomb anniversary, political soundbites, Kurdistan. With Ritula Shah. 22:456/101973. Liverpool win their first European trophy, but Bill is shaken by his wife's illness.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:457/10Bill Shankly's resignation at the height of his success stuns the football world.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:458/10Bill finds his retirement from football a hard path, though the fans still love him deeply
| 22:00Pressure on Syria to let UN inspectors probe suspected chemical attack. With David Eades. 22:459/10Bill visits a young footballer at the hospital who has been told he'll never play again.
| 22:00Syria, Lebanon, North Korean prison camps and council cuts. With David Eades. 22:4510/10Bill Shankly is invited to Rome to watch Liverpool in the European Cup final.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:153/4Should a mother be allowed to have her children tested for a life-threatening faulty gene?(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45A look at how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:006/10Late-night conversation. Jane Garvey asks whether sport matters.
| 23:007/10Hardeep Singh Kohli asks whether the social groups that we belong to divide or define us.
| 23:008/10Evan Davis asks why our elites are so resilient and what purpose they serve.
| 23:009/10Mariella Frostrup explores how we set boundaries between intimate and public spaces.
| 23:0010/10Giles Fraser wonders what lies behind our urge to fill our days with noise and excitement.
| 23:00Guests this week are Jenni Murray, Matt Barbet, David Wood and Katharine Whitehorn.(R) 23:301/2Writer Kim Shuck takes us on a poetic tour of San Francisco.(R)
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to Matt Damon about how Hollywood can't make films for the over-35s.(R) 23:30Llewellyn Morgan reflects on the not always negative nature of anger.(R)
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