| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Walter Benjamin - a special programme on his work and influence.(R) 00:45The bells of Exeter Cathedral.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The British arrive to end the war of 1812, and the president waits for their attack.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Six days after landing, the British defeat the Americans at Bladensburg.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5The invading British enter a deserted White House, feasting before setting it ablaze.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The British turn on Baltimore. But this time the Americans are prepared.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5When the British assault fails, a famous poem is written to celebrate American victory.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3By Helen Barton. A struggling young girl looks to her mother for support.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Ed Kessler. 05:45UK lamb and mutton exports to China are up 93 per cent on last year. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the robin.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Ed Kessler. 05:45British producers are concerned that eggs from Ukraine won't meet EU welfare standards. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the swallow.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Ed Kessler. 05:45The badger cull appears to be underway in Gloucestershire. Presented by Sybil Ruscoe. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the Roseate Tern.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Ed Kessler. 05:45National Trust members are to vote on whether to allow badger culls on its land. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the Greenshank.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Ed Kessler. 05:45Even after the horsemeat scandal, are supermarkets still stocking too much imported meat? 05:58Brett Westwood presents the red grouse.
| 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 Canon John McLuckie. 05:45'I found my teenage son watching porn, what should I say?' A listener shares her dilemma.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Margaret's Church, Dunham Massey, Altrincham. 05:45Chris Bowlby profiles German chancellor Angela Merkel, as she campaigns for a third term.(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.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark explores the new life springing up in Laurie Lee's beloved Slad Valley.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith takes a look at the world of working dogs. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05John McCarthy explores the potential of numbers to both comfort and inspire. 06:35Tessa Dunlop helps out with the gooseberry pick on a fruit farm in North Perthshire. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Morning news, including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Thought for the Day, Weather
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nicholls on Syria, women bishops and second wives. 07:55Anthony Horowitz presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Kidscape. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Sean Curran reports on MPs' first day back at Westminster after the summer break.
| 08:31Susan Hulme reports on events at Westminster.
| 08:31Sean Curran reports on events at Westminster.
| 08:31Alicia McCarthy reports on events at Westminster.
| 08:51Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster as MPs debate Private Members' Bills.
| 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Live from Brunswick Methodist Church in the heart of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. 08:48AL Kennedy doesn't like change. But she thinks she should change her atittude.(R) 08:58Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the robin.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:002/4How did our spelling system get so chaotic? Stephen Fry investigates. 09:303/5Roger Law meets two Olympic backroom boys. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by Michael Wakelin.
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili discusses medical imaging and mountain climbing with Prof Mark Lythgoe. 09:30Frank talks to Deborah Impiazzi, who lost her sight and with it, her job and her husband. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by Monsignor Tony Rogers.
| 09:00Mariella Frostrup meets children's author Allan Ahlberg and singer Kiki Dee. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by the Rev Dr Mark Wakelin.
| 09:00Aleks Krotoski embarks on a happenstantial journey in search of a happy accident. 09:30Fi Glover presents a selection of surprising conversations from the Edinburgh Festival.(R) 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by Becky Harris.
| 09:00In the 100th edition from Dallas, Sue MacGregor and guests recall the JFK assassination(R) 09:45An Act of Worship led by the Rev Angela Tilby.
| 09:00Richard Coles and Anita Anand are joined by author Philip Pullman.
| 09:00The Sunday morning magazine programme with Britain's best newspaper review.
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| 10:00 | 10:00With Jamie Oliver. And the sandwich generation - caring for your parents and children. 10:451/5London, 1965. Georgy is sparky, funny and independent but desperate to fall in love.
| 10:00One Day International between Ireland and England from Malahide Cricket Club, Dublin.
| 10:00Meg Rosoff, women's cricket, Mossarat Qadeem and Anya von Bremzen. 10:453/5Meredith's baby is on the way, and Georgy and Jos now have the long wait for news.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. With model Alexa Chung and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato. 10:454/5Georgy's wish has come true, but what will happen when Meredith comes home with the baby?
| 10:00Commentary on the first One Day International between England and Australia, at Headingley
| 10:304/4Steve Punt investigates the killing of two performing bears in the Forest of Dean in 1889.
| 10:00Commentary on the second One Day International - England v Australia from Old Trafford.
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| 11:00 | 11:00A fly-on-the-wedding cake documentary about Mimi and Ryan's big day. 11:301/6Will Brian ignore Danny's warning when a visitor offers them a suspiciously cheap laptop?
| | 11:001/2As libraries shut or cut their hours, Michael Rosen tells their story and asks: what next? 11:309/10Temple and Sir Graham are hunting for the missing girl.
| 11:00Ed Butler investigates how Venezuela's economic crisis is affecting everyday lives. 11:30Mukti Jain Campion explores the surreal world of experience designer Nelly Ben Hayoun.
| | 11:00Sue Cameron of the Daily Telegraph looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Syria's fracturing society, and other correspondents' stories from around the world.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Compensation for delayed flights after six years, and hunting down the email hackers. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04One Day International between Ireland and England from Malahide Cricket Club, Dublin.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04As the Forth Bridge becomes a tourist attraction, what can Scotland learn from Sydney? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Why sales of antique furniture are down, and the npower boss on customers' missing bills. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the first One Day International between England and Australia, at Headingley
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Eye test fine U-turn, TSB, off-plan perils and pitfalls, and premium rate crackdown. 12:304/6Rory and the team are joined by teacher and author Tom Bennett and Prof Gordon Stobart.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the second One Day International - England v Australia from Old Trafford.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news. 13:45How the French Revolution shocked Edmund Burke into defending British traditions.
| | 13:00National and international news. 13:45Anne McElvoy traces how the threat of Free Trade stung a placid aristocrat into action.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:45Anne McElvoy on Victorian critic John Ruskin's showdown with the merchants of Bradford.
| | 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Colwyn Bay, North Wales.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Ray starts as he means to go on.(R) 14:15Stephen Wakelam's drama charts the first meeting between John Osborne and George Devine.
| | 14:15Belfast poet Louis MacNeice's transatlantic love affair and the poetry it inspired.
| 14:00Lynda's beginning to have misgivings.(R) 14:15When her husband leaves, Angela learns the ups and downs of being a middle-aged singleton.
| | 14:00A chance for Radio 4 listeners to have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30A progressive English family try to live their lives under the shadow of World War One.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Nigel Rees hosts the quiz with Janie Dee, Richard Ingrams, Vivienne Parry and Robin Ince. 15:30Tim Hayward meets the people taking ambitious food production into their own hands.(R)
| | 15:00Worried about paying for higher education? Paul Lewis and guests take your calls. 15:305/7Lisa Jardine explores how scientists became separated from wider society.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark explores the new life springing up in Laurie Lee's beloved Slad Valley. 15:27Dr Phil Hammond presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Core.(R) 15:30Paul Theroux discusses his travel book Dark Star Safari with James Naughtie.(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:00Mike Greenwood unlocks the secrets of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's classic novella. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the complex relationship between comedy and religion.
| | 16:00Erving Goffman - a special programme on his work and influence. 16:30Severance pay at the BBC, reporting the Scottish referendum and political interviewing.
| 16:00Richard Curtis and Bill Nighy talk to Francine Stock about time travel film About Time. 16:30Will the proposed ice wall at Fukushima nuclear plant finally fix their radioactive leaks?
| | 16:00Jamie Oliver on budget cooking, powerlister Martha Lane Fox, and soprano Joyce DiDonato.
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| 17:00 | 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 and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30'I found my teenage son watching porn, what should I say?' A listener shares her dilemma.(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. 18:304/7Nicholas Parsons hosts the popular panel game.
| 18:00One Day International between Ireland and England from Malahide Cricket Club, Dublin. 18:301/6The animals that don't get sanctuaries, and why do people literally shout at the radio?
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Journalist Sarfraz Manzoor's adolescent obsessions with Bo Derek and pop music.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6The arrival of a new butcher's shop causes strife in the traders' community.(R)
| 18:00Commentary on the first One Day International between England and Australia, at Headingley 18:304/6Rory and the team are joined by teacher and author Tom Bennett and Prof Gordon Stobart.
| 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 second One Day International - England v Australia from Old Trafford. 18:30Sarfraz Mansoor makes his selection of the best of the previous seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Richard Curtis' About Time reviewed; reggae group UB40; documentaries set in schools. 19:451/5London, 1965. Georgy is sparky, funny and independent but desperate to fall in love.(R)
| 19:15Stephen Fry on Verdi and Wagner; The Great Beauty - acclaimed at Cannes - reviewed. 19:452/5Georgy is worried about facing Jos again and is now thinking about accepting James's offer(R)
| 19:00Lynda's beginning to have misgivings. 19:15Actress Tamsin Greig; novelist Jonathan Coe; Martin Bailey on his Van Gogh discoveries. 19:453/5Meredith's baby is on the way, and Georgy and Jos now have the long wait for news.(R)
| 19:15National Theatre's Edward II reviewed; Alan Cumming on his new film; new feminist comedy. 19:454/5Georgy's wish has come true, but what will happen when Meredith comes home with the baby?(R)
| 19:15Cillian Murphy on TV drama Peaky Blinders; director Mira Nair; revenge songs. 19:455/5Jos has Georgy all to himself once again, but caring for a baby has changed everything.(R)
| 19:00Chris Bowlby profiles German chancellor Angela Merkel, as she campaigns for a third term. 19:15Featuring Paolo Sorrentino's film The Great Beauty and new TV drama Peaky Blinders.
| 19:152/4Paul Sinha tests his audience and himself on what they know about the nation's health. 19:452/3Sarah Bower's story is set on the windswept coast of Norfolk, after the tourists have gone
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| 20:00 | 20:00No longer just for the rich, tutoring is booming in Britain. But is it worth the money?(R) 20:30Mobeen Azhar discovers a secret vibrant gay scene in urban Pakistan.(R)
| 20:00Can the International Committee of the Red Cross adapt to the changing face of conflict? 20:40Matt Davis update on Work Capability Assessments and Peter talks to Rev Michael Johnson.
| 20:004/4David Baddiel introduces three speakers and their tales of going against the grain. 20:4519/3Author Alan Bissett on his journey from lad to feminist.
| 20:00Wesley Stephenson investigates fracking, a way of extracting shale gas. 20:30Peter Day investigates the business use of what some call, with a shiver, drones.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Colwyn Bay, North Wales. 20:50AL Kennedy doesn't like change. But she thinks she should change her atittude.
| 20:00David Frost turns to the archives to get beneath the skin of Richard Nixon.
| 20:00Tim Harford on conflict deaths, Super Pumas and whether left-handers die young.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on Sir David Frost, David Dickson, Louisa Jo Killen and David Jacobs.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Geoff Watts finds out how deep brain stimulation is treating Parkinson's and depression.(R) 21:302/4How did our spelling system get so chaotic? Stephen Fry investigates.(R)
| 21:005/7Lisa Jardine explores how scientists became separated from wider society. 21:30Jim Al-Khalili discusses medical imaging and mountain climbing with Prof Mark Lythgoe.(R)
| 21:00Tom Heap asks if a campaign to ban palm oil from rain forest areas can succeed.(R) 21:30Mariella Frostrup meets children's author Allan Ahlberg and singer Kiki Dee.(R)
| 21:00Will the proposed ice wall at Fukushima nuclear plant finally fix their radioactive leaks?(R) 21:30Aleks Krotoski embarks on a happenstantial journey in search of a happy accident.(R)
| 21:001/2Anne McElvoy traces British conservatism from the French Revolution to 1867's Reform Act.
| 21:001/2Robert Rigby's dramatisation of Alan Sillitoe's seething novel set in 1958 Nottingham.(R)
| 21:00Eye test fine U-turn, TSB, off-plan perils and pitfalls, and premium rate crackdown.(R) 21:26Anthony Horowitz presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Kidscape.(R) 21:30Peter Day investigates the business use of what some call, with a shiver, drones.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:456/10Zummo applies the final touches to his work for the Grand Duke.
| 22:00The US defence chiefs are questioned about Syria. 22:457/10Stufa intrudes more and more in Zummo's life.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:458/10With Stufa and Bassetti homing in, Zummo must keep Faustina safe.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:459/10With Stufa on his tail, Zummo rides off in search of Faustina.
| 22:00Russia and US no closer on Syria after G20 summit. Presented by Philippa Thomas. 22:4510/10Zummo's story ends and sends Marguerite-Louise on a journey.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:154/4David Baddiel introduces three speakers and their tales of going against the grain.(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 | 23:00Chris Ledgard looks at the laws surrounding language use, from libel to blasphemy.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports, as MPs return to Westminster after the summer break.
| 23:001/4DS Nick Mohammed is immersed in the art world when a forgery ring is discovered. 23:30Sean Curran with the latest news from Westminster.
| 23:001/6Nigel inherits a life-changing sum of money and considers jacking it all in. 23:151/4Remarkable true history of rockets and the men, women and animals behind them.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster on the first Prime Minister's Questions since July.
| 23:001/4Ringmaster Colin with Thwor, the mighty (Leeds-based) god of Thwunder. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Paul Mason talks to Matthew Parris about the 19th-century French anarchist, Louise Michel. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster, as MPs debate Private Members' Bills.
| 23:00Nigel Rees hosts the quiz with Janie Dee, Richard Ingrams, Vivienne Parry and Robin Ince.(R) 23:30Roger McGough presents a selection of Seamus Heaney's poems read by the author himself.(R)
| 23:00Richard Curtis and Bill Nighy talk to Francine Stock about time travel film About Time.(R) 23:30John McCarthy explores the potential of numbers to both comfort and inspire.(R)
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