| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Is poverty in Britain increasing? Plus unemployment as a 'choice'.(R) 00:45Church bells from Kingston upon Hull.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Tom Fort travels from the White Cliffs to Land's End in search of maritime tales.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Tom Fort travels from the White Cliffs to Lands' End in search of maritime tales.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Tom Fort travels from the White Cliffs to Lands' End in search of maritime tales.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Tom Fort travels from the White Cliffs to Lands' End in search of maritime tales.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Tom Fort travels from the White Cliffs to Lands' End in search of maritime tales.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3Readings based on the autobiography and journals of Kathleen Scott, widow of Captain Scott(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| |
|---|
| 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.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| |
|---|
| 02:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 03:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 04:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with writer and broadcaster Anna Magnusson. 05:45Sybil Ruscoe meets the Bubb family, who grow flowers for biodegradable wedding confetti. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Pink-Footed Goose.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with writer and broadcaster Anna Magnusson. 05:45Anna Hill looks at what the first application for fracking in North Yorkshire could mean. 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the bearded tit.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with writer and broadcaster Anna Magnusson. 05:45With the State Opening of Parliament, are moves to scrap the hunting bill imminent? 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the common pheasant.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with writer and broadcaster Anna Magnusson. 05:45How litter in the countryside cost one cereal farmer a contract worth thousands of pounds. 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the brambling.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with writer and broadcaster Anna Magnusson. 05:45Defra secretary Elizabeth Truss says the government will crack down on fly tipping. 05:58Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Grey Plover.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sister Jane Livesey CJ. 05:45The programme that starts with its listeners.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of church bells from Saints Probus and Grace, Cornwall. 05:45Brian Lobel says surviving cancer does not mean you have to be heroic.(R)
| |
|---|
| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. 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 Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare walks in the Pegsdon Hills with a group of female birders.(R) 06:30Felicity Evans is at the Royal Bath and West Show to see how agricultural shows are faring 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Jazz musician Django Bates muses on being 'in the groove'. 06:35Charlotte Smith meets Scott Mitchell - world darts champion and Dorset farmer. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| |
|---|
| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Thought for the Day and Weather.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Reporting on Fifa ethics, BBC Music Day, and Methodist abuse. With Edward Stourton. 07:54Ann Pascoe presents an appeal for Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
| |
|---|
| 08:00 | | | | 08:31Susan Hulme and the BBC parliamentary team report from Westminster.
| 08:31Sean Curran reports as the Fifa row reaches Parliament.
| | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Radio 4's Sunday morning service from Holy Trinity Platt in Manchester. 08:48AL Kennedy explores the merits of courtesy, but she points out that it can be complicated.(R) 08:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the common pheasant.(R)
| |
|---|
| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Yuval Noah Harari, Beth Shapiro, Colm Toibin and Owen Sheers. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Claire Campbell Smith.
| 09:00Soul Music examines the harrowing stories behind the song made famous by Billie Holiday.(R) 09:30How Australia battled a plague of rabbits which was destroying its agricultural economy. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Father Philip Sumner.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets opera director John Copley and fashion designer Katherine Hooker. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Monsignor Tony Rogers.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the puzzling science of glass. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Stephen Shipley.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to Jimmy Wales, internet entrepreneur and co-founder of Wikipedia.(R) 09:45An act of worship and music, led by the Rev Neil Gardner.
| 09:00Journalist and novelist Tony Parsons joins Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
| |
|---|
| 10:00 | 10:00A discussion on life after Parliament with journalists and ex-MPs. Jane Garvey presents. 10:25Commentary on the fifth day of the first Test between England and New Zealand from Lord's.
| 10:00Rock star Amanda Palmer asks why people are afraid to ask for help. Jane Garvey presents. 10:452/5Can divorce really be amicable? Sally and Joe are about to find out.
| 10:00Allison Janney talks about her new film Spy, plus Eleanor Garnier on the Queen's Speech. 10:413/5Can divorce really be amicable? Sally and Joe are about to find out. 10:56Refusing to conform to the non-integrated education system in Rhodesia.
| 10:00Will Fifa's corruption scandal affect the 2015 Women's World Cup? Jenni Murray presents. 10:454/5Can divorce really be amicable? Sally and Joe are about to find out.
| 10:00When to stop IVF, why western women join Islamic State, and students and sexual harassment 10:25Commentary on the first day of the second Test between England and New Zealand from Leeds.
| 10:25Commentary on the second day of the second Test between England and New Zealand.
| 10:00It is the annual Single Wicket, and Lynda feels a glimmer of hope. 10:25Commentary on the third day of the second Test between England and New Zealand.
| |
|---|
| 11:00 | | 11:00Adam Rutherford investigates what a DNA test can and cannot tell us about our ancestry. 11:301/2Chi-chi Nwanoku turns musical detective in search of black composers and musicians.
| 11:00Three surviving Bevin Boys reflect on the ways the experience changed them forever. 11:303/6Ed plans to attend a funeral with his ex-wife, making his children and cat very unhappy.
| 11:00Wider and wider: the gap between the rich and the poor in New York City. With Kate Adie. 11:30Alastair Sooke interviews artist Sarah Lucas as she prepares for the Venice Biennale.
| | | | |
|---|
| 12:00 | 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the fifth day of the first Test between England and New Zealand from Lord's.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04There is a new policeman in Folkestone, and he is determined to make his mark. 12:15Call You And Yours asks if people have ever been put at risk on the road by a cyclist. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04A cryptic parcel arrives for Kitty at the Wilsons. 12:15The average household now has ten per cent more disposable income. What is it spent on? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Reverend Winwood is finding his faith and his resilience tested. 12:15How tougher affordability rules led to more mortgage rejections in 2014. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the first day of the second Test between England and New Zealand from Leeds.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the second day of the second Test between England and New Zealand.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the third day of the second Test between England and New Zealand.
| |
|---|
| 13:00 | | 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45Sunil Khilnani profiles Kabir, the 15th-century poet who challenged religious hierarchies.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45Sunil Khilnani profiles Guru Nanak, the 15th-century founder of the Sikh religion.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45A portrait of the 16th-century warrior, intellectual, poet and self-doubting king.
| | | | |
|---|
| 14:00 | | 14:00It is the annual Single Wicket.(R) 14:15By Stephen Wyatt. Drama about poet John Gray, the possible inspiration for Dorian Gray.
| 14:00David has hit a dead end.(R) 14:15By Jim Cartwright. Bittersweet drama, starring Jane Horrocks.
| 14:154/5By Alex Ganley. Fourth drama in the Stone series created by Danny Brocklehurst.
| | | | |
|---|
| 15:00 | | 15:002/7Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel programme from Bury St Edmunds.(R) 15:301/4Listener Daniel talks about being left by his mother and meet Sam, who left her daughter.
| 15:00Experts take questions on being self-employed, including marketing, expanding and tax. 15:30Conspiracy theories - why do some believe but not others? Claudia Hammond presents.(R)
| 15:00Clare walks in the Pegsdon Hills with a group of female birders. 15:27Gaby Roslin presents an appeal for WellChild.(R) 15:30Ryan Gattis talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new novel All Involved.(R)
| | | | |
|---|
| 16:00 | | 16:00Michael Rosen and Laura Wright discuss non-verbal communication with Prof Steven Connor. 16:30Matthew Parris hears from David Blunkett about the life of Louis Braille. From 2015.
| 16:00The 'Happiness Industry'. Also, 'wellness syndrome'. 16:30Sir Martin Sorrell talks about the shift in power between digital and traditional media.
| 16:00Antonia Quirke hears listeners' memories of the day that a film crew rolled into town. 16:30Tracey Logan examines technology to enable robots to remain fully autonomous when damaged.
| | | | |
|---|
| 17:00 | 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00News interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| |
|---|
| 18:00 | 18:00Commentary on the fifth day of the first Test between England and New Zealand from Lord's. 18:452/8Paul Merton, Alun Cochrane, Susan Calman and Gyles Brandreth join host Nicholas Parsons.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Mark Steel visits the Leicestershire town of Melton Mowbray and performs for the locals.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Clare is forced to confront an old phobia after her client meeting takes an odd turn.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Holly Walsh presents the comedy panel show that defines modern etiquette.
| 18:00Commentary on the first day of the second Test between England and New Zealand from Leeds. 18:453/7Jeremy Hardy, Francis Wheen, Helen Zaltzman and Rebecca Front join host Sandi Toksvig.
| 18:00Commentary on the second day of the second Test between England and New Zealand. 18:45Clive Anderson and Phil Gayle welcome guests for some conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Commentary on the third day of the second Test between England and New Zealand. 18:45Antonia Quirke chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
| |
|---|
| 19:00 | 19:00It is the annual Single Wicket. 19:15Juliet Stevenson, Niamh Cusack and Michelle Terry on playing Rosalind. With Kirsty Lang. 19:451/5Can divorce really be amicable? Sally and Joe are about to find out.(R)
| 19:00David has hit a dead end. 19:15Temple's playwright and director discuss their play about the Occupy movement. 19:452/5Can divorce really be amicable? Sally and Joe are about to find out.(R)
| 19:15Lenny Henry, Al Pacino's new film Danny Collins, artist Eileen Cooper and library thefts. 19:453/5Can divorce really be amicable? Sally and Joe are about to find out.(R)
| 19:00Christine makes a discovery. 19:15Michael Craig-Martin's Summer Exhibition, Pink Floyd's Heritage plaque, film Second Coming 19:454/5Can divorce really be amicable? Sally and Joe are about to find out.(R)
| 19:00Lynda feels a glimmer of hope. 19:15From the Hay Festival, Samira Ahmed and guests debate the future of book publishing. 19:455/5Can divorce really be amicable? Sally and Joe are about to find out.(R)
| 19:001/8Sarah McDonald Hughes's fictional response to an extension of the right-to-buy scheme. 19:15Temple at the Donmar Warehouse and Simon Pegg in Man Up.
| 19:152/4Inspector Lestrade recalls Eugene Valmont, food connoisseur and detective.(R) 19:453/6A woman takes in her troubled brother, newly-released from prison.
| |
|---|
| 20:00 | 20:00Samira Ahmed meets the next generation of Britain's imams.(R) 20:30David Aaronovitch traces the journey from wrongful denial to excessive credulity.
| 20:00Lesley Curwen investigates the ways councils negotiate affordable housing with developers. 20:40Lloyd Coleman on writing 'integrated music' for players with and without disabilities.
| 20:00Clive Anderson and guests discuss how the law might save lives on the roads. 20:45Brian Lobel says surviving cancer does not mean you have to be heroic.
| 20:00Why are patients given unnecessary medical treatments? Should doctors just say no? 20:30Increasing productivity and how to measure it. Evan Davis and guests discuss.
| 20:00Political debate with Greg Clark, Caroline Flint, Julia Hartley-Brewer and George Monbiot. 20:50AL Kennedy explores the merits of courtesy, but she points out that it can be complicated.
| 20:00The story of the UK's first children's charity, The Foundling Hospital.
| 20:00Tim Harford asks if people admitted to hospital at weekends are more likely to die.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a scientist, a cyclist, a blind campaigner, a conductor, an actress.(R)
| |
|---|
| 21:00 | 21:00Is war a uniquely human act, or can its origins be found in our evolutionary past?(R) 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Yuval Noah Harari, Beth Shapiro, Colm Toibin and Owen Sheers.(R)
| 21:00Conspiracy theories - why do some believe but not others? Claudia Hammond presents. 21:30Soul Music examines the harrowing stories behind the song made famous by Billie Holiday.(R)
| 21:00A true story of brain injury, recovery and discovery. 21:30Libby Purves meets opera director John Copley and fashion designer Katherine Hooker.(R)
| 21:00Tracey Logan examines technology to enable robots to remain fully autonomous when damaged.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the puzzling science of glass.(R)
| 21:00The Canadians have arrived in Folkestone, and so have the profiteers.
| 21:00Ashley Zhangazha and Jeff Rawle star in a contemporary take on Samuel Johnson's classic.(R)
| 21:00The government wants people to build their own homes. At what cost? With Paul Lewis.(R) 21:26Ann Pascoe presents an appeal for Winston Churchill Memorial Trust.(R) 21:30David Aaronovitch traces the journey from wrongful denial to excessive credulity.
| |
|---|
| 22:00 | 22:00Meeting to discuss government's plans to renegotiate Britain's membership of the EU. 22:456/10Hattie Morahan reads Sarah Hall's compelling new novel about power, love and family.
| 22:00Aim is to cut off IS fighters who'd recently occupied provincial capital, Ramadi. 22:457/10Hattie Morahan reads Sarah Hall's compelling new novel about power, love and family.
| 22:00FIFA's President, Sepp Blatter, says the organisation will "root out any misconduct". 22:458/10Hattie Morahan reads Sarah Hall's compelling new novel about power, love and family.
| 22:00FIFA boss says scandal has cast a long shadow but he cannot monitor all individuals 22:459/10Hattie Morahan reads Sarah Hall's compelling new novel about power, love and family.
| 22:00Blatter defies corruption scandal to win a fifth term as head of world football 22:4510/10Hattie Morahan reads Sarah Hall's compelling new novel about power, love and family.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Clive Anderson and guests discuss how the law might save lives on the roads.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Ian Burrell of the Independent analyses how the papers are covering the biggest stories.
| |
|---|
| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen and guests perform poems, songs and stories about food.(R) 23:301/2Martha Lane Fox explores how increasing internet speed is changing the way music is made.(R)
| 23:003/4John tells a story about darts and remembers a few of his old one-liners. 23:153/4Richard tells the funny and poignant story of his honeymoon road trip across America.(R) 23:302/2Martha Lane Fox explores how artists collaborate creatively online.(R)
| 23:00Passions flare and loyalty is tested at a football ground in London. 23:152/6Featuring a valuable insight into the origins of Henry Longfellow's poetic success. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster on the state opening of Parliament.
| 23:004/4Diane, Joe and David must do 30 minutes of community service for crimes against radio.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme and the BBC parliamentary team report from Westminster.
| 23:00Matthew Parris hears from David Blunkett about the life of Louis Braille. From 2015.(R) 23:55Sisters reflect on the impact leaving Rhodesia in their teens has had on their lives.
| 23:005/6Three students from Aston University take on their professors in the upbeat quiz.(R) 23:30Roger McGough presents poetry for children and adults alike.(R)
| 23:00Antonia Quirke hears listeners' memories of the day that a film crew rolled into town.(R) 23:30Jazz musician Django Bates muses on being 'in the groove'.(R)
| |
|---|
