| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:152/3Rosie Millard hears the dilemmas and decisions two people face as they decide to move home(R) 00:45The bells from Westminster Abbey.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5With Spartan distrust of the rising power of Athens, is war inevitable?(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Ancient Greek historian Thucydides' masterful first-hand account of the Peloponnesian wars(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Ancient Greek historian Thucydides' masterful first-hand account of the Peloponnesian wars(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5After an Athenian atrocity in Melos, both sides prepare for war in Sicily.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5An expedition to conquer Sicily spells the beginning of the end of Athenian power.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3By Ron Rash. Life in the American heartlands is overshadowed by the actions of a daughter.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Venerable Peter Eagles. 05:45Potato growers respond to the Scottish government's plans to ban GM crops. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the pied wagtail.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Venerable Peter Eagles. 05:45Secretary of state Liz Truss wants clearer supermarket labelling on dairy products. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the Dunlin.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Venerable Peter Eagles. 05:45UK lamb exports to Europe are being hit by the strength of the pound. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the marsh tit.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Venerable Peter Eagles. 05:45The government reveals its new rural productivity plan. With Felicity Evans. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the willow tit.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Venerable Peter Eagles. 05:45How condensing wildlife in to a smaller area could be win-win for farmers. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the Hawfinch.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Dr Ian Bradley, University of St Andrews. 05:45A Muslim listener talks about being stopped at the airport and about her love for the UK.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Bells from the Cathedral Church of St Andrew, Wells in Somerset. 05:45Dr Dre has made an indelible mark on popular culture. Mark Coles tells his story.(R)
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| 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, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark visits Cornwall's clay country to see how mining has sculpted the landscape.(R) 06:30What does it take for farm tourism businesses to succeed? Sybil Ruscoe finds out. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05John McCarthy considers the importance of bread in people's physical and spiritual lives. 06:35Seaweed from Rathlin Island is proving a hit. Ruth Sanderson reports. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sir Peter Fahy, refugees in Austria and a sacred walk through Bristol. 07:54Jade Etherington presents the Radio 4 Appeal for National Eye Research Centre. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From St Giles' Cathedral celebrating the Edinburgh Festival, with Alexander McCall Smith. 08:48John Gray frecalls the work of Eric Ambler and finds unsettling contemporary echoes.(R) 08:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the marsh tit.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Simon McBurney, Ed Byrne and guests live from the Edinburgh Festival in the big blue tent. 09:30Chris Watson’s audio postcards from around the world capturing natural sound spectacles.(R) 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Dr Bert Tosh.
| 09:002/4Stephen Fry discusses weather and climate talk with experts and climate change activists. 09:302/4Virginia Woolf and a balloon of airballs! Kensington Gardens as a magical playground 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Pastor Alex Robertson.
| 09:003/4Quentin Letts reports on the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. 09:30The truce in 1992 between the two main black street gangs in Los Angeles. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Janet Wootton.
| 09:00Baroness Mary Warnock curates the festival of her wildest dreams. 09:303/6Former rugby players share their stories of the way they left the sport.(R) 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Stephen Shipley.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor speaks to former detainees and the head of the guard force at Guantanamo Bay(R) 09:45An act of worship and music by Canon Chris Chivers.
| 09:00Larry Lamb joins Suzy Klein and Richard Coles in the studio.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Singer Ella Eyre performs live, flexible childcare, and men and relationships over 40. 10:451/5Yukinari's patience with the affairs and intrigues of the palace reaches breaking point.
| 10:00Reaction from South Africa to the imminent release from jail of Oscar Pistorius. 10:452/5Yukinari turns renegade as he doggedly attempts to root out conspirators in the palace.
| 10:00Charlotte Rampling on her latest film and teaching young women to stand up for themselves. 10:413/5Yukinari is thrown together with his oldest friend Takashi, who seems much changed. 10:55Young dancers find that it's their differences that makes their partnership work.
| 10:00Post-16 education, cook perfect broccoli pesto pasta, and Val McDermid on Josephine Tey. 10:25Commentary on the first day of the fifth Test between England and Australia, from the Oval
| 10:00Rower Anna Watkins, Jack The Ripper, gay marriage, Laura Green and women's vote myths. 10:25Commentary on England v Australia on the second day of the fifth Test, from the Oval.
| 10:25Commentary on England v Australia on the third day of the fifth Test, from the Oval.
| 10:00Susan springs into action, and Kenton feels ashamed. 10:25Commentary on England v Australia on the fourth day of the fifth Test, from the Oval.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Prospective adoptive parents meet children waiting to be adopted at a party. 11:301/4Find out why Tom hates celebrations and why his father needs an electric whisk.(R)
| 11:00Nature that has had a profound impact on human culture and society across history. 11:30In the 1970s the composer Philip Glass drove a taxi around Manhattan to make ends meet.
| 11:003/3Early pioneers to Britain from the Indian subcontinent in conversation with their children 11:303/6Damien takes his friends on a narrowboat holiday for his birthday.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:0439/3Byron Vincent discusses nature versus nurture, and society's obligations to its weakest.(R) 12:15A look at what happens to donations if a charity goes bust. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Katy Long argues that we should think differently about citizenship.(R) 12:15Listeners air their views on online dating apps. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Comedian John Williams finds unexpected joy in his autistic son's view of life.(R) 12:15Charities 'bury' details about senior staff pay, despite being told to be more transparent 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the first day of the fifth Test between England and Australia, from the Oval
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on England v Australia on the second day of the fifth Test, from the Oval.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on England v Australia on the third day of the fifth Test, from the Oval.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on England v Australia on the fourth day of the fifth Test, from the Oval.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Labour leadership contender Liz Kendall answers questions from listeners. With Shaun Ley. 13:451/5Sian Williams analyses the importance of physical exercise to brain health.
| 13:00Lord Kinnock tells us the party needs to learn from the past when choosing new leader. 13:452/5Sian Williams finds out why keeping cool boosts your brain power.
| 13:00Labour leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn answers listener questions, with Martha Kearney. 13:453/5Sian Williams explores the importance of mental exercise to brain health.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Susan springs into action.(R) 14:15Comedy drama about the Two Ronnies.(R)
| 14:151/2Disgraced Alia Khan seeks a life of obscurity. But murder soon comes knocking at her door.
| 14:00Pip is there for Ruth.(R) 14:152/2Disgraced police inspector Alia Khan is enlisted to help catch a serial killer.
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| 15:00 | 15:0011/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the second semi-final of the eclectic music quiz. 15:30Sheila Dillon speaks to her food hero, campaigner and writer Susan George.(R)
| 15:00Tom Holland and guests discuss 1920s shanty towns, radical Warrington and Roman beards. 15:30David Owen Norris discovers the Duke of Wellington - the musician.(R)
| 15:003/5Michael Robinson explores the world of agency workers and umbrella companies.(R) 15:301/2Robert McCrum journeys into his own brain to understand more about stroke.(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:00Proinsias O'Coinn goes in search of a piece of art that has the power to make him cry. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss what role religion plays in people's attitudes toward debt.
| 16:003/3Rosie Millard hears the hopes of two people moving hundreds of miles across the UK.(R) 16:30Michael Howard, Conservative Party former leader, tells Matthew Parris about Elizabeth I.
| 16:003/3Opening weekend is crucial to a film, but there are pitfalls to watch out for.(R) 16:30Buckingham Palace appeals to the paparazzi to stop taking pictures of Prince George.
| | | | 16:304/4Paul Farley hears Tony Harrison read his new poem Polygons.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00News interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00News interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
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| 17:00The growing problem of alcohol abuse among older people, told through personal stories.(R) 17:40Dr Dre has made an indelible mark on popular culture. Mark Coles tells his story.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00More than a dozen people have died in a bombing at a busy shrine in Bangkok 18:306/6Jack Dee, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden are joined by Susan Calman.
| 18:00A British student is now known to have died in yesterday's bombing in Bangkok. 18:30Andrew Maxwell presents a selection of comedy from 2015's Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
| 18:00Jeremy Corbyn says it is "beyond disgusting" to suggest that he is racist or anti-semitic 18:303/4Isy Suttie presents the pick of new sketch group talent from the live UK comedy circuit.
| 18:00Commentary on the first day of the fifth Test between England and Australia, from the Oval 18:454/6Reflections on being small, and a question to his boyfriend leads to a surprising answer.
| 18:00Commentary on England v Australia on the second day of the fifth Test, from the Oval. 18:452/5Satirical take on politics, media and celebrity, recorded at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
| 18:00Commentary on England v Australia on the third day of the fifth Test, from the Oval. 18:45Clive Anderson and guests are in Edinburgh with a mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00At least 11 people are now feared to have been killed in the Shoreham air show disaster. 18:15Catherine Bott chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:15A look at how performers are addressing mental health in their shows. Kirsty Lang presents 19:451/5Yukinari's patience with the affairs and intrigues of the palace reaches breaking point.(R)
| 19:15Canadian theatre maker Robert Lepage discusses his Edinburgh International Festival show. 19:452/5Yukinari turns renegade as he doggedly attempts to root out conspirators in the palace.(R)
| 19:00There is agreement at Berrow Farm. 19:15Kirsty Lang talks to John Hannah about his return to the Scottish stage. 19:453/5Yukinari is thrown together with his oldest friend Takashi, who seems much changed.(R)
| 19:15A review of Dismaland, a new Bansky exhibition. Samira Ahmed presents. 19:454/5Shonagon investigates Yukinari's disappearance from the palace.(R)
| 19:15Samira Ahmed talks to pianist Andras Schiff about performing Bach's Goldberg Variations. 19:455/5Lady Shonagon receives an invitation to Lord Asaji's sacred grotto.(R)
| 19:00Dr Dre has made an indelible mark on popular culture. Mark Coles tells his story. 19:15Ex Machina, The Encounter, Adam Mars-Jones, Narcos, Escobar and Festival selections.
| 19:155/6Jack Whitehall, Milton Jones, Natalie Haynes and Susie Dent vie for wordy supremacy(R) 19:45A bittersweet story by Angela Barnes, recorded at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2015.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Exploring the audio archive found in Osama Bin Laden's compound in Afghanistan. 20:30Will Grant takes a ride on Cuba's bumpy roads where change is in the air.(R)
| 20:00The growing problem of alcohol abuse among older people, told through personal stories. 20:40Peter White discusses gratitude with Ian Macrae, Lyndall Bywater and Dr David Bolt.
| 20:00How will people answer the question 'Who am I?' in the future? 20:45Charles Leadbeater argues that we are living in a whirlpool economy.
| 20:00Deserted beaches and empty hotels: a package holiday after the terror attack in Sousse. 20:30Peter Day tries to discover how wonder material graphene can be used in the future.
| 20:00Ritula Shah with Jeremy Corbyn, Dan Jones, Polly Toynbee and Elizabeth Truss. 20:50John Gray frecalls the work of Eric Ambler and finds unsettling contemporary echoes.
| 20:00Susan Marling celebrates Richard Attenborough’s legacy a year on from his death.
| 20:00Diabetes cases are soaring, but is this down to new diagnoses? Tim Harford investigates.(R) 20:30Lucy Ash on an archaeologist, a music manager, a director, a show jumper and a general.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Brett Westwood explores the role woolly mammoths have played in our lives.(R) 21:30Simon McBurney, Ed Byrne and guests live from the Edinburgh Festival in the big blue tent.(R)
| 21:001/2Robert McCrum journeys into his own brain to understand more about stroke.(R) 21:302/4Stephen Fry discusses weather and climate talk with experts and climate change activists.(R)
| 21:00A classic experiment in operant conditioning conducted by the famous behaviourist.(R) 21:303/4Quentin Letts reports on the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.(R)
| 21:02Gareth Mitchell asks whether paleolithic people ate carbs and why corals are in peril.(R) 21:30Baroness Mary Warnock curates the festival of her wildest dreams.(R)
| 21:0012/12Marina Warner explores the world of contemporary storytelling.
| 21:003/3Originally set during the Third Crusade, this updates the action to a more modern crusade.(R)
| 21:004/5Michael Robinson asks how workers will get the skills needed for a more prosperous future.(R) 21:26Jade Etherington presents the Radio 4 Appeal for National Eye Research Centre.(R) 21:30Peter Day tries to discover how wonder material graphene can be used in the future.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00At least 19 people known to have died in bombing at busy shrine 22:456/10Shaken by an encounter, Jean Louise has forgotten her aunt's gathering.
| 22:00Archbishop Philip Tartaglia says child abuse "inexcusable and intolerable" 22:457/10Jean Louise calls on her Uncle Jack, in search of a sane voice in Maycomb.
| 22:00We take an in-depth look at his foreign policy agenda 22:458/10Looking for Atticus, Jean Louise is about to be waylaid. Read by Fenella Woolgar.
| 22:00What does PM's departure mean for Greek economy - and its relationship with Eurozone ? 22:459/10Jean Louise reluctantly confronts Atticus about the Citizens' Council.
| 22:00Police fire tear gas -- we speak to Macedonia's interior ministry. 22:4510/10Heartbroken after her fight with Atticus, Jean Louise packs for New York.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15How will people answer the question 'Who am I?' in the future?(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Stephen Bush of the New Statesman analyses how the papers are covering the big stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:005/6Josie Long hears stories about the impact of music - from songs to symphonies.(R) 23:301/3How the events of the Thirty Years War hugely influenced later German nationalists.(R)
| 23:00Alex Edelman hosts a selection of comedy hot from 2015's Edinburgh Fringe Festival. 23:302/3Misha Glenny explores the rise of Prussia, dispelling several myths along the way.(R)
| 23:004/4The bears aren't at an airport and Victor isn't on a plane. 23:154/6Nathan Caton is unsympathetic when his parents are sick, as he has an important gig.(R) 23:303/3Misha Glenny charts the emergence of a unified Germany in 1871.(R)
| 23:00Lauren Laverne and guests look at how dating, identity and relationships are changing.
| 23:00Lauren Laverne and guests discuss what it means to be a man in 2015. 23:55Sometimes the thing that brought you together loses its appeal - at least for one of you.
| 23:0011/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the second semi-final of the eclectic music quiz.(R) 23:303/4Paul Farley listens for ghosts and feels for flesh with Mark Doty and Andrew McMillan.(R)
| 23:00Antonia Quirke hears from listeners who found 15 seconds of fame in the movies.(R) 23:30John McCarthy considers the importance of bread in people's physical and spiritual lives.(R)
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