| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor looks at the complex role of human rights in the peace process.(R) 00:45Bells from All Saints Church in Marsworth, Buckinghamshire.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Yeonmi Park recalls what it was like to grow up in a dictatorship.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5A turning point is reached when Yeonmi's sister goes missing.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5After a daring escape into China, events take a dark and disturbing turn for Yeonmi.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5A new but dangerous plan to find freedom takes shape for Yeonmi and her mother.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Yeonmi Park struggles to adjust to liberty, and her sister is still missing.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3By Aminatta Forna. Surreal and funny story in which a woman rebels against expectations.(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 the Rev Dr Karen Smith. 05:45Commentary on the fifth day of the second Test between Pakistan and England, from Dubai.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Karen Smith. 05:45A disease that attacks olive trees has taken hold in southern Italy. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the northern jacana at home in Central American wetlands.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Karen Smith. 05:45Should individual EU countries have the right to use GM? A crucial vote is set to decide. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the gaunt undertaker-looking marabou stork in Africa.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Karen Smith. 05:45A look at how the living wage will impact farmers, workers and shoppers' grocery baskets. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the morepork or Ru-Ru, New Zealand's only surviving native owl.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Karen Smith. 05:45There are fears of a UK bramley apple shortage. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the blood sucking vampire finch.(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 Father Tim Byron. 05:45A childfree woman talks about her feelings of isolation.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from St Michael's, Angersleigh, in Somerset. 05:45Commentary on the first day of the third Test between Pakistan and England, from Sharjah.
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| 06:00 | | 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.
| 06:00Morning 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. 06:07Helen Mark visits Llanthony in Wales to hear how the Big Chill festival began 20 years ago(R) 06:30David Gregory-Kumar discusses genetic modification in agriculture. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Morning news. Includes Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 08:51Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.
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| 09:00 | 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by Andrew Graystone.
| 09:00Steve Hewlett hosts a debate on the future of the BBC. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by Katharine Longworth.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets folk singer Peggy Seeger and cartoonist Stanley McMurtry. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by Canon Stephen Shipley.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the empire of Mali. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Rev Christopher Landau.
| 09:00Keith Richards is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.(R) 09:45An act of worship and music from Cardiff, led by the Rev Roy Jenkins.
| 09:00Adil Ray, star of Citizen Khan, joins Aasmah Mir and the Reverend Richard Coles.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Commentary on the fifth day of the second Test between Pakistan and England, from Dubai.
| 10:00Erica Jong and Joanna Trollope compare their life experiences. Jane Garvey presents. 10:452/5Pliny the Younger and Venta, his new Welsh slave, go hunting for boar.
| 10:00Nikki Bedi looks at miscarriage. Plus Miranda Richardson on May We Be Forgiven by AM Homes 10:413/5Pliny has an unnerving visit from his fellow lawyer, and arch-rival, Regulus. 10:55They had a low-key wedding, but now she's overcome her social anxiety, the sky's the limit
| 10:00A live performance from US banjo player Abigail Washburn and her husband. 10:454/5Pliny the Younger and his mother are invited to dinner with the Emperor.
| 10:00Shami Chakrabarti talks about How to Be Both by Ali Smith. Jenni Murray presents. 10:455/5Pliny is put out when one of his dinner guests fails to show up.
| 10:30Clap those hands, stamp those feet! Chris Stewart goes on the trail of flamenco in Granada
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| 11:00 | | 11:00Brett Westwood explores how beetles have influenced arts and science. From 2015 11:30Frances Fyfield is in Vienna to examine the score of Johann Strauss II's Die Fledermaus.
| 11:004/4Gerald Scarfe is your starship captain on a bumpy ride through the cosmos. 11:303/4Great works of fiction are upended when the comedy trio stumble into the plot.
| 11:00A comedian wins the presidency of one of the world's most violent nations. 11:30Actor Jack Shepherd goes backstage to unearth the strange tales of haunted theatres.
| 11:00Alison Steadman plays a nursery web spider in this funny tale written by Lynne Truss. 11:303/6Joel comes home early from work to find an unexpected visitor in the shape of Henry.
| 11:00Helen Lewis of the New Statesman looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30There is anxiety in Turkey as people to go to the polls for a second time this year.
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| 12:00 | 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the fifth day of the second Test between Pakistan and England, from Dubai.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Two-year-old Mathieu Dupont goes missing. 12:15Call You and Yours asks listeners what big changes they have made for the sake of health. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Private Lavoie sees an opportunity to escape court martial. 12:15How to spot when you're being scammed. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Folkestone is hit by a storm, and Nancy and Dolly seek the high ground of the drawing room 12:15The RNLI explain why they have decided to only call donors who give permission. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04In the last episode of Season 5, Kitty Lumley feels like leaving Folkestone forever. 12:15The future of small renewable energy projects and hospital car parking charges. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04A look at the payday loan redress, insurance premium tax and foreign payment troubles. 12:307/8Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the first day of the third Test between Pakistan and England, from Sharjah.
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| 13:00 | 13:45Ben Macintyre on history's most famous battle strategist, ancient China's Sun Tzu (1 of 5)
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:45Ben Macintyre on bait and switch - the oldest trick in the strategists' playbook (2 of 5)
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45Ben Macintyre's series continues with a focus on 'Trojan Horses' through history (3 of 5)
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45Ben Macintyre looks at how spies and double-agents can turn the tide of battle (4 of 5)
| 13:00Shaker Aamer returns to Britain after 13 years. 13:45Ben Macintyre's series concludes with a focus on camouflage in battle strategy (5 of 5)
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Shipston-on-Stour in the Cotswolds.(R)
| 13:45James Landale examines why Margaret Thatcher was ousted from power 25 years ago.
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| 14:00 | 14:00It is the Harvest Festival in Ambridge.(R) 14:15A true story that charts actor Tristan Sturrock's journey from paralysis to recovery.(R)
| 14:00Emma is the voice of reason.(R) 14:15By Hayley Squires. Emotional drama about fathers, daughters and the beautiful game.
| 14:00Lynda has the perfect role to offer.(R) 14:15In Holland, Robert de Tullio is drawn deeper into the murky waters of WWI intelligence.
| 14:00Ed considers his future as a farmer.(R) 14:15A man in a fugue state holds the key to some strange events.
| 14:00Will they be queuing up to audition for Lynda?(R) 14:15Jack is on the hunt for a space rock, as is his nemesis Aurora. Who will find it first?(R)
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? Presented by Anita Anand. 14:30Alfred Hitchcock and Ernest Lehman’s unproduced follow-up script to North by Northwest.
| 14:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Liverpool.(R) 14:45Overcoming social anxiety and the importance of listening in friendship.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. 15:30Sheila Dillon discovers the secrets of that misunderstood and overlooked fruit: the pear.(R)
| 15:003/6Josie Long presents stories of imitation and plagiarism. 15:30Bad news for lovers of tapenade and pesto - olive trees are succumbing to a new disease.
| 15:00What can we do about cyber crime? Listeners call in with their views and ideas. 15:30Claudia Hammond is joined by a panel of experts to discuss teenage mental health.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark visits Llanthony in Wales to hear how the Big Chill festival began 20 years ago 15:27Frank Cottrell Boyce presents the Radio 4 Appeal for Railway Children.(R) 15:30Mariella Frostrup talks to Adam Sisman about his new biography of John le Carre.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Liverpool. 15:45By Sudanese author Leila Aboulela. A bright student is failing in her studies, but why?
| | 15:001/2The lives of 17 year old Cassandra Mortmain’s eccentric family in a rural 1930's Suffolk.
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| 16:00 | 16:002/2Novelist Bernardine Evaristo on the complex man at the heart of the Black Arts Movement. 16:30Aleks Krotoski explores the world of the digital doppelganger
| 16:00Neuroscientist Dr Frederique Liegeois joins Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright. 16:30Philip Pullman and Caroline Criado-Perez talk about books they love with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores forms of non-religious culture and identification. 16:30Culture secretary John Whittingdale talks about the BBC's distinctiveness.
| 16:00Francine Stock discusses Brief Encounter. 16:30Oxygen detected on comet 67P doesn’t fit with models of early Solar System formation.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a polymath, a critic, a showjumping manager, a film star 16:30Spicy Woman's Hour chat, coverage of the Middle East, and local radio goes viral. 16:55Does overcoming the social anxiety that held her back mean she's now a different person?
| 16:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Erica Jong, Joanna Trollope, and leaving the care system.
| 16:00Fantasy writer China Mieville talks about The City & the City. With James Naughtie. 16:301/2A stellar cast of 26 leading poets read their own work inspired by the Lyrical Ballads.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00PM at 5pm - Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 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.
| 17:00PM at 5pm - Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Can clever maths create value from nothing? Evan Davis and guests look at modern finance.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00The UK is giving a billion pounds of aid to Syrian refugees. But is it being well spent?(R) 17:40Edward Stourton profiles the leader of the House of Lords Baroness Tina Stowell.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00The House of Lords is about to vote on measures designed to block cuts to tax credits. 18:304/8Josh Widdicombe, Jenny Eclair, Sheila Hancock and Paul Merton join host Nicholas Parsons.
| 18:00George Osborne vows to reform tax credits despite defeat in the Lords 18:303/4Andrew attempts to beat his workmate Lennie to a promotion.
| 18:00FIFA deal to give World Cup to Russia Teenager murdered at school in Aberdeen 18:303/5Sophie seeks love while her mother wants entry to a posh lady's golf club.
| 18:00After almost forty years, China has ended its policy restricting couples to just one child 18:30An all-star gala in celebration of Barry Cryer's 80th birthday.
| 18:00Shaker Aamer, the last British resident held at Guantanamo, has arrived back in the UK. 18:307/8Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.
| 18:00BMA criticises plan to charge foreigners for emergency treatment. NZ win Rugby World Cup 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Russian aviation official says crashed plane broke up in sky. 18:15Liz Barclay chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Emma is the voice of reason. 19:15Samira Ahmed talks to Anne-Marie Duff and Marianne Elliot about staging DH Lawrence plays. 19:451/5Pliny the Younger and his mother go shopping for a slave in Rome in the 1st century AD.(R)
| 19:00Lynda has the perfect role to offer. 19:15With John Wilson. Anthony Hopkins and Ian McKellen discuss their adaptation of The Dresser 19:452/5Pliny the Younger and Venta, his new Welsh slave, go hunting for boar.(R)
| 19:00Ed considers his future as a farmer. 19:15Samira Ahmed talks to fashion designer Hussein Chalayan about his radical new dance show. 19:453/5Pliny has an unnerving visit from his fellow lawyer, and arch-rival, Regulus.(R)
| 19:00Will they be queuing up to audition for Lynda? 19:15The author David Mitchell talks about his new novel Slade House. Samira Ahmed presents. 19:454/5Pliny the Younger and his mother are invited to dinner with the Emperor.(R)
| 19:00Susan is in a selfless mood. 19:15Kirsty Lang meets Brooklyn star Saoirse Ronan and sees Eugene O'Neill's play The Hairy Ape 19:455/5Pliny is put out when one of his dinner guests fails to show up.(R)
| 19:00Edward Stourton profiles the leader of the House of Lords Baroness Tina Stowell. 19:15Including a look at Jafar Panahi's Golden Bear-winning film Taxi Tehran.
| 19:00Helen is in a world of her own. 19:154/4Shedtown Mark II pulls the crowds in. Jimmy asks where hearts lie.(R) 19:45By Rebecca F John. Is it true that nothing survives in Crow Road?
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| 20:00 | 20:00Mark D'Arcy examines the life and times of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby. 20:30Jo Fidgen asks if killing cows for food can be morally justified.
| 20:00The UK is giving a billion pounds of aid to Syrian refugees. But is it being well spent? 20:40News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Alex Marshall discusses patriotism and nationalism.
| 20:00Peter Oborne gives his verdict on crucial questions raised by the 2003 invasion of Iraq. 20:30Can clever maths create value from nothing? Evan Davis and guests look at modern finance.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Shipston-on-Stour in the Cotswolds. 20:50As a tribute to the late Lisa Jardine, another chance to hear her reflections on memory.
| 20:00Comedian Doc Brown activates the flux capacitor back to the world of 21 January 1981.
| 20:00Spicy Woman's Hour chat, coverage of the Middle East, and local radio goes viral.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a polymath, a critic, a showjumping manager, a film star(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Brett Westwood explores how oak tree has influenced society, art and druidism.(R) 21:30Andrew Marr with Siri Hustvedt, Ben Power, Peter Davies and Mike Savage.(R)
| 21:00Claudia Hammond is joined by a panel of experts to discuss teenage mental health. 21:30Steve Hewlett hosts a debate on the future of the BBC.(R)
| 21:00Bad news for lovers of tapenade and pesto - olive trees are succumbing to a new disease.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets folk singer Peggy Seeger and cartoonist Stanley McMurtry.(R)
| 21:00Oxygen detected on comet 67P doesn’t fit with models of early Solar System formation.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the empire of Mali.(R)
| 21:00Last omnibus edition of Season 5 of Home Front, an epic drama series set during WWI.
| 21:00Comedy trio Penny Dreadfuls transport us to ancient Greece. Robert Webb stars as Odysseus(R)
| 21:00A look at the payday loan redress, insurance premium tax and foreign payment troubles.(R) 21:26Matt Lucas presents the Radio 4 Appeal for YoungMinds.(R) 21:30Jo Fidgen asks if killing cows for food can be morally justified.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00The government is defeated in the House of Lords on tax credit changes. 22:451/10Having survived a showdown with Goldfinger, Bond is back in London. So is Pussy Galore.
| 22:00Chinese foreign ministry summons US ambassador to protest against American move. 22:452/10Bond is to protect British driver Lancy Smith during a forthcoming race at Nurburgring.
| 22:00Karl Andree will be released instead 22:453/10Bond already has his suspicions and is proved right when the Nurburgring race begins.
| 22:00Things are so bad, some people are returning to Syria. 22:454/10Sin Jai-Seong throws a party, and Bond sneaks into his office.
| 22:00A special report from Razia Iqbal in Istanbul. 22:455/10Bond and Jeopardy piece together the information taken from Sin's office.
| 22:00In 1979, a team of scientists begin to investigate some strange phenomena.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Andrew Gimson looks at how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen explores the wonderful Latin names used to describe animals and plants.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:003/4The actor-cum-sleuth hopes to prove Hugo did not murder his wife.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/4Join Alex and Ben - aka The Pin - in their weird twist on the double-act sketch show. 23:154/4Writer Michael Smith returns to his hometown of Hartlepool.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports on the fallout from the government defeat in the Lords on tax credits.
| 23:003/4Rob Newman presents a witty, fact-packed A to Z of evolution, mixing stand-up and sketches 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Philip Pullman and Caroline Criado-Perez talk about books they love with Harriett Gilbert.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55Fi Glover introduces a conversation between two friends, one of whom is disabled.
| 23:00A British journalist living in Tokyo investigates the mysterious deaths of four teenagers.
| 23:00Francine Stock discusses Brief Encounter.(R) 23:30Embarrassment teaches, amuses and can even kill us. Mark Tully studies its repercussions.(R)
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