| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Glaswegian and Russian gangs: their origins, organisation and meaning.(R) 00:45Church bells from the Parish Church of St Thomas, Norbury in Hazel Grove, Stockport.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Aarathi Prasad explores Indian medicine, starting with the seven official types.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Writer Aarathi Prasad visits the hospital in the Dharavi slum where the shrine holds sway.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5It all began with a rabbit, so the bonesetter's story goes.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The fish doctors who claim to treat asthma by the most unlikely of methods.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Writer Aarathi Prasad learns of the extraordinary success of Project Prakash.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3A songwriter turns to storytelling to create a tale of lost love interwoven with song.(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. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with the Very Rev John Chalmers. 05:45Does the pressure to produce cheap meat fuel the rise in antibiotic resistant superbugs? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58David Attenborough presents the pied flycatcher.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with the Very Rev John Chalmers. 05:45Russia no longer needs our cheese even if the import ban is lifted, warns dairy expert. 05:58Chris Packham presents the grey wagtail.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with the Very Rev John Chalmers. 05:45Traceability and food fraud are the issues looked at, alongside You and Yours. 05:58John Aitchison presents the lesser spotted woodpecker.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with the Very Rev John Chalmers. 05:45Renewed calls for a ban on plastic microbeads which harm marine life. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the marsh tit.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with the Very Rev John Chalmers. 05:45Farm life in Europe but outside the EU - the programme hears about the Norwegian model. 05:58David Attenborough presents the dipper.(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 George Craig. 05:45The programme that starts with its listeners. Britain's first black police officer.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from St Peter's, Curdridge. 05:45Mark Coles profiles Jose Mourinho, the 'special one'.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Includes 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. 06:07Clare Balding meets four women about to embark on walking the Essex Way in three days.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith investigates the relationship between farmer and consumer in agriculture. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully asks what makes a government, a religion or even a friendship legitimate. 06:35Lionel Kelleway is in search of dippers. Recorded in 2002. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00News, including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Review of Sharia law in the UK; Scientology buildings vacant; bells for BBC Music Day. 07:54Storyteller Giles Abbott, who is blind, presents an appeal on behalf of Snowdon Trust. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Susan Hulme reports as MPs do battle over the latest Treasury report on leaving the EU.
| 08:31Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 08:31A bid to save Tata Steel jobs may mean cuts to pension benefits.
| | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10The Rev Andrew Martlew traces the story of the Richmond Sixteen. 08:48Will Self argues we should give children their inheritance when they're most in need of it(R) 08:58David Attenborough presents the pied flycatcher.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Simon Armitage, Cornelia Parker, Cyprian Broodbank and Aurelia Masson-Berghoff. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Roger Hutchings.
| 09:00How a place bound to the sea and the globe developed its idea of Europe. 09:305/5Bettany Hughes considers virtue in her archaeology of philosophy.(R) 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by John Forrest.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets soul singer Martha High and Chris Lemmon, son of the actor Jack. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Stephen Shipley.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, 1863. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Becky Harris.
| 09:00Kirsty Young interviews Berry Gordy, record producer and creator of the Motown label.(R) 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by The Rev Richard Frazer.
| 09:00Barry Cryer joins Aasmah Mir and Kate Silverton. With Pixie Lott's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Film director Toni Myers on her latest project Beautiful Planet. 10:451/5Mary Ann returns to San Francisco with some big news to share with Michael.
| 10:00Who are the women voting for Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump? 10:452/5Mary Ann begins to adapt to life with Michael and Ben while Jake meets a new man.
| 10:00Jodie Foster on her latest film Money Monster, fame, family life and Freaky Friday. 10:413/5Mary Ann takes some time out before her operation and Jake takes a chance on Jonah. 10:55Even though Hay-on-Wye is in Wales, at times it seems to be part of England.
| 10:00Love & Friendship, Nicola Mendelsohn, married to a priest, Commonwealth secretary general. 10:454/5DeDe accompanies Mary Ann to her surgery while Jake makes a big decision.
| 10:00Actor Meera Syal, Simonetta Agnello Hornby, Khadija Ismayilova, Mausi Segun. 10:25Commentary on day one of the second Test between England and Sri Lanka from Durham.
| 10:00Paul McCartney joins John Wilson and the audience at BBC Maida Vale to discuss songwriting
| 10:00Ursula is pleasantly surprised, and Kirsty and Fallon get their heads together. 10:30Commentary on day three of the second Test between England and Sri Lanka from Durham.
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| 11:00 | 11:00One family's struggle to raise the money to cremate their dead dad. Grace Dent presents. 11:306/6Malcolm and Ramesh's relationship steps up a gear, and Dave explores online dating apps.
| 11:00The story of how a sideshow doctor changed medical history and saved premature babies. 11:30The Pistols' played their first and last gig in Yorkshire - what influence did punk have?
| 11:00Winifred Robinson reports on the lives of thousands of families being tracked in Bradford.(R) 11:304/6The staff face supervision from the private sector in a 'care provision shake-up'.
| 11:00Reporters' despatches from around the world. The Taliban leader killed in a drone strike. 11:30A musical portrait of how the jazz trumpeter Miles Davis became a painter in later life.
| | 11:00Commentary on day two of the second Test between England and Sri Lanka from Durham.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Lord Colville takes his daughter to the theatre. 12:15Why are so many claimants successful when they appeal against benefits decisions? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. 12:15How much does it matter to you where your food comes from? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. 12:15NHS continuing care, Hotel Chocolat, and how dating online has affected gay bars. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The Wilsons prepare to leave Devonshire. 12:15Four major charities are found to have broken the fundraising code of practice. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on day one of the second Test between England and Sri Lanka from Durham.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on day two of the second Test between England and Sri Lanka from Durham.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on day three of the second Test between England and Sri Lanka from Durham.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs with Martha Kearney. 13:451/5Historian Helen Castor examines the role of Mercia in the creation of England.
| 13:00News with Martha Kearney including fire brigade reforms and Chelsea Flower Show winner. 13:452/5The role of the Midlands in the Industrial Revolution.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:453/5Why Helen Castor claims the real garden of England is the Midlands - not Kent.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:454/5The political gestures from England’s radical middle that redefined the world's history.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Rob is having trouble getting through.(R) 14:15Unsettling drama set in a future in which you can hand-pick everything about your child.
| 14:15Ben Tavassoli, Oliver Chris and Claudie Blakley star in Ed Harris's virtual love story.
| 14:00It is a big day at Home Farm.(R) 14:15Will wakes to find he has travelled 100 years into the future to a post-capitalist London.
| 14:00Fallon and Kirsty get their heads together.(R) 14:15Poet Louise Wallwein responds to what she has seen and heard working as a volunteer on Kos
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| 15:00 | 15:003/6Three students from the University of Chester take on their professors in the upbeat quiz. 15:30Diana Henry continues to share her favourite readings from food writers who inspire her.
| 15:00Jay Rayner hosts the culinary programme from Durham.(R) 15:30Fi Glover talks to three men who have chosen to stay at home looking after their children.
| 15:00Paul Lewis and a panel of guests explore the complexity of the new state pension. 15:30The reality of exam stress, and the community initiative to prevent suicide.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding meets four women about to embark on walking the Essex Way in three days. 15:27Ian McEwan presents an appeal on behalf of SolarAid.(R) 15:30Mariella Frostrup talks to Kit de Waal about her novel My Name Is Leon.(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:00Clap those hands, stamp those feet! Chris Stewart goes on the trail of flamenco in Granada(R) 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the legacy of the doctrine of original sin.
| 16:00Michael Rosen talks to Keith Houston about punctuation symbols and how they came to exist. 16:30George Fox, founder of the Quakers, nominated by Ann Limb
| 16:00'Queer' wars: the global struggle for lesbian/gay rights. Also, Nigerian beauty pageants. 16:30How are the media representing the two sides of the referendum campaign?
| 16:00Whit Stillman on Jane Austen's unfinished novella. 16:30Adam Rutherford examines the science of GM plants as the Royal Society takes on the issue
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| 17:00 | 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.
| 17:00Eddie 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.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57Commentary on day two of the second Test between England and Sri Lanka from Durham.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57Commentary on day three of the second Test between England and Sri Lanka from Durham.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Treasury: Brexit "would spark recession". Leave campaigners reject "biased" report. 18:28A referendum campaign broadcast by the Vote Leave campaign. 18:302/6Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Alexei Sayle and Graham Norton join Nicholas Parsons.
| 18:00The Council says it's a fresh start for the department looking after vulnerable children. 18:28A referendum campaign broadcast by the Stronger IN Europe campaign. 18:304/5The tale of George and Louise set against the backdrop of the Matlock Ceilidh.(R)
| 18:00Vote Leave accuses IFS of bias after it warned about the financial impact of Brexit 18:302/6Victoria Coren Mitchell is joined by Alex Horne, Jonny Woo and Richard Osman.
| 18:00Focus of EU referendum campaign shifts to immigration 18:301/4Paul Sinha looks at the forgotten women of history, whose stories were not told at school.
| 18:00Commentary on day one of the second Test between England and Sri Lanka from Durham. 18:457/9Miles Jupp is joined by Susan Calman, Holly Walsh, Dane Baptiste and Francis Wheen.
| 18:45Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:45Sheila McClennon chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Russell T Davies, Love and Friendship, Rufus Norris, and Thelma and Louise 25 years on. 19:451/5Mary Ann returns to San Francisco with some big news to share with Michael.(R)
| 19:00It is a big day at Home Farm. 19:15The Royle Family's Sue Johnston on Rovers, and Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama reviewed. 19:452/5Mary Ann begins to adapt to life with Michael and Ben while Jake meets a new man.(R)
| 19:00Fallon and Kirsty get their heads together. 19:15Neil Gaiman on his Likely Stories, poet Liz Lochhead, and playwright Roy Williams. 19:453/5Mary Ann takes some time out before her operation and Jake takes a chance on Jonah.(R)
| 19:00Lilian and Jennifer go shopping. 19:15With guitarist and songwriter Wilko Johnson talking about surviving terminal cancer. 19:454/5DeDe accompanies Mary Ann to her surgery while Jake makes a big decision.(R)
| 19:15Charlotte Church discusses her 'musical fairy tale' which tackles contemporary issues. 19:455/5Mary Ann has an unwelcome encounter with a presence from her past.(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles Jose Mourinho, the 'special one'. 19:15Featuring a Jane Austen adaptation and an exhibition of found objects.
| 19:15Late-night topical comedy, hosted by award-winning satirist Nish Kumar.(R) 19:452/4By Toby Litt. A family must cross an extraordinary desert.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Winifred Robinson reports on the lives of thousands of families being tracked in Bradford. 20:30Linda Pressly explores the challenge to conventional ideas from 'gender-neutral' people.
| 20:00Thomas Bourke has served more than 20 years for murder, but is his conviction safe? 20:40How can air travel be made easier for blind people?
| 20:00Will technology make language barriers obsolete? 20:455/5Dominic Lawson asks Peter Hitchens about his transition from Trotskyism to conservatism.
| 20:00Who are the New IRA - the dissident republicans who pose a substantial threat to Britain? 20:30Whether it is trade deals or red tape, how does EU membership help or hinder UK business?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the BBC Radio Theatre in London. 20:50Will Self argues we should give children their inheritance when they're most in need of it
| 20:00Robin Ince looks at the enduring cliche of the sad clown.(R)
| 20:00Listener comments on Mourinho topping Radio 4 bulletins and Tom Hollander's school drama.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on an actor, a lawyer, a TV producer, a Taliban leader, a punk poet.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Lucy Cooke explores our seeming obsession with all things cute.(R) 21:30Simon Armitage, Cornelia Parker, Cyprian Broodbank and Aurelia Masson-Berghoff.(R)
| 21:00The reality of exam stress, and the community initiative to prevent suicide. 21:30How a place bound to the sea and the globe developed its idea of Europe.(R)
| 21:00Chaucer's Astrolabe and how a renowned poet wrote the world's first scientific manual. 21:30Libby Purves meets soul singer Martha High and Chris Lemmon, son of the actor Jack.(R)
| 21:00Adam Rutherford examines the science of GM plants as the Royal Society takes on the issue(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, 1863.(R)
| 21:00Relations in Ashburton are very troubled.
| 21:001/2It's 2116, a dystopian world where eugenics, promiscuity and happiness are gently enforced(R)
| 21:00Will proposals to change the British Steel pension affect other defined benefit pensions?(R) 21:26Storyteller Giles Abbott, who is blind, presents an appeal on behalf of Snowdon Trust.(R) 21:30Linda Pressly explores the challenge to conventional ideas from 'gender-neutral' people.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Huge attacks target Assad's bastions. 22:451/5Harry, Becky and Leon are fleeing London with a suitcase full of cash.
| 22:00Discussion on whether the EU debate, noisy and intemperate, is a turn-off for women. 22:452/5Introducing Pete, one of London's overqualified twentysomethings living on dead-end jobs.
| 22:00The latest on the future of Tata Steel in the UK. 22:453/5Harry and Leon feel edgy about a drug deal. Becky is still trying to make it as a dancer.
| 22:00Donald Trump claims he has secured sufficient delegates to win the Republican nomination. 22:454/5Harry and Leon are on their way to a big drug deal, but things do not feel quite right.
| 22:00The risk of Zika to athletes, Operation Condor and the Christian take on Brexit. 22:455/5There are threats and revelations at Pete's surprise party.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Will technology make language barriers obsolete?(R)
| 22:00Daniel Finkelstein, Frank Field and Ruth Lea join Carolyn Quinn as EU row escalates.
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| 23:00 | 23:006/6David Baddiel hosts the panel show where comedians must go against their natural instincts 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster on a Treasury report on the impact of leaving the EU.
| 23:00Late-night topical comedy, hosted by award-winning satirist Nish Kumar. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/4Lenny Henry stars in this tale about an alien who had an unfortunate experience on Earth. 23:153/4Andy Warhol's acclaimed diaries brought to life in four short dramas by Sean Grundy. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:004/4Writer David Quantick on the people he’s met and the impressions they've made. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Lauren Laverne and guests discuss the origins and pitfalls of female stereotypes. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55Two artists enjoy teaching at the pop-up Royal Drawing School at the Hay Festival.
| 23:003/6Three students from the University of Chester take on their professors in the upbeat quiz.(R) 23:30Roger McGough presents a selection of poetry requests on the theme of wounds and scars.(R)
| 23:0012/13Peter Aguero presents a special show from New York, with stories about the ties that bind. 23:50Will Self argues we should give children their inheritance when they're most in need of it(R)
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