| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:152/2Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini travels from Berlin to compete at the Rio Olympics.(R) 00:45Church bells from St Paul's Cathedral.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Denis Healey makes a claim, plus lunch with Alec Guinness.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5John le Carre casts his mind back to meeting the fearless Yvette Pierpaoli.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5John le Carre recalls meeting Count Mario da Bernaschina and his glamorous wife.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5During the filming of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, its star makes a serious request.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5After a meeting in London, John le Carre is destined to help a young man called Valdimir.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3A story exploring the terror of being trapped in a tiny space cut off from the horizon.(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 Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra. 05:45The State of Nature 2016 report suggests intensive farming could be harming wildlife. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the grey heron.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra. 05:45Yorkshire has been hosting the World Ploughing Championships. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the cormorant.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra. 05:45The future of farming and conservation in light of the State of Nature report 2016. 05:58The Little Egret - Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of this bird and its sound.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra. 05:45The Monsanto-Bayer merger; a farm's efforts to help stone-curlews; buffalo milk ice cream. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the black-browed albatross.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra. 05:45The deadline for the EU scheme paying farmers to produce less milk is fast approaching. 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the jack snipe.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Spiritual reflection with the Rev Dr Alison Jack of New College, Edinburgh. 05:45"I'm not a boy or a girl. I'm both." A ten-year-old talks about being gender non-binary.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from St John the Baptist, Burford. 05:45Edward Stourton profiles the controversial new leader of the Philippines.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding meets novelist David Nicholls to walk to The Devil's Punchbowl in Surrey.(R) 06:30How can modern farming methods be sympathetic to wildlife? 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully asks if it is time to reassess the value of craftsmanship and manual skill. 06:35Lionel Kelleway is in a West Country garden looking for spiders. From 1995. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton talks to journalist Christopher Lamb about Pope Francis's visit to Assisi. 07:54Frank Gardner makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Calvert Trust. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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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.
| | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service live from St Wulfram's Church, Grantham, celebrating the life of Isaac Newton. 08:48Wheelchair user, Tom Shakespeare, on what it feels like to be dependent on others.(R) 08:58David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the grey heron.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Jonathan Safran Foer. 09:309/10George Beccaloni chooses naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace as his Natural History Hero.(R) 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Andrew Martlew.
| 09:00Claudia Hammond asks: Is rest the absence of work? Does it have to mean doing nothing? 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Steve Williams.
| 09:001/2Sir David Attenborough examines new evidence on a controversial theory of human origins. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Monsignor Tony Rogers.
| 09:002/2Sir David Attenborough examines new evidence on a controversial theory of human origins. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Frances Finn.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor meets haemophiliacs and others affected by the contaminated blood disaster.(R) 09:45Spiritual reflection and prayers on a topical subject led by Leslie Griffiths.
| 09:00David Baddiel, Olympic diving gold medallist Chris Mears.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Jane Garvey talks to three young women who have chosen not to go to university. 10:451/5The continued adventures of Amy, a transgender pre-teen, about to start senior school.
| 10:00How can older workers improve their employment chances? 10:452/5The continued adventures of Amy, a transgender pre-teen, about to start senior school.
| 10:00Author Victoria Hislop on her new book Cartes Postales from Greece. With Jane Garvey. 10:413/5Amy is victimised at school as a result of Ted's faux pas. 10:55Adjusting to the freedom and pleasures of retirement can take a while.
| 10:00A discussion of child arrangement hearings that involve domestic violence. 10:454/5Amy is still refusing to go back to school, and the pressure is telling on her parents.
| 10:00The glitz and glamour of London Fashion Week. Plus will Diane James be Ukip's new leader? 10:455/5Amy's return to school is triumphant, as she stands up to the bullies.
| 10:15Commentary on the One-Day Cup final at Lord's between Warwickshire and Surrey.
| 10:00Pat is full of questions, and Kirsty supports the Bridge Farm Archers.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Five Muslim mums come together to discuss the hate messages their children are exposed to. 11:304/6Frank Skinner and guests explore funny, odd and interesting moments in history.(R)
| 11:00Brett Westwood examines our complex relations with an ocean icon, the wandering albatross. 11:30A portrait of the English lyric tenor Ian Partridge, in his own words and recordings.
| 11:00Journalist Gary Younge explores the impact of the Brexit vote on East Europeans in the UK.(R) 11:304/6Josh and his wife Monique attend their first NCT class.
| 11:00The people who are trying to stop the relentless road deaths in India's biggest city. 11:30Alvin Hall explores a record of African-American soldiers discussing fighting in Vietnam.
| 11:00Garden designer James Wong asks if British gardening is stuck in the past. 11:302/4Comedian Deborah Frances-White tells the story of her teenage years as a Jehovah's Witness(R)
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Ivy Layton enlists a film projectionist. 12:15There are calls for tighter regulation of logbook loans. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Lieutenant Cavendish faces Dr Argent at the Grand Hotel. 12:15Have you, or has anyone you know, been sexually harassed at school? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Kitty makes a painful decision. 12:15What's the next big thing in payment technology - could it be the finger? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04In Folkestone, Adam Wilson finds himself caught up in war games. 12:15A look at the King's Fund review into care services. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The Battle of the Somme film captivates Maisie Harris. 12:15Is building affordable homes for rent rather than buy the answer to the housing crisis?
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the One-Day Cup final at Lord's between Warwickshire and Surrey.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:046/8Paul Merton, Julian Clary, Tony Hawks and Zoe Lyons join host Nicholas Parsons.(R) 12:32The story of Charles Green, Shackleton's chef who kept the men of the Endurance alive. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current with Martha Kearney. 13:45Oliver Burkeman explores if the busyness epidemic is not what it at first seems.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs with Martha Kearney. 13:45Oliver Burkeman asks if we are talking ourselves into feeling overwhelmed with busyness.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs with Martha Kearney. 13:45Oliver Burkeman asks if our problem might not be lack of time but lack of head space.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs with Martha Kearney. 13:45Oliver Burkeman asks if people have become addicted to busy.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Is the solution to busyness not to work harder but to indulge in a little idleness?
| | 13:00Will changing the selection rules for Labour's shadow cabinet unite or further divide MPs? 13:30Alice Roberts goes in search of the man who taught us how to control our own dreams.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Tony can't keep still.(R)
| 14:00Kirsty supports the Bridge Farm Archers.(R) 14:156/9Sixth in a nine-part conspiracy thriller by Matthew Broughton. Starring Romola Garai.
| 14:00Joe's spirits will not be lifted.(R) 14:1511 May 1985. Bradford City's ground was devastated by fire. 56 people lost their lives.
| 14:155/6An secret is unearthed when Beth's elderly father Patrick claims never to have been born(R)
| 14:00Oliver revises his plans.(R) 14:152/3Emile's peace of mind is shattered, when he overhears his neighbours' conversations.(R)
| | 14:00Peter Gibbs presents the horticultural panel programme from Snowdon.(R) 14:45Going to university, retiring from work, and saying goodbye to foster children.
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| 15:00 | 15:0013/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the 2016 final of the wide-ranging music quiz. 15:30Food stylist Genevieve Taylor reveals how she created elaborate feasts for Poldark.(R)
| 15:00Tom Holland discusses revolution, fire and a secret war. 15:30Keeping cars out of the city: Chris Ledgard explores new plans in Paris and Barcelona.
| 15:00Could property be a better investment for retirement than pensions? 15:30Obesity and smoking, should blood pressure targets get lower? And medicating ADHD.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding meets novelist David Nicholls to walk to The Devil's Punchbowl in Surrey. 15:27Katherine Woods makes an appeal on behalf of Child Bereavement UK.(R) 15:30Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Jonathan Safran Foer.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs presents the horticultural panel programme from Snowdon. 15:45Stephanie Cole reads a short story written by herself about a lost love.
| | 15:00Shaun Dooley is Boris Godunov in Mike Walker's epic chronicle of the Tsars.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Aside from the physical landscape, what does graffiti and street art actually change? 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religious response to trauma.
| 16:00Michael Rosen on discovering lost words and finding hidden linguistic connections. 16:30Eliza Carthy chooses Caroline Norton who campaigned for women in the 19th-century.
| 16:00Men 'dressing up'. Also, the male 'suit'. 16:30John Whittingdale on Rona Fairhead's decision to stand down as BBC chair.
| 16:00Colin Firth talks about Bridget Jones's Baby, and Ralph Fiennes discusses Two Women. 16:30Embryos from non egg cells; Gaia galaxy census; stratolites; female and male body clocks.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a director, a filter officer, an artist, a countryman, a ska star. 16:30Roger Bolton asks if BBC coverage been biased against Jeremy Corbyn. 16:55Foster parents reveal the bond that can form, however temporary the placement is.
| | 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Irish novelist Donal Ryan about his new novel All We Shall Know 16:30Roger McGough celebrates the autumn equinox.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Carolyn Quinn with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Carolyn Quinn with coverage 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.
| 17:00Coverage 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.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Has care for people with learning disabilities improved since Winterbourne View?(R) 17:40Edward Stourton profiles the controversial new leader of the Philippines.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00The ceasefire in Syria which was brokered by Russia and the US has just come into force. 18:306/8Paul Merton, Julian Clary, Tony Hawks and Zoe Lyons join host Nicholas Parsons.
| 18:00Moscow deploys troops along a key route into besieged areas of the city. 18:304/6Mark Watson attempts to make sense of life, assisted by Sam Simmons and Will Adamsdale.
| 18:00Jean-Claude Juncker calls for greater EU integration 18:302/6Mark Steel visits the Essex town of Colchester and performs for the locals.
| 18:00Ministers have approved a controversial new nuclear power station in Somerset 18:304/4Mr and Mrs Wrigglesworth attempt to bond with the new neighbours.
| 18:00She was the favourite to succeed her ally, Nigel Farage 18:302/8Miles Jupp is joined by Susan Calman, Hugo Rifkind, Holly Walsh and Andy Hamilton.
| 18:00Commentary on the One-Day Cup final at Lord's between Warwickshire and Surrey. 18:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00An extra 1,000 police and national guard officers are deployed in New York. 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week chosen by Hardeep Singh Kohli.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Kirsty supports the Bridge Farm Archers. 19:15Julie Walters on sexual offences, Nicole Farhi on hands, Gillian Slovo on prison letters. 19:452/5Writers from around the world read letters on the theme of imprisonment.
| 19:00Joe's spirits will not be lifted. 19:15Man Booker shortlist, Amos Oz, Wilfredo Lam exhibition, and Blair Witch. 19:454/5Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei writes a letter to his son about his time in prison.
| 19:15Director Ron Howard discusses his documentary The Beatles: Eight Days a Week. 19:45Novelist Gillian Slovo's letter to her mother, the anti-apartheid activist Ruth First.
| 19:00Oliver revises his plans. 19:15Sam Neill talks about new film Hunt for the Wilderpeople and his mentor James Mason. 19:45Novelist Tahmima Anam's letter to her unborn child
| 19:00We delve into The Archers’ archive and it's the day of Helen's family court judgement. 19:15Jimmy Page and the lost Led Zeppelin tracks, and Martin Roth on why he is quitting the V&A 19:45Novelist Jeanette Winterson reads a letter from a mother to her daughter.
| 19:00Edward Stourton profiles the controversial new leader of the Philippines. 19:15Hunt for The Wilderpeople, Eimear McBride, Bedlam, National Treasure, RSC's Dr Faustus.
| 19:00Joe celebrates his 95th birthday. 19:152/4Thom Tuck presents So On and So Forth, That Pair and Sheeps.(R) 19:45Two writers explore their different lives and connection through the Bosnian War in 1992.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Journalist Gary Younge explores the impact of the Brexit vote on East Europeans in the UK. 20:30David Baker meets Israel's new breed of high-tech Haredim.(R)
| 20:00Has care for people with learning disabilities improved since Winterbourne View? 20:40Peter White presents from the Paralympic Games in Rio and meets visually-impaired athletes
| 20:00Clive Anderson and guests explore the legal fall-out from leaving the EU. 20:45Travis Elborough explores the role of public parks in British life.
| 20:00Why is Donald Trump accused of being Vladimir Putin's man? 20:30Douglas Fraser asks what more can be done to encourage and grow new businesses in Scotland
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Warwick Business School. 20:50Wheelchair user, Tom Shakespeare, on what it feels like to be dependent on others.
| 20:00Alan Dein takes a breakneck tour through the history of the public information film.
| 20:00Roger Bolton asks if BBC coverage been biased against Jeremy Corbyn.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a director, a filter officer, an artist, a countryman, a ska star.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Brett Westwood explores how tigers that once burnt bright reached the edge of extinction.(R) 21:30Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Jonathan Safran Foer.(R)
| 21:00Obesity and smoking, should blood pressure targets get lower? And medicating ADHD. 21:30Claudia Hammond asks: Is rest the absence of work? Does it have to mean doing nothing?(R)
| 21:00Keeping cars out of the city: Chris Ledgard explores new plans in Paris and Barcelona.(R) 21:301/2Sir David Attenborough examines new evidence on a controversial theory of human origins.(R)
| 21:00Embryos from non egg cells; Gaia galaxy census; stratolites; female and male body clocks.(R) 21:302/2Sir David Attenborough examines new evidence on a controversial theory of human origins.(R)
| 21:00It is a week of decisive action in Folkestone.
| 21:00David Threlfall is Ivan the Terrible in Mike Walker's epic chronicle of the Tsars.(R)
| 21:00How much will power from the UK's newest nuclear plant really cost?(R) 21:26Frank Gardner makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Calvert Trust.(R) 21:30Douglas Fraser asks what more can be done to encourage and grow new businesses in Scotland(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00The Syria ceasefire has come into effect, but will it hold? A report from Aleppo. 22:451/5Written by Harry Parker and based on a true story of what it really means to be at war.
| 22:00Lord Fowler, the new Lords speaker, says that the peers should be reduced to 600. 22:452/5Written by Harry Parker and based on a true story of what it really means to be at war.
| 22:00The latest from war in Syria and the plight of female refugees in Europe. 22:453/5Written by Harry Parker and based on a true story of what it really means to be at war.
| 22:00A former hitman testifies against President Duterte at Senate hearing. 22:454/5Written by Harry Parker and based on a true story of what it really means to be at war.
| 22:00UK man accused of hacking 'could face 99 years' in US jail. 22:455/5Written by Harry Parker and based on a true story of what it really means to be at war.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Clive Anderson and guests explore the legal fall-out from leaving the EU.(R)
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn and guests discuss the latest developments in the Labour leadership contest.
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| 23:00 | 23:00The language of making and breaking relationships.(R) 23:30The education secretary sets out plans to increase academic selection.
| 23:004/4Character comedy series in which Julia Davis and Marc Wootton play couples in therapy. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster as David Davis is questioned by MPs.
| 23:002/4Join Alex and Ben - aka The Pin - in their weird twist on the double-act sketch show. 23:151/4A cereal bar fills up scientist Ben's audio diary in the subantarctic.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:006/6Victoria Coren Mitchell is joined by Katy Brand, David Baddiel and Richard Osman.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Eliza Carthy chooses Caroline Norton who campaigned for women in the 19th-century.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55Learning to live apart and embrace student life at different universities.
| 23:0013/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the 2016 final of the wide-ranging music quiz.(R) 23:30Roger McGough presents poems recited from memory by school pupils.(R)
| 23:00Colin Firth talks about Bridget Jones's Baby, and Ralph Fiennes discusses Two Women. 23:30Mark Tully asks if it is time to reassess the value of craftsmanship and manual skill.(R)
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