| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Russian prison visitors. Also, prison boundaries.(R) 00:45Church bells from St Edith's Church, Monks Kirby.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Bella embarks on a sailing trip. Does her worsening hearing put the whole boat in danger?(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5As her hearing declines, Bella searches for her place in either the deaf or hearing world.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Bella continues to try to fight her deafness - and herself.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Deafness gives Bella a new perspective on city life.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Could a routine trip to see her audiologist change Bella's life?(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30By Philip O Ceallaigh. A writer in an unnamed city struggles to focus.(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.
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| 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 with the Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45British flowers, Wild Scottish oysters, School closures. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Ashley Davies of the Slimbridge Wetland Centre reveals why a kingfisher changed his life.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection with the Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection with the Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45The Woodland Trust is having to close access to a large wood, because it's being misused. 05:58Ruth Cromie of the Slimbridge Wetland Centre on the eider duck.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection with the Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. 05:58Debbie Pain of the Slimbridge Wetland Centre on the marsh harrier.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection with the Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45Could British farming be on the brink of a robotic revolution? 05:58Peter Cranswick of the Slimbridge Wetland Centre on the common scoter.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Rania Hafez. 05:45How migrants living in camps in Greece join the Greek education system.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from St George's, Edinburgh. 05:45Director David Lynch has died aged 78. This programme was first broadcast in 2017.(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 and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding embarks on the second leg of the Nidderdale Way, a 53-mile circular walk.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith visits the Chelsea Flower Show to take stock of the plant growing industry 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05As the UK election approaches, Mark Tully seeks truth in a post-truth world. 06:35How do New Zealand farmers survive without state subsidy? Nancy Nicolson reports. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme presented by Martin Bashir. 07:54Samira Ahmed makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Acid Survivors Trust International. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
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| | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service of reflection from St Ann's Church in the centre of Manchester. 08:48Howard Jacobson reflects on his home city's response to the Manchester attack.(R) 08:58Ashley Davies of the Slimbridge Wetland Centre reveals why a kingfisher changed his life.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Shashi Tharoor, Preti Taneja, Kate Sullivan de Estrada and Adam Roberts. 09:44Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Anna Drew.
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili talks transient stars and music festivals with Tim O'Brien of Jodrell Bank. 09:30Conversations between friends considering their democratic choice. 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Dr Paul Mathole.
| 09:00Jazz musician David Liebman's memories of the classic song sung by Julie Andrews. 09:303/5John has booked Eddie Izzard as a guest. Well, he hopes he has. 09:44Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Father Philip Sumner.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the idea of Purgatory. 09:44Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Angela Tilby.
| 09:00Demis Hassabis, AI expert, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.(R) 09:44Spiritual reflection and prayers on a topical subject led by the Rev Mary Stallard.
| 09:00Actor Adrian Lester, James May, hula hooper Marawa Ibrahim, cocktail gardener Lottie Muir.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00The launch of a new series on children of alcoholics, with Jane Garvey. 10:451/5Anthony is his storeroom, tapping out his book, when his great friend Dimitri interrupts.
| 10:00Children and trauma, Chelsea Flower Show, life with an alcoholic parent, Tasha Eurich. 10:452/5Bourdain drifts back to 1973 and the Cape Cod joint where he started out as bottle washer.
| 10:00Facebook COO; Babette's Feast; Growing up the child of an alcoholic; Manchester attacks. 10:413/5The wilderness years, when Anthony traipsed from one lowly New York place to another. 10:55Tips on how to overcome stage fright and general anxiety.
| 10:00Supporting a parent who's alcoholic. And Zoe Adjonyoh showcases great dishes from Ghana. 10:454/5Anthony and Dimitri give the low-down on kitchen repartee - not for the faint-hearted.
| 10:00Leanne Wood, leader of Plaid Cymru and growing up a child of alcoholics. 10:455/5Anthony confesses that his version of restaurant life is not the only one.
| 10:30Yasmeen Khan on the boom in dressing up. 10:45Commentary on the second ODI between England and South Africa, from Southampton.
| 10:00Lilian is keen to help, and Pip needs some distance.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Grace Dent follows one man's dream to make and sell men's designer shoes. Can he do it? 11:303/4Dot and the gals have a very important visitor.
| 11:00The key component of rocks, sand and materials from glass and concrete to microelectronics 11:30An intimate portrait of the songwriter, singer and frontman of XTC, Andy Partridge.
| 11:00Tim Samuels asks if the property industry is at threat from technological disruption.(R) 11:304/4Snoo runs into problems with a grape, and Alice has to learn a tricky manoeuvre.
| 11:00White candles for a murdered Mexican journalist, purple glitter for an Iranian President. 11:30How singer Annie Ross became Billie Holiday's stand-in at Harlem's Apollo.
| 11:00Amol Rajan asks if England's old Imperial guidance and governance of cricket is history. 11:302/9Matt Lucas joins Max Olesker and Ivan Gonzalez as they investigate a showbiz mystery.(R)
| | 11:15Elif Shafak is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04In Folkestone, Maisie Harris finds a real friend. 12:15Children's mental health services; flexitarians; pigs as house-pets. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04In Folkestone, the cookery competition yields unexpected results. 12:15How do we all get through events like last night's attack in Manchester? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Folkestone celebrates Empire Day. 12:15How easy is it to set up a small energy company? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Tontine Street in Folkestone is packed with shoppers preparing for Whitsun weekend. 12:15The popular ancestry site that claims the right to make money out of your DNA forever. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04People in Folkestone mourn their dead. 12:15Restaurants are starting to fight back against online reviews they think are unfair.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the second ODI between England and South Africa, from Southampton.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:042/6Nicholas Parsons and guests return for the 78th series of the iconic panel show.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon investigates the culinary use and the latest medical findings on turmeric. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45How a gas container explains the divide between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Jeremy Bowen finds himself in Sudan on the trail of Osama bin Laden.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Commentary on the first ODI between England and South Africa, from Headingley.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45The impact of sanctions in Saddam Hussein's Iraq, witnessed by Jeremy Bowen.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs with Shaun Ley. 13:45Jeremy Bowen, the BBC's Middle East correspondent, remembers the day he came under fire.
| | 13:00News and analysis presented by Mark Mardell including election latest.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Lilian is keen to help.(R) 14:15Black civil servant in Zimbabwe tries to persuade a white landowner to sell his farm.
| 14:00Josh makes an executive decision.(R) 14:155/8Threat of plague brings Barakat into conflict with Effendi Red.
| | 14:00Kenton needs reining in.(R) 14:15A special edition of Home Front, marking the centenary of Britain's first Gotha Air Raid.
| 14:00Pip needs some distance.(R) 14:15Alistair McGowan writes and stars in a play about the first night of GB Shaw's Pygmalion.
| | 14:00Eric Robson presents a postbag edition of the show from the Chelsea Physic Garden.(R) 14:45Refugees in the community and siblings with artistic tendencies.
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| 15:00 | 15:001/6Three students take on their professors in the upbeat quiz. 15:30Sheila Dillon on the humble mac'n'cheese, a dish that crosses culture and classes.(R)
| 15:002/6Josie Long presents stories of people testing their mettle. 15:30Can Britain revive its forests and grow the wood we need for a greener economy?
| | 15:00Clare Balding embarks on the second leg of the Nidderdale Way, a 53-mile circular walk. 15:27Simon Callow makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Child Poverty Action Group.(R) 15:30Gail Honeyman talks about her first novel, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson presents a postbag edition of the show from the Chelsea Physic Garden. 15:45By Philip O Ceallaigh. A writer in an unnamed city struggles to focus.
| | 15:001/2Alistair McGowan, Morgana Robinson and Al Murray star in Shaw's tale of transformation.
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| 16:00 | 16:001/3Beryl Bainbridge, Roald Dahl and Ray Bradbury on inspiration. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religious climate in Germany.
| 16:00David Walliams talks to Michael Rosen about writing children's books. 16:30Peter Williams of Jack Wills champions the abrasive Steve Jobs, founder of Apple.
| | 16:00Francine Stock talks to David Michod about War Machine, his satire on the US military. 16:30What is the secret of the Sherpa people's adaptation to life at high altitude?
| 16:00Andrea Catherwood on a peace-maker, a surgeon, a TV mogul, film star, and a judge. 16:30Monitoring threats, chances of needing care plus who sees official stats first. 16:55A volunteer and a refugee who met in The Jungle find they can learn a lot from each other.
| | 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to award-winning novelist Tim Winton. 16:30Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' requests for poems on the theme of work.
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| 17:00 | 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. 17:57Commentary on the first ODI between England and South Africa, from Headingley.
| 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.
| 17:00Are care homes able to protect frail and vulnerable elderly residents from violence?(R) 17:40Director David Lynch has died aged 78. This programme was first broadcast in 2017.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Theresa May said she would seek to cap the costs faced by elderly people for home care. 18:302/6Nicholas Parsons and guests return for the 78th series of the iconic panel show.
| 18:00Salman Abedi, was a Mancunian, of Libyan descent. A vigil is being held for those killed. 18:302/4A zoo is annexed by its monkeys - and a woman falls under a romantic spell.(R)
| | 18:00Officers say "very important" items were found in a series of raids since the bombing. 18:304/6Alex and the band explore money, shopping and consumerism.(R)
| 18:00Officers have warned that further arrests are likely. 18:30A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.
| 18:00Commentary on the second ODI between England and South Africa, from Southampton.
| 18:00Thousands of British Airways passengers face a second day of delays and disruption 18:15Broadcasters choose their BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Josh makes an executive decision. 19:15Denise Gough on her TV role in Paula, and 50 years of Fairport Convention. 19:451/5Anthony is his storeroom, tapping out his book, when his great friend Dimitri interrupts.(R)
| 19:15The return of Twin Peaks, American crime writer Bill Beverly, tributes to Sir Roger Moore. 19:452/5Bourdain drifts back to 1973 and the Cape Cod joint where he started out as bottle washer.(R)
| | 19:153D photos of Queen by Brian May, lost Sylvia Plath poems, Star Wars at 40. 19:454/5Anthony and Dimitri give the low-down on kitchen repartee - not for the faint-hearted.(R)
| 19:00Justin sets out his stall. 19:15Hay: Elizabeth Strout; Kully Thiarai; Julia Donaldson; Katherine Rundell; Peter Florence. 19:455/5Anthony confesses that his version of restaurant life is not the only one.(R)
| 19:00Director David Lynch has died aged 78. This programme was first broadcast in 2017. 19:15Woyzeck, The Other Side of Hope, Handmaid's Tale, Elif Batuman, California exhibition.
| 19:00There are some new faces at Home Farm. 19:15Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical round-up of the election. 19:458/10When Velvey's carpet shop burns down, it attracts the attention of rookie reporter Lauren.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Tim Samuels asks if the property industry is at threat from technological disruption. 20:30Lucy Ash asks how a ruthless street gang is affecting the immigration debate in the US.(R)
| 20:00Are care homes able to protect frail and vulnerable elderly residents from violence? 20:40Kirsten Hearn and Red Szell discuss the issues arising from lovers being seen as carers.
| | 20:00A service for Ascension Day from St Martin-in-the-Fields.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Crickhowell High School in Wales. 20:50Howard Jacobson reflects on his home city's response to the Manchester attack.
| 20:00Screen siren Kathleen Turner celebrates the film noir femme fatale's enduring mystique.
| 20:00Monitoring threats, chances of needing care plus who sees official stats first.(R) 20:30Andrea Catherwood on a peace-maker, a surgeon, a TV mogul, film star, and a judge.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Why is all known life built on carbon?(R) 21:30Andrew Marr with Shashi Tharoor, Preti Taneja, Kate Sullivan de Estrada and Adam Roberts.(R)
| 21:00Mental health support in the community; Insiders' Guide to Mental Health; Confidence 21:30Jim Al-Khalili talks transient stars and music festivals with Tim O'Brien of Jodrell Bank.(R)
| | 21:00What is the secret of the Sherpa people's adaptation to life at high altitude?(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the idea of Purgatory.(R)
| 21:00Set during a week in 1917 when Britain suffered its first ever airplane bombing raid.
| 21:00Sofie Grabol, Lars Mikkelsen and Marie Bach Hansen in a new version of Strindberg's play.(R)
| 21:00Why divorcees may face higher car insurance premiums and why are rents falling?(R) 21:26Samira Ahmed makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Acid Survivors Trust International.(R) 21:30For decades the UK has not produced enough engineers. What is needed to change that?
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| 22:00 | 22:00We discuss Theresa May's change of heart with a senior member of the Tory party. 22:456/10Smith writes to his father from the debtors prison where he has been detained.
| 22:00The World Tonight reports from Albert Square in Manchester. 22:457/10A civilised breakfast is interrupted by an unkempt surprise guest.
| 22:00Officials in London have reacted with consternation to a New York Times article. 22:458/10Smith and Septimus relax after a triumphant performance of the play.
| 22:00US president Donald Trump demands that Nato members pay more for defence. 22:459/10A devastating accident has occurred and Smith finds himself in court.
| 22:00Egypt launches air-strikes on extremists in Libyan training camps. 22:4510/10The true nature of Smith's quest becomes clear. But is it all as it seems?
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15FutureProofing discovers what will be the secrets to achieving wealth in future.(R)
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn and guests discuss the Manchester terror attack and the general election.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen and Laura Wright find out how video games influence language.(R) 23:30Chris Watson travels to the Lofoten islands in Norway to record a traditional Sami yoiker.(R)
| 23:001/2Award-winning US comedian Alex Edelman takes a comic look at the millennial generation. 23:30James Aldred follows the lives of a family of peregrines in his local quarry.(R)
| 23:004/4Divorcee father Spencer is shocked to see the family home is no longer called Utopia. 23:155/6Featuring letters on the topic of the world's favourite meat sauce - gravy. 23:30Wildlife cameraman John Aitchison spends a month living in a Rainforest canopy.(R)
| 23:001/6Milton becomes a financial adviser, sinks the pound and fights off a Swedish invasion.(R) 23:30Chris Watson joins arachnologist Helen Smith in a quest to record the fen raft spider.(R)
| 23:00"What do you mean I'm going to sag? Sag WHERE?" Lauren and guests discuss ageing. 23:30Peter Williams of Jack Wills champions the abrasive Steve Jobs, founder of Apple.(R) 23:55Sisters with a future in dance in the end chose the academic route.
| 23:001/6Three students take on their professors in the upbeat quiz.(R) 23:30Roger McGough presents a selection of requests for poems about being lost.(R)
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to David Michod about War Machine, his satire on the US military.(R) 23:30As the UK election approaches, Mark Tully seeks truth in a post-truth world.(R)
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