| 00:00 | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the significance of the face.(R) 00:45The bells of St Mary’s Church, Lymm in Cheshire(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Ilya Kaminsky's new poetic fable, Deaf Republic, recreated for radio.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Ilya Kaminsky's astonishing new poem, The Deaf Republic, recreated for radio.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Ilya Kaminsky's astonishing new poem, The Deaf Republic, recreated for radio.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Ilya Kaminsky's astonishing new poem, The Deaf Republic, recreated for radio.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Ilya Kaminsky's astonishing new poem, The Deaf Republic, recreated for radio.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30A celebrated author visits a dying man who claims to have been his rival.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43With Sarah Teather, UK director of the Jesuit Refugee Service 05:45Farming is the most dangerous job in the UK - we ask why. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Actress Greta Scacchi compares the birds she knew in Australia with those in London.(R)
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43With Sarah Teather, UK director of the Jesuit Refugee Service 05:45The personal and graphic story of William Sayers who was seriously injured on a farm. 05:58Comedian Sue Perkins recalls meeting a great horned owl at the Staffordshire Country Show.(R)
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43With Sarah Teather, UK director of the Jesuit Refugee Service. 05:45Farmers whose environmental payments have been delayed for four years will now be paid. 05:58Penny Anderson introduces the red grouse, a bird whose call always makes her laugh.(R)
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43With Sarah Teather, UK director of the Jesuit Refugee Service. 05:45Are tree planting targets missing the point? 05:58Dr Stuart Butchart from BirdLife International reveals the bronze-winged jacana.(R)
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43With Sarah Teather, UK director of the Jesuit Refugee Service 05:45Charlotte Smith hears how the Lincolnshire floods is impacting on Stephen Francis' crop. 05:58Clare Jones on the inspirational little egret for Tweet of the Day.(R)
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg 05:45Nick Robinson talks to the deputy prime minister, David Lidington(R)
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from the detached tower of All Saints, Inveraray, in Argyll. 05:45Joshua Wong has gone from schoolboy protester to Hong Kong's leading activist.(R)
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| 06:00 | 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.
| 06:00News 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.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07Clare Balding joins a unique family ramble in Dorset, from Osmington Mills to Weymouth.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith meets a man who's life was changed for ever by a farming accident. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news headlines. 06:05Journalist Remona Aly explores the experience of being both an insider and an outsider.(R) 06:35Brett Westwood is surrounded by the clowns of the air on Skomer island. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10William Crawley presents the religious news and current affairs stories of the week. 07:54Thomasina Miers makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Women for Women International 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Baptist minister the Rev Richard Littledale leads a reflection on the colours of creation. 08:48Linda Colley discusses the cult of charismatic leaders and why they never properly deliver 08:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents a bird which intrigued Darwin, the Galapagos mockingbird.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with John Guy, Miatta Fahnbulleh, Paul Tucker and Alice Tapper. 09:45Ilya Kaminsky's new poetic fable, Deaf Republic, recreated for radio.
| 09:00Jonathan Sumption argues against Britain adopting a written constitution. 09:45Ilya Kaminsky's astonishing new poem, The Deaf Republic, recreated for radio.
| 09:00The photographer Nick Knight meets the architect David Chipperfield. 09:30Nick Robinson talks to the deputy prime minister, David Lidington 09:45Ilya Kaminsky's astonishing new poem, The Deaf Republic, recreated for radio.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Athenians' change of mind in the Peloponnesian War. 09:45Ilya Kaminsky's astonishing new poem, The Deaf Republic, recreated for radio.
| 09:00Nitin Sawhney, musician, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne(R) 09:45Ilya Kaminsky's astonishing new poem, The Deaf Republic, recreated for radio.
| 09:00Caroline Greville-Morris on making pirate shirts for Adam Ant, and pigeon-fancier Jon Day.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Teenage mental health, Charlie Hebdo magazine, Maud West, painful investigative procedures 10:45A couple seek the perfect nanny for their two young children. But all is not as it seems.
| 10:00Sex advice over recent decades. The impact of Yemen's conflict on maternal mortality. 10:45Myriam is sure she’s found the perfect nanny for her two young children. But has she?
| 10:00Race for space; NHS infected blood; queen of jeans; leadership candidates and women 10:41Myriam defends her decision to go back to work despite concerns about her new nanny. 10:55Friends take a stroll down memory lane and explore why we end up following the path we do.
| 10:00Elly Pear cooks, teachers on teen mental health, and the impact of Ebola on women. 10:45Tensions mount between Myriam and Paul over doubts about their children’s nanny.
| 10:00Women in engineering, baby boomer wealth gap, friendship expectations and summer poetry. 10:45Louise’s behaviour around the children is increasingly erratic. But can Myriam let her go?
| 10:30One producer, one randomly generated postcode, and the search for an unheard story.
| 10:00Tony sets himself a mission and there's some upsetting news for Shula
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| 11:00 | 11:00Grace Dent presents a series documenting the untold dramas of 21st-century Britain. 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.(R)
| 11:00How do you remember lives lost far too young? 11:30In Istanbul, Isobel Finkel explores the kitsch, melancholy, forbidden music of Arabesk.
| 11:00Gary is homeless and asks if ambitious plans to help people like him are working.(R) 11:30Rebekah Staton stars in Tom Wainwright's comedy-drama set in a struggling stage school.
| 11:00Why is the centre of France's second city, Marseille, falling apart? 11:30Hear the secret, ancient music the Kaka’i people of Iraq risk their lives to play.
| 11:001/3Nick Spencer examines the historical relationship between science and religion. 11:302/4Mrs Sidhu's hunt for the Highland killer sparks a tough choice.
| 11:00Peter Oborne of The Daily Mail looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30The death of Mohammed Morsi highlights what has and hasn't changed in modern Egypt
| 11:15Emily Eavis, festival co-organiser, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:046/10Homeless girl Molly stays with Luca's parents on her way to Skegness. 12:18Open ended tenancies. Providing pastoral care for students. Hen parties for older women. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:047/10Molly hears Luca's parents discussing his mental health and recalls a story from the past. 12:18What is your experience of hospital food? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:048/10Molly, Jules and Luca have reached Skegness and fallen in with another homeless man, Igor. 12:18The makers of Fortnite answer questions from MPs about how 'addictive' the video game is. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:049/10Distraught after a paranoid Luca turns on her, Molly wanders Skegness on her own. 12:18Genetically modified salmon is approved for production in the US and Canada. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:0410/10Her past traumas are too much to bear as Molly makes the decision to walk into the sea. 12:18Paul McGann reads Comete by Les Murray 12:20Calls to extend or ban expiry dates on gift cards. The cities clamping down on tourists. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04In 2018 we borrowed £46 billion to buy cars - how well is our ability to repay assessed? 12:30The topical satire show that will go on forever, much like Brexit negotiations.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Tony Hawks, Cariad Lloyd, Zoe Lyons and Paul Merton join Nicholas Parsons.(R) 12:32One of the world's great chefs, Magnus Nilsson, takes Dan Saladino on a Nordic baking tour 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45What can the patterns in a starling murmuration tell us about the way our ideas spread?
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:452/40Breaking down the illusion of self, with help from the humble sea sponge.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Are we one or are we many? Examining individualism via a colonial jellyfish.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:454/40Who controls your thoughts and actions? You, or the things that live inside you?
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:43Adjoa Andoh reads Rain at Three by Tishani Dosh 13:45Lessons on love, and how to be faithful, from a rodent the size of a satsuma.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Wymondham High Academy in Norfolk(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Barnsley's big house, desperation with social care, Welsh singing and changing Essex.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Tony sets himself a mission.(R) 14:15By Claire Miller. A comic tale of romance, hay fever and time travel.(R)
| 14:00Tom attempts to bury his own ambitions.(R) 14:15Ellie Kendrick plays a young mum whose epilepsy returns after the birth of her baby.(R)
| 14:00Lilian has concerns about her mother's plans for the future.(R) 14:15Mario Theodorou's drama about a Greek-Cypriot woman looking for answers about her past.
| 14:00There's some upsetting news for Shula.(R) 14:15By Sam Burns. A twisted fable about first world problems and middle-class guilt.(R)
| 14:00It's a big day for Jazzer.(R) 14:15A drama by Mark Lawson exploring sport and the changing gender identity landscape.
| 14:00Was Mark Field protecting a minister of state or mishandling an innocent protester? 14:30Hayley Atwell plays a neuroscientist who makes a discovery that could change the world.(R)
| 14:00Peter Gibbs hosts the second of two specials from the annual GQT Summer Garden Party. 14:45Three conversations about the path we choose to take and our ties to home and loved ones.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The nationwide general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies. 15:30The winners of the BBC Food & Farming Awards 2019 are revealed in Bristol. Part II(R)
| 15:005/6Short documentaries about the natural world presented by Josie Long. 15:30A four-part history of us - our borders, our peoples, the stories we tell ourselves.(R)
| 15:00How to find affordable childcare for under 5’s and what financial help is available? 15:30The science of meetings, helping those with dementia sleep, estimating body size(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding joins a unique family ramble in Dorset, from Osmington Mills to Weymouth. 15:27Poet John Hegley makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Vision Care for Homeless People(R) 15:30Carolina Setterwall discusses her debut novel and we explore the pleasures of re-reading(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs hosts the second of two specials from the annual GQT Summer Garden Party. 15:45A celebrated author visits a dying man who claims to have been his rival.
| 15:15Novelist Nikesh Shukla shares his fascination for boxing with Hayley Campbell.(R) 15:30In Istanbul, Isobel Finkel explores the kitsch, melancholy, forbidden music of Arabesk.(R)
| 15:00The hopes of a nation and the destiny of a French-Algerian family are inextricably bound.
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| 16:00 | 16:00John Doran seeks out radical music being made in the valleys and plains of Britain. 16:30Aleks Krotoski explores the thin line between passion and obsession online.
| 16:00US prosecutors want Julian Assange extradited - what are their chances of success? 16:30Cathy Newman and Jeffery Deaver join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books.
| 16:00The ways women age. Also beauty politics.(R) 16:30Harmful stereotypes have been banned from ads, and ITV is banning all-male writing teams. 16:55Mother and daughter explore the notion that home is where the Mum is.
| 16:00Antonia Quirke and Caitlin Benedict visit the Midnight Sun Film Festival in Lapland. 16:30Destroying rinderpest virus, how noise confuses birds, and science as light entertainment.
| 16:00Simon Russell Beale reads Gift by Czeslaw Milosz 16:03Matthew Bannister on a director, a designer, a president and a hotelier. 16:30The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience.
| 16:00Sex therapist Dr Ruth, painful internal procedures, poetry from Elizabeth-Jane Burnett
| 16:00Irish writer Kevin Barry, plus Philip Hoare and Mike Parker on queer nature writing. 16:30A collection of poems celebrating the midpoint of summer and the longest day of the year.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme. 17:58Anton Lesser reads One Day He Came Back With News by Kenneth Stevens
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines. 17:30What do the worlds of business and crime have in common?(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00What can one man’s story tells us about the future of the NHS?(R) 17:40Joshua Wong has gone from schoolboy protester to Hong Kong's leading activist. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Tensions increase in the Middle East as Iran announces it will exceed uranium limits. 18:30Tony Hawks, Cariad Lloyd, Zoe Lyons and Paul Merton join Nicholas Parsons.
| 18:00Boris Johnson tops the second Conservative leadership ballot. 18:302/6Victoria Coren Mitchell presents another edition of the show which dares to commit heresy.
| 18:00Rory Stewart has been eliminated from the Conservative leadership contest. 18:305/6The devastating consequences of World Peace.
| 18:00Michael Gove eliminated from the Conservative leadership contest by just 2 votes. 18:301/2Paul Merton and Suki Webster star in a comedy about a comedian and his number one fan.
| 18:00Conservative MP suspended from post after manhandling Greenpeace activist at event 18:30The topical satire show that will go on forever, much like Brexit negotiations.
| 18:00Candidates answer questions at first Tory leadership hustings 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Pressure mounts on leadership favourite Boris Johnson to explain row in girlfriend's flat 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week with Zubeida Malik
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| 19:00 | 19:00Tom attempts to bury his own ambitions. 19:15Joseph O’Connor on his latest novel Shadowplay, about the author of Dracula, Bram Stoker 19:45A couple seek the perfect nanny for their two young children. But all is not as it seems.
| 19:00Lilian has concerns about her mother's plans for the future. 19:15Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal winners, sculpture since Hepworth and Moore. 19:45Myriam is sure she’s found the perfect nanny for her two young children. But has she?(R)
| 19:00There's some upsetting news for Shula. 19:15Mark Ronson on the break-up album. 19:45Myriam defends her decision to go back to work despite concerns about her new nanny.(R)
| 19:00It's a big day for Jazzer. 19:15Abstract expressionist Lee Krasner's life and art discussed 19:45Tensions mount between Myriam and Paul over doubts about their children’s nanny.(R)
| 19:00Pat's idea looks set to cause controversy. 19:15Richard Curtis on his new film, Yesterday, and The Beatles, the rom-com and time itself 19:45Louise’s behaviour around the children is increasingly erratic. But can Myriam let her go?(R)
| 19:00Joshua Wong has gone from schoolboy protester to Hong Kong's leading activist. 19:15Bitter Wheat, Toy Story 4, Keith Haring, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Beecham House
| 19:00Jazzer's attempt to do the right thing backfires. 19:153/4A pair of runaway soldiers stumble across witches on a Scottish moor.(R) 19:452/8By Nick Walker. Annika recounts a case involving a murder at the aquarium.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Gary is homeless and asks if ambitious plans to help people like him are working. 20:30Simon Jack investigates whether the UK should be an early adopter of green technology.
| 20:00Emily Maitlis presents a debate between the candidates to lead the Conservative Party.
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. 20:45Nick Robinson talks to the deputy prime minister, David Lidington(R)
| 20:00US prosecutors want Julian Assange extradited - what are their chances of success?(R) 20:30What do the worlds of business and crime have in common?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Wymondham High Academy in Norfolk 20:50Linda Colley discusses the cult of charismatic leaders and why they never properly deliver
| 20:00Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen explores the social history of DIY home improvements.
| 20:00The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a director, a designer, a president and a hotelier.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Dr Margaret McCartney examines a GP consultation.(R) 21:30Andrew Marr with John Guy, Miatta Fahnbulleh, Paul Tucker and Alice Tapper.(R)
| 21:00What can one man’s story tells us about the future of the NHS? 21:40The complicated business of gaining a first aid cert and blind-friendly ironing tips.
| 21:00Katy Brand explores the life of the unsung hero of the cutlery world – the fork. 21:30The photographer Nick Knight meets the architect David Chipperfield.(R)
| 21:00Destroying rinderpest virus, how noise confuses birds, and science as light entertainment.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Athenians' change of mind in the Peloponnesian War.(R)
| 21:00David Grossman tells stories which help explain the world of contemporary capitalism.
| 21:00The hopes of a nation and the destiny of a French-Algerian family are inextricably bound.(R)
| 21:00In 2018 we borrowed £46 billion to buy cars - how well is our ability to repay assessed?(R) 21:25Thomasina Miers makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Women for Women International(R) 21:30Simon Jack investigates whether the UK should be an early adopter of green technology.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Calls for the city's leader to resign aren't going away. 22:456/10Homeless girl Molly stays with Luca's parents on her way to Skegness.(R)
| 22:00Boris Johnson faces questions about tax, Brexit plans and use of language. 22:457/10Molly hears Luca's parents discussing his mental health and recalls a story from the past.(R)
| 22:00Rory Stewart eliminated from contest – Boris Johnson increases lead 22:458/10Molly, Jules and Luca have reached Skegness and fallen in with another homeless man, Igor.(R)
| 22:00Michael Gove knocked out of the Tory leadership contest in round 5. 22:459/10Distraught after a paranoid Luca turns on her, Molly wanders Skegness on her own.(R)
| 22:00We hear from Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister – and ex US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel. 22:4510/10Her past traumas are too much to bear as Molly makes the decision to walk into the sea.(R)
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Jonathan Sumption argues against Britain adopting a written constitution.(R)
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:001/2Lucas Laursen seeks the missing loved ones, eighty years after the Spanish Civil War.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:002/4When the star of Cinderella is shot, Charles takes over. But who wanted him dead?(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:002/4Jenna and Dana meet Ruby Thudd, a young woman who shares her apartment with a pig. 23:153/6Bittersweet comedy drama about a community mental health nurse. Starring Paul Whitehouse.(R) 23:30Boris Johnson is accused of being unfit to be PM.
| 23:00Jo Brand looks back on the lives of all those VIPs who are RIP this week. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament 23:55Girlfriend and boyfriend who live 100 miles apart on different sides of the Irish border.
| 23:00Cathy Newman and Jeffery Deaver join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy with news, views and features on Parliament. 23:55Poems by Raymond Carver, Robert Frost, Jennifer O'Grady and Langston Hughes
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies.(R) 23:30Academic Katie Edwards examines the roots and prevalence of dialect poetry in Yorkshire.(R)
| 23:00Antonia Quirke and Caitlin Benedict visit the Midnight Sun Film Festival in Lapland.(R) 23:30A radio cabaret from Berlin. Come hear the music play at Juwelia’s Neukoelln gallery.(R)
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