The latest national and international news. 0605 0600 Mark Tully asks why we find it so difficult to apologise, considers some of the benefits of doing so and whether saying sorry should always lead to forgiveness. 0635 0605 Getting to the heart of country life with a look at individual farming endeavours. 0657 0635 The latest weather forecast. 0700 0657 The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 0710 0700 Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton. 0755 0710 From Kenya, Calvince Odoyo makes an appeal on behalf of The Mango Tree. Donations: Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal. Credit cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144. 0757 0755 The latest weather forecast. 0800 0757 The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 0810 0800 Service for Pentecost, live from St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, led by the Rev Karen Watson and the Very Rev Gilleasbuig Macmillan. Cathedral Choir directed by Michael Harris. 0850 0810 Will Self reflects on a topical issue. 0900 0850 Sunday morning magazine programme with news and conversation about the big stories of the week. Presented by Paul Mason. 1000 0900 David can't believe his eyes. Meanwhile Nic discovers her true feelings. 1115 1000 Kirsty Young interviews agony aunt, writer and presenter Denise Robertson. 1200 1115 Nicholas Parsons presents the long-running panel game. 2/6. With Graham Norton, Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth and Alun Cochrane. 1232 1200 Breakfast Tim Hayward offers his reflections on the past, present and future of British breakfasts. 1257 1232 The latest weather forecast. 1300 1257 Shaun Ley presents the latest national and international news, including an in-depth look at events around the world. Email: wato@bbc.co.uk; twitter: #theworldthisweekend. 1330 1300 Michael Morpurgo on the changing experience of learning to read over the last 70 years. 1/2. Easy as ABC? Michael finds out what Systematic Synthetic Phonics are. 1400 1330 RHS Chelsea Flower Show Eric Robson chairs the programme from one of the biggest gardening events of the year. With Matthew Wilson, Anne Swithinbank and Bob Flowerdew. 1445 1400 Capturing the nation in conversation. Fi Glover presents encounters from Lincolnshire, Berkshire, Glasgow and the first User Generated Content upload. 1500 1445 Mrs Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf. 2/2. From Afternoon to Nightfall: As Clarissa makes final preparations for the party, Septimus visits a doctor and becomes increasingly troubled. 1600 1500 News and features from the world of books with Mariella Frostrup. Featuring David Hewson on his novel adaptation of The Killing. 1630 1600 Roger McGough presents an extract from Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas read by Richard Burton, and The Wreck of the Deutschland by Gerard Manley Hopkins read by Paul Scofield. 1700 1630 As bringing new and improved drugs to patients becomes more difficult and more expensive, Geoff Watts asks if the source of better pharmaceutical treatments is drying up. 1740 1700 Pascale Harter profiles a person who is currently making headlines. 1754 1740 The latest shipping forecast. 1757 1754 The latest weather forecast. 1800 1757 The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 1815 1800 Liz Barclay makes her selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio. 1900 1815 David takes action and Alan is keen to celebrate. 1915 1900 Rory Bremner hosts the topical satire show that blends stand-up, sketch, investigative satire and interviews. With Andy Zaltzman, Nick Doody and Kate O'Sullivan. 3/4. 1945 1915 Dark tales by Heidi Amsinck. 3/3. The Last Tenant: Jan is convinced that the office building he's bought is a steal, but none of his colleagues want to work alone there. 2000 1945 Investigating the numbers in the news. 2030 2000 Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the life stories of people who have recently died. Presented by Matthew Bannister. 2100 2030 The latest news from the world of personal finance. 2126 2100 From Kenya, Calvince Odoyo makes an appeal on behalf of The Mango Tree. Donations: Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal. Credit cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144. 2130 2126 Japan is ageing faster than any other country, and because young Japanese are having fewer babies, the population is shrinking, too. Peter Day reports on how they are coping. 2200 2130 Preview of the week's political agenda at Westminster with MPs, experts and commentators. Discussion of the issues politicians are grappling with in the corridors of power. 2245 2200 John Harris of the Guardian analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories in Westminster and beyond. 2300 2245 The latest news from the world of film. 2330 2300 Mark Tully asks why we find it so difficult to apologise, considers some of the benefits of doing so and whether saying sorry should always lead to forgiveness. 0000 2330 The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather. 0015 0000 Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how society works. 0045 0015 The bells of Coventry Cathedral, Warwickshire. 0048 0045 The latest shipping forecast. 0100 0048 BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. 0520 0100 The latest shipping forecast. 0530 0520 The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 0543 0530 A reading and a reflection to start the day from Wales with singer and broadcaster Beverley Humphreys. 0545 0543 The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. Presented by Charlotte Smith. 0557 0545 The latest weather forecast for farmers. 0600 0557