| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Rich Russians. Also, millionaire tax flight. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from St Giles, Cripplegate 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Michael Rosen examines words and phrases in public debate to see how they influence us. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Michael Rosen examines words and phrases in public debate to see how they influence us. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Series of programmes examining key phrases in public debate(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Michael Rosen examines words and phrases in public debate to see how they influence us. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Michael Rosen examines words and phrases in public debate to see how they influence us. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30The Wild Hunt by Zoe Gilbert. To impress a girl, a young man overnights in the forest.(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.
| 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 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Reflection and prayer with writer and broadcaster The Rev Dr Johnston McKay. 05:45Trade wars between America and China are having a knock-on effect on farming in the UK. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58The Arctic Tern - Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of this bird and its sound.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Reflection and prayer with writer and broadcaster the Rev Dr Johnston McKay. 05:45Vets say farming minister's claim that badger cull is 'delivering results' is wrong. 05:58For Tara Robinson the sound of oystercatchers recalls her father taking her to Loch Fleet.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Reflection and prayer with writer and broadcaster The Rev Dr Johnston McKay. 05:45A report from a House of Lords committee warns that Brexit could compromise biosecurity. 05:58Tiffany Francis recalls her encounters with yellowhammers.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Reflection and prayer with writer and broadcaster The Rev Dr Johnston McKay. 05:45Welsh farmers respond to the devolved Government's post-Brexit plans for farming. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the morepork or Ru-Ru, New Zealand's only surviving native owl.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Reflection and prayer with writer and broadcaster The Rev Dr Johnston McKay. 05:45Will the new Fisheries Bill allow the UK to become Global fishing powerhouse? 05:58Environmentalist Tony Juniper enjoys the song of the whitethroat.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day with Canon Edwin Counsell 05:45A listener on setting up a charity offering the kind of help she wished she'd had.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from St Matthew, Chapel Allerton, Leeds. 05:45Helen Grady looks at the life of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme; including Thought for the Day
| 06:00Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme; including Thought for the Day
| 06:00Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme; including Thought for the Day
| 06:00Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme; including Thought for the Day
| 06:00Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme; including Thought for the Day
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07Liverpool's landscape is dwarfed by three beloved giants. Helen Mark gets up close. 06:30Charlotte Smith finds out about the preparations farmers are making for the winter. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 06:05Jahnavi Harrison examines the power of mantras to draw reciters closer to the divine. 06:35Michelin-starred chef turned farmer Simon Rogan gives a personal guided tour of his farm. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00News headlines and sport.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, with Emily Buchanan 07:54Charley Boorman makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Back Up 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From the Christian Fellowship Church in Belfast 08:48Stella Tillyard reflects on how we bury and remember our dead.(R) 08:58Author James Henry recalls the little owl for Tweet of the Day.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Kirsty Wark with Michael Scott Moore, Anna Beer, Veerle Nouwens and Will Newton. 09:45Michael Rosen examines words and phrases in public debate to see how they influence us.
| 09:00Jacqueline McGlade on monitoring the environment from space. 09:30Tricky? Bronwen Maddox hears how one brother and sister sorted out their farm inheritance. 09:45Michael Rosen examines words and phrases in public debate to see how they influence us.
| 09:00Poet and novelist Jackie Kay meets Turner Prize-winning artist Lubaina Himid. 09:30Outrage sells. Oliver Burkeman finds how companies can profit from our anger. 09:45Series of programmes examining key phrases in public debate
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mandeville's work on the public benefit of private vices. 09:45Michael Rosen examines words and phrases in public debate to see how they influence us.
| 09:00Venki Ramakrishnan, scientist, is interviewed by Lauren Laverne for Desert Island Discs. 09:45Michael Rosen examines words and phrases in public debate to see how they influence us.
| 09:00Comedian Marcus Brigstocke and Inheritance Tracks from Curtis Stigers.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Training to be a prison officer, cleaners and carers strike in Glasgow, women cyclists. 10:45Jess, the hairdresser, is mapping the world of her clients.
| 10:00Barry George was wrongly accused of the murder of Jill Dando. We speak to his sister. 10:45Retired university don Peter is waiting for a rare visit from his infuriating brother.(R)
| 10:00Composer and producer Anna Meredith. Tampon Tax community funding. Veteran servicewomen. 10:41Terry finds walking his beloved dog Thelonius a frustrating affair. 10:55I started believing in myself.
| 10:00Actor Natascha McElhone, teenaged girls in India, Power List - Stacey Tang and Edith Eger. 10:45One of the ladies in Jenny's art class has a surprising past.
| 10:00Why get married? Woman's Hour investigates what marriage means today. 10:45Colin treasures his collection of improving books.
| 10:30Jay Rayner and the panel are in Blackpool.
| 10:00Elizabeth's hopes are raised and Johnny has cause for concern
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| 11:00 | 11:00A book published 10 years ago has changed your life and you may not even be aware of how. 11:304/6Josh and his wife take their baby away for a weekend.
| 11:00Bridget Kendall asks why the international order built after 1945 is now in deep trouble. 11:30Writer Tej Adeleye meets London’s new generation of jazz musicians.
| 11:00MP and historian Kwasi Kwarteng on the legacy of Empire. 11:303/4A kidnap by two daft, 1930s' con men goes awry.
| 11:00Afghan voters' choices, Serbian guns, Indonesia's rich, a Catalan raid and a Czech swim. 11:30Andrew McGibbon talks to saxophonist Duncan Lamont about Sinatra - and writing Mr Benn.(R)
| 11:00Jerry Brotton looks at Sir Walter Raleigh's quest for gold 11:303/6A cottage on the Sizzlinghurst estate becomes vacant and everyone wants it.
| 11:00Isabel Hardman of The Spectator looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Saudi Arabia's unrepentant show. Plus, Afghan security, Mexican mezcal and a Paris auction
| 11:15Jacqueline Gold, business woman, is interviewed by Lauren Laverne for Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. 12:15Minimum pricing, hairdressers, Xylitol. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. 12:15Call You & Yours: Have you changed your shopping habits to protect the environment? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. 12:15The recruitment drive for GPs that's going backwards. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. 12:15Why department stores are investing millions of pounds revamping their beauty counters. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. 12:15Is the gaming industry exploiting workers by making them work 'stupid hours'? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04What equal state pension ages mean for women? 12:301/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a comedic look at the week's news. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:044/6John Lloyd and Lee Mack with Lucy Mangan, Steve Mould and Graeme Le Saux.(R) 12:32Bee Wilson asks whether food labelling needs to change to protect allergy sufferers. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45James Naughtie explores the history of Newcastle through front page small ads.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45James Naughtie explores history via Manchester through front page small ads.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45James Naughtie explores the history of South London through front page small ads.(R)
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45James Naughtie explores the history of Hereford through front page small ads.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45James Naughtie explores the history of Dundee through front page small ads.(R)
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby hosts political debate from Middlesbrough Town Hall(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis; presented by Mark Mardell 13:30Sathnam Sanghera on how children can compete with machines for jobs in the future.
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| 14:00 | 14:15By Shon Dale-Jones. Quest to replace a broken porcelain figure of the Duke of Wellington.
| 14:00Pip offers an unusual solution.(R) 14:15A child is missing, smuggled onto a plane headed for Dublin. Will he simply disappear?
| 14:00Elizabeth's hopes are raised(R) 14:15Sarah volunteers at the law centre, but the lawyer who runs it has some unorthodox methods
| 14:00Lynda forges ahead with her plan 14:15Family secrets are dragged into the open when Svetlana returns to Bulgaria.
| 14:15Agents at GCHQ get a surprise when they discover the source of a devastating cyber-attack.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30The legendary 1963 lost TV play. Adapted by Toby Hadoke.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs and the panel are in Swindon.(R) 14:45Conversations about the power of the spoken and written word
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| 15:00 | 15:00Paul Gambaccini chairs the wide-ranging music quiz. 15:30Susie Barrie joins the harvest at the end of a landmark growing season for homegrown wine.
| 15:00Jay Rayner and the panel are at Senate House in North London. 15:30Tom Heap asks if going plastic-free risks harming the environment.
| 15:00A big change to the UK's tax system starts next April, but are firms ready to comply? 15:30Epipens are in short supply and under fire for their design. Dr Mark Porter investigates.(R)
| 15:00Liverpool's landscape is dwarfed by three beloved giants. Helen Mark gets up close. 15:27Dame Louise Casey makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Depaul International 15:30Liane Moriarty, best-selling author of Big Little Lies, joins Alex Clark.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs and the panel are in Swindon. 15:45The Wild Hunt by Zoe Gilbert. To impress a girl, a young man overnights in the forest.
| 15:15Biographer Patrick French has an imagined conversation with the late writer Doris Lessing. 15:30Writer Tej Adeleye meets London’s new generation of jazz musicians.(R)
| 15:00Henry James's chilling tale of a governess fighting what she thinks are forces of evil.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Guitar maker Roger Bucknall invites Martin Simpson and Richard Hawley to his workshop. 16:30Aleks Krotoski explores if how we treat our robots impacts how we treat one another.
| 16:00Michael Rosen talks to academic Colin MacCabe about Raymond Williams' book Keywords. 16:30Liz Carr and Kate Williams join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books.
| 16:00Maps and postcodes - what do they reveal about our society and selves? 16:30Will streaming change the way we watch sport?
| 16:00Francine Stock talks to Carol Morley about Jane Campion's debut Sweetie. 16:30Royal Society President Venki Ramakrishnan on UK science and Brexit.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a translator, an army officer, a peer, a voice coach and a songwriter 16:30Roger Bolton goes behind the scenes at The World at One. 16:55You're like my mirror in life, and help me to sort things out.
| 16:00Jenny Graham on cycling around the world, teenage girls in India, and veteran servicewomen
| 16:00Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah discusses his debut short story collection Friday Black 16:30Terrance Hayes and Danez Smith, two of the most exciting voices in American poetry.
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| 17:00 | 17:00PM at 5pm: interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00PM at 5pm: interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00PM at 5pm: interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00PM at 5pm: interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00PM at 5pm: Luke Jones with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Making plastic is big business but its reputation is in tatters. Can it save itself?(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00The millions to be made from serious waste crime - the 'new narcotics' for organised gangs(R) 17:40Helen Grady looks at the life of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00The prime minister has tried to head off a parliamentary revolt against her Brexit plans 18:304/6John Lloyd and Lee Mack with Lucy Mangan, Steve Mould and Graeme Le Saux.
| 18:00Erdogan rejects Saudi Arabia's claim that the journalist was killed by rogue operatives 18:303/6Mark Watson attempts to make sense of life, assisted by Sam Simmons and Will Adamsdale.(R)
| 18:00Suspected explosive devices are sent to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton 18:30Sitcom starring Jocelyn Jee Esien about a youth group leader called Joy.
| 18:00Sir Philip Green is named by Lord Hain as the businessman who took out an injunction. 18:304/6Nigel Havers stars as Rupert Hardacre gets a visit from an old friend.
| 18:00Police investigating letter bombs arrest suspect in Florida 18:301/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a comedic look at the week's news.
| 18:00At least 4 people were reportedly killed when gunman opened fire during morning service 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The gunman spoke about genocide and his desire to kill Jews as he murdered 11 people 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week with Liz Barclay.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Pip offers an unusual solution. 19:15How have artists used disgust in their work to both enthral and repel the viewer? 19:451/5Dr Dace Zake gets to grips with life in a medical centre in Blackpool.
| 19:00Elizabeth's hopes are raised 19:15Mike Leigh discusses his latest film Peterloo, about the 1819 massacre in Manchester 19:452/5Dace meets Jack, a young heroin addict from Birmingham.(R)
| 19:00Lynda forges ahead with her plan 19:15Angie Thomas on her novel and film The Hate U Give, and its roots in Black Lives Matter. 19:453/5Dace considers playing bingo and helps a widower who has become confused.(R)
| 19:15Biopic of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, Bohemian Rhapsody, reviewed 19:454/5Dace encounters a fortune teller who hasn't foreseen type 2 diabetes.
| 19:00Johnny has cause for concern 19:15If you've listened to an audiobook, can you say you've read the book? 19:455/5A teenage girl comes to the surgery fearing she is pregnant.
| 19:00Helen Grady looks at the life of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. 19:15Gus Van Sant, Burne-Jones, Little Drummer Girl, Very Very Dark Matter, Barbara Kingsolver
| 19:152/2Neil Brand's fast talking musical comedy set in a 1933 Chicago Radio Studio 19:45David Szalay's new short story series following turbulent lives in turbulent times.
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| 20:00 | 20:00MP and historian Kwasi Kwarteng on the legacy of Empire. 20:30Has extra funding through the pupil premium helped poorer children succeed at school?
| 20:00The millions to be made from serious waste crime - the 'new narcotics' for organised gangs 20:40Would you sell your eyes; Scotland's new approach to PIP assessments
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45David Baddiel tries to understand how wifi works.
| 20:00Why are the Japanese having less sex? Chie Kobayashi and Ruth Evans investigate. 20:30Making plastic is big business but its reputation is in tatters. Can it save itself?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby hosts political debate from Middlesbrough Town Hall 20:50Stella Tillyard reflects on how we bury and remember our dead.
| 20:00David Aaronovitch examines how politicians have exploited our love affair with the past.
| 20:00Roger Bolton goes behind the scenes at The World at One.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a translator, an army officer, a peer, a voice coach and a songwriter(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Alex Bellos meets the supercalculators taking part in the Mental Calculation World Cup. 21:30Kirsty Wark with Michael Scott Moore, Anna Beer, Veerle Nouwens and Will Newton.
| 21:00Epipens are in short supply and under fire for their design. Dr Mark Porter investigates. 21:30Jacqueline McGlade on monitoring the environment from space.
| 21:00Tom Heap asks if going plastic-free risks harming the environment.(R) 21:30Poet and novelist Jackie Kay meets Turner Prize-winning artist Lubaina Himid.(R)
| 21:00Royal Society President Venki Ramakrishnan on UK science and Brexit. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mandeville's work on the public benefit of private vices.(R)
| 21:00Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.
| 21:00The British Army is in pell-mell retreat, and must face up to losing the war.(R) 21:45Nick Baker turns his lens on dating profile photographers.
| 21:00What equal state pension ages mean for women?(R) 21:25Charley Boorman makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Back Up(R) 21:30Has extra funding through the pupil premium helped poorer children succeed at school?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Turkey to reveal all it knows about the murder tomorrow. 22:451/10Helen Franklin’s uneventful life in Prague is altered by a mysterious document.
| 22:00Claims that as many as a million Muslims are being held indefinitely without trial 22:452/10Helen learns the strange story of Melmoth.(R)
| 22:00President Trump says such actions have no place in the United States. 22:453/10Hoffman’s manuscript describes his first childhood encounter with Melmoth.
| 22:00Businessman wholly denies any allegations of "unlawful sexual or racist behaviour." 22:454/10Helen’s friend, Thea, reveals more chilling details about Melmoth.
| 22:00Cesar Sayoc faces offences carrying a maximum prison sentence of 48 years. 22:455/10Helen meets a young woman after an unexpected incident.
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn and guests preview the budget.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen finds out how best to communicate with people with dementia. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Wesminster
| 23:004/4Comedy about a young woman trying to build a more fulfilling life for herself in Glasgow(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports on today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:00Comedian Ken Cheng explores British Chinese culture and attitudes to relationships. 23:152/3Tom Neenan discovers what horrors lurk in our apps and gadgets in this modern ghost story. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Wesminster
| 23:004/6Burns night, a charming newcomer and an unexpected guest make for drama in Cafe Culture. 23:30Susan Hulme reports on today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:00Lauren and guests partake of a few nocturnal frank and funny conversations. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster 23:55In Scotland I was a Sassenach; in England no one could understand my Glaswegian accent.
| 23:00Paul Gambaccini chairs the wide-ranging music quiz. 23:30Carol Ann Duffy shares poems from her final collection as Poet Laureate.(R)
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to Carol Morley about Jane Campion's debut Sweetie.(R) 23:30Jahnavi Harrison examines the power of mantras to draw reciters closer to the divine.(R)
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