| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the history, harms and downsides to our contemporary work culture.(R) 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from Manchester Town Hall.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30How Malala became a target for the Taliban when she was just 15 years old.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Two young sisters flee the war in Yemen but end up taking very different paths.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Sabreen makes a desperate journey across the Mediterranean.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Analisa flees Guatemala and risks everything for a better life.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Marie Claire flees war in the Congo, but Zambia proves far from a safe haven. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30An original short work for radio. The Grey Lady by Aminatta Forna.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Bishop Stephen Cottrell. 05:45Are food standards under threat when it comes to post Brexit trade? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Eider.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Bishop Stephen Cottrell. 05:45There are high hopes for vertical farming but is it a commercially viable solution? 05:58Writer Amy Liptrot discusses how hooded crows in Berlin remind her of her youth.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Bishop Stephen Cottrell. 05:45Farming Today checks out the UK's largest agricultural machinery show, LAMMA 05:58John Aitchison presents the wren.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Bishop Stephen Cottrell. 05:45Charlotte Smith considers the impact of urban expansion on rural areas. 05:58John Aitchison presents the dunnock.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Bishop Stephen Cottrell. 05:45Northern Ireland’s most important fishing harbour faces calls for it to be privatised. 05:58Mark Cocker extols the aerial music flight of a wintering short-eared owl.(R)
| 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 the Archdeacon of Bangor, Mary Stallard 05:45Two listeners on how landlords turned them away
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday from St Peter and St Paul in Courteenhall, Northamptonshire. 05:45Mark Coles looks at the most powerful woman in American politics.(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 Yesterday in Parliament and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Yesterday in Parliament and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Yesterday in Parliament and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Yesterday in Parliament and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07Great Missenden is Roald Dahl country. Helen Mark discovers the writers love of nature. 06:30Charlotte Smith explored the challenges and opportunities of rural development. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 06:05Writer and priest Malcolm Doney explores the benefits of slowing down in our busy lives. 06:35Ruth Sanderson discovers why moss is marvellous and how it is now being grown in Leicester 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00News and current affairs, including Yesterday in Parliament.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, with Edward Stourton 07:54Zoë Wanamaker makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of TREE AID 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Live from St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Glasgow with the Provost, V Rev Kelvin Holdsworth 08:48Stella Tillyard ponders whether we are freeing ourselves from the grip of 'things'. 08:58Actress Kirsty Oswald talks us through her year-long bird watching challenge.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Paul Dolan, Linda Geddes, Laura Freeman and Edward Bullmore. 09:45How Malala became a target for the Taliban when she was just 15 years old.
| 09:00Jonathan Freedland compares Theresa May's woes now with those of Arthur Balfour in 1903-06 09:30Kate Silverton explores how our fear of failure can limit your life choices. 09:45Two young sisters flee the war in Yemen but end up taking very different paths.
| 09:00Personal stories of Schubert’s last Piano Sonata. 09:30Is hedonism getting hacked? And if it is, how do we hack our happiness back? 09:45Sabreen makes a desperate journey across the Mediterranean.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea that Popes cannot err in exercise of their office 09:45Analisa flees Guatemala and risks everything for a better life.
| 09:00Jeremy Deller, artist, is interviewed by Lauren Laverne.(R) 09:45Marie Claire flees war in the Congo, but Zambia proves far from a safe haven.
| 09:00Bodyguard Jacquie Davis and vicar and stand-up the Reverend Ravi Holy.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Annie Mac; Stephanie Jones and transitioning; choosing not to hide a mastectomy. 10:451/5The fifth volume of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary memoirs.
| 10:00The implications of a new divorce law in Saudi Arabia. The experience of being stalked. 10:452/5Maya is attempting to assimilate into Ghanaian life with a job at a university.
| 10:00Colette, Racism in Women's Football, Stress-free Parenting 10:413/5Maya dates Sheikhali, a rich trader from Mali, but cannot accept his proposition. 10:55The patients are amazing people; they're going through all this and just dealing with it.
| 10:00Cyntoia Brown, HRT patches, maternity leave for students, and Flirty Dancing 10:454/5Maya marches in Accra whilst Americans led by Martin Luther King march in Washington DC.
| 10:00How to divorce well, New Year resolutions, male carers, and universal credit changes. 10:455/5Maya finally discovers her African roots.
| 10:30Jay Rayner and the panel are in Swindon.
| 10:00Helen makes a decision and Brian loses his cool
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| 11:00 | 11:00Steph is searching for her birth mother's relatives, who may not know she was born. 11:302/4Leo’s aristocratic friend Clementine seeks love to heal sorrow. Leo offers friendship.
| 11:00Is it a good idea for us to feel each other's pain? Jolyon Jenkins investigates empathy. 11:30Argentinian dancer Marianela Nunez shares her life behind the scenes at the Royal Ballet
| 11:00The voting age is being lowered from 18 to 16. Should it really be heading back up to 21?(R) 11:302/4Divorcee Spencer Pandy attempts to pass on his broken legacy - but instead breaks his leg.
| 11:00Old enemies Serbia and Kosovo discuss what for some is unthinkable - an ethnic land swap. 11:30Charles Foster explores the bloody tension at the heart of his favourite nature writing.
| 11:00Byron Vincent raises some practical, and moral, questions about social mobility. 11:302/4There’s bonding over Scotch and Margaret braves the shops. Stars Alison Steadman.
| 11:00Sam Coates of The Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster this week. 11:30Rahaf al-Qunun may be safe but her experience is part of something much bigger.
| 11:15Ruth Jones, actor and writer, shares her track choices with Lauren Laverne.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04At last, Adrian is asked to write a book - and his sister Rosie has some news. 12:18Woolworths ten years on, the rise of Irish whiskey and food packaging waste. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Adrian struggles with his book and receives a troubling letter from an old flame. 12:18Call You and Yours: How is Universal Credit affecting you? Email: youandyours@bbc.co.uk 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Adrian receives some shocking news, but it's not long before his fortunes change again. 12:18Spending money to avoid care costs. Outfox the Market customer revolt. Fitness regimes. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Adrian is given the keys to his new house and feels the pressure of being a father. 12:18Retail figures, professional bridesmaids, and automation in the workplace 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Adrian turns 31 and Pandora spends the night at his house - with devastating consequences. 12:18Why cassettes are hip for a generation raised on music downloads and streaming. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04As two banks refund a customer defrauded of all her cash, will other victims benefit too? 12:30A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:043/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.(R) 12:32Gerard Baker finds out how Falkland Islanders meet the challenge of eating a varied diet. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:45Series exploring the long history of struggles for liberty in Britain.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45The story of the struggle for 'habeas corpus' in an England on the verge of Civil War.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45How post-Civil War England produced a radical idea - Toleration - and its role today.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45How a libertine called John Wilkes fought for the right to criticize the powerful, and won
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45The struggle of Victorian working men to form trade unions with real negotiating power.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents topical debate from Henfield Hall in West Sussex.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis; presented by Mark Mardell 13:30Mary Beard on the ugly Victorian battle against women's higher education all set to music.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:15Written by Martin Jameson. Return of detective series Stone created by Danny Brocklehurst.
| 14:00Kirsty offers some advice 14:15Written by Martin Jameson. Detective series created by Danny Brocklehurst.
| 14:00David fears for the future(R) 14:15Stone, a detective series created by Danny Brocklehurst. Written by Richard Monks.
| 14:00Helen makes a decision(R) 14:15Stone, a detective series created by Danny Brocklehurst. Written by Richard Monks.
| 14:00There's a silver lining for Lee(R) 14:15Stone: a detective series created by Danny Brocklehurst. Written by Richard Monks.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30The story of Russian protest group Pussy Riot, by Maria Alyokhina. Dramatised by EV Crowe
| 14:00Peter Gibbs hosts the horticultural panel programme from the Bishop's Palace in Wells.(R) 14:45The stresses and the rewards of a career in the NHS.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Radio's most fiendish quiz, with cryptic questions on unpredictable fields of knowledge 15:30Posh nosh for pooches is becoming big business - but is it in our dogs' best interests?(R)
| 15:00Jay Rayner and his panel are in the Wookey Hole Caves.(R) 15:30Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence explore stories revealed by history’s lines and linkages.
| 15:00The effectiveness of the small claims court 15:30Dr Mark Porter discusses high blood pressure, a silent threat that isn't well managed.
| 15:00Great Missenden is Roald Dahl country. Helen Mark discovers the writers love of nature. 15:27Sophie Morgan makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Leonard Cheshire.(R) 15:30Jessie Burton discusses The Miniaturist with James Naughtie and readers(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs hosts the horticultural panel programme from the Bishop's Palace in Wells. 15:45An original short work for radio. The Grey Lady by Aminatta Forna.
| 15:30Argentinian dancer Marianela Nunez shares her life behind the scenes at the Royal Ballet
| 15:00Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina's account of her imprisonment. Dramatised by EV Crowe
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| 16:00 | 16:00Andrew McGibbon talks to actress Julie Newmar about being Batman's Catwoman in the 1960s. 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince return for a new series. This week Ed Byrne joins the panel.
| 16:00Vocalist Elaine Mitchener remembers New York composer-performer Julius Eastman. 16:30Neurologist and author Oliver Sacks is Suzanne O'Sullivan's hero, she tells Matthew Parris
| 16:30The producer of Sex Education on working with the streaming giant.
| 16:00The latest cinema releases and DVDs including Stan & Ollie and Monsters and Men 16:30Antarctic lake drilling, birds and climate change, cold snap, and holograms.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on an astronomer, a designer, a transgender activist and a writer. 16:30Tim Harford on sugar, train fares, children's outdoors play and Earth's closest neighbour. 16:55When we trained we spent thirteen weeks learning how to be compassionate.
| 16:00Annie Mac on the women we should listen to in 2019. Discovering Colette. Dance and romance
| 16:00Oyinkan Braithwaite discusses her Lagos-set debut novel, My Sister the Serial Killer. 16:30Daljit Nagra selects another highlight from the BBC's poetry archive.
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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: interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Two listeners on how landlords turned them away(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Republican insider Ron Christie on how Donald Trump's presidency has changed his party.(R) 17:40Mark Coles looks at the most powerful woman in American politics.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Labour accuses government of playing for time to secure "botched" departure from EU 18:303/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
| 18:00Police promise to crack down on protesters who've been abusing and intimidating MPs 18:302/6Julie has a bone to pick with Danno - and Andy’s finally met a woman.
| 18:00Fresh setback for May in Commons vote. 18:302/4Super-sharp everywoman Angela Barnes laughs at life and packs herself a fantasy coffin.
| 18:004,500 UK jobs will go as part of a major cost-cutting drive 18:306/6John Finnemore brings the sixth series of his award-winning sketch show to a close.
| 18:00The Work and Pensions Secretary has announced a series of changes to Universal Credit. 18:30A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.
| 18:00Prison reform groups warn more resources needed to make all sentences at least six months 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week
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| 19:00 | 19:00Kirsty offers some advice 19:15Charlie Brooker on his ground-breaking new interactive film, Bandersnatch 19:451/5The fifth volume of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary memoirs.(R)
| 19:00David fears for the future 19:15Keira Knightley on Colette, Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, Costa Poetry Award winner 19:452/5Maya is attempting to assimilate into Ghanaian life with a job at a university.
| 19:15Comedian Nish Kumar, from The Mash Report, on why his new tour is his most political yet. 19:453/5Maya dates Sheikhali, a rich trader from Mali, but cannot accept his proposition.(R)
| 19:00There's a silver lining for Lee 19:15Hugh Jackman on playing scandal-hit 1988 US presidential hopeful Gary Hart. 19:454/5Maya marches in Accra whilst Americans led by Martin Luther King march in Washington DC.(R)
| 19:00Brian loses his cool and a lie doesn’t sit well with Clarrie. 19:15Steve Coogan and John C Reilly on playing Laurel and Hardy in Stan & Ollie 19:455/5Maya finally discovers her African roots.
| 19:00Mark Coles looks at the most powerful woman in American politics. 19:15Pinter, Stan and Ollie, Eric Vuillard, Whistler and Nature, Guitar Drum and Bass
| 19:00Brian waves the white flag 19:153/4Inspector Lestrade introduces Sherlock Holmes' rival Max Carrados.(R) 19:452/10Zoe was murdered by Paul 10 years ago. Paul serves his sentence but Zoe returns.
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| 20:00 | 20:00The voting age is being lowered from 18 to 16. Should it really be heading back up to 21? 20:30How one boy’s dream was cut short by the beautiful game’s ugly prejudice in Brazil.(R)
| 20:00Republican insider Ron Christie on how Donald Trump's presidency has changed his party. 20:40Should fines be issued for inaccessible websites? The Bird Box Challenge.
| 20:00Joan Bakewell explores how to ensure your wishes at the end of your life are respected. 20:45Why some of the most profitable companies in the world cannot be valued.
| 20:00How did universal credit come about, and why has its roll-out been delayed? 20:30Potholes - the hidden costs, and opportunities, lurking in our roads
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents topical debate from Henfield Hall in West Sussex. 20:50Stella Tillyard ponders whether we are freeing ourselves from the grip of 'things'.
| 20:00The weapons of war born in the laboratory.
| 20:00Tim Harford on sugar, train fares, children's outdoors play and Earth's closest neighbour.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on an astronomer, a designer, a transgender activist and a writer.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00The stories of young women who have suffered from postpartum psychosis.(R) 21:30Andrew Marr with Paul Dolan, Linda Geddes, Laura Freeman and Edward Bullmore.(R)
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter discusses high blood pressure, a silent threat that isn't well managed. 21:30Jonathan Freedland compares Theresa May's woes now with those of Arthur Balfour in 1903-06
| 21:00Philip Ball's story is of Ibn al-Haytham, the first scientist, and how we see. 21:30Personal stories of Schubert’s last Piano Sonata.(R)
| 21:00Antarctic lake drilling, birds and climate change, cold snap, and holograms.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea that Popes cannot err in exercise of their office(R)
| 21:00A new series exploring the long history of struggles for liberty in Britain.
| 21:00Iconic Dickensian heroine fights her way out of poverty in 21st century Britain.(R)
| 21:00As two banks refund a customer defrauded of all her cash, will other victims benefit too?(R) 21:25Zoë Wanamaker makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of TREE AID(R) 21:30Potholes - the hidden costs, and opportunities, lurking in our roads(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:45At last, Adrian is asked to write a book - and his sister Rosie has some news.(R)
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:45Adrian struggles with his book and receives a troubling letter from an old flame.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:45Adrian receives some shocking news, but it's not long before his fortunes change again.
| 22:00President Trump continues efforts to persuade politicians to fund wall on Mexican border 22:45Adrian is given the keys to his new house and feels the pressure of being a father.(R)
| 22:00US begins pulling its military out of Syria, fulfilling a presidential policy change 22:45Adrian turns 31 and Pandora spends the night at his house - with devastating consequences.
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Joan Bakewell explores how to ensure your wishes at the end of your life are respected.(R)
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn previews a historic week at Westminster with politicians and pundits.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Sarah Dunant examines sleep as a source of preoccupation and worry throughout history. 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince return for a new series. This week Ed Byrne joins the panel. 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:001/4Anne Reid stars in Jenny Eclair's comic monologue about a difficult family visit. 23:15Meghan Markle the Musical. 23:30Susan Hulme has the latest news from Westminster.
| 23:001/4Sketch trio Daphne head off to Malaysia to find Phil's legendary criminal uncle Pak Belang(R) 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:00Neurologist and author Oliver Sacks is Suzanne O'Sullivan's hero, she tells Matthew Parris 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports as MPs continue their debate on the prime minister's Brexit deal. 23:55Waking up at four in the morning, worrying about the ward, worrying about the clinic.
| 23:00Radio's most fiendish quiz, with cryptic questions on unpredictable fields of knowledge(R) 23:30A poem by Sophie Sparham echoes stories told to Anna Scott-Brown on a bench in Derby.(R)
| 23:00The latest cinema releases and DVDs including Stan & Ollie and Monsters and Men(R) 23:30Writer and priest Malcolm Doney explores the benefits of slowing down in our busy lives.(R)
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