| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Migrants and refugees.(R) 00:45Bells on Sunday from St Peter and St Paul in Courteenhall, Northamptonshire.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5David goes missing and Mummy retires to her bedroom, so Miss Marple is needed. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Auntie Di appears: a hard liner, wreathed in cigarette smoke. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5One day, the man called Laurie returned, to take Mum and the family out to dinner. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5All doctors have 'expert opinions', according to Agatha Christie.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5A place called Colwood looms, as do more scenes from Jane Eyre. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30By A M Bakalar. It's Poland in 1980 and Sonia receives some unwelcome visitors.(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.
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| 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 reading and a reflection to start the day with the Archdeacon of Bangor, Mary Stallard 05:45Charlotte Smith considers veganism's impact on public perceptions of food and farming. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents a widely regarded symbol of Australia, the black swan.(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 05:45What happens when a vegan falls in love with a sheep farmer? We find out! 05:58Michael Palin presents the New Zealand Kakapo(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 05:45Charlotte Smith gets reactions to the Brexit withdrawal agreement vote. 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Gregory Overden on Canada geese for Tweet of the Day.(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 05:45Farmers give their response to the political uncertainty over Brexit. 05:58Chris Packham presents our smallest duck the teal.(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 05:45Is a vegan diet really better for the environment? 05:58Mat Waddington found a long tailed tit playing cupid in his Worcester village.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with writer and broadcaster Anna Magnusson. 05:45A listener on the six months he spent without his wife while they waited for a visa
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday from St Helen's, Sefton 05:45Mark Coles profiles Greggs’ CEO Roger Whiteside.(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.
| 06:00Radio 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. 06:07Ian Marchant meets some of the unexpected animals in Thetford Forest in Norfolk.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith explores how veganism is impacting food and farming. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 06:05Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand explores the experience of hunger. 06:35Shetland has its own sheep, cattle and ponies. Can local farmers make money from them? 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 William Crawley 07:54Gary Lineker makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of World Child Cancer. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Amanda Mukwashi is the preacher in a service from Croydon Seventh Day Adventist Church. 08:48Linda Colley asks if - eventually - Brexit could be the modernizing force the UK needs. 08:58Kirsty Oswald returns to share a tale of the spideog, also known as the robin.
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| 09:00 | 09:00John Lanchester, Patricia Lewis, Richard Wrangham and Eleanor Robson with Amol Rajan 09:451/5David goes missing and Mummy retires to her bedroom, so Miss Marple is needed.
| 09:00Jonathan Freedland compares a Saudi prince with a medieval pope. 09:30Kate Silverton talks to a businesswoman on how bullying made her afraid to take risks. 09:452/5Auntie Di appears: a hard liner, wreathed in cigarette smoke.
| 09:00The classic tune written by Charlie Chaplin for a classic film. 09:30Is what matters denting the universe and unleashing the biggest you? 09:453/5One day, the man called Laurie returned, to take Mum and the family out to dinner.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the playwright and novelist, author of Waiting for Godot 09:454/5All doctors have 'expert opinions', according to Agatha Christie.
| 09:00Ruth Jones, actor and writer, shares her track choices with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5A place called Colwood looms, as do more scenes from Jane Eyre.
| 09:00Professor Alice Roberts, Man Like Mobeen's Guz Khan, Sharon D Clarke's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00News with Paddy O'Connell including what will happen in Parliament about Brexit.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Malala Yousafzai and refugee stories 10:45Caitlin Moran narrates a new dramatisation of her bestselling comic memoir.
| 10:00Conductor Marin Alsop is number eight on the Woman's Hour Power List 2018 10:45Caitlin Moran narrates a new dramatisation of her comic memoir. Episode 2. Caitlin is 15.
| 10:00The life and legacy of revolutionary socialist Rosa Luxemburg. 10:41Caitlin Moran narrates her comic memoir. Caitin is now 16 and working at Melody Maker. 10:55I would have taken the hurt off you.
| 10:00Ruth Bader Ginsburg as pop icon, the burden of family secrets, Voyeurism Bill, comfy shoes 10:45Dramatisation of Caitlin Moran's comic memoir. Episode 4. Caitlin is 18 and in love.
| 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world 10:45The final part of the dramatisation of Caitlin Moran's bestselling comic memoir.
| 10:30Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show from the Garden Museum in Lambeth.
| 10:00Disaster strikes for Jennifer and Lexi has some surprising news
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| 11:00 | 11:00Min only wants to marry a Sikh with a turban. After ten years of looking should she stop? 11:303/4Leo meets a new friend of his wife who has a secret in store for him.
| 11:00Jolyon Jenkins investigates whether we're really in the grip of a narcissism epidemic. 11:30A glimpse into the life of the virtuoso trumpeter taking charge of the Cheltenham Festival
| 11:00Jim Naughtie examines what the Trump presidency means for America's old European allies.(R) 11:303/4Divorcee father Spencer hears reports of frozen toilet-waste falling from aeroplanes.
| 11:00Elderly pensioners in Japan commit petty crimes so that they can be sent to prison. 11:30Poland’s artists, writers and musicians respond to growing ultra-nationalism.
| 11:00What are we all so awkward about? Annalisa Dinnella explores this slippery emotion. 11:303/4It's Ian and Chloe’s wedding day and Chloe’s estranged parents are testing patience
| 11:00Tom Newton Dunn of The Sun looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30How the people of Nairobi are finding hope after the terror attack on a luxury hotel.
| 11:15James Rebanks, shepherd and writer, shares his track choices with Lauren Laverne.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04By Esi Edugyan. Wash’s life changes when a new master arrives at Faith sugar plantation. 12:18The growing number of people turning to online crowdfunding to cover rising funeral costs. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04By Esi Edugyan. The master’s brother, Titch, has a request for Wash. 12:18Call You and Yours: Do you feel the need to keep hold of your stuff? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04By Esi Edugyan. Titch prepares for the launch of his cloud-cutter - a hot air balloon. 12:18Students and Universal Credit, Brexit stockpiling, pension advice compensation 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04By Esi Edugyan. Philip has disturbing news for Titch and Erasmus Wilde. 12:18Radio 4's consumer affairs programme. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04By Esi Edugyan. After Philip’s suicide, Wash and Titch have to leave. 12:18What you should be thinking about before you book your summer holiday. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04From May, pensioners with younger partners can't make new pension credit claims 12:30Brexit, Gillette and Konmarie - News Quiz Style. With host Miles Jupp.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:044/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.(R) 12:32Food writer Rachel McCormack explores deep fried cuisine throughout Europe 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:45The Jamaican slave rebellion that contributed to Britain's abolition of slavery.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:45The long struggle to free pre-Victorian Catholics from laws barring them from public life.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:45The struggle to win married women's right to own property and be counted as full citizens.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45The decriminalisation of homosexuality, and the struggle for equal rights that followed.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45How the British public won the right to know more of the truth about the conduct of power.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents topical debate from the University of Huddersfield.
| 13:00Global news and analysis; presented by Mark Mardell 13:30Beer under sail in Norfolk, Burns Suppers, cancer treatment and a derelict Lakeland lido.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Brian waves the white flag(R) 14:15Hotel worker Saira's life is turned upside down when she encounters a rich Saudi guest.
| 14:00Disaster strikes for Jennifer.(R) 14:15Clare makes a startling discovery about Saira's rapist. Thriller by Ayeesha Menon.
| 14:15Clare confronts Najma about the true identity of Saira's rapist. Thriller by Ayeesha Menon
| 14:15Drama marking the 50th anniversary of the Prague Spring by David Pownall.
| 14:15High-energy drama about trying to make the world a little better. By David Leddy.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30Dostoyevsky's nightmare vision of a man whose life is usurped by his double.(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson and the panel are in Uppingham, Rutland.(R) 14:45Stammering, death and motor neurone disease are all shared in this poignant selection.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the fiendish cryptic quiz. 15:30Gerard Baker finds out how Falkland Islanders meet the challenge of eating a varied diet.(R)
| 15:00Jay Rayner and the panel are in Swindon.(R) 15:30Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence explore stories revealed by history’s lines and linkages.
| 15:00What is the one financial resolution you should keep in 2019? 15:30Drug shortages, eye drops for myopia, is muscle more dense than fat? And sarcopenia
| 15:00Ian Marchant meets some of the unexpected animals in Thetford Forest in Norfolk. 15:27Zoë Wanamaker makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of TREE AID 15:30Oyinkan Braithwaite discusses her Lagos-set debut novel, My Sister the Serial Killer.
| 15:00Eric Robson and the panel are in Uppingham, Rutland. 15:45By A M Bakalar. It's Poland in 1980 and Sonia receives some unwelcome visitors.
| 15:30A glimpse into the life of the virtuoso trumpeter taking charge of the Cheltenham Festival
| 15:001/2Rowland takes sculptor Roderick from the US to Rome with devastating consequences.(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:00A profile of the beloved children's author Judith Kerr as she works on her latest book.(R) 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Chris Addison to discuss the future of humanity.
| 16:00Michael Rosen talks to comedian Elis James about how to make language funny. 16:30Matthew Parris profiles the inventor of the car that changed the face of Formula One
| 16:00Surveillance - how we are both watchers, as well as the watched. 16:30How fact-checking became an industry
| 16:00Josie Rourke on Mary Queen Of Scots 16:30Clean Air Strategy, Fast Radio Bursts and Kuba Kingdom
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a designer, a judge, a philosopher, a nanotechnologist and a singer. 16:30Tim Harford asks whether 1.7% of people are intersex, and examines false claims about MPs. 16:55In bed, not walking and talking, I still feel normal.
| 16:00Malala Yousafzai, Jasmin Paris winner of the Spine Race and comfy trainers
| 16:00A special programme celebrating the breadth and power of writing from the Caribbean 16:30Writer Henry Eliot explores Geoffrey Chaucer’s surreal Dream Vision poems.
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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. 17:30A listener on the six months he spent without his wife while they waited for a visa 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00File on 4 exposes the abuse of Ugandan children being cared for in UK-funded orphanages(R) 17:40Mark Coles profiles Greggs’ CEO Roger Whiteside.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00May warns that rejecting her Brexit deal would endanger departure from EU. 18:304/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
| 18:00MPs are preparing to vote on Theresa May's Brexit deal. 18:303/6Andy thinks everyone’s forgotten his birthday but doesn't know a surprise is awaiting him.
| 18:00The labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says Theresa May must resign 18:303/4Super-sharp everywoman Angela Barnes laughs at life and packs herself a fantasy coffin.
| 18:00Theresa May has met opposition politicians, as she tries to solve the Brexit deadlock. 18:301/6Mark Steel is back In Town for a ninth series. First stop, Hastings.
| 18:00Liam Fox says UK dependent on other countries to ensure EU trade deals apply after Brexit 18:30Brexit, Gillette and Konmarie - News Quiz Style. With host Miles Jupp.
| 18:00Brexit: Former PM urges party leaders to give MPs a free vote to end Westminster deadlock 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The cabinet Brexiteer, Liam Fox, says the government has a contract to deliver Brexit. 18:15Broadcaster Gerry Northam picks the best of BBC Radio this week
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| 19:00 | 19:00Disaster strikes for Jennifer. 19:15Octavian - BBC Music's Sound of 2019, and Soren Sveistrup, creator of The Killing 19:45Caitlin Moran narrates a new dramatisation of her bestselling comic memoir.(R)
| 19:15Steve Carell discusses new film Beautiful Boy, a father and son story plagued by addiction 19:45Caitlin Moran narrates a new dramatisation of her comic memoir. Episode 2. Caitlin is 15.(R)
| 19:15M Night Shyamalan discusses his new movie Glass, and a major new work by Bridget Riley 19:45Caitlin Moran narrates her comic memoir. Caitin is now 16 and working at Melody Maker.(R)
| 19:15How Brexit might impact upon the arts. Plus Diane Setterfield's new novel. 19:45Dramatisation of Caitlin Moran's comic memoir. Episode 4. Caitlin is 18 and in love.
| 19:00Lexi has some surprising news 19:15Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright MP discusses his plans to ‘unleash creativity’. 19:45The final part of the dramatisation of Caitlin Moran's bestselling comic memoir.
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles Greggs’ CEO Roger Whiteside. 19:15Mary Queen of Scots, Approaching Empty, Leila Slimani, Fausto Melotti, Ride Upon The Storm
| 19:00Alistair takes centre stage 19:154/4Inspector Lestrade introduces Sherlock Holmes' rival Prof SFX Van Duson.(R) 19:453/10Zoe was murdered by Paul, yet 10 years on she is upstairs in his bathroom in his house.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Jim Naughtie examines what the Trump presidency means for America's old European allies. 20:30Old enemies Serbia and Kosovo discuss what for some is unthinkable - an ethnic land swap.(R)
| 20:00File on 4 exposes the abuse of Ugandan children being cared for in UK-funded orphanages 20:40Will Deafblind activist Helen Keller be voted in as a 20th century icon?
| 20:00The story of last night's momentous vote on Brexit through the eyes of six backbench MPs. 20:45Can’t resist posting? David Grossman explores the lure of attention economics.
| 20:00Brexit has stretched the parliamentary system to its limits - is it irretrievably broken? 20:30Can the UK become a world leader in making the internet safer?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents topical debate from the University of Huddersfield. 20:50Linda Colley asks if - eventually - Brexit could be the modernizing force the UK needs.
| 20:00Gareth Gwynn presents the first Archive on 4 that looks sideways rather than backwards.
| 20:00Tim Harford asks whether 1.7% of people are intersex, and examines false claims about MPs.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a designer, a judge, a philosopher, a nanotechnologist and a singer.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Is it a good idea for us to feel each other's pain? Jolyon Jenkins investigates empathy.(R) 21:30John Lanchester, Patricia Lewis, Richard Wrangham and Eleanor Robson with Amol Rajan
| 21:00Drug shortages, eye drops for myopia, is muscle more dense than fat? And sarcopenia 21:30Jonathan Freedland compares a Saudi prince with a medieval pope.(R)
| 21:00Historian Professor Fara Dabhoiwala explores the origins of religious freedom of speech. 21:30The classic tune written by Charlie Chaplin for a classic film.(R)
| 21:00Clean Air Strategy, Fast Radio Bursts and Kuba Kingdom 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the playwright and novelist, author of Waiting for Godot(R)
| 21:00A new series exploring the long history of struggles for liberty in Britain.
| 21:00Coming-of-age story based on the hit film of the seventies.(R)
| 21:00From May, pensioners with younger partners can't make new pension credit claims(R) 21:25Gary Lineker makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of World Child Cancer.(R) 21:30Can the UK become a world leader in making the internet safer?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:45By Esi Edugyan. Wash’s life changes when a new master arrives at Faith sugar plantation.(R)
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:45By Esi Edugyan. Titch prepares for the launch of his cloud-cutter - a hot air balloon.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:45By Esi Edugyan. Philip has disturbing news for Titch and Erasmus Wilde.(R)
| 22:00White House dismisses report that Donald Trump instructed former lawyer to lie to Congress 22:45By Esi Edugyan. After Philip’s suicide, Wash and Titch have to leave.
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Joan Bakewell explores the options available when you can’t afford a funeral.(R)
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn and guests look forward to another busy week at Westminster.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Can anyone declare themselves an artist? David Tovey considers the so-called rules. 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Chris Addison to discuss the future of humanity.(R) 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:002/4Jenny Eclair's comic monologue starring Monica Dolan. 23:151/4Canadian stand-up Mae Martin on new attitudes towards sex and gender.(R) 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:002/4The gang leave for New York but are waylaid by George's mathematical ineptitude.(R) 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:00Matthew Parris profiles the inventor of the car that changed the face of Formula One 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports as the House of Lords spends the day debating private members' bills. 23:55Feeling relatively in control.
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the fiendish cryptic quiz.(R) 23:30Daljit Nagra selects another highlight from the BBC's poetry archive.(R)
| 23:00Josie Rourke on Mary Queen Of Scots(R) 23:30Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand explores the experience of hunger.(R)
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