| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Motorbikes - a social and cultural history.(R) 00:45The bells of St Chad’s, Far Headingley in Leeds.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Why do men fight? A trans man explores masculinity and fear through learning to box. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Why do men fight? A trans man explores masculinity and fear through learning to box. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Why do men fight? A trans man explores masculinity and fear through learning to box. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30The date of Thomas’ fight at Madison Square Garden is fast approaching. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Why do men fight? A trans man explores masculinity and fear through learning to box. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30A new short story in response to this week's news.(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 Alison Murdoch. 05:45We hear from farmers in Cambridgeshire being threatened and intimidated by hare coursers. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the stonechat.
| 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 Alison Murdoch 05:45Poor access to mobile signal and transport services is holding back the rural economy. 05:58Actor Samuel West is especially fond of ducks, especially the eider.
| 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 Alison Murdoch. 05:45Chris Packham starts a new venture - bringing prosecutions against wildlife crime. 05:58Kate Humble presents the red-throated diver.
| 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 Alison Murdoch 05:45How do we stop littering in the countryside? 05:58Writer and wildlife programme-maker Stephen Moss is inspired by the song thrush.
| 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 Alison Murdoch 05:45Some food producers in Wales want Welsh food to carry the dragon instead of the Union flag 05:58When sound recordist Gary Moore recorded a woodlark his work revealed some odd behaviour.
| 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 Rachel Mann 05:45A listener explains why not going to her father's funeral means she can't move on.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday from St Clement Danes, the Strand, London 05:45Mark Coles profiles transport secretary Chris Grayling.
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs, including 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. 06:07Clare Balding walks with a committed listener who creates her own walking routes. 06:30Sybil Ruscoe visits Windmill Hill City Farm in Bristol. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 06:05Mark Tully invites us to challenge perceived truths in both religion and science. 06:35Matt Naylor is trying to make the countryside a friendlier place for LGBTQ people. 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. 07:10Edward Stourton with the week's religious news and current affairs. 07:54Jane Horrocks makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Send a Cow 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Exploring what it means to be steadfast in times of uncertainty, with Rev Richard Carter. 08:48AL Kennedy on how the British sense of humour is standing up to our political woes.(R) 08:58Ornithologist and nature writer Dominic Couzens recalls the glitterati goldfinch.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Kirsty Wark with Randolph Nesse, AK Benjamin and George Szirtes. 09:45Why do men fight? A trans man explores masculinity and fear through learning to box.
| 09:00Sue Black tells Jim Al-Khalili how she became a software engineer. 09:30Helen Lewis discovers Deliveroo rider Aaron Tatlow cycled 10,000 miles last year 09:45Why do men fight? A trans man explores masculinity and fear through learning to box.
| 09:00The comedian Sara Pascoe meets the performance artist Bryony Kimmings. 09:30Timandra Harkness explores ways to constructively disagree: workplace and neighbours 09:45Why do men fight? A trans man explores masculinity and fear through learning to box.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how this Bible story has inspired artists for centuries. 09:45The date of Thomas’ fight at Madison Square Garden is fast approaching.
| 09:00Cressida Dick, Metropolitan Police commissioner, shares her choices with Lauren Laverne.(R) 09:45Why do men fight? A trans man explores masculinity and fear through learning to box.
| 09:00Chelcee Grimes, singer-songwriter and footballer; and marine biologist Dr Jon Copley.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world. 10:45Award-winning drama set in an ambulance control room.
| 10:00A look at measles vaccinations, the women who back Trump, epilepsy research and more. 10:45Award winning drama set in an ambulance control room.
| 10:00Does is matter that the concept of 'gal pals' is now a marketing ploy? 10:41Award winning drama set in an ambulance control room. 10:55Jim and Liam look back at their childhoods in Larne, County Antrim.
| 10:00Tracey Neville, looking after disabled children, breast ironing, and Laura Mucha. 10:45Award-winning drama set in an ambulance control centre
| 10:00Why do so many women leave the bar? 10:45Award-winning drama set in an ambulance control centre(R)
| 10:30Bring on the Orcs! New Zealand would never be the same again.
| 10:00Elizabeth faces her demons and Will receives a shock
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| 11:00 | 11:00Grace Dent revisits four powerful Untold stories to find out where they went next. 11:303/4Are you Armageddon-ready? Sylvia and Rachel explore situational awareness.
| 11:00Historian Rhys Jones asks if we really are more distracted than ever before. 11:30Antonia Quirke meets some of the bright young talents composing music for TV and film.
| 11:00Chris Page looks at how Northern Ireland is coping without a government 11:303/4Rob navigates the wonders and pitfalls of genetics and internationalism.(R)
| 11:00How supporters of the political and militant group Hezbollah mark the events of 1979. 11:30A portrait of the artist on the river, George Parsonage.
| 11:00Hinkley power station gets the green light, and then the workers' accommodation goes up. 11:303/4Current affairs parody and stupidly feasible visit to the 24-hour Hall Of Opinion Mirrors.(R)
| 11:00George Parker of The Financial Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30The remote religious retreat at the heart of plans for a populist revolution in Europe
| 11:15Ann Cleeves, writer, 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. 12:041/10Acclaimed novelist Erich Ackermann is approached by a young man claiming to be a fan. 12:18As in-store drawing classes take off, could sketching be the new mindfulness? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:042/10Erich finds himself confiding in Maurice, despite his better judgement. 12:18Call You and Yours: How has organ donation affected your life? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:043/10Erich finishes his story to reveal what happened to Oskar... 12:18Changes to pension credit could leave thousands worse off. Plus self-harm on Instagram. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:044/10Gore Vidal meets an intriguing stranger called Maurice Swift. 12:18The regulator warns gambling firms to stop silencing unhappy customers with gagging orders 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:045/10Edith and Maurice celebrate their anniversary. 12:18Scammers, lads and dads fashion, and who decides how much fish can we catch? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Confirmation of payee name checks may not happen until 2020. 12:30Hugo Rifkind, Zoe Lyons, Susan Calman and Paul Sinha join host Miles Jupp.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:042/8Paul Merton, Sheila Hancock, Josh Widdicombe and Julian Clary join Nicholas Parsons. 12:32Sheila Dillon asks whether we should avoid buying foods containing palm oil. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:45How The Satanic Verses affair forced individuals to choose a side.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:45How the Rushdie controversy drew some towards violent jihadism.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:45How Salman Rushdie publicly reaffirmed his Muslim faith in 1990.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:45Violence inspired by the fatwa against Salman Rushdie spreads to Norway.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:45How The Satanic Verses affair affected freedom of speech.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Llithfaen in north west Wales.
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Being sectioned, light pollution, losing your sense of smell, squatting and a cute train.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Emma's attempts to help backfire(R) 14:152/8The return of a certain prominent palace official offers hope for new alliances.
| 14:00There's bad news for Brian(R) 14:15Amidst blocked plumbing, could romance be on the cards at a northern caravan park?(R)
| 14:00Kenton has concerns over the future of Lower Loxley(R) 14:15Joe’s elderly mother is frail, going blind. Her security and happiness are at stake.(R)
| 14:00Elizabeth faces her demons(R) 14:15Rom-Com about meeting the perfect partner.
| 14:15A young midwife prepares for the final countdown... Life on Mars
| 14:00Thousands of school pupils went on strike yesterday? Were you one of them? 14:301/11Neil Dudgeon and Tim McInnerny star in an epic tale of money, passion and daring to dream.
| 14:00Eric Robson and the panel are at the Dorothy Clive Garden in Shropshire.(R) 14:45Three conversations looking back at music and memories.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs radio's most fiendish quiz 15:30Sheila Dillon asks whey there aren't more women chefs in our South Asian restaurants.
| 15:00Jay Rayner and the panel are in Belfast.(R) 15:30Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence look at historical aspects of living on the breadline.
| 15:00Open Banking promised to revolutionise your personal finances. Has it? 15:30New treatment for migraine, iron overload and should low-risk cancers be redefined?
| 15:00Clare Balding walks with a committed listener who creates her own walking routes. 15:27Surgeon and author Atul Gawande makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Lifebox Foundation(R) 15:30Kristen Roupenian, Javier Cercas, Quakers in fiction
| 15:00Eric Robson and the panel are at the Dorothy Clive Garden in Shropshire. 15:45A new short story in response to this week's news.
| 15:30Antonia Quirke meets some of the bright young talents composing music for TV and film.
| 15:002/11Neil Dudgeon and Tim McInnerny star in an epic tale of money, passion and daring to dream.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Following PJ Harvey as she creates the score for a new production of All About Eve. 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince explore how we measure the universe.
| 16:00Michael Rosen talks in depth about dyslexia with expert Professor Maggie Snowling. 16:30Frank, Cottrell-Boyce and Lucy Porter join Harriet Gilbert to talk favourite books.
| 16:00Walls: Laurie Taylor explores the social history and symbolism of human-made barriers. 16:30Demand for news is higher than ever, but fewer people are prepared to pay for it
| 16:00Rosamund Pike on A Private War, and Barry Jenkins discusses If Beale Street Could Talk. 16:30Insect decline, gut microbiome and geomagnetic switching.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a goalkeeper, a sportswriter, an inventor, a poet and an actor. 16:30Tim Harford on climate change, Victorian diseases, maths mistakes and alcohol consumption. 16:55Alastair and Frank discuss music, memory and the power of glam rock.
| 16:00Head coach of the England netball team. Why women leave the Bar. Vaccinations.
| 16:00Swedish novelist Niklas Natt Och Dag discusses his novel The Wolf and the Watchman. 16:30Poet Gillian Clarke chooses from the Poetry Please database of listeners' requests.
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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. 17:30Can behavioural science make us more productive and improve the workplace?(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00File on 4 looks at the growth in supported living homes for learning disabled adults.(R) 17:40Mark Coles profiles transport secretary Chris Grayling. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/8Paul Merton, Sheila Hancock, Josh Widdicombe and Julian Clary join Nicholas Parsons.
| 18:00The Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, has called Donald Trump a white supremacist. 18:301/4Sketch show with Daniel Rigby, Freya Parker, Mike Wozniak, Cariad Lloyd and Henry Paker.
| 18:00Ford issues a 'no deal' Brexit warning. 18:303/4Nathan's been reincarnated as a swallow. Stars Daniel Rigby and Hugh Dennis.
| 18:00MPs have rejected a motion supporting the Government's Brexit strategy. 18:305/6Mark Steel visits The Forest of Dean and performs for the local residents.
| 18:00President Trump has declared a national emergency to fund a border wall with Mexico. 18:30Hugo Rifkind, Zoe Lyons, Susan Calman and Paul Sinha join host Miles Jupp.
| 18:00Chancellor's visit reportedly cancelled due to anger in Beijing about Williamson speech 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00A British teenager, who joined IS in Syria four years ago, has given birth to a baby boy. 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week
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| 19:00 | 19:00There's bad news for Brian 19:15Sara Pascoe's Lads Lads Lads tour, the art of casting directors, Kacey Musgraves 19:45Award-winning drama set in an ambulance control room.
| 19:00Kenton has concerns over the future of Lower Loxley 19:15A re-imagined Mother Courage, a chat with Terence Blanchard, and horror reappraised 19:45Award winning drama set in an ambulance control room.(R)
| 19:00Elizabeth faces her demons 19:15French-Moroccan novelist Leïla Slimani, and Diane Arbus: In the Beginning reviewed 19:45Award winning drama set in an ambulance control room.(R)
| 19:15Ardal O'Hanlon on his new stand-up comedy tour, and novelist Tessa Hadley. 19:45Award-winning drama set in an ambulance control centre(R)
| 19:15Gabriela Rodriguez, the producer of Roma 19:45Award-winning drama set in an ambulance control centre.
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles transport secretary Chris Grayling. 19:15All the Rembrandts, A Private War, American Clock, Robert Menasse: The Capital, Traitors
| 19:00Lily makes a big decision 19:154/6Clare has lost her memory, but is still positive that she is right, all of the time. 19:457/10Zoe’s best friend Danny tells her about what she did that night, 10 years ago.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Audrey Gillan examines why so many homeless people are dying on our streets. 20:30Are we living in a golden age of political conspiracy theories?
| 20:00File on 4 looks at the growth in supported living homes for learning disabled adults. 20:40Complaint from a guide dog owner about lack of support after her dog was attacked.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Does the digital economy put efficiency and lower prices above human values?(R)
| 20:00A senior Tory MP says GCSEs are pointless and they should be abolished. Is he right? 20:30Can behavioural science make us more productive and improve the workplace?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Llithfaen in north west Wales. 20:50AL Kennedy on how the British sense of humour is standing up to our political woes.
| 20:00Author Jake Arnott traces the history of corruption in the Metropolitan police.
| 20:00Tim Harford on climate change, Victorian diseases, maths mistakes and alcohol consumption. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a goalkeeper, a sportswriter, an inventor, a poet and an actor.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Kim Normanton explores why many children start school without being able to communicate.(R) 21:30Kirsty Wark with Randolph Nesse, AK Benjamin and George Szirtes.(R)
| 21:00New treatment for migraine, iron overload and should low-risk cancers be redefined? 21:30Sue Black tells Jim Al-Khalili how she became a software engineer.
| 21:00What beats the winter bugs? Scroobius Pip joins Greg to test hand sanitisers and vitamin C 21:30The comedian Sara Pascoe meets the performance artist Bryony Kimmings.
| 21:00Insect decline, gut microbiome and geomagnetic switching.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how this Bible story has inspired artists for centuries.(R)
| 21:00Rory Sutherland explores a selection of fresh, intriguing and iconoclastic ideas
| 21:00Frank Cottrell-Boyce, award-winning screenwriter and novelist, tells a very personal story(R)
| 21:00Confirmation of payee name checks may not happen until 2020. 21:25Jane Horrocks makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Send a Cow(R) 21:30Are we living in a golden age of political conspiracy theories?
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| 22:00 | 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:451/10Acclaimed novelist Erich Ackermann is approached by a young man claiming to be a fan.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:452/10Erich finds himself confiding in Maurice, despite his better judgement.(R)
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:453/10Erich finishes his story to reveal what happened to Oskar...(R)
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:454/10Gore Vidal meets an intriguing stranger called Maurice Swift.(R)
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:455/10Edith and Maurice celebrate their anniversary.(R)
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.(R)
| 22:00Anne McElvoy previews the week ahead at Westminster with MPs and political pundits
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen and guests explore the origins of the UK's town and village names.(R) 23:30Sean Curran has the day's news from Westminster.
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince explore how we measure the universe.(R) 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster with Susan Hulme.
| 23:002/6Harry senses impending wealth when Prisoner Brandreth invents a device for plastic bags. 23:151/4A one-man comedy explosion from the mind of Terry Alderton.(R) 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:002/4Enchanting, absurd and funny stories from the mind of celebrated US writer Simon Rich. 23:30Another big Brexit defeat for the government.
| 23:00Frank, Cottrell-Boyce and Lucy Porter join Harriet Gilbert to talk favourite books. 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster. 23:55Bob and Helen and the story behind the photograph that brought them together.
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs radio's most fiendish quiz 23:30Lavinia Greenlaw reads her poems about the loss of her father to dementia(R)
| 23:00Rosamund Pike on A Private War, and Barry Jenkins discusses If Beale Street Could Talk. 23:30Mark Tully invites us to challenge perceived truths in both religion and science.(R)
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