| 00:00 | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Global no-go zones and the complex overlap between conflict and tourism. 00:45The bells of St George's Church, Benenden. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:301/5Robert Macfarlane reads his musings on the worlds beneath our feet.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:302/5Robert Macfarlane's travels towards a city's catacombs - but which one?(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:303/5Robert Macfarlane is on his travels in various worlds beneath our feet. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:304/5Robert Macfarlane's eagerly awaited new book is subterranean in its story.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:305/5Robert Macfarlane reads his underground journey into a world of ice.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30An original short work for radio by Kirsty Logan.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Lynne Gibson. 05:45Is it the end of the road for council farms and their tenants? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Helen Moncrieff finds an ally in a territorial fulmar!(R)
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Lynne Gibson. 05:45House of Lords recommends a cross-government approach to enable a thriving rural economy. 05:58Helen Moncrieff has a particular fondness for a bird known locally as a scarf.(R)
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Lynne Gibson. 05:45The Welsh government will review its compensation levels for bovine TB hit cattle herds. 05:58Nature writer Melissa Harrison describes how a tawny owl call evokes memories of lost days(R)
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Lynne Gibson. 05:45We hear about problems with the pilot scheme to get non-EU workers onto British farms. 05:58Writer Melissa Harrison braves a dip and finds herself face to face with a kingfisher.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Lynne Gibson. 05:45The Minister for Farming, Robert Goodwill, says he's disappointed with Natural England. 05:58Nature writer Melissa Harrison presents the case for the humble and rather noisy 'spadger'(R)
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Latifa Akay. 05:455/6What would life be like if we had two moons?(R)
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43The bells of the church of St Nicholas, Durweston in Dorset. 05:45Andy Evans will soon give evidence at the Infected Blood Inquiry. He's waited a long time.(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 Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07Ian Marchant discovers that Sussex was once the epicentre of the international arms trade.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith is in Somerset on the hunt for invasive crayfish. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news headlines. 06:05Journalist Malcolm Doney explores how humans respond to the mystical world of twilight.(R) 06:35Verity Sharp visits a farm which follows the principles of a Japanese spiritual movement. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Religious news and current affairs programme presented by Edward Stourton. 07:54Foreign correspondent Colin Freeman makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Street Child 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 Tabernacl Baptist Church, Cardiff, with the Rev Roy Jenkins. 08:48Rebecca Stott imagines a conversation with Darwin about our environmental concerns. 08:58David Attenborough presents a dawn chorus recorded in Rutland Water.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Amol Rajan with DeRay Mckesson, Clare Carlisle, Inua Ellams and Elizabeth Day 09:451/5Robert Macfarlane reads his musings on the worlds beneath our feet.
| 09:00Jonathan Freedland takes the long view of the gender debate in women's sport. 09:30Adam Hart investigates the accidental discovery of the evidence for the Big Bang.(R) 09:452/5Robert Macfarlane's travels towards a city's catacombs - but which one?
| 09:00Artist James Bridle considers how we can reshape technology to better represent us all. 09:305/6What would life be like if we had two moons? 09:453/5Robert Macfarlane is on his travels in various worlds beneath our feet.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the causes of the violence of June 1780 and repercussions. 09:454/5Robert Macfarlane's eagerly awaited new book is subterranean in its story.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor brings together those who campaigned for and secured a Scottish Parliament.(R) 09:455/5Robert Macfarlane reads his underground journey into a world of ice.
| 09:00Pet Detective Colin Butcher, singer-songwriter Nick Lowe, Star Wars fan Michael Absalom
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:008th Grade: a coming of age film for our time? Margaret Thatcher's legacy for women. 10:451/5Gareth picks up a naked hitchhiker on the road into Glan Don.
| 10:00Danish comedian Sofie Hagen challenges what she sees as endemic fatphobia in our society. 10:452/5Gareth gets a tattoo and Diane suggests an experiment in sleeping arrangements.
| 10:00Margaret Thatcher - 40 years on. How significant was her election as PM? 10:413/5Both Gareth and Diane find temptation too much to bear. 10:55Friends on how working in the arts has helped them to discover what their strengths are.
| 10:00Leah Harvey and Aisling Loftus; How to Raise Successful People; A Thousand Ships; Obesity 10:454/5The Druids Rest is forced to close its doors for the first time.
| 10:00In the wake of Caster Semenya’s legal battle we look at differences in sexual development 10:455/5Gareth makes a life-changing discovery.
| 10:30Jay Rayner and his culinary panel are in Grantham.
| 10:00Tom is distracted following recent events and a secret is exposed at Grange Farm
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| 11:00 | 11:00Science writer Ehsan Masood has been searching for survivors from the McCarthy era. 11:30Nikki Bedi and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.(R)
| 11:00Matthew Cobb asks who owns research. Scientists, publishers or the public? 11:30The art of Tomás Saraceno who makes sculptures and music with spiders and their webs
| 11:00Chef Elizabeth Haigh thinks the UK restaurant industry needs its own #MeToo moment. Now.(R) 11:30Martin Jarvis performs a comic classic at The Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond.
| 11:00How does a lonely, Spanish shepherd find love when single women have left for the city? 11:30Sam Lee travels to remote mountains of Greece and discovers Europe's oldest folk music.
| 11:00Audrey Gillan examines why so many homeless people are dying on our streets. 11:30Hugo Rifkind explores the power that Members of Parliament do and do not have.
| 11:00Sam Coates of The Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Flag waving and tears as a new emperor takes the throne and the Reiwa era begins.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor brings together female newsreaders who negotiated sexism in the 1980s.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:041/10Ian McEwan's novel reimagines life and times in the 1980s 12:18Money problems in the countryside, fashion that doesn't fit anymore and beds on trains. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:042/10Adam, a synthetic human, warns infatuated Charlie that his partner has a dark past. 12:18Call You and Yours: How do you cope with exam stress? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:043/10Synthetic human, Adam, becomes focussed on Miranda. 12:18What happens to care home residents when a provider goes into administration? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:044/10Miranda comes clean to Charlie about her night with Adam. 12:18Would you wear a pair or transparent trousers? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:045/10Charlie learns about Miranda and Peter Gorringe. 12:18Is it time to give up on hostas and learn to love garden slugs? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The effect on communities of cash machines that charge. 12:30Miles Jupp is joined by Katie Perrior, Angela Barnes, Kerry Godliman & Kemah Bob.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:045/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon talks to John Timpson about the future of our high streets. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:45Heart surgeon Francis Wells examines what Leonardo’s anatomical drawings tell us today.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Bionic City design scientist Melissa Sterry visits Milan to assess Da Vinci’s legacy.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Historian David Willey looks at Leonardo Da Vinci’s military achievements.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Roboticist Mark Rosheim on Da Vinci’s world of automatons and court entertainment.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Ralph Steadman shares his passion for flying and Leonardo.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Ritula Shah presents topical debate from Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Simon Jack pursues the unfinished scrutiny of press ethics launched by the Leveson inquiry
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| 14:00 | 14:00Tom is distracted following recent events.(R) 14:15A sad farewell and a glad welcome to the world as life goes on triumphantly in Ferryhill.
| 14:00There's a shock for Clarrie.(R) 14:15Original drama by Rachel Smith
| 14:00Ed fears he is out of his depth.(R) 14:153/5By Katherine Jakeways. Third instalment of the comedy about a couple who met on a train.(R)
| 14:00Susan makes a worrying discovery.(R) 14:15Crime drama set in Hungary during the Cold War. Enemies come in many forms.(R)
| 14:00Lily's past comes back to haunt her.(R) 14:153/5The family's two cars are racing for sanctuary in North Wales. Only one will get there.(R)
| 14:00Local elections. What do you think? 14:30007’s most exotic adventure - New York to Jamaica - with a stellar international cast.
| 14:00The horticultural panel answer questions in Essex.(R) 14:45The weekly omnibus edition of the series presented by Fi Glover.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The wide-ranging general knowledge quiz, with Russell Davies 15:30Sheila Dillon considers the role of food assurance schemes in the UK today.
| 15:00Jay Rayner and the panel are in Dundee.(R) 15:30Young people are taking on climate change. Tom Heap asks if they can change the future now
| 15:00Can you get a decent return on your cash while also doing good for society and the planet? 15:30Spatial navigation, aphantasia: people with no mind's eye and a musical about depression
| 15:00Ian Marchant discovers that Sussex was once the epicentre of the international arms trade. 15:27John Simpson makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Prisoners of Conscience(R) 15:30Open Book considers the rich heritage and bright future of working class writing.(R)
| 15:00The horticultural panel answer questions in Essex. 15:45An original short work for radio by Kirsty Logan.
| | 15:00Eric Ambler's classic wartime thriller, about an English engineer on the run.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Paralympic winner Karen Darke takes a very personal journey down Australia's Murray River. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the significance of cathedrals in the lives of modern cities.
| 16:00Jeffrey Boakye talks to Michael Rosen about exploring black identity through language. 16:30Kirill Gerstein chooses conductor, composer and virtuoso Ferruccio Busoni
| 16:00The Politics of Memorials - from Ireland to the Mississippi Delta. 16:30Priscilla Parish, executive producer of the UK's most popular show, reveals how it's made.
| 16:00Rebecca Lenkiewicz on Colette. 16:30Sex, gender and sport - the Caster Semenya case; the latest Denisovan discovery in Tibet
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a Grand Duke, a film editor, a campaigner, a soprano, an actor 16:30We look into sobering statistics about nurses and some curious claims about house-sharing. 16:55Two young Dads talk about the fragility of their own and each other’s mental health.
| 16:00Sofie Hagen on fatphobia. Margaret Thatcher's Legacy. Living with rosacea. Mary Black.
| 16:00Louise Doughty talks about Apple Tree Yard with James Naughtie and readers 16:30Jean Sprackland joins Roger in the studio.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines. 17:30Most countries have signed up to a ban on child labour – but is this the best approach? 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Woolf Institute director Ed Kessler explores the rise of religious fervour in the UK. 17:40Andy Evans will soon give evidence at the Infected Blood Inquiry. He's waited a long time. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Boeing's chief executive refuses to admit there's a design flaw with the 737 Max airliner 18:305/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
| 18:00Inquiry opens into why thousands of patients were infected with HIV and Hepatitis C 18:30Ed Reardon returns to lead us through his week, as he keeps mind, soul and cat together.
| 18:00Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson sacked by Theresa May. 18:302/4Simon Evans uses his 'jokenomics' lens to take a look at the influence of Karl Marx.
| 18:00The family of a girl who died after an asthma attack have won the right to a new inquest 18:305/6Globetrotting, trash-picking, aisle-rolling storyteller returns with more wit and wisdom.
| 18:00Conservatives and Labour say voters expressed Brexit frustration 18:30Miles Jupp is joined by Katie Perrior, Angela Barnes, Kerry Godliman & Kemah Bob.
| 18:00The former Tory leader, Iain Duncan Smith, says the Prime Minister should stand aside. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Shadow Chancellor accuses PM of breaching confidentiality on Brexit talks 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week with Anna Foster.
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| 19:00 | 19:00There's a shock for Clarrie. 19:15Women's Prize For Fiction shortlist, Kubrick exhibition, Captain Corelli play, Les Murray. 19:451/5Gareth picks up a naked hitchhiker on the road into Glan Don.(R)
| 19:00Ed fears he is out of his depth. 19:15We assess the work of Boyz n the Hood director John Singleton and review Tolkien biopic 19:452/5Gareth gets a tattoo and Diane suggests an experiment in sleeping arrangements.(R)
| 19:00Susan makes a worrying discovery. 19:15The art and legacy of Leonardo da Vinci, on the eve of the 500th anniversary of his death 19:453/5Both Gareth and Diane find temptation too much to bear.(R)
| 19:00Lily's past comes back to haunt her. 19:15The National Theatre's adaptation of Andrea Levy's Small Island reviewed. 19:454/5The Druids Rest is forced to close its doors for the first time.(R)
| 19:00A secret is exposed at Grange Farm. 19:15Malian singer Rokia Traoré on guest directing this year’s Brighton Festival. 19:455/5Gareth makes a life-changing discovery.(R)
| 19:00Andy Evans will soon give evidence at the Infected Blood Inquiry. He's waited a long time. 19:15Long Shot, Brenton's Jude, Making Your Mark at British Library, The Heavens
| 19:00Will's got some apologising to do. 19:152/2Ruby Wax is frazzled. We all are! 19:45A single dad is disturbed to find his activist daughter is into ballroom dancing.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Chef Elizabeth Haigh thinks the UK restaurant industry needs its own #MeToo moment. Now. 20:30Thousands of Bangladeshi addicts are hooked on Yaba, a mix of methamphetamine and caffeine(R)
| 20:00Woolf Institute director Ed Kessler explores the rise of religious fervour in the UK. 20:40Training of Guide Dogs and memories of playing the Notre Dame organ.
| 20:00The return of the series that invites two opposed public figures to listen to each other. 20:455/6What would life be like if we had two moons?(R)
| 20:00Opioid prescriptions have rocketed in the UK in recent years - how worried should we be? 20:30Lesley Curwen looks at the fast-changing process of getting hired for a job
| 20:00Ritula Shah presents topical debate from Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. 20:50Rebecca Stott imagines a conversation with Darwin about our environmental concerns.
| 20:00The truth is like a vegetable your mother makes you eat, nourishing but it tastes terrible(R)
| 20:00We look into sobering statistics about nurses and some curious claims about house-sharing. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a Grand Duke, a film editor, a campaigner, a soprano, an actor(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Two social media users swap accounts and live in each other's bubble during Brexit.(R) 21:30Amol Rajan with DeRay Mckesson, Clare Carlisle, Inua Ellams and Elizabeth Day(R)
| 21:00Spatial navigation, aphantasia: people with no mind's eye and a musical about depression 21:30Jonathan Freedland takes the long view of the gender debate in women's sport.(R)
| 21:00Young people are taking on climate change. Tom Heap asks if they can change the future now 21:30Artist James Bridle considers how we can reshape technology to better represent us all.(R)
| 21:00Sex, gender and sport - the Caster Semenya case; the latest Denisovan discovery in Tibet(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the causes of the violence of June 1780 and repercussions.(R)
| 21:00Lawrence Pollard traces the history of tearing down public statues.
| 21:00Eric Ambler's classic wartime thriller, about an English engineer on the run.(R)
| 21:00The effect on communities of cash machines that charge.(R) 21:25Foreign correspondent Colin Freeman makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Street Child(R) 21:30Lesley Curwen looks at the fast-changing process of getting hired for a job(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective 22:451/10Ian McEwan's novel reimagines life and times in the 1980s(R)
| 22:00In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective 22:452/10Adam, a synthetic human, warns infatuated Charlie that his partner has a dark past.(R)
| 22:00In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective 22:453/10Synthetic human, Adam, becomes focussed on Miranda.
| 22:00In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective 22:454/10Miranda comes clean to Charlie about her night with Adam.(R)
| 22:00In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective 22:455/10Charlie learns about Miranda and Peter Gorringe.(R)
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15The return of the series that invites two opposed public figures to listen to each other.(R)
| 22:00Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen and Laura Wright look into the weird and wonderful world of biscuit names.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster
| 23:005/6From Glasgow - Fred MacAulay introduces more of the country's best comedians. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:003/4Peter Curran, Patrick Marber and Rhys Ifans talk dark childhoods and the boots of Bowie. 23:154/4An idiot's guide to Schnittke. Perfect for fans of comedy, classical music, and idiots. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:004/6Mitch's reunion with an old university chum is not what he expects. Stars Angus Deayton.(R) 23:30The sacking of Gavin Williamson
| 23:00Kirill Gerstein chooses conductor, composer and virtuoso Ferruccio Busoni(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament 23:55Two friends who met because of dogs talk about dogs trained in search and recovery work.
| 23:00The wide-ranging general knowledge quiz, with Russell Davies(R) 23:30John Hegley joins Roger McGough to choose his favourite poems.(R)
| 23:00Rebecca Lenkiewicz on Colette.(R) 23:30Travel competition winner Jane Labous meets the people of Mali who make a living from mud.
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