| 00:00 | | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Anne Frank would have been 90 this year. Readings from her diary by Georgia Groome.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Anne Frank would have been 90 this year. Readings from her diary by Georgia Groome.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Anne Frank would have been 90 this year. Readings from her diary by Georgia Groome.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Anne Frank would have been 90 this year. Readings from her diary by Georgia Groome.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Anne Frank would have been 90 this year. Readings from her diary by Georgia Groome.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30A father frantically searches a busy high street after losing sight of his son.(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.
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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 reading and a reflection to start the day with Father Christopher Hancock 05:45Nancy Nicolson joins the enthusiasts at a vintage tractor sale in Aberdeenshire. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the great black-backed gull.(R)
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day with Father Christopher Hancock 05:45The impact of Brexit uncertainty on organic milk prices. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the arctic skua.(R)
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day with Father Christopher Hancock 05:45Gove's days at Defra may be numbered - will farmers miss him when he's gone? 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the white stork.(R)
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day with Father Christopher Hancock 05:45Vets are back on the shortage occupation list compiled by Migration Advisory Committee. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the golden eagle.(R)
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day with Father Christopher Hancock 05:45Marine expert says new conservation zones on coast won't work unless fishing's stopped. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the white-tailed eagle.(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 start the day with novelist and poet Zahid Hussain. 05:45Nick Robinson talks about what’s really going on in British politics.(R)
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from St Mary le Ghyll Church in Barnoldswick. 05:45Sonita Alleyne is the first black woman to lead an Oxbridge college.(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. 06:07Two extraordinary sisters, both WWII code-breakers, walk near Dolphinholme in Lancashire.(R) 06:30Anna Jones visits a salad farm in Warwickshire to see the lettuce harvest. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news headlines. 06:05Theologian Jane Williams examines the relationship between learning and language.(R) 06:35Meet the three finalists in the Future Food category of the BBC Food and Farming Awards 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. 07:10William Crawley presents Sunday morning religious news and current affairs. 07:54Michael Kiwanuka makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Kids Club Kampala 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service from Portsmouth Cathedral to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings. 08:48Val McDermid on why public libraries must be kept open. 08:58Mark Cocker laments on the loss of the twite, once a familiar sight during his schooldays.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Jeanette Winterson, Naomi Wolf and John Browne join Tom Sutcliffe at the Hay Festival. 09:45Anne Frank would have been 90 this year. Readings from her diary by Georgia Groome.
| 09:00Jonathan Sumption explains how democracy can accommodate opposing opinions and interests 09:45Anne Frank would have been 90 this year. Readings from her diary by Georgia Groome.
| 09:00Gus Casely-Hayford's first year at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. 09:30Nick Robinson talks about what’s really going on in British politics. 09:45Anne Frank would have been 90 this year. Readings from her diary by Georgia Groome.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Grant's role in reconstructing the USA after the Civil War 09:45Anne Frank would have been 90 this year. Readings from her diary by Georgia Groome.
| 09:00Derren Brown, illusionist, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.(R) 09:45Anne Frank would have been 90 this year. Readings from her diary by Georgia Groome.
| 09:00With guest presenters Shaun Keaveny and Kate Silverton.
| 09:00News with Paddy O'Connell including what can be achieved during President Trump's visit.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Women's workwear - does it matter? 10:456/10Lucy Catherine's Viking epic of love, revenge and faith continues.
| 10:00Kimberlé Crenshaw and Intersectionality at 30, and Bishop of London Sarah Mullally 10:457/10Lucy Catherine's Viking epic of love, revenge and faith continues.
| 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world 10:418/10Lucy Catherine's Viking epic of love, revenge and faith continues. 10:55Two young black women talk about the on-going battle to find the right shade of make-up.
| 10:00Female social climbers in popular culture, men working in childcare, and Jo Miller. 10:459/10Lucy Catherine's Viking epic of love, revenge and faith continues.
| 10:00We hear experiences that challenge stereotypical ideas about male and female sexual desire 10:4510/10Gudrun makes the greatest decision she’ll ever take.
| 10:30Greg James digs into the BBC's archives, using current stories as a portal to the past.
| 10:00Jim tries to get to the truth, and the bunting trickster is revealed.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Linder wants to be a surrogate to help a gay couple have a baby - but will it work out? 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.(R)
| 11:00Martha Kearney examines if robotic/genetically modified bees can protect the world’s crops 11:30Gabriel Ebulue investigates a deadly karaoke curse concerning Frank Sinatra’s My Way.
| 11:00Courtney was sexually assaulted. Then she had to hand over her mobile phone to police.(R) 11:30A side of London you’ve never heard before, seen through the eyes of a national treasure.
| 11:00India has a huge unemployment problem. What sort of jobs are on offer? 11:30How does the Irish border shape the art of the musicians who live on either side?
| 11:00David Runciman explores democracy: is it still fit for purpose in today's UK? 11:301/2Award-winning US comedian Alex Edelman takes a comic look at the millennial generation.(R)
| 11:00The Russian writer who exposed the grim, nightmarish world of Soviet forced labour camps 11:30A new cohort of MEPS are given the lowdown on local apartments and Belgian tax returns.
| 11:15Lubaina Himid, artist, 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. 12:041/10It's 1901, and the English are coming. 12:18What's happening to staffing levels at some UK universities? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:042/10The harsh reality of the Bloemenfontein Camp, where survival is key. 12:18Have worries about the environment changed what you do and buy? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:043/10A life or death decision in the Bloemenfontein Camp. 12:18What results can you expect from a hair transplant? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:044/101976, Johannesburg: times are changing fast. 12:18The university staff and students struggling to cope with their mental health problems. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:045/10It's 1994, and crowds, black and white, queue to vote in the General Election. 12:18How vulnerable energy customers need more help. Getting hoarders to clear their homes. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Lettings fees now banned in England. 12:30Last in the series. Miles Jupp is joined by Hugo Rifkind, Lucy Porter and Simon Evans.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Tony Hawks, Cariad Lloyd, Zoe Lyons and Paul Merton join Nicholas Parsons.(R) 12:32Yasmin Khan and comedian Tez Ilyas talk food and fasting in Ramadan 2019 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Montgomery Ward’s catalogue: once ranked among the most influential books in US history.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Bricks: used for tens of thousands of years and still such a vital building technology.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45The digital spreadsheet: a technology which took the world of accountancy by storm.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45The idea recycling is a moral obligation, as well as an economic one, is relatively new.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45The pencil claims to be a miracle product of the free market, but is that true?
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from The David Evans Court Theatre in Tring.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Dr Humera Iqbal explores the unique experiences faced by young translators.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Jim tries to get to the truth(R) 14:15Drama based on the true story of poet Valentine Ackland and Sylvia Townsend Warner.
| 14:00Kirsty looks to the future(R) 14:15A tense encounter in an Irish pub that will change four lives forever. Jim Norton stars.(R)
| 14:00Natasha attempts to build bridges(R) 14:15By Daniel Maier. A mother frantically searches for her missing son.
| 14:00Kate's new project has unexpected consequences.(R) 14:15When a young man dies during a 'hard stop' manoeuvre, the court examines the case.(R)
| 14:00Jim puts his foot in it(R) 14:15By Juliet Gilkes-Romero. Drama based on the Liverpool race riots of 1919.(R)
| 14:00What will the winner of the Conservative leadership contest make of the task ahead? 14:30Julian Rhind-Tutt stars in a re-imagining of Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov's fall to earth.(R)
| 14:00Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural panel show from Tyneside.(R) 14:45Three conversations on the value of friendship, cultural differences and support.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Russell Davies chairs the nationwide general knowledge contest 15:30How food education can deliver much more than just practical skills(R)
| 15:002/6Short documentaries about being drawn towards the ones we love presented by Josie Long. 15:30What did insects ever do for us? Tom Heap meets the people trying to stop their decline.
| 15:00The cost of streaming music: how do services differ for listeners and musicians? 15:30The impact signing NDAs can have on mental health and The Listening Place
| 15:00Two extraordinary sisters, both WWII code-breakers, walk near Dolphinholme in Lancashire. 15:27Deborah Frances-White makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Young Women’s Trust.(R) 15:30Mia Couto and Wayétu Moore discuss two new African novels exploring colonialism and myth.(R)
| 15:00Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural panel show from Tyneside. 15:45A father frantically searches a busy high street after losing sight of his son.
| 15:15An astronomer who has spent years scanning distant galaxies turns his attention inwards.(R) 15:30Gabriel Ebulue investigates a deadly karaoke curse concerning Frank Sinatra’s My Way.(R)
| 15:00Anarchic reboot of Thackeray's satire. With Al Murray as the narrator.
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| 16:00 | 16:00We join choreographer Claire Cunningham as she creates a new work for disabled dancers. 16:30Ernie Rea explores the place and nature of faith in today's world.
| 16:00Michael Rosen meets acclaimed poet Raymond Antrobus. 16:30Kamila Shamsie champions the life of the human rights lawyer Asma Jahangir.
| 16:00Michel Foucault - a special programme on his work and influence.(R) 16:30A fake Nancy Pelosi video has fooled millions in the US and marks a new era of fake news
| 16:00Paul Franklin on the ways in which Alien influenced his Oscar-winning work. 16:30How mathematics underpins science, recorded at the Hay Festival.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a physicist, a newsreader, a spy and a singer. 16:30What does it mean to say that the UK is the fifth largest economy in the world? 16:55Friends talk about taking back control of terms that might be used against them as slurs.
| 16:00Eve Ensler on her new book The Apology. Dress codes at work. Myths about sexual desire
| 16:00David Szalay discusses his novel All That Man Is with James Naughtie and readers. 16:30Novelist Katie Hale explores the legacy of early dialect poetry in her native Cumbria.
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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. 17:30Is economics one of the reasons for the growth in antibiotic resistance? With Evan Davis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Failures in the way recycling is set up in the UK is contributing to pollution in our seas(R) 17:40Sonita Alleyne is the first black woman to lead an Oxbridge college.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Nigel Farage says he's ready to "take on" the Tories and Labour in a general election. 18:30Tony Hawks, Cariad Lloyd, Zoe Lyons and Paul Merton join Nicholas Parsons.
| 18:00Fresh division in Labour over Brexit, as Alastair Campbell is expelled from the party. 18:30Ed Reardon returns to lead us through his week, as he keeps mind, soul and cat together.
| 18:00Boris Johnson is to appear in court over allegations he lied during the Brexit campaign 18:302/6John Finnemore presents more sketches and songs.
| 18:00The Government backs plans to bring back student grants and cut tuition fees. 18:301/4Award-winning writer and comedian Deborah Frances-White searches for her birth father.(R)
| 18:00Peter Willsman has been suspended by the Labour party. 18:30Last in the series. Miles Jupp is joined by Hugo Rifkind, Lucy Porter and Simon Evans.
| 18:00Nine boats carrying migrants have been intercepted in the Channel off Kent. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00President Trump promised a warm welcome ahead of his state visit to the UK. 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week with Jake Yapp.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Kirsty looks to the future 19:15BenDeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon, how the moon has inspired artists, RSC's Venice Preserved 19:456/10Lucy Catherine's Viking epic of love, revenge and faith continues.(R)
| 19:00Natasha attempts to build bridges 19:15Lenny Henry on his latest stage role in King Hedley II, and graphic artist Posy Simmonds 19:457/10Lucy Catherine's Viking epic of love, revenge and faith continues.(R)
| 19:00Kate's new project has unexpected consequences. 19:15Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music 19:458/10Lucy Catherine's Viking epic of love, revenge and faith continues.(R)
| 19:15Alan Menken on creating the music for Disney's Aladdin, The Little Mermaid and Pocahontas 19:459/10Lucy Catherine's Viking epic of love, revenge and faith continues.(R)
| 19:00The bunting trickster is revealed 19:15Elizabeth Gilbert, bestselling author of Eat Pray Love, on new novel City of Girls. 19:4510/10Gudrun makes the greatest decision she’ll ever take.(R)
| 19:00Sonita Alleyne is the first black woman to lead an Oxbridge college. 19:15Starry Messenger, Thunder Road, This Brutal House, Hauser and Wirth Somerset, Good Omens
| 19:00Lynda is faced with an unexpected challenge 19:15Stand up from a tattoo-emblazoned BBC New Comedy Award finalist. 19:45Tessa puts on her circle skirt and heads for the Pink Lemon Dance Studio.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Courtney was sexually assaulted. Then she had to hand over her mobile phone to police. 20:30Shahidha Bari explores the changing landscape of modern love.
| 20:00Failures in the way recycling is set up in the UK is contributing to pollution in our seas 20:40Why are there so few board games visually impaired people can play?
| 20:00Vivienne Parry finds out if we can keep the lights, and everything else, on in the future. 20:45Nick Robinson talks about what’s really going on in British politics.(R)
| 20:00A service for Ascension Day live from St Martin-in-the-Fields.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from The David Evans Court Theatre in Tring. 20:50Val McDermid on why public libraries must be kept open.
| 20:00Professor Alice Roberts delves into the archives to find out how to save planet Earth.
| 20:00What does it mean to say that the UK is the fifth largest economy in the world?(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a physicist, a newsreader, a spy and a singer.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Disabled Christians carving out an empowering new ‘theology of disability’.(R) 21:30Jeanette Winterson, Naomi Wolf and John Browne join Tom Sutcliffe at the Hay Festival.(R)
| 21:00The impact signing NDAs can have on mental health and The Listening Place 21:30Natalie Haynes stands up for Phryne, the Greek courtesan famed for her wit and beauty.
| 21:00What did insects ever do for us? Tom Heap meets the people trying to stop their decline.(R) 21:30Gus Casely-Hayford's first year at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art.
| 21:00How mathematics underpins science, recorded at the Hay Festival.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Grant's role in reconstructing the USA after the Civil War(R)
| 21:00Matthew Sweet looks at how commuting has changed the world.(R)
| 21:00Vanity Fair rebooted. A new anarchic production of Vanity Fair starring Al Murray(R)
| 21:00Lettings fees now banned in England. 21:25Michael Kiwanuka makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Kids Club Kampala(R) 21:30Shahidha Bari explores the changing landscape of modern love.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00What do the European election results mean for the European Union? 22:451/10It's 1901, and the English are coming.(R)
| 22:00Germany and France are backing different people 22:452/10The harsh reality of the Bloemenfontein Camp, where survival is key.(R)
| 22:00We speak to a Democrat who says it's time to start impeachment proceedings. 22:453/10A life or death decision in the Bloemenfontein Camp.(R)
| 22:00Boris Johnson one of 12 MPs who now think they can be Prime Minister 22:454/101976, Johannesburg: times are changing fast.(R)
| 22:00President Trump threatens new tariffs to prevent further immigration from Mexico 22:455/10It's 1994, and crowds, black and white, queue to vote in the General Election.(R)
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Jonathan Sumption explains how democracy can accommodate opposing opinions and interests(R)
| 22:00Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme, hosted this week by Alex Forsyth.
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| 23:00 | 23:00What was the earliest language and how did it evolve? Michael Rosen investigates.(R) 23:30Simon fights to become his teenage niece's legal guardian after she was placed in care.
| 23:003/4The kids wonder if Charlie Bates is man at the helm material. Nina Stibbe’s comic novel.(R) 23:30The story of Corby, a town divided by proposals for a new homeless shelter.(R)
| 23:003/4Super-sharp everywoman Angela Barnes muses on love, life and what might come afterwards.(R) 23:154/4The creator of Manhattan's Antifolk scene decides to resurrect his famous nightclub. 23:30How do you plan a funeral for an unidentified woman? Christina is determined to do it well
| 23:00Jo Brand looks back at the lives of the VIPs who are RIP this week. 23:30Steph is searching for her birth mother's relatives, who may not know she was born.
| 23:00Kamila Shamsie champions the life of the human rights lawyer Asma Jahangir.(R) 23:25Min only wants to marry a Sikh with a turban. After ten years of looking should she stop? 23:55Friends and former colleagues talk about how their friendship grew out of adversity.
| 23:00Russell Davies chairs the nationwide general knowledge contest(R) 23:30Karen McCarthy Woolf joins Roger McGough(R)
| 23:00Paul Franklin on the ways in which Alien influenced his Oscar-winning work.(R) 23:30Yasmin Alibhai-Brown explores the increasingly austere nature of Muslim culture and art.(R)
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