| 00:00 | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Michel Foucault - a special programme on his work and influence.(R) 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from St Mary le Ghyll Church in Barnoldswick.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Kerry Hudson's memoir explores what it really means to be poor in Britain today.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30A face from the past brings back memories of childhood for Kerry Hudson.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Kerry Hudson reflects on her life now compared to the hardships endured while growing up.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Kerry Hudson continues her memoir of a rootless childhood.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Kerry Hudson makes a peace, of sorts, with her past. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Open houses, onward chains and lingering presences. Read by Caroline Lennon.(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 spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with novelist and poet Zahid Hussain. 05:45Farmers urged to cut hedges less often to help rare horse-shoe bats. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Listening to the ring ouzel's call takes Mark Cocker back to his childhood.(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 05:45Conservation field buffer zones might not be helping nature. 05:58Professor Andy Radford describes the role of the sentry amongst pied babblers.(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 05:45A sustainable farming scheme is set to replace basic payments in Wales in 2021. 05:58Professor Andy Radford describes a noisy encounter among green woodhoopoes.(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 05:45We hear warnings about rural support services and farmers' mental health. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the advancing, leaping and queuing male blue manakin of Brazil.(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 05:45A land-based farm producing king prawns, sustainably; launch of strategy to save ash trees 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the formerly widespread saddleback of New Zealand.(R)
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Spiritual reflection with the director of a Christian arts charity, Fiona Stewart. 05:45Nick Robinson talks to the foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt.(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 the Cathedral Church of St Andrew, Wells, in Somerset. 05:45The man Donald Trump described this week as a 'stone cold loser'.(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. 06:07Clare Balding walks with a group of Native American women who live in the UK.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith visits a farm in Oxfordshire which is opening its doors to the public. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news headlines. 06:05Sarah Goldingay examines the transformative process of restoration and mending.(R) 06:35Meet the farmer who specialises in breeding 'beautiful' carp to stock angling lakes. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton presents the religious news and current affairs stories of the week. 07:54Baroness Helen Newlove makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Crimestoppers. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10The Archbishop of Canterbury preaches at a service for Pentecost. 08:48Monica Ali explores the challenges faced by writers of colour.(R) 08:58Michael Palin presents the greater roadrunner of south western North America(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Jared Diamond, David Runciman and Kate Andrews. 09:45Kerry Hudson's memoir explores what it really means to be poor in Britain today.
| 09:00Jonathan Sumption argues that courts have usurped power via human rights law. 09:45A face from the past brings back memories of childhood for Kerry Hudson.
| 09:00The writer Kamila Shamsie meets the choreographer Akram Khan. 09:30Nick Robinson talks to the foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt. 09:45Kerry Hudson reflects on her life now compared to the hardships endured while growing up.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the physician with a curious mind in dangerous times 09:45Kerry Hudson continues her memoir of a rootless childhood.
| 09:00Lubaina Himid, artist, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne(R) 09:45Kerry Hudson makes a peace, of sorts, with her past.
| 09:00Bryn Terfel and Sleep scientist Matt Walker
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world 10:45Gritty drama based on the real stories of slaves in today's UK.
| 10:00How women's football is changing. Nicola Benedetti on music education for all. 10:45David Morley's gritty drama based on the real stories of slaves in today's UK.
| 10:00A queer history of the word 'wife' and Francesca Segal on the birth of her premature twins 10:41David Morley's gritty drama based on the real stories of slaves in today's UK. 10:55Trainee teacher and the teacher who once taught her at the college where both now work.
| 10:00Elif Shafak, women Chelsea pensioners, getting into sports coaching and modern slavery. 10:45David Morley's gritty drama, based on the real stories of slaves in today's UK.
| 10:00From President Trump’s state visit to D-Day celebrations, we reflect on a week of ceremony 10:45David Morley's gritty drama, based on the real stories of slaves in today's UK.
| 10:30One producer, one randomly generated postcode, and the search for an unheard story.
| 10:00Ed finds himself cornered and excitement builds for Jim's tribute night
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| 11:00 | 11:00Laura visits a death row inmate in Florida for answers about her late father's final years 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.(R)
| 11:00Professor Emma Griffin turns to history to debunk what she calls the Motherhood Myth. 11:30The 104-year-old choreographer Eileen Kramer takes us on a vivid dance through her life.
| 11:00Emma is 23 and wants to see detox teas banned. Is she right?(R) 11:30A side of London you’ve never heard before, seen through the eyes of a national treasure.
| 11:00Austria has sworn in its first female chancellor amidst political turmoil 11:30Alex Humphreys asks if video games should be appreciated as a form of art
| 11:00David Runciman explores democracy: is it still fit for purpose in today's UK? 11:302/2Award-winning American comedian Alex Edelman defends his generation: millennials.(R)
| 11:00The Guardian's Anushka Asthana with Radio 4's assessment of developments at Westminster. 11:30Mexico takes a tougher approach to migrants as it comes under pressure from the US.
| 11:15Professor Monica McWilliams 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. 12:046/102006: Everyone’s adjusting to apartheid’s end and one boy fears getting a new stepdad. 12:18Pension fraud investigation, donations to smaller charities, and failed energy suppliers. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:047/102009: Willem visits the Anglo-Boer Museum - a trip that will haunt him in so many ways. 12:18Is student accommodation good value for money? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:048/102010: Outsider Willem arrives at the training Camp, where they 'make men out of boys'. 12:18Students return to traditional revising tools, plus sound problems for city festivals. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:049/10Willem starts to wonder whether he'll get out of the camp alive. 12:18Can the clothes industry ever be sustainable if consumers continue to demand fast fashion? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:0410/10After a failed escape, Willem and Geldenhuys are thrown into the hellish Bird Cage. 12:18Problems with a new business rates appeals system. The help a hoarder needs to clear out. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04How to make financial advice more appealing (and accessible) to those who need it 12:30The topical satire show that will go on forever, much like Brexit negotiations.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Gyles Brandreth, Kerry Godliman, Jenny Eclair and Paul Merton join Nicholas Parsons.(R) 12:32Dan Saladino selects ten of the remaining food and drink ideas from the 2019 Foods Awards. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Allan Little explores how anti-Muslim hatred was mobilised during the Bosnian war.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45How propaganda convinced ordinary people to believe that genocidal murder was a civic duty
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Allan Little examines the pogroms that erupted a century ago during the Russian civil war.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45How military training led many American troops to hate the entire Vietnamese population
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Allan Little examines how apartheid was forged and then dismantled in South Africa.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Heathfield School in Ascot, Berkshire.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Ian Sansom offers a delayed deliberation on waiting in music, literature and art.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Lynda is faced with an unexpected challenge(R) 14:15Catriona Knox's coming-of-age comedy about love, gender-fluidity, cats and Judy Garland.(R)
| 14:00Kate has a shocking suggestion(R) 14:15In the year 2045 scientists have found a way to store memory and personality after death.
| 14:00Elizabeth braces herself for the truth(R) 14:15Original drama by Thomas Pickles about a young woman and a storm.(R)
| 14:00Ed finds himself cornered(R) 14:15One man channels his childhood obsession with the mythical outlaw to fight consumerism.
| 14:00Alistair takes a walk down memory lane(R) 14:15Tragi-comic drama based on accounts of the life and career of Andrea Dunbar.
| 14:00Who should be the next Conservative prime minister? 14:30Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's classic tale depicting life in a 1950s Soviet labour camp.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston and the gardening experts are in Huntingdonshire. 14:45Three conversations about the bond between teacher and pupil in all its guises.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Russell Davies hosts the nationwide general knowledge quiz 15:30Yasmin Khan and comedian Tez Ilyas talk food and fasting in Ramadan 2019(R)
| 15:003/6Josie Long presents short documentaries and sonic adventures on reflections and doubles. 15:30John Wilson talks to Steel City’s own maestro of the melancholy melody - Richard Hawley.
| 15:00How can credit unions prosper in a digital banking world? 15:30New approach to spider phobia, putting yourself in someone else's shoes, and empathic cars(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding walks with a group of Native American women who live in the UK. 15:27Michael Kiwanuka makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Kids Club Kampala(R) 15:30David Szalay discusses his novel All That Man Is with James Naughtie and readers.(R)
| 15:00Kathy Clugston and the gardening experts are in Huntingdonshire. 15:45Open houses, onward chains and lingering presences. Read by Caroline Lennon.
| 15:30The 104-year-old choreographer Eileen Kramer takes us on a vivid dance through her life.(R)
| 15:00Al Murray stars as his ancestor Thackeray in this anarchic adaptation by Jim Poyser
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| 16:00 | 16:00Music Journalist John Doran seeks out radical music in the urban hinterlands of Britain. 16:30Are we using tech as a digital sedative? Aleks explores why we want to numb ourselves.
| 16:00What will happen to the European Union judiciary after Brexit? 16:30Stephen Morris and Pippa Evans talk good books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Pierre Bourdieu: A special programme presented by Laurie Taylor.(R) 16:30Sky's Zai Bennett on how their HBO co-production has become a huge critical hit
| 16:00Asif Kapadia on Diego Maradona. 16:30CCR5 mutation effects, the Surrey earthquake swarm, Mama’s Last Hug by Frans de Waal.
| 16:00Julian Worricker on a politician, a writer, an archivist, a fashion editor, a singer. 16:30Measuring happiness, university access in Scotland, plus will one in two get cancer? 16:55Mother and son talk about their shared love of sewing and of the costumes they have made.
| 16:00Women's Football World Cup, new play Wife, and Chelsea Pensioner Helen Andrews.
| 16:00Pajtim Statovci discusses his novel Crossing and we explore the work of Gerald Murnane 16:30Actor and writer Catherine Harvey explores Manx dialect and language speakers.
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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.
| 17:00Luke Jones with full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:30The journey is expensive and fiddly. How are goods and services delivered to our homes? 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Who really decides what care is best for those who can’t make their own decisions?(R) 17:40The man Donald Trump described this week as a 'stone cold loser'.(R) 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. 18:30Gyles Brandreth, Kerry Godliman, Jenny Eclair and Paul Merton join Nicholas Parsons.
| 18:00President Trump turns down a meeting with Jeremy Corbyn. Change UK MPs quit party. 18:30Ed Reardon returns to lead us through his week, as he keeps mind, soul and cat together.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Handy mnemonics and an unilluminating interview. With Carrie Quinlan.
| 18:00World leaders mark 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. 18:302/4Comedian Deborah Frances-White tells how she rescued a young man from a religious movement(R)
| 18:00A woman who killed her husband will not face a retrial for murder. 18:30The topical satire show that will go on forever, much like Brexit negotiations.
| 18:00Gove says taking cocaine more than 20 years ago shouldn't affect his leadership chances 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Tory leadership contender says he's lucky not to have been jailed for past cocaine use 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week with writer and broadcaster Farrah Jarral
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| 19:00 | 19:00Kate has a shocking suggestion 19:15Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music 19:45Gritty drama based on the real stories of slaves in today's UK.(R)
| 19:00Elizabeth braces herself for the truth 19:15Literary events at festivals Okwui Okpokwasili, Tiananmen Square, Apple moves to streaming 19:45David Morley's gritty drama based on the real stories of slaves in today's UK.(R)
| 19:00Ed finds himself cornered 19:15Emma Thompson on her first stand-up comedy show and her new film Late Night 19:45David Morley's gritty drama based on the real stories of slaves in today's UK.(R)
| 19:00Alistair takes a walk down memory lane 19:15Comedian Matt Berry on his new TV shows What We Do in the Shadows and Year of the Rabbit 19:45David Morley's gritty drama, based on the real stories of slaves in today's UK.(R)
| 19:00Excitement builds for Jim's tribute night and things go from bad to worse for Ed. 19:15Julianne Moore on her new film Gloria Bell 19:45David Morley's gritty drama, based on the real stories of slaves in today's UK.(R)
| 19:00The man Donald Trump described this week as a 'stone cold loser'. 19:15Gloria Bell, Wife at The Kiln, Frank Bowling exhibition, Brian Bilston, Wild Bill on ITV
| 19:00Lynda makes her mark at Open Farm Sunday 19:151/4In Whitby, a magician notices strange bite marks on the neck of a woman he has just met.(R) 19:45Maksym is perfecting his Paso Doble for the Blackpool championships.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Emma is 23 and wants to see detox teas banned. Is she right? 20:30Why better maintenance is one of the most urgent and creative challenges we face.
| 20:00Who really decides what care is best for those who can’t make their own decisions? 20:40How one visually impaired single mum keeps her home tidy.
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. 20:45Nick Robinson talks to the foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt.
| 20:00What will happen to the European Union judiciary after Brexit? 20:30The journey is expensive and fiddly. How are goods and services delivered to our homes?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Heathfield School in Ascot, Berkshire. 20:50Monica Ali explores the challenges faced by writers of colour.
| 20:00Michael Crick looks back at success and failure in Tory leadership contests in the past
| 20:00Measuring happiness, university access in Scotland, plus will one in two get cancer?(R) 20:30Julian Worricker on a politician, a writer, an archivist, a fashion editor, a singer.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Martha Kearney examines if robotic/genetically modified bees can protect the world’s crops(R) 21:30Andrew Marr with Jared Diamond, David Runciman and Kate Andrews.(R)
| 21:00New approach to spider phobia, putting yourself in someone else's shoes, and empathic cars 21:30Natalie Haynes stands up for Roman poet Horace. With guests Llewelyn Morgan and Ben Okri.(R)
| 21:00Katy Brand investigates the toothbrush from its humble start, as a stick, to the present. 21:30The writer Kamila Shamsie meets the choreographer Akram Khan.(R)
| 21:00CCR5 mutation effects, the Surrey earthquake swarm, Mama’s Last Hug by Frans de Waal.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the physician with a curious mind in dangerous times(R)
| 21:00Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich explore a world without words.
| 21:00Anarchic reboot of Thackeray's satire. With Al Murray as the narrator.(R)
| 21:00How to make financial advice more appealing (and accessible) to those who need it(R) 21:25Baroness Helen Newlove makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Crimestoppers.(R) 21:30Why better maintenance is one of the most urgent and creative challenges we face.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00He praises the Queen's spirit of dignity and patriotism. 22:456/102006: Everyone’s adjusting to apartheid’s end and one boy fears getting a new stepdad.
| 22:00Donald Trump says NHS must be part of the negotiations. 22:457/102009: Willem visits the Anglo-Boer Museum - a trip that will haunt him in so many ways.(R)
| 22:00Sudanese paramilitary commander defends the crackdown. 22:458/102010: Outsider Willem arrives at the training Camp, where they 'make men out of boys'.(R)
| 22:00How will the results affect Tory leadership contest ? 22:459/10Willem starts to wonder whether he'll get out of the camp alive.(R)
| 22:00Conservatives say it shows they must deliver Brexit by October 31 headline 22:4510/10After a failed escape, Willem and Geldenhuys are thrown into the hellish Bird Cage.(R)
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Jonathan Sumption argues that courts have usurped power via human rights law.(R)
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Sarah Dunant looks to the past to help us think about the pressing climate change crisis. 23:30Yasmin Alibhai-Brown charts the recent shift towards Puritanism in Islamist culture.(R)
| 23:004/4Nina Stibbe’s comic novel. Elizabeth gets a job and has a run-in with her new boss.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:004/4Super-sharp everywoman Angela Barnes muses on love, life and what might come afterwards.(R) 23:151/6Bittersweet comedy drama about a community mental health nurse. Starring Paul Whitehouse. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Jo Brand hosts the show looking at all the VIPs who are RIP this week 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Stephen Morris and Pippa Evans talk good books with Harriett Gilbert.(R) 23:30Can Parliament be sent away to get a no-deal Brexit through? 23:55A recovering alcoholic and a volunteer writer who met a creative writing course.
| 23:00Russell Davies hosts the nationwide general knowledge quiz(R) 23:30Novelist Katie Hale explores the legacy of early dialect poetry in her native Cumbria.(R)
| 23:00Asif Kapadia on Diego Maradona.(R) 23:30Singer Sam Lee explores the ancient folk songs and sacred chants of Georgia.
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