| 00:00 | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Does the business model of video games companies encourage children into gambling?(R) 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from St Bartholomew's Church in Sutton-cum-Lound 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:301/5Charlotte Runcie's book explores the mythical and magical qualities of the sea.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:302/5Charlotte Runcie explores the mythical and terrifying creatures bound up with the sea.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:303/5Charlotte Runcie explores seaside churches and a strange murder on Arran.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:304/5Charlotte Runcie considers the cockle pickers of Penclawwd and the fishwives of Newhaven.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:305/5Charlotte Runcie welcomes her baby to the world and considers the magic of sea sparkle.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Jane is a distant adult but a momentary meeting might just change that.(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.
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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. 05:43Reflection and prayer with Bishop David Chillingworth of the Scottish Episcopal Church. 05:45Could soft-drink sugar tax be extended to milkshakes? Insects, and reviving grasslands. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the long distant migrant Arctic warbler.(R)
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Reflection and prayer with Bishop David Chillingworth of the Scottish Episcopal Church 05:45As the government 'turbo-charges' no-deal planning, we ask what it would mean for farming. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the virtuoso songster the pied butcherbird of Australia.(R)
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Reflection and prayer with Bishop David Chillingworth of the Scottish Episcopal Church 05:45The invasive oak processionary moth's caterpillars are a risk to human health. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the North American Swainson's hawk.(R)
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Reflection and prayer with Bishop David Chillingworth of the Scottish Episcopal Church 05:45Caz Graham hears how the closure of livestock marts impacts on the farming community. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the wetland-loving African jacana.(R)
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Reflection and prayer with Bishop David Chillingworth of the Scottish Episcopal Church 05:45The first speech from the new environment secretary. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the New Zealand brown kiwi.(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 Rev Dr Lesley Carroll. 05:45Kevin Carr charts the agony of the first-time house buyer.(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 Merton College, Oxford. 05:45Hannah Jane Walker makes the case for being a bit sensitive.(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. 06:07The Isle of Jura has inspired many artists, including George Orwell. Helen Mark hears why.(R) 06:30Sybil Ruscoe meets Ben Taylor-Davies to find out how his farm helps insects to thrive. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news headlines. 06:05Shoshana Boyd Gelfand reevaluates the word judgemental, arguing that we need to be judged.(R) 06:35Iris Scott's New Zealand farm seemed isolated until Tom Cruise dropped in. 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. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme presented by William Crawley. 07:54Dr Anne Wright makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of ERIC 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 St Eustachius Church in Tavistock, Devon. 08:48Will Self bemoans the growing commoditisation of culture in the public sector.(R) 08:58Bird therapist Joe Harkness on the nightingale for Tweet of the Day.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Peter Hennessy invites Chris Patten to reflect on his life and times. 09:451/5Charlotte Runcie's book explores the mythical and magical qualities of the sea.
| 09:00Virologist Jonathan Ball talks to Jim Al-Khalili about his quest to disarm killer viruses. 09:30Gay dad David Gregory-Kumar meets Sophie Mei Lan, who grew up with a gay dad and step-dad. 09:452/5Charlotte Runcie explores the mythical and terrifying creatures bound up with the sea.
| 09:00Personal stories about Farewell to Stromness, by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. 09:30Kevin Carr charts the agony of the first-time house buyer. 09:453/5Charlotte Runcie explores seaside churches and a strange murder on Arran.
| 09:00Lyse Doucet talks to remarkable women about their role in the democratic system 09:30Jenny Kleeman explores places at the extremes of UK society.(R) 09:454/5Charlotte Runcie considers the cockle pickers of Penclawwd and the fishwives of Newhaven.
| 09:00Dame Sally Davies, CMO of England, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.(R) 09:455/5Charlotte Runcie welcomes her baby to the world and considers the magic of sea sparkle.
| 09:00Pianist Stephen Hough, cartoonist Michael Leunig and playwright Stephen Poliakoff.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00The legacy of Theresa May, and award-winning singer Angélique Kido. 10:451/5A care-worker on the front line pushed to breaking point by restrictions.
| 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world. 10:452/5Hayleigh has been forced to take the law into her own hands.
| 10:00Gemma Chan on playing Hannah a woman in her 30s under pressure to settle down. 10:413/5A care worker is forced to take an elderly client with her on her next 15 minute visit. 10:55A couple talk about their shared interest in the environment.
| 10:00Rural domestic abuse; Endometriosis; #WhiteWednesdays; and, making fun of your mum. 10:454/5Hayleigh and her clients petition a local MP in the campaign to ban 15 minute visits.
| 10:00Lyra McKee's new book, older women in fiction, DV in rural communities and Brixton prison. 10:455/5Can care worker Hayleigh persuade the Council Committee to ban 15 minute homecare visits?
| 10:30Jay Rayner and his culinary panel are in Macclesfield.
| 10:00Jazzer goes too far in his quest for justice and it's the end of the line for Ed.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Grace Dent presents a series documenting the untold dramas of 21st-century Britain. 11:30Nikki Bedi and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.(R)
| 11:00Lindsay Johns asks why so few black Britons give blood and examines why it matters. 11:30Psychotherapist Philippa Perry asks what our hands reveal about ourselves and our world.
| 11:00Hugh Muir explores the awkwardness of being honoured for services to the British Empire. 11:304/4Layla and Stu are having their baby christened and have asked Maggie to be the godmother.(R)
| 11:00A small town goes on life-support after its lone hospital closes. 11:30Music and trouble, in the Brazilian rain forest - a race against time for the Wauja tribe.
| 11:00Guardian editor Katharine Viner charts the story of the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre. 11:30What next for Britain's shortest serving and least popular PM? Stars Miles Jupp.
| 11:00Katy Brand investigates the toothbrush from its humble start, as a stick, to the present.(R) 11:30Disaster in Syria but the world shrugs its shoulders.
| 11:15Sir Tim Waterstone, businessman, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:046/10Warlow's rages have calmed and Powyss determines to release him. 12:18Children in the workplace, MOT delays in Northern Ireland, and tattoo health checks. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:047/10There are plans, conceived by one of the workers, Abraham, to free Warlow. 12:18Call You and Yours: What's it like to have much less money than other people? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:048/10Catherine sets about caring for Warlow who has been living like an animal. 12:18Sales in charity shops and antiques helped boost retail figures in June. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:049/10Warlow is freed from the cellar by Abraham Price. 12:18Why clean air zones have stalled and who is to blame. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:0410/10With the death of Hannah, at Warlow's hands, Powyss is subsumed by guilt. 12:18Marks and Spencer tell us why they are closing stores and explain their future plans. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04In an honest and intimate discussion, a counsellor helps people talk about money. 12:303/5Sam heads to Brecon for by-election fallout, giving Mia the worst birthday of her life.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:046/6The 71st series of the multi award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee(R) 12:32Dan Saladino tells the story of food grower Esiah Levy who shared seeds and changed lives. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:45The story of one family told through one object - a memorial to a much-missed matriarch.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:45A binaural docu-drama which puts the listener at the centre of two kidnapping stories.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Along mountain passes and into a besieged UN-Compound, Fran remembers East Timor in 1999.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:45Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire recall what has happened since that fateful night.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:45Selina revisits her early years as part of a Jamaican family growing up in South Wales.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Shaun Ley presents political debate from the Media Café at Broadcasting House.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Adam Fowler tests how the acoustics of different spaces affect the creativity of artists.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Emma is left humiliated(R) 14:153/4After a difficult night in Brussels, the quartet is invited to play in Italy.(R)
| 14:00Jazzer goes too far in his quest for justice(R) 14:15Fiona Shaw plays a music teacher striving for the impossible - the perfect sound.(R)
| 14:00Will attempts to make amends(R) 14:15By Gary Ogin. Fast-paced comedy about religion and identity.(R)
| 14:00Tracy offers her support as a situation becomes desperate(R) 14:15A knock on the door changes 18-year-old Stella's life forever. Research-based drama.
| 14:00There's a glimmer of hope for Neil(R) 14:154/5Another case for DI Matthews and DS Armitage to solve in Roy Williams' crime series.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30Lenny Henry stars as Jake Thorne, a police chaplain who's lost his faith.(R)
| 14:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts.(R) 14:45Three conversations about the things that bind relationships together.
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| 15:00 | 15:002/6Students from the University Of Aberdeen take on their professors in the upbeat quiz. 15:30Sheila joins a group of grilling gurus to address listeners’ barbecue queries(R)
| 15:00Jay Rayner and his culinary panel are in Cardiff.(R) 15:30Peter White, born blind, meets actress Samantha Renke, who has brittle bone disease.(R)
| 15:00Being disabled can cost you around £1,000 a month. How do these costs add up? 15:30Bats and the risk of rabies; hip dysplasia in babies; online health tips; clinical law.
| 15:00The Isle of Jura has inspired many artists, including George Orwell. Helen Mark hears why. 15:27Baroness Hale makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Personal Support Unit(R) 15:30David Nicholls discusses his latest novel Sweet Sorrow.(R)
| 15:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 15:45Jane is a distant adult but a momentary meeting might just change that.
| 15:15Lynne Truss talks to Jillian Moody about travelling abroad for a year with her family.(R) 15:30Psychotherapist Philippa Perry asks what our hands reveal about ourselves and our world.(R)
| 15:001/12First of two dramas bookending a reading of Adam Thorpe's classic historical novel.
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| 16:00 | 16:004/4An intimate portrait of folk musician Richard Dawson. 16:30Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world.
| 16:00Michael Rosen discovers how the Vikings changed English. 16:30Real-life castaway Lucy Irvine nominates Robinson Crusoe. With Martin Popplewell.
| 16:00How an illegal gambling site tried to pay an underage Youtuber to fraudulently promote it 16:30The Athletic has hired some of the UK's most popular football writers.
| 16:00Children's films and adult genres. 16:30James Lovelock at 100, hydrothermal vents and antibiotic resistance in the environment
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a President, a voice artist, an anthropologist and a composer. 16:30The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience. 16:55Husband and wife on living by the sea and never being too old to learn a new trick.
| 16:00Actor Gemma Chan on her latest role, diversity and Crazy Rich Asians.
| 16:00Owen Sheers talks about his novel I Saw A Man. Presented by James Naughtie. 16:30Award-winning poet Richard Price returns to the spot of his childhood summer holidays.
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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. 17:30More and more families from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador are travelling to the US(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Could the 'Rhine Divide' between France and Germany threaten the EU more than Brexit?(R) 17:40Hannah Jane Walker makes the case for being a bit sensitive.(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. 18:306/6The 71st series of the multi award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee
| 18:00A police watchdog has defended the investigation into an alleged VIP paedophile ring. 18:302/4A series of potentially misremembered anecdotes on stupidity from Andy Hamilton.
| 18:00Inquiry finds children were abused over decades while in care and failed by authorities. 18:30Gaby Roslin hosts the film quiz with impressions by Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona.
| 18:00Whaley Bridge residents told to head to school after part of reservoir wall collapsed 18:303/4Andrew Maxwell presents some of the best comedians from wherever in the world they are.
| 18:00Lib Dems seek more pacts with other "remain" supporting parties after by-election victory 18:303/5Sam heads to Brecon for by-election fallout, giving Mia the worst birthday of her life.
| 18:00Police fire tear gas at Hong Kong protestors 18:15Nikki Bedi and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The White House denies that President Trump has fuelled an atmosphere of racial hatred 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week with broadcaster and columnist Katie Puckrik.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Jazzer goes too far in his quest for justice 19:15Blacking-up in opera, How to watch Shakespeare, Fiona Kidman's novel and Carlos Cruz-Diez. 19:451/5A care-worker on the front line pushed to breaking point by restrictions.(R)
| 19:00Will attempts to make amends 19:15The great whaling novel Moby Dick and - is there something to be said for Luddism? 19:452/5Hayleigh has been forced to take the law into her own hands.(R)
| 19:00Tracy offers her support as a situation becomes desperate 19:15Notre-Dame's organist Olivier Latry on the recent fire, and film director Gurinder Chadha 19:453/5A care worker is forced to take an elderly client with her on her next 15 minute visit.
| 19:00There's a glimmer of hope for Neil 19:15k.d. lang reveals that she is retiring from music now that the muse has left her. 19:454/5Hayleigh and her clients petition a local MP in the campaign to ban 15 minute visits.(R)
| 19:00It's the end of the line for Ed 19:15We review Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw and Kathy Hinde composes with sounds from a bog 19:455/5Can care worker Hayleigh persuade the Council Committee to ban 15 minute homecare visits?(R)
| 19:00Hannah Jane Walker makes the case for being a bit sensitive.(R) 19:15There Is a Light That Never..., Animals, Colson Whitehead, Olafur Eliasson, This Way Up
| 19:00Neil proves a calming influence 19:15The Titter Sisters - Joy’s comedy gold and Jane’s her stooge. But that’s about to change. 19:458/8By Nick Walker. Annika investigates a crime in the northern town of Alta.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Hugh Muir explores the awkwardness of being honoured for services to the British Empire. 20:30A young Ghanaian man goes undercover on the perilous migrant trail, with a hidden camera.(R)
| 20:00Could the 'Rhine Divide' between France and Germany threaten the EU more than Brexit? 20:40Accessible smart meters; improvements to textured paving.
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. 20:45Kevin Carr charts the agony of the first-time house buyer.
| 20:00Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence explore stories revealed by history’s lines and linkages.(R) 20:30How businesses are changing the way they work by focusing on their impact on us all.
| 20:00Shaun Ley presents political debate from the Media Café at Broadcasting House. 20:50Will Self bemoans the growing commoditisation of culture in the public sector.
| 20:00The untold story of when Black Power came to Britain and forever left its mark.
| 20:00The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a President, a voice artist, an anthropologist and a composer.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Alex Humphreys asks if video games should be appreciated as a form of art(R) 21:30Peter Hennessy invites Chris Patten to reflect on his life and times.(R)
| 21:00Bats and the risk of rabies; hip dysplasia in babies; online health tips; clinical law. 21:30Virologist Jonathan Ball talks to Jim Al-Khalili about his quest to disarm killer viruses.(R)
| 21:00Physicist Jen Gupta and comedian Alice Fraser travel the worlds of science and sci-fi. 21:30Personal stories about Farewell to Stromness, by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.(R)
| 21:00James Lovelock at 100, hydrothermal vents and antibiotic resistance in the environment(R) 21:30Lyse Doucet talks to remarkable women about their role in the democratic system(R)
| 21:00David Aaronovitch examines how politicians have exploited our love affair with the past.(R)
| 21:00Tom Conti stars as Vasari, still working on his vast fresco while Piero is falling in love(R)
| 21:00In an honest and intimate discussion, a counsellor helps people talk about money.(R) 21:25Dr Anne Wright makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of ERIC(R) 21:30How businesses are changing the way they work by focusing on their impact on us all.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Scotland’s First Minister expresses doubts about PM’s desire for new Brexit deal 22:456/10Warlow's rages have calmed and Powyss determines to release him.(R)
| 22:00Welsh First Minister tells us there was "no meeting of minds" on Brexit 22:457/10There are plans, conceived by one of the workers, Abraham, to free Warlow.(R)
| 22:00US central bank lowers rates for first time since 2008 financial crisis 22:458/10Catherine sets about caring for Warlow who has been living like an animal.(R)
| 22:00Rwanda closes part of border with DRC – then relents after criticism 22:459/10Warlow is freed from the cellar by Abraham Price.(R)
| 22:00Victory for Jane Dodds leaves government with working majority of one. 22:4510/10With the death of Hannah, at Warlow's hands, Powyss is subsumed by guilt.(R)
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.(R)
| 22:00Anne McElvoy hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen explores the sound and rhythm of English with poet Glyn Maxwell. 23:302/6Short documentaries about being drawn towards the ones we love presented by Josie Long.(R)
| 23:00England's sleaziest cricketer has his hands on sport's most historic trophy. Or does he? 23:303/6Josie Long presents short documentaries and sonic adventures on reflections and doubles.(R)
| 23:004/4Stand-up Darren Harriott on his experiences as a Brummie. 23:153/4Tez talks about the assumptions people have about Muslims, especially him.(R) 23:304/6Josie Long presents short documentaries about what happens after darkness falls.(R)
| 23:006/13Sarah Millican's hit panel show with two winners - Average Jolene and Maverick Matilda. 23:305/6Short documentaries about the natural world presented by Josie Long.(R)
| 23:00Real-life castaway Lucy Irvine nominates Robinson Crusoe. With Martin Popplewell.(R) 23:256/6Short documentaries and adventures in sound presented by Josie Long.(R) 23:55Father and daughter share their stories about having children and not having them.
| 23:002/6Students from the University Of Aberdeen take on their professors in the upbeat quiz.(R) 23:30Louis de Paor meets young poets at the forefront of a resurgence in Irish-language poetry.(R)
| 23:00Children's films and adult genres.(R) 23:30Guardian editor Katharine Viner charts the story of the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre.(R)
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