| 00:00 | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15How an illegal gambling site tried to pay an underage Youtuber to fraudulently promote it(R) 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from Merton College, Oxford.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Edna Ismail’s memoir of her Somali childhood devastated by the trauma of FGM. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Edna Ismail’s memoir of nursing training in London, a long way from her Somaliland home.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Edna Ismail’s memoir of life as a midwife in Somaliland with little equipment and no pay.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Edna Ismail describes the pain of her wedding night as a circumcised woman.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Edna Ismail escalates her lifetime campaign against FGM.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Iain Finlay Macleod’s witty contemporary story inspired by an anonymous Gaelic poem.(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 Dr Lesley Carroll. 05:45Have we got all the facts we need about our food supply to prepare for a no-deal Brexit? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Chris Jones from Worcestershire talks about his rescue ravens.(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 Dr Lesley Carroll. 05:45The Welsh farmers swapping lamb for fruit and veg. 05:58The RSPB's Danielle Meyer recalls working with gannets for Tweet of the Day.(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 Dr Lesley Carroll. 05:45We hear why salad might be scarce after October. 05:58Writer Amy Liptrot recalls her work as the RSPB corncrake officer on Orkney.(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 Dr Lesley Carroll. 05:45The dark side of social media - we hear from a farmer who was sent death threats online. 05:58BirdLife International's Rob Martin on the cerulean paradise-flycatcher.(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 Dr Lesley Carroll. 05:45Sybil Ruscoe asks what the IPCC report on land use and climate change means for farming. 05:58Actress and keen birdwatcher Trudie Goodwin fell in love with the carib grackle's song.(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 Canon Patrick Thomas 05:45Bex Burch explores the difference between 'doing' and 'being' as a source of creativity.(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 Church of St Peter in Ropley, Hampshire 05:45Mark O'Connell argues that in an age of strong opinions, we should embrace ambivalence.(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. 06:07Southwell's workhouse, minster and a 200-year-old apple tree.(R) 06:30Sybil Ruscoe explores the power and pitfalls of social media in farming. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news headlines. 06:05Poet Michael Symmons Roberts explores the spirituality of the car.(R) 06:35Sarah Swadling meets dairy farmer Becci Berry. 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 Emily Buchanan. 07:54TV presenter Sean Fletcher makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Family Action 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10The Bishop of Manchester reflects on the spiritual legacy of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre. 08:48Will Self ponders our infantilism regarding our toilet habits.(R) 08:58Chris Packham presents the North American blue jay.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Peter Hennessy invites Alan Johnson to reflect on his life and times. 09:45Edna Ismail’s memoir of her Somali childhood devastated by the trauma of FGM.
| 09:00Stephen Fry looks at the role of order in language with the help of David Sedaris 09:30James Naughtie explores history through front page small ads. 09:45Edna Ismail’s memoir of nursing training in London, a long way from her Somaliland home.
| 09:00Roderick Williams explores how songs and singing help us express a sense of belonging. 09:30Bex Burch explores the difference between 'doing' and 'being' as a source of creativity. 09:45Edna Ismail’s memoir of life as a midwife in Somaliland with little equipment and no pay.
| 09:00How this Ugandan politician negotiated for peace with the brutal warlord Joseph Kony. 09:30Alan Rusbridger talks to Jonathan Aitken about his experience of incarceration.(R) 09:45Edna Ismail describes the pain of her wedding night as a circumcised woman.
| 09:00Sir Tim Waterstone, businessman, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.(R) 09:45Edna Ismail escalates her lifetime campaign against FGM.
| 09:00Professor Hugh Montgomery, Susan Hill's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Hints and tips on helping your child settle into primary school. 10:451/5A low tide reveals a sunken forest on the Glan Don shores - a tree bears forbidden fruit.
| 10:00The Yardley Girls, Harassment of disabled women in public spaces, Breast milk donation 10:452/5Diane makes a decision that will impact everyone in Glan Don.
| 10:00Author Toni Morrison; Emma Glasbey; Janet Ellis; Karine Polwart. 10:413/5Diane prepares to leave Glan Don. 10:55Two friends who live in Dundee look back to where their sense of street came from.
| 10:00Why women need to talk about money - from the gender pay gap to pensions 10:454/5Gwynn makes a dangerous discovery.
| 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world 10:455/5Diane and Gareth prepare to complete the sale of the Druids Rest.
| 10:30Comedian Alex Edelman and his transatlantic guests try to make some connections.
| 10:00Ed has a confession to make and Clarrie reaches the end of her tether
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| 11:00 | 11:00The experience of street homelessness at night, through binaural sound.(R) 11:30Nikki Bedi and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.(R)
| 11:00Lucy Cooke discovers why being a bit sneaky may be an excellent evolutionary strategy. 11:30Clara Amfo meets the staff and artists at a groundbreaking music studio in New Orleans.
| 11:00Hannah Jane Walker argues that sensitivity is overlooked, dismissed and under-utilised(R) 11:301/4Hetty tries to talk Maggie out of lunch with an old friend she does not actually like.(R)
| 11:00An icon of Italian design; a centrepiece of a community; a tragedy waiting to happen? 11:30How are some of Scotland’s newest noise-makers discovering the joys of sound art?
| 11:00Katharine Viner looks at the aftermath of the Peterloo Massacre in 1819. 11:30A new sitcom from the creators of Clare in the Community. Starring Karen Fishwick
| 11:00Katy Brand tracks the extraordinary life of the high heel, from past to the present.(R) 11:30Forest fires in far-flung Siberia, but is Russia also burning socially and politically?
| 11:15Jo Fairley, businesswoman, 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. 12:042/12A multi-voice reading of Adam Thorpe's story of a fictional village from 1650 to 1988. 12:18Heavy-handed parking enforcement, poor quality teeth veneers and romance fraud victims. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:043/12Multi-voice reading of Adam Thorpe's story of a fictional village from 1650 to 1988. 12:18Call You and Yours: Why is a family holiday worth all the money? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:044/12Multi-voice reading of Adam Thorpe's story of a fictional village from 1650 to 1988. 12:18A group of former British soldiers says the government should pay back their pensions. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:045/12Multi-voice reading of Adam Thorpe's story of a fictional village from 1650 to 1988. 12:18The firms posing online as a trusted debt charity, misleading people seeking support. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:046/12Multi-voice reading of Adam Thorpe's story of a fictional village from 1650 to 1988. 12:18Kevin McCloud on self build budgeting. Avoiding the pitfalls of buying a pre-owned car. 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 12:304/5Tom decides the time is right for a cash-in memoir and Sam wants a piece of the action. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Graham Norton, Zoe Lyons, Jenny Eclair and Paul Merton join Nicholas Parsons.(R) 12:32Comedian George Egg considers how food became more than comedy's slapstick sidekick. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Chris Anderson talks to Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who is looking to the future.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Chris Anderson talks to Monica Lewinsky, who argues for a bully-free world.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Chris Anderson talks to the author of ‘Sapiens’, historian Yuval Noah Harari.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:45Chris Anderson talks to some of the most interesting TED stage speakers.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Chris Anderson talks to the writer and thinker David Brooks on political healing.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Ritula Shah presents political debate from the Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House, London(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Gordon Brown interrogates Andrew Carnegie's guidebook to philanthropic giving.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Neil proves a calming influence(R) 14:154/4Fergus has invited Kelly, a young Australian woman, to travel with them. By Sarah Wooley.(R)
| 14:00Kate makes her feelings clear(R) 14:15Anna's looking for comedy material, George wants love. Can there be a happy ending?(R)
| 14:00Ed has a confession to make(R) 14:15Rumpole's arrested in Africa. Phillida arrives to rescue him, and their love is rekindled.(R)
| 14:00Oliver finds himself unexpectedly impressed(R) 14:15Robert Bathurst plays a writer with a compulsion to find mountain snowbeds.
| 14:00There's bad news for Jazzer(R) 14:155/5Roy Williams' contemporary crime drama with Kenneth Cranham and Alex Lanipekun
| 14:00Discussion on plant-based diets, and a fast-track visa plan for overseas scientists. 14:30Lenny Henry stars as Jake Thorne, a police chaplain who's lost his faith.(R)
| 14:00Peter Gibbs chairs the show at Country File Live at Blenheim Palace.(R) 14:45Three conversations on Asperger's Syndrome, dressing the part, and the power of cabaret.
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| 15:00 | 15:003/6Students from the University of Plymouth take on their professors in the upbeat quiz. 15:30Dan Saladino tells the story of food grower Esiah Levy who shared seeds and changed lives.(R)
| 15:00Jay Rayner and his culinary panel are in Macclesfield.(R) 15:30Peter White, blind since birth, meets the blind US lawyer and successful CEO Isaac Lidsky.(R)
| 15:00In an honest and intimate discussion, a counsellor helps people talk about money.(R) 15:30Singing for breathlessness, Aneurysms and exercise, Sunscreens, Myasthenia gravis(R)
| 15:00Southwell's workhouse, minster and a 200-year-old apple tree. 15:27Dr Anne Wright makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of ERIC(R) 15:30Owen Sheers talks about his novel I Saw A Man. Presented by James Naughtie.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs the show at Country File Live at Blenheim Palace. 15:45Iain Finlay Macleod’s witty contemporary story inspired by an anonymous Gaelic poem.
| 15:15Lynne Truss joins Will Parsons on a short pilgrimage to experience a traditional journey.(R) 15:30Sarfraz Manzoor goes in search of Bruce Springsteen's New Jersey.
| 15:00Crime drama set in modern China. Inspector Chen investigates seemingly unconnected murders
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| 16:00 | 16:00Andrew McGibbon explores the intriguing new realm of investigative art work. 16:30Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world.
| 16:00Michael Rosen looks at philosophy in English, from John Locke to corporate slogans. 16:30Ed Balls discusses the influence of 20th-century composer Herbert Howells on his life.
| 16:00How a small island in the Caribbean became a haven for unregulated online gambling 16:30How Eliot Higgins founded Bellingcat and reinvented investigative journalism
| 16:00Where to Begin With... Quentin Tarantino 16:30Making the UK's dams safe; AI spots fake smiles and how many trees should we be planting?
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on an author, a director, an engineer, a premier and a composer. 16:30The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience. 16:55Father and son, both with Asperger’s Syndrome, talk about how it has affected their lives.
| 16:00Kathy Burke on her new documentaries: All Woman. Women and money. Singer Karine Polwart.
| 16:00Colm Tóibín on Wilde, Yeats and Joyce's fraught relationships with their fathers 16:30Carol Ann Duffy and other writers respond to the bicentenary of the Peterloo Massacre.
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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. 17:30Last month Hong Kong witnessed its largest ever protests. How will China respond?(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00David Baker investigates if Facebook can survive its recent troubles intact.(R) 17:40Mark O'Connell argues that in an age of strong opinions, we should embrace ambivalence.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00President Trump condemns bigotry, racism and white supremacy after two mass shootings. 18:30Graham Norton, Zoe Lyons, Jenny Eclair and Paul Merton join Nicholas Parsons.
| 18:00A report says former youth players at Chelsea suffered sexual abuse in the 1970s. 18:303/4A series of potentially misremembered anecdotes on stupidity from Andy Hamilton.
| 18:00Thousands of air passengers stranded after IT glitch. 18:30Gaby Roslin, Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona present the comedy panel show about film.
| 18:00A UN report says eating more plant-based foods could help reduce global warming. 18:304/4Andrew Maxwell presents some of the best comedians from wherever in the world they are.
| 18:00Chancellor insists UK economy is strong despite 0.2% decline Power cuts hit parts of UK 18:304/5Tom decides the time is right for a cash-in memoir and Sam wants a piece of the action.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Nikki Bedi and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Boris Johnson says he'll combat crime as Labour warns his plans could cause "unrest". 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week with journalist and writer Mobeen Azhar.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Kate makes her feelings clear 19:15A new ballet interpretation of The Crucible, and two musical perspectives on a massacre. 19:451/5A low tide reveals a sunken forest on the Glan Don shores - a tree bears forbidden fruit.(R)
| 19:00Ed has a confession to make 19:15Stig Abell and guests pay tribute to the American writer Toni Morrison. 19:452/5Diane makes a decision that will impact everyone in Glan Don.(R)
| 19:00Oliver finds himself unexpectedly impressed 19:15Sex and the City writer Candace Bushnell, dance about rugby, Paul Robeson drama 8 Hotels 19:453/5Diane prepares to leave Glan Don.(R)
| 19:00There's bad news for Jazzer 19:15Paul Antonio on the art of calligraphy, and Proms conductor Martyn Brabbins 19:454/5Gwynn makes a dangerous discovery.(R)
| 19:00Clarrie reaches the end of her tether 19:15Cary Grant's Notorious restored, the role of movement directors, Anna Symon on Deep Water 19:455/5Diane and Gareth prepare to complete the sale of the Druids Rest.(R)
| 19:00Mark O'Connell argues that in an age of strong opinions, we should embrace ambivalence.(R) 19:15At the Edinburgh Festivals, including The Secret River and the Pet Shop Boys musical.
| 19:00Alice hatches a cunning plan. 19:151/4Beattie Edmondson stars in a comedy inspired by Katharine Whitehorn's cookery classic.(R) 19:451/12Cynan Jones' electrifying new series, set in the very near future.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Hannah Jane Walker argues that sensitivity is overlooked, dismissed and under-utilised 20:30A small town goes on life-support after its lone hospital closes.
| 20:00David Baker investigates if Facebook can survive its recent troubles intact. 20:40A listener’s issue with getting the NHS to provide correspondence in his preferred format.
| 20:00Clive Anderson and guests ask if the government should be able to revoke our citizenship. 20:45Bex Burch explores the difference between 'doing' and 'being' as a source of creativity.
| 20:00Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence look at historical aspects of living on the breadline. 20:30How do we have fresh berries 52 weeks a year? And at what price?
| 20:00Ritula Shah presents political debate from the Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House, London 20:50Will Self ponders our infantilism regarding our toilet habits.
| 20:00Robert McCrum explores Samuel Beckett’s literary career through rare recordings.
| 20:00The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on an author, a director, an engineer, a premier and a composer.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Lindsay Johns asks why so few black Britons give blood and examines why it matters.(R) 21:30Peter Hennessy invites Alan Johnson to reflect on his life and times.(R)
| 21:00Singing for breathlessness, Aneurysms and exercise, Sunscreens, Myasthenia gravis 21:30Stephen Fry looks at the role of order in language with the help of David Sedaris(R)
| 21:00Physicist Dr Jen Gupta and comedian Alice Fraser travel the worlds of science and sci-fi. 21:30Roderick Williams explores how songs and singing help us express a sense of belonging.(R)
| 21:00Making the UK's dams safe; AI spots fake smiles and how many trees should we be planting?(R) 21:30How this Ugandan politician negotiated for peace with the brutal warlord Joseph Kony.
| 21:00Stuart Maconie celebrates the golden age of the music press interview.(R)
| 21:00Sarah Woods's dramatisation of Karl Marx's iconic work marks 200 years since his birth.(R)
| 21:00In an honest and intimate discussion, a counsellor helps people talk about money(R) 21:25TV presenter Sean Fletcher makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Family Action(R) 21:30How do we have fresh berries 52 weeks a year? And at what price?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:0031 people killed in weekend attacks in El Paso and Dayton. 22:452/12A multi-voice reading of Adam Thorpe's story of a fictional village from 1650 to 1988.(R)
| 22:00Michael Gove accuses the EU of refusing to engage in fresh talks 22:453/12Multi-voice reading of Adam Thorpe's story of a fictional village from 1650 to 1988.(R)
| 22:002 communities affected by mass shootings at the weekend -- 31 people were killed. 22:454/12Multi-voice reading of Adam Thorpe's story of a fictional village from 1650 to 1988.(R)
| 22:00Indian PM claims decision is in the interests of majority-Muslim population 22:455/12Multi-voice reading of Adam Thorpe's story of a fictional village from 1650 to 1988.(R)
| 22:00Huge disruption across the rail network – tubes and roads also affected 22:456/12Multi-voice reading of Adam Thorpe's story of a fictional village from 1650 to 1988.(R)
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Clive Anderson and guests ask if the government should be able to revoke our citizenship.(R)
| 22:00Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen discovers how the Vikings changed English.(R) 23:30The untold stories of British Asians and Colonial British who witnessed India's partition.(R)
| 23:00Louis Barfe explores the connections between alcohol and comedy. 23:30First-hand accounts of turmoil and violence in the days after India's partition.(R)
| 23:001/4John welcomes a new member to the family who really needs to learn how to behave himself. 23:154/4Tez talks about what it is like being both Muslim and British at the same time.(R) 23:30Partition's legacy on those who lived through it and subsequent generations in Britain.(R)
| 23:007/13Sarah Millican's hit panel show with two winners - Average Jolene and Maverick Matilda. 23:30Oboist Paul Mosby has Alzheimer's - can music therapy reconnect him with his past?(R)
| 23:00Ed Balls discusses the influence of 20th-century composer Herbert Howells on his life.(R) 23:25Grace Dent follows a women's football club in their fight to gain professional status.(R) 23:55Two cabaret artists living in Belfast talk about their focus on feminist and LGBT issues.
| 23:003/6Students from the University of Plymouth take on their professors in the upbeat quiz.(R) 23:30Award-winning poet Richard Price returns to the spot of his childhood summer holidays.(R)
| 23:00Where to Begin With... Quentin Tarantino(R) 23:30Katharine Viner looks at the aftermath of the Peterloo Massacre in 1819.(R)
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