| 00:00 | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Don McLean answers audience questions about his all-time classic album, 'American Pie' 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from St Peter’s in Curdridge, Hampshire 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Lenny Henry reads from the extraordinary story of his early years and sudden rise to fame. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Lenny Henry reads from the extraordinary story of his early years and sudden rise to fame. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Lenny Henry reads from the extraordinary story of his early years and sudden rise to fame. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Lenny Henry reads from the extraordinary story of his early years and sudden rise to fame. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Lenny Henry tells the extraordinary story of his early years and sudden rise to fame. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30The gift of a pen unexpectedly changes the life of a doting grandfather. 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.
| 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 reflection and prayer to start the day with Andrea Rea. 05:45Will the money be available to fund radical plans for England's National Parks. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Environmentalist Tony Juniper describes the curious roding flight of the woodcock.
| 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 Andrea Rea. 05:45Can the Labour party promise farmers it will back them through Brexit? 05:58Environmentalist Tony Juniper describes the joy of seeing and hearing corn buntings.
| 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 Andrea Rea. 05:45After the Supreme Court ruling on prorogation - is the Agriculture Bill back on track? 05:58Environmentalist Tony Juniper enjoys the song of the whitethroat.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:45A reflection and prayer to start the day with Andrea Rea. 05:47Deer management programme ending; fish stocks on the move; livestock agent; afforestation.
| 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 Andrea Rea. 05:45New farmers helped to find land; shooting licence changes; support for farmers at market. 05:58Environmentalist Tony Juniper recalls the popularity of linnets in his childhood.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43With George Craig, a Methodist local preacher in Cardiff 05:45Emmanuel Ordóñez-Angulo asks whether virtual reality could be an 'empathy machine'.
| 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 Redcliffe in Bristol 05:45Baroness Hale, president of the Supreme Court, delivered a bombshell ruling this week.
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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 heads to the highest point in the Cotswolds, the top of Cleeve Hill.(R) 06:30Anna Jones finds out how Frome market is offering emotional support to farmers. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news headlines. 06:05Rabbi Harvey Belovski discovers the benefits of living in the moment. 06:35Hannah Stitfall and Billy Clark discuss Winter Ladybirds from the Living World archive 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 with Emily Buchanan. 07:54Jane Garvey makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity SafeHands 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 John’s parish church in Devizes, Wiltshire, to mark the Harvest Festival. 08:48Michael Morpurgo reflects on growing old. 08:58Kate Humble presents the goosander.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Antony Gormley, Laura Wade, Charles Hazlewood and Daniel Rachel. 09:45Lenny Henry reads from the extraordinary story of his early years and sudden rise to fame.
| 09:00In the Oslo forest, Scottish artist Katie Paterson makes the future a promising prospect. 09:30Frank discussion between two young men who became fathers in their teens. 09:45Lenny Henry reads from the extraordinary story of his early years and sudden rise to fame.
| 09:00Jazz saxophonist Nubya Garcia travels to Addis Ababa for an Ethio jazz collaboration. 09:30Emmanuel Ordóñez-Angulo asks whether virtual reality could be an 'empathy machine'. 09:45Lenny Henry reads from the extraordinary story of his early years and sudden rise to fame.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea that believers will vanish from the world. 09:45Lenny Henry reads from the extraordinary story of his early years and sudden rise to fame.
| 09:00Thom Yorke, musician, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 09:45Lenny Henry tells the extraordinary story of his early years and sudden rise to fame.
| 09:00Justin Hawkins from The Darkness, writer Thomas Harding and doctor and chef Emily Chung.
| 09:00News with Paddy O'Connell including how to calm Parliament and live apple tasting.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Sally Challen's first radio interview; Fiona Benson and Autumn Equinox; Music and Dementia 10:45Amy is a typical modern 18-year-old – who happens to be trans.
| 10:00From the Labour Conference 2019 shadow Treasury Minister Anneliese Dodds talks to Jane. 10:45Amy is a typical modern 18-year-old – who happens to be trans.
| 10:00Magnificent women engineers, learning piano, Emmy success and coping music. 10:41Amy is a typical modern 18-year-old – who happens to be trans. 10:55Two German friends share their thoughts about living in Britain.
| 10:00Daphne Caruana Galizia, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Suzanne Ciani, music and dementia. 10:45Amy is a typical modern 18-year-old – who happens to be trans.
| 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world 10:45Amy is a typical modern 18-year-old – who happens to be trans.
| 10:30Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
| 10:00It’s an emotional night for the Aldridge family and Justin’s nose is pushed out of joint.
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| 11:00 | 11:00The stories of three people who have been removed or deported from the UK to Nigeria. 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00Sally Marlow turns to science to find out why so many people in Britain are addicted. 11:30Distinguished trends forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort on the death of fashion.
| 11:00The story of Scotland's deadly drug crisis narrated by the voice of the narcotic itself. 11:30The best-selling Irish author reads some of her non-fiction writing about travel.
| 11:00Was the pre-emptive writing of Benjamin Netanyahu's political obituary premature? 11:30Harlem's New Renaissance - 100 years of culture in Harlem introduced by Darryl Pinckney.
| 11:00The Corrections is the series which looks at how journalists tell news stories. 11:303/4A series of comedy plays on a quizzing theme, written by Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis
| 11:00Tom Newton Dunn of the Sun with an assessment of developments at Westminster. 11:30As Afghanistan goes to the polls Lyse Doucet reflects on the stalled peace talks.
| 11:15Sabrina Cohen-Hatton, firefighter, 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. 12:04Margaret Atwood’s powerful and long-awaited sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale. 12:18Japanese Maple by Clive James 12:20Former gambling addicts say they are being targeted by gambling ads on social media. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Margaret Atwood’s powerful and much-anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale. 12:18Call You and Yours: Are you caught up in the Thomas Cook collapse? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Margaret Atwood’s much-anticipated sequel her dystopian classic, The Handmaid’s Tale. 12:18Tesco calls for mandatory reporting of supermarket food waste. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Margaret Atwood’s long-awaited sequel to her dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid’s Tale 12:18Fraud, singing through the stress of dementia, fitness through e-bikes. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Margaret Atwood’s long-awaited sequel to her dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid’s Tale. 12:18Arguing over tips, latest shop closure figures, and why hundreds face losing their pension 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Why does Stoke-on-Trent have the highest rate of personal insolvency in England and Wales? 12:30A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Kiri Pritchard-McLean.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Stephen Fry, Jan Ravens, Pam Ayres and Paul Merton join Nicholas Parsons. 12:32Sheila Dillon and an expert panel discuss the role of food additives in our everyday lives 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:43Paul McGann reads Shakespeare's Sonnet 73 13:45Sir Ian Blatchford and Dr Tilly Blyth explore how art and science have inspired each other
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on the impact of Gillray's satire in a new chemical age.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on how artists and naturalists depicted and defined clouds
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on rapid progress captured in Turner's Rain Steam & Speed
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Edward Stourton presents political debate from the People's History Museum in Manchester.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30The art world is awash with corporate money and brand partnerships. Should we be worried?
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| 14:00 | 14:00Jill attempts to avert a scandal 14:15Mma Ramotswe struggles to balance the personal and professional as polling day looms.
| 14:00It’s an emotional night for the Aldridge family. 14:15Contains Strong Language. Jacob Polley recovers a dream-memory. With music by John Alder.
| 14:00Lilian finds herself charmed. 14:15David Schofield returns as Frank Twist
| 14:00Lexi has a confession to make 14:15An unexpected event at school gives Ed special powers. Comic drama by Ed Harris.
| 14:00Justin’s nose is pushed out of joint 14:15Original drama by Linda Marshall Griffiths recorded on location in Edinburgh.
| 14:00Is our prime minister a good role model for young people? 14:45Acclaimed drama series by Peter Jukes starring Lenny Henry as police chaplain Jake Thorne.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs and the panel are at Highclere Castle for a correspondence edition. 14:45Three conversations with German, American, Scottish and English voices and sentiments.
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| 15:00 | 15:004/13The wide-ranging general knowledge music quiz, with Paul Gambaccini 15:30Exploring the world of additives, from fruity sherbert to ultra-processed-food flavourings
| 15:007/7Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about record keepers. 15:30Plastic 'ghost gear' left in the sea by fishing causes problems. Lucy Siegle discovers why
| 15:00How do student loans work, when do you start repaying and what happens when it goes wrong? 15:30Prescription Charges; Acute Kidney Injury; MMR vaccine; Meningitis in Students
| 15:00Clare Balding heads to the highest point in the Cotswolds, the top of Cleeve Hill. 15:27Michael Sheen makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity End Youth Homelessness 15:30A special American-themed edition with Ann Patchett and rising star Jia Tolentino.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs and the panel are at Highclere Castle for a correspondence edition. 15:45The gift of a pen unexpectedly changes the life of a doting grandfather.
| 15:30Distinguished trends forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort on the death of fashion.
| 15:00Robert Forrest's popular thriller set in 10th-century Japan.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Simon Russell Beale reads The Dewstones by Simon Armitage 16:03A celebration in music and sound of the disappearing cries of street vendors. 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince discuss intelligent creatures from clever crows to cunning squid.
| 16:00In Lozells Church, Birmingham, new and old refugees meet and compare experiences. 16:30Author Chibundu Onuzo on the first elected female in Africa, Constance Cummings-John.
| 16:00Julia Langdon explores the issues around the regulation of elderly drivers. 16:30From hit game shows to gangster drama, Steven Knight on his extraordinary career.
| 16:30Oceans, ice and climate change; Neolithic baby bottles; and Caroline Criado Perez
| 16:00Julian Worricker on a politician, a business leader, a TV journalist, a racehorse trainer. 16:30Has Austerity caused 120 thousand deaths in the UK and does God hate men? 16:55Friends - one Polish, the other British - talk about the importance of their friendship.
| 16:00Esther Rutter tells us about the secret feminist history of knitting.
| 16:00Dana Czapnik discusses her debut novel The Falconer. 16:30Poems for the autumn equinox
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| 17:00 | 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme. 17:58Anton Lesser reads The Door by Miroslav Holub
| 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. 17:30This summer fires in the Amazon rainforest caught the world's attention. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Jordan Dunbar investigates the therapy business. 17:40Baroness Hale, president of the Supreme Court, delivered a bombshell ruling this week. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Repatriation of Thomas Cook holidaymakers begins 18:30Stephen Fry, Jan Ravens, Pam Ayres and Paul Merton join Nicholas Parsons.
| 18:00The Supreme Court rules the Prime Minister acted unlawfully by suspending Parliament. 18:301/6Clare is feeling very unsympathetic towards Brian.
| 18:00Attorney General Geoffrey Cox strongly defends the government's suspension of Parliament 18:303/6Dr Janussen discovers a secret about the giant broccoli monster. Stars Cassie Layton.
| 18:00Letter claims President Trump tried to get a foreign country to interfere in US election. 18:303/4Alexei Sayle delivers a mixture of stand-up, memoir and philosophy.
| 18:00Sturgeon calls for early removal of Johnson, so a caretaker PM can secure Brexit delay. 18:30A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Kiri Pritchard-McLean.
| 18:00The SNP says an attempt to bring down Boris Johnson could happen as early as next week. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00PM says the law MPs voted for to stop a No Deal Brexit will not stop Britain's withdrawal 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week with poet and songwriter Stewart Henderson.
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| 19:00 | 19:00It’s an emotional night for the Aldridge family. 19:15Writer Peter Bowker discusses his epic new TV drama World On Fire. 19:45Amy is a typical modern 18-year-old – who happens to be trans.
| 19:00Lilian finds herself charmed. 19:15The logistical challenge of staging Antony Gormley's new exhibition, and Dolly Wells. 19:45Amy is a typical modern 18-year-old – who happens to be trans.
| 19:00Lexi has a confession to make 19:15Alabama Shakes' Brittany Howard discusses her first solo album, Jaime. 19:45Amy is a typical modern 18-year-old – who happens to be trans.
| 19:00Justin’s nose is pushed out of joint 19:15Derek Paravicini, the blind autistic savant pianist, performs on Front Row. 19:45Amy is a typical modern 18-year-old – who happens to be trans.
| 19:15Poetry and performance from Hull's Contains Strong Language festival 19:45Amy is a typical modern 18-year-old – who happens to be trans.
| 19:00Baroness Hale, president of the Supreme Court, delivered a bombshell ruling this week. 19:15Four new short plays by Caryl Churchill reviewed.
| 19:00Ian begins to have doubts 19:154/4Lightly seasoned bedsitter romcom inspired by Katharine Whitehorn's 1960s cookery classic. 19:458/12Cynan Jones' gripping series set in a tangible near future where water has become scarce.
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| 20:00 | 20:00The story of Scotland's deadly drug crisis narrated by the voice of the narcotic itself. 20:30Long hours and little pay for the workers who pick Turkey's hazelnuts.
| 20:00Jordan Dunbar investigates the therapy business. 20:40Applying your makeup when you can’t see.
| 20:00Evan Davis gets to the heart of drug use in Britain today.
| 20:00Does the constitution need an overhaul - and is it time to have a written constitution?
| 20:00Edward Stourton presents political debate from the People's History Museum in Manchester. 20:50Michael Morpurgo reflects on growing old.
| 20:00Are we hanging up on the voicemail? Olly Mann charts its rise, fall and strange afterlife.
| 20:00Has Austerity caused 120 thousand deaths in the UK and does God hate men? 20:30Julian Worricker on a politician, a business leader, a TV journalist, a racehorse trainer.
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| 21:00 | 21:00How vet Adam Tjolle's life has changed since his brain tumour surgery. 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Antony Gormley, Laura Wade, Charles Hazlewood and Daniel Rachel.
| 21:00Prescription Charges; Acute Kidney Injury; MMR vaccine; Meningitis in Students 21:30Sir Ian Blatchford and Dr Tilly Blyth explore how art and science have inspired each other 21:45Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth focus on the drama and upheaval in Coalbrookdale by Night.
| 21:30Jazz saxophonist Nubya Garcia travels to Addis Ababa for an Ethio jazz collaboration.
| 21:00Oceans, ice and climate change; Neolithic baby bottles; and Caroline Criado Perez 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea that believers will vanish from the world.
| 21:00Sir Ian Blatchford and Dr Tilly Blyth explore how art and science have inspired each other
| 21:005/10Marcel Proust’s allegorical contemplation on time, memory, art and love.
| 21:00Why does Stoke-on-Trent have the highest rate of personal insolvency in England and Wales? 21:25Jane Garvey makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity SafeHands 21:30Why have politicians gone from cosying up to business to turning a deaf ear?
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| 22:00 | 22:00Jeremy Corbyn strategy backed by delegates at Labour conference in Brighton 22:45Margaret Atwood’s powerful and long-awaited sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale.
| 22:00Unanimous ruling by 11 justices sparks calls for Prime Minister's resignation 22:45Margaret Atwood’s powerful and much-anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale.
| 22:00Attorney General and Prime Minister criticised for their use of language 22:45Margaret Atwood’s much-anticipated sequel her dystopian classic, The Handmaid’s Tale.
| 22:00Letter says President Trump tried to get Ukraine to interfere in US election 22:45Margaret Atwood’s long-awaited sequel to her dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid’s Tale
| 22:00There's been a tough response from the Egyptian authorities to planned protests in Cairo. 22:45Margaret Atwood’s long-awaited sequel to her dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid’s Tale.
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Evan Davis gets to the heart of drug use in Britain today.
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00When American modern jazz met the French New Wave in 1950s and 60s Paris. 23:30Jonathan Coe and Gemma Cairney join Harriett Gilbert to recommend favourite books.. 23:55Poems for the autumn equinox
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince discuss intelligent creatures from clever crows to cunning squid. 23:30Aleks Krotoski asks 'has the internet been gentrified?'
| 23:00Michael Palin searches for lost Python sketches and finds them in very unusual places. 23:15Comedian Tez Ilyas presents a stand-up show about life as a British Muslim. 23:30Parliament is back - with anger.
| 23:001/4Current affairs parody and stupidly feasible visit to the 24-hour Hall of Opinion Mirrors. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Author Chibundu Onuzo on the first elected female in Africa, Constance Cummings-John. 23:25News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament 23:55Scottish husband, American wife, talk about their cultural differences on a trip to Wales.
| 23:004/13The wide-ranging general knowledge music quiz, with Paul Gambaccini 23:30Globe-trotting poetry series presented by poet Imtiaz Dharker.
| 23:30Adam Fowler tests how the acoustics of different spaces affect the creativity of artists.
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