| 00:00 | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Julia Langdon explores the issues around the regulation of elderly drivers. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from St Mary Redcliffe in Bristol 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30The third volume in Charles Moore's definitive biography of Margaret Thatcher. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Charles Moore's definitive account of the life of Margaret Thatcher reaches its climax. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Margaret Thatcher's final years in power are examined in Charles Moore's third biography. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30The third volume in Charles Moore's definitive biography of Margaret Thatcher. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30The third volume in Charles Moore's definitive biography of Margaret Thatcher. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Three guided meditations for a new mother, picturing a rather unusual happy place. 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. 05:43With George Craig, a Methodist local preacher in Cardiff 05:45Environment Minister says Agriculture Bill lives on; farm wildlife; Brexit countdown. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Kate Humble presents the red-throated diver.
| 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 05:45Kevin Keane reports from Peterhead Fish Market to see if the industry is ready for Brexit. 05:58Kate Humble presents the fulmar.
| 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 05:45Sheep farmer Campbell Tweed and Anna Hill talk trade in Northern Ireland post-Brexit. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the northern jacana at home in Central American wetlands.
| 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 05:45Charlotte Smith and trade expert Dmitry Grozoubinski discuss Boris Johnson's Brexit plan. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the morepork or Ru-Ru, New Zealand's only surviving native owl.
| 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 05:45Northern Irish farmers react to the latest Brexit deal proposals on the border in Ireland. 05:58Sarah Harris recalls the excitement of watching clouds of migrating blackbirds arrive.
| 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 Emma Scrivener. 05:45Penny Andrews argues that thinking of political supporters as fans helps explain politics.
| 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 Giles Church in Ashtead, Surrey. 05:45Rudy Giuliani is both a divisive figure and a man who once united his nation.
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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 part of the Elan Valley water pipeline that runs into Birmingham 06:30Charlotte Smith is joined by an export panel to discuss where we are with four weeks to go 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news headlines. 06:05Suryagupta Dharmacharini considers what it means to be equal and how to achieve equality. 06:35As the cold nights draw in, ladybirds come indoors for the winter months. 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. 07:54Anita Rani makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of FRANK Water 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Rev Dr Sam Wells leads a meditation from St Martin-in-the-Fields on the nature of what is. 08:48Michael Morpurgo on the damage being caused to increasing numbers of children by stress. 08:58Mark Cocker extols the aerial music flight of a wintering short-eared owl.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Steve Richards, Ruth Kinna, Catherine Haddon and Eleanor Rhode. 09:45The third volume in Charles Moore's definitive biography of Margaret Thatcher.
| 09:00How to spot a liar. Professor Richard Wiseman tells Jim Al-Khalili 09:30Male infertility - the male experience. Benjamin Zephaniah talks to Richard Clothier 09:45Charles Moore's definitive account of the life of Margaret Thatcher reaches its climax.
| 09:00Singer Roxanne Tataei explores Gaelic psalm singing in Stornaway on the Isle of Lewis. 09:30Penny Andrews argues that thinking of political supporters as fans helps explain politics. 09:45Margaret Thatcher's final years in power are examined in Charles Moore's third biography.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 09:45The third volume in Charles Moore's definitive biography of Margaret Thatcher.
| 09:00Sabrina Cohen-Hatton, firefighter, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:45The third volume in Charles Moore's definitive biography of Margaret Thatcher.
| 09:00DJ Paulette Constable, children's books and Danny Wallace's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00News with Paddy O'Connell including Brexit and mental health, plus Helen Mirren on queens.
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| 10:00 | 10:00What is toxic masculinity? Author Dr Sharon Blackie; Judith Gough, UK ambassador 10:451/5Frank and funny drama about female friendship in all its gruesome glory.
| 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world 10:452/5Sally and Bea struggle when one of them falls pregnant.
| 10:00The Giver of Stars, Miranda Porritt, and Dame Kelly Holmes. 10:413/5Sally and Dave have been evicted due to him lying about his debts. Bea has the answer. 10:55Friends talk about women and imposter syndrome, and northern versus southern accents.
| 10:00Ruling on women's pension age, experiences of young undocumented migrants, stillbirths. 10:454/5Bea feedbacks to Sally about their last meeting.
| 10:00Beauty editor Funmi Fetto; older people and domestic abuse; superfans; Johana Gustawsson. 10:455/5Frank and funny drama about female friendship in all its gruesome glory.
| 10:30Jay Rayner and his culinary panel are on the Isle of Wight.
| 10:00Jennifer finds herself in trouble and Lilian fears the worst.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Sayeeda Warsi examines the many shades of grey around Islam and same-sex attraction. 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00Can long-term relationships survive the move to Uni and is it worth trying to keep them? 11:30Mary Portas: On Style - the new Radio 4 series where style meets substance.
| 11:00The first digital generation is self-taught. Huddersfield Gen Z-ers tell us their stories. 11:30Best-selling Irish author Marian Keyes in conversation with Tara Flynn.
| 11:00The trade dispute in Asia dividing two of the world's richest countries. 11:30Artists from Rwanda’s diaspora are returning. Dr Zoe Norridge explores why.
| 11:00The Corrections is the series which looks at how journalists tell news stories. 11:304/4A series of comedy plays on a quizzing theme, written by Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis
| 11:00George Parker of the Financial Times looks at latest developments on Brexit. 11:30Impeachment, Ukraine and the elusive former prosecutor general.
| 11:15Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer, 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. 12:04Margaret Atwood’s much-anticipated sequel to her dystopian classic, The Handmaid’s Tale. 12:18A worker at Coral tells us what it's like to work in a high street bookie. 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. 12:18Listeners describe their experience of PTSD. 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. 12:18Tesco's chief exec is leaving; NHS health checks; how important is a local market? 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. 12:18Why we should be eating more crayfish. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The finale of Margaret Atwood’s much-anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale. 12:18Direct-payments complaints, vegan food for pets, and concerns about inflated car add-ons. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Credit card options for young adults. 12:30A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by guest host Andy Zaltzman. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:041/6John Lloyd and Bridget Christie with Jessica Fostekew, Dr Shini Somara and Linda Agran. 12:32Dan Saladino explores the tastes and temptations of sourness, in our evolution and cooking 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on capturing and publishing images of the botanical world
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Ian Blatchford on James Nasmyth’s compelling images of the lunar surface
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Tilly Blyth explores the impact of synthetic dyes on trend, turn-out and taste
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on freezing time in a speeding up world.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on the Futurists' lust for speed in a new age of cycling.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Shaun Ley presents topical debate from Backwell School in Somerset.
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Andrew McGibbon explores the intriguing new realm of investigative art work.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Ian begins to have doubts 14:15A rich businessman announces plans to re-introduce wolves to his Highland estate.
| 14:00The Grundy’s have a screw loose 14:15Comedy drama written by and starring celebrated beatboxer Testament
| 14:00Brian makes a shocking suggestion 14:15Manchester paralegal tales
| 14:00Jennifer finds herself in trouble 14:15Award-winning writer Barney Norris's poignant drama about grief, friendship and survival
| 14:151/4Prequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet, imagining the turbulent world of the Danish court.
| 14:00Labour pledges to abolish private schools. How do you feel about that? 14:30Peter Nichols' acclaimed study of adultery and betrayal.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston and the panel are in London at the King's Cross Skip Garden. 14:45Three conversations about how place defines us in so many different ways.
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| 15:00 | 15:005/13The wide-ranging general knowledge music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini. 15:30Sheila Dillon and an expert panel discuss the role of food additives in our everyday lives
| 15:00Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. 15:30How environmental DNA is transforming what we know about our lakes, oceans and the past.
| 15:00How to make your fundraising go further. 15:30Heparin and Pigs; Anticoagulants; Ovarian Freezing and Cancer; Thumb surgery.
| 15:00Clare Balding walks part of the Elan Valley water pipeline that runs into Birmingham 15:27Jane Garvey makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity SafeHands 15:30Dana Czapnik discusses her debut novel The Falconer.
| 15:00Kathy Clugston and the panel are in London at the King's Cross Skip Garden. 15:45Three guided meditations for a new mother, picturing a rather unusual happy place.
| | 15:001/2David Tennant stars in Michael Frayn's brilliant adaptation of the riotous Chekhov comedy.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Cathy FitzGerald visits the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company. 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince have a sleepy look at the science of dreaming.
| 16:00Ruth Barnes presents the first in a new series about the changing world of work. 16:30Radiohead's bassist Colin Greenwood and comedian Joanne McNally recommend great books.
| 16:00Land struggles: from Bolivia to Britain. 16:30The crisis at the BBC following complaints against Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty.
| 16:00Editor Walter Murch takes Antonia Quirke on a journey to the heart of Apocalypse Now. 16:30HIV protective gene paper retraction, imaging Herculaneum scrolls, Bill Bryson's The Body.
| 16:00Julian Worricker on a singer, a journalist, an author, a spy. 16:30Dissecting the government’s hospitals announcement and President Trump’s Ukraine claims. 16:55Friends talk about being born into poverty, and education as the route to escape it.
| 16:00How the term Toxic Masculinity affects men, Women & Running, UK Ambassador Judith Gough.
| 16:00Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad. 16:30Roger McGough invites Welsh poet Owen Sheers to select favourite poetry.
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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. 17:30A risky mix of easy credit and easy spending 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Are lives being put at risk because families are refused funding at inquests? 17:40Rudy Giuliani is both a divisive figure and a man who once united his nation. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Sajid Javid promises National Living Wage rise 18:301/6John Lloyd and Bridget Christie with Jessica Fostekew, Dr Shini Somara and Linda Agran.
| 18:00Boris Johnson says UK will submit proposals for revised Brexit deal within days 18:302/6Clare finds herself at the centre of an incident during a prison visit.
| 18:00Number 10 has delivered proposals for a new Brexit deal to the European Union. 18:304/6Jenkins discovers the crew have taken the lift to the Moon. Stars John Sessions.
| 18:00UK's Brexit negotiator is in Brussels for talks about Boris Johnson's new proposals. 18:304/4Alexei Sayle delivers a mixture of stand-up, memoir and philosophy.
| 18:00Court papers reveal the Prime Minister will ask for a Brexit delay. 18:30A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by guest host Andy Zaltzman.
| 18:00Britain calls for return of American woman involved in fatal crash in Northamptonshire 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00A second whistleblower emerges in Trump Ukraine probe. 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week with poet and broadcaster Kate Fox.
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| 19:00 | 19:00The Grundy’s have a screw loose 19:15Helen Mirren on playing Catherine the Great in a new TV miniseries. 19:451/5Frank and funny drama about female friendship in all its gruesome glory.
| 19:00Brian makes a shocking suggestion 19:15The winners are announced for the 2019 BBC NSSA and the Young Writers' Award. 19:452/5Sally and Bea struggle when one of them falls pregnant.
| 19:00Jennifer finds herself in trouble 19:15Director Rupert Goold on his Judy Garland biopic starring Renée Zellweger. 19:453/5Sally and Dave have been evicted due to him lying about his debts. Bea has the answer.
| 19:15Debbie Harry on her life and career and her new memoir, Face It 19:454/5Bea feedbacks to Sally about their last meeting.
| 19:00Lexi attempts to forgive and forget 19:15Booker Prize nominee Chigozie Obioma on his novel An Orchestra of Minorities. 19:455/5Frank and funny drama about female friendship in all its gruesome glory.
| 19:00Rudy Giuliani is both a divisive figure and a man who once united his nation. 19:15Joker, Mary Costello, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Dublin Murders, Cabarets and Clubs
| 19:00Ian’s concerns come to the forefront. 19:15Fresh comic insights to the world of ultra-Orthodox Judaism. 19:459/12Cynan Jones' gripping series set in a near future in which water is commodified.
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| 20:00 | 20:00The first digital generation is self-taught. Huddersfield Gen Z-ers tell us their stories. 20:30Do white people need to think more about their race?
| 20:00Are lives being put at risk because families are refused funding at inquests? 20:40A visually impaired MP's fight for help at work and how tech could help talking newspapers
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. 20:45Penny Andrews argues that thinking of political supporters as fans helps explain politics.
| 20:00What's the Trump impeachment inquiry about? 20:30Why have politicians gone from cosying up to business to turning a deaf ear?
| 20:00Shaun Ley presents topical debate from Backwell School in Somerset. 20:50Michael Morpurgo on the damage being caused to increasing numbers of children by stress.
| 20:00The spectacular story of Judy Garland's last concerts in London.
| 20:00Dissecting the government’s hospitals announcement and President Trump’s Ukraine claims. 20:30Julian Worricker on a singer, a journalist, an author, a spy.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Sally Marlow turns to science to find out why so many people in Britain are addicted. 21:30Andrew Marr with Steve Richards, Ruth Kinna, Catherine Haddon and Eleanor Rhode.
| 21:00Heparin and Pigs; Anticoagulants; Ovarian Freezing and Cancer; Thumb surgery. 21:30How to spot a liar. Professor Richard Wiseman tells Jim Al-Khalili
| 21:00How environmental DNA is transforming what we know about our lakes, oceans and the past. 21:30Singer Roxanne Tataei explores Gaelic psalm singing in Stornaway on the Isle of Lewis.
| 21:00HIV protective gene paper retraction, imaging Herculaneum scrolls, Bill Bryson's The Body. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
| 21:00Sir Ian Blatchford and Dr Tilly Blyth explore how art and science have inspired each other
| 21:006/10Marcel Proust’s allegorical contemplation on time, memory, art and love.
| 21:00Credit card options for young adults. 21:25Anita Rani makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of FRANK Water 21:30Do white people need to think more about their race?
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| 22:00 | 22:00Hong Kong authorities braced for more unrest on the streets 22:45Margaret Atwood’s much-anticipated sequel to her dystopian classic, The Handmaid’s Tale.
| 22:00HK police say officer shot to protect his life and those of his fellow officers 22:45Margaret Atwood’s powerful and much-anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale.
| 22:00Boris Johnson tells Conservative party conference the Irish backstop is going 22:45Margaret Atwood’s powerful and much-anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale.
| 22:00President Trump calls on China to investigate the business dealings of Joe Biden. 22:45Margaret Atwood’s powerful and much-anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale.
| 22:00News contained in government documents presented at Scotland's highest civil court 22:45The finale of Margaret Atwood’s much-anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale.
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
| 22:00Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00The Poet muses on the interplay between crime and music in his community. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince have a sleepy look at the science of dreaming. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Michael Palin searches for lost Python sketches and finds them in very unusual places. 23:151/5Peter Curran and Patrick Marber share a bunk bed and talk through the darkness. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:002/4Current 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
| 23:00Radiohead's bassist Colin Greenwood and comedian Joanne McNally recommend great books. 23:25News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament 23:55Friends share their passion for being born, raised and still living in the Forest of Dean.
| 23:005/13The wide-ranging general knowledge music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini. 23:30Music and trouble, in the Brazilian rain forest - a race against time for the Wauja tribe.
| 23:00Editor Walter Murch takes Antonia Quirke on a journey to the heart of Apocalypse Now. 23:30The experience of street homelessness at night, through binaural sound.
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