| 00:00 | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The origins & meaning of 'cool' 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from St Peter's Parish Church, South Petherton in Somerset 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:301/5Author Edward Platt explores the way floods have shaped the physical landscape of Britain. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:302/5Platt meets flood victims and uncovers the legacy of botched Victorian infrastructure. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:303/5The author reveals the true extent of the plain that connected Britain to the continent. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:304/5Edward Platt meets homeowners who have resolved to take an alternative view on flooding. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:305/5Edward Platt considers how flooding affects our sense of identity and the stories we tell. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Zoë Strachan's story inspired by this week's news. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Jasvir Singh. 05:45Anna Jones asks what a new survey tells us about attitudes towards food and farming. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Audio-visual artist Kathy Hinde is captivated by a flock of pink-footed geese.
| 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 Jasvir Singh. 05:45The RSPB could start campaigning against game shoots, for the first time. 05:58Audio-visual artist Kathy Hinde is inspired by the spectacle of migrating barnacle geese.
| 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 Jasvir Singh. 05:45Your responses to the RSPB's review into game shooting. 05:58Bonita Johnson recalls watching a pair of battling robins.
| 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 Jasvir Singh 05:45Charlotte Smith asks Jimmy Ireland why he wants government help in the beef market. 05:58Helen Moncrieff reveals why her tummy 'flips with joy' at the sight of Northern Wheatears.
| 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 Jasvir Singh 05:45Flooding past, present and future; farming for beetles; soils for root vegetables. 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the redwing.
| 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 Ann Easter 05:45Why do we enjoy horror? Rutherford and Fry explore the thrill of fear
| 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 Parish Church of Our Lady and St Nicholas, Liverpool 05:45Becky Milligan explores how a Sydney teacher came to lead the England rugby team.
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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. 06:07On Halloween, Jez Lowe explores Northumberland's rich folklore, song and ghost stories. 06:30Charlotte Smith visits a farm in Wiltshire to talk all things root vegetable. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news headlines. 06:05Mark Tully considers social, religious and personal attitudes towards poverty. 06:35Farmer Sally-Ann Spence has restored chalk grasslands to create a haven for dung beetles. 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. 07:10Edward Stourton with religious news and current affairs. 07:54Trombonist Carol Jarvis makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Lymphoma Action 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10For All Souls' from the Chapel of Old Royal Naval College Greenwich. 08:48David Goodhart argues it's time to look again at our tradition of residential universities 08:58Writer Paul Evans has an unnerving encounter with a barn owl in this Halloween tale.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with William Feaver, Humphrey Ocean and Kate Grandjouan 09:451/5Author Edward Platt explores the way floods have shaped the physical landscape of Britain.
| 09:00Professor Saiful Islam on the materials that make renewable energy possible. 09:30What is it to 'look at' something? Artist Simon Periton explores his view of the world. 09:452/5Platt meets flood victims and uncovers the legacy of botched Victorian infrastructure.
| 09:00The composer Max Richter meets the artist Tacita Dean. 09:30Why do we enjoy horror? Rutherford and Fry explore the thrill of fear 09:453/5The author reveals the true extent of the plain that connected Britain to the continent.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how parents from different species can reproduce 09:454/5Edward Platt meets homeowners who have resolved to take an alternative view on flooding.
| 09:00Wendell Pierce, actor, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5Edward Platt considers how flooding affects our sense of identity and the stories we tell.
| 09:00Writer Dawn O'Porter and legendary DJ Norman Jay's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Luke Jones sits in for Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Teen sex therapy. Surrogacy law changes. Classical monsters. Singer Lisa Simone. 10:451/10The return of the conspiracy thriller by Matthew Broughton. Starring Romola Garai.
| 10:00Are women politicians brokering a compromise, a way out of the deadlock at Westminster? 10:452/10Part two of the conspiracy thriller by Matthew Broughton. Starring Romola Garai.
| 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world 10:413/10Part three of the conspiracy thriller by Matthew Broughton. Starring Romola Garai. 10:55Daughter talks to her American father about his American ways and about the family.
| 10:00Women's FA, the women making horror films, teen pregnancy, the women MPs standing down. 10:454/10Part four of the conspiracy thriller by Matthew Broughton. Starring Romola Garai.
| 10:00How young women can forge a career in music - broadcast from BBC Music Introducing Live. 10:455/10Part five of the conspiracy thriller by Matthew Broughton. Starring Romola Garai.
| 10:30Jay Rayner and the panel are in Liverpool.
| 10:00The Grundys attempt to complete Joe’s legacy and Alice hatches a plan.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Patricia Clavin explores the cult of Egyptomania in the 1920s. 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00James Gallagher tells the story of new lifesaving drugs that interfere with genes. 11:30Trevor Cox challenges Sarah Angliss to write a piece of music based on illusions in sound.
| 11:00How the intelligence agency changed direction after the Cold War 11:304/4Three vicars, three parishes, one year. What keeps them working for the man upstairs, God?
| 11:00An election in Argentina that has revived memories of Eva Peron 11:30Exploring the darker side of the landscape and the revival of Folk Horror in the arts.
| 11:00How did we get from the red junglefowl in Asia to the chicken now eaten in its millions? 11:303/4Hearing a random voice over their father's radio ham equipment upsets Lesley.
| 11:00George Parker, political editor of the FT, looks back at a dramatic week at Westminster. 11:30A festival of rugby in Japan, but no thanks to the weather
| 11:15Russell T Davies, screenwriter, 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. 12:041/5Brooding horror set in the Yorkshire Dales from the prize-winning author of 'The Loney'. 12:18Has Pizza had its chips and is mobile phone insurance worth it? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:042/5Juliette is meeting with a spiritualist group and sceptic Richard is determined to attend. 12:18Winifred Robinson asks: How did life change for you, or a loved one, after a major injury? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:043/5Richard’s research into the Stythwaite Oak continues as Juliette prepares for the Beacons. 12:18Driving test cheats, Amazon ad ban, training shoes sales. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:044/5Richard has released the hare back to the wild and Juliette emerges from the fog of grief. 12:18Why we won't be buying as many presents this Christmas except for close family and friends 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:045/5Richard remembers the disturbing behaviour that Ewan displayed before his death. 12:18What do zero hour workers make of Ken Loach's new film about the gig economy? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04What do new opposite-sex civil partnerships mean for your financial health? 12:302/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis with Zoe Lyons, Ken Cheng, Jess Robinson and Josh Berry. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:045/6John Lloyd and Bridget Christie with Andrew Maxwell, Dr Lindsey Fitzharris & Celia Imrie. 12:32From parched peas to parkin, Sheila Dillon explores our Bonfire Night food favourites 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45“And then my interrogation began.” The escape operation unravels.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45“That’s the first time I saw her again.” Wolfdieter's show trial begins.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45I said "ok, I'll do it”. Ellen, Mimmo's girlfriend, agrees to play a dangerous role.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45“If you don’t have a coffee, then bring me a cognac.” Ellen's plan is derailed.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45“I started dancing with Eveline.” A final twist in the final chapter.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate from the University of Liverpool.
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:302/3Isabel Hilton explores how China's Communist Party controls how we think of the country.
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| 14:00 | 14:00The Grundys are on a mission. 14:151/3Prequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet, imagining the turbulent world of the Danish court.
| 14:152/3Opposition to King Hamlet and the Danish Empire grows - with deadly consequences.
| 14:153/3Unrest at King Hamlet's increasingly repressive regime forces his brother Claudius to act.
| 14:00The late Joe Grundy proves to have one final trick up his sleeve 14:151961, Liverpool. A love affair conducted through record-your-own singles. By Paul Farley.
| 14:00Robert’s mind goes into overdrive 14:15Two old friends share a disturbing secret in a thriller exploring the weapons trade.
| 14:00And are we causing a mass extinction of species by overusing our natural resources? 14:45A study in song of what it means to be British by Ray Davies of The Kinks and Paul Sirett.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs and the panel are in Calne,Wiltshire. 14:45Fi Glover presents the Sunday Omnibus edition with conversations spanning the generations.
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| 15:00 | 15:009/13The wide-ranging quiz about music of all kinds, with Paul Gambaccini 15:30Dan Saladino picks the tomato to examine the impact of the new Brexit deal on future food.
| 15:00Jay Rayner and his culinary panel are in Spalding, Lincolnshire. 15:30The Iron Curtain was an accidental wildlife haven. Nature still thrives in the deathzone.
| 15:00Depression and debt, anxiety and overdrafts, we look at how to cope 15:30The best time of day to take blood pressure pills; ADHD; Recurrent fevers; Head lice
| 15:00On Halloween, Jez Lowe explores Northumberland's rich folklore, song and ghost stories. 15:27James Caan makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Youth Business International 15:30Andrew Michael Hurley talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new novel Starve Acre.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs and the panel are in Calne,Wiltshire. 15:45Zoë Strachan's story inspired by this week's news.
| | 15:002/3Crime drama set in 1990s Shanghai. A serial killer is at large
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| 16:00 | 16:00An eerie exploration of how women have used the ghost story form. 16:30Aleks Krotoski wants to have an uncomfortable conversation.
| 16:00Joshua Rozenberg asks what we can learn about the law and the constitution from Brexit. 16:30John Gordon Sinclair and Kerry Ellis join Harriett Gilbert to talk favourite books.
| 16:00Immortality and transhumanism 16:30Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey broke the story that ignited the #MeToo movement
| 16:00Rebecca O'Brien on The Conversation 16:30African genomes sequenced; Space weather; sports head injuries.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on an architecural historian, an ISIS leader, a TV producer, a conductor 16:30The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience. 16:55Mother and young daughter who has ADHD talk about the importance of being yourself.
| 16:00Lisa Simone, songwriter, singer and daughter of Nina talks about her new album.
| 16:00Helen Fielding talks about Bridget Jones's Diary with James Naughtie and readers 16:30Vicki Feaver delves into the listener poetry requests and shares her favourites with Roger
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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. 17:30How should businesses deal with workplace quarrels? 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Follow activist Phillip Tanzer on a tour of the men’s rights community. 17:40Becky Milligan explores how a Sydney teacher came to lead the England rugby team. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00MPs are preparing to vote on Boris Johnson's call for a pre-Christmas general election. 18:305/6John Lloyd and Bridget Christie with Andrew Maxwell, Dr Lindsey Fitzharris & Celia Imrie.
| 18:00Country heads for December General Election 18:306/6Nali's leaving the Barker household. But there's some 'tidying up' to do first.
| 18:00A fire chief rejects calls to resign following the release of the Grenfell Tower report. 18:302/4Malawi's most famous comedian looks at how we deal with past sins.
| 18:00Donald Trump claims a Jeremy Corbyn government would be bad for the UK. 18:30Matt Lucas and David Walliams return for a special episode of Little Britain.
| 18:00Nigel Farage calls for Brexit Party pact with Tories 2nd man facing lorry death charges 18:302/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis with Zoe Lyons, Ken Cheng, Jess Robinson and Josh Berry.
| 18:00South Africa overpower England to win the Rugby World Cup for a third time. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Labour and the Tories set out billions of pounds in spending pledges ahead of election. 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week with broadcaster John Waite.
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| 19:00 | 19:15David Baddiel, Apple TV+, Welcome Collection's eerie podcasts 19:45Big Data seems to know a lot about us. But what is personality and can you measure it?
| 19:15Sarah Gosling presents a showcase from the Barbican Theatre in Plymouth 19:45Can you accurately predict someone's personality from their Facebook likes?
| 19:00The late Joe Grundy proves to have one final trick up his sleeve 19:15Ian McKellen on his film The Good Liar. He plays an elderly conman. It's akin to acting. 19:45Does your personality predict your likely political opinions?
| 19:00Robert’s mind goes into overdrive 19:15Jack Thorne on the task of adapting Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials for the BBC. 19:45Can you change people's political opinions if you target their individual personality?
| 19:00The Grundys attempt to complete Joe’s legacy 19:15Patti Smith on Year of the Monkey, her memoir of a difficult year. 19:45Is psychographic targeting so bad? Could it be a way to re-engage people in politics?
| 19:00Becky Milligan explores how a Sydney teacher came to lead the England rugby team. 19:15Making Waves, The Antipodes, Hanne Orstavik, His Dark Materials, Joy Labinjo
| 19:00Clarrie struggles with her grief 19:15Love, loss, laughter and technology - charting the first year of a social media romance. 19:451/10Maurice decides it's time to get in shape for his family. Written by David Park.
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| 20:00 | 20:00How the intelligence agency changed direction after the Cold War 20:30Do the EU's state aid rules hold the UK back from having a more active industrial policy?
| 20:00Follow activist Phillip Tanzer on a tour of the men’s rights community. 20:40Can a volunteer sue a charity for discrimination? 100 years of blind physiotherapists.
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. 20:45Why do we enjoy horror? Rutherford and Fry explore the thrill of fear
| 20:00Joshua Rozenberg asks what we can learn about the law and the constitution from Brexit. 20:30How should businesses deal with workplace quarrels?
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate from the University of Liverpool. 20:50David Goodhart argues it's time to look again at our tradition of residential universities
| 20:00Christopher Frayling explores the creation and legacy of Defoe's controversial novel.
| 20:00The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience. 20:30Matthew Bannister on an architecural historian, an ISIS leader, a TV producer, a conductor
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| 21:00 | 21:00How the forensic science of hand identification is being used to investigate crime. 21:30Andrew Marr with William Feaver, Humphrey Ocean and Kate Grandjouan
| 21:00The best time of day to take blood pressure pills; ADHD; Recurrent fevers; Head lice 21:30Professor Saiful Islam on the materials that make renewable energy possible.
| 21:00The Iron Curtain was an accidental wildlife haven. Nature still thrives in the deathzone. 21:30The composer Max Richter meets the artist Tacita Dean.
| 21:00African genomes sequenced; Space weather; sports head injuries. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how parents from different species can reproduce
| 21:00Film-maker Mike Figgis explores the age of the edit.
| 21:0010/10Marcel Proust’s allegorical contemplation on time, memory, art and love.
| 21:00What do new opposite-sex civil partnerships mean for your financial health? 21:25Trombonist Carol Jarvis makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Lymphoma Action 21:30Do the EU's state aid rules hold the UK back from having a more active industrial policy?
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| 22:00 | 22:00Poll on December 12 falls short of required two-thirds majority in Commons 22:451/5Brooding horror set in the Yorkshire Dales from the prize-winning author of 'The Loney'.
| 22:00MPs approve call for snap poll on December 12 by huge majority - with Labour support 22:452/5Juliette is meeting with a spiritualist group and sceptic Richard is determined to attend.
| 22:00Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn clash over Brexit and future of NHS 22:453/5Richard’s research into the Stythwaite Oak continues as Juliette prepares for the Beacons.
| 22:00House votes for open hearings and release of transcripts of earlier private statements 22:454/5Richard has released the hare back to the wild and Juliette emerges from the fog of grief.
| 22:00Territory now in fifth month of pro-democracy protests 22:455/5Richard remembers the disturbing behaviour that Ewan displayed before his death.
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00On a mission to find the best use of his platform, George explores the Libyan slave trade. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:001/4Alexei Sayle delivers a mixture of stand-up, memoir and philosophy. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:004/4A hospital stay and a big birthday force Lillian and Charlotte to face some awful truths. 23:155/5Patrick Marber and Peter Curran lie in the darkness, sharing a bunk bed and wondering. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Immersive, topical, mind-twisting late-night comedy from Jon Holmes, on BBC Radio 4. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:00John Gordon Sinclair and Kerry Ellis join Harriett Gilbert to talk favourite books. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament 23:55Grandfather and grandson talk about their life in fishing.
| 23:00A mix of poetry, music and conversation exploring what rap can teach us about education
| 23:00Rebecca O'Brien on The Conversation 23:309/13The wide-ranging quiz about music of all kinds, with Paul Gambaccini
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