| 00:00 | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Immortality and transhumanism 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the Parish Church of Our Lady and St Nicholas, Liverpool 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:301/5Julian Barnes's biography of the pioneering Belle Epoque Parisian surgeon Samuel Pozzi. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:302/5Julian Barnes's biography of the pioneering Belle Epoque Parisian surgeon Samuel Pozzi. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:303/5Julian Barnes's biography of the pioneering Belle Epoque Parisian surgeon Samuel Pozzi. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:304/5Julian Barnes's biography of the pioneering Belle Epoque Parisian surgeon Samuel Pozzi. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:305/5Julian Barnes's biography of the pioneering Belle Epoque Parisian surgeon Samuel Pozzi. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30An original short work for radio about sisters and bodies by Jessica Andrews. 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 Canon Ann Easter 05:45Dairy farmers in Scotland lose their milk contracts, closure of cheese plant, mushrooms. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Writer Paul Evans reflects on the merlin.
| 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 05:45Many of you tell us you're willing to pay more for your milk. 05:58Paul Evans encounters a pair of ravens.
| 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 05:45As the election campaign begins, we consult an expert panel to keep us up to date. 05:58Writer Paul Evans encounters a crow in a cemetery.
| 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 05:45Advances in genetics are transforming the way dairy farmers run their businesses. 05:58Musician Joe Acheson recalls recording starling to use in his work as Hidden Orchestra.
| 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 05:45Charlotte Smith visits a farmers' market to ask what people want from the General Election 05:58Musician Joe Acheson recalls hearing the scraping call of corncrake on Inishbofin island.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:45Rutherford and Fry board a rollercoaster to investigate why we enjoy being scared
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Bells on Sunday for Remembrance comes from Westminster Abbey. 05:45Mark Coles profiles the new speaker of the House of Commons.
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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. 06:07One Tree Hill: a landmark that connects us emotionally and confounds us archaeologically 06:30Charlotte Smith visits a mushroom farm in Wiltshire. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news headlines. 06:05Composer David Owen Norris explains and plays musical counterpoint to Mark Tully. 06:35Caz Graham meets farmer and award-winning photographer Amy Bateman. 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 William Crawley. 07:54Rev Richard Coles makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Toybox 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From two cities profoundly affected by last century's world wars, Coventry and Berlin. 08:48Sarah Dunant on the rediscovery of undervalued women of art. 08:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the kestrel.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Nobel prize-winner Esther Duflo, Julian Barnes and Richard Evans with Tom Sutcliffe. 09:451/5Julian Barnes's biography of the pioneering Belle Epoque Parisian surgeon Samuel Pozzi.
| 09:00Demis Hassabis tells Jim Al-Khalili why he wants to create artificial intelligence. 09:30Acclaimed gardening writer Alys Fowler tries to work out where she wants to live. 09:452/5Julian Barnes's biography of the pioneering Belle Epoque Parisian surgeon Samuel Pozzi.
| 09:00The artist Katie Paterson meets the novelist David Mitchell. 09:30Rutherford and Fry board a rollercoaster to investigate why we enjoy being scared 09:453/5Julian Barnes's biography of the pioneering Belle Epoque Parisian surgeon Samuel Pozzi.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the treaty ending the Williamite War in Ireland in 1691 09:454/5Julian Barnes's biography of the pioneering Belle Epoque Parisian surgeon Samuel Pozzi.
| 09:00Russell T Davies, screenwriter, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5Julian Barnes's biography of the pioneering Belle Epoque Parisian surgeon Samuel Pozzi.
| 09:00Football trailblazer Casey Stoney and entrepreneur and adventurer Amar Latif
| 09:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 09:15Lily makes a big decision and Ambridge bids a final farewell to Joe.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Helen Mirren on equal pay and her new film, The Good Liar. 10:456/10Part six of the conspiracy thriller by Matthew Broughton. Starring Romola Garai.
| 10:00Abortion stories. Mental health - a father and daughter on their road to repair. 10:457/10Part seven of the conspiracy thriller by Matthew Broughton. Starring Romola Garai.
| 10:00Police Force & Domestic Abuse; Artist, Jann Haworth; Amaryllis Fox, ex-CIA operative. 10:418/10Part eight of the conspiracy thriller by Matthew Broughton. Starring Romola Garai. 10:55Sisters share stories and laughs about their adventures in hairdressing.
| 10:00Woman's Hour puts your vaccination queries to the experts. 10:459/10Part nine of the conspiracy thriller by Matthew Broughton. Starring Romola Garai.
| 10:00Lyra in 'His Dark Materials'. Abortion stories. Grandmothers. Celeste sings live. 10:4510/10Final part of the conspiracy thriller by Matthew Broughton. Starring Romola Garai.
| 10:30Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show from Middlesbrough.
| 10:30Eleanor Oldroyd is the commentator at the Ceremony of Remembrance from the Cenotaph
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| 11:00 | 11:00Redzi Bernard recreates her mother's journey to Lalibela in Ethiopia fifty years on 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00If teenagers had more say in what they learn, would they be more engaged with school? 11:30Chris Hawkins examines the life and legacy of Frightened Rabbit's Scott Hutchison
| 11:00Journalist Malcolm Jack tells a little-known story from the fall of the Berlin Wall. 11:30Bittersweet stories written and performed by Chris Neill with Martin Hyder and Isy Suttie.
| 11:00The Iranian exiles fighting for change at home but struggling to adapt to life in Europe 11:30Step inside the home of artist Stephen Wright, a work of art reverberating with past lives
| 11:00Natural Histories explores the poppy and its symbolism. 11:304/4David's secret is finally revealed to Maureen and Lesley.
| 11:00The essential guide to the 2019 UK general election. 11:30What the murder of a Mormon family in Mexico reveals about the country.
| 11:45Do scientists and artists see the world differently? With Nasa astronomer John Mather
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:041/10By Siobhan Dowd. Cutting peat in the bog, Fergus finds a body. Read by Finnian Garbutt. 12:18Has the tech world given up on passwords and if so what will we use to keep data safe? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:042/10By Siobhan Dowd. Fergus' A levels are a way out of here. Read by Finnian Garbutt. 12:18Is the pressure to take action on climate change causing rows in your house? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:043/10By Siobhan Dowd. Fergus has named the bog body Mel. Read by Finnian Garbutt. 12:18M&S Fashion, BMX Bikes, Luxury Watches 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:044/10By Siobhan Dowd. Fergus is going to help move the bog body. Read by Finnian Garbutt. 12:18Smart meters. Social media influencers and freebies. Risks of not having a will. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:045/10By Siobhan Dowd. Fergus is couriering packages over the border. Read by Finnian Garbutt. 12:18The cost of being a football fan, real Irn Bru, and can supermarkets really go green? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Hotels go bust leaving hundreds of investors unsure if they will get any money back. 12:303/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:046/6John Lloyd and Bridget Christie with Philippa Perry, Carlo Ratti and Doug Allan. 12:32Rick Stein, Yotam Ottolenghi, Grace Dent & Leyla Kazim lead the celebrations. (1/2) 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:451/5Rob Newman's stories of species lost forever, and our role in their demise.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:452/5Rob Newman explains how dolphins were pushed out of their ancestral homes.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:453/5The demise of a black and russet-coloured West African monkey.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:454/5When a delicate ecosystem gets out of balance the effects can be devastating.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:455/5Rob Newman's tale of a bird of prey's triumphant come back.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Chris Mason presents topical debate from Falkirk Wheel in Scotland.
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:303/3Isabel Hilton considers how Beijing is seeking to recast the international order.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Clarrie struggles with her grief 14:15In 1942 a doctor and a policeman try to recover a vital memory from a woman with amnesia.
| 14:00There’s a face off for Lily 14:15An elderly man and a 14-year-old boy accidentally meet on a train. An unlikely bond ensues
| 14:00The pressure is on for Helen 14:15by Isabel Wright. War reporter Nadine returns home but her mind remains under siege.
| 14:00Lily makes a big decision 14:15Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre plays fast and loose with Fanny Burney and Germaine de Stael.
| 14:00Jim attempts to take a monumental step 14:15The loves and friendship of the young Noel Coward, before he became a household name.
| 14:00Anita Anand on Any Answers. Will spending pledges be honoured after the general election? 14:451/2A widow in 1960s Ireland finds hope in her struggles through music and friendship.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston and the panel are in the Chilterns. 14:45Three conversations about enduring friendships and shared experiences in the workplace.
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| 15:00 | 15:0010/13The wide-ranging quiz about music of all kinds, with Paul Gambaccini. 15:30From parched peas to parkin, Sheila Dillon explores our Bonfire Night food favourites
| 15:00Jay Rayner and the panel are in Liverpool. 15:30From biologically dead to a vital wildlife habitat. Helen Czerski cruises the Thames.
| 15:00How realistic is it to save your income and budget so much you can retire at under forty? 15:30Ex junior doctor Adam Kay and Professor Gail Kinman look at work stress and how to cope.
| 15:00One Tree Hill: a landmark that connects us emotionally and confounds us archaeologically 15:27Trombonist Carol Jarvis makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Lymphoma Action 15:30Helen Fielding talks about Bridget Jones's Diary with James Naughtie and readers
| 15:00Kathy Clugston and the panel are in the Chilterns. 15:45An original short work for radio about sisters and bodies by Jessica Andrews.
| 15:45Acclaimed gardening writer Alys Fowler tries to work out where she wants to live.
| 15:001/6A reboot of the Trollope novels about high life and low politics in Victorian England
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| 16:00 | 16:00Meeting poets from Manchester spoken-word group Young Identity and its leader Shirley May 16:30Aleks Krotoski on how social media is being used as a character witness to convict.
| 16:00A look at a scheme to help vulnerable witnesses by letting them give pre-recorded evidence 16:30Comedian Stewart Lee and DJ author Dave Haslam choose their good reads
| 16:00Disasters: from Haiti to New Orleans. 16:30Extended interview with the man who's transformed Disney
| 16:00Werner Herzog on Meeting Gorbachev 16:30Fracking moratorium; Bloodhound; Big Compost Experiment; transit of Mercury
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a UN High Commissioner, a film producer 16:30Roger Bolton discusses radio comedy and political bias during the election campaign. 16:55Colleagues talk about how they became unlikely friends through the workplace.
| 16:00Helen Mirren, Vaccinations and a performance from soul artist Celeste
| 16:00Kathy O'Shaughnessy on her novel about George Eliot and Literary Magazines discussed 16:30To celebrate the programme's 40th birthday, Cerys Matthews interviews Roger McGough.
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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. 17:30Do business gurus really hold the secret to success and can they transform companies? 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Students say drugs are as common as alcohol. 17:40Mark Coles profiles the new speaker of the House of Commons. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Thousands of jobs as risk over Mothercare collapse 18:306/6John Lloyd and Bridget Christie with Philippa Perry, Carlo Ratti and Doug Allan.
| 18:00Cover-up allegations: Alun Cairns faces calls to resign 18:303/8Hancock finds a diamond ring - and a heap of trouble.
| 18:00Tory election campaign in disarray, as Welsh secretary resigns. Trump inquiry goes public 18:303/4Malawi's most famous comedian Daliso Chaponda tackles diplomacy.
| 18:00Labour promise large-scale investment; Tories also pledge to borrow billions for projects 18:304/6Ellie suggests a neighbourhood stake out when the garden pot plants are stolen again.
| 18:00Sturgeon outlines terms for backing a Labour government 18:303/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00Merkel defends European values on 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Labour accuses the Tories of making up stories about its spending plans. 18:15Wildlife and Arts presenter Lindsey Chapman picks the best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00There’s a face off for Lily 19:15Scott Z Burns on his docudrama The Report, exploring corruption and subversion in the CIA
| 19:00The pressure is on for Helen 19:15Martin Scorsese's The Irishman, Abomination opera, Murder In The Cathedral
| 19:00Lily makes a big decision 19:15Alison Balsom talks about her new Baroque trumpet album Royal Fireworks.
| 19:00Jim attempts to take a monumental step 19:15Emilia Clarke on festive film Last Christmas, TV series End of the F***ing World reviewed
| 19:00We delve into The Archers’ archive as we bid farewell to Joe Grundy. 19:15Emilio Estevez on his new film The Public which he has written, directed and stars in
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles the new speaker of the House of Commons. 19:15The Report, Shook, The Topeka School, 24/7 exhibition, The Morning Show
| 19:00Eddie’s emotions bubble to the surface 19:15Stand-up from possibly the angriest comedian in the UK. 19:452/10Librarian Cathy tries to encourage the others in her running group. Written by David Park.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Journalist Malcolm Jack tells a little-known story from the fall of the Berlin Wall. 20:30Margaret Heffernan challenges a view that polarisation means we do not change our minds.
| 20:00Anne McElvoy tells the story of Boris Johnson's premiership until 31 October 20:40Why are many digital textbooks still inaccessible to blind students?
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. 20:45Rutherford and Fry board a rollercoaster to investigate why we enjoy being scared
| 20:00A look at a scheme to help vulnerable witnesses by letting them give pre-recorded evidence 20:30Do business gurus really hold the secret to success and can they transform companies?
| 20:00Chris Mason presents topical debate from Falkirk Wheel in Scotland. 20:50Sarah Dunant on the rediscovery of undervalued women of art.
| 20:0030 years after the Berlin Wall fell, Katy Long examines the history of border walls.
| 20:00Roger Bolton discusses radio comedy and political bias during the election campaign. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a UN High Commissioner, a film producer
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| 21:00 | 21:00James Gallagher tells the story of new lifesaving drugs that interfere with genes. 21:30Nobel prize-winner Esther Duflo, Julian Barnes and Richard Evans with Tom Sutcliffe.
| 21:00Ex junior doctor Adam Kay and Professor Gail Kinman look at work stress and how to cope. 21:30Demis Hassabis tells Jim Al-Khalili why he wants to create artificial intelligence.
| 21:00From biologically dead to a vital wildlife habitat. Helen Czerski cruises the Thames. 21:30The artist Katie Paterson meets the novelist David Mitchell.
| 21:00Fracking moratorium; Bloodhound; Big Compost Experiment; transit of Mercury 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the treaty ending the Williamite War in Ireland in 1691
| 21:001/2The extraordinary true story of a man who dug an escape tunnel under the Berlin Wall.
| 21:001/6Drama imagining Charles Dickens as editor of a new campaigning weekly, The Herald. 21:45Historian Kasia Tomasiewicz discusses how to commemorate war.
| 21:00Hotels go bust leaving hundreds of investors unsure if they will get any money back. 21:25Rev Richard Coles makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Toybox 21:30Margaret Heffernan challenges a view that polarisation means we do not change our minds.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Labour MP chosen from seven candidates in series of ballots by MPs 22:451/10By Siobhan Dowd. Cutting peat in the bog, Fergus finds a body. Read by Finnian Garbutt.
| 22:00Foreign Affairs Committee warns of serious interference from Chinese authorities 22:452/10By Siobhan Dowd. Fergus' A levels are a way out of here. Read by Finnian Garbutt.
| 22:00Watson also says he will not seek re-election as an MP 22:453/10By Siobhan Dowd. Fergus has named the bog body Mel. Read by Finnian Garbutt.
| 22:00Labour and the Conservatives both say they’ll fund rise by borrowing more 22:454/10By Siobhan Dowd. Fergus is going to help move the bog body. Read by Finnian Garbutt.
| 22:00Nicola Sturgeon puts Brexit and Scottish independence at centre of strategy 22:455/10By Siobhan Dowd. Fergus is couriering packages over the border. Read by Finnian Garbutt.
| 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 | 23:00George reflects on the role of trauma in black art via a familiar story. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:002/4Alexei Sayle considers the causes and fallout of the 2008 financial crash. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Comedian Twayna Mayne explores the story of her identity as a black British woman. 23:151/6Peter Curran and Patrick Marber with their acclaimed late-night conversation series. 23:30Ellie and Ollie were a lesbian couple; this is the story of Ollie's transition to be male.
| 23:001/6Weekly topical show with Jo Bunting and guests including Jo Brand and Rose Matafeo. 23:30Grace Dent presents a series documenting the untold dramas of 21st-century Britain.
| 23:00Comedian Stewart Lee and DJ author Dave Haslam choose their good reads 23:25Grace Dent presents a series documenting the untold dramas of 21st-century Britain. 23:55A palliative health consultant in conversation with a registrar in palliative care.
| 23:0010/13The wide-ranging quiz about music of all kinds, with Paul Gambaccini. 23:30Vicki Feaver delves into the listener poetry requests and shares her favourites with Roger
| 23:00Sarah Austin Jenness introduces tales of people in the USA questioning their identities. 23:50Sarah Dunant on the rediscovery of undervalued women of art.
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