| 00:00 | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Greg James, self-confessed 'proud radio nerd', rummages through the BBC's vast archives. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Studley, Warwickshire. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:301/5Helen Taylor's exploration of why, when and how women read fiction is read by Lucy Briers 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:302/5Helen Taylor's exploration of why, when and how women read fiction is read by Lucy Briers 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:303/5Helen Taylor's exploration of why, when and how women read fiction is read by Lucy Briers 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:304/5Helen Taylor's exploration of why, when and how women read fiction is read by Lucy Briers 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:305/5Helen Taylor's exploration of why, when and how women read fiction is read by Lucy Briers 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30A young woman meets her girlfriend's parents for the first time. 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.
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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 reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner 05:45Trade tariffs are affecting exporters of some food products, including cheese and whisky. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Kate Humble presents the stock dove.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner 05:45We hear whether the Australian bushfires will have an impact on global agricultural trade. 05:58Kate Humble presents the capercaillie.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner 05:45Pig farrowing crates are controversial - we find out about a new high welfare design. 05:58Kate Humble presents the little owl.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner 05:45The Agriculture Bill is back, with a few changes. 05:58Kate Humble presents the great grey shrike.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner 05:45What is the future for farming and for Defra in the light of the new Agriculture Bill? 05:58Kate Humble presents the bittern.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Spiritual reflection with Bob Fyffe of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. 05:45Anna Della Subin takes a journey with a man once worshipped as a living god.
| 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 Adelaide Ringing Centre in the city's St Peter’s Cathedral. 05:45The judge taking up the Supreme Court presidency as tensions with the government simmer.
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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. 06:07Ian Marchant visits the Chilterns, to test ideas from a new review into National Parks. 06:30Charlotte Smith visits a pig farm in Devon. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news headlines. 06:05Arguing can have a bad press: Mark Tully discusses the benefits of a good argument. 06:3535 cows floating in Rotterdam Harbour. Is this the future of farming? 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. 07:10William Crawley presents the week's religious, moral and ethical news and current affairs. 07:54Simon Mayo makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Virtual Doctors 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A Service for the beginning of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. 08:48Following the death of Sir Roger Scruton, a chance to listen again to one of his talks. 08:58David Attenborough presents the crossbill.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Daniel Susskind, Suzi Gage, Anoosh Chakelian and Sir John Strang 09:451/5Helen Taylor's exploration of why, when and how women read fiction is read by Lucy Briers
| 09:00Susannah Maidment tells Jim how she came to be a world authority on stegosaurs 09:30Gerald Scarfe meets Arabella Dorman 09:452/5Helen Taylor's exploration of why, when and how women read fiction is read by Lucy Briers
| 09:00How the Kinks classic 'Days' has touched peoples lives. 09:30Anna Della Subin takes a journey with a man once worshipped as a living god. 09:453/5Helen Taylor's exploration of why, when and how women read fiction is read by Lucy Briers
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Paris under Prussian siege and then under the Commune 09:454/5Helen Taylor's exploration of why, when and how women read fiction is read by Lucy Briers
| 09:00Michael Lewis, writer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne 09:455/5Helen Taylor's exploration of why, when and how women read fiction is read by Lucy Briers
| 09:00Former boxer Jane Couch and artistic director of the Young Vic Kwame Kwei-Armah.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00We want to hear your thoughts about the 'stepping back' of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex. 10:456/10Elizabeth has a baby. The Native Americans want to know how long the colonists will stay.
| 10:00Under-age cosmetic surgery, housing for women, and the Labour leadership. 10:457/10Ben has disappeared - so a search party of formed which takes them deep into the forest.
| 10:00Stormont Women, A Friend's Death, Mixed-Weight Dating 10:418/10Matthew is furious when he is defied. Sarah is falling for Saul but Ben has found out. 10:55Mother and daughter talk through some classic modern parenting conundrums.
| 10:00Maggie Oliver; Alison Rayner Quintet; the history of the breast; and shortbread. 10:459/10Chickens are disappearing from the coop at night, and Sarah and Saul investigate.
| 10:00Shohreh Bayat, senior chess referee; Anne Bronte; sexual desire; Francesca Wade. 10:4510/10Sarah plans to escape Matthew and return to England with Saul. But he has a secret.
| 10:30Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show from Northampton.
| 10:00Tom is on more than one mission and Alistair shows his support.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Niyi's eating disorder has stopped him coming home for Christmas. He wants to change that. 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00How an eel sparked our interest in electricity 11:30The end of the dark room - and a glimpse into the colourful world of Garry Fabian-Miller.
| 11:00Natasha is 38. She wants to have a baby but is struggling to find a non-white egg donor. 11:30Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam star as a couple who have been married for over 40 years.
| 11:00Psychedelic plants, the spiritual tourism backlash - and sexual abuse. 11:303/3Where can we find hope as we come to terms with the climate crisis?
| 11:001/3V&A Director Tristram Hunt explores the new challenges facing the world's oldest museums 11:30New sitcom starring Claire Skinner (Outnumbered), Mark Steel, Elliot Steel and Ivo Graham.
| 11:00Anne McElvoy of the Economist looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Our correspondent on a troubling authoritarianism inside Japan's 'hostage justice' system.
| 11:15Dame Sue Campbell 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. 12:041/10George Bowling, an overweight, married, middle-aged insurance salesman surveys his life. 12:18Diets, cash points, buildings and black boxes 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:042/10George Bowling recalls his early years up to the First World War. 12:18Unsecured debt is at a record high - are you living with debt? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:043/10George Bowling tells us about his school days and how he tried to join his first gang. 12:18Why cemetery decorations are getting more lavish; plus how to reduce care home drug waste 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:044/10George Bowling tells us about his first love, fishing. 12:18The Agriculture Bill returns to Parliament, but where are the animal welfare standards? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:045/10George Bowling tells us about his first love, Elsie. 12:18Why building Lego sets is helping adults de-stress from their busy lives. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The students told to pay council tax, even though they are exempt under the law. 12:302/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Nish Kumar 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:043/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game. 12:32Jack Monroe and Sheila Dillon ask whether tinned foods have an image problem in the UK. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Reflections on the modern pioneers of the environmental movement. Today - James Lovelock.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Reflections on the modern pioneers of the environmental movement. Today, David McTaggart.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Reflections on the modern pioneers of the environmental movement. Today, Jacques Cousteau.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Reflections on modern pioneers of the environmental movement. Today - Sunderlal Bahuguna.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Reflections on modern pioneers of the environmental movement. Today - Margaret Thatcher.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Chris Mason chairs topical debate from Belfast's Assembly Buildings Conference Centre
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Being undocumented, a refugee when ten, bug pasta, young drivers, a Captain Cook legacy.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Tom is on more than one mission 14:151/5In the Court of Protection, a judge has to decide if a patient can be force fed.
| 14:00There’s an embarrassing misunderstanding for Alistair 14:152/5Barrister Rebecca Nyman represents a Charedi Jewish Mother in the Family Courts.
| 14:153/5A judge must decide if an eighteen year-old with learning difficulties can have sex.
| 14:00Shula is touched by some kind words 14:154/5A father has left his whole estate to his dog walker. Can his family challenge the will?
| 14:00Kate attempts to practise what she preaches. 14:155/5A couple fight to get their baby daughter back following the death of their baby son.
| 14:00Northern Ireland & FlyBe. 14:45Tamsin Greig narrates George Orwell's satire about power and corruption.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs and the team are in Nailsworth, Cotswolds. 14:45The Sunday omnibus edition of the week's three conversations, presented by Fi Glover.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Radio's most fiendish quiz, with cryptic questions on unpredictable fields of knowledge 15:30Jaega Wise meets the brewers pouring away preconceptions in the workplace
| 15:00Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show from Devizes. 15:30Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence explore the historical connections to today's big issues.
| 15:00Felicity Hannah and guests talk about how you can buy a property without financial help. 15:30Bucket lists; depression; how altruism can alleviate pain
| 15:00Ian Marchant visits the Chilterns, to test ideas from a new review into National Parks. 15:27Robert Rinder makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Buttle UK. 15:30100 Novels That Shaped Our World: Identity
| 15:00Peter Gibbs and the team are in Nailsworth, Cotswolds. 15:45A young woman meets her girlfriend's parents for the first time.
| | 15:001/3A radical updating of Charles Dickens' most political novel, Oliver Twist.
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| 16:00 | 16:004/4Natalie Haynes stands up for Homer's Iliad. 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Frank Skinner to discuss the science of laughter.
| 16:00Michael Rosen talks to George Marshall about how best to communicate climate change. 16:30Kurt Vonnegut on Kurt Vonnegut, with a little help from Josie Long
| 16:00The power of oil - a special programme exploring the role of oil in shaping our society. 16:30Why Harry and Meghan's media strategy failed
| 16:00The man behind the Joker. 16:30Reproducibility crisis in science, Aeolus wind-measuring satellite, and electric cars.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a philosopher, a Sultan, a brewer, an actress 16:30Quantifying justice in Japan, the cost of Brexit, alligator speed and Liverpool FC's luck 16:55Mother and daughter’s boyfriend talk about how first impressions can often be so wrong.
| 16:15Maggie Oliver, Alison Rayner Quintet & Mixed Weight Dating
| 16:00Journalist turned novelist Deepa Anapara on her debut set in contemporary India 16:30William Sieghart welcomes you to his Poetry Pharmacy, serving up poems to soothe the soul.
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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 did Ukraine’s chequered past lead to the impeachment of president Trump? 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00The brothers and sisters separated by the care system 17:40The judge taking up the Supreme Court presidency as tensions with the government simmer. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00The Queen agrees transition for Harry and Meghan. 18:303/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
| 18:00UK, France and Germany make fresh attempt to rein in Iran's nuclear plans 18:302/4Malcolm is jealous after Ramesh starts flirting in the shop.
| 18:00The government defends its Flybe rescue deal as airline and rail rivals complain 18:302/4Nina Wadia and Elis James join Joe Lycett to share their obsessions.
| 18:00Deaths from sepsis have been under-estimated and it kills more people than cancer 18:303/13Sarah Millican's panel show with two winners - Average Jolene and Maverick Matilda.
| 18:00Iran's supreme leader has defended the military over a plane it shot down by mistake 18:302/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Nish Kumar
| 18:00A senior South Yorkshire Police office is found to have ignored sexual abuse allegations. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Boris Johnson says the whole country wishes Prince Harry and Meghan the very best 18:15Writer and comedian Helen Lederer picks the best of BBC radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00There’s an embarrassing misunderstanding for Alistair 19:15John talks to Oscar nominees including Florence Pugh, Charlize Theron and Jonathan Pryce 19:456/10Elizabeth has a baby. The Native Americans want to know how long the colonists will stay.
| 19:15Michael B Jordan & Jamie Foxx, Spotlight directory, TS Eliot Prize winner Roger Robinson 19:457/10Ben has disappeared - so a search party of formed which takes them deep into the forest.
| 19:00Shula is touched by some kind words 19:15Three Australian writers on of artists' response to the country's relationship with fire 19:458/10Matthew is furious when he is defied. Sarah is falling for Saul but Ben has found out.
| 19:00Kate attempts to practise what she preaches. 19:15Charlize Theron on playing a Fox News presenter who outs her CEO for sexual harassment 19:459/10Chickens are disappearing from the coop at night, and Sarah and Saul investigate.
| 19:00Alistair shows his support 19:15Chimerica playwright Lucy Kirkwood, and Terrence Malick's latest film A Hidden Life 19:4510/10Sarah plans to escape Matthew and return to England with Saul. But he has a secret.
| 19:00The judge taking up the Supreme Court presidency as tensions with the government simmer. 19:15Three Beckett plays, Bombshell, Avenue 5, American Dirt, Tullio Crali.
| 19:00Ian is determined to uncover the truth 19:152/6From the mind of Jon Holmes comes topical satire like you've never heard it before. 19:452/5No One Called Her Angel. A five-part reading for Radio 4 written by Louise Welsh.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Natasha is 38. She wants to have a baby but is struggling to find a non-white egg donor. 20:30'We lived with wolves' says 90 year old Galina - a witness to life before Chernobyl.
| 20:00The brothers and sisters separated by the care system 20:40Peter White looks at the role smaller charities play in helping blind people.
| 20:001/3The Fix looks at the issue of debt and why it is such an intractable problem for the UK. 20:45Anna Della Subin takes a journey with a man once worshipped as a living god.
| 20:00The government wants an infrastructure revolution in the north. How will it do that? 20:30A third of takeovers in the UK are by foreign companies. A welcome boost or a problem?
| 20:00Chris Mason chairs topical debate from Belfast's Assembly Buildings Conference Centre 20:50Following the death of Sir Roger Scruton, a chance to listen again to one of his talks.
| 20:00A look back at Chicago's underground feminist abortion service.
| 20:00Quantifying justice in Japan, the cost of Brexit, alligator speed and Liverpool FC's luck 20:30Matthew Bannister on a philosopher, a Sultan, a brewer, an actress
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| 21:00 | 21:00A doctor and their patient come together to tell the story of a single diagnosis. 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Daniel Susskind, Suzi Gage, Anoosh Chakelian and Sir John Strang
| 21:00Bucket lists; depression; how altruism can alleviate pain 21:30Susannah Maidment tells Jim how she came to be a world authority on stegosaurs
| 21:00Why a mental health diagnosis can carry its own health warning. 21:30How the Kinks classic 'Days' has touched peoples lives.
| 21:00Reproducibility crisis in science, Aeolus wind-measuring satellite, and electric cars. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Paris under Prussian siege and then under the Commune
| 21:00Reflections on the modern pioneers of the environmental movement.
| 21:001/4The immortal wanderer William Palmer has to fight the malevolent Mr Speed. 21:4510/10Harry prays for his daughter - before returning to his old ways.
| 21:00The students told to pay council tax, even though they are exempt under the law. 21:25Simon Mayo makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Virtual Doctors 21:30A third of takeovers in the UK are by foreign companies. A welcome boost or a problem?
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| 22:00 | 22:00Detention of Rob Macaire a "flagrant violation of international law" 22:451/10George Bowling, an overweight, married, middle-aged insurance salesman surveys his life.
| 22:00Britain, France and Germany say Tehran is breaking 2015 nuclear deal 22:452/10George Bowling recalls his early years up to the First World War.
| 22:00President’s impeachment trial expected to start on Tuesday 21 Jan 22:453/10George Bowling tells us about his school days and how he tried to join his first gang.
| 22:00Charges read out in US Senate and presiding judge sworn in 22:454/10George Bowling tells us about his first love, fishing.
| 22:00Attempt to end civil war between UN-backed government and rebel forces 22:455/10George Bowling tells us about his first love, Elsie.
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:151/3The Fix looks at the issue of debt and why it is such an intractable problem for the UK.
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen returns to explore how metaphors shape our lives with author James Geary. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Frank Skinner to discuss the science of laughter. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:002/6From the mind of Jon Holmes comes topical satire like you've never heard it before. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:001/4Return of Richard Herring’s sitcom about extended family. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Kurt Vonnegut on Kurt Vonnegut, with a little help from Josie Long 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament 23:55Two former colleagues compare notes on their working lives as BAME policemen.
| 23:00Radio's most fiendish quiz, with cryptic questions on unpredictable fields of knowledge 23:30For the 200th anniversary of John Clare's poems, a look at the music and songs he gathered
| 23:00The man behind the Joker. 23:30Arguing can have a bad press: Mark Tully discusses the benefits of a good argument.
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