| 00:00 | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Hidden gay lives, from Polari to true crime stories. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from All Saints and Saint Lawrence, Evesham in Worcestershire. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:301/5Exquisite, clear-eyed essays on archaeology, nature and memory by the poet Kathleen Jamie. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:302/5Exquisite, clear-eyed essays on archaeology, nature and memory by the poet Kathleen Jamie. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:303/5Exquisite, clear-eyed essays on archaeology, nature and memory by the poet Kathleen Jamie. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:304/5Exquisite, clear-eyed essays on archaeology, nature and memory by the poet Kathleen Jamie. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:305/5Exquisite, clear-eyed essays on memory, archaeology and nature by the poet Kathleen Jamie. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30An original short story by Damian Barr, 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 Dr Rachel Mann. 05:45Peat is the UK's biggest carbon store. So what can be done to preserve and restore it? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58John Aitchison presents the Slavonian grebe.
| 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 Dr Rachel Mann. 05:45What would a Canada style trade deal mean for UK agriculture? 05:58Chris Packham presents the Madagascan Harrier-hawk from Madagascar.
| 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 Dr Rachel Mann. 05:45A new report reveals concerns over the impact of using human sewage as fertiliser. 05:58Chris Packham presents the wedge-tailed shearwater of the Indian and Pacific oceans.
| 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 Dr Rachel Mann. 05:45How much do we know about the welfare standards of the meat we import to the UK? 05:58Chris Packham presents the greater rhea roaming the South American pampas.
| 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 Dr Rachel Mann. 05:45Will the new Office for Environmental Protection be up to the job? 05:58Chris Packham presents the Atlantic canary, singing in the Tenerife treetops.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Reflection and prayer to begin the day, with Rev Cheryl Meban.
| 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 Church of St Matthew, Chapel Allerton, Leeds 05:45The Syrian filmmaker exposing the horrors of life and death in war-torn Aleppo.
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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. 06:07Helen Mark visits the national centre for folk arts which sits in the Quantock Hills. 06:30Caz Graham is in the Lake District, finding out about peat. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news headlines. 06:05Mark Tully discusses the use of dance and movement as worship. 06:35Caz Graham meets the Erringtons, Scotland's first family of cheese 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 presents the week's religious, moral and ethical news and current affairs. 07:54Julie Walters makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Tropical Health and Education Trust 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 exploring the Beatitudes and stories of redemption from St Aldates, Oxford. 08:48Will Self bemoans the ever-increasing difficulty of finding a bit of peace and quiet. 08:58Wildlife artist Jane Smith reveals why for her, snipe symbolise the sound of the Hebrides.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Sir Antonio Pappano, Dame Mary Beard and An Van Camp. 09:451/5Exquisite, clear-eyed essays on archaeology, nature and memory by the poet Kathleen Jamie.
| 09:00The 2019 Nobel Prize-winner Sir Peter Ratcliffe on living with low oxygen. 09:30What happens when you suffer information overload? Writer Tim Parks embraces idleness. 09:452/5Exquisite, clear-eyed essays on archaeology, nature and memory by the poet Kathleen Jamie.
| 09:002/3The making of the radical poet William Wordsworth 250 years after his birth. 2. France 09:453/5Exquisite, clear-eyed essays on archaeology, nature and memory by the poet Kathleen Jamie.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the celebrated French novelist, her life and work. 09:454/5Exquisite, clear-eyed essays on archaeology, nature and memory by the poet Kathleen Jamie.
| 09:00Sonita Alleyne shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne 09:455/5Exquisite, clear-eyed essays on memory, archaeology and nature by the poet Kathleen Jamie.
| 09:00Weightlifter Jenny Tong and Ainsley Harriot's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Post Brexit what can women expect from British politics? 10:451/10Two boys out sledging discover the body of an old woman in the snow - what led her here?
| 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world 10:452/10Marion has gone missing from her care home.
| 10:00Modern domestic service; Mud and Mascara in women's rugby; Teenagers across the decades 10:413/10Marion meets Zoe on the train. 10:55Friends and fellow comedians on the ups and downs of being a part of the comedy community.
| 10:00Should more be being done to welcome fathers onto maternity wards? 10:454/10Marion is in Bridlington making her way to 24 Kildare Road.
| 10:00Frankie Bridge, Women's Liberation 2020, 'The Gift' 10:455/10Paramedics Ozzy and Ned wait for a call out on a snowy January day.
| 10:30Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show from Rye.
| 10:00Kirsty attempts to keep the peace and Kate makes her presence felt.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Grace follows the story of the owner of a family business at the crossroads over Brexit. 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00The innovation in trauma science that's saving the lives of bleeding trauma patients. 11:30A studio in London where survivors of torture are using art to help with their recovery
| 11:00Nick Robinson explores Boris Johnson's political beliefs through interviews with insiders. 11:303/4Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam play a long-married couple, trying to cope with his knee op.
| 11:00A visit to north west France just days before Britain's goodbye to the European Union. 11:30Guto Harri explores the event that shaped Welsh art and literature for a generation.
| 11:001/3Paul Gambaccini traces the history of the Oscars and tells the story behind winning films 11:30Sitcom set in a futuristic Britain starring Paterson Joseph as Napoleon Moon.
| 11:00Radio 4's assessment of developments at Westminster with Tom Newton Dunn of The Sun. 11:30South Africa's former president attempts to sidestep a corruption trial with a sick note.
| 11:15Zoe Ball, broadcaster, 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. 12:046/10By Robert Harris. Shadwell has been arrested for heresy. 12:18The end of Dry January, getting an MOT, building your home your own way. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:047/10By Robert Harris. Plans are made for an excavation at The Devil’s Chair. 12:18Did you fail to keep your New Year's resolution? Tell us why. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:048/10By Robert Harris. Could there be a spy in the camp? 12:18Why the standard of French bread may not be as good as it once was. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:049/10By Robert Harris. Fairfax is troubled by the secret he shares with Sarah. 12:18Tenants in cold homes. New travel insurance guidance. Choosing the wrong pet breed. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:0410/10By Robert Harris. Hancock has blasted his way into the underground chamber. 12:18Why we're eating more wild and exotic mushrooms. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Young adults taken to court for debts rises by 30%, the bankless town, and online dating 12:305/8A 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. 12:046/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game. 12:32Sheila Dillon speaks to children and young people seeking solutions to obesity in the UK. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45‘We were on a machine of people who could see dollar signs’
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45'Entrepreneurship requires infinite learning'
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45'Start a business because you have a passion for something.'
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Temie Giwa-Tubosun on setting up LifeBank, a company that has saved 6,936 in Nigeria.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45John and Irene Hays bought 555 Thomas Cook stores last year. They tell Kamal and Rohan why
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate from Winchester University.
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Anne McElvoy talks to key figures inside the 2019 general election campaign.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Kirsty attempts to keep the peace 14:151804 sees chaos when a French warship is wrecked in Hartlepool. Stars Michael Palin.
| 14:00Kate makes her presence felt 14:15The weirdest of HP Lovecraft's stories is true. By Sara Davies and Abigail Youngman.
| 14:15Hong Kong writer Mr Chan fails to arrive at Heathrow. His daughter sets out to find him.
| 14:00Lee has a confession to make 14:15Cain murdered Abel. Marcus just wants younger brother Maynard under his thumb.
| 14:00There’s more bad news at Brookfield 14:15Sabina contemplates becoming a single mother, despite what her community might think.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:451/9Animals by Dan Rebellato. Biting humour and tragedy infuse in epic family drama.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston and the panel are in Dumfries and Galloway. 14:45Three conversations about tattoos, voice communication and harsh comedy environments.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe hosts radio's most fiendish quiz 15:30Sheila Dillon meets baking guru, TV judge and home-cooking champion, Mary Berry
| 15:00Jay Rayner hosts a film-themed edition of the culinary panel show. 15:30Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence explore historical connections to today's big issues.
| 15:00How to afford a dream wedding on a tight budget? Charmaine Cozier and guests find out. 15:30James Gallagher on the virus almost nobody's heard of, Respiratory Syncytial Virus or RSV.
| 15:00Helen Mark visits the national centre for folk arts which sits in the Quantock Hills. 15:27Mariella Frostrup makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust. 15:30James Meek on his novel The People's Act of Love. James Naughtie presents.
| 15:00Kathy Clugston and the panel are in Dumfries and Galloway. 15:45An original short story by Damian Barr, inspired by this week's news.
| | 15:00A young writer meets a famous US Senator at a party and something goes terribly wrong.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Stories of homelessness shared as an art project. 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Ed Byrne to look at the science of fire.
| 16:00Michael Rosen talks to conversation analyst Elizabeth Stokoe about the science of talk. 16:30Syima Aslam and Stig Abell talk to Harriett Gilbert about books they love.
| 16:00Nudity - its cultural history and changing meaning. 16:30Boris Johnson is accused of avoiding journalists and making his own videos
| 16:00Director Bong Joon-ho on Parasite. 16:30Solar Orbiter launch; Mutational signatures in cancer; paleo-oncology
| 16:00Julian Worricker on a theatre director, a wine marketer, a politician, an actor. 16:30Costing counter-terrorism, interrogating tomatoes, the UK's reading age, politics and GDP 16:55Friends using voice communication devices to speak, discuss the dating scene at college.
| 16:15Highlights from the Woman's Hour week.
| 16:00Marian Keyes on new novel Grown Ups 16:30Who are the noisiest writers? Cathy FitzGerald listens in on fictional soundscapes.
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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. 17:30Synthetic Biology - what is it and why is the government investing in its future? 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00An investigation into the use of sewage sludge as fertiliser on agricultural land. 17:40The Syrian filmmaker exposing the horrors of life and death in war-torn Aleppo. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00It follows two attacks by men convicted of terrorism offences in recent months. 18:306/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
| 18:00Car manufacturers say the Government's decision threatens jobs and the industry. 18:30Phil Wang Wangsplains the contentious topics of our time.
| 18:00Chinese citizens face further restrictions; WHO appeals for funds to tackle the outbreak 18:301/4Award-winning comedian Alex Edelman uses his peer group to discuss the concept of "cool".
| 18:00The Chinese ambassador in London has asked the UK to reverse its travel advice. 18:306/13Sarah Millican's hit panel show with two winners - Average Jolene and Maverick Matilda.
| 18:00Coronavirus: rare scenes of public anger in China after death of whistleblower doctor 18:305/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Nish Kumar
| 18:005 people contract the virus in the Alps from a Briton who had travelled to Singapore 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Storm Ciara causes flooding, power-cuts and widespread transport disruption. 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Kate makes her presence felt 19:15Tom Hanks on A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, artists and risk, Brexit dance piece. 19:451/10Two boys out sledging discover the body of an old woman in the snow - what led her here?
| 19:15Korean film Parasite, up for 3 Oscars, reviewed. Eimar McBride on her novel Strange Hotel. 19:452/10Marion has gone missing from her care home.
| 19:00Lee has a confession to make 19:15Which artist has taken the biggest risks since 2000? Our panel give their verdict
| 19:00There’s more bad news at Brookfield 19:15Kirk Douglas tribute, author Daniel Kehlmann, American Dirt controversy. 19:454/10Marion is in Bridlington making her way to 24 Kildare Road.
| 19:00There’s a shock for Alice 19:15Screenwriter Sarah Phelps on Agatha Christie, and We Will Walk. 19:455/10Paramedics Ozzy and Ned wait for a call out on a snowy January day.
| 19:00The Syrian filmmaker exposing the horrors of life and death in war-torn Aleppo. 19:15Agnieszka Holland's film Mr Jones starring James Norton and Vanessa Kirby assessed
| 19:00Alice reels from the latest gossip 19:155/6From the mind of Jon Holmes comes topical satire like you've never heard it before. 19:455/5No One Called Her Angel. A five-part reading for Radio 4 written by Louise Welsh.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Abi Blake was beaten to within an inch of her life: she wants to help protect other women. 20:30Will a combination of data and artificial intelligence transform the future of the NHS?
| 20:00An investigation into the use of sewage sludge as fertiliser on agricultural land. 20:40The BBC pauses the closure of the Red Button text service; VSO work for blind volunteers.
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
| 20:00What can be done to stop another convicted terrorist attacking again? 20:30Synthetic Biology - what is it and why is the government investing in its future?
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate from Winchester University. 20:50Will Self bemoans the ever-increasing difficulty of finding a bit of peace and quiet.
| 20:00Andrea Levy speaks candidly about her writing life and her impending death.
| 20:00Costing counter-terrorism, interrogating tomatoes, the UK's reading age, politics and GDP 20:30Julian Worricker on a theatre director, a wine marketer, a politician, an actor.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Ian Acheson examines whether the London Bridge attack could have been prevented. 21:30Andrew Marr with Sir Antonio Pappano, Dame Mary Beard and An Van Camp.
| 21:00James Gallagher on the virus almost nobody's heard of, Respiratory Syncytial Virus or RSV. 21:30The 2019 Nobel Prize-winner Sir Peter Ratcliffe on living with low oxygen.
| 21:00Jolyon Jenkins meets rebels not paying their tax because they think the Queen is a traitor 21:302/3The making of the radical poet William Wordsworth 250 years after his birth. 2. France
| 21:00Solar Orbiter launch; Mutational signatures in cancer; paleo-oncology 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the celebrated French novelist, her life and work.
| 21:00Omnibus: Historian Ben Macintyre on guile in war, from the Old Testament to modern times.
| 21:004/4by Sebastian Baczkiewicz. It's time for Pilgrim's showdown with Birdie at Merlin's lake. 21:45By Nick Walker. Annika and Mikel race against time to find a kidnapped girl.
| 21:00Young adults taken to court for debts rises by 30%, the bankless town, and online dating 21:25Julie Walters makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Tropical Health and Education Trust 21:30Will a combination of data and artificial intelligence transform the future of the NHS?
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| 22:00 | 22:00Suddesh Amman stabbed 2 people on south London high street yesterday 22:456/10By Robert Harris. Shadwell has been arrested for heresy.
| 22:00Boris Johnson publicising UN climate summit to be held in Glasgow in November 22:457/10By Robert Harris. Plans are made for an excavation at The Devil’s Chair.
| 22:00Mitt Romney is only Republican Senator to vote against President 22:458/10By Robert Harris. Could there be a spy in the camp?
| 22:00Dr Li Wenliang was accused by police of "spreading rumours" 22:459/10By Robert Harris. Fairfax is troubled by the secret he shares with Sarah.
| 22:00Millions express anger over how the authorities treated a doctor who tried to raise alarm 22:4510/10By Robert Harris. Hancock has blasted his way into the underground chamber.
| 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 | 23:00Michael Rosen on how the NHS chooses words on its website and in consultants' letters. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Ed Byrne to look at the science of fire. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:005/6From 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
| 23:004/4Ken gets tech help from his grandkids, Chloe goes into early labour and Ian is fretting. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Syima Aslam and Stig Abell talk to Harriett Gilbert about books they love. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament 23:55Mother and daughter talk about their close relationship through the prism of tattoos.
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe hosts radio's most fiendish quiz 23:30Alan Dein connects with strangers across the world, exploring the question of identity.
| 23:00Director Bong Joon-ho on Parasite. 23:30Mark Tully discusses the use of dance and movement as worship.
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