| 00:00 | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Nudity - its cultural history and changing meaning. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the Church of St Matthew, Chapel Allerton, Leeds 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:301/5Dr Adam Rutherford deploys science as a weapon against prejudice. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:302/5Dr Adam Rutherford deploys science as a weapon against prejudice. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:303/5Dr Adam Rutherford deploys science as a weapon against prejudice. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:304/5Dr Adam Rutherford deploys science as a weapon against prejudice. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:305/5Dr Adam Rutherford deploys science as a weapon against prejudice. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30A teenage girl prepares for the day when the sparrows will take her heart away 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.
| 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. 05:43Reflection and prayer to begin the day, with Rev Cheryl Meban. 05:45We take a tour round the newest mustard powder mill in the world. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Wildlife artist Jane Smith is captivated by a party of ringed plovers on a beach.
| 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. 05:45Farmers around the country have been clearing up after Storm Ciara. 05:58Wildlife artist Jane Smith waits anxiously for a returning whitethroat.
| 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. 05:45Wildlife groups pledge to continue efforts to reduce the impact of HS2 on the environment. 05:58Ecologist Penny Anderson describes the flamboyant ducks that visit her garden.
| 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. 05:45Catch App - a smart new way to monitor fish stocks or a disaster for small fishing boats? 05:58Musician Fyfe Dangerfield enjoys watching his son chasing one of our most common birds.
| 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. 05:45There's a new secretary of state at Defra. We gauge reaction to the appointment. 05:58Actor and birdwatcher Samuel West on the wheezy song of the stocky bullfinch.
| 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 writer Catherine Fox 05:452/6How does love affect our brain?
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from St John’s Church in Sidcup in the county of Kent. 05:45Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer within just five years of becoming an MP.
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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. 06:07Steve Backshall and Helen Glover walk with Clare Balding on Winter Hill in Berkshire. 06:30From potatoes to apples - how is our produce kept fresh? 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news headlines. 06:05Mark Tully compares those who leave religions with those who stay despite their doubts. 06:35Sea aagles and black grouse share a farm with Angus MacFadyen and his blackface sheep. 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. 07:54Musician H Patten makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Music in Detention. 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 reflecting on contemporary works of art in churches in the UK, with Ben Quash. 08:48Sarah Dunant discusses the relationship between disease and the culture of history. 08:58Writer Amy Liptrot discusses how hooded crows in Berlin remind her of her youth.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Sinclair McKay, Edmund de Waal, Stefanie Bolzen and Sasha Havlicek 09:451/5Dr Adam Rutherford deploys science as a weapon against prejudice.
| 09:00The invention of the optical fibres that makes ultra-fast broadband possible. 09:30What should a Supreme Court look like? Architect Elsie Owusu talks to Lady Hale 09:452/5Dr Adam Rutherford deploys science as a weapon against prejudice.
| 09:003/3The making of the radical poet William Wordsworth 250 years after his birth. 3. Somerset 09:302/6How does love affect our brain? 09:453/5Dr Adam Rutherford deploys science as a weapon against prejudice.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Germanic tribes' destruction of three Roman legions. 09:454/5Dr Adam Rutherford deploys science as a weapon against prejudice.
| 09:00Zoe Ball, broadcaster, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne 09:455/5Dr Adam Rutherford deploys science as a weapon against prejudice.
| 09:00Nurse and slam poet Molly Case; Robert Carlyle's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Why does talking about feeling lonely still prove so difficult? 10:456/10Who is the old woman found in the snow? PC Hayley Morton is desperate to know.
| 10:00The duo behind podcast Dirty Mother Pukka discuss long-term relationships 10:457/10Who is the old woman found in the snow? Finally someone offers up some information.
| 10:00Anya Taylor-Joy on taking on the role of Emma. Yvette Cooper MP. Teenage culture in '70's 10:418/10Who is the old woman found in the snow? Lee gets a call from the police. 10:55Mother and daughter discuss the streak of poor mental health that runs in the family.
| 10:00Casting directors, the Equal Pay Act at 50, Shohreh Bayat, teenage histories - the 1980s. 10:459/10Lee goes to hospital to see if the woman found in the snow in a park is his mother.
| 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world 10:4510/10Who is the woman found in the snow? Joe goes back to the ICU to see his old friend Marion.
| 10:30The 'scourge' of the scrambler bikes in WA2 0.
| 10:00Chris puts his foot in it and Freddie makes a worrying discovery
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| 11:00 | 11:00Grace Dent tells the story of a homecoming, 8 years in the making 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00Gavin Haynes heads into the eye of the moral storms gripping some unlikely communities. 11:30Why don’t we all know more about African American country music legend Charley Pride?
| 11:00Immie Rhodes wants people to be properly housed, not in an ugly office block 11:304/4Playing a long-married couple, Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam reminisce about their past.
| 11:00Changes to Russia's constitution might mean Vladimir Putin aims to stay in power forever. 11:30Cathy FitzGerald tries her hand at ghostwriting love letters.
| 11:002/3Paul Gambaccini traces the history of the Oscars and tells the story behind winning films 11:30Henry Normal with his occasional series to tackle love.
| 11:00Radio 4's assessment of developments at Westminster with Anne McElvoy of the Economist. 11:30Unlike Sicily, Malta was once an island free of Mafia-style corruption, but not any more.
| 11:15Ian Wright, former footballer, 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. 12:041/10As bombs fall on London, plans are made for the safety of two young princesses. 12:18Plans to tighten the rules on people who sell cosmetic facial fillers 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:042/10MI5 agent Miss Celia Nashe escorts “Ellen” and “Mary” to Ireland. 12:18What's it like being in a step-family? Email youandyours@bbc.co.uk. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:043/10Strafford and Celia explore the Duke of Edenmore’s estate. 12:18Do those who've been flooded get fair treatment from insurers? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:044/10Celia and Strafford reach an understanding. 12:18Sending money to the wrong bank account. Carers who want to work. Growing food cheaply. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:045/10An intruder is apprehended at Clonmillis Hall. 12:18What to know when buying a second-hand electric car; plus how fraud affects mental health. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Should the unwed lose out on a benefit paid to married people? 12:306/8A 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. 12:041/6Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests. 12:32Sheila Dillon puts your questions on child obesity related health to an expert panel. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:451/10Historic conversations between men and women reveal new truths about today's gender issues
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:452/10Historic conversations between men and women reveal new truths about today's gender issues
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:453/10Historic conversations between men and women reveal new truths about today's gender issues
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:454/10Historic conversations between men and women reveal new truths about today's gender issues
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:455/10Historic conversations between men and women reveal new truths about today's gender issues
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Chris Mason presents topical debate from the Lemon Tree in Aberdeen.
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Pupils fighting deprivation, renewable richness, mental illness, Jersey's buses, and rats.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Alice reels from the latest gossip 14:153/9Food. A story of betrayal dramatised from the work of Emile Zola by Oliver Emanuel.
| 14:154/94. Politics. A story of power dramatised from the work of Emile Zola by Oliver Emanuel.
| 14:155/9Drink. A story of addiction dramatised from the work of Emile Zola by Oliver Emanuel.
| 14:00Chris puts his foot in it 14:156/9Art by Martin Jameson. A struggling artist dreams of creating new art in Paris.
| 14:00Jakob’s behaviour causes concern 14:157/9Masterpiece. Artist Claude's obsession to create 'the' masterpiece wreaks havoc.
| 14:00Boris Johnson has reshuffled his cabinet. Are you happy about who’s in and who’s out? 14:45Gerald Scarfe meets photographer Paul Conroy
| 14:00Kathy Clugston and the team are in Winsford, Cheshire. 14:45The Omnibus edition - with three positive conversations about dealing with mental illness.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Radio's most fiendish quiz, with cryptic questions on unpredictable fields of knowledge 15:30Sheila Dillon speaks to children and young people seeking solutions to obesity in the UK.
| 15:00Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show from Rye. 15:301/3Nick Spencer examines the historical relationship between science and religion.
| 15:00How do you get the best broadband deals? Louise Cooper finds out. 15:30Coronavirus; Breakfast; Women and Heart Attacks; Personal digital assistants.
| 15:00Steve Backshall and Helen Glover walk with Clare Balding on Winter Hill in Berkshire. 15:27Julie Walters makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Tropical Health and Education Trust 15:30Marian Keyes on new novel Grown Ups
| 15:00Kathy Clugston and the team are in Winsford, Cheshire. 15:45A teenage girl prepares for the day when the sparrows will take her heart away
| 15:00A Creole heiress weds a dashing Englishman and their troubles begin.
| 15:001/6Does bad blood seep through the familial fault lines?
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| 16:00 | 16:00Author Jan Carson with stories from a changing sea between Scotland and Northern Ireland. 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince enter the bizarre world of Quantum Physics
| 16:00Michael talks to comedian Sindhu Vee about her life in language. 16:30Sarah Phelps and Dane Baptiste talk to Harriett Gilbert about books they love.
| 16:00Water: a cultural as well as a natural substance. 16:30As Spotify makes another acquisition, how podcasts went mainstream.
| 16:00Ken Russell's Dance of the Seven Veils 16:30Ordnance Survey - 220-year-old tech company, synthetic voices and personality test.
| 16:00Julian Worricker on a politician, a teacher, a criminologist, a mercenary. 16:30Covid-19 stats, spreading jam far and wide, cooking with AI, plus James Wong on vegetables 16:55Muslim friends call for a change in attitude towards mental health in their community.
| 16:00Anya Taylor-Joy, who plays Emma in the new film adaptation, and director Autumn De Wilde.
| 16:00Isabel Allende, Magic Realism, The Foundling 16:30The story of the Welsh poet Hedd Wyn, killed at Passchendaele in 1917.
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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. 17:30Should a post-Brexit Britain’s business culture be more like the US or the EU? 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00The story of the Post Office IT scandal 17:40Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer within just five years of becoming an MP. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00GP practice in Brighton closes after staff member contracted coronavirus. 18:301/6Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Following the publication of his diaries, Arthur Dent’s hopes for a seclusion evaporate.
| 18:00Police charge a 52 year-old man with the murder of the journalist, Lyra McKee 18:302/4Alex Edelman discusses how we all live in different bubbles.
| 18:00Former Chancellor said he couldn't accept conditions given for his remaining in office. 18:307/13Sarah Millican's hit panel show with two winners - Average Jolene and Maverick Matilda.
| 18:00The High Court says the police response into allegedly transphobic tweets was unlawful. 18:306/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Nish Kumar
| 18:00Soldiers have been brought in to help as Storm Dennis hits the UK, causing travel chaos. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Police declare major incident in South Wales because of flooding from Storm Dennis. 18:15Testament chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Art Deco By The Sea, The Whip - Juliet Gilkes Romero, Meet The Family - Catherine Bray 19:456/10Who is the old woman found in the snow? PC Hayley Morton is desperate to know.
| 19:15Tom Stoppard on Leopoldstadt, two decades of Steve McQueen works, South Korean film guide. 19:457/10Who is the old woman found in the snow? Finally someone offers up some information.
| 19:00Chris puts his foot in it 19:15Geeta Pendse hosts Front Row from Leicester 19:458/10Who is the old woman found in the snow? Lee gets a call from the police.
| 19:00Jakob’s behaviour causes concern 19:15David Mitchell on The Upstart Crow, and opera singer Elizabeth Llewellyn. 19:459/10Lee goes to hospital to see if the woman found in the snow in a park is his mother.
| 19:00Freddie makes a worrying discovery 19:15Eleanor Catton on her screenplay for Emma. James Taylor on his album American Standard. 19:4510/10Who is the woman found in the snow? Joe goes back to the ICU to see his old friend Marion.
| 19:00Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer within just five years of becoming an MP. 19:15Stoppard -Leopoldstadt, Emma, Philip Hensher, Steve McQueen at Tate Modern, The End
| 19:00Johnny’s emotions get the better of him 19:156/6From the mind of Jon Holmes comes topical satire like you've never heard it before. 19:451/4Blackout by Julian Simpson. What happens in London when internet and power shut down?
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| 20:00 | 20:00Immie Rhodes wants people to be properly housed, not in an ugly office block 20:30The government spends billions on early years education - but what good is it doing?
| 20:00The story of the Post Office IT scandal 20:40What might the legalisation of new e-scooters on our roads mean for blind pedestrians?
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. 20:452/6How does love affect our brain?
| 20:00Sinn Féin recorded a historic result in the Irish election. Why? 20:30Should a post-Brexit Britain’s business culture be more like the US or the EU?
| 20:00Chris Mason presents topical debate from the Lemon Tree in Aberdeen. 20:50Sarah Dunant discusses the relationship between disease and the culture of history.
| 20:00John Lloyd uncovers the private papers of the late Douglas Adams.
| 20:00Covid-19 stats, spreading jam far and wide, cooking with AI, plus James Wong on vegetables 20:30Julian Worricker on a politician, a teacher, a criminologist, a mercenary.
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| 21:00 | 21:00The innovation in trauma science that's saving the lives of bleeding trauma patients. 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Sinclair McKay, Edmund de Waal, Stefanie Bolzen and Sasha Havlicek
| 21:00Coronavirus; Breakfast; Women and Heart Attacks; Personal digital assistants. 21:30The invention of the optical fibres that makes ultra-fast broadband possible.
| 21:00Jolyon Jenkins meets the men trying to build free energy machines in their garages. 21:303/3The making of the radical poet William Wordsworth 250 years after his birth. 3. Somerset
| 21:00Ordnance Survey - 220-year-old tech company, synthetic voices and personality test. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Germanic tribes' destruction of three Roman legions.
| 21:00Historic conversations between men and women reveal new truths about today's gender issues
| 21:001/5By Lloyd Peters. The chip shop is currently run by Poles. Victor's nephew's wife hates him 21:451/8By Nick Walker. Annika flies north to investigate a strange death in Spitsbergen.
| 21:00Should the unwed lose out on a benefit paid to married people? 21:25Musician H Patten makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Music in Detention. 21:30The government spends billions on early years education - but what good is it doing?
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| 22:00 | 22:00Boris Johnson expected to say the whole of the railway is needed 22:451/10As bombs fall on London, plans are made for the safety of two young princesses.
| 22:00Omar al-Bashir faces charges of war crimes and genocide 22:452/10MI5 agent Miss Celia Nashe escorts “Ellen” and “Mary” to Ireland.
| 22:00Proposal was fiercely opposed by conservative factions within the Church 22:453/10Strafford and Celia explore the Duke of Edenmore’s estate.
| 22:00Rishi Sunak takes over – 6 Cabinet Ministers sacked in reshuffle 22:454/10Celia and Strafford reach an understanding.
| 22:00Club found guilty of breaching UEFA's financial fair play regulations 22:455/10An intruder is apprehended at Clonmillis Hall.
| 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 talks to conversation analyst Elizabeth Stokoe about the science of talk. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince enter the bizarre world of Quantum Physics 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:006/6From 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
| 23:00Roxy Dunn and Joz Norris on belonging to the strange and rudderless Generation Y. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Sarah Phelps and Dane Baptiste talk to Harriett Gilbert about books they love. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament 23:55Friends recall growing up in Belfast, coping with mental trauma and the power of talking.
| 23:00Radio's most fiendish quiz, with cryptic questions on unpredictable fields of knowledge 23:30Alan Dein speaks to strangers around the world about life on and off the road.
| 23:00Ken Russell's Dance of the Seven Veils 23:30Mark Tully compares those who leave religions with those who stay despite their doubts.
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