| 00:00 | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The evolution of our contemporary idea of emotions and how they play out in politics. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the Church of St Michael, Southampton, Hampshire 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:301/5Lamorna Ash's evocative memoir about Cornwall and fishing. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:302/5In her memoir Lamorna Ash is on board a fishing trawler, and experiences her first haul. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:303/5In Lamorna Ash's memoir a hard day lies ahead on the high seas. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:304/5In Lamorna Ash's memoir, surprising things are found in the fishing trawler's nets. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:305/5In Lamorna Ash's evocative memoir, there is one last wonder on board the fishing trawler. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Nikesh Patel reads an original short work for radio by Ben Halls. 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 Father Jim O'Keefe 05:45How Covid19's affecting milk supplies and farm tourism in Scotland. Reviving Shire horses. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines listens to competing Song Thrushes.
| 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 Father Jim O'Keefe 05:45We hear about the effect the Covid-19 crisis is having on the fishing industry. 05:58Avian vet Richard Jones introduces the bird that inspired his career.
| 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 Father Jim O'Keefe 05:45How flexible can our food supply chain be in the face of COVID-19. 05:58Avian vet Richard Jones introduces a strange tale involving the world's largest falcon.
| 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 Father Jim O'Keefe 05:45Farmers raise concerns about people using public footpaths through farm yards. 05:58BirdLife International's Sue Patterson on the great spotted woodpecker.
| 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 Father Jim O'Keefe 05:45To open or close? The dilemma facing farmers' markets; a veg grower's audio diary; deer. 05:58Author James Henry picks the yellowhammer for his Tweet of the Day.
| 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 Krish Kandiah. 05:45Marks Coles looks at the life and music of the Polish pianist.
| 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 All Saints, Stand in Whitefield 05:45Psychologist Louise Pendry reflects on the impact of ageing on her identity.
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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. 06:07Clare Balding walks across the Malverns with the Herefordshire Interfaith Group. 06:30How is coronavirus impacting rural lives and businesses? 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news headlines. 06:05Mark Tully examines the nature of religious visions and visionaries. 06:35Miranda Krestovnikoff searches for the mysterious wading bird, the woodcock 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. 07:54Steph McGovern makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of In2Science UK 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 Passion Sunday lead by Canon Dr Jennifer Smith of Wesley's Chapel, London. 08:48Sarah Dunant on how imagination will be a vital tool to deal with social distancing. 08:58Kate Humble presents the swallow.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Greg Jenner, Catherine Fletcher and Caroline Corbeau-Parsons 09:451/5Lamorna Ash's evocative memoir about Cornwall and fishing.
| 09:00The pet shop in Aberdeen where something terrible has been happening to customers. 09:30Along mountain passes and into a besieged UN-Compound, Fran remembers East Timor in 1999. 09:452/5In her memoir Lamorna Ash is on board a fishing trawler, and experiences her first haul.
| 09:00The risks of Covid-19 for different age groups and what restrictions mean for the economy 09:302/5Rob Newman explains how dolphins were pushed out of their ancestral homes. 09:453/5In Lamorna Ash's memoir a hard day lies ahead on the high seas.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss George and Robert Stephenson and the birth of railways. 09:454/5In Lamorna Ash's memoir, surprising things are found in the fishing trawler's nets.
| 09:00Dame Helena Morrissey, campaigner, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5In Lamorna Ash's evocative memoir, there is one last wonder on board the fishing trawler.
| 09:00Sir Chris Hoy, stand up comedian Ruth Linton and Johnnie Walker's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Home Schooling, Reusable Products and Coronavirus and Girl Taken 10:451/5Electrician Tony has no idea his wife has had enough of him and wants him out of her life.
| 10:00Gardening & cultural heritage;Free school meals;Communication in a crisis;Dr Camilla Pang 10:452/5Tony assumes that he can see his children whenever he wants to, but Clare has other ideas.
| 10:00What's being done to help homeless women? 10:413/5Tony wants 50-50 access to his children, but his wife threatens to fight him all the way. 10:55Capturing the nation in conversation, in partnership with the British Library.
| 10:00Dr Jenny Harries; the gift of spare time; Dawnn Karen; Corona Diaries - Mercy Haruna 10:454/5Tony is outraged when his parenting skills are assessed during his children's visits.
| 10:00Keeping fit when isolating at home. Access to safe abortions. Playwright Lauren Gunderson 10:455/5Tony has proven himself as a father, but his wife wants a new start 200 miles away.
| 10:30The Rex cinema started in 1912, still has an interval and organ, but faces a shock in 2020
| 10:00Philip attempts to keep control and one resident makes a devastating confession.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Lexicographer Susie Dent investigates the future of English as a global lingua franca. 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00Ian Sansom meets the people daring to dream beyond their own lifespans. 11:302/3Exploring the lives, dreams and creative worlds of six 18- to 21-year-old global artists.
| 11:003/3How France is facing the challenges of liberty, fraternity and equality. Today: fraternite 11:302/2Is there such a thing as the perfect formula for marriage, or is it an outdated tradition?
| 11:00Saying no to dating is part of a growing ultraconservative social movement in Indonesia. 11:30The painter and print-maker Norman Ackroyd meets the writer Robert Macfarlane.
| 11:00Dr Oscar Duke discovers how pregnancy, birth and childcare affect the father. 11:301/4Former Humberside sergeant and stand-up comic Alfie Moore tackles real policing dilemmas.
| 11:00What would be different if 10 Downing Street rather than the Treasury ran economic policy? 11:30Stories from Singapore, the US, Britain, Germany and Antarctica on battling Covid-19.
| 11:00Brian Cox, actor, shares the soundtrack of his life. With Lauren Laverne. 11:45Nikesh Patel reads an original short work for radio by Ben Halls.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:046/15Anton Lesser reads the finale to Hilary Mantel's Booker-winning Thomas Cromwell series. 12:18Will non-essential shops close? Plus, shutdown of restaurants and coping with loneliness. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:047/15Anton Lesser reads the finale to Hilary Mantel's Booker-winning Thomas Cromwell series. 12:18Call You and Yours: How has your day-to-day life changed because of coronavirus? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:048/15Anton Lesser reads the finale to Hilary Mantel's Booker-winning Thomas Cromwell series. 12:18Coronavirus, online deliveriesand dating apart. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:049/15Anton Lesser reads the finale to Hilary Mantel's Booker-winning Thomas Cromwell series. 12:18Care home urge hospitality staff to join them, plus living in lockdown after a flood. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:0410/15Anton Lesser reads the final book of Hilary Mantel's Booker-winning Thomas Cromwell series 12:18Mixed picture for students as some landlords enforce payment for rooms they'll never use. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04What do the latest help measures mean for the self-employed? 12:304/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are 'at home' as they present the week, with jokes. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:041/6Drama in the line of duty when Milton misunderstands the point of a Police Corruption Unit 12:32How cancer can impact our relationship with food - and why it's so important to rebuild it 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:456/10Will the promise of Hollywood money be enough to tempt a desperate man to break cover?
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:457/10A leading lawyer on child abduction offers to help, but she warns of the risks involved.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:458/10Can a hidden tracker provide the longed-for break in the search for the missing youngster?
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:459/10Investigators think they know the address. Will Reza make his move before he's confronted?
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:4510/10A desperate mother has tried so hard to find her daughter and waited so long to reunite.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Chris Mason chairs political debate from Broadcasting House London.
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Is there such a thing as a beauty bias?
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| 14:00 | 14:00Philip attempts to keep control 14:155/7Do secrets inevitably lead to violence?
| 14:15A woman confronts childhood trauma on a journey through Iraq. Written by Vivienne Harvey.
| 14:00Kirsty offers her support 14:151/2Meet Bob Trench, undercover agent, fighting to save his reputation on a tough mission.
| 14:00Robert makes an emotional gesture 14:15Lucy Gannon’s two part drama about a rural village in Ireland taken in by fraudster.
| 14:00There's an embarrassing encounter for Peggy 14:15Lucy Gannon’s two part drama about a rural village in Ireland taken in by fraudster.
| 14:00Are you working in the NHS - are you getting more of what you need?
| 14:00Peter Gibbs and the team are in North Guildford, Surrey. 14:45Two strangers Billy and John look back over the opportunities that life gave them.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe asks the cryptic questions in radio's most fiendish quiz 15:30As government updates its plans for coronavirus, Dan Saladino answers your food questions.
| 15:006/7Short documentaries about our changing climate with Josie Long. 15:30Can the Tokyo 2021 Olympics help create a greener Japan?
| 15:00What help might be available for you and your business? 15:30Margaret McCartney on COVID-19; Pneumonia; Viral Load; Trauma Care in Fort William.
| 15:00Clare Balding walks across the Malverns with the Herefordshire Interfaith Group. 15:27Matthew Bannister makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Motor Neurone Disease Association. 15:30Mariella Frostrup talks to Petina Gappah about her book, Out of Darkness, Shining Light.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs and the team are in North Guildford, Surrey. 15:45Nikesh Patel reads an original short work for radio by Ben Halls.
| 15:00After a balloon crash, three people wash up on a deserted island. But they are not alone.
| 15:004/5Mike Walker's epic saga of the Habsburg dynasty continues. 1618. War is a business now.
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| 16:00 | 16:00The saxophonist Jess Gillam meets the bass guitarist Gail Ann Dorsey. 16:30Aleks Krotoski asks, who will we be in the age of automation, AI and post-scarcity?
| 16:00Rachel Hurdley explores the story of the mantelpiece and how it reveals our secret selves. 16:30Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 16:00The ingenuity to keep TV and news going - and how esports can fill the void of live sport 16:30Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 16:00Coronavirus - lockdown efficacy; viral testing; surface survival; dog walking safety 16:30Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a journalist and commentator, a businessman, a campaigner, a singer 16:30Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 16:00Women of colour and gardening, Children, fake news and anxiety. Exercise at home.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Maggie O'Farrell about her new novel, Hamnet. 16:30Poetry anthology celebrating Muslim women, queer, trans, and gender non-conforming voices.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| | | | | 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines. 17:30There's a battle for our eyeballs in the market for video on demand. Who will win? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Every citizen gets an annual dividend from the state’s oil fund. Mark Whitaker reports. 17:40Marks Coles looks at the life and music of the Polish pianist. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Ministers consider tightening of restrictions as some ignore social distancing advice 18:301/6Drama in the line of duty when Milton misunderstands the point of a Police Corruption Unit
| 18:00Labour has urged the Government to provide unambiguous advice about who can go to work 18:30Simon Kane's time-travelling comic adventure and almost love story.
| 18:00Boris Johnson under intense pressure over the lack of protective equipment for NHS staff 18:304/4Mark Watson continues his doomed quest to understand the world.
| 18:00Help for the self-employed during the coronavirus crisis from the Chancellor 18:306/6Andy and Jeff face affairs of the heart and cardiac arrest.
| 18:00Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock are in isolation after testing positive for coronavirus. 18:304/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are 'at home' as they present the week, with jokes.
| 18:00UK has the biggest daily increase of Coronavirus deaths taking the total to over 1000 18:15Nikki Bedi and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Government says measures unprecedented in peacetime and will have lengthy impact 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Rathbones Folio winner; Disney+ launches in the UK; Malory Towers reviewed 19:451/5Anthropologist Domenica MacDonald observes the lives of her neighbours.
| 19:00Kirsty offers her support 19:15Poet Laureate Simon Armitage on his new collection inspired by Yorkshire. 19:452/5Bruce has his eye on Pat as his new tenant, and five-year-old Bertie has issues.
| 19:00Robert makes an emotional gesture 19:15Folk musician Eliza Carthy, art galleries under coronavirus, Terrence McNally obituary. 19:453/5Pat is the centre of attention at home and work, but there could be tears before bedtime.
| 19:00There's an embarrassing encounter for Peggy 19:15Owen Sheers on adapting The Snow Spider for TV, Nikita Lalwani on her new novel You People 19:454/5Pat is on a desperate search for a lost masterpiece, and Dr Fairbairn just needs peace.
| 19:00Gloria Gaynor on Grammy-winning album Testimony and on going viral against the virus 19:455/5Pat's future is in the hands of a certain famous author, and can Matthew find hidden gold?
| 19:00Marks Coles looks at the life and music of the Polish pianist. 19:151/4The artist Grayson Perry on how to judge quality in contemporary art
| 19:00One resident makes a devastating confession. 19:156/6Nigel Havers stars as Hardacre’s ad agency have a Christmas party. 19:452/4A coffee shop owner lets her calm persona slip in spectacular fashion.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Sophie Duker traces the 20-year history of the 'bible' of polyamory, The Ethical Slut. 20:30The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
| 20:00Every citizen gets an annual dividend from the state’s oil fund. Mark Whitaker reports. 20:40A special programme looks at careers for young blind and visually impaired people.
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. 20:45Psychologist Louise Pendry reflects on the impact of ageing on her identity.
| 20:00Lexicographer Susie Dent investigates the future of English as a global lingua franca. 20:30There's a battle for our eyeballs in the market for video on demand. Who will win?
| 20:00Chris Mason chairs political debate from Broadcasting House London. 20:50Sarah Dunant on how imagination will be a vital tool to deal with social distancing.
| 20:00Phil Tinline explores whether we are seeing the emergence of a new political orthodoxy.
| 20:00The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a journalist and commentator, a businessman, a campaigner, a singer
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| 21:00 | 21:00Journalist Helen Lewis uncovers the roots of 'woke' culture. 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Greg Jenner, Catherine Fletcher and Caroline Corbeau-Parsons
| 21:00Margaret McCartney on COVID-19; Pneumonia; Viral Load; Trauma Care in Fort William. 21:30John Doran seeks out radical music being made in the valleys and plains of Britain.
| 21:00Can the Tokyo 2021 Olympics help create a greener Japan? 21:30The risks of Covid-19 for different age groups and what restrictions mean for the economy
| 21:00Coronavirus - lockdown efficacy; viral testing; surface survival; dog walking safety 21:30A new series taking you inside the UK's Covid-19 wards and all recorded by medical staff.
| 21:00A desperate mother has tried so hard to find her daughter and waited so long to reunite.
| 21:002/6Lenny Henry plays lifer Frank Watt who is coming to the end of his prison sentence. 21:457/8By Nick Walker. Annika is wrong-footed by a significant blast from her past.
| 21:00What do the latest help measures mean for the self-employed? 21:25Steph McGovern makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of In2Science UK 21:30Journalist Helen Lewis uncovers the roots of 'woke' culture.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Boris Johnson says police will have power to disperse groups or impose fines 22:456/15Anton Lesser reads the finale to Hilary Mantel's Booker-winning Thomas Cromwell series.
| 22:00Labour demands "clear and unambiguous advice" on key workers during pandemic. 22:457/15Anton Lesser reads the finale to Hilary Mantel's Booker-winning Thomas Cromwell series.
| 22:00International community asked to raise $2 billion to help vulnerable countries 22:458/15Anton Lesser reads the finale to Hilary Mantel's Booker-winning Thomas Cromwell series.
| 22:00Rishi Sunak tells self employed people “you have not been forgotten” 22:459/15Anton Lesser reads the finale to Hilary Mantel's Booker-winning Thomas Cromwell series.
| 22:00Health Secretary Matt Hancock also infected – both working from home in self-isolation 22:4510/15Anton Lesser reads the final book of Hilary Mantel's Booker-winning Thomas Cromwell series
| 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 | 23:00Ripples from an explosion in Saigon in 1966 are felt in the soul of a 17-yr-old in London. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:0022-year-old comedian Jack Rooke looks at the impact of death in his debut Radio 4 show. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:002/4Tim Key is live from Rome, where he’s shooting a film with legendary Sir Hayden Higgins. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Mark Watson teams up with comic and scientist Matt Winning and tackles the climate crisis. 23:30Aleks Krotoski explores whether it is possible to find a haven online.
| 23:00Helen Lederer, Angela Barnes and Harriett Gilbert discuss their favourite books. 23:25Aleks Krotoski discovers how a face changes a robot from a machine into a social being. 23:55Capturing the nation in conversation, in partnership with the British Library.
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe asks the cryptic questions in radio's most fiendish quiz 23:30Inspired by Jonathan Swift, six Irish poets make modest proposals tackling today’s issues.
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