| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Pragya Agarwal discusses our unintentional biases. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the Church of St James, Deeping St James in Lincolnshire 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Former Met Chief Superintendent John Sutherland looks at problems affecting policing today 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Domestic Violence: problems affecting policing today. Reader: Robert Glenister. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Knife Crime: problems affecting policing today. Reader: Robert Glenister. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Mental Health: problems affecting policing today. Reader: Robert Glenister. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Sexual Offences: problems affecting policing today. Reader: Robert Glenister. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:151/5Jamie Bartlett looks at the impact of 20 years of reality TV on culture and society. 00:30An original short story about working as a living statue. 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 | 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Stephen Shipley. 05:45Parts of the UK coastal waters should be designated as Highly Protected Marine Areas. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58The Little Egret - Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of this bird and its sound.
| 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Stephen Shipley. 05:45Concerns have been raised about how trade deals might change pesticide use in the UK. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the echo parakeet, found only in Mauritius.
| 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Stephen Shipley. 05:45A new report says restoring peatlands could compensate for carbon emissions in farming. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the crested lark found from Europe across to China.
| 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Stephen Shipley. 05:45Charlotte Smith reports on the twists and turns of the Agriculture Bill. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the resplendent quetzal of Guatemala.
| 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Stephen Shipley. 05:45Rural tourism businesses in Scotland are preparing to re-open on the 15th of July. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the common sandpiper.
| 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with Rev Lynne Gibson. 05:455/10Sean Bean presents a series exploring how war experiences filter down the generations.
| 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from the Church of St John-the-Baptist, Great Gaddesden 05:45Mark Coles profiles former NASA astronaut and oceanographer, Dr Kathy Sullivan
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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 continues her exploration of the archives and finds some good walking advice 06:30Dee Woods and Sinead Fenton talk about being people of colour working in agriculture. 06:57The latest weather forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Dr Sarah Goldingay looks to the natural world for encounters with the divine. 06:35Once regarded as magical and mysterious; our obsession with ferns is longstanding. 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. 07:10A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week with William Crawley. 07:54Volunteer Janet Moody makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Tools for Self Reliance 07:57The latest weather forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Cardinal Vincent Nichols celebrates Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi 08:48David Goodhart examines our changing attitudes to authority. 08:58Chris Packham presents the ivory gull from the northern polar seas.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Amol Rajan with David Runciman and Ute Frevert. 09:30Join Greg Jenner for a fun history lesson on the richest man to ever live, Mansa Musa. 09:451/5Former Met Chief Superintendent John Sutherland looks at problems affecting policing today
| 09:00Professor Emma Bunce shares her passion for Jupiter and Neptune with Jim Al-Khalili. 09:30How do you take control in a crisis? With former Syrian Banker Louai Al Roumani. 09:452/5Domestic Violence: problems affecting policing today. Reader: Robert Glenister.
| 09:00Are more people are dying of Covid-19 in the UK than all the EU countries put together? 09:305/10Sean Bean presents a series exploring how war experiences filter down the generations. 09:453/5Knife Crime: problems affecting policing today. Reader: Robert Glenister.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of Frederick Douglass, born to slavery. 09:454/5Mental Health: problems affecting policing today. Reader: Robert Glenister.
| 09:00Martin Lewis, financial campaigner, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5Sexual Offences: problems affecting policing today. Reader: Robert Glenister.
| 09:00With restaurant critic William Sitwell and Alan Ayckbourn's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Research into the impact of fertility clinic coronavirus delays. 10:451/10Thriller set in India about a sales assistant who is offered a chance to change her life.
| 10:00Rosamund Pike on playing scientist Marie Curie in a new film. 10:452/10Struggling to support her mother and sister, Sapna decides to sign the test contract.
| 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world 10:453/10Sent to a village outside Delhi, Sapna discovers a wedding about to take place.
| 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world 10:454/10When a Bollywood actress's diamond ring goes missing, the suspicion falls on Sapna.
| 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world 10:455/10A van appears in Sapna's neighbourhood, luring children away to work in factories.
| 10:30Comedian James Veitch tries to mind read, with assistance from spoon bender Uri Geller.
| 10:00Helen receives an unexpected invitation and Tony digs himself a hole 10:55An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the woodpigeon
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| 11:00 | 11:00Grace Dent introduces the story of an Opera about female serial killers being created. 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00Two women share their journeys from shame and guilt to recovery. 11:30The influential rock and roll musician Little Richard talks about his life and career.
| 11:00Sharon Machira reports on the growing locust problem across East Africa. 11:301/6The Applegarth twins enjoy a thoroughly Flamford Christmas - in September.
| 11:00Stories from Yemen, Singapore, Mali, Uzbekistan and about the police in Minneapolis. 11:30Matthew Sweet is invited to consider the music and method of composer Max Richter.
| 11:00Tom Chivers asks what football's search for truth tells us about uncertainty in our lives. 11:304/4Charles has accused the director of murdering both Hamlet and the actress playing Ophelia.
| 11:00George Parker presents Radio 4's account of the political week. 11:30Stories from Tanzania, Cambodia, France, New Zealand and Mumbai's struggle with Covid-19.
| 11:00Joe Wicks, fitness coach, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 11:459/10Lucy Worsley explores the relationship between Queen Victoria and her favourite servant.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:066/10Bernardine Evaristo’s 2019 Booker Prize winning novel. Read by Pippa Bennett-Warner. 12:20The UK clothes manufacturers taking on new contracts to make PPE at scale for the NHS. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:067/10Bernardine Evaristo’s 2019 Booker Prize winning novel. Read by Pippa Bennett-Warner. 12:20Call You and Yours: What's your experience of becoming a carer during Covid-19? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:068/10Bernardine Evaristo’s 2019 Booker Prize winning novel. Read by Pippa Bennett-Warner. 12:20Companies selling funeral plans face tougher regulation; and what now for leisure centres? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:069/10Bernardine Evaristo’s 2019 Booker Prize winning novel. Read by Pippa Bennett-Warner. 12:20How practical is it to commute to work by bike? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:0610/10Bernardine Evaristo’s 2019 Booker Prize winning novel. Read by Pippa Bennett-Warner. 12:20The boss of travel agent On The Beach on holiday refunds and this year's summer holidays. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Most people are continuing to pay the same for car insurance despite driving less. 12:301/6Corona Special. Look back with laughter at the global pandemic. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:041/6Jack Dee, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Jeremy Hardy and Barry Cryer are joined by Rory Bremner. 12:32Dan Saladino meets some of the people who turned to seeds and grew food in the lockdown. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:451/12When the first cases of AIDS emerged in New York, gay men responded with fear and denial.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:452/12AIDS hit London's gay scene hard in the 1980s but the community rallied to raise awareness
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:453/12In 1983 the first ward dedicated to AIDS opened at the San Francisco General Hospital.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:454/12The story of the UK's first research into AIDS, which began in 1982.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:455/12Norman Fowler recalls his time leading the British government's response to AIDS.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate from Broadcasting House in London.
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Jonny Dymond. 13:30New and extended edition with voices old and new on the murder in America of George Floyd.
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| 14:00 | 14:003/8An assassin, a bird in a cage, the spymaster’s return. 14:45Chris Maslanka traces the history of mankind's seemingly insatiable delight in puzzles.
| 14:00Helen receives an unexpected invitation. 14:15Based on real events, Rose Tremain's story about the death of the writer, Leo Tolstoy.
| 14:00Johnny makes a radical decision. 14:15With one day left to save Boyd and crack the case, everything disappears into desperation.
| 14:00Helen has a change of heart and Tom struggles to understand the world around him. 14:15Rumpole leaves his wife Hilda, sleeps in chambers and defends a case of attempted murder.
| 14:00Tony digs himself a hole. 14:15By Helen Cross. Rowena is ready to launch herself into adult life. With Dominique Moore.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions?
| 14:00Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 14:452/5How did reality TV turn surveillance into entertainment?
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| 15:00 | 15:00The cross-generational general knowledge quiz with Stuart Maconie 15:30Hear how food brings film to life and is inspiring cooks to make meals from the screen.
| 15:00Josie Long presents short documentaries on words to live by. 15:301/6Why do our tummies rumble - and when they do, does it always mean we are hungry?
| 15:00With savings rates low and stock markets volatile how do you get a return on your money? 15:30Space travel's impact on the brain; Viktor Frankl's search for meaning; contagious stress.
| 15:00Clare Balding continues her exploration of the archives and finds some good walking advice 15:27Singer Emeli Sande makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Able Child Africa. 15:30Max Porter talks about his novel Lanny, with James Naughtie and a group of readers
| 15:00Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 15:45An original short story about working as a living statue.
| 15:00By E.V. Crowe. The Royal Court production recorded in lockdown. With Katherine Parkinson.
| 15:00By Josh Azouz. The Orange Tree Theatre production recorded under lockdown.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Frances Fyfield is back in Washington DC to celebrate the National march of the USA. 16:30Aleks Krotoski explores the digital world.
| 16:00How a case about a £7.7 million win at baccarat changed the legal test of dishonesty. 16:30Natalie Carter and Melissa Cummings-Quarry join Harriett Gilbert to talk favourite books.
| 16:00The religious right in the US - an exploration of their route to power. 16:30When protests cease and statues stop falling, will journalists still report racism?
| 16:00Marjane Satrapi on Radioactive. 16:30Engineering solutions to reduce the spread of Covid-19, and should we castrate male dogs?
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on an artist, a tennis administrator, an SOE officer, a musician. 16:30Are more people are dying of Covid-19 in the UK than all the EU countries put together?
| 16:00The actor Rosamund Pike on playing the scientist Marie Curie.
| 16:00Alex Clark talks to Andrés Neuman about his new novel Fracture. 16:30Poet and musician Roger Robinson brings us a selection of his favourite poems.
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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 of the day's news 17:30Nick Robinson discusses racism, politics and rugby with Maro Itoje. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Why are so many migrants risking their lives by crossing the Channel in small boats? 17:40Mark Coles profiles former NASA astronaut and oceanographer, Dr Kathy Sullivan 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00No 10 says those responsible for unrest at anti-racism demos will be punished 18:301/6Jack Dee, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Jeremy Hardy and Barry Cryer are joined by Rory Bremner.
| 18:00Labour says it's dismayed at how the plans were handled 18:306/6Bill Oddie reads from his diaries about an Outward Bound course.
| 18:00PM: People living alone in England can visit or stay at one other household from Saturday 18:301/2Stand-up comedy special from Britain's only ultra-Orthodox Jewish comedian.
| 18:00The Government says the Test and Trace system for tracking coronavirus is working well. 18:303/6Bob and Alice try the hotel trade and Gruff is off to the cinema.
| 18:00Coronavirus lockdown causes output to shrink by more than 20 % in April. 18:301/6Corona Special. Look back with laughter at the global pandemic.
| 18:00Police are pelted with bottles in clashes with groups including some far-right activists 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Non-essential retailers in England are re-opening for the first time since March. 18:15John McCarthy picks the best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Helen receives an unexpected invitation. 19:15Actor and writer Michaela Coel on I May Destroy You, and Bristol's Colston statue. 19:4511/18Podcasters Heawood and Kennedy investigate the disappearance of Charles Dexter Ward.
| 19:00Johnny makes a radical decision. 19:15Spike Lee on Da 5 Bloods, his film about African American veterans returning to Vietnam. 19:4512/18Podcasters Heawood and Kennedy investigate the disappearance of Charles Dexter Ward.
| 19:00Helen has a change of heart and Tom struggles to understand the world around him. 19:15Robert Lindsay on his first acting job 50 years ago. Plus BBC DG Tony Hall. 19:4513/18Podcasters Heawood and Kennedy investigate the disappearance of Charles Dexter Ward.
| 19:00Tony digs himself a hole. 19:15Simon Bird on Days of the Bagnold Summer, Whiteness discussed, Ruth Patterson, Tony Walsh 19:4514/18Podcasters Heawood and Kennedy investigate the disappearance of Charles Dexter Ward.
| 19:00TV drama The Salisbury Poisonings, and Víkingur Ólafsson's final performance for Front Row 19:4515/18Podcasters Heawood and Kennedy investigate the disappearance of Charles Dexter Ward.
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles former NASA astronaut and oceanographer, Dr Kathy Sullivan 19:15Lily Cole is many things. Simon Armitage visits her in her shed to talks about them all.
| 19:004/10Time spent working for an Australian colonel proves useful for the next TV quiz question. 19:155/6A very special passenger makes Douglas grovel, Martin crawl, Carolyn frisk and Arthur cry 19:454/5By Nick Walker. Annika investigates a body floating in Oslo’s largest lake.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Sharon Machira reports on the growing locust problem across East Africa. 20:30Which leaders will emerge stronger from the global pandemic - authoritarians or democrats?
| 20:00Why are so many migrants risking their lives by crossing the Channel in small boats? 20:40A new development in secret ballots for blind people.
| 20:00Chine McDonald chairs a transatlantic conversation on Christianity and racism. 20:455/10Sean Bean presents a series exploring how war experiences filter down the generations.
| 20:00How a case about a £7.7 million win at baccarat changed the legal test of dishonesty. 20:30Will Western economies and companies decouple from China? With Evan Davis.
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate from Broadcasting House in London. 20:50David Goodhart examines our changing attitudes to authority.
| 20:00Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi in 1955. His death still haunts America.
| 20:00Are more people are dying of Covid-19 in the UK than all the EU countries put together? 20:30Matthew Bannister on an artist, a tennis administrator, an SOE officer, a musician.
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| 21:00 | 21:00A child's eye view of growing up in the East End of Glasgow. 21:30Amol Rajan with David Runciman and Ute Frevert.
| 21:00Space travel's impact on the brain; Viktor Frankl's search for meaning; contagious stress. 21:30Professor Emma Bunce shares her passion for Jupiter and Neptune with Jim Al-Khalili.
| 21:00David Walliams talks to Michael Rosen about writing children's books. 21:30When protests cease and statues stop falling, will journalists still report racism?
| 21:00Engineering solutions to reduce the spread of Covid-19, and should we castrate male dogs? 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of Frederick Douglass, born to slavery.
| 21:0012/12Remembering the early years of the Aids epidemic, as told by those who lived through it.
| 21:003/9Third in a nine-part conspiracy thriller by Matthew Broughton. Starring Romola Garai. 21:4510/10Unemployed and restless, Harry wallows in grief. But Janice can finally see a way through.
| 21:00Most people are continuing to pay the same for car insurance despite driving less. 21:25Volunteer Janet Moody makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Tools for Self Reliance 21:30Which leaders will emerge stronger from the global pandemic - authoritarians or democrats?
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| 22:00 | 22:00More than 100,000 anti-racism protesters took to streets over weekend 22:456/10Bernardine Evaristo’s 2019 Booker Prize winning novel. Read by Pippa Bennett-Warner.
| 22:00MPs from across the political parties criticise government decision 22:457/10Bernardine Evaristo’s 2019 Booker Prize winning novel. Read by Pippa Bennett-Warner.
| 22:00People living alone will be allowed to visit and stay at another household 22:458/10Bernardine Evaristo’s 2019 Booker Prize winning novel. Read by Pippa Bennett-Warner.
| 22:00But do the figures they've released tell the full story? 22:459/10Bernardine Evaristo’s 2019 Booker Prize winning novel. Read by Pippa Bennett-Warner.
| 22:00Governor Cuomo announces broad policing reforms. 22:4510/10Bernardine Evaristo’s 2019 Booker Prize winning novel. Read by Pippa Bennett-Warner.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Chine McDonald chairs a transatlantic conversation on Christianity and racism.
| 22:00Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Daria has a confession to make – a secret from her past. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Joe Lycett talks about getting on the apps, spontaneous holidays and therapy. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:001/6Pauline McLynn stars in Jenny Eclair's comic monologue about a divorcee turning a corner. 23:151/4YouTube star Damien Slash with surreal and satirical characters. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:004/4Comedy from Dubai, Kampala and Rome, hosted by Andrew Maxwell in London. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Natalie Carter and Melissa Cummings-Quarry join Harriett Gilbert to talk favourite books. 23:30Bricks: used for tens of thousands of years and still such a vital building technology. 23:45News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00The cross-generational general knowledge quiz with Stuart Maconie 23:304/4Natalie Haynes tells of Penelope, the clever woman behind The Odyssey.
| 23:00Marjane Satrapi on Radioactive. 23:30Dr Sarah Goldingay looks to the natural world for encounters with the divine.
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