| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Council estates - then and now. Laurie Taylor explores the concept of the 'sink estate'. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from St Giles Church in Ashtead, Surrey 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5James Canton explores the history and symbolic power of oak trees. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5James Canton explores the history and symbolic power of oak trees. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5James Canton explores the history and symbolic power of oak trees. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5James Canton explores the history and symbolic power of oak trees. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5James Canton explores the history and symbolic power of oak trees. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:1514/3030 of the world's sharpest minds choose a work from MoMA's collection. How do they see it? 00:30Cathy Forde takes inspiration from Horace's famous ode in this moving story. 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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| 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. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Very Reverend Dr Sarah Rowland Jones 05:45Yields are down for harvest 2020 after a difficult growing season. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Matt Merritt, editor of British Birdwatching magazine, revels in the call of the curlew.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Very Reverend Dr Sarah Rowland Jones 05:45Sybil Ruscoe asks what planning reforms could mean for rural areas. 05:58Nick Moran describes the excitement of recording the nocturnal flight calls of herons.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day on Radio 4 05:45Dyson are ditching oil seed rape, blaming falling yields. Sybil Ruscoe presents. 05:58David Lindo, the Urban Birder, on the kestrel.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Very Reverend Dr Sarah Rowland Jones 05:45A group of wild beavers have been given permission to stay in East Devon. 05:58Audio-visual artist Kathy Hinde is entranced by "an apparition" of knot.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Very Reverend Dr Sarah Rowland Jones 05:45The government is doing away with greening rules for farmers in England. 05:58Michael Morpurgo's paean to the beautiful, mysterious swan.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Tobi Olujinmi 05:45Reggie Nelson believes in the importance for young people to find a mentor.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from St Dunstan, Stepney in Greater London. 05:452/5Jonathan Freedland and guest explore how Britain has recovered from crises in its history
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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. 06:07Why the plants in our pavement cracks are attracting attention as important urban flora. 06:30Today we’re talking beavers, a ban on wild camping, and a ‘challenging’ harvest 2020. 06:57The latest weather forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Writer Ian Sansom considers success and failure. 06:35Caz Graham meets a cheesemaker fascinated by the science of turning milk into great 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. 07:10John Hume remembered, Women in Top Vatican Jobs, Yoga therapy. 07:54Benjamin Zephaniah makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Good Vibrations 07:57The latest weather forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the Sunday papers. 08:10Chine McDonald leads a service exploring the cross as a symbol of hope and liberation. 08:48Bernardine Evaristo reflects on changing attitudes to gender. 08:58Professor Andy Radford reveals the importance of alarm calls to the superb fairy-wren.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Lockdown with the homeless community in one of the wealthiest postcodes in Britain. 09:309/10Sean Bean presents a series exploring how war experiences filter down the generations 09:451/5James Canton explores the history and symbolic power of oak trees.
| 09:00What can we learn from human remains? Alice Roberts talks bones with Jim Al Khalili. 09:30David Cannadine tells the story behind the buzzword Big Data. 09:452/5James Canton explores the history and symbolic power of oak trees.
| 09:00Neil Young's 1992 song about enduring love, Harvest Moon 09:30Reggie Nelson believes in the importance for young people to find a mentor. 09:453/5James Canton explores the history and symbolic power of oak trees.
| 09:00Jonathan Freedland compares celebrity sports campaigners past and present. 09:30James Burke joins the dots on his 'Web of Knowledge'. 09:454/5James Canton explores the history and symbolic power of oak trees.
| 09:00Steve Backshall, explorer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5James Canton explores the history and symbolic power of oak trees.
| 09:00Drag queen and author Amrou Al-Kadhi, fitness model Ben Mudge and Emily Kolltviet.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world 10:451/5Old friends and National Eisteddfod - it's not going to be a quiet week.
| 10:00Spotting fake news; Zoom Medicine; New series: Scars; Author & fiddler, Emma John; 10:452/5Serious crimes, family complications and sorting out a camp site!
| 10:00The rise of families visiting baby banks. Mercury prize nominee Georgia. 10:453/5Daf Dafis learns more about his old friend Gethin Teifi.
| 10:00Zadie Smith on her book 'Intimations',maternity care and classical guitarist Xuefei Yang. 10:454/5The Teifi family are struggling to find a way forward they all agree on.
| 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world 10:455/5Preoccupied with solving the crime - Daf's future hangs in the balance.
| 10:30Travel back to the land of the Aztecs for tales of human sacrifice. And food!
| 10:00There’s an emergency at Home Farm and Fallon faces an impossible choice. 10:55An Extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the tawny owl
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| 11:00 | 11:00Why isn't threatening to share intimate images a criminal offence in England and Wales? 11:30Nikki Bedi and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00Saving artisan cheese, sheep fleeces, brain surgery, a fraternal burial and eery football. 11:30Charlotte Church talks about the books and song lyrics that mean the most to her.
| 11:00How starting a book club helped Anthony Ray Hinton survive 28 years on death row. 11:302/4Leo has a revelatory visit from an Italian woman and meets the new man in Sadie’s life.
| 11:00A tale of two plagues in the Algerian city of Oran - one fictional and the other COVID 19. 11:30A celebration of the working manuscript of Franz Schubert's final song cycle Winterreise.
| 11:002/3Ben Wright investigates how partisan maps are affecting American democracy. 11:304/6Jane treats Ken and Margaret to a slap up cream tea with a little too much prosecco.
| 11:00What is behind rising support for independence and how could another referendum happen? 11:30Stories from South Africa, Germany, Iran, France and on the aftermath of the Beirut blast.
| 11:00Maria Balshaw, director of Tate, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 11:452/5Alison Steadman tells how the Canada Goose and Ruddy Duck became British Birds.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:046/10Booker-winning Anne Enright reads her novel about the rise and fall of an acting legend. 12:18Will the "Eat Out To Help Out" scheme be a real boost for the hospitality sector? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:047/10Anne Enright's new novel about the rise and terrible fall of an Irish acting legend. 12:18Call You and Yours - How welcome are tourists in the UK this summer? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:048/10Anne Enright's new novel about the rise and terrible fall of an Irish acting legend. 12:18The flat owners denied help to replace dangerous cladding take the government to court 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:049/10Anne Enright's new novel about the rise and terrible fall of an Irish acting legend. 12:18Why campervan conversions are running into issues with the DVLA. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:0410/10The final part of Anne Enright's new novel about fame, sex and dark truths. 12:18Scientists are starting to test how sunscreen works on different skin tones. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Eavesdrop as a couple open up to a relationship counsellor about their personal finances. 12:303/6Comedians curate their dream festivals, hosting a line-up of their favourite performers. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:046/6Jack Dee, Barry Cryer and Sandi Toksvig are joined by Miles Jupp and Richard Osman. 12:32When UK cheese makers were faced with ruin in lockdown, consumers stepped in to save them. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:45‘Unless climate change becomes a non-issue…there may be no moment we can declare victory’
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:45In the battle for public opinion, the scientists were no match for a well-oiled PR machine
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:45A climate change sceptic realises he’s been getting it wrong
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:45Oil money is pumped to scientists and think tanks in the bid to make it a culture war.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:45Our story ends at the very top, with a fax to the White House.
| 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 Mark Mardell. 13:30The nation in conversation as we emerge from Lockdown.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Sarah Wooley's comedy drama about festivals and the start of a legendary literary romance. 14:45The fearsome 2,000 year old statue, regarded as one of the symbols of Palmyra
| 14:00There’s an emergency at Home Farm 14:15Comedy as one man in Yorkshire is determined to stop the erosion of standards in his town.
| 14:00Alice finds herself in demand 14:15By Daf James. Docu-drama about negotiating the adoption process. And learning to sing.
| 14:00Fallon faces an impossible choice 14:15By Daf James. The true story of a writer’s dark family secret.
| 14:00Brian delivers good news. 14:15A battle of the sexes and a wilfully ignorant history of English Literature by Marek Horn.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:45Miles Chambers grew up veggie. Can Rachel Ama convince him to return to his roots?
| 14:00Kathy Clugston hosts the gardening panel show. 14:4516/3030 of the world's sharpest minds choose a work from MoMA's collection. How do they see it?
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| 15:00 | 15:006/6Three students from Mansfield College Oxford take on their professors in the upbeat quiz. 15:30Sheila Dillon finds out how the restaurant sector is handling the move out of lockdown.
| 15:006/6Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show. 15:30Comedian James Veitch gets drawn into the world of smash hit computer game Animal Crossing
| 15:00If your holiday plans are affected by coronavirus, what are your rights? 15:30Dr Mark Porter on a bedside test for Covid-19 and long term recovery from the virus.
| 15:00Why the plants in our pavement cracks are attracting attention as important urban flora. 15:27Johnny Ball makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Royal Life Saving Society UK. 15:30James Naughtie and novelist Louise Welsh discuss Kidnapped by RL Stevenson
| 15:00Kathy Clugston hosts the gardening panel show. 15:45Cathy Forde takes inspiration from Horace's famous ode in this moving story.
| 15:009/10Steven Mackintosh stars as Martin Beck in the classic 1960s Swedish detective series
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| 16:00 | 16:00In his home town of New York, Sir Simon Schama celebrates four great 20th century artists. 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince take a dazzling look at the science of the sun.
| 16:00Sabrina Mahfouz talks to Tobi Kyeremateng and Katherine Harloe about othering in language. 16:30Benito Mussolini, founder of fascism and ruler of Italy 1922-1943
| 16:00Maoism: its origins and development as a global political force. 16:30Intrigue and drama at two of the world’s most talked about media companies.
| 16:00The class system and the British film industry. 16:30How sperm actually swim, the theory of soil and an update on the Big Compost Experiment.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a politician, a jockey, a campaigner, a film director 16:30The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience.
| 16:00Zadie Smith on her series of essays written during the early months of lockdown.
| 16:00Chris Power talks to novelist Carys Davies about her new book The Mission House 16:30Poet Aviva Dautch revisits a childhood growing up as the daughter of a chronic hoarder.
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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 17:30There are fears that coronavirus will surge as temperatures drop. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Jim Naughtie examines Joe Biden's election chances as he takes on Donald Trump in November 17:402/5Jonathan Freedland and guest explore how Britain has recovered from crises in its history 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00The former SDLP leader - who helped end the Troubles - has died aged 83 18:306/6Jack Dee, Barry Cryer and Sandi Toksvig are joined by Miles Jupp and Richard Osman.
| 18:00Teenagers in Scotland have been given their grades for exams they were unable to sit 18:304/6The globetrotting, trash-picking, aisle-rolling storyteller with more wit and wisdom.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4Victoria Coren Mitchell chats with Claudia Winkleman about her life and her cars.
| 18:00French leader calls for political change in Lebanon after this week's massive explosion 18:305/6Comedy series about a man struggling to cope with being reincarnated as various animals.
| 18:00Union bosses have accused BA of "naked greed" by forcing cabin crew to take redundancy. 18:303/6Comedians curate their dream festivals, hosting a line-up of their favourite performers.
| 18:00Home Office seeks military help over migrant crossings 18:15Nikki Bedi and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00A headteachers' union says the PM shouldn't claim it's a "moral duty" to reopen schools. 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week with Farrah Jarral.
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| 19:00 | 19:00There’s an emergency at Home Farm 19:15Barbara Kingsolver, designer Es Devlin, and artist Thomas J Price 19:451/5Old friends and National Eisteddfod - it's not going to be a quiet week.
| 19:00Alice finds herself in demand 19:15Artist, writer, and filmmaker Sophia Al-Maria on Little Birds, and Simon Armitage. 19:452/5Serious crimes, family complications and sorting out a camp site!
| 19:00Fallon faces an impossible choice 19:15Maggie O'Farrell on Hamnet, shortlisted for the Women's Prize. 19:453/5Daf Dafis learns more about his old friend Gethin Teifi.
| 19:00Brian delivers good news. 19:15Arts in the Midlands, Love Letters to Scotland, and Soweto Kinch's Lockdown Discovery. 19:454/5The Teifi family are struggling to find a way forward they all agree on.
| 19:00Es Devlin on her artwork marking the 75th anniversary of Nagasaki and Hiroshima 19:455/5Preoccupied with solving the crime - Daf's future hangs in the balance.
| 19:002/5Jonathan Freedland and guest explore how Britain has recovered from crises in its history 19:15Hilary Mantel on how historical fiction can make the past come to life.
| 19:002/15Heawood and Kennedy visit Henry Akeley's House in Rendlesham Forest. 19:156/6An interminable flight, a baffling cargo and persuading Arthur not to play charades. 19:452/2A new short story written to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Brighton and Hove Pride.
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| 20:00 | 20:00How starting a book club helped Anthony Ray Hinton survive 28 years on death row. 20:30A failed coup in Venezuela - a story of hubris, incompetence and treachery…
| 20:00Jim Naughtie examines Joe Biden's election chances as he takes on Donald Trump in November 20:40Face masks, robotic guide dogs and the the virtual pub.
| 20:00Engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. 20:45Reggie Nelson believes in the importance for young people to find a mentor.
| 20:00What is behind rising support for independence and how could another referendum happen? 20:30The impact of lockdown on businesses in Crawley, the town near Gatwick Airport.
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate from Broadcasting House in London. 20:50Bernardine Evaristo reflects on changing attitudes to gender.
| 20:00David Walliams remembers the comedy albums which inspired him to write and perform.
| 20:00The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a politician, a jockey, a campaigner, a film director
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| 21:00 | 21:003/3How could we change our political system for the better? 21:30Lockdown with the homeless community in one of the wealthiest postcodes in Britain.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter on a bedside test for Covid-19 and long term recovery from the virus. 21:30What can we learn from human remains? Alice Roberts talks bones with Jim Al Khalili.
| 21:00Neil Young's 1992 song about enduring love, Harvest Moon 21:30Intrigue and drama at two of the world’s most talked about media companies.
| 21:00How sperm actually swim, the theory of soil and an update on the Big Compost Experiment. 21:30Jonathan Freedland compares celebrity sports campaigners past and present.
| 21:00From climate change to smoking and cancer, this is the story of how to manufacture doubt
| 21:00By Matthew Broughton. The concluding part of the conspiracy thriller's second series. 21:453/3An old woman in America recalls a day from her Viennese childhood.
| 21:00Eavesdrop as a couple open up to a relationship counsellor about their personal finances. 21:25Benjamin Zephaniah makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Good Vibrations 21:30The impact of lockdown on businesses in Crawley, the town near Gatwick Airport.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Nobel Peace Prize winner dies aged 83 22:456/10Booker-winning Anne Enright reads her novel about the rise and fall of an acting legend.
| 22:00At least 70 dead, and over 2500 injured in Lebanese capital 22:457/10Anne Enright's new novel about the rise and terrible fall of an Irish acting legend.
| 22:00Lebanese government orders the arrest of officials at the city's port 22:458/10Anne Enright's new novel about the rise and terrible fall of an Irish acting legend.
| 22:00French President says "profound change" needed from Lebanon's leadership 22:459/10Anne Enright's new novel about the rise and terrible fall of an Irish acting legend.
| 22:00Hezbollah denies any responsibility for Tuesday’s explosion 22:4510/10The final part of Anne Enright's new novel about fame, sex and dark truths.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
| 22:00Ellie Price presents Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00From hussy to bossy, spinster to slut, Professor Deborah Cameron on words used about women 23:30Maya Millett speaks to the archivists amplifying the buried stories of African-Americans.
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince take a dazzling look at the science of the sun. 23:30Lockdown comedy drama produced as part of Culture in Quarantine.
| 23:003/4Sindhu Vee talks to Tom Allen about living with his parents during lockdown. 23:151/4Patrick Marber and Peter Curran with their critically-acclaimed confessional series. 23:301/3Alex Beard imagines a world without the school as we know it. Episode 1: Knowing.
| 23:001/4A sudden death means a choice between good behaviour and cheesecake. 23:302/3Alex Beard imagines a world without the school as we know it. Episode 2: Teaching
| 23:00Benito Mussolini, founder of fascism and ruler of Italy 1922-1943 23:303/3Alex Beard imagines a world without the school as we know it. Episode 3: Learning
| 23:006/6Three students from Mansfield College Oxford take on their professors in the upbeat quiz. 23:30Poet Gail McConnell explores what it means to be a parent in a same-sex relationship.
| 23:00The class system and the British film industry. 23:30Writer Ian Sansom considers success and failure.
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