| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how society works. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the Parish Church of St Thomas, Norbury in Hazel Grove. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The story of modern Tibet's troubled history through the eyes of the people of one town. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5In Barbara Demick 's story of modern Tibet the region's last princess is exiled. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Barbara Demick's account of modern Tibet takes up the story of a novice monk. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5In Barbara Demick's evocative account of modern Tibet, Ngaba's women take up the story. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5In Barbara Demick's illuminating account of modern Tibet, new lives are made in India. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:152/10Alexandra Harris tells the story of how the weather has shaped the culture of Britain. 00:30By Hannah Vincent. The story of a mother, a daughter and an amphibian. 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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Spiritual reflection with Fr John McLuckie of Old St Paul's Episcopal Church, Edinburgh. 05:45After months of pub closures, cider apples will be left to rot. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the osprey.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Spiritual reflection with Fr John McLuckie of Old St Paul's Episcopal Church, Edinburgh. 05:45After being closed for two weeks because of COVID, a poultry producer wants compensation. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the red-backed shrike.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Spiritual reflection with Fr John McLuckie of Old St Paul's Episcopal Church, Edinburgh. 05:45Does COVID mean big international food companies have to start taking ‘local’ seriously? 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the Central Asian bar-headed goose.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Spiritual reflection with Fr John McLuckie of Old St Paul's Episcopal Church, Edinburgh. 05:45What has happened to the promised ban on burning on peat bogs? 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents a seabird with a worldwide distribution, the brown noddy.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Spiritual reflection with Fr John McLuckie of Old St Paul's Episcopal Church, Edinburgh. 05:45The House of Lords is having its say on the Agriculture Bill, and it has lots to say. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the North American red-winged blackbird.
| 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 Rev Dr Rosa Hunt. 05:45Tiffany Atkinson rehabilitates the concept of embarrassment.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St Peter’s, Congelton 05:45The woman who, come November, could be "just a heartbeat away" from the US presidency.
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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 walks with TV anthropologist and academic Alice Roberts. 06:30After months of pub closures, there are surpluses of the crops grown to make drinks. 06:57The latest weather forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Chris Brookes reflects on how not to let the past imprison us. 06:35Sloths are wildly popular but that may tell us more about ourselves than about the animal. 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 a look at the ethical and religious issues of the week. 07:54Actress Isy Suttie makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Create. 07:57The latest weather forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10In a world where many are fearful, Father Brian D’Arcy asks where we can put our trust. 08:48Sarah Dunant on QAnon... and conversations with her hairdresser. 08:58Michaela Strachan presents the white stork.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Owen Jones, Rachel Holmes and Danny Finkelstein. 09:451/5The story of modern Tibet's troubled history through the eyes of the people of one town.
| 09:00How did Sarah Gilbert get so far, so fast in developing a vaccine for Covid-19? 09:30Poet Helen Mort talks to retired Olympic athlete Anyika Onuora about body image in sport. 09:452/5In Barbara Demick 's story of modern Tibet the region's last princess is exiled.
| 09:00Confusing claims on lab capacity, the UK’s record on asylum, and the volume of eyelashes. 09:30Tiffany Atkinson rehabilitates the concept of embarrassment. 09:453/5Barbara Demick's account of modern Tibet takes up the story of a novice monk.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the celebrated Athenian statesman and orator. 09:454/5In Barbara Demick's evocative account of modern Tibet, Ngaba's women take up the story.
| 09:00Kirsty Wark reunites those involved in the early years of feminist publisher Virago. 09:455/5In Barbara Demick's illuminating account of modern Tibet, new lives are made in India.
| 09:00Comedian Harry Shearer, listener Barbara Butcher and music matriarch Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason.
| 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. 10:451/5Al Smith's award-winning drama series set in an ambulance control room.
| 10:00This year's winner of the prize that highlights female comic writing in UK and Ireland. 10:452/5Al Smith's award-winning drama series set in an ambulance control room.
| 10:00Julia Gillard and Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Saskia Reeves; Multiple Sclerosis & pregnancy. 10:453/5Al Smith's award-winning drama series set in an ambulance control room.
| 10:00Author Jacqueline Wilson, lack of diversity in journalism and marketing alcohol to women. 10:454/5Al Smith's award-winning drama series set in an ambulance control room.
| 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world. 10:455/5Al Smith's award-winning drama series set in an ambulance control room.
| 10:30Greg Jenner and his guests head back to explore The Mughal Empire and its legacy.
| 10:00Chris wants answers and Alice is on the edge. 10:55An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the woodlark.
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| 11:00 | 11:001/2What will it really take to vaccinate the world against Covid 19? 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00Philip Ball explains the thought experiment that niggled at physics for a century. 11:30Emmy the Great seeks musical inspiration from the ghosts of the school toilets.
| 11:003/3Thomas Dixon explores the surprising history of being alone. 11:303/4Faced with a mindfulness pillow, Tudor sallet and hot yoga, a TV binge ends abruptly.
| 11:00The row over sexuality that threatens to unleash a culture war in Poland. 11:30The story of Roger Payne’s best-selling environmental album, released 50 years ago.
| 11:002/4How austerity hit social care and the justice system. 11:304/4Richie Webb stars as cocktail pianist Nigel Penny, who has to play at an unusual funeral.
| 11:00Anushka Asthana of The Guardian looks back on the Week in Westminster 11:30Stories from the Middle East, the US West Coast, Greece, Romania and Tanzania's Serengeti.
| 11:00Bernardine Evaristo, writer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 11:45Travis Elborough charts the rise and fall of the antique, focusing on the 1960s.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:041/5Obi Okonkwo stands trial, accused of accepting a twenty dollar bribe. 12:18The growing number of young adults who've moved back in with their parents. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:042/5Obi Okonkwo returns to Nigeria after a university education in the UK. 12:18Have you lost work because of the pandemic? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:043/5Because of his UK university education, Obi lands a job in the Nigerian civil service. 12:18Energy Saving Fraud, Flower Arranging, Asking for Help 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:044/5Now settled in the Nigerian civil service, Obi receives his first attempt at a bribe. 12:18The airline passengers stuck with vouchers instead of refunds for cancelled flights. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:045/5Obi's mother is ill and he must return to his village. He also has some important news. 12:18With increased Covid restrictions being put in place, will the nightclub industry survive? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Bank account closures, FCA reviews 'buy now, pay later', and rent eviction ban to end. 12:303/8A satirical review of the week's news with Andy Zaltzman. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:042/6John Lloyd and Alice Levine with Suzi Ruffell, Ainsley Harriott and Helen Fielding. 12:32Leyla Kazim meets cooking obsessives Felicity Cloake, Bill Buford and Kate Ng. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:451/6Two men arrive at a South African farmhouse triggering a violent series of events.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:452/6A white farming family falls silent following the brutal deaths of two black workers.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:453/6South African police investigating a suspected double murder find explosive new evidence.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:454/6A family betrayal opens the door to a murder trial in a South African farming community.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:455/6As a trial ends, will anyone be convicted of killing two black South African farmworkers?
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Broadcasting House, London.
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Capturing the nation in conversation to build a unique picture of our lives today.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Two reporters risk the oil rich waters of the Niger Delta in search of the perfect story.
| 14:15Two brothers' relationship is tested to the limit when one is accused of a serious crime.
| 14:00Gavin is forced to decide. 14:15Hal attends the party conference, where his awakening is more than just a political one.
| 14:00Chris is desperate for answers. 14:15Crime drama set in Hungary during the Cold War. With Leo Bill and Clare Corbett.
| 14:00Alice reveals her secret. 14:15A meeting with a film producer causes an actress to wonder whether she can read the room.
| 14:00And what about testing? Have you been able to get one? 14:45Poet Helen Mort talks to retired Olympic athlete Anyika Onuora about body image in sport.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston hosts this week's gardening panel show. 14:453/5Getting under the skin of artisan Rauni, a painstaking silversmith.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The nationwide general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies. 15:301/5Caleb Azumah Nelson's story is a powerful parable about loss, longing and brotherhood.
| 15:00Short documentaries about our visions of the future with Josie Long. 15:302/5Jan Carson’s story is the gently humorous tale of a Northern Irish family get-together.
| 15:00Your questions, tips and advice about university costs, loans and student money. 15:303/5Sarah Hall's winning evocative story about a troubled young woman.
| 15:00Clare walks with TV anthropologist and academic Alice Roberts. 15:27Kelly Mills, whose daughter has MPS, makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the MPS Society 15:304/5Jack Houston's experimental story about two women living on the edge of society.
| 15:00Kathy Clugston hosts this week's gardening panel show. 15:455/5Eley Williams witty and cautionary tale about late night texts and mating walruses.
| 15:001/91. Performance. A star is born. Dramatised from the work of Emile Zola by Oliver Emanuel.
| 15:002/92. Power. Dramatised from the work of Emile Zola by Oliver Emanuel. Politics and sex clash
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| 16:00 | 16:00Historian and writer Sir Simon Schama converses with his heroes brought back to life. 16:30Ernie Rea takes a look at Rosh Hashanah and discusses how different it will be this year.
| 16:00Peter Gibbs looks at how we respond to Boris Johnson's call to "build build build". 16:30Curator and educator Okwui Enwezor championed by the architect Sir David Adjaye.
| 16:00CEO Society and Time management. 16:30Exploring the diversity of the UK's newsrooms.
| 16:00Theresa Ikoko and Claire Wilson: How We Wrote Rocks. 16:30COVID-19 in winter; acoustics of Stonehenge; dog years.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a designer, an actor, a researcher, a musician. 16:30Confusing claims on lab capacity, the UK’s record on asylum, and the volume of eyelashes.
| 16:00The feminisation of alcohol marketing, nude and proud, and sculptor Bridget McCrum.
| 16:00Chris Power talks to distinguished novelist Rose Tremain. 16:30Barrow poet Kate Davis faces her chronic claustrophobia and polio to go potholing.
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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 talks politics and personal roots with Environment Secretary George Eustice. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Are people with severe mental illnesses being failed when they need help most? 17:40The woman who, come November, could be "just a heartbeat away" from the US presidency. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00"Rule of six" requires people across Great Britain to limit social gatherings 18:302/6John Lloyd and Alice Levine with Suzi Ruffell, Ainsley Harriott and Helen Fielding.
| 18:00Minister indicates Covid-19 tests will be rationed because of a "sharp rise" in demand 18:304/6Character-based sketch show for modern times from Lenny Henry.
| 18:00NW health officials warned that the coronavirus testing system is at breaking point. 18:302/4Phil and Polly visit HMP Parbold as part of the annual "Bring Your Family To Prison" day.
| 18:00The head of NHS Test and Trace insists the system is not failing. 18:301/6An unlikely wager, a troubled bluesman and a rip-roaring adventure on the high seas.
| 18:00New virus restrictions for parts of north-west England, West Yorkshire and the Midlands. 18:303/8A satirical review of the week's news with Andy Zaltzman.
| 18:00Ministers told Covid could reach March levels unless tighter rules are brought in soon 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Government says new national lockdown possible 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Writer Dennis Kelly, and theatre producer Nica Burns. 19:451/5Al Smith's award-winning drama series set in an ambulance control room.
| 19:00Gavin is forced to decide. 19:152020 Booker shortlist, Nicholas Serota, BBC National Short Story Award nominee Sarah Hall. 19:452/5Al Smith's award-winning drama series set in an ambulance control room.
| 19:00Chris is desperate for answers. 19:15Tricky on his new album, Fall to Pieces. Plus live theatre returns to Northern Ireland 19:453/5Al Smith's award-winning drama series set in an ambulance control room.
| 19:00Alice reveals her secret. 19:15New film Rocks, Poet Phoebe Stuckes, and the JK Rowling controversy. 19:454/5Al Smith's award-winning drama series set in an ambulance control room.
| 19:00Katherine Ryan in The Duchess. 19:455/5Al Smith's award-winning drama series set in an ambulance control room.
| 19:00The woman who, come November, could be "just a heartbeat away" from the US presidency. 19:15Miles Jupp investigates how to write an unputdownable story. 19:455/10Stanley Tucci tells the story of Leon Lewis who hunted down Nazis in LA in the 30s and 40s
| 19:008/15Does Henry Akeley hold all the answers? 19:152/4A psychologist is on the prowl, and everyone is a suspect. 19:45Daisy Johnson's deliciously unsettling short story series set in a hotel on the Fens.
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| 20:00 | 20:003/3Thomas Dixon explores the surprising history of being alone. 20:30Must the Netherlands' world-beating cows be sacrificed to save the country's environment?
| 20:00Are people with severe mental illnesses being failed when they need help most? 20:40The call from Fight For Sight for a doubling in eye disease research funding in the UK.
| 20:00Leading thinkers propose solutions to the structural problems of our age. 20:45Tiffany Atkinson rehabilitates the concept of embarrassment.
| 20:00It's been six months since lockdown was introduced - what have we learned about Covid-19? 20:30How can businesses ensure our recovery from Covid is green?
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Broadcasting House, London. 20:50Sarah Dunant on QAnon... and conversations with her hairdresser.
| 20:00Sue MacGregor looks back on five decades of broadcasting in this final goodbye to Radio 4.
| 20:00Confusing claims on lab capacity, the UK’s record on asylum, and the volume of eyelashes. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a designer, an actor, a researcher, a musician.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Helen Keen had a diagnosis of autism as an adult: she explores how it appears in women. 21:30Andrew Marr with Owen Jones, Rachel Holmes and Danny Finkelstein.
| 21:00Dan Saladino and his dad Bobo (a former ice-cream man) talk about scoops, cones and 99s. 21:30How did Sarah Gilbert get so far, so fast in developing a vaccine for Covid-19?
| 21:00Peter Gibbs looks at how we respond to Boris Johnson's call to "build build build". 21:30Exploring the diversity of the UK's newsrooms.
| 21:00COVID-19 in winter; acoustics of Stonehenge; dog years. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the celebrated Athenian statesman and orator.
| 21:00Michael Goldfarb looks at the history of rude, violent debate that has marked US politics.
| 21:006/9Part 6 of the conspiracy thriller. Written by Caroline Horton and starring Hattie Morahan. 21:453/3Emilia is determined to keep feeding the foxes at night.
| 21:00Bank account closures, FCA reviews 'buy now, pay later', and rent eviction ban to end. 21:25Actress Isy Suttie makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Create. 21:30How can businesses ensure our recovery from Covid is green?
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| 22:00 | 22:00Large number of Conservative MPs expected to abstain 22:451/5Obi Okonkwo stands trial, accused of accepting a twenty dollar bribe.
| 22:00Health Secretary says "sharp rise" in demand creates "enormous challenge" 22:452/5Obi Okonkwo returns to Nigeria after a university education in the UK.
| 22:00Internal Market Bill will now get increased parliamentary oversight 22:453/5Because of his UK university education, Obi lands a job in the Nigerian civil service.
| 22:00Figures reveal people waiting longer for coronavirus test results in England 22:454/5Now settled in the Nigerian civil service, Obi receives his first attempt at a bribe.
| 22:00PM says government will decide whether more action is needed 22:455/5Obi's mother is ill and he must return to his village. He also has some important news.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Leading thinkers propose solutions to the structural problems of our age.
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Sathnam Sanghera talks to Donal Ryan about his novel Strange Flowers. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.
| 23:00Showcases the best comedy from the Edinburgh Festival 2018. Hosted by Darren Harriott. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.
| 23:001/4Fast-paced sketch show from character comedian Damien Slash (aka Daniel Barker). 23:153/4Patrick Marber and Peter Curran wonder what it all means while laying in the dark. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.
| 23:001/6Jon Holmes's extraordinary Skewer returns to twist itself into these extraordinary times. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.
| 23:00Curator and educator Okwui Enwezor championed by the architect Sir David Adjaye. 23:30What does canned food have in common with Silicon Valley? More than you might think. 23:45News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies. 23:30Poet Rachel Long presents a guide to turning your dreams into poetry.
| 23:00Theresa Ikoko and Claire Wilson: How We Wrote Rocks. 23:30Chris Brookes reflects on how not to let the past imprison us.
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