| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15CEO Society and Time management. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St Peter’s, Congelton 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5A thoughtful and uplifting meditation on mortality and end-of-life care. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5A thoughtful and uplifting meditation on mortality and end-of-life care by Rachel Clarke. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5A thoughtful and uplifting meditation on mortality and end-of-life care by Rachel Clarke. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5A thoughtful and uplifting meditation on mortality and end-of-life care by Rachel Clarke. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5A thoughtful and uplifting meditation on mortality and end-of-life care by Rachel Clarke. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:153/10Alexandra Harris tells the story of how the weather has shaped the culture of Britain. 00:30The story of an unlikely friendship between two neighbours in rural Ireland. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 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 Rev Dr Rosa Hunt. 05:45We ask why, after years of regulation, are England’s rivers still polluted. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the honey buzzard.
| 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. 05:45Should our chickens be slower growing? 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the golden eagle.
| 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. 05:45How can you teach farming online? 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the white-tailed eagle.
| 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. 05:45Warnings of two-day delays to exports leaving Dover next year is causing concern. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the ringed plover.
| 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. 05:45Recruitment companies warn they can’t promise to find seasonal farm workers next year. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the great black-backed gull.
| 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 Rabbi Warren Elf MBE 05:45Sarah Corbett explains the power of 'craftivism' as a form of gentle protest.
| 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 Mary-le-Tower in Ipswich 05:45The first and only black Formula 1 driver stands on the brink of a world record.
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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. 06:07Barry Farrimond who plays Ed Grundy in The Archers walks with Clare Balding on Dartmoor. 06:30Today we talk day old chicks, chickens, cockles and queuing. 06:57The latest weather forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Reflections on language and truth by the late Studs Terkel. 06:35Brett Westwood seeks out the magical mushroom Fly Agaric with its red cap and white spots. 06:57The latest weather forecast
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10William Crawley takes a look at the ethical and religious issues of the week. 07:54Actor Bill Paterson makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of InterAct Stroke Support. 07:57The latest weather forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10The Rev Canon Rachel Mann celebrates an urban harvest 08:48Tom Shakespeare discusses our changing attitudes to risk. 08:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the rock dove.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Claudia Rankine and Margaret Atwood with Kirsty Wark. 09:451/5A thoughtful and uplifting meditation on mortality and end-of-life care.
| 09:00Predicting the spread of Covid-19. Neil Ferguson talks to Jim Al-Khalili about lockdown. 09:30Mya-Rose Craig, aka Birdgirl talks to Rhiane Fatinikun about increasing diversity outdoors 09:452/5A thoughtful and uplifting meditation on mortality and end-of-life care by Rachel Clarke.
| 09:00How fast are coronavirus cases doubling? Plus testing confusion and a royal face-off. 09:30Sarah Corbett explains the power of 'craftivism' as a form of gentle protest. 09:453/5A thoughtful and uplifting meditation on mortality and end-of-life care by Rachel Clarke.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how and why Stone Age people decorated caves with images. 09:454/5A thoughtful and uplifting meditation on mortality and end-of-life care by Rachel Clarke.
| 09:00Bernardine Evaristo, writer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5A thoughtful and uplifting meditation on mortality and end-of-life care by Rachel Clarke.
| 09:00Singer Suzanne Bonnar, film-maker Jessi Gutch and the inheritance tracks of Susie Dent.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Shobna Gulati on new book Remember Me? Discovering my mother as she lost her memory. 10:451/5Okonkwo looks after a young man given to Umuofia from another clan.
| 10:00US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar on her journey from a refugee to a member of the US Congress. 10:452/5A proclamation from the Oracle about Ikemefuna, forces Okonkwo to make a difficult choice.
| 10:00Women's football; Black women running for office in the US; Sue Miller's novel Monogamy. 10:453/5Okonkwo accidentally commits a crime against the Earth Goddess and is forced to flee.
| 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world 10:454/5The arrival of Christian missionaries causes division between Okonkwo and his son Nwoye.
| 10:00The ongoing betrayal of the Windrush generation. 10:455/5Will Okonkwo be able to persuade his fellow clan members to fight for their independence?
| 10:301/7Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show.
| 10:00Gavin’s in hot water and Alice opens up 10:55An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the wren.
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| 11:00 | 11:002/2Analysing the complex decisions over who should get a Covid-19 vaccine 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00How blood donation became segregated and associated with racial identity. 11:301/4Natalie Haynes stands up for Aristotle, with Dr Adam Rutherford and Professor Edith Hall.
| 11:00Professor David Cannadine argues historians and politicians have overplayed the class card 11:304/4Jack and Millie Lemman record everything that happens to them.
| 11:00Stories from the eastern Mediterranean, Pakistan, Peru, Georgia and Switzerland. 11:30Geoff Bird and his siblings clear fifty years’ worth of stuff from their old family home.
| 11:003/4An in-depth analysis of the UK's decade of austerity. 11:301/4Richard Wilson is keen to expand his portfolio of work. He is advised to become a “Brand”.
| 11:00Anne McElvoy presents Radio 4's assessment of developments at Westminster 11:30Stories about the Afghan-Taliban peace talks in Qatar, and from Yemen, Cuba and Sicily.
| 11:00Yusuf Cat Stevens, musician, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 11:45Travis Elborough on the 80s rise in interest in antiques.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:041/10Young Gerty Freely travels to Moscow to become a governess. 12:18Complaining about poor care. The rise in identity fraud. Relaxing Sunday Trading Laws. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:042/10The war leads to seismic change in Russia. 12:18Can your business survive tighter covid restrictions? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:043/10The Kobelevs leave but Gerty stays in Moscow. 12:18The numbers of puppies imported into the UK have more than doubled this summer. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:044/10Work begins in the revolutionary commune. 12:18Covid and the Economy, Tourism, Water Company Complaints 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:045/10Slavkin builds his Propaganda Machine. 12:18The restaurant owners changing their businesses to make a profit with the 10pm curfew. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Motor warranties, new Job Support Scheme and time to ban no-pay work trials? 12:304/8A 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. 12:043/6John Lloyd and Alice Levine with Eddie Izzard, Miranda Lowe and Dr Roopa Farooki. 12:32Dan Saladino on the story of wheat from the Neolithic Revolution to the Green Revolution. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:451/12Leah Sottile investigates the legacy of the Oklahoma City bombing.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:452/12Leah Sottile investigates the legacy of the Oklahoma City bombing.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:453/12Leah Sottile explores the lasting influence of America's most dangerous white nationalist.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:454/12Leah Sottile investigates the world of gun shows and conspiracies that drew in McVeigh.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:455/12Leah Sottile investigates How Waco and Ruby Ridge became flash-points for Timothy McVeigh.
| 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 | 14:003/9Love goes very badly wrong. Dramatised by Dan Rebellato and starring Glenda Jackson. 14:45Nick Berkeley shows how song lyrics can help articulate and negotiate our lives.
| 14:154/9A young girl’s struggle to reconcile her love of God with her feelings for a young man.
| 14:00Lynda takes charge of things 14:155/9Dramatised from Emile Zola by Martin Jameson starring Glenda Jackson and Nico Mirallegro.
| 14:156/9Dramatised from Emile Zola by Martin Jameson starring Glenda Jackson and Lyndsey Marshal.
| 14:157/9Zola's Rougon-Macquart season. Sex, starring Glenda Jackson, Alison Steadman & Jack Lowden
| 14:00Have you got a family member in a care home? Have you been able to visit them? 14:45Mya-Rose Craig, aka Birdgirl talks to Rhiane Fatinikun about increasing diversity outdoors
| 14:00Kathy Clugston chairs the horticultural panel show. 14:454/5Getting under the skin of artisan Carrie, a glass flame worker exploring emotions.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The nationwide general knowledge quiz for the title of Brain of Britain. 15:30Leyla Kazim meets cooking obsessives Felicity Cloake, Bill Buford and Kate Ng.
| 15:00Short documentaries about absences which leave a mark. Presented by Josie Long. 15:30Ellen Husain investigates how antibiotic resistant bacteria may be surviving in our seas.
| 15:00Financial help and guidance for serving and former members of the Armed Forces. 15:30Sticky Blood : From Blood Clots to Covid-19
| 15:00Barry Farrimond who plays Ed Grundy in The Archers walks with Clare Balding on Dartmoor. 15:27Actress Isy Suttie makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Create. 15:30Chris Power talks to distinguished novelist Rose Tremain.
| 15:00Kathy Clugston chairs the horticultural panel show. 15:45The story of an unlikely friendship between two neighbours in rural Ireland.
| 15:008/98. Lust. Dramatised from the work of Emile Zola by Lavinia Murray.
| 15:009/99. Flesh. Season finale dramatised from the work of Emile Zola by Lavinia Murray.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Joe Jacobs is a failing rapper trying to make a career as a stand-up comedian. 16:30Ernie Rea discusses the role that religion will play in the US presidential election.
| 16:00In No Triumph No Tragedy Peter White interviews deaf blind human rights lawyer Haben Girma 16:30The acclaimed playwright tells Matthew Parris why he's inspired by Keynes' life and work.
| 16:00Bunkers: building for doomsday. 16:30Ian Katz on keeping Channel 4's flagship show on-air.
| 16:00The weird and frightening world of Alejandro Jodorowsky. 16:30Royal Society Science Book Prize - Gaia Vince; Biodiversity loss and Science Museum object
| 16:00Julian Worricker on a journalist, a judge, a charity worker, a boxer. 16:30How fast are coronavirus cases doubling? Plus testing confusion and a royal face-off.
| 16:00The 2020 Woman’s Hour Power List is ‘Our Planet’.
| 16:00Martin Amis talks to Elizabeth Day. 16:30Luke Wright explores Barrow-in-Furness with the poets the town has inspired. Live from CSL
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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 the Irish Foreign Minister. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Has the reduction of services for new mums and their babies caused long-term damage? 17:40The first and only black Formula 1 driver stands on the brink of a world record. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Scientists warn daily cases could reach fifty thousand by October 18:303/6John Lloyd and Alice Levine with Eddie Izzard, Miranda Lowe and Dr Roopa Farooki.
| 18:00PM warns that new coronavirus restrictions could remain in place for six months 18:305/6Character-based sketch show from Lenny Henry and the gang.
| 18:00Chancellor scraps autumn Budget to concentrate on pandemic response 18:303/4When Phil's latest get-rich-quick scheme fails he picks a more well trodden path to riches
| 18:00Chancellor Rishi Sunak insists the government can only support 'viable' jobs this winter 18:302/6The voice in John's head pushes him to tipping point, and a new approach to the news.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/8A satirical review of the week's news with Andy Zaltzman.
| 18:00Students have criticised restrictions imposed on some university halls of residence 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Ministers have defended allowing students to start the new term 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:15New ITV drama Honour, Jesse Armstrong, Drive in opera, 'Festival of Brexit'. 19:451/5Okonkwo looks after a young man given to Umuofia from another clan.
| 19:00Lynda takes charge of things 19:15Skin from Skunk Anansie on her new memoir. 19:452/5A proclamation from the Oracle about Ikemefuna, forces Okonkwo to make a difficult choice.
| 19:15Mike Bartlett's Doctor Foster spinoff, Miss Juneteenth, Susanna Clarke's new novel 19:453/5Okonkwo accidentally commits a crime against the Earth Goddess and is forced to flee.
| 19:15David McKee, creator of Elmer and Mr Benn, on his BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award. 19:454/5The arrival of Christian missionaries causes division between Okonkwo and his son Nwoye.
| 19:00Poets Kate Clanchy, Jacob Polley and Zosia Wand join Katie Popperwell at the festival. 19:455/5Will Okonkwo be able to persuade his fellow clan members to fight for their independence?
| 19:00The first and only black Formula 1 driver stands on the brink of a world record. 19:15Actor Alison Steadman in conversation with her heroes – brought back to life. 19:456/10Stanley Tucci tells the story of Silicon Valley's troubled founder, William Shockley
| 19:009/15Kennedy has had a blackout. 19:153/4Dot and the gals have a very important visitor. 19:45Nicola Walker continues Daisy Johnson's deliciously unsettling series of ghost stories.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Professor David Cannadine argues historians and politicians have overplayed the class card 20:30The row over sexuality that threatens to unleash a culture war in Poland.
| 20:00Has the reduction of services for new mums and their babies caused long-term damage? 20:40Responding to your emails about glaucoma treatments and driverless cars.
| 20:00Leading thinkers propose solutions to the structural problems of our age. 20:45Sarah Corbett explains the power of 'craftivism' as a form of gentle protest.
| 20:00Sweden decided not to lockdown like other countries - was it the right decision? 20:30How some businesses survived lockdown – at least this far.
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Broadcasting House, London. 20:50Tom Shakespeare discusses our changing attitudes to risk.
| 20:00Carolyn Quinn recalls the intense and bitter Parliamentary confrontations over Brexit
| 20:00How fast are coronavirus cases doubling? Plus testing confusion and a royal face-off. 20:30Julian Worricker on a journalist, a judge, a charity worker, a boxer.
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| 21:00 | 21:001/3Exploring our right to freedom of thought in the digital age and the age of neuroscience. 21:30Claudia Rankine and Margaret Atwood with Kirsty Wark.
| 21:00Sticky Blood : From Blood Clots to Covid-19 21:30Predicting the spread of Covid-19. Neil Ferguson talks to Jim Al-Khalili about lockdown.
| 21:00Ellen Husain investigates how antibiotic resistant bacteria may be surviving in our seas. 21:30Ian Katz on keeping Channel 4's flagship show on-air.
| 21:00Royal Society Science Book Prize - Gaia Vince; Biodiversity loss and Science Museum object 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how and why Stone Age people decorated caves with images.
| 21:0011/1225 years on, journalist Leah Sottile investigates the legacy of the Oklahoma City Bombing.
| 21:007/9Part 7 of the conspiracy thriller. Written by Timothy X Atack and starring Hattie Morahan. 21:451/2An original short story by poet David Harsent, springing from his poem A Dream Book.
| 21:00Motor warranties, new Job Support Scheme and time to ban no-pay work trials? 21:25Actor Bill Paterson makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of InterAct Stroke Support. 21:30How some businesses survived lockdown – at least this far.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Sir Patrick Vallance and Professor Chris Whitty hold Downing Street news conference 22:451/10Young Gerty Freely travels to Moscow to become a governess.
| 22:00Working from home encouraged, tighter rules on facemasks, pubs to shut at 10pm 22:452/10The war leads to seismic change in Russia.
| 22:00Rishi Sunak will announce measures tomorrow to protect jobs through the winter 22:453/10The Kobelevs leave but Gerty stays in Moscow.
| 22:00Government will only top up wages of people working a third of their normal hours 22:454/10Work begins in the revolutionary commune.
| 22:00US reports say President Trump will replace her with Amey Coney Barrett 22:455/10Slavkin builds his Propaganda Machine.
| 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 | 23:00Comedian Alex Edelman and his transatlantic guests try to make some connections. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:001/4Can Sophie finally escape her overprotective mother? 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:002/4Fast-paced sketch show from character comedian Damien Slash (aka Daniel Barker). 23:154/4Patrick Marber and Peter Curran wrestle life's challenges while laying in the dark. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:002/6Jon Holmes's extraordinary Skewer returns to twist itself into these extraordinary times. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00The acclaimed playwright tells Matthew Parris why he's inspired by Keynes' life and work. 23:30The Interface Message Processor: the most important hunk of silicon you’ve never heard of. 23:45News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge quiz for the title of Brain of Britain. 23:30Barrow poet Kate Davis faces her chronic claustrophobia and polio to go potholing.
| 23:00The weird and frightening world of Alejandro Jodorowsky. 23:30Reflections on language and truth by the late Studs Terkel.
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