| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Talking disability with Samantha Renke 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from Guildford Cathedral in Surrey. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The true story of how a forgotten data company in '60s America invented the future. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5It’s 1960 and Ed Greenfield assembles a team to get a Democrat into the White House. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5With JFK in the White House, Simulmatics make their pitch to government and big business. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5In 1966 Simulmatics goes to war – taking their brand of ‘people prediction’ to Vietnam. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5After a disastrous campaign in Saigon, the writing is on the wall for Simulmatics. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:154/10Peter White on the impact that ideas about beauty and deformity had on people's lives. 00:30Delia likes to tell people that her husband believed dinosaurs were living in his knees. 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 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with The Rt Revd Dr David Bruce 05:45The stranded Scottish sheep which should be in Northern Ireland; plus vertical farming. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Chris Packham presents the lesser white-fronted goose.
| 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 Rt Revd Dr David Bruce 05:45The government explains why it will now allow farmers to use neonicotinoids on sugar beet. 05:58For Professor David Rothenberg, the blackbird is a beautiful melodic songster.
| 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 Rt Revd Dr David Bruce 05:45Scottish fishermen told to tie up boats after EU export hold-ups. 05:58David Attenborough presents the glossy ibis.
| 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 Rt Revd Dr David Bruce 05:45Dame Glenys Stacey outlines the role of new Office for Environmental Protection. 05:58Paul Brook on the redwing which ignited his love of birdwatching for Tweet of the Day.
| 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 Rt Revd Dr David Bruce 05:45Food companies caught up in the ‘catastrophic’ export situation. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the red grouse.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with writer and broadcaster Anna Magnusson. 05:45Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson captures the changing soundscape of an oak woodland.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from Holy Trinity, Ossett in West Yorkshire 05:45The fascinating life of Vaccine Deployment Minister Nadhim Zahawi, with Mark Coles.
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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. 06:07Alan Street has spent his life discovering snowdrops - but now there is new demand. 06:30How food producers caught up in post-Brexit port chaos are coping with delays. 06:57The latest weather forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05A look at obsession and the moral consequences of the determined pursuit of a desire. 06:35Caz Graham catches up with some of the farmers finding new ways of working in lockdown. 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. 07:54Ken Bruce makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Autistica 07:57The latest weather forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From All Saints Leighton Buzzard with Alexander, BBC Radio 2 Young Chorister of the Year. 08:48John Gray argues that social media bans on Donald Trump pose many risks. 08:58Brett Westwood presents the melodious warbler.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Ailsa Henderson, Ruth Wishart, Ben Jackson and Karin Bowie. 09:451/5The true story of how a forgotten data company in '60s America invented the future.
| 09:00Geologist Chris Jackson on the earth's past, deep salt and abseiling into a volcano. 09:30The long-standing arts journalist asks what success and failure really mean. 09:452/5It’s 1960 and Ed Greenfield assembles a team to get a Democrat into the White House.
| 09:00Is the first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine 52% or 90% effective? 09:301/5Timandra Harkness tries to test her views by steelplating the arguments of her opponents. 09:453/5With JFK in the White House, Simulmatics make their pitch to government and big business.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Fitzgerald's celebrated novel of the Jazz Age. 09:454/5In 1966 Simulmatics goes to war – taking their brand of ‘people prediction’ to Vietnam.
| 09:00Historian David Olusoga shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5After a disastrous campaign in Saigon, the writing is on the wall for Simulmatics.
| 09:00Gardener and writer Marc Hamer, Jonny Oates and remote island caretaker Annie Birney.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Where can parents living with violent children turn for help? 10:451/5Lesbian Emma begins an affair with a man.
| 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world 10:452/5Lesbian Emma's affair with a man threatens her best friend's business.
| 10:00Emma Barnett talks to Debbie McGee and Dr Naomi Paxton, author Angie Thomas & Sarah Link 10:453/5Lesbian Emma tells her friend about her affair with the wrong man.
| 10:00Have you ever had an adult crush? 10:454/5Emma's new boyfriend tries to save her job, but Kirsty has other ideas.
| 10:00As a new Wonder Woman film is released, we look at the ultimate female superhero's story. 10:455/5Emma realises the only way is up. She needs some allies...
| 10:304/7Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show.
| 10:00Kirsty wants to make amends, and Jim has some unambiguous opinions to share. 10:54An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the bittern.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Lucy Cooke explores why some species shirk company in favour of a solitary life. 11:30Tim Harford reports on the global race to vaccinate the world and end the Covid19 pandemic
| 11:00Giles Fraser on the storm provoked by Don Cupitt's 1980s television series. 11:30The poet Anthony Joseph reflects on fatherhood, in his own work and that of fellow artists
| 11:001/3Fergal Keane explores the profound influence the Irish have had on Britain. 11:301/4Comedian Rob Newman presents a unique odyssey of our brains mixing stand-up and sketches.
| 11:00The migrant shipwreck that rose again... 11:30Comedian and actor Isy Suttie, seeking relaxation, explores the world of sound therapy.
| 11:002/32001: the year everything changed for British South Asians 11:301/4Guilt drives Maureen and Lesley back from a French hideaway to dispose of David's body.
| 11:00Radio 4's weekly assessment of developments at Westminster. Presented by Pippa Crerar. 11:30A story of discrimination and abuse: Ireland’s mother and baby homes.
| 11:00Samantha Power, former diplomat, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 11:45The contemporary paradox of charisma in banking, Christianity and beyond.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:041/10Ell Potter reads Ruth Thomas’s funny, heart-tugging story of betrayal and revenge. 12:18What impact has leaving the EU had on the price of food at the supermarkets? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:042/10Ell Potter reads Ruth Thomas’s funny, heart-tugging story of betrayal and revenge. 12:18Call You and Yours - how safe do you feel going out? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:043/10Ell Potter reads Ruth Thomas’s funny, heart-tugging story of betrayal and revenge. 12:18We hear complaints about IKEA, orders are not arriving and customer phone lines are down. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:044/10Ell Potter reads Ruth Thomas’s funny, heart-tugging story of betrayal and revenge. 12:18Some of the biggest debt charities are reporting a huge surge in complaints about bailiffs 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:045/10Ell Potter reads Ruth Thomas’s funny, heart-tugging story of betrayal and revenge. 12:18News and discussion of consumer affairs 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Credit energy balances, HMRC's Head of Fraud, lockdown MOTs and cost of insurance claims. 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. 12:041/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game. 12:32Sheila Dillon and guests break down the latest on low carbon food production. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45A fresh way to keep food cool and cut food waste.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45Solar energy is cheap and clean, but it could be better. Tom Heap discovers how.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45How trees and fluffy snow are the bad guys when it comes to climate change in Siberia.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45Taking Governments and organisations to court enforce environmental law.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45Can we improve nature's engine room- the amazing process of photosynthesis?
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Broadcasting House in London.
| 13:00Radio 4’s look at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world. 13:30How Covid is making us think differently about Shakespeare.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Powerful musical drama by Jessica Butcher and Anoushka Lucas about love, loss and grief. 14:45Why do we succumb to 'Groupthink' and how do we overcome the urge to be part of a crowd
| 14:00Kirsty is feeling guilty, and Harrison’s getting tough. 14:15Based on a true story of a Somali woman's flight from Al-Shabaab and her quest for asylum.
| 14:00Rex is out for himself, and Tracy’s keen to make something clear. 14:15Entertaining new dramas following the political swings of the Republican Party.
| 14:00Neil can’t stop fretting, and Jazzer has a challenge over breakfast. 14:15Entertaining new dramas following the political swings of the Republican Party.
| 14:00Jim is not holding back, and Helen’s concerned about Kirsty. 14:15Entertaining new dramas following the political swings of the Republican Party.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:45The long-standing arts journalist asks what success and failure really mean.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 14:455/10Peter White discusses an 18th-century MP's remarkable account of living with disability.
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| 15:00 | 15:006/13Another trio of music lovers joins Paul Gambaccini for the contest of musical knowledge. 15:30Jaega Wise explores world of craft beer giants, BrewDog
| 15:003/7Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show. 15:30Could there be something to astrology? asks Dan in Australia
| 15:00Should you be tempted by cryptocurrencies? 15:30Research trials for Covid-19. Do vitamin D supplements prevent infection from SARS-COV-2?
| 15:00Alan Street has spent his life discovering snowdrops - but now there is new demand. 15:27Nozibele Qamngana-Mayaba makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Ubuntu Pathways. 15:30Chris Power talks to Bryan Washington about his debut novel, Memorial.
| 15:00Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 15:45Delia likes to tell people that her husband believed dinosaurs were living in his knees.
| 15:001/2Star of the Sea unravels the mysterious death of landowner David Merridith.
| 15:00An updating of Conrad’s classic novel. Adapted by Anita Sullivan.
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| 16:00 | 16:001/3Dante's Divine Comedy mined for 21st-century meaning, by BBC Europe Editor Katya Adler. 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince discover why flies should be celebrated, not swatted.
| 16:00Michael Rosen and Darren Chetty explore ways of disagreeing that could help to unite us. 16:30Actor David Jonsson champions artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
| 16:00A celebration of Mozart's genius through the autograph manuscript of his Haffner Symphony. 16:30Parler taken offline and President Trump silenced by social media giants.
| 16:00Brothers Bill and Turner Ross discuss their film Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets. 16:30UK Science after Brexit, changing the rules for GMO's, and how identical twins differ.
| 16:00Julian Worricker on a film-maker, a politician, a journalist, a translator. 16:30Is the first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine 52% or 90% effective?
| 16:00Healthcare workers on the frontline, Debbie McGee and Naomi Paxton, virginity testing.
| 16:00Elizabeth Day talks to debut writer Raven Leilani. 16:30Chicago poet, sociologist and comic writer Eve L. Ewing chooses from the listener requests
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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 to Lord Sedwill in a personal and political interview. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00The relationship between social media influencers and clinics promoting cosmetic surgery. 17:40The fascinating life of Vaccine Deployment Minister Nadhim Zahawi, with Mark Coles. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Ministers say tens of millions of people to be given Covid jabs by Spring 18:301/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
| 18:00A top police officer vows to issue fines for coronavirus lockdown breaches more quickly 18:302/5Sitcom by Amna Saleem, starring Kiran Sonia Sawar.
| 18:00The Prime Minister has promised immediate action to address the problem. 18:303/6Joanna and Roger book into a country hotel, for their friend’s second wedding.
| 18:00A record number of nearly 4.5 million people are on waiting lists in England. 18:302/6Sarah Millican's hit panel show with two winners - the Average Jolene and Maverick Matilda
| 18:00From Monday, everyone arriving in UK from abroad has to self-isolate for up to 10 days. 18:303/8A satirical review of the week's news with Andy Zaltzman.
| 18:00Doctors' alarmed at claims some unused doses of Covid-19 jabs are being thrown away 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The leading Kremlin critic, Alexei Navalny, has returned to Russia. 18:15Colin Murray chooses the best of BBC Radio this week
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| 19:00 | 19:00Kirsty is feeling guilty, and Harrison’s getting tough. 19:15Writer Ben Okri on his new anthology, A Fire in My Head: Poems for the Dawn. 19:451/5A new mystery set in 10th century Japan for Lady Shonagon and her Lieutenant Yukinari.
| 19:00Rex is out for himself, and Tracy’s keen to make something clear. 19:15Oscar-winner Regina King on her directorial debut One Night In Miami. 19:452/5A new mystery set in 10th century Japan for Lady Shonagon and her Lieutenant Yukinari.
| 19:00Neil can’t stop fretting, and Jazzer has a challenge over breakfast. 19:15Drag kings John Travulva and Don One, and novelist Courttia Newland 19:453/5A new mystery set in 10th century Japan for Lady Shonagon and her Lieutenant Yukinari.
| 19:00Jim is not holding back, and Helen’s concerned about Kirsty. 19:15David Bowie film Stardust reviewed, Jenni Fagan novel Luckenbooth, 45,500-year-old artwork 19:454/5A new mystery set in 10th century Japan for Lady Shonagon and her Lieutenant Yukinari.
| 19:00What hopes for music festivals later this year? 19:455/5A new mystery set in 10th century Japan for Lady Shonagon and her Lieutenant Yukinari.
| 19:00The fascinating life of Vaccine Deployment Minister Nadhim Zahawi, with Mark Coles. 19:15Louis speaks to film director Oliver Stone.
| 19:003/12Hattie Morahan continues Cynan Jones' electrifying new series set in the very near future. 19:15Comedian Imran Yusuf does some soul-searching about what it means to be a 'man'. 19:453/10A young man is convinced that his parents’ caravan is expanding.
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| 20:00 | 20:001/3Fergal Keane explores the profound influence the Irish have had on Britain. 20:30How seven ruthless brothers held a small Libyan town in their murderous grip.
| 20:00The relationship between social media influencers and clinics promoting cosmetic surgery. 20:40The new "Passenger Assist" app for rail users. Royal art on show via Zoom sessions.
| 20:00Helen Lewis meets people offering radical solutions to the big problems of our times. 20:45A close encounter with the street chess players of Washington Square park, New York.
| 20:00Infections are rising, hospitals are filling up. Is the NHS coping with the Covid crisis? 20:30Grace Dent hears from the women battling to save a helpline for abuse victims in Scotland.
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Broadcasting House in London. 20:50John Gray argues that social media bans on Donald Trump pose many risks.
| 20:00Dolly Alderton turns the tables on the master of the radio interview, Terry Gross.
| 20:00Is the first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine 52% or 90% effective? 20:30Julian Worricker on a film-maker, a politician, a journalist, a translator.
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| 21:00 | 21:001/3A deeply personal series, as triplets face living apart for the first time. 21:30Andrew Marr with Ailsa Henderson, Ruth Wishart, Ben Jackson and Karin Bowie.
| 21:00Research trials for Covid-19. Do vitamin D supplements prevent infection from SARS-COV-2? 21:30Geologist Chris Jackson on the earth's past, deep salt and abseiling into a volcano.
| 21:005/5Synaesthesia: We meet the man whose sister tastes of blackcurrant yoghurt 21:30Parler taken offline and President Trump silenced by social media giants.
| 21:00UK Science after Brexit, changing the rules for GMO's, and how identical twins differ. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Fitzgerald's celebrated novel of the Jazz Age.
| 21:00Beating climate change takes the best ideas from the smartest minds.
| 21:003/4Another fantasy adventure featuring the immortal wanderer William Palmer, known as Pilgrim 21:45What makes us draw, how do we get good at it and what do we reveal through our drawings?
| 21:00Credit energy balances, HMRC's Head of Fraud, lockdown MOTs and cost of insurance claims. 21:25Ken Bruce makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Autistica 21:30Revisiting the Birmingham Trojan Horse Affair to see what was really behind the headlines
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| 22:00 | 22:00Prime Minister warns of "perilous moment" in the pandemic 22:451/10Ell Potter reads Ruth Thomas’s funny, heart-tugging story of betrayal and revenge.
| 22:00Congress debates motion to force Trump from office 22:452/10Ell Potter reads Ruth Thomas’s funny, heart-tugging story of betrayal and revenge.
| 22:00Result could make Mr Trump first President to be impeached twice 22:453/10Ell Potter reads Ruth Thomas’s funny, heart-tugging story of betrayal and revenge.
| 22:00Tom Rice, from South Carolina, tells us it was the right thing to do 22:454/10Ell Potter reads Ruth Thomas’s funny, heart-tugging story of betrayal and revenge.
| 22:00All safe travel corridors suspended for at least a month 22:455/10Ell Potter reads Ruth Thomas’s funny, heart-tugging story of betrayal and revenge.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Helen Lewis meets people offering radical solutions to the big problems of our times.
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Fi Glover and Jane Garvey in conversation with Fiona Bruce. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:002/8Strangely uplifting moments caring for someone with a terminal illness, and early Bowie. 23:151/12Jon Holmes's award winning satirical river of sound returns to twist itself into the news. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:004/8A stand-up show like never before, featuring some of the country's funniest people. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Donald Trump has been Impeached. Again. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:006/13Another trio of music lovers joins Paul Gambaccini for the contest of musical knowledge. 23:30The Scottish poet guests.
| 23:00Brothers Bill and Turner Ross discuss their film Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets. 23:30A look at obsession and the moral consequences of the determined pursuit of a desire.
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