| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Michael Rosen and Darren Chetty explore ways of disagreeing that could help to unite us. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from Holy Trinity, Ossett in West Yorkshire 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Bestselling author and farmer James Rebanks considers how to live a good life on the land. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Remembering childhood, farmer James Rebanks realises the pressure his father came under. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5The pressure to squeeze more out of the land intensifies as the farm risks ruin. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Farmer James Rebanks asks how we balance the need for food with good land stewardship. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Farmer James Rebanks combines old methods with new thinking and considers land and legacy. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:155/10Peter White discusses an 18th-century MP's remarkable account of living with disability. 00:30In a world not unlike ours, Janet flees the city after a devastating loss. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The 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. 05:45Lockdown walkers avoiding the mud but trampling the crops. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58John Aitchison presents the lesser spotted woodpecker.
| 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. 05:45Fishing companies protest outside Parliament because of post-Brexit export troubles. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the Arctic specialist the king eider duck.
| 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. 05:45The Environment Agency says funding gap has lead to a decrease in water monitoring. 05:58Writer and wildlife programme-maker Stephen Moss recalls seeing a great crested grebe.
| 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. 05:45Farmers affected by flooding tell us how they have been preparing. 05:58Samuel West laments how the beautiful collared dove has a call like a bored footie fan.
| 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. 05:45MPs are launching an investigation into new rules on the transport of animals. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the Grey partridge.
| 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 Julia Neuberger 05:45A journey in sound from the summit to the valley floor of Cima Verde in northern Italy.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from All Saints Church, Wigston Magna, in Leicestershire 05:45Mark Coles on the life of the screenwriter behind some of the most popular TV series.
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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. 06:07Helen Mark rethinks her relationship with windows and how they connect us to the world. 06:30Lockdown muddy paths being widened with people trampling farmers' crops. 06:57The latest weather forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05John McCarthy explores our connectedness to forests, both real and imagined 06:35Peter Hadfield finds out how farmers in Australia are coping with extremes of weather. 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 looks at the ethical and religious issues of the week. 07:54TV reporter Seyi Rhodes makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Practical Action. 07:57The latest weather forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service marking Holocaust Memorial with members of the Rose Castle Foundation 08:48Rebecca Stott on why stories told over time seem so fitting for lockdown. 08:58Sir David Attenborough presents the Australian magpie.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Annalyn Swan, Russell T Davies and Mark-Anthony Turnage 09:451/5Bestselling author and farmer James Rebanks considers how to live a good life on the land.
| 09:00How good ventilation dramatically reduces the risk of inhaling tiny airborne pathogens. 09:30Arts journalist Rosie Millard explores what success and failure really mean 09:452/5Remembering childhood, farmer James Rebanks realises the pressure his father came under.
| 09:00If we vaccinate the top four priority groups by February, how much will things change? 09:302/5Timandra Harkness tries to test her views by steelplating the arguments of her opponents. 09:453/5The pressure to squeeze more out of the land intensifies as the farm risks ruin.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the scale and impact of the plague that raged in 541AD. 09:454/5Farmer James Rebanks asks how we balance the need for food with good land stewardship.
| 09:00Samantha Power, former diplomat, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5Farmer James Rebanks combines old methods with new thinking and considers land and legacy.
| 09:00Wheelchair-using writer and poet Penny Pepper and Anna Friel's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Lana Clarkson, and the prevalence of bodged fillers and what can be done about it. 10:451/10In 1546, the Queen writes about her religious beliefs, but the manuscript is stolen.
| 10:00Ballerinas having babies, working from home and domestic violence, delayed smear tests. 10:452/101546. The Queen’s stolen manuscript is in the hands of a printer who is then murdered.
| 10:00Clemency Burton-Hill's first interview after suffering a brain haemorrhage last year. 10:453/101546. Shardlake discreetly searches the Queen's household for the missing book.
| 10:00Katie Price & Harvey; Family Courts & Marital Rape Review; Christine McAnea, Unison 10:454/101546. Shardlake reveals how the Queen’s confessional book was stolen from a locked chest.
| 10:00We investigate the lack of suitable housing for women escaping domestic violence 10:455/10Shardlake meets a prison guard at the Tower of London with links to religious radicals.
| 10:305/7Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show.
| 10:00Contemporary drama in a rural setting 10:54An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the blue tit.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Lucy Cooke examines why it pays to stir when the sun goes down. 11:30Tim Harford reports on the global race to vaccinate the world against Covid-19.
| 11:00How a dying man's book demoted the earth and reconstructed the universe. 11:30Why don’t we all know more about African American country music legend Charley Pride?
| 11:002/3Fergal Keane explores the profound influence the Irish have had on Britain. 11:302/4Comedian Rob Newman presents a unique odyssey of our brains mixing stand-up and sketches.
| 11:00Bucharest’s crumbling buildings are full of life despite the frequent earth tremors. 11:30A celebration of King Tubby, who would have turned 80 on 28 January 2021.
| 11:003/3Different generations of South Asians reflect on what it means to belong in Britain. 11:302/4David's dead body has vanished from the cellar where Maureen and Lesley left it.
| 11:00Chris Hope of the Daily Telegraph with an account of the political week. 11:30A visit to Wuhan’s wet food market.
| 11:00Major Tim Peake, astronaut, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 11:45Series exploring the long history of struggles for liberty in Britain.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:066/10Ell Potter reads Ruth Thomas’s funny, heart-tugging story of betrayal and revenge. 12:20Has the pandemic changed the allure of city living forever? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:067/10Ell Potter reads Ruth Thomas’s funny, heart-tugging story of betrayal and revenge. 12:20Call You and Yours - who do you miss these days? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:068/10Ell Potter reads Ruth Thomas’s funny, heart-tugging story of betrayal and revenge. 12:20How does pay at supermarkets compare to other jobs? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:069/10Ell Potter reads Ruth Thomas’s funny, heart-tugging story of betrayal and revenge. 12:20Care Homes; Meat Sales; Holiday Bookings 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:0610/10Ell Potter reads Ruth Thomas’s funny, heart-tugging story of betrayal and revenge. 12:20New rules on imports from the EU has seen shoppers paying a third more for goods 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04‘Alternative’ student finance, pension transfers, rejected UC claims and SEISS mrk 4. 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. 12:042/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game. 12:32Dan Saladino finds out what the Brexit deal means for the UK's fishing industry. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:451/12Alice Roberts begins a time travelling tour of anatomical knowledge of the human body.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:452/12Alice Roberts continues a time travelling tour of anatomical knowledge of the human body.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:454/12Alice Roberts continues a time travelling tour of anatomical knowledge of the human body.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Edward Stourton. 13:455/12Alice Roberts continues a time travelling tour of anatomical knowledge of the human body.
| 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. 13:30Capturing the nation in conversation to build a unique picture of our lives today
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| 14:00 | 14:00Jessica Hynes plays artist Marcie in a new drama by poet and playwright Caroline Bird. 14:45Why does the age of consent for homosexual relationships differ?
| 14:00Kirsty lashes out and Brookfield fear someone is out to get them. 14:15Who sprung George Blake from Wormwood Scrubs? By Barnaby Kay.
| 14:00Pip vows revenge and Shula struggles with a terrible dilemma. 14:15Powerful drama by Rhiannon Boyle charting the devastating ripple effects of paedophilia.
| 14:00Elizabeth puts her foot in it and Brian offers some words of advice. 14:15Three generations of men play dominos and reveal long-buried secrets. By Archie Maddocks.
| 14:00Shula faces her demons and Vince makes a surprising suggestion. 14:15A radio version of the award-winning a capella musical, with voiced sound effects.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:45Arts journalist Rosie Millard explores what success and failure really mean
| 14:00Gardening Q&A hosted by Peter Gibbs. 14:456/10Peter White finds that disabled people were everywhere in the 19th-century workplace.
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| 15:00 | 15:007/13Another trio of music lovers joins Paul Gambaccini for the contest of musical knowledge. 15:30Sheila Dillon and guests break down the latest on low carbon food production.
| 15:004/7Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show. 15:30What’s the point of mosquitoes? asks Cathy
| 15:00Could you benefit from the new plans for leasehold reform? 15:30Could measuring oxygen levels at home, when people have covid, save lives?
| 15:00Helen Mark rethinks her relationship with windows and how they connect us to the world. 15:27Ken Bruce makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Autistica 15:30Elizabeth Day talks to debut writer Raven Leilani.
| 15:00Gardening Q&A hosted by Peter Gibbs. 15:45In a world not unlike ours, Janet flees the city after a devastating loss.
| 15:002/2Star of the Sea unravels the mysterious death of landowner David Merridith.
| 15:001/3Dostoevsky’s unsettling tale of revolution and betrayal.
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| 16:00 | 16:002/3Dante's Divine Comedy mined for 21st-century meaning by BBC Europe Editor Katya Adler. 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince discover how our relationship with the night sky has changed.
| 16:00Michael talks to Alex Rawlings about being a polyglot 16:30Actor Caroline Catz chooses Delia Derbyshire, who realised the theme to Doctor Who.
| 16:00The challenge for journalists of reaching the frontline. 16:30Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 16:00Production designer Maria Djurkovic on The Dig. 16:30Unpacking some causes of vaccine hesitancy in different quarters, and what does catnip do?
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a record producer, a photographer, a race walker. 16:30If we vaccinate the top four priority groups by February, how much will things change?
| 16:00Broadcaster Clemency Burton-Hill on learning to speak again following a brain haemorrhage.
| 16:00Elizabeth Day talks to Kate Mosse about her new book The City of Tears. 16:30Performance poet Murray Lachlan Young makes his selection of listeners' 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.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news 17:30Nick Robinson talks to Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill in a personal and political interview. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00The hidden victims of female child sexual abuse, fighting for justice - and closure. 17:40Mark Coles on the life of the screenwriter behind some of the most popular TV series. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Vaccine rollout reaches four million, as hospitals treat record numbers 18:302/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
| 18:00Another 1,610 people have died within 28 days of a positive Covid test 18:303/5Sitcom by Amna Saleem, starring Kiran Sonia Sawar.
| 18:00Mr Biden promised to unite the country and pledged to be a president for all Americans. 18:304/6Joanna has a health scare and then she and Roger receive sad news
| 18:00Boris Johnson says it's too soon to say when coronavirus measures could be eased. 18:303/6Sarah Millican's hit panel show with two winners - the Average Jolene and Maverick Matilda
| 18:00New figures suggest the pandemic may be shrinking in parts of the UK. 18:304/8A satirical review of the week's news with Andy Zaltzman
| 18:00Hundreds arrested after huge show of support for jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The SNP sets out plans for a second independence referendum, if it wins Holyrood election 18:15Lindsey Chapman chooses the best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Kirsty lashes out and Brookfield fear someone is out to get them. 19:15Ashley Walters; Erica Wagner; Torrey Peters; Phil Spector's Wall of Sound 19:451/10In 1546, the Queen writes about her religious beliefs, but the manuscript is stolen.
| 19:00Pip vows revenge and Shula struggles with a terrible dilemma. 19:15Patricia Highsmith centenary, Caroline Shaw on her new album, Baby Done comedy reviewed. 19:452/101546. The Queen’s stolen manuscript is in the hands of a printer who is then murdered.
| 19:00Elizabeth puts her foot in it and Brian offers some words of advice. 19:15Schubert's song-cycle Winterreise celebrated by singers Roderick Williams and David Webb. 19:453/101546. Shardlake discreetly searches the Queen's household for the missing book.
| 19:00Shula faces her demons and Vince makes a surprising suggestion. 19:15We review Russell T Davies' It's a Sin starring Olly Alexander. 19:454/101546. Shardlake reveals how the Queen’s confessional book was stolen from a locked chest.
| 19:00Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger, and the TS Eliot Prize shortlist. 19:455/10Shardlake meets a prison guard at the Tower of London with links to religious radicals.
| 19:00Mark Coles on the life of the screenwriter behind some of the most popular TV series. 19:15Louis speaks to actor Riz Ahmed.
| 19:004/12Alex Jennings continues Cynan Jones' electrifying series set in the very near future. 19:15Join Jayde Adams for her comedy special, where she brings the diva out in all of us. 19:454/10Anna worries that she’ll be stuck caring for her mother’s ancient dog forever.
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| 20:00 | 20:002/3Fergal Keane explores the profound influence the Irish have had on Britain. 20:30The migrant shipwreck that rose again...
| 20:00The hidden victims of female child sexual abuse, fighting for justice - and closure. 20:40A look at some of the apps being used by our reporting team in their daily lives.
| 20:00Helen Lewis meets people offering radical solutions to the big problems of our times. 20:453/12Alice Roberts continues a time travelling tour of anatomical knowledge of the human body.
| 20:00Alexei Navalny’s return to Russia has tweaked the tiger’s tail. Why is Mr Putin so afraid? 20:30One man's quest to find a 10/10 public bench.
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Broadcasting House in London. 20:50Rebecca Stott on why stories told over time seem so fitting for lockdown.
| 20:00How close were Pope John Paul II and Ronald Reagan at the end of the Cold War?
| 20:00If we vaccinate the top four priority groups by February, how much will things change? 20:30Matthew Bannister on a record producer, a photographer, a race walker.
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| 21:00 | 21:002/3A deeply personal documentary series, as triplets face living apart for the first time. 21:30Andrew Marr with Annalyn Swan, Russell T Davies and Mark-Anthony Turnage
| 21:00Could measuring oxygen levels at home, when people have covid, save lives? 21:30How good ventilation dramatically reduces the risk of inhaling tiny airborne pathogens.
| 21:00Bizarre bedtime behaviours that include a woman who rides her motorbike while asleep. 21:30The challenge for journalists of reaching the frontline.
| 21:00Unpacking some causes of vaccine hesitancy in different quarters, and what does catnip do? 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the scale and impact of the plague that raged in 541AD.
| 21:0011/12Alice Roberts with her time travelling tour of anatomical knowledge of the human body.
| 21:004/4The last episode in this series of dark fantasy adventures featuring the immortal wanderer
| 21:00‘Alternative’ student finance, pension transfers, rejected UC claims and SEISS mrk 4. 21:25TV reporter Seyi Rhodes makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Practical Action. 21:30Every story needs a villain
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| 22:00 | 22:00Labour motion calls for halt to "planned cut" of UC 22:456/10Ell Potter reads Ruth Thomas’s funny, heart-tugging story of betrayal and revenge.
| 22:00Farewell video message wishes incoming Biden administration well 22:457/10Ell Potter reads Ruth Thomas’s funny, heart-tugging story of betrayal and revenge.
| 22:00Mr Biden appeals for unity at “one of most challenging times in our history” 22:458/10Ell Potter reads Ruth Thomas’s funny, heart-tugging story of betrayal and revenge.
| 22:00Mr Biden describes the endeavour as a "wartime undertaking" 22:459/10Ell Potter reads Ruth Thomas’s funny, heart-tugging story of betrayal and revenge.
| 22:00Government scientists say data is uncertain, but the news is “a concern” 22:4510/10Ell 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 are joined by broadcaster Fearne Cotton. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:003/8Guy Garvey and Rachel Stirling discuss private matters with two nosey herberts. 23:152/12Jon 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
| 23:005/8A stand-up comedy show like never before, featuring some of the country's funniest people. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00The new president begins dismantling Trump’s legacy. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:007/13Another trio of music lovers joins Paul Gambaccini for the contest of musical knowledge. 23:30Chicago poet, sociologist and comic writer Eve L. Ewing chooses from the listener requests
| 23:00Production designer Maria Djurkovic on The Dig. 23:30John McCarthy explores our connectedness to forests, both real and imagined
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