| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Michael Rosen asks why there are so many terms related to animals in the business world. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the Minster Church of St Cuthburga, Wimborne Minster in Dorset. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The life story of the notorious newspaper owner from birth to his mysterious death. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5The eye-watering biography turns to Maxwell’s shape-shifting youth. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5John Preston’s biography explores Maxwell’s yearning for a Fleet Street newspaper. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Maxwell’s success is uncontested, but cracks will soon appear. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5An investigation of Maxwell’s disappearance at sea in 1991. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:158/10Peter White explores sex and marriage between disabled people. 00:30A couple are at odds over their rural house. 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 spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Revd Dr Paul Mathole 05:45What's the latest from the government's fish taskforce? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the South American hoatzin.
| 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 Revd Dr Paul Mathole 05:45A report by MPs accuses the government of failing to set targets for preventing flooding. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the blue rock thrush, perched high on a Spanish castle.
| 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 Revd Dr Paul Mathole 05:45The potential of peat as a carbon sink and conservation habitat - but is it being ignored? 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the Dupont's lark of southern Europe and North Africa.
| 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 Revd Dr Paul Mathole 05:45British pigs are getting too fat because of Covid and Brexit delays. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the gannet.
| 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 Revd Dr Paul Mathole 05:45Fisherman claim they can't access fund meant to help; stunning pigs for slaughter with C02 05:58For David Rothenberg, the white-crested laughingthrush is a superb clarinet accompanist.
| 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 The Reverend Lucy Winkett 05:45Sound recordist Chris Watson introduces the sounds of Newcastle upon Tyne on match day.
| 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 Minster and Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary 05:45How the football manager with a criminal past has turned his life around. 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. 06:07Anneka Rice shares her favourite Thames-side walk with Clare Balding. 06:30Birth, death and overweight pigs. 06:57The latest weather forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05John McCarthy explores that most exasperating of moods, boredom. 06:35Verity Sharp is out looking for signs of spring with flower farmer Georgie Newbery. 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. 07:54Katie Gee makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Acid Survivors Trust International (ASTI) 07:57The latest weather forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10With Baptist Minister the Rev Richard Littledale. 08:48Will Self on why he longs for the day he can travel again on the London underground. 08:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents Australia's satin bowerbird.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Sathnam Sanghera, Selina Todd and Anthony Anaxagorou 09:451/5The life story of the notorious newspaper owner from birth to his mysterious death.
| 09:00Michael Sandel and an international panel discuss the moral issues around the jab. 09:452/5The eye-watering biography turns to Maxwell’s shape-shifting youth.
| 09:00Are exports to the EU down since Brexit? Plus removing flammable building cladding. 09:305/5Timandra Harkness tries to test her views by steelplating the arguments of her opponents. 09:453/5John Preston’s biography explores Maxwell’s yearning for a Fleet Street newspaper.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the deciphering of hieroglyphs, secret for 1,500 years. 09:454/5Maxwell’s success is uncontested, but cracks will soon appear.
| 09:00George McGavin, entomologist, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5An investigation of Maxwell’s disappearance at sea in 1991.
| 09:00Singer David Gray, writer and artist Louise Allen and Korean War veteran Burley Smith.
| 09:00News with Paddy O'Connell including Valentines under lockdown and making British fish sexy
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| 10:00 | 10:00We examine how falling demand has put some early years providers under threat. 10:45By Roy Williams. Century-spanning series charting the emergence of modern Britain.
| 10:00The women at the centre of the drama 'It's a Sin' set in London during the Aids crisis. 10:45By Roy Williams. Century-spanning series charting the emergence of modern Britain.
| 10:00Sailor Pip Hare. Children and puberty blockers. Stalking slogans on Valentine Day cards. 10:45By Roy Williams. Century-spanning series charting the emergence of modern Britain.
| 10:00Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire. 10:45By Roy Williams. Century spanning series charting the emergence of modern Britain.
| 10:00'Systemic racism' in NHS maternity;Marriage bureau; teenage mental health; Thomas Hardy; 10:45By Roy Williams. Century-spanning series charting the emergence of modern Britain.
| 10:30Greg James, proud radio nerd, returns to rummage through the BBC's vast archives.
| 10:00The walls close in on Neil and Shula questions her future. 10:54An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the chaffinch and the brambling.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Anna is branded a terf when she gets involved in the toxic debate around trans rights. 11:30Tim Harford reports on the race to vaccinate the world and end the Covid-19 pandemic.
| 11:00Is racism on the rise in British policing? Hugh Muir investigates. 11:30Mary Portas explores what style means to us and the way we live today.
| 11:002/4James Naughtie looks at how Joe Biden will change how America deals with the world. 11:301/4Matt meets a girl. What could possibly go wrong?
| 11:00Ten years after the revolution, Egypt remains in thrall to the army. 11:30Sounds of the past to come to life through the technology of the present.
| 11:00‘Just because you passionately believe in it, that doesn't make it a good idea’. 11:30Suggs takes you on a dark, comedic trip through Europe’s busiest shopping street.
| 11:00Paul Waugh of HuffPost UK and guests look back at the political week. 11:30Netanyahu hopes for a boost in support from the vaccine programme ahead of elections.
| 11:00Malala Yousafzai, activist, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 11:45How a libertine called John Wilkes fought for the right to criticize the powerful, and won
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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. 12:061/101944: Five young lives are ended. But what of their possible futures? What if? 12:20As dog thefts rise, campaigners are calling for a change in the law to protect their pets. 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. 12:062/101964: Alec has followed in his father’s footsteps as a typesetter. Val goes to Margate. 12:20Call You & Yours - What is it like for the children you know, being taught at home? 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. 12:063/101964: the possible futures of five children killed in a wartime attack continue to unfold. 12:20Social Tariffs; Selling Clothes; Rent Arrears 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. 12:064/10It’s 1979 and the lives of five children killed by a wartime bomb continue to unfold. 12:20Make-up sales have plummeted but we're buying more skincare to treat ourselves. 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. 12:065/101979: Alec is defiant in the dispute between printers and management at The Times. 12:20Making vaccinations mandatory. Plea for business rates reform. Surge in bitcoin scams. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Credit rating mistakes, bereavement benefit delays and refund rights on sale items. 12:307/8A 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. 12:045/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game. 12:32Why was the late Charles Campion so driven to tell food stories? Dan Saladino finds out. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:451/5Professor Deborah Sugg Ryan examines the pandemic's impact on the High Street.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:452/5Professor Deborah Sugg Ryan examines the pandemic's impact on the High Street.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:453/5Professor Deborah Sugg Ryan examines the pandemic's impact on the High Street.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:454/5Professor Deborah Sugg Ryan examines the pandemic's impact on the High Street.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Edward Stourton 13:455/5Professor Deborah Sugg Ryan examines the pandemic's impact on the High Street.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion.
| 13:00Edward Stourton looks 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 | 14:00Join Greg Jenner for a fun homeschool history lesson on Leonardo da Vinci. 14:15Sian Owen's modern fairy tale explores heartbreak, healing, and a little loving magic.
| 14:00The walls close in on Neil 14:15Three young carers share the ups and downs of their lives. Verbatim drama by Matt Woodhead
| 14:00Susan faces the consequences. 14:15Welcome to Medpatch. New Dangerous Visions drama for BBC Radio 4.
| 14:00Shula questions her future. 14:15Dr Jelena Petrovic investigates recent sightings of a Sea Serpent in the Severn. Drama.
| 14:15A powerful drama based on the true ordeal of a young boy's obsessive compulsive disorder.
| 14:00Would a vaccine passport discriminate against the young? 14:45Sound recordist Chris Watson captures the sounds of the tidal spectacle on The Wash.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 14:459/10Peter White searches for the voices of children with disabilities in the 19th century.
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| 15:00 | 15:0010/13Another trio of music lovers joins Paul Gambaccini for the contest of musical knowledge. 15:30Sheila Dillon meets the blind and partially sighted cooks inspiring others.
| 15:007/7Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show. 15:30Is dark matter a fudge to fit existing theories to inexplicable observations?
| 15:00Can you work from home, but from overseas? 15:30Symptoms for Covid-19 test. Training your sense of smell. Delirium as a Covid-19 symptom.
| 15:00Anneka Rice shares her favourite Thames-side walk with Clare Balding. 15:27Actor Stephen McGann makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Haemochromatosis UK. 15:30James Naughtie talks to Tana French about The Wych Elm.
| 15:00Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 15:45A couple are at odds over their rural house.
| 15:00Sophie Thompson stars in Rachel Joyce's drama about a woman who begins to feel invisible.
| 15:001/3The story of beautiful, poor Dorset girl Tess Durbeyfield, dramatised from Hardy's novel.
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| 16:00 | 16:00True stories of life-changing encounters with art in all its forms. 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince explore the fundamentals of reality.
| 16:00Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall, talks to Michael Rosen about her life in language. 16:30The actress and the environmentalist talk about much-loved books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Matthew Syed re-examines the origins of the Stockholm Syndrome. 16:30Why British broadcasters need "urgent" protection, and the success of Britain's Got Talent
| 16:00The Lord Of The Rings 20 years on. 16:30Tim Peake on Mars, melting poles and glaciers, CFC anomaly disappears, Oceanic cacophany.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a politician, a headteacher, an MP and an actor. 16:30Are exports to the EU down since Brexit? Plus removing flammable building cladding.
| 16:00Alleged systemic racism in NHS maternity, care homes and Channel 4 drama It's a Sin.
| 16:00Elizabeth Day talks to actor Ethan Hawke about his new novel. 16:302/3How poets are dealing with the bodily transformations made possible by modern science.
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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 17:30How much pain will we have to endure in public tax and spending to pay for Covid? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00What did the government get for the £12.5 billion it spent on PPE for NHS staff? 17:40How the football manager with a criminal past has turned his life around. With Mark Coles. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Prime Minister backs jabs despite South African variant concerns 18:305/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
| 18:00Travellers violating new measures face fines of up to £10,000 or prison. 18:30A look back at Victoria Wood's stand-up and songs with her own archives and tapes.
| 18:00Government promises more than 3 billion pounds to remove flammable cladding 18:301/6Granny Kumar is back - and ready to chat with her sisters.
| 18:00The Duchess of Sussex has won her privacy claim against the Mail on Sunday. 18:306/6Sarah Millican's hit panel show with two winners - the Average Jolene and Maverick Matilda
| 18:00New data has laid bare the economic impact of the pandemic. 18:307/8A satirical review of the week's news with Andy Zaltzman
| 18:00Boris Johnson hopes to begin lifting restrictions in England next month. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Boris Johnson hails the first dose vaccination "milestone" an "extraordinary feat." 18:15Johny Pitts chooses the best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00The walls close in on Neil 19:15Cathy Yan; Michael Landy; Musical responses to news stories; Coventry City of Culture 2021 19:451/5Jeremy Front and Rebecca Front return with another series of Incredible Women
| 19:00Susan faces the consequences. 19:15A review of News of the World, and tributes to Mary Wilson and Jean-Claude Carriere. 19:452/5Jeremy starts to experience unexplained phenomena.
| 19:00Shula questions her future. 19:15Documentary-maker Adam Curtis on his newest work, Can’t Get You Out Of My Head. 19:453/5Jeremy discovers Fay's collection of antique magic tricks.
| 19:15Ben Hopkins' novel Cathedral, Radio drama Faith, Hope and Glory, Luke Jerram gets creative 19:454/5Fay starts to think Jeremy might be a secret believer in the paranormal.
| 19:00British Jazz pianist Julian Joseph remembers Chick Corea. 19:455/5Jeremy finishes interviewing Dr Fay Sullivan, but has she been hoaxing him all along?
| 19:00How the football manager with a criminal past has turned his life around. With Mark Coles. 19:15Louis Theroux catches up with actor - and cousin - Justin Theroux.
| 19:007/12Cynan Jones' electrifying series set in the tangible near future. 19:15Jane Austen's feminist credentials are weighed-up by fan and comedian, Rachel Parris. 19:457/10Malcolm’s attempts to give up the drink have not been going well. But today is the day!
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| 20:00 | 20:002/4James Naughtie looks at how Joe Biden will change how America deals with the world. 20:30How can we identify rogue cops?
| 20:00What did the government get for the £12.5 billion it spent on PPE for NHS staff? 20:40The London Underground's sporadic assisted guidance. Audio description for TV box sets.
| 20:00Engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. 20:45Sound recordist Chris Watson captures the sounds of the tidal spectacle on The Wash.
| 20:00A senior SNP MP says the party is in turmoil. Why? 20:30How much pain will we have to endure in public tax and spending to pay for Covid?
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion. 20:50Will Self on why he longs for the day he can travel again on the London underground.
| 20:00Alastair Campbell, former Labour spin doctor, meets his younger self in the BBC archives.
| 20:00Are exports to the EU down since Brexit? Plus removing flammable building cladding. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a politician, a headteacher, an MP and an actor.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Two parents share stories of survival after their sons each took their own life. 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Sathnam Sanghera, Selina Todd and Anthony Anaxagorou
| 21:00Symptoms for Covid-19 test. Training your sense of smell. Delirium as a Covid-19 symptom. 21:30Michael Sandel and an international panel discuss the moral issues around the jab.
| 21:00Lucy Cooke discovers why some species reproduce without sex or the need for males. 21:30Why British broadcasters need "urgent" protection, and the success of Britain's Got Talent
| 21:00Tim Peake on Mars, melting poles and glaciers, CFC anomaly disappears, Oceanic cacophany. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the deciphering of hieroglyphs, secret for 1,500 years.
| 21:00The hidden story of the 1989 fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini against Salman Rushdie.
| 21:45Why does pleasure and desire lead to addiction in some people but not others?
| 21:00Credit rating mistakes, bereavement benefit delays and refund rights on sale items. 21:25Katie Gee makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Acid Survivors Trust International (ASTI) 21:30How can we identify rogue cops?
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| 22:00 | 22:00Boris Johnson says vaccines being used in UK are effective against mutations 22:451/101944: Five young lives are ended. But what of their possible futures? What if?
| 22:00Prosecutors show graphic video of last month's Capitol riots 22:452/101964: Alec has followed in his father’s footsteps as a typesetter. Val goes to Margate.
| 22:00Democrats set out their case against ex President Donald Trump 22:453/101964: the possible futures of five children killed in a wartime attack continue to unfold.
| 22:00Senate hears “overwhelming evidence” that Trump is guilty of inciting insurrection 22:454/10It’s 1979 and the lives of five children killed by a wartime bomb continue to unfold.
| 22:00We speak to exiled opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya 22:455/101979: Alec is defiant in the dispute between printers and management at The Times.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
| 22:00Alex Forsyth 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 speak to musician and broadcaster YolanDa Brown. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:006/8Rachael Stirling's poignant and comic mishaps while caring for her mother, Dame Diana Rigg 23:155/12A twisted comedy treat. The news remixed. Jon Holmes presents The Skewer. Headphones on. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Comedy writer, producer and poet Henry Normal looks at our relationship with the universe. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00The impeachment trial heats up. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:0010/13Another trio of music lovers joins Paul Gambaccini for the contest of musical knowledge. 23:301/3Michael Symmons Roberts begins a new series on poetry, the body and metamorphosis.
| 23:00The Lord Of The Rings 20 years on. 23:30John McCarthy explores that most exasperating of moods, boredom.
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