| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Perfume: a social history of Chanel No 5 and Red Moscow. Also, the meaning of scents. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Shiplake in Oxfordshire. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Philosopher and scuba-diver Peter Godfrey-Smith explores the intelligence of the octopus. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Philosopher and scuba-diver Peter Godfrey-Smith explores the intelligence of the octopus. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Philosopher and scuba-diver Peter Godfrey-Smith explores the intelligence of the octopus. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Philosopher and scuba-diver Peter Godfrey-Smith explores the intelligence of the octopus. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Philosopher and scuba-diver Peter Godfrey-Smith explores the intelligence of the octopus. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3Short stories from the best writers. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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| 01:00 | 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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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 Sarah Joseph. 05:45Livestock markets are beginning to cautiously open up after lockdown. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Crested Tit.
| 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 Sarah Joseph. 05:45Politicians in Northern Ireland debate climate bill; Hedgerows; Field trials of forage. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the hobby.
| 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 Sarah Joseph. 05:45The government is launching a new action plan for animal welfare. 05:58David Lindo the Urban Birder on seeing an osprey next to Wormwood Scrubs in London.
| 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 Sarah Joseph. 05:45We visit an ELMS trial looking at what 'public goods' are worth. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the twite.
| 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 Sarah Joseph. 05:45North Yorkshire young farmers have been drafted in to help tackle rural loneliness. 05:58David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the sedge warbler.
| 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 Rev Richard Littledale. 05:457/12Alice Roberts continues a time-travelling tour of anatomical knowledge of the human body.
| 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 medieval three-spired Lichfield Cathedral in Staffordshire. 05:45We profile the life and career of Angela Rayner MP, deputy leader of the Labour Party.
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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. 06:07Rhiane Fatinikun of Black Girls Hike puts Clare through her paces in the Peak District 06:30We scrutinise the government's new "Action Plan for Animal Welfare". 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Mark Tully asks to what extent we need God when seeking a spiritual approach to life. 06:35Caz Graham visits the UK’s premier Limousin bull sale at Carlisle’s Borderway Mart. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton with a look at the ethical and religious issues of the week. 07:54Shappi Khorsandi makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Refugee Action. 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Live worship from Lichfield Cathedral. 08:48Adam Gopnik ponders New Yorkers' response to the passing of the pandemic there. 08:58David Attenborough presents the nightingale. (Part 1 of 2)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Amol Rajan with Patrick Radden Keefe, Zoe Williams and Heidi Larson 09:451/5Philosopher and scuba-diver Peter Godfrey-Smith explores the intelligence of the octopus.
| 09:00Fish watching and the downsides of deep sea mining. Helen Scales talks to Jim Al-Khalili. 09:30Marcus Smith talks to Kriti Sharma about harnessing the good in Artificial Intelligence. 09:452/5Philosopher and scuba-diver Peter Godfrey-Smith explores the intelligence of the octopus.
| 09:00Jane Garvey talks to Sheetal Surti about living with universal vitiligo. 09:30The smiling philosopher who is perhaps the most famous Chinese person in history. 09:453/5Philosopher and scuba-diver Peter Godfrey-Smith explores the intelligence of the octopus.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea of longitude and the race to calculate it at sea. 09:454/5Philosopher and scuba-diver Peter Godfrey-Smith explores the intelligence of the octopus.
| 09:00Billie Piper, actor, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5Philosopher and scuba-diver Peter Godfrey-Smith explores the intelligence of the octopus.
| 09:00Antiques expert Raj Bisram, Love Island’s Alex George, and nurse Monica Korpal.
| 09:00News with Paddy O'Connell, including preparations for easing lockdown and Israel latest.
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| 10:00 | 10:00We hear how domestic workers in the Middle East are turning to TikTok to highlight abuse. 10:456/10Grace returns from her honeymoon, but her new husband is soon distracted.
| 10:00Mona Eltahawy on embracing female anger; Maternal ambivalence; Women in the Senedd. 10:457/10Melbury confronts Mrs Charmond over her affair with Dr Fitzpiers.
| 10:00Emma Barnett talks female astronauts, Second Chances and celebs and the male gaze. 10:458/10Giles and Grace seize on a new possibility of freedom.
| 10:00Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire. 10:459/10In desperation, Grace turns to Giles for help.
| 10:00Iranian musician Mentrix on challenging traditions. 10:4510/10A contrite Fitzpiers begs Grace to give him another chance.
| 10:30Greg Jenner and his guests uncover what we know about the iconic warrior, Queen Boudica.
| 10:00Susan attempts to pick up the pieces. 10:54An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the whitethroat.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Sandi has to learn to make a lute by herself for the first time since her partner died. 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:003/3Mark Miodownik looks at how repair and repair-ability fits into our sustainable future. 11:30Combine Disneyland Paris, a 4-track demo and three guys from Glasgow. Et voila, Daft Punk!
| 11:001/3One summer of race riots in the north of England. Episode One. Oldham. 11:305/6Mark Steel visits Lynton in North Devon and performs for the local residents.
| 11:00Linda Pressly reports from the coast of Baja California on a dangerous clash of interests. 11:301/4Journalist Jude Rogers examines how music shapes us from before we are even born.
| 11:004/5Former 'prison wife' Josie Bevan confronts the failings of the prison system. 11:303/6Policeman turned stand-up Alfie Moore takes an audience through a real-life police case.
| 11:00Radio 4's assessment of developments at Westminster, with Ben Wright. 11:30Conflict in Gaza and Israel; and stories from Brazil, Spain, Mexico and Italy.
| 11:00Brian Greene, physicist and writer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 11:45How challenging your balance could build you a confident core and maybe even a longer life
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:046/10Jon McGregor's heart-stopping new novel following an Antarctic expedition gone wrong. 12:18Why is it so hard to find peat-free houseplants? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:047/10A heart-stopping and heart-rending new novel from the award-winning author of Reservoir 13 12:18Call You and Yours: How do you find a new sense of purpose when a close relative has died? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:048/10Jon McGregor's electrifying new novel following an Antarctic expedition gone wrong. 12:18Tackling the cladding crisis. Risks of holidaying abroad. Boom in sales of sex toys. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:049/10The haunting and heart-rending new novel from the award-winning author of Reservoir 13. 12:18Can anything be done about the deluge of scam delivery texts being sent to us? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:0410/10The heart-stopping and haunting new novel from the award-winning author of Reservoir 13. 12:18Debenhams closes its doors after 250 years on the British high street. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:04PIP assessments, pension sharing, Prudential woes and people receiving no state pension 12:305/8Andy Zaltzman presents a look back at the week's headlines 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:042/6Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests. 12:32Leyla Kazim investigates the history, science and culture around MSG 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:451/5Stories of the people behind the calls at the heart of Any Questions and Any Answers.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:452/5Stories of the people behind the calls at the heart of Any Questions and Any Answers.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:453/5Stories of the people behind the calls at the heart of Any Questions and Any Answers.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:454/5Stories of the people behind the calls at the heart of Any Questions and Any Answers.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond 13:455/5Stories of the people behind the calls at the heart of Any Questions and Any Answers.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Broadcasting House in London.
| 13:00Jonny Dymond looks at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world. 13:30What lockdown easing will mean for hospitality and sociability.
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| 14:00 | 14:001/8Toby Jones stars in the final series of GF Newman's family crime saga. It's 2001. 14:45How did modern circuses develop? And why do they appeal to adults and children worldwide?
| 14:00Susan attempts to pick up the pieces. 14:152/8Toby Jones stars in the final series of GF Newman's drama weaving fact with fiction.
| 14:153/8Toby Jones stars as a corrupt politician and financier in GF Newman's powerful series.
| 14:00Fallon wants tongues to stop wagging. 14:154/8Toby Jones plays the corrupt politician and financier Joseph Oldman, now enobled.
| 14:00Josh and Rex walk on eggshells. 14:15A clandestine encounter for two Black men sparks unexpected outcomes. 14:45The smiling philosopher who is perhaps the most famous Chinese person in history.
| 14:00Are you worried about lifting the Covid lockdown? 14:45Poet Helen Mort talks to hair stylist Niamh Kavanagh about hair and personality.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs and the team are at the Oxford Botanic Garden. 14:45Challenging received ideas. Today: would we be better off selecting our MPs at random?
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| 15:00 | 15:00The contest of cryptic connections chaired by Tom Sutcliffe. 15:30Dan Saladino asks if the year 1971 was a turning point for how the world eats?
| 15:00Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. 15:30How will Britain's power system need to change for a zero carbon world?
| 15:00Felicity Hannah asks just how much are we spending on our pets. 15:30How can soap operas like the Archers help us psychologically?
| 15:00Rhiane Fatinikun of Black Girls Hike puts Clare through her paces in the Peak District 15:27Seema Jaswal makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Magic Bus UK 15:30Jhumpa Lahiri talks to Elizabeth Day.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs and the team are at the Oxford Botanic Garden. 15:452/3Short stories from the best writers.
| 15:00Who is Lulu? Writer Katie Hims goes in search of the fictional star.
| 15:001/2Hardy's romantic melodrama sets two lovers' lives against the backdrop of the universe.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Gary Younge explores stories of racial passing, through the prism of Nella Larsen's book. 16:30Ernie Rea explores the misunderstood religion of Vodou; known as Voodoo in the West.
| 16:00Michael Rosen talks to internet linguist Gretchen McCulloch about online fandom language. 16:30Singer-songwriter Arlo Parks nominates the young life of singer Elliott Smith.
| 16:00Blackface and minstrelsy - a troubled history. 16:30Who sets the news agenda - and what role do politicians play?
| 16:30Victoria Gill wades into the microplastic problems in UK riverbeds.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on an actor, an editor and a poet. 16:30Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations.
| 16:00Mona Eltahawy; Scarlett Moffatt and Montana Brown; Female astronauts
| 16:00Hollie McNish talks about her new book Slug and other things I've been told to hate. 16:30Carys Eleri explores the work of Gwerful Mechain, a fierce and provocative medieval poet.
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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 Rachel de Souza in a personal and political interview. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00Why thousands of foreign directors head up UK firms they actually have little to do with. 17:40We profile the life and career of Angela Rayner MP, deputy leader of the Labour Party. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00Boris Johnson gives go ahead to allow next stage of lockdown easing plan from 17 May. 18:302/6Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests.
| 18:00An inquest has found that 10 people shot dead in west Belfast in 1971 were innocent. 18:301/4Award-winning comedian Alex Edelman looks at why Jews are still so problematic for so many
| 18:00PM sets date for Covid public inquiry but victims families say its too late. 18:306/6Mitch is suddenly worried when Will goes to a wedding with Ellie. Stars Angus Deayton.
| 18:00Boris Johnson says he is anxious about the spread of an Indian variant of Covid in the UK 18:302/6A lockdown zoom and a bedtime story from 1962.
| 18:00PM: Covid variant case rise could impact on plans for England to fully unlock in June 18:305/8Andy Zaltzman presents a look back at the week's headlines
| 18:00British Medical Association concerned about plans to ease covid restrictions in England 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 18:15Elizabeth Alker chooses the best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Susan attempts to pick up the pieces. 19:15David Hockney's new iPad art, TV drama Three Families and novelist Rónán Hession. 19:456/10Grace returns from her honeymoon, but her new husband is soon distracted.
| 19:15Two Distant Strangers, Golden Globes, U.Me: The Musical and Resident Evil Village reviewed 19:457/10Melbury confronts Mrs Charmond over her affair with Dr Fitzpiers.
| 19:00Fallon wants tongues to stop wagging. 19:15Theatres in England reopen soon, what will the experience be like for audiences and staff? 19:458/10Giles and Grace seize on a new possibility of freedom.
| 19:00Josh and Rex walk on eggshells. 19:15Rachel Maclean on her installation critiquing the decline of the High Street. 19:459/10In desperation, Grace turns to Giles for help.
| 19:00Cinemas reopen, St Vincent, Maylis de Kerangal, festival ticketing. 19:4510/10A contrite Fitzpiers begs Grace to give him another chance.
| 19:00We profile the life and career of Angela Rayner MP, deputy leader of the Labour Party. 19:154/6Rufus Hound talks to the impressionist Jan Ravens about her teenage years in the Wirral. 19:45How spending time in nature could improve your immune system and reduce stress.
| 19:003/3Rhett returns home where the unusual cookie jar continues to exert its influence. 19:155/10Shame, mittens and a terrible sense of direction. Stephen Mangan talks to Marian Keyes. 19:452/5Mary Paulson-Ellis tells the story of a life in five objects. Read by Alexandra Mathie.
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| 20:00 | 20:001/3One summer of race riots in the north of England. Episode One. Oldham. 20:30The brutal military coup puts three young activists in a fight for their future.
| 20:00Why thousands of foreign directors head up UK firms they actually have little to do with.
| 20:00Jane Garvey talks to Sheetal Surti about living with universal vitiligo. 20:30Bangladesh was born fifty years ago. Qasa Alom with a special programme to mark that date.
| 20:00Amanda Khozi Mukwashi preaches at a service, live from St Martin-in-the-Fields.
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Broadcasting House in London. 20:50Adam Gopnik ponders New Yorkers' response to the passing of the pandemic there.
| 20:00The Swiss spy machine company secretly owned by the CIA and German BND.
| 20:00Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations. 20:30Matthew Bannister on an actor, an editor and a poet.
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| 21:00 | 21:002/3Exploring how citizens are fighting back for the right to repair their own stuff. 21:30Amol Rajan with Patrick Radden Keefe, Zoe Williams and Heidi Larson
| 21:00How can soap operas like the Archers help us psychologically? 21:30Fish watching and the downsides of deep sea mining. Helen Scales talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
| 21:00How will Britain's power system need to change for a zero carbon world? 21:30Who sets the news agenda - and what role do politicians play?
| 21:00Victoria Gill wades into the microplastic problems in UK riverbeds. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea of longitude and the race to calculate it at sea.
| 21:00Double Olympic gold-medallist Dame Kelly Holmes meets her younger self in the archives.
| 21:008/10Epic historical saga set in the richest, most powerful city on earth. 21:45A dejected government worker decides to become a Buddhist. By Dorthe Nors.
| 21:00PIP assessments, pension sharing, Prudential woes and people receiving no state pension 21:25Shappi Khorsandi makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Refugee Action. 21:306/7Short documentaries about familial connections with Josie Long.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Palestinian rockets were fired towards Jerusalem 22:456/10Jon McGregor's heart-stopping new novel following an Antarctic expedition gone wrong.
| 22:00US and UN call for restraint 22:457/10A heart-stopping and heart-rending new novel from the award-winning author of Reservoir 13
| 22:00UN warns conflict could descend into "full-scale war" 22:458/10Jon McGregor's electrifying new novel following an Antarctic expedition gone wrong.
| 22:00International calls for de-escalation of violence having no effect 22:459/10The haunting and heart-rending new novel from the award-winning author of Reservoir 13.
| 22:00Vaccination programme for all over-50s will be accelerated 22:4510/10The heart-stopping and haunting new novel from the award-winning author of Reservoir 13.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Kirsty Wark reunites key figures involved in the search for the famous medieval king.
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen talks to the speech and language therapist who helped him after Covid-19. 23:30True stories of life-changing encounters with art in all its forms.
| 23:00Fi and Jane choose some of their favourite listener emails from the past few weeks. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:002/4Jamie MacDonald went blind in his teens. How does he find using a stick? 23:152/4A heady combination of maths, science and comedy with Festival of the Spoken Nerd. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:001/4Writer David Quantick on the people he’s met and the impressions they've made. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Singer-songwriter Arlo Parks nominates the young life of singer Elliott Smith. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00The contest of cryptic connections chaired by Tom Sutcliffe. 23:30British Kenyan painter Michael Armitage reveals his influences, inspiration and technique.
| 23:30Mark Tully asks to what extent we need God when seeking a spiritual approach to life.
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