| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Blackface and minstrelsy - a troubled history. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the medieval three-spired Lichfield Cathedral in Staffordshire. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Data visionary Hans Rosling looks back at the encounters that shaped his world view. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5At university, Hans meets an inspirational figure who will change the course of his life. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5After years of preparation an ambition is realised as the Roslings move to Mozambique. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Hans Rosling’s reputation for treating mysterious epidemics brings a visitor to his door. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Hans Rosling takes his public health expertise to Liberia to fight an outbreak of Ebola. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3A drama graduate finds herself alone on a stage in a theatre closed by the pandemic. 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 Rev Richard Littledale. 05:45How the new immigration policy could leave Britain's food supply-chain at risk. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the Little Auk.
| 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 Rev Richard Littledale. 05:45How are farmers coping with the pressure of more visitors to beauty spots? 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the barn owl.
| 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 Rev Richard Littledale. 05:45Can we grow food in re-wetted lowland peat? 05:58Helen Moncrieff finds an ally in a territorial fulmar!
| 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 Rev Richard Littledale. 05:45Are we about to sign a no-tariff trade deal with Australia? 05:58Steve Backshall presents the red-necked phalarope.
| 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 Rev Richard Littledale. 05:45The social, legal and ethical issues surrounding the use of robots on the farm. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the great reed warbler.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Dr Mark Clavier. 05:458/12Alice 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 Church of St Peter and St Paul, in Aston in Birmingham 05:45A profile of the newly elected leader of the Democratic Unionist 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. 06:07Screenwriter Kay Mellor takes Clare for a ramble at Harewood House in Leeds. 06:30Farmers talk of a "betrayal" by the government on a tariff-free trade deal with Australia. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Mark Tully asks what happens when the things or people we rely on let us down. 06:35Anna Jones meets the top rugby referee who swapped test matches for cattle farming. 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. 07:54Rapper Guvna B makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of International Justice Mission UK 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Bishop of Bangor, Rt Revd Andy John leads a service for Pentecost from St Tudno's Church. 08:48Rebecca Stott on why we need to rethink our love affair with concrete. 08:58David Attenborough presents the reed bunting.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Daniel Kahneman, Gillian Tett and Ann Cairns. 09:451/5Data visionary Hans Rosling looks back at the encounters that shaped his world view.
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili asks Nira Chamberlain how he uses maths to solve real-world problems. 09:30When you can't do something, how hard is it to learn something new as an adult? 09:452/5At university, Hans meets an inspirational figure who will change the course of his life.
| 09:00Jane Garvey hears how Tony Kofi’s fall from a roof led him to fall in love with jazz. 09:30The woman remembered today as one of the great poets of Chinese history. 09:453/5After years of preparation an ambition is realised as the Roslings move to Mozambique.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great novel from the Ming Era, with its heroic Monkey. 09:454/5Hans Rosling’s reputation for treating mysterious epidemics brings a visitor to his door.
| 09:00Brian Greene, physicist and writer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5Hans Rosling takes his public health expertise to Liberia to fight an outbreak of Ebola.
| 09:00Accidental footballer turned commentator Pat Nevin and Inheritance Tracks of Mary Beard.
| 09:00News with Paddy O'Connell including the future of the Union and the pursuit of Love.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
| 10:00Will more women in the intelligence services make a difference?
| 10:00Is Alice in Wonderland the ultimate female icon for our times?
| 10:00Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
| 10:00Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
| 10:30He’s "mad, bad and dangerous to know". He is the scandalous Lord Byron.
| 10:00Jim finds himself caught in the crossfire and Alice faces the consequences of her actions. 10:54An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the pied and spotted flycatcher.
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| 11:00 | 11:00What is life like for those entering hotel quarantine on their return to this country? 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00Recalling her father’s DNR notice, Yasmeen Khan investigates clinical resuscitation. 11:301/4The real story of the famous snake-haired mythological woman?
| 11:002/3Barnie Choudhury continues his reflections on the 2001 race riots with a visit to Burnley. 11:306/6Mark Steel visits the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar and performs for the locals.
| 11:00Washington reporters adapt to a new tempo; Armenian POWs; Eurovision; the Danube; France. 11:302/4Music journalist Jude Rogers examines how music impacts us as teeangers.
| 11:005/5Former 'prison wife' Josie Bevan confronts the failings of the prison system. 11:304/6Policeman turned stand-up Alfie Moore takes an audience through real-life crime scenarios.
| 11:00Radio 4's assessment of developments at Westminster 11:30Survivors' defiance after a bombing in Kabul; tales from Jerusalem, Jakarta and Portugal.
| 11:00Alexei Sayle, comedian and writer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 11:45How learning to control your breath can lower anxiety and enhance your decision making.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:041/10On her eighteenth birthday, Debbie White feels overwhelmed by her future. 12:18What happens if you have a holiday booked to an amber country and you don't want to go? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:042/10Debbie struggles to make friends at university. 12:18Call You and Yours - How are you feeling about life returning to 'normal'? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:043/10Xanthe invites Debbie to meet her friends and join them on a night out in Dublin. 12:18If you're a runner and desperate for Park Run to get going, you might have a long wait. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:044/10Debbie is plagued with bad dreams. 12:18Inside the frenzied world of home buying in the most competitive housing market in years. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:045/10As Debbie’s dreams begin to blur with reality, a tragedy strikes the family. 12:18The Broken Suit: Men's tailoring redefined for the post-Pandemic era. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:04The FCA plans for consumer duty, Pockit CEO exclusive interview and TikTok finance lessons 12:306/8Andy Zaltzman presents a look back at the week's headlines 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:043/6Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests. 12:32Leyla Kazim heads to Padstow to discover how restaurants are adapting to new Covid rules. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:451/5Marking his 80th birthday, a five-part series on Bob Dylan’s life, music and influence
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:452/5After his rise to fame, Bob Dylan yearns for a new kind of freedom and 'goes electric'.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:453/5Bob Dylan, from his motorcycle crash in 1966 to his conversion to Christianity in 1979.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:454/5From Dylan's Christian conversion to 'World Gone Wrong' in 1993, that revived his career.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:455/5Bob Dylan's endings, as powerful as the beginnings round which he built his career in 1963
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Coventry Cathedral.
| 13:00Jonny Dymond looks at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world. 13:30From the family we're born into or create, to places and communities that bring comfort.
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| 14:00 | 14:005/8The letter that Brian has been waiting for has finally turned up. But can he use it? 14:45Why do some people choose to remain childless?
| 14:00Tensions rise at Berrow Farm. 14:156/8Sonia Hope continues looking for the evidence that will incriminate Lord Olinska.
| 14:00Peggy begins to wonder if she has done the right thing. 14:157/8Brian's day in court has backfired and he faces another ten years in jail.
| 14:00Jim finds himself caught in the crossfire. 14:158/8Brian is again waiting for a new court date, while the financial markets seem in turmoil.
| 14:00Alice faces the consequences of her actions. 14:15A humorous, heartfelt exploration of womanhood and the heart-breaking choices women face. 14:45The woman remembered today as one of the great poets of Chinese history.
| 14:00Can the BBC survive, or is self-destruction now inevitable? 14:45Russell Kane talks to fellow comedian Angela Barnes about playing the extrovert for work.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 14:45Exploding society’s received wisdom. Do we deceive ourselves… to better fool others?
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| 15:00 | 15:00The contest of cryptic connections chaired by Tom Sutcliffe. 15:30Leyla Kazim investigates the history, science and culture around MSG
| 15:00Josie Long presents short documentaries about silence. 15:30Should very rich individuals be able to experiment with modifying the earth's climate?
| 15:00Experts discuss buying a home during the pandemic 15:30Voices & personality; Awards; dog jealousy; misophonia & pink drinks make you run faster
| 15:00Screenwriter Kay Mellor takes Clare for a ramble at Harewood House in Leeds. 15:27Shappi Khorsandi makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Refugee Action. 15:30Hollie McNish talks about her new book Slug and other things I've been told to hate.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 15:453/3A drama graduate finds herself alone on a stage in a theatre closed by the pandemic.
| 15:00Richard Curtis stars in a play about Bobaholics - people addicted to all things Bob Dylan.
| 15:002/2Hardy's romantic melodrama sets two lovers' lives against the backdrop of the universe
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| 16:00 | 16:001/4Journalist Jude Rogers examines how music shapes us from before we are even born. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religious dimension in the Scottish independence debate.
| 16:00Stand-up comedian Ian Smith investigates a strange occurrence in his home town of Goole. 16:30Actor and comedian Ben Miller nominates essayist William Hazlitt.
| 16:00Fitness & fatness: a programme exploring two sides of the same coin. 16:30How social media became a weapon of war.
| 16:00Cinema: open for business 16:30Viennese scientists describe a cure for infamous vaccine-induced thrombosis.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a chemist, a writer, a codebreaker, a teacher. 16:30Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations
| 16:00We are Lady Parts: the series about funny Muslim women, Environmental Minister Rebecca Pow
| 16:00Elizabeth Day talks to Lisa McInerney and Lucy Caldwell 16:301/3Andrew McMillan explores why poetic forms are fashionable again. This week: the sonnet.
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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 Kate Forbes in a personal and political interview. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00Long Covid - what happens when the sick pay runs out? 17:40A profile of the newly elected leader of the Democratic Unionist Party. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00Pubs, restaurants, and other venues in Britain welcome back customers - indoors 18:303/6Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests.
| 18:00Govt to announce in days if variant will delay further easing of Covid rules in England 18:302/4Award-winning stand-up Alex Edelman looks at how the Biden election has changed America.
| 18:00Prime Minister increasingly confident that jabs can protect against Indian variant. 18:301/4Alice and Snoo resort to some unconventional means to get hold of a passport.
| 18:00Inquiry says Panorama reporter used fake documents to get the interview in 1995. 18:303/6Following the life of Jerry and a wartime poem in 1943.
| 18:00Boris Johnson says the BBC must take every step to ensure nothing like it happens again. 18:306/8Andy Zaltzman presents a look back at the week's headlines
| 18:00The former head of the BBC stepped down after the Princess Diana interview controversy 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Government denies pursuing herd immunity policy, Italian cable car crash kills 13 18:15Peter Curran chooses the best of BBC audio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Tensions rise at Berrow Farm. 19:15Barry Jenkins on his adaptation of Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad 19:451/12When the first cases of AIDS emerged in New York, gay men responded with fear and denial.
| 19:00Peggy begins to wonder if she has done the right thing. 19:15Julie Hesmondhalgh on theatres reopening, Lie Down and Listen, Photographer James Barnor 19:452/12AIDS hit London's gay scene hard in the 1980s but the community rallied to raise awareness
| 19:00Jim finds himself caught in the crossfire. 19:15Composer Roxanna Panufnik on her new album, Heartfelt. 19:453/12In 1983 the first ward dedicated to AIDS opened at the San Francisco General Hospital.
| 19:00Alice faces the consequences of her actions. 19:15A look at the largest publlc exhbition of the sculptor Barbara Hepworth's work. 19:454/12The story of the UK's first research into AIDS, which began in 1982.
| 19:00Front Row on Bob Dylan at 80, with Bob Geldof, Ann Powers, Martin Carthy and Kerry Shale 19:455/12Norman Fowler recalls his time leading the British government's response to AIDS.
| 19:00A profile of the newly elected leader of the Democratic Unionist Party. 19:155/6Rufus Hound talks to writer Julie Myerson about the diaries from her formative years. 19:45How challenging your balance could build you a confident core and maybe even a longer life
| 19:00Supernatural story by Kate Mosse, author of Labyrinth and The Taxidermist's Daughter. 19:156/10Being overheard and the tyranny of toilets. Stephen Mangan talks to comic Phil Wang. 19:453/5Mary Paulson-Ellis tells the story of a life in five objects. Read by Alexandra Mathie.
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| 20:00 | 20:002/3Barnie Choudhury continues his reflections on the 2001 race riots with a visit to Burnley. 20:30Linda Pressly reports from the coast of Baja California on a dangerous clash of interests.
| 20:00Long Covid - what happens when the sick pay runs out?
| 20:00Jane Garvey hears how Tony Kofi’s fall from a roof led him to fall in love with jazz. 20:30One artist's memories of Damascus, captured in minature.
| 20:30What is life like for those entering hotel quarantine on their return to this country?
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Coventry Cathedral. 20:50Rebecca Stott on why we need to rethink our love affair with concrete.
| 20:00The many variations of Bob Dylan’s life and music told in his own words.
| 20:00Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations 20:30Matthew Bannister on a chemist, a writer, a codebreaker, a teacher.
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| 21:00 | 21:003/3Mark Miodownik looks at how repair and repair-ability fits into our sustainable future. 21:30Andrew Marr with Daniel Kahneman, Gillian Tett and Ann Cairns.
| 21:00Voices & personality; Awards; dog jealousy; misophonia & pink drinks make you run faster 21:30Jim Al-Khalili asks Nira Chamberlain how he uses maths to solve real-world problems.
| 21:00Should very rich individuals be able to experiment with modifying the earth's climate? 21:30How social media became a weapon of war.
| 21:00Viennese scientists describe a cure for infamous vaccine-induced thrombosis. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great novel from the Ming Era, with its heroic Monkey.
| 21:00Private Eye editor and satirist Ian Hislop meets his younger self in the BBC archives.
| 21:009/10Epic historical saga set in the richest, most powerful city on earth. 21:45A comfort stop in the Spanish interior is profoundly unsettling for one sightseer.
| 21:00The FCA plans for consumer duty, Pockit CEO exclusive interview and TikTok finance lessons 21:25Rapper Guvna B makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of International Justice Mission UK 21:307/7Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about record keepers.
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| 22:00 | 22:00People in England able to meet members of family and friends in each other's home 22:451/10On her eighteenth birthday, Debbie White feels overwhelmed by her future.
| 22:003 Palestinians killed in clashes with security forces in West Bank 22:452/10Debbie struggles to make friends at university.
| 22:00Netanyahu determined to keep up military operation against Hamas 22:453/10Xanthe invites Debbie to meet her friends and join them on a night out in Dublin.
| 22:00Almost 250 people dead in latest conflict 22:454/10Debbie is plagued with bad dreams.
| 22:00UN restarts humanitarian aid to Gaza 22:455/10As Debbie’s dreams begin to blur with reality, a tragedy strikes the family.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Kirsty Wark reunites the team behind London’s bid for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen talks to internet linguist Gretchen McCulloch about online fandom language. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Fi and Jane chat to presenter and writer Richard Osman. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:003/4Jamie jokes about his first attempts at stand-up comedy. 23:153/4A heady combination of maths, science and comedy with Festival of the Spoken Nerd. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:002/4Writer 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
| 23:00Actor and comedian Ben Miller nominates essayist William Hazlitt. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00The contest of cryptic connections chaired by Tom Sutcliffe. 23:30Carys Eleri explores the work of Gwerful Mechain, a fierce and provocative medieval poet.
| 23:00Cinema: open for business 23:30Mark Tully asks what happens when the things or people we rely on let us down.
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