| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Fitness & fatness: a programme exploring two sides of the same coin. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the Church of St Peter and St Paul, in Aston in Birmingham 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Mary McAleese, the former President of Ireland tells her remarkable story. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Mary McAleese on forging a career in the law, and living in Belfast during the Troubles. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Mary McAleese, the former President of Ireland, makes a life changing decision. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Mary McAleese, the former President of Ireland, on the Queen's historic visit. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Mary McAleese, the former President of Ireland, on a new beginning post presicendy. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:30During lockdown, Hannah joins an online Book Club and watches foxes in her garden. 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 reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev'd Dr Mark Clavier 05:45Problems with the NI protocol. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Presenter Dermot O'Leary relishes soaring swifts and swallows bobbing in front of his car.
| 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'd Dr Mark Clavier 05:45Paying farmers to retire: it may sound new but the EU's version didn’t work. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the black redstart.
| 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'd Dr Mark Clavier 05:45Could agroecology fight climate change, increase biodiversity and improve human health? 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the jack snipe.
| 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'd Dr Mark Clavier 05:45The government has launched consultations on new trade deals with Canada and Mexico. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the great shearwater.
| 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'd Dr Mark Clavier 05:45Badger culls in England will be phased out, but may be allowed in certain situations. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the sparrowhawk.
| 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 Debbie Thrower 05:459/12Alice 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 Andrew’s and St George’s West, Edinburgh. 05:45The life and career of Kate Bingham, former head of the UK’s Vaccine Taskforce
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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. 06:07Bex Band of Love Her Wild takes Clare for a loop around King Alfred's Tower in Somerset. 06:30The government is consulting on new trade deals - what will it mean for farmers? 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Mark Tully assesses the worldwide popularity of the 13th-century Sufi mystic poet. 06:35Brett Westwood explores the role sea anemones have played in art, literature and science. 06:57The latest weather reports and 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. 07:10Edward Stourton takes a look at the ethical and religious issues of the week. 07:54Football legend Andy Cole makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Kidney Research 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. 08:10Doing Justice: Service of Reflection marking the Anniversary of the murder of George Floyd 08:48Will Self muses on the joys of eavesdropping. 08:58David Attenborough presents the wood warbler.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Kirsty Wark with Jemma Wadham, Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson and Dwayne Ryan Menezes. 09:451/5Mary McAleese, the former President of Ireland tells her remarkable story.
| 09:00Mike Tipton on cold water swimming. 09:30How do you learn to go out of the house when you've got agoraphobia? 09:452/5Mary McAleese on forging a career in the law, and living in Belfast during the Troubles.
| 09:00How to vaccinate a country quickly, plus the UK’s singing contest woes. 09:30Dina Rezk describes how she made a friend of fear following the murder of her mother. 09:453/5Mary McAleese, the former President of Ireland, makes a life changing decision.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the upheavals of 1649-60 in the British Isles 09:454/5Mary McAleese, the former President of Ireland, on the Queen's historic visit.
| 09:00Alexei Sayle, comedian and writer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5Mary McAleese, the former President of Ireland, on a new beginning post presicendy.
| 09:00Paraclimber Anoushe Husain, Dr Stephen Gillam and Ben Dunne.
| 09:00News with Paddy O'Connell. How Dominic Cummings's intervention will go down in history.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Holly Smale, Caroline Dinenage MP, trial of Valerie Bacot & a new Covid/Pregnancy study
| 10:00Babes in the wood, Ecocide, Sexism in craft beer, and How to save a life
| 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.
| 10:00How Covid vaccines are affecting women, Paris Lees and Nero’s women
| 10:30Greg Jenner and the team head all the way back to 480BCE for The Battle of Salamis
| 10:00Ian offers some advice and the pressure gets to Neil. 10:54An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the snipe.
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| 11:00 | 11:00We catch up with Nick - on a mission to get his life back after suffering a brain injury. 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00Armando Iannucci explores why time appears to speed up alarmingly as we age. 11:302/4A mythological equivalent to Eve with a bit of Sleeping Beauty thrown in. With Edith Hall
| 11:003/3Barnie Choudhury considers the riots of summer 2001 - as the violence reaches Bradford. 11:301/6Mark Steel's in Town returns for an 8th series. First stop, Bedford.
| 11:00Villagers suffer as the Burmese military crack down; Belarus, Spain, Chad and Chile 11:303/4Music journalist Jude Rogers on how music helps us through crisis and change in adulthood.
| 11:001/7How close is each of our lives to the legacy of British slavery? 11:305/6Alfie Moore and his team of audience cops investigate a case of exposure.
| 11:00Radio 4's assessment of developments at Westminster 11:30South Africa's former leader in court; stories from India, Australia, Canada and DR Congo.
| 11:00Amanda Khozi Mukwashi, Christian Aid CEO, shares her soundtrack with Lauren Laverne. 11:45Could a bath before bedtime help your heart and improve your sleep?
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:046/10Debbie tries to confide in Xanthe. 12:18How can we restore the UK's peat bogs? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:047/10When the farm becomes snowed in, the Whites must look for help closer to home. 12:18What are your holiday plans for this summer? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:048/10Debbie is delighted that Xanthe is able to visit for Christmas. 12:18The older people who've started gaming since the start of the pandemic. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:049/10Debbie learns more about her family history. 12:18A new website will let you rent space from another person's garden. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:0410/10Debbie attempts to get her life back on track and make amends with Xanthe. 12:18The get-rich-quick investments which are not all they appear to be. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:04One man's struggle to get an NI number, NS+I problems, Insurance changes and Amigo update 12:307/8Andy Zaltzman presents a look back at the week's headlines 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:044/6Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests. 12:32Dan Saladino looks at Covid's impact on food in India and the efforts to feed communities. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:451/5A story of five men, who experienced double diaspora, from India to East Africa to the UK.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:452/5A story of five men, who experienced double diaspora, from India to East Africa to the UK.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:453/5A story of five men, who experienced double diaspora, from India to East Africa to the UK.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:454/5A story of five men, who experienced double diaspora, from India to East Africa to the UK.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:455/5A story of five men, who experienced double diaspora, from India to East Africa to the UK.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Bridlington Spa.
| 13:00Jonny Dymond looks at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world. 13:30From keeping the streets safe, to caring for the sick, and raising the next generation.
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| 14:00 | 14:00By Daniel Maier. A mother frantically searches for her missing son. 14:45What is hypochondria, and why don’t we take this misunderstood malaise more seriously?
| 14:00The siblings assemble for Jennifer. 14:15Lily Loveless stars as the prison maid who witnessed the final days of Marie Antoinette.
| 14:15Rumpole discovers he is a dog lover at heart and defends a man who insists he is guilty.
| 14:15The story behind John Huston and Eric Ambler's wartime documentary.
| 14:00The pressure gets to Neil. 14:151/6When Jake goes on the run from a shadowy organisation, only his sister Maya can save him. 14:45River Elegy was a pioneering TV documentary series, one of the most watched in history.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:45Actress Tuppence Middleton talks to clinical psychologist Dr Gazal Jones about OCD.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston hosts the gardening Q&A with a panel of experts. 14:45Challenging received wisdoms. Has obsessively measuring diversity made us less equal?
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| 15:00 | 15:00The contest of cryptic questions and connections chaired by Tom Sutcliffe. 15:30Leyla Kazim heads to Padstow to discover how restaurants are adapting to new Covid rules.
| 15:00Josie Long presents visceral short docs about - or made to engage - the senses. 15:30Can the people of Braunton pull off the UK's first community-led beaver reintroduction?
| 15:00Adam Shaw and guests discuss the financing of electric vehicles. 15:30Entitlement and bad luck; Awards finalist; intermittent fasting and memory.
| 15:00Bex Band of Love Her Wild takes Clare for a loop around King Alfred's Tower in Somerset. 15:27Rapper Guvna B makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of International Justice Mission UK 15:30Elizabeth Day talks to Lisa McInerney and Lucy Caldwell
| 15:00Kathy Clugston hosts the gardening Q&A with a panel of experts. 15:45During lockdown, Hannah joins an online Book Club and watches foxes in her garden.
| 15:00Simon's heartbroken and he is being stalked by a choir. Sebastian Baczkiewicz's drama.
| 15:001/3Sue Bridehead relates the story of stonemason Jude and his dreams of being a scholar.
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| 16:00 | 16:002/4Music journalist Jude Rogers examines how music impacts us as teeangers. 16:30Aleks Krotoski explores how we can preserve video games.
| 16:00Philanthropy is in question as museums and universities grapple with the ethics of gifts. 16:30Rosie tells Matthew Parris that Edward III was a cultural hero who deserves greater fame.
| 16:00How has London been shaped by the history of immigration? 16:30The BBC's entire governance is called into question.
| 16:00Toby Jones on In The Soup. 16:30Vic Gill and guests take a look at human impacts on the earth over thousands of years.
| 16:00Julian Worricker on a medical director, a motorsport boss, a scientist, an actor. 16:30How to vaccinate a country quickly, plus the UK’s singing contest woes.
| 16:00Geek Girl author Holly Smale on her autism diagnosis, Paris Lees, Hormones and vaccines.
| 16:00Tech startups, and representing deafness in fiction. 16:302/3Andrew McMillan explores why poetic forms are fashionable again. This week: the ghazal.
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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 Christina McAnea in a personal and political interview. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00Peer on peer sexual harassment and abuse in Britain’s schools and colleges. 17:40The life and career of Kate Bingham, former head of the UK’s Vaccine Taskforce 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00International community considers action after Belarus forces down plane 18:304/6Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests.
| 18:00The government issued new guidance on travel and indoor gatherings for parts of England. 18:303/4Award-winning US comedian Alex Edelman talks about how lockdown has changed his life.
| 18:00Number 10 former adviser Dominic Cummings says thousands died needlessly from coronavirus 18:302/4When Snoo makes an unexpected purchase, Alice has to face an old rival and some cables.
| 18:00Boris Johnson has mounted a staunch defence of his government's actions in the pandemic. 18:304/6A TV quiz show in 1990, and ending with a fairytale walk in 1921.
| 18:00'Deficiencies' in monitoring a convicted terrorist contributed to London Bridge deaths. 18:307/8Andy Zaltzman presents a look back at the week's headlines
| 18:00Expert says 'data not dates principle' has been reversed 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00No decision until next month on lifting remaining coronavirus restrictions in England. 18:15Greg James and Bella Mackie choose the best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00The siblings assemble for Jennifer. 19:15Writer-producer David Weil on new Amazon fantasy series, Solos. 19:456/12How ACT UP led the fight for the rights of those affected by HIV-AIDS in America
| 19:15The Rijkmuseum in Amsterdam opens a landmark exhibition, Slavery. 19:457/12In 1987 the drug AZT was seen as a breakthrough in fighting AIDS - but it was expensive.
| 19:15Larushka Ivan-Zadeh discusses Disney's anticipated 101 Dalmatians prequel, Cruella. 19:458/12Underground buyers clubs sold experimental AIDS drugs before regulators approved them.
| 19:00The pressure gets to Neil. 19:15Chris Addison discusses the new series of his comedy, Breeders. 19:459/12How conspiracy theories and denial had devastating consequences in the fight against AIDS
| 19:00Pianist Mitsuko Uchida returns to the Wigmore Hall. 19:4510/12How close are we to eradicating epidemic levels of HIV - and do we need a cure to do so?
| 19:00The life and career of Kate Bingham, former head of the UK’s Vaccine Taskforce 19:156/6Bill Oddie reads from his diaries about an Outward Bound course. 19:45How learning to control your breath can lower anxiety and enhance your decision making.
| 19:00A long distance lorry driver parks up overnight - but it's not the same old story. 19:157/10In this latest confession Stephen Mangan talks to fellow broadcaster Joan Bakewell. 19:454/5Mary Paulson-Ellis tells the story of a life in five objects. Read by Alexandra Mathie.
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| 20:00 | 20:003/3Barnie Choudhury considers the riots of summer 2001 - as the violence reaches Bradford. 20:30Why are some British politicians afraid of a dead French philosopher?
| 20:00Peer on peer sexual harassment and abuse in Britain’s schools and colleges. 20:40We assess the impact of e-scooters almost a year since trials began across the UK.
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze 20:45Dina Rezk describes how she made a friend of fear following the murder of her mother.
| 20:00What is ransomware and why is it a growing threat? 20:30With the use of cash in decline, will digital currencies be the way forward?
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Bridlington Spa. 20:50Will Self muses on the joys of eavesdropping.
| 20:00Alvin Hall tells the story of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
| 20:00How to vaccinate a country quickly, plus the UK’s singing contest woes. 20:30Julian Worricker on a medical director, a motorsport boss, a scientist, an actor.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Recalling her father’s DNR notice, Yasmeen Khan investigates clinical resuscitation. 21:30Kirsty Wark with Jemma Wadham, Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson and Dwayne Ryan Menezes.
| 21:00Entitlement and bad luck; Awards finalist; intermittent fasting and memory. 21:30Mike Tipton on cold water swimming.
| 21:00Can the people of Braunton pull off the UK's first community-led beaver reintroduction? 21:30The BBC's entire governance is called into question.
| 21:00Vic Gill and guests take a look at human impacts on the earth over thousands of years. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the upheavals of 1649-60 in the British Isles
| 21:00Broadcaster Esther Rantzen meets her younger self via the BBC Archives.
| 21:0010/10Epic historical saga set in the richest, most powerful city on earth. 21:45A tale of cleaning and clothes in a stylish Copenhagen apartment.
| 21:00One man's struggle to get an NI number, NS+I problems, Insurance changes and Amigo update 21:25Football legend Andy Cole makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Kidney Research UK. 21:30Why are some British politicians afraid of a dead French philosopher?
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| 22:00 | 22:00Opposition journalist arrested by authorities in Belarus 22:456/10Debbie tries to confide in Xanthe.
| 22:00President Alexander Lukashenko expected to respond tomorrow 22:457/10When the farm becomes snowed in, the Whites must look for help closer to home.
| 22:00Boris Johnson's former chief adviser says PM "unfit for the job" 22:458/10Debbie is delighted that Xanthe is able to visit for Christmas.
| 22:00Beijing says CIA has "dark history" of spreading misinformation 22:459/10Debbie learns more about her family history.
| 22:00Belarus leader accuses West of trying to destabilise his country 22:4510/10Debbie attempts to get her life back on track and make amends with Xanthe.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Rich Hall examines what's happened in the first 100 days of the Biden presidency. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Fi and Jane are joined by writer and comedian Jon Holmes. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:004/4Jamie MacDonald recalls being assessed for disability allowance. 23:154/4A heady combination of maths, science and comedy with Festival of the Spoken Nerd. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:003/4Writer 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
| 23:00Rosie tells Matthew Parris that Edward III was a cultural hero who deserves greater fame. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00The contest of cryptic questions and connections chaired by Tom Sutcliffe. 23:301/3Andrew McMillan explores why poetic forms are fashionable again. This week: the sonnet.
| 23:00Toby Jones on In The Soup. 23:30Mark Tully assesses the worldwide popularity of the 13th-century Sufi mystic poet.
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