| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Matthew Syed examines the appeal of the myth of subliminal influence. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from Washington National Cathedral in the USA. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Britain's pioneering nature writer on the link between mental health and nature. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Pioneering nature writer Richard Mabey recalls how his illness began... 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Pioneering nature writer Richard Mabey returns to his beloved Chiltern Hills 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The pioneering nature writer on the impact of migrant birds on his mental health. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Pioneering writer Richard Mabey's passion for the natural world re-awakens. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15How do you learn to go out of the house when you've got agoraphobia? 00:30Damien Love creates a fictional response to the week's news. 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 Canon Rachel Mann. 05:45Europe moves to ban cages in farming. Farmland birds - a mixed picture. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Chris Packham presents the purple martin from eastern North America.
| 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 Canon Rachel Mann. 05:45Some say predators need to be controlled to help the conservation of ground-nesting birds. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the common sandpiper.
| 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 Canon Rachel Mann. 05:45A government farm trial is being run where cattle are vaccinated against Bovine TB. 05:58Chris Packham presents the ivory gull from the northern polar seas.
| 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 Canon Rachel Mann. 05:45Farmers have been told what they will be paid to improve their soils. Anna Hill presents. 05:58Chris Packham presents a true global ocean going mariner, the red-billed tropicbird.
| 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 Canon Rachel Mann. 05:45The government has decided that seed potatoes can no longer be imported from the EU. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the wetland-loving African jacana.
| 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 Rick Hill. 05:45Tracey Follows explores how virtual assistants can help us survive after death.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from St Michael’s Church, Whichford in South Warwickshire 05:45From Wembley schoolboy to playing for England in a final at Wembley.
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07Helen Mark goes fishing for treasure with magnets in Edinburgh. 06:30Farmland birds are in long term decline, hit largely by changes in the way we farm. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Malcolm Doney argues that imagination is at the heart of what it means to be human. 06:35Caz Graham meets the man who's built a barrow and an amphitheatre on his Shropshire farm. 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. 07:10William Crawley with a look at the ethical and religious issues of the week. 07:54Grime MC and TV chef Big Zuu makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of APT Action on Poverty 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service led by Canon Simon Doogan and the Rev Jan Stevenson. 08:48Tom Shakespeare on our relationship with red tape, past and present. 08:58Chris Packham presents the rhinoceros auklet - near the North American western seaboard.
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| 09:00 | 09:001/5What is education for? Amol Rajan and guests discuss rethinking education post-pandemic. 09:451/5Britain's pioneering nature writer on the link between mental health and nature.
| 09:002/5Can early years and primary schools make up for lack of provision at home? With Amol Rajan 09:452/5Pioneering nature writer Richard Mabey recalls how his illness began...
| 09:003/5Is the current exam system working for all students or is it no longer fit for purpose? 09:453/5Pioneering nature writer Richard Mabey returns to his beloved Chiltern Hills
| 09:004/5Should higher education investment focus on vocational skills or academic knowledge? 09:454/5The pioneering nature writer on the impact of migrant birds on his mental health.
| 09:005/5Can technology help shape the future of education? Amol Rajan and guests discuss. 09:455/5Pioneering writer Richard Mabey's passion for the natural world re-awakens.
| 09:00Ex-cult member Bexy Cameron and the Inheritance Tracks of Anita Rani.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Yvette Cooper on tabling an amendment to the Police Courts Crime and Sentencing Bill.
| 10:00Female truckers; dealing with disappointment; Caitlin Moran; maternity failings.
| 10:00Lady Lavinia Nourse, Early labour, Chile’s constitution.
| 10:00Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
| 10:00Gina Yashere, Afghanistan, WAGs, Helen Epega
| 10:30Greg James heads deep into the BBC archives to deliver a selection of prime audio.
| 10:00Fallon has major concerns and Alice faces her fears 10:54An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring members of the auk family.
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| 11:00 | 11:00What led to Musk’s obsession with existential catastrophism and colonising Mars? 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00But is she? Meet Velma: a cat with attitude. And Suzi Ruffell, her owner. 11:301/3Oscar-winner Paul Franklin tells how visual effects changed and how they changed cinema.
| 11:003/3David Mitchell started the series as a meetings sceptic. Has he been converted? 11:30Michael Palin invents technology to fire James Peak inside Terry Gilliam's memory palace.
| 11:00Ethiopia stonewalls questions on Tigray; stories from the Philippines, USA, Ukraine and UK 11:303/4A four-part series on the relationship that Scotland’s writers have with Scotland itself.
| 11:007/7A man whose predecessor paid for the Colston statue and a man who dumped it in the harbour 11:301/4Series about Ashley's unusual home life starts with the downside of a large family.
| 11:00Ben Wright reviews the political week. 11:30Years of foreign operations draw to an end; tales from Haiti, Cyprus, Slovenia and Ireland
| 11:00Noel Fitzpatrick, veterinarian, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 11:45Can marketing move beyond mere copy and be considered genuine art?
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:041/10Hale is on the run from Pinkie's mob. He thinks they mean to murder him. 12:18Complaints mount about problems with the two and ten day PCR testing system for travellers 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:042/10Hale, AKA Kolley Kibber from the newspaper, has been found dead. 12:18Are you feeling ready for the final lifting of Covid-19 restrictions? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:043/10Pinkie has hooked up with Rose mainly to find out if she knows anything about Hale's death 12:18Thousands are being caught in a driving test backlog. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:044/10Ida is increasingly suspicious about Hale's death. She starts asking questions. 12:18Cat deaths and the concerns over possible links to some cat food products. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:045/10Pinkie might have to marry Rose to shut her up. You can't rat on your husband... 12:18A family trying to get exemption from quarantine because of their child's severe allergy. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:04When banks stop you spending your own money. 12:305/6With an online audience, new topical comedy known as the Broadcasting House variant. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:044/675th Series of the multi award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee. 12:32Jaega Wise speaks to those hoping to change how women are treated in the drinks world 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:451/5Neil Macgregor's history through objects - today the famous Lewis chessmen.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:452/5Neil MacGregor with an extraordinary astronomical instrument.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:453/5Neil MacGregor with a magnificent brass head from the African city of Ife.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:454/5Neil MacGregor - and the transformation of ordinary clay into beautiful Chinese porcelain.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:455/5Neil MacGregor with a ritual seat from a Caribbean culture that has been destroyed.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Glusburn in North Yorkshire.
| 13:00Jonny Dymond looks at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world. 13:30Memories of an unhappy school experience, living with schizophrenia, ballet and stripping.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Why do sports fans follow club teams, even when they may live thousands of miles away? 14:151/5Neville Presho makes a shocking discovery when he returns to Tory island. 14:451/4Manchester taxi drivers Bernie and Ben journey around the North West. Stars Peter Slater.
| 14:152/5Frustrated by the wall of silence on Tory, Neville takes his search to the Irish mainland. 14:452/4Hit the road in Manchester where we eavesdrop on taxi journeys around the North West.
| 14:00Fallon has major concerns. 14:153/5Neville uncovers more clues, but the stress of his search exerts a terrible toll. 14:453/4Ben is dealing with a conspiracy theorist and Bernie discusses life before taxi driving.
| 14:154/5Neville descends to his lowest point, but a chance encounter offers new hope. 14:454/4Comedy from Manchester where we eavesdrop on taxi journeys around the North West.
| 14:00Eddie offers the benefit of his experience. 14:155/5A day of reckoning finally arrives for Neville, but who will the court believe? 14:45The empress dowager who tried - and failed - to reform.
| 14:00Is Britain about to embark on an unprecedented experiment when it comes to herd immunity? 14:45How do you learn to go out of the house when you've got agoraphobia?
| 14:00Peter Gibbs hosts this week's horticultural panel show. 14:45Can online retailers ever capture the magic out of the traditional shopping experience?
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| 15:00 | 15:006/6Three students from Nottingham Trent University take on their dons in the upbeat quiz. 15:30Jaega Wise finds out how and why the picnic has become such an institution.
| 15:001/6Short documentaries about people or places who become known for a single thing. 15:30Kimberley Wilson and Xand van Tulleken talk artificial hearts and broken heart syndrome.
| 15:00How to turn business ideas into reality. 15:30How to tackle needle phobia and get the vaccine, plus one man's lateral flow experiment.
| 15:00Helen Mark goes fishing for treasure with magnets in Edinburgh. 15:27Comedian Bob Mortimer makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of LawWorks. 15:30James Naughtie talks to Francis Spufford about his novel Golden Hill.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs hosts this week's horticultural panel show. 15:45Damien Love creates a fictional response to the week's news.
| 15:004/5Mike Walker's epic saga of the Habsburg dynasty continues. 1618. War is a business now.
| 15:004/4DH Lawrence's daring exploration of desire dramatised by Ian Kershaw
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| 16:00 | 16:002/4A four-part series on the relationship that Scotland’s writers have with Scotland itself. 16:301/6Why do our tummies rumble - and when they do, does it always mean we are hungry?
| 16:00How the late Louis Armstrong conquered Britain with his music and personality. 16:30The singer and the drummer choose very different books.
| 16:00Matthew Syed asks why major projects often fail spectacularly - spectacularly predictably. 16:30The Chinese app challenging YouTube and Instagram.
| 16:00David Oyelowo: we now have the raw data. 16:30The role our genetic inheritance plays in determining how the virus affects us.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a US defense secretary, a film-maker and an archaeologist. 16:30Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations.
| 16:00An exclusive interview with Lady Lavinia Nourse who was cleared of child sex abuse
| 16:00As the Tokyo Olympics approach, a look at some of the best novels coming out of Japan. 16:30The 'Poet Laureate of Twitter' joins Roger McGough.
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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 17:30Why have business jargon and corporate-speak come to dominate how companies communicate? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00Bullying and sexual abuse and harassment in the film and television industry. 17:40From Wembley schoolboy to playing for England in a final at Wembley. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00Government confirms coronavirus restrictions in England should be lifted in two weeks 18:304/675th Series of the multi award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee.
| 18:00People in England who've had two doses of the Covid vaccine won't have to self-isolate. 18:305/6Elgar, Ed’s trusty feline companion, develops a nasty sneeze.
| 18:00Boris Johnson rejects criticism of his approach to easing Covid restrictions in England 18:303/4Ashley thwarts a robbery dressed as a chicken and becomes an internet sensation.
| 18:00Amber list quarantine for fully vaccinated travellers returning to England to end soon 18:301/4Olga unpacks the concept of nationality.
| 18:00A Metropolitan police officer has admitted murdering Sarah Everard 18:305/6With an online audience, new topical comedy known as the Broadcasting House variant.
| 18:00Medical leaders have warned that cases are "rising dramatically". 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Match against Italy the biggest for more than half a century 18:15Caz Graham chooses the best of BBC audio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:15A retrospective of the Portuguese-born artist Paula Rego opens at Tate Britain this week. 19:456/12The story of a group radicalised by their isolation and anti-government views.
| 19:00Fallon has major concerns. 19:15A look at this year’s Manchester International Festival. 19:457/12Leah Sottile looks into Elohim City, a remote Christian Identity enclave in Oklahoma.
| 19:15Romeo & Juliet director Ola Ince, and harassment and bullying in the acting profession 19:458/12Leah Sottile explores Kingman Arizona. A place where the wild west cowboy myth persists.
| 19:00Eddie offers the benefit of his experience. 19:15Laura Mvula's on her new album, Pink Noise 19:459/12Leah Sottile explores the fallout of the Oklahoma City Bombing amongst America's far-right
| 19:00Llangollen bridge is wrapped in patchwork. 19:4510/12The legacy of the Oklahoma City Bombing in a divided and turbulent America.
| 19:00From Wembley schoolboy to playing for England in a final at Wembley. 19:15Poet Simon Armitage talks to the Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen in his writing shed.
| 19:002/6Katherine Jakeways stars in Jenny Eclair's comic monologue about a blind date going wrong. 19:15Kate Copstick and special guests tackle taboos in comedy. NB Not for the easily offended. 19:455/5The last in the brilliantly funny short story series by the author of Love After Love.
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| 20:00 | 20:003/3Marybeth Hamilton explores the fate and fortunes of Black Americans under the New Deal. 20:30What prospects are there for a two state solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
| 20:00Bullying and sexual abuse and harassment in the film and television industry. 20:40Wheelie bin obstructions and becoming a new parent when you're blind or visually impaired.
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze 20:45Tracey Follows explores how virtual assistants can help us survive after death.
| 20:00David Aaronovitch explores the new political demography of Britain and asks who are we? 20:30Why have business jargon and corporate-speak come to dominate how companies communicate?
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Glusburn in North Yorkshire. 20:50Tom Shakespeare on our relationship with red tape, past and present.
| 20:00Jim Waterson tells the inside story of the collapse of the News of the World.
| 20:00Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a US defense secretary, a film-maker and an archaeologist.
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| 21:00 | 21:00David Shariatmadari explores the science of language, dementia and ageing. 21:301/5What is education for? Amol Rajan and guests discuss rethinking education post-pandemic.
| 21:00How to tackle needle phobia and get the vaccine, plus one man's lateral flow experiment. 21:302/5Can early years and primary schools make up for lack of provision at home? With Amol Rajan
| 21:00The Chinese app challenging YouTube and Instagram. 21:303/5Is the current exam system working for all students or is it no longer fit for purpose?
| 21:00The role our genetic inheritance plays in determining how the virus affects us. 21:304/5Should higher education investment focus on vocational skills or academic knowledge?
| 21:00A fun exploration of lateral thinking - in tribute to Edward de Bono who coined the term. 21:305/5Can technology help shape the future of education? Amol Rajan and guests discuss.
| 21:001/8As refugees scramble to escape the city, Gregor swears an oath to the new rulers. 21:45The next in The Hotel, Daisy Johnson's deliciously spine-chilling series of ghost stories
| 21:00When banks stop you spending your own money. 21:25Grime MC and TV chef Big Zuu makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of APT Action on Poverty 21:30What prospects are there for a two state solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
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| 22:00 | 22:00Face coverings will become voluntary, social distancing will end 22:451/10Hale is on the run from Pinkie's mob. He thinks they mean to murder him.
| 22:00Pentagon insists Afghan leaders were informed before withdrawal 22:452/10Hale, AKA Kolley Kibber from the newspaper, has been found dead.
| 22:00Southgate's team reach first major final since 1966 World Cup 22:453/10Pinkie has hooked up with Rose mainly to find out if she knows anything about Hale's death
| 22:00Tokyo again placed under a state of emergency 22:454/10Ida is increasingly suspicious about Hale's death. She starts asking questions.
| 22:00BBC learns the NHS app will be told to adjust its sensitivity 22:455/10Pinkie might have to marry Rose to shut her up. You can't rat on your husband...
| 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 | 23:00Greg James heads deep into the BBC archives to deliver a selection of extraordinary audio. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Fi and Jane are joined by BBC Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:002/4Stand-up from comedienne Heidi Regan, who fights worry with jokes. 23:156/8Returning to twist itself into - and remix - the news. Jon Holmes presents The Skewer. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:001/4The road to fame for the office bod and Room Next Door Man is paved with awkwardness. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00The singer and the drummer choose very different books. 23:30News and views from Westminster as Mark D'Arcy looks back at the last week in Parliament.
| 23:006/6Three students from Nottingham Trent University take on their dons in the upbeat quiz. 23:30The poet and biographer selects poems requested by listeners, with Roger McGough.
| 23:00David Oyelowo: we now have the raw data. 23:30Malcolm Doney argues that imagination is at the heart of what it means to be human.
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