| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Matthew Syed reveals how teams can become greater than their individual parts. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from All Saints Church in Maidstone, Kent 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Actor Giles Terera's insider's account of his time in the groundbreaking musical Hamilton. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Actor Giles Terera's inside account of his time with the groundbreaking musical Hamilton. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Actor Giles Terera's inside account of his time with the groundbreaking musical Hamilton 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Actor Giles Terera's inside account of his time with the groundbreaking musical Hamilton 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Actor Giles Terera's inside account of his time with the groundbreaking musical Hamilton 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Reflections on the modern pioneers of the environmental movement. Today - Judith Wright. 00:30A bereaved woman finds an unexpected connection to her lost love in a museum's storerooms. 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 Harry Baker. 05:45Can imported food really be greener? plus why cows are back grazing the dunes of Dorset. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Michael Palin presents the magnificent frigatebird a true oceanic bird.
| 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 Harry Baker. 05:45Caz Graham asks what farming can do to reduce methane emissions to tackle climate change. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the blue rock thrush, perched high on a Spanish castle.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Harry Baker. 05:45A new UK protected geographical status has been revealed. Caz Graham presents. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the Panamanian Montezuma oropendola.
| 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 Harry Baker. 05:45The grouse shooting season gets underway today but there might be fewer birds than normal. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the globally widespread but secretive black stork.
| 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 Harry Baker. 05:45Farmland in Wales is being bought by investment companies to offset carbon emissions. 05:58Chris Packham presents the North American blue jay.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43With Father Philip Blackledge of Holy Trinity Scottish Episcopal Church in Melrose 05:45Professor Atul Shah argues that we need a healthier relationship with finance.
| 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 Andrew’s Church, Hurstbourne Priors in Hampshire. 05:45Mark Coles profiles America’s top immunologist.
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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. 06:07Archaeologist Rose Ferraby explores the connections between people and stone in Dorset. 06:30The UN’s expert panel on climate change says methane emissions must be reduced. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand explores the many ways we measure time and its effect on us. 06:35Caz Graham meets a Cumbrian family fishing business which has weathered the Covid storm. 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. 07:10A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week with Emily Buchanan. 07:54Joanne Bakare makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of St Giles Trust 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 from Salford Cathedral. 08:48Adam Gopnik presents an extended anecdote about art, television and memory. 08:58Michael Palin presents the northern cardinal from a New York's Central Park.
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| 09:00 | 09:00In an inner London borough, tales of loss and longing, told through vegetables 09:305/5Oliver Burkeman explores how thinking more about death can help make us happier. 09:451/5Actor Giles Terera's insider's account of his time in the groundbreaking musical Hamilton.
| 09:00Sangita Myska meets Matts-Åke Belin who has a vision to eliminate traffic fatalities. 09:304/5Simon Watt wonders if we could upgrade the human body with help from the animal kingdom. 09:452/5Actor Giles Terera's inside account of his time with the groundbreaking musical Hamilton.
| 09:00Clarke Peters reveals stories of black music from the late 1970s to the present day. 09:30Professor Atul Shah argues that we need a healthier relationship with finance. 09:453/5Actor Giles Terera's inside account of his time with the groundbreaking musical Hamilton
| 09:00Anne McElvoy and two guests, opposed on a major issue, explore each other's perspective. 09:301/5Stories of the people behind the calls at the heart of Any Questions and Any Answers. 09:454/5Actor Giles Terera's inside account of his time with the groundbreaking musical Hamilton
| 09:00Kirsty Wark and guests recall the battle to introduce same-sex marriage in Britain. 09:455/5Actor Giles Terera's inside account of his time with the groundbreaking musical Hamilton
| 09:00James McNicholas on his boxing champion grandfather, and Emma Barnett's Inheritance Tracks
| 09:00Paddy O'Connell brings you live coverage as the Taliban enter Kabul.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Belarus; Domestic Violence and Terrorism; Instagram pictures; Anna Whitehouse
| 10:00Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
| 10:00US VP Kamala Harris; Working from home; Camping; Georgia Pritchett; Women & investing.
| 10:00Baby Bonding, ASMR, Afghanistan, Eimear McBride, BMX Freestyle
| 10:00Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
| 10:30Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
| 10:00Alice loses control and the Aldridge family attempt to hold everything together. 10:54An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring three macaw species.
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| 11:00 | 11:00How breaking went from the inner city streets of New York City to the Olympic Games 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00How is DNA science transforming the study of ancient history, and where might it take us? 11:30Moments of inspiration recalled by some of our best known artists.
| 11:002/4Ian Hislop explores the story and legacy of four great Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms of England. 11:305/6Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman hear the inside story of Britain’s biggest TV comedies.
| 11:00The deadly crime wave afflicting Israel's Arab citizens. 11:30True stories of life-changing encounters with art in all its forms.
| 11:00Helen Lewis meets people offering radical solutions to the big problems of our times. 11:302/4Comedian Ellie Taylor looks at exercise and why it should, in her opinion, be forbidden.
| 11:00As the Taliban capture more territory in Afghanistan, who supports them and why? 11:30Flames consume homes, forests and farmland; tales from Afghanistan, Libya, Cuba and Norway
| 11:00Kirsty Wark reunites the team behind 90s TV news parody The Day Today. 11:451/5Stories of the people behind the calls at the heart of Any Questions and Any Answers.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:041/10A fisherman and a mermaid meet and fall in love. Costa Book of the Year 2020. 12:18Concerns for the welfare of dogs being handed into rescue centres. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:042/10A fisherman and a mermaid meet and fall in love. Costa Book of the Year 2020. 12:18Call You & Yours: What are you spending your money on? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:043/10A fisherman and a mermaid meet and fall in love. Costa Book of the Year 2020. 12:18Fancy a giant sphere as tall as Big Ben, as wide as the London Eye next door to you? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:044/10A fisherman and a mermaid meet and fall in love. Costa Book of the Year 2020. 12:18The green list for travel is having a big impact on where people are choosing to go. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:045/10A fisherman and a mermaid meet and fall in love. Costa Book of the Year 2020. 12:18Working from Home; Holiday Bookings; Phone Fraud 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:042/4Felicity Hannah asks who are financial winners and the losers of the pandemic? 12:303/5Henry meets a local nemesis as he tries to make some home and garden improvements. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:043/7Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game. 12:32Dan Saladino finds out how wheat, flour and bread are being reclaimed in Scotland. 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 with the personal monogram of Suleyman the Magnificent.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:452/5Neil MacGregor with a 14th century bank note - from Ming Dynasty China.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond 13:453/5Neil MacGregor with a model of a llama - the animal behind the Inca Empire.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:454/5Neil MacGregor with a jade cup that belonged a great leader of the Timurid Empire.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond 13:455/5Neil MacGregor with Durer's extraordinary image of a rhino - an animal he had never seen.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Church of St Mary, Leigh.
| 13:00News with Dharshini David including the latest from Afghanistan and the staycation boom. 13:30Fi Glover presents conversations on beating hearts, climate change & remote working.
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| 14:00 | 14:00What makes snippets of popular songs go round and round in our heads? 14:15Crime drama set in communist Hungary. Bertalan renews his battle with the Miklos gang.
| 14:00Alice struggles to stay in control 14:15Cold War crime drama set in Hungary in 1966.
| 14:00It’s a big day for Ruairi 14:15Philip Palmer's detective drama set in communist Hungary.
| 14:00Jennifer struggles to find the right words 14:15It’s 2025 and a new virus in Singapore threatens to wreck a major trade deal.
| 14:00The Aldridge family attempt to hold everything together 14:15Robert Bathurst plays a writer with a compulsion to find mountain snowbeds.
| 14:00Is the western withdrawal from Afghanistan a huge strategic mistake? 14:453/5Ann Widdecombe explores the growing middle classes 18th century guide to etiquette.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 14:45Reflections on the modern pioneers of the environmental movement. Today - Judith Wright.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The prestigious general knowledge quiz with Russell Davies 15:30Jaega Wise meets the chef bringing Chinese culture and history to life through his food.
| 15:00Josie Long presents short documentaries inspired by the work of Leonora Carrington. 15:30Kimberley Wilson and Xand van Tulleken travel along one of the brain's superhighways.
| 15:001/4Felicity Hannah asks who are the financial winners and losers of the Covid pandemic. 15:30Few of us can identify the different parts of the vulva. James finds out why this matters.
| 15:00Archaeologist Rose Ferraby explores the connections between people and stone in Dorset. 15:27Peter Capaldi makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Hands Up Foundation 15:30Chris Power talks to Jean Hanff Korelitz about her new book The Plot
| 15:00Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 15:45A bereaved woman finds an unexpected connection to her lost love in a museum's storerooms.
| 15:001/3Charlotte Stant walks back into Prince Amerigo's life. Stars Luke Pasqualino.
| 15:001/2Henrik Ibsen's searing tale of middle aged male hubris.
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| 16:00 | 16:00True stories of life-changing encounters with art in all its forms. 16:30Can I make a pizza that contains my recommended daily intake of everything? asks Paul
| 16:00Michael Rosen asks Devyani Sharma about the latest research into accent bias in the UK. 16:30Violinist Tasmin Little on her hero, Sir Yehudi Menuhin.
| 16:00Matthew Syed ponders how he can stop himself from becoming self-entitled. 16:30Why are foreign journalists leaving China and Hong Kong?
| 16:00Alvin Rakoff on Sean Connery, Peter Sellers and many others. 16:30Climate change and extreme weather events.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a poet, a stockbroker, a Muslim teacher, a military observer 16:30Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations.
| 16:00Mental health and online dating, Charlotte Worthington & writer Georgia Pritchett
| 16:00Chris Power speaks to Leïla Slimani about her new book, The Country of Others. 16:302/3Writer Bridget Minamore talks to poets about the way our bodies affect our writing.
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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 17:30What are the rules when people have to lose their jobs? Evan Davis and guests discuss. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00Mark Mardell looks at how British business is faring seven months on from Brexit. 17:40Mark Coles profiles America’s top immunologist. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00UN report directly links global warming with extreme weather 18:303/7Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
| 18:00Top grades for A-level results for England, Wales and Northern Ireland reach record high. 18:304/4Simon Evans presents another comedy lecture on economics.
| 18:00Head of Afghanistan's army sacked as the Taliban continue their rapid advance. 18:304/4Paul Sinha presents his virtual audience with an A-Z of facts.
| 18:00The Taliban have captured the city of Herat, and look set to take over Kandahar. 18:30Comedian Imran Yusuf does some soul-searching about what it means to be a 'man'.
| 18:00The gunman's mother is among those killed in the shooting. 18:303/5Henry meets a local nemesis as he tries to make some home and garden improvements.
| 18:00Labour asks why the perpetrator, Jake Davison, had a firearms licence in the first place 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Taliban enter presidential palace in Kabul after Afghan president flees the country 18:15Jude Rogers chooses the best of BBC audio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Alice struggles to stay in control 19:15Phil Wang joins us to discuss his stand-up show, Philly Philly Wang Wang. 19:45Sunil Khilnani tells the story of the painter Amrita Sher-Gil.
| 19:00It’s a big day for Ruairi 19:15Kae Tempest on Paradise, their adaptation of Sophocles' Philoctetes starring Lesley Sharp. 19:45Sunil Khilnani explores the life of freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose.
| 19:00Jennifer struggles to find the right words 19:15Russian composer Igor Stravinsky died 50 years ago. Is his influence still felt? 19:45A portrait of Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian nationalist movement
| 19:00The Aldridge family attempt to hold everything together 19:15Director Dominic Cooke talks about creating the new film, The Courier. 19:45Sunil Khilnani explores the life and legacy of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan.
| 19:00Pianist Vikingur Olafsson is in the studio to talk about audiences, live music, and Mozart 19:45Exploring the life and work of India's master of the short story, Saadat Hasan Manto.
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles America’s top immunologist. 19:15Simon Armitage talks to John Tiffany, award-winning West End and Broadway theatre director
| 19:00The Ambridge summer fete descends into chaos 19:151/4The latest from Frayn’s comic genius. Martin Jarvis directs a dazzling ensemble. 19:455/5Nearing the end of his time in therapy, Max appears much changed.
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| 20:00 | 20:002/4Ian Hislop explores the story and legacy of four great Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms of England. 20:30How armed gangs are inflicting terror upon schools in northern Nigeria.
| 20:00Mark Mardell looks at how British business is faring seven months on from Brexit. 20:40Audio Description; Goalball Classifications
| 20:00Two strangers meet to share a common experience, and their differences. They bring a gift. 20:45Professor Atul Shah argues that we need a healthier relationship with finance.
| 20:00As the Taliban capture more territory in Afghanistan, who supports them and why? 20:30Helen Lewis meets people offering radical solutions to the big problems of our times.
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Church of St Mary, Leigh. 20:50Adam Gopnik presents an extended anecdote about art, television and memory.
| 20:00William Miller goes in search of answers to his famous father’s death from Alzheimer’s.
| 20:00Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a poet, a stockbroker, a Muslim teacher, a military observer
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| 21:00 | 21:003/3Gene edited babies and gene drives to eradicate pests. 21:30In an inner London borough, tales of loss and longing, told through vegetables
| 21:00Few of us can identify the different parts of the vulva. James finds out why this matters. 21:30Sangita Myska meets Matts-Åke Belin who has a vision to eliminate traffic fatalities.
| 21:00Kimberley Wilson and Xand van Tulleken travel along one of the brain's superhighways. 21:30Why are foreign journalists leaving China and Hong Kong?
| 21:00Climate change and extreme weather events. 21:30Anne McElvoy and two guests, opposed on a major issue, explore each other's perspective.
| 21:0015/20Neil MacGregor retells humanity's history through the objects it has made.(R)
| 21:006/8Following a series of murders, Barakat's hold over Tumanbay is complete. 21:45The next in Daisy Johnson's darkly haunting stories set in a hotel in the Fens.
| 21:002/4Felicity Hannah asks who are financial winners and the losers of the pandemic? 21:25Joanne Bakare makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of St Giles Trust 21:30Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Major UN report: carbon emissions making extreme weather conditions even worse 22:451/10A fisherman and a mermaid meet and fall in love. Costa Book of the Year 2020.
| 22:00Biden says he doesn’t regret bringing US troops home 22:452/10A fisherman and a mermaid meet and fall in love. Costa Book of the Year 2020.
| 22:00President Ashraf Ghani sacks head of the Afghan army 22:453/10A fisherman and a mermaid meet and fall in love. Costa Book of the Year 2020.
| 22:00UK sending 600 military personnel to get British nationals out of Kabul 22:454/10A fisherman and a mermaid meet and fall in love. Costa Book of the Year 2020.
| 22:00Paul Wolfowitz tells us Taliban victory will be failure on a par with Vietnam 22:455/10A fisherman and a mermaid meet and fall in love. Costa Book of the Year 2020.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Two strangers meet to share a common experience, and their differences. They bring a gift.
| 22:00Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen and Amanda Montell on who uses it and why. 23:30How did British politics go from Labour landslides to Brexit? John O'Farrell finds out.
| 23:00Fi and Jane are joined by newsreading icon Clive Myrie. 23:30Political comedy memoir from accidental parliamentary candidate John O'Farrell.
| 23:00Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Jordan Brookes runs his eye round the murky world of dating. 23:15What does it mean to be living with HIV? 23:30Barack Obama's election, the financial crisis and Gordon's lack of prudence.
| 23:00Comedy conversations. Gruff Rhys goes to his first festival gig since the pandemic began. 23:30From the 'Ed Stone' to veteran left-winger Jeremy Corbyn, via Trump and Brexit.
| 23:00Violinist Tasmin Little on her hero, Sir Yehudi Menuhin. 23:303/6Phil Tinline continues his series exploring what conspiracy stories tell us about power.
| 23:00The prestigious general knowledge quiz with Russell Davies 23:301/3Yomi Ṣode talks to poets about the power of music.
| 23:00Alvin Rakoff on Sean Connery, Peter Sellers and many others. 23:30Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand explores the many ways we measure time and its effect on us.
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