| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The changing nature of crime and the impact of Covid on criminal opportunity. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from St Martin’s Church, Desford in Leicester. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The extraordinary story of the women who took on the Islamic State and won. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Kobani is under siege from Isis. The women's military units are locked in combat. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Nowruz commands the women’s units fighting to reclaim the Isis stronghold of Manbij. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The women's force now numbers thousands. Rojda is in charge of the western front line. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The battle for Raqqa has reached its exhausted end - but Isis ideology is hard to conquer. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Reflections on modern pioneers of the environmental movement. Today - Sunderlal Bahuguna. 00:30A man rails against a custody settlement. Hard-hitting short story. 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 Andrea Rea 05:45Light touch regulation for gene edited crops in England. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Michael Palin presents the Asian koel's arrival to an Indian orchard.
| 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 Andrea Rea 05:45E10 biofuel at pumps - but can the balance between growing for fuel or food be maintained? 05:58Chris Packham presents the Atlantic canary, singing in the Tenerife treetops.
| 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 Andrea Rea 05:45Some NI retailers have cut GB supplied food despite trade checks suspended indefinitely. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents brown skua hunting over an Antarctic landscape.
| 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 Andrea Rea 05:45Caz Graham visits an agricultural show to hear how it's managed to survive the pandemic. 05:58Chris Packham presents the brown thrasher, usually seen in North America.
| 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 Andrea Rea 05:45Thousands of cattle killed to stop bovine TB. Why so much fuss about one alpaca? 05:58Chris Packham presents the Madagascan Harrier-hawk from Madagascar.
| 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 Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg 05:45Angela Frazer-Wicks tells her extraordinary story of being a mother.
| 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 Mary Magdalene, Chewton Mendip in Somerset 05:45What drives the influential rapper and fashion mogul Kanye West, asks Mark Coles.
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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. 06:07Clare is in Auchtermuchty, Fife, for a broad conversation across a beautiful landscape. 06:30Innovations in fishing look to cut carbon emissions and introduce robotics. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Remona Aly welcomes women to the ranks of warriorhood, a title usually reserved for men. 06:35Charlotte Smith visits the second of three finalists in the BBC Food and Farming Awards. 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. 07:54Tanni-Grey Thompson presents the R4 Appeal on behalf of British Paralympic Association. 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Beverley Humphreys reflects on the theme of ‘finding a voice’. 08:48John Gray reflects on doubt, faith and love... through the life of Arthur Balfour. 08:58Joe Harkness on the skylark.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Eavesdropping on rehearsals, musicians give insiders' perspectives on preparing Elgar. 09:30Will children of the digital revolution tackle denialism differently? With Isabel Hardman. 09:451/5The extraordinary story of the women who took on the Islamic State and won.
| 09:00Why, in the Age of the Algorithm, humans have never been more important. 09:30Anna Freeman speaks to Brian Robson, who airmailed himself home in a crate. 09:452/5Kobani is under siege from Isis. The women's military units are locked in combat.
| 09:00How worried should we be about antibodies? Plus food that shortens life. 09:30Angela Frazer-Wicks tells her extraordinary story of being a mother. 09:453/5Nowruz commands the women’s units fighting to reclaim the Isis stronghold of Manbij.
| 09:00John Harris talks to people in Perth about their lives and how they see the future. 09:305/5Stories of the people behind the calls at the heart of Any Questions and Any Answers. 09:454/5The women's force now numbers thousands. Rojda is in charge of the western front line.
| 09:00Kirsty Wark reunites those involved in the trial of the Mangrove Nine in 1971. 09:455/5The battle for Raqqa has reached its exhausted end - but Isis ideology is hard to conquer.
| 09:00TikTok Chef Poppy O'Toole and Neil Oliver's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Anita Anand.
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| 10:00 | 10:00The literary return of a much loved Agatha Christie creation - Miss Marple.
| 10:00Michaela Coel on her first book. Lockdown in paradise. Female HGV drivers.
| 10:00Julie Bindel, Social Care, Jennifer Hudson on Aretha Franklin and Soviet Women in WWII.
| 10:00Is coughing a learnt behaviour that post-Covid, we can unlearn?
| 10:00Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
| 10:30Meet Saladin, legendary leader and Richard the Lionheart’s honourable nemesis.
| 10:00Susan comes to a terrible realisation, and Chris has a dilemma on his hands
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| 11:00 | 11:00An individual with a story to tell, and some answers to find, in today's Britain. 11:30Anneka Rice and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00Poet Paul Farley considers how we warn future generations about our buried nuclear waste. 11:301/3Dante's Divine Comedy mined for 21st-century meaning, by BBC Europe Editor Katya Adler.
| 11:00What does it take to run an effective local political campaign? 11:304/4Alex and Ben are putting out a Christmas special - in the height of summer.
| 11:00The mystery illness that has struck American diplomats and spies. 11:30Exploring the idea and history of ‘safe space’ as it has crossed over into the arts.
| 11:00Aleks Krotoski tells a story of where divinity, technology and mental illness all collide. 11:302/4Bill Nighy stars as the loveably louche actor cum amateur sleuth.
| 11:00Radio 4's assessment of developments at Westminster, presented by George Parker. 11:30Brazil's President rallies his supporters, plus stories from Poland and across Africa.
| 11:00Michael Holding, cricketer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 11:45How small chunks of exercise across your day could be better than one long gym session.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:041/10An ordinary London family in the 1930s prepares for a seaside holiday in Bognor Regis. 12:18Hundreds of first year students going to university have nowhere to live. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:042/10The Stevens finally head off for their much-anticipated family holiday in Bognor Regis. 12:18How do you feel about returning to the office? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:043/10On the train to Bognor, Mrs Stevens reflects on an unfortunate time in her husband’s life. 12:18Boots' plans to use makeup and beauty to build back from the pandemic. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:044/10The family settles in at Seaview in Bognor Regis. Mrs Stevens goes missing. 12:18Student accommodation, home schooling and garden furniture. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:045/10The family decide to treat themselves and splash out on a beach hut. 12:18As more people return to commuting, why are some avoiding going by train? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:04Government failure on young black unemployment rate during pandemic. 12:302/8Andy Zaltzman presents a look back at the week's headlines 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:041/6Sue Perkins hosts the return of Radio 4’s longest-running panel show, Just a Minute. 12:32Jaega Wise finds out how a tonic wine with a troubled past became middle class. 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 a powerful symbol from Shia Iran.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:452/5Neil MacGregor with a miniature painting from Mughal India.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:453/5Neil MacGregor explores religion and politics in South East Asia through a shadow puppet.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:454/5Neil MacGregor explores the Spanish religious conquest of Mexico with a map.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Edward Stourton 13:455/5Neil MacGregor with a souvenir of the 100th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from the University of York.
| 13:00Edward Stourton looks at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world. 13:30Fi Glover presents chats on education, fossil fuels, naturism and losing a loved one.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Chris lends an ear to a friend in need. 14:15Short-form dramas, monologues and poetic reflections on contemporary life.
| 14:00Susan comes to a terrible realisation. 14:15Manchester paralegal tales
| 14:00Neil attempts to do the right thing. 14:15Andrew Finnigan stars in Tom Wells's play about the healing power of running.
| 14:00Chris has a dilemma on his hands. 14:15Quirky and dark psychological drama by Ben Lewis.
| 14:00The Aldridge family struggle with where to go next. 14:153/8What’s it like to hear about gas chambers for the first time? Investigators start work. 14:45Kirsty Logan explores the evolution of ghost lore.
| 14:00Should we turn back migrant boats in the Channel? 14:45Why dark chocolate is actively good for you – helping your heart and your brain.
| 14:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts, hosted by Peter Gibbs. 14:45Reflections on modern pioneers of the environmental movement. Today - Sunderlal Bahuguna.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The nationwide general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies 15:30Leyla Kazim finds out how food PR is evolving to get us talking and eating.
| 15:00Short documentaries about repetition with Josie Long. 15:30Britain's rivers are a disgrace. Tom Heap gets up close with a canoe trip along the Cam.
| 15:00Tips and advice about student loans, tuition fees, bursaries and bank accounts. 15:304/5Former 'prison wife' Josie Bevan confronts the failings of the prison system.
| 15:00Clare is in Auchtermuchty, Fife, for a broad conversation across a beautiful landscape. 15:27Deborah Meaden presents the BBC Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Restless Development. 15:30Lissa Evans discusses her novel Old Baggage with James Naughtie and a group of readers.
| 15:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts, hosted by Peter Gibbs. 15:45A man rails against a custody settlement. Hard-hitting short story.
| 15:001/6A reboot of the Trollope novels about high life and low politics in Victorian England
| 15:00Polish prosecutor Teodor Szacki investigates domestic violence. Adapted by Mark Lawson.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Josie Long celebrates the joy and power to change lives offered by adventure playgrounds. 16:30Mobeen Azhar and guests talk about the Hindu god Ganesha.
| 16:00Singer and song hunter Sam Lee leads us on a secular pilgrimage along the Thames. 16:30Peggy Seeger picks her long time partner, Ewan MacColl, folk singer and labour activist.
| 16:00Culture and privilege: are the cultural and creative industries meritocratic? 16:30Screenwriter Jack Thorne on why the industry must change.
| 16:00Mark Gatiss: Anthony Hopkins superfan. 16:30What's the future of oil and gas exploration when limiting global heating to 1.5 degrees?
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a dissident, a reggae pioneer, a humanitarian, an actor 16:30How worried should we be about antibodies? Plus food that shortens life.
| 16:00Michaela Coel, Rafia Zakaria Against White Feminism & Japanese ‘Womeneconomics’.
| 16:00Elizabeth Day talks to Colson Whitehead in a feature length interview about Harlem Shuffle 16:30Writer and performer Shane Strachan celebrates the North East Scots dialect of Doric.
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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 DUP leader, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00Who's tackling online abuse in football? 17:40What drives the influential rapper and fashion mogul Kanye West, asks Mark Coles. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00Jean-Paul Belmond, the celebrated French actor, has died at the age of 88. 18:301/6Sue Perkins hosts the return of Radio 4’s longest-running panel show, Just a Minute.
| 18:00Boris Johnson has said tax rises will pay for social care reforms in England. 18:302/6Richard asks Nadia Shireen, Simon Evans and Ingrid Oliver to guess celebrities’ ages.
| 18:00MPs are set to approve government plans to increase tax to fund health and social care. 18:304/6Inbetweeners star Joe Thomas reads from his childhood diary.
| 18:00France has rebuffed ministers' plans to turn back some migrant boats bound for the UK. 18:303/4Dr Phil Hammond hears the stories of staff and patients at a West Country hospital.
| 18:00MI5 says Taliban success in Afghanistan will have emboldened extremists 18:302/8Andy Zaltzman presents a look back at the week's headlines
| 18:009/11 has been remembered on the 20th anniversary of the terror attacks 18:15Sara Cox and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The Health Secretary announces the U-turn days after ministers defended the proposal 18:15Simon Mayo chooses the best of BBC audio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Susan comes to a terrible realisation. 19:15Cathy Brady's Wildfire, Mick Fleetwood on Peter Green, Jean Paul Belmondo obit. 19:45David Cannadine explores how the Duke of Wellington's boots came to define his leadership.
| 19:00Neil attempts to do the right thing. 19:15Photographer Shirin Neshat on her film directing debut, Land Of Dreams. 19:45David Cannadine explores how Disraeli merged fact and fiction in his life and work.
| 19:00Chris has a dilemma on his hands. 19:15Sandra Oh in The Chair, a US academic comedy drama on Netflix. 19:45David Cannadine explores how William Gladstone's axe became a powerful political metaphor.
| 19:00The Aldridge family struggle with where to go next. 19:15Elijah Wood talks about his role as criminal profiler Bill Hagmaier in No Man of God 19:45David Cannadine explores how Churchill's cigar became synonymous with his image.
| 19:00BBC National Short Story Award shortlist announced, tenor Stuart Skelton, Shang-Chi film. 19:45David Cannadine explores how Mrs Thatcher's handbag became a visual symbol of her power.
| 19:00What drives the influential rapper and fashion mogul Kanye West, asks Mark Coles. 19:15Brian Cox and Robin Ince look at what science can reveal about human history, from space. 19:452/5After his rise to fame, Bob Dylan yearns for a new kind of freedom and 'goes electric'.
| 19:00Peggy offers more than money can buy. 19:15Writer, producer and poet Henry Normal looks at nature and the natural world. 19:454/5By Nick Walker. Alyssa flies to Athens to make peace with her ex-partner, Bruce.
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| 20:00 | 20:00What does it take to run an effective local political campaign? 20:30Stories from people who survived the fire in the Greek refugee camp a year ago.
| 20:00Who's tackling online abuse in football? 20:40Social Media is a powerful tool, but how accessible is it?
| 20:00Twenty years after 9/11 is the US still confident it's on the "right side of history"? 20:45Angela Frazer-Wicks tells her extraordinary story of being a mother.
| 20:00The Universal Credit £20 weekly uplift ends soon, so how are the poorest best helped now? 20:30How Silicon Valley capitalism is as much about storytelling as the bottom line.
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from the University of York. 20:50John Gray reflects on doubt, faith and love... through the life of Arthur Balfour.
| 20:00A look back at programmes and recordings from the BBC archives.
| 20:00How worried should we be about antibodies? Plus food that shortens life. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a dissident, a reggae pioneer, a humanitarian, an actor
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| 21:00 | 21:002/2Will China’s ambitions in space, quantum and biotech lead it to science superpower status? 21:30Eavesdropping on rehearsals, musicians give insiders' perspectives on preparing Elgar.
| 21:001/3Dramatic upheavals in the 1980s for Britain’s South Asians. 21:30Why, in the Age of the Algorithm, humans have never been more important.
| 21:00Britain's rivers are a disgrace. Tom Heap gets up close with a canoe trip along the Cam. 21:30Screenwriter Jack Thorne on why the industry must change.
| 21:00What's the future of oil and gas exploration when limiting global heating to 1.5 degrees? 21:30John Harris talks to people in Perth about their lives and how they see the future.
| 21:0017/20Neil MacGregor retells humanity's history through the objects it has made.
| 21:002/10While Jack dodges his call-up, Joey is desperate to start his own business. 21:45The finale of Daisy Johnson's ghost story series set on the Fens, read by Sara Kestelman.
| 21:00Government failure on young black unemployment rate during pandemic. 21:25Tanni-Grey Thompson presents the R4 Appeal on behalf of British Paralympic Association. 21:30An update on the life of Niyi, whose eating disorder had kept him apart from his family.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Talib flag raised at governor's compound in Panjshir 22:451/10An ordinary London family in the 1930s prepares for a seaside holiday in Bognor Regis.
| 22:00Boris Johnson breaks one of his key election pledges 22:452/10The Stevens finally head off for their much-anticipated family holiday in Bognor Regis.
| 22:00Former President apologises and claims he left Kabul to avoid widespread violence 22:453/10On the train to Bognor, Mrs Stevens reflects on an unfortunate time in her husband’s life.
| 22:00Paris warns it won't accept "financial blackmail" or breaches of maritime law 22:454/10The family settles in at Seaview in Bognor Regis. Mrs Stevens goes missing.
| 22:00Westminster govt to make decision on vaccine passports soon 22:455/10The family decide to treat themselves and splash out on a beach hut.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Twenty years after 9/11 is the US still confident it's on the "right side of history"?
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn hots Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:001/4Documentary adventures that encourage you to take a closer listen. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Back after a summer break, Fi and Jane chat to ITV Political Editor Robert Peston. 23:30Sean Curran reports on the prime minister's announcement for social care in England.
| 23:003/4Helen looks at Sonya Tolstaya and Vera Nabokov: great wives and great typists. 23:151/4Comedian Rhys James explores different aspects of himself. 23:30All the news from Westminster with Susan Hulme.
| 23:003/4Sketches from Little Girl, Frank, Rev McMinn and Calum Gilhooley. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Peggy Seeger picks her long time partner, Ewan MacColl, folk singer and labour activist. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports on one MP's efforts to stop the menace of rogue cabbies.
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies 23:30Actor and writer Catherine Harvey explores the poetry and language of Northern Ireland.
| 23:00Mark Gatiss: Anthony Hopkins superfan. 23:30Remona Aly welcomes women to the ranks of warriorhood, a title usually reserved for men.
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