| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Culture and privilege: are the cultural and creative industries meritocratic? 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from St Mary Magdalene, Chewton Mendip in Somerset 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Professor Francesca Stavrakopolou explores the anatomy of the God of the Bible. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Professor Francesca Stavrakopolou explores the anatomy of the God of the Bible. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Professor Francesca Stavrakopolou explores the anatomy of the God of the Bible. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Professor Francesca Stavrakopolou explores the anatomy of the God of the Bible. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Professor Francesca Stavrakopolou explores the anatomy of the God of the Bible. 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 - Margaret Thatcher. 00:30A mysterious factory is promising jobs and perfect happiness. 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 Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg 05:45Northern Ireland’s Agriculture Department considers culling badgers to prevent bovine TB. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58London chef and restaurant owner Cyrus Todiwala on his love of the city's house sparrow.
| 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 05:45Farmers dumping milk because of driver shortages - what are the impacts on the industry?
| 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. 05:45How does protecting British farming square with opening up new international trade? 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the common pheasant.
| 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. 05:45MPs launch inquiry into how labour and trade issues are affecting the food supply chain. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the aquatic warbler.
| 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. 05:45Pig industry crisis. App for the wellbeing of livestock. Rare potato collection. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the cirl bunting.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Dr Rosa Hunt. 05:45Laura Dockrill describes her frightening experience of post partum psychosis.
| 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 parish church of St Erme just north of Truro in Cornwall 05:45The Leader of the Liberal Democrats. On the weekend of their 'virtual' party conference.
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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 explores a remote and beautiful stretch of coastline between Portuairk and Sanna Bay 06:30Labour shortages - from dumping milk to the pigs stuck on farms. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Sarah Goldingay argues that as adults we need to recapture the playfulness of childhood. 06:35Charlotte Smith visits the last 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. 07:10A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week 07:54Raymond Antrobus makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of DeafKidz International. 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10The Right Rev Dr David Bruce reflects on how hope may be found in situations of despair. 08:48Michael Morpurgo tells the story of one child refugee, heading our way. 08:58David Attenborough presents the ring-necked parakeet.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Oliver Mears, Tiffany Watt Smith and Anil Seth talk to Tom Sutcliffe. 09:451/5Professor Francesca Stavrakopolou explores the anatomy of the God of the Bible.
| 09:00Can we create new senses? Prof David Eagleman talks to Jim Al-Khalili. 09:30Anna Freeman speaks to the owner of an escape room, Sheyi Thomas. 09:452/5Professor Francesca Stavrakopolou explores the anatomy of the God of the Bible.
| 09:00Why is estimating the number of unvaccinated people so tricky? And how deadly is 2021? 09:30Laura Dockrill describes her frightening experience of post partum psychosis. 09:453/5Professor Francesca Stavrakopolou explores the anatomy of the God of the Bible.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the land animals of the Triassic that dominated dinosaurs. 09:454/5Professor Francesca Stavrakopolou explores the anatomy of the God of the Bible.
| 09:00Michael Holding, cricketer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5Professor Francesca Stavrakopolou explores the anatomy of the God of the Bible.
| 09:00Jamie Laing, Lucian Freud muse Sue Tilley and listener Corinna Edwards-Colledge.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Jennifer Saunders, Fashion editor Justine Picardie on the real "Miss Dior".
| 10:00Women and men are now getting equal prize money at Venice's famous rowing race.
| 10:00Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
| 10:00The woman who revolutionised the treatment of sickle cell disease.
| 10:00Pretty Privilege - what is it and should it be used? Baby deaths report, and Thea Gilmore.
| 10:30Greg Jenner and his guests examine the 18th century revolution in Haiti.
| 10:00It’s an emotional day for Alice and there’s a near miss for Adam.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Emma wants to know how she can stay living in her hometown. 11:30Sara Cox and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:001/3Peter Curran travels from Land's End to John O’Groats in an electric car. 11:302/3Dante's Divine Comedy mined for 21st-century meaning by BBC Europe Editor Katya Adler.
| 11:001/3Allan Little tells the epic story of Scotland's union with England and why it may unravel. 11:30Comedian Geoff Norcott asks what happens to convictions when a pandemic comes along.
| 11:00Ten years after the fall of Colonel Gaddafi, are Libyans freer – or more oppressed? 11:301/2Mongolia's remarkable rise to being an opera superpower.
| 11:00"He's not the messiah..." 11:303/4Bill Nighy stars as the loveably louche actor cum amateur sleuth.
| 11:00Christopher Hope of The Daily Telegraph reviews the political week. 11:30Iranian exiles in Iraq, plus stories from Afghanistan, Canada, Hungary and Georgia.
| 11:00Baroness Hale of Richmond shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 11:45Why changing when you eat can boost metabolism, help you lose weight and improve sleep.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:046/10Mr Stevens goes for his annual solitary hike across the downs. 12:18Shared Lives Carers scheme in the spotlight. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:047/10Dick gets to the bottom of why he is feeling so unhappy. 12:18What’s your experience of the NHS been like over the past year and a half? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:048/10Mary is excited to make a new acquaintance on the beach. 12:18We'll be paying more tax to help pay for a care cost cap but who will benefit? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:049/10Mary’s adventure continues as she goes on a date with Pat, an actor at the theatre. 12:18Independent shops, Adapting rented homes, UK holidays 2022. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:0410/10The holiday draws to a close and the family say their goodbyes for another year. 12:18I've Lost My Pension Pot - It's Somewhere in Germany 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:04Money Mules, energy prices and credit scores for 18-year-olds. 12:303/8Andy Zaltzman presents a look back at the week's headlines 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:042/6Sue Perkins hosts the return of Radio 4’s longest running panel show, Just a Minute. 12:32Jaega Wise learns about the origin and evolution of vodka. 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 an African drum taken to America during the slave trade
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:452/5Neil MacGregor with a feathered helmet given to Captain Cook by Pacific Islanders.(R)
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:453/5Neil MacGregor with a buckskin map from North America
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:454/5Neil MacGregor with a bark shield brought from Australia by Captain Cook
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Edward Stourton 13:455/5Neil MacGregor with an object from the 18th-century Chinese Enlightenment - a jade disc
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Newcastle Community Cinema, NI.
| 13:00Edward Stourton looks at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world. 13:30Three conversations: Afghanistan, working from home and children going off to university.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Peggy offers more than money can buy. 14:15A bold series of short dramas reflecting life across the UK.
| 14:00It’s an emotional day for Alice. 14:15More stories from Manchester's mean streets
| 14:00There’s a near miss for Adam. 14:15Award-winning drama set in an ambulance control room.
| 14:15Award-winning drama set in an ambulance control room.
| 14:00Emma has something to get off her chest. 14:154/8Who will be indicted? Will they have lawyers? And will the courtroom ever be ready? 14:45Kirsty Logan tells us the tale of the medieval revenant, a ghost made of flesh and bone.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:45How small chunks of exercise across your day could be better than one long gym session.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 14:45Reflections on modern pioneers of the environmental movement. Today - Margaret Thatcher.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The challenging general knowledge quiz with Russell Davies asking the questions 15:30Jaega Wise finds out how a tonic wine with a troubled past became middle class.
| 15:00Josie Long presents short documentaries about what remains hidden from view. 15:30Mike Dilger travels the length of Britain to see how climate change is altering plantlife.
| 15:00Joice Etutu speaks to the workers sending their wages abroad to support loved ones. 15:305/5Former 'prison wife' Josie Bevan confronts the failings of the prison system.
| 15:00Clare explores a remote and beautiful stretch of coastline between Portuairk and Sanna Bay 15:27Tanni-Grey Thompson presents the R4 Appeal on behalf of British Paralympic Association. 15:30Elizabeth Day talks to Colson Whitehead in a feature length interview about Harlem Shuffle
| 15:00Peter Gibbs hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 15:45A mysterious factory is promising jobs and perfect happiness.
| 15:002/6Jessica Raine and Tim McMullan star in a new adaptation of the novels by Anthony Trollope.
| 15:00Polish prosecutor Teodor Szacki investigates domestic violence. Adapted by Mark Lawson.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Exploring the idea and history of ‘safe space’ as it has crossed over into the arts. 16:30Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world.
| 16:00Poetry, music and oral history from the inner life of gambling 16:30The president of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge champions the life of the Italian saint
| 16:00The Smartphone: how has it transformed everyday life, from China to Ireland? 16:30Has the Western media lost interest in Afghanistan at a pivotal moment?
| 16:00Emma Thomas: How Batman Began 16:30Mars rock samples; space tourism; fire debris and algal blooms; DNA vaccines for Covid.
| 16:00Datshiane Navanayagam on a revolutionary, an actor, a palaeontologist and a singer. 16:30Why is estimating the number of unvaccinated people so tricky? And how deadly is 2021?
| 16:00Dame Elizabeth Anionwu; Jennifer Saunders; Former Afghan women's minister.
| 16:00Malorie Blackman talks to Johny Pitts about Endgame 16:30Welsh actor Rakie Ayola explores poetry using dialect in South Wales.
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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 about what's really going on in British politics. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00The rise and fall of Hushpuppi – the social media influencer and global money-launderer. 17:40The Leader of the Liberal Democrats. On the weekend of their 'virtual' party conference. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00Andrew Neil has steps down as the chairman and lead presenter of GB News 18:302/6Sue Perkins hosts the return of Radio 4’s longest running panel show, Just a Minute.
| 18:00Boris Johnson has put vaccinations at the heart of his plan to tackle Covid 18:303/6Joining Richard to guess celebs’ ages are Jayne Sharp, Stuart Maconie and Rebecca Taylor.
| 18:00Liz Truss is the new foreign secretary, following a reshuffle by Boris Johnson. 18:305/6Comedian Sofie Hagen shares tales of dodgy poems, boy and Westlife.
| 18:00The US and UK are to give Australia the technology to build nuclear-powered submarines. 18:304/4Dr Phil Hammond hears the stories of staff and patients at Worcestershire Royal Hospital.
| 18:00PCR tests to be scrapped for fully vaccinated travellers returning to England 18:303/8Andy Zaltzman presents a look back at the week's headlines
| 18:00Four of the UK's smaller energy suppliers are expected to go bust next week. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Boris Johnson's flying to New York to urge world leaders to take action on climate change 18:15Farrah Jarral chooses the best of BBC audio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00It’s an emotional day for Alice. 19:15Best-selling novelist Liane Moriarty on her new novel Apples Never Fall. 19:451/5Timandra Harkness tries to test her views by steelplating the arguments of her opponents.
| 19:00There’s a near miss for Adam. 19:15Julian Clary on playing Norman in Ronald Harwood's play The Dresser. 19:452/5Timandra Harkness tries to test her views by steelplating the arguments of her opponents.
| 19:15Anuradha Roy on 'The Earthspinner', Propaganda ceramics, British Ceramics Biennial 19:453/5Timandra Harkness tries to test her views by steelplating the arguments of her opponents.
| 19:00Emma has something to get off her chest. 19:15Eve Manning co-director of Peaceophobia discusses the show. 19:454/5Timandra Harkness tries to test her views by steelplating the arguments of her opponents.
| 19:00Peter Brathwaite, Indecent play review, Small Bells Ring story barge, Lucy Caldwell. 19:455/5Timandra Harkness tries to test her views by steelplating the arguments of her opponents.
| 19:00The Leader of the Liberal Democrats. On the weekend of their 'virtual' party conference. 19:15Brian Cox and Robin Ince look back at 60 years of chimpanzee research with Jane Goodall. 19:453/5Bob Dylan, from his motorcycle crash in 1966 to his conversion to Christianity in 1979.
| 19:00Jennifer fears the worst. 19:15Henry Normal takes a poetic look at the topic of communication 19:455/5By Nick Walker. Bruce goes back to his hometown and decides to look for Jo.
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| 20:00 | 20:001/3Allan Little tells the epic story of Scotland's union with England and why it may unravel. 20:30The mystery illness that has struck American diplomats and spies.
| 20:00The rise and fall of Hushpuppi – the social media influencer and global money-launderer. 20:40We hear from Ofcom about their current recommendations for audio description.
| 20:00Anjula Mutanda helps one parent make sense of one big parenting question. 20:45Laura Dockrill describes her frightening experience of post partum psychosis.
| 20:00How useful might vaccine passports and booster jabs be over the winter? 20:30Jill Lepore traces Silicon Valley's cryptocurrency craze to dystopian science fiction.
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Newcastle Community Cinema, NI. 20:50Michael Morpurgo tells the story of one child refugee, heading our way.
| 20:00Alexei Sayle on the cultural impact of the Dada movement, 100 years since it was founded.
| 20:00Why is estimating the number of unvaccinated people so tricky? And how deadly is 2021? 20:30Datshiane Navanayagam on a revolutionary, an actor, a palaeontologist and a singer.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Poet Paul Farley considers how we warn future generations about our buried nuclear waste. 21:30Oliver Mears, Tiffany Watt Smith and Anil Seth talk to Tom Sutcliffe.
| 21:002/3Dramatic upheavals in the 1980s for Britain’s South Asians. 21:30Can we create new senses? Prof David Eagleman talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
| 21:00Mike Dilger travels the length of Britain to see how climate change is altering plantlife. 21:30Has the Western media lost interest in Afghanistan at a pivotal moment?
| 21:00Mars rock samples; space tourism; fire debris and algal blooms; DNA vaccines for Covid. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the land animals of the Triassic that dominated dinosaurs.
| 21:0018/20Neil MacGregor retells humanity's history through the objects it has made
| 21:003/10Jack is reluctant to leave the house after the Krays' attack, but Billy has other plans. 21:451/6A boy visiting his mum in hospital meets a woman with intriguing tales of a lost landmark.
| 21:00Money Mules, energy prices and credit scores for 18-year-olds. 21:25Raymond Antrobus makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of DeafKidz International. 21:30Grace Dent tells the story of two people's lives changed forever by a year of lockdowns.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Vaccines Minister says children will be offered covid jab in line with recommendation 22:456/10Mr Stevens goes for his annual solitary hike across the downs.
| 22:00PM confirms UK to start giving booster vaccinations 22:457/10Dick gets to the bottom of why he is feeling so unhappy.
| 22:00Gavin Williamson sacked, Dominic Raab demoted, Liz Truss new Foreign Secretary 22:458/10Mary is excited to make a new acquaintance on the beach.
| 22:00Anger in Paris as Australia abandons purchase of French submarines 22:459/10Mary’s adventure continues as she goes on a date with Pat, an actor at the theatre.
| 22:00Google and Apple remove tactical voting app from online stores 22:4510/10The holiday draws to a close and the family say their goodbyes for another year.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Anjula Mutanda helps one parent make sense of one big parenting question.
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:002/4Documentary adventures that encourage you to take a closer listen. 23:30Sean Curran reports on the news that 12-15 year old children are to be given a Covid jab.
| 23:00Fi and Jane have an appointment with Michael Mosley. 23:30All the news from Westminster with Susan Hulme.
| 23:004/4Helen looks at the myth of the solitary genius and finds out about Alma Mahler. 23:152/4Comedian Rhys James explores different aspects of himself. 23:30Boris Johnson faces MPs' questions before reshuffling his cabinet.
| 23:004/4The series finale with Stoneybridge Town Council, Little Girl and Frank Hovis. 23:30Boris Johnson unveils a new security pact with the US and Australia.
| 23:00The president of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge champions the life of the Italian saint 23:30Mark D'Arcy finds out why the Chinese ambassador to the UK was banned from parliament.
| 23:00The challenging general knowledge quiz with Russell Davies asking the questions 23:30Writer and performer Shane Strachan celebrates the North East Scots dialect of Doric.
| 23:00Emma Thomas: How Batman Began 23:30Sarah Goldingay argues that as adults we need to recapture the playfulness of childhood.
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