| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Cool Consumers: the construction of 'cool' music tastes & the marketing of menthol smoking 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the Parish Church of St Peter Mancroft in Norwich in Norfolk. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Today we consider the gorilla and the honeybee. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Today we examine the Platypus, the Archaeopteryx and the Oyster. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Today we examine the Oriental Rat Flea and the Nightingale, 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Today we check out the Snake, the Octopus and the Goldfish. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Today we conclude the series with an examination of the Pink Pigeon and the Polar Bear. 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 - James Hansen. 00:30A showcase of work by writers between the ages of 16 and 21. 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 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Dr Alison Jack of New College, Edinburgh. 05:45A "rural renaissance" from Labour - we get the details. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the dotterel.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Dr Alison Jack of New College, Edinburgh. 05:45Short-term visas for poultry workers in the run-up to Christmas - but will people come? 05:58Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Grey Plover.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Dr Alison Jack of New College, Edinburgh. 05:45New plans to allow scientists to use gene editing to develop new strains of crops. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the Dunlin.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Dr Alison Jack of New College, Edinburgh 05:45Can vertical indoor farming avoid the problems traditional growers are currently facing? 05:58Debbie Pain of the Slimbridge Wetland Centre on the marsh harrier.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Dr Alison Jack of New College, Edinburgh. 05:45More worries about the lack of workers on farms - this time from flower growers. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the wood sandpiper.
| 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 Lynne Gibson. 05:45Eva Hnizdo reflects on the impulses which drive people to emigrate - or not.
| 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 in Holt, Norfolk. 05:45An insight into the character of Olaf Scholz, expected to be Germany's new leader.
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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. 06:07Walking guide, David Allaway, takes Clare away from the tourist hub on this famous island 06:30Charlotte Smith chairs a panel of experts trying to solve the food supply chain crisis. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05The space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock reflects on the influence of the moon. 06:35Brett Westwood explores parrots and their effect on art, literature and society. 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. 07:54Garden historian Advolly Richmond makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Village Water. 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From Croydon Seventh Day Adventist Church a service of renewed and eternal hope. 08:48Zia Haider Rahman on why he's introducing his 5-year-old godson to mathematics. 08:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the goldfinch.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr talks to Colm Tóibín, Karen Leeder and Jesse Armstrong 09:451/5Today we consider the gorilla and the honeybee.
| 09:00How does sleep change as we age? Derk-Jan Dijk talks to Jim Al-Khalili. 09:30How are we affected if we have to change language as a child? 09:452/5Today we examine the Platypus, the Archaeopteryx and the Oyster.
| 09:00Expensive electricity, inadequate insulation, and a tale of tumbling trees. 09:30Eva Hnizdo reflects on the impulses which drive people to emigrate - or not. 09:453/5Today we examine the Oriental Rat Flea and the Nightingale,
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Anne Bronte's novel of a woman's fight for independence. 09:454/5Today we check out the Snake, the Octopus and the Goldfish.
| 09:00Tracey Ullman, actor and comedian, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5Today we conclude the series with an examination of the Pink Pigeon and the Polar Bear.
| 09:00Jockey Khadijah Mellah, listener Jo Bradshaw and the Inheritance Tracks of Robin Ince.
| 09:00News with Paddy O'Connell including food supplies and the labour shortage.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Lashana Lynch on making history as the first Black female 007.
| 10:00Former CEO of PepsiCo, Indra Nooyi. Barrister Robin Moira White. FIFA 2022 game soundtrack
| 10:00Morgan Lloyd Malcolm; Alison McGovern MP; STIs; Coming out at 44; Student counselling.
| 10:00Reaction to details of Sarah Everard's final hours.
| 10:00The joy of friendships with an age gap.
| 10:30Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
| 10:00There’s a huge shock for Kirsty
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| 11:00 | 11:00Landscape architect James Corner on Covid, urban green space and mental health. 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:003/3Peter Curran travels from Lands’ End to John O’Groats in an electric car. 11:30How artists in Hong Kong are coping with censorship and political repression.
| 11:003/3Allan Little tells the epic story of Scotland's union with England and why it may unravel. 11:302/6Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman hear the inside story of Britain’s biggest TV comedies.
| 11:00Jeremy Bowen reflects from Kabul; stories from Germany, Spain, Switzerland and France 11:301/3Roma Agrawal explores how the built environment shapes us.
| 11:00What happened to the musicians who poured their hopes and savings into a DIY 7" single? 11:301/4Self-absorbed Charlotte perseveres as a charity befriender to the irascible Lillian.
| 11:00What are NFTs? How do you buy and sell them? And how do they help British art and artists? 11:30Libyans grow cagier; tales from the Netherlands, the West Bank, Mozambique & the Balkans.
| 11:00Tom Ilube, entrepreneur, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 11:45How belting out a tune gives a natural high and help reduce inflammation. With Sindhu Vee.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:046/10As Anders Larsen moves on, Tina still feels trapped. 12:18Fuel; Ultra processed food; rag rolling; paper shortage; eco nappies 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:047/10Anders and Tina recall their grandparents. 12:18How are shortages affecting you? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:048/10Disturbing news arrives for Anders. 12:18A day in the life of an HGV driver 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:049/10After exchanging many letters, Tina stops writing. 12:18Struggle to keep kennels open. Affording car finance. Repossessing rental properties 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:0410/10Tina has to make a decision. Can Anders help? 12:18Dust off those Ataris, retro gaming is having a moment. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:04What lowering the salary you start paying back a student loan could mean for your finances 12:305/8Andy Zaltzman and a panel of comedians look back at the week's headlines. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:044/6Sue Perkins hosts Radio 4’s longest running panel show, Just a Minute. 12:32Jaega Wise talks to the writer about his lifelong passion for wine and its future. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:451/5South Africa's Jacob Zuma - liberation hero and ex-president believes he's being poisoned.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:452/5From poisoned underpants to Cold War paranoia – South Africa’s murky liberation story
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:453/5The wife of South Africa’s former President is arrested for trying to poison him - why?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:454/5Why would a South African president seek a cure for poisoning at a clinic in Moscow?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:455/5Jacob Zuma’s conspiracy theories have taken on a dangerous life of their own.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Bolton Parish Church.
| 13:00Radio 4’s look at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world. 13:30Capturing the nation in conversation, in partnership with the British Library.
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| 14:00 | 14:00There’s a huge shock for Kirsty 14:15A bold series of short dramas reflecting life across the UK.
| 14:00Tracy struggles to keep her cool 14:15Comedy drama about a Salford secondary school. Stars Julie Hesmondhalgh.
| 14:15Comedy drama about a secondary school in Salford, starring Julie Hesmondhalgh.
| 14:00Jennifer considers the options. 14:15Three linked contemporary stories from Coventry - the UK's City of Culture 2021
| 14:00Robert fears he may have overstepped the mark. 14:156/8Goering enters the witness box. He has a whole new defence planned - glorious martyrdom. 14:45Kirsty Logan discovers how ghost lore survives, even when we are told they are impossible.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:45How video games can make your mind sharper, faster and even improve your eyesight.
| 14:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts, chaired by Kathy Clugston. 14:45Reflections on the modern pioneers of the environmental movement. Today - James Hansen.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The challenging general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies 15:30Sheila Dillon meets broadcaster and businesswoman Prue Leith to discuss her career in food
| 15:00Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. 15:30Qasa Alom explores the future of his farm on the frontline of climate change in Bangladesh
| 15:00What will the end of furlough mean for your job or business? e-mail [email protected] 15:30How healthy are ultra-processed vegan and vegetarian foods? James Gallagher investigates.
| 15:00Walking guide, David Allaway, takes Clare away from the tourist hub on this famous island 15:27Fraser Nelson makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Social Mobility Foundation. 15:30Johny Pitts speaks to Rabih Alameddine about his new novel, The Wrong End of the Telescope
| 15:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts, chaired by Kathy Clugston. 15:45A showcase of work by writers between the ages of 16 and 21.
| 15:00Tanika Gupta's thrilling science fiction drama developed through OKRE Experimental Stories
| 15:002/2First audio drama of Pulitzer Prize-winning novel exploring rural family life in China.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Anita Anand uncovers an extraordinary untold refugee story from 1940. 16:30Ernie Rae explores a spiritualty that's influenced both Pope Francis and the film, Soul.
| 16:00Rachel Hurdley looks through the window to discover our inner and outer worlds. 16:30Ruth Rogers chooses the life of writer James Baldwin.
| 16:00Office life: the evolution and meaning of the filing cabinet. Also, objects at work. 16:30As conference season continues, the media strategy of party leaders is dissected.
| 16:00Francine Stock and Antonia Quirke discuss the future of cinema in the age of streaming. 16:30Covid vaccine boosters; why we don't have a tail; cassowary farming; book prize shortlist
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a politician, a feminist, a charity founder, a footballer 16:30Expensive electricity, inadequate insulation, and a tale of tumbling trees.
| 16:00Reaction to the details of Sarah Everard's murder.
| 16:00Anthony Doerr talks about his award winning novel, All The Light We Cannot See. 16:30How artists in Hong Kong are coping with censorship and political repression.
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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 17:30The Chief of the Defence Staff discusses the lessons learned in Iraq and Afghanistan. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00Bus driver deaths during the Covid pandemic. 17:40An insight into the character of Olaf Scholz, expected to be Germany's new leader. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00Sources say the government is considering using the Army to help with fuel distribution. 18:304/6Sue Perkins hosts Radio 4’s longest running panel show, Just a Minute.
| 18:00Boris Johnson has urged confidence about the fuel situation as the issue is stabilising. 18:305/6Richard asks Catherine Bohart, Ivo Graham and Ramita Navai to guess celebrities’ ages.
| 18:00Sir Keir Starmer has addressed the Labour party conference as leader for the first time 18:301/4The Andersson family take Geoff on a road trip to Stockholm.
| 18:00The policeman who murdered Sarah Everard has been told he will never leave prison. 18:301/6The Applegarth twins enjoy a thoroughly Flamford Christmas - in September.
| 18:00Boris Johnson backs police after Sarah Everard's murder but says changes are needed. 18:305/8Andy Zaltzman and a panel of comedians look back at the week's headlines.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Ahead of the conference, the prime minister did not rule out further tax rises. 18:15Rob Crossan chooses the best of BBC audio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Tracy struggles to keep her cool 19:15Arthur C. Clarke Award winner, BTS at the UN and new film, The Man Who Sold His Skin. 19:451/5Will Self ponders the origins of our insatiable thirst for bottled waters.
| 19:15Kenyan British Comedian Njambi McGrath on her new show Accidental Coconut. 19:452/5Will Self ponders questions of health in our insatiable thirst for bottled waters.
| 19:00Jennifer considers the options. 19:15Sopranos writer David Chase on new film The Many Saints of Newark. 19:453/5Will Self explores the role of magic in our insatiable thirst for bottled waters.
| 19:00Robert fears he may have overstepped the mark. 19:15Dave Grohl on new memoir "The Storyteller", and Dramatizing Jimmy Savile? 19:454/5Will Self explores the science behind mineral water.
| 19:00Charlie Higson & Naima Khan review the new Bond film No Time To Die. 19:455/5Will Self explores the environmental impact of the bottled water industry.
| 19:00An insight into the character of Olaf Scholz, expected to be Germany's new leader. 19:15Brian Cox and Robin Ince discover why flies should be celebrated, not swatted. 19:455/5Bob Dylan's endings, as powerful as the beginnings round which he built his career in 1963
| 19:00Lilian has her eyes on the prize. 19:15A report from the 2021 Wilderness Festival with Marcel Lucont, Robin Clyfan and The Idler. 19:452/5Miss Bessemer leads her doughty troops straight to the heart of the British government.
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| 20:00 | 20:003/3Allan Little tells the epic story of Scotland's union with England and why it may unravel. 20:30What happens to a nation when its media fragments?
| 20:00Bus driver deaths during the Covid pandemic. 20:40A new AI algorithm that rapidly detects a common cause of blindness has been developed.
| 20:00If you have the choice of single-sex education should you take it? 20:45Eva Hnizdo reflects on the impulses which drive people to emigrate - or not.
| 20:00What are NFTs? How do you buy and sell them? And how do they help British art and artists? 20:30Landscape architect James Corner on Covid, urban green space and mental health.
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Bolton Parish Church. 20:50Zia Haider Rahman on why he's introducing his 5-year-old godson to mathematics.
| 20:00The rise and fall of the Black Panther Party and its legacy for American black insurgency.
| 20:00Expensive electricity, inadequate insulation, and a tale of tumbling trees. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a politician, a feminist, a charity founder, a footballer
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| 21:00 | 21:002/3Peter Curran travels from Lands’ End to John O’Groats in an electric car. 21:30Andrew Marr talks to Colm Tóibín, Karen Leeder and Jesse Armstrong
| 21:00How healthy are ultra-processed vegan and vegetarian foods? James Gallagher investigates. 21:30How does sleep change as we age? Derk-Jan Dijk talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
| 21:00Qasa Alom explores the future of his farm on the frontline of climate change in Bangladesh 21:30As conference season continues, the media strategy of party leaders is dissected.
| 21:00Covid vaccine boosters; why we don't have a tail; cassowary farming; book prize shortlist 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Anne Bronte's novel of a woman's fight for independence.
| 21:00Was there a time when physical education did more harm than good?
| 21:005/10Jack is forced into completing national service, but he refuses to box for his regiment. 21:455/6Jack lives quietly on a remote island until a meeting with a tourist changes everything.
| 21:00What lowering the salary you start paying back a student loan could mean for your finances 21:25Garden historian Advolly Richmond makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Village Water. 21:30What happens to a nation when its media fragments?
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| 22:00 | 22:00Social Democrats finish slightly ahead of CDU in election 22:456/10Back in Mayo, is Felix intentionally avoiding Alice?
| 22:00Boris Johnson says situation starting to improve 22:457/10Eileen discovers some upsetting news.
| 22:00Labour leader tells conference he would provide a government people can trust. 22:458/10Eileen and Simon travel to Mayo to see Alice.
| 22:00Pressure growing on Met Commissioner over damage to police reputation 22:459/10Eileen makes a decision on her future with Simon.
| 22:00300 foreign tanker drivers allowed to start work in UK immediately 22:4510/10Can Eileen and Alice find happiness?
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15If you have the choice of single-sex education should you take it?
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:004/4A political scandal, a dead dog and the struggle for gay rights in 1970s Britain. 23:305/12Angélique Kidjo, the "Queen of African music" discusses her breakthrough album Ayé.
| 23:00Fi and Jane are joined by journalist Mary Ann Sieghart. 23:306/12Angélique Kidjo talks to John Wilson about her 1994 breakthrough album 'Ayé'
| 23:002/4Kenyan-born comedian Njambi McGrath goes on a challenging journey of self-discovery. 23:154/4Rhys reads a letter he wrote to his future self when he was 10. 23:301/12Rufus Wainwright talks to John Wilson about 'Want One', his breakthrough album from 2003.
| 23:00Space politician Count Binface invades Radio 4 to learn about Earth and how to conquer it. 23:302/12Rufus Wainwright responds to audience questions about his 2003 album, 'Want One'
| 23:00Ruth Rogers chooses the life of writer James Baldwin. 23:30Late night spin-off of The Museum of Curiosity, celebrating fascinating far-flung museums
| 23:00The challenging general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies 23:30Luke Wright is joined by poets from Coventry at the Contains Strong Language Festival.
| 23:00Francine Stock and Antonia Quirke discuss the future of cinema in the age of streaming. 23:30The space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock reflects on the influence of the moon.
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