| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Love and romance in changing times. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from All Saints, East Meon in Hampshire. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Booker-winning author Bernardine Evaristo's account of staying true to her vision. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Bernardine Evaristo recalls some of the homes that nurtured her on her path to success. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Love, sex, romance and flings - Bernardine Evaristo examines her history in relationships. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Booker winner Bernardine Evaristo traces her roots in community theatre. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Bernardine Evaristo shares her insights on positivity, resourcefulness and unstoppability. 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, Severn Cullis-Suzuki. 00:30A chance find in a bookshop prompts a pregnant woman to reflect on her journey 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 the Rev Canon Dr Jennifer Smith. 05:45How do we attract a new generation of butchers? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Chris Packham presents the fieldfare.
| 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 the Rev Canon Dr Jennifer Smith. 05:45A third of temporary visas for turkey workers is still unallocated. 05:58Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Ortolan Bunting.
| 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 the Rev Canon Dr Jennifer Smith. 05:45Artificial fertiliser prices are high - one solution is to use nitrogen-fixing peas. 05:58Orcadian author Amy Liptrot laments the Arctic terns of her childhood.
| 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 the Rev Canon Dr Jennifer Smith. 05:45Will agriculture get the attention it deserves at COP26? 05:58For Tara Robinson the sound of oystercatchers recalls her father taking her to Loch Fleet.
| 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 the Rev Canon Dr Jennifer Smith. 05:45New Trade and Agriculture Commission launched. New Zealand trade deal. Scottish apples. 05:58Kate Humble presents the snipe.
| 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 George Craig. 05:45Bosnian bomb disposal officer Sead Vrana must dispose of a deadly anti-tank warhead.
| 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 Chad’s Church in Shrewsbury, Shropshire 05:45Katharine Birbalsingh has been named the government’s new Social Mobility Commissioner.
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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. 06:07How much of our waterways are open to watersports? Less than you think says Nick Hayes 06:30A new Trade and Agriculture Commission to scrutinise new trade deals. Is it up to the job? 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Mark Tully asks why apologising is so hard and considers some of the benefits of doing so. 06:35Anna Hill is at the world's largest monthly sale of second-hand farm machinery. 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. 07:10Last rites as an 'emergency service', Lebanon crisis and 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot'. 07:54Linford Christie makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of UK Youth 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10An Ethiopian Orthodox Sunday Worship featuring excerpts from a service at Bath Abbey. 08:48Adam Gopnik poses the question: Do you have a right to make my life into your art? 08:58Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the great spotted woodpecker.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Amol Rajan talks about rationality with Steven Pinker, Amia Srinivasan and Irving Finkel. 09:451/5Booker-winning author Bernardine Evaristo's account of staying true to her vision.
| 09:00Professor Tim Spector on fuelling gut microbes for long term health. 09:30The former Blue Peter presenter talks to her pop singer daughter about fame then and now 09:452/5Bernardine Evaristo recalls some of the homes that nurtured her on her path to success.
| 09:00Jane Garvey talks to Jemma Bere about the moment that gave her an instant family. 09:30Bosnian bomb disposal officer Sead Vrana must dispose of a deadly anti-tank warhead. 09:453/5Love, sex, romance and flings - Bernardine Evaristo examines her history in relationships.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosophy of the celebrated author of The Bell. 09:454/5Booker winner Bernardine Evaristo traces her roots in community theatre.
| 09:00Deborah Meaden, businesswoman, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5Bernardine Evaristo shares her insights on positivity, resourcefulness and unstoppability.
| 09:00Paralympian Libby Clegg and the Inheritance Tracks of John Barnes.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Justin Rowlatt.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Women pig farmers and mental health.
| 10:00Dame Eileen:Tottenham's answer to Shirley Temple to respected stage, screen & TV actor
| 10:00The former Scottish Conservative leader's maiden speech in the House of Lords.
| 10:00Ella Eyre - MOBO and Brit award-winning singer-songwriter.
| 10:00Hillary Rodham Clinton on her first political thriller written with author Louise Penny.
| 10:30Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
| 10:00There are first day nerves at Berrow and Lilian has a cunning plan.
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| 11:00 | 11:00A couple decide on a novel way to pay off their debts and change their financial fortunes. 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00Douglas Alexander's essential guide to COP26 from his home city of Glasgow. 11:303/3Where can we find hope as we come to terms with the climate crisis?
| 11:003/3How did whiteness become one of the most influential yet elusive ideas of the modern age? 11:305/6John Cleese shares the inside story of BBC TV sitcom masterpiece, Fawlty Towers.
| 11:00Ten years after his death, some in Libya mourn the loss of Muammar Gaddafi. 11:30A triptych of audio essays on the enduring qualities, appeal and intent of pop music.
| 11:003/3The trials and triumphs of young farmers. 11:304/4Comedy and philosophy on BBC Radio 4, as Charlotte and Lillian contemplate mortality.
| 11:00Radio 4's assessment of developments at Westminster 11:30France has a new contender for the presidency: controversial TV presenter Eric Zemmour.
| 11:00Michael Sandel, philosopher, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 11:45How a simple glass of water with every meal could boost your brainpower and energy levels.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:046/10A new novel from the Pulitzer-winning writer of The Underground Railroad set in 60s Harlem 12:18How new designs in road markings may make people think twice before stepping off the kerb. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:047/10From the author of The Underground Railroad, a sizzling heist novel set in 60s Harlem. 12:18How has the pandemic changed your attitude to work? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:048/10A new novel from the Pulitzer-winning writer of The Underground Railroad set in 60s Harlem 12:18There's a new entrant in the motor trade as energy companies offer cars to customers. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:049/10From the acclaimed author of The Underground Railroad, a sizzling novel set in 60s Harlem. 12:18Funeral homes not displaying costs. Boden sweatpants warning. Halloween scare attractions. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:0410/10From the author of The Underground Railroad, a sizzling new novel set in 1960s Harlem. 12:18Shari Vahl reports on her exclusive investigation into how criminals stole a house. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:04Green Savings Bonds, warm home discount, student loan overpayments and women's pensions. 12:308/8For the final time this series, Andy Zaltzman and the panel take on the week's headlines. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:041/6John Lloyd and Holly Walsh with Jamie MacDonald, Jennifer Higgie and Francis Hamel. 12:32Sheila Dillon and guests discuss why hospitality businesses just can't get the staff. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:45Tom Heap returns with nine more carbon-busting ideas. Can we fly carbon-free?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:45Tom Heap discovers how indigenous knowledge can help us fight climate change.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:45Most of the surface of this planet is water. Can we cover it with solar panels?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:45Do we need an alternative way to assess a nation's success and growth?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:45Batteries are powering the electric car revolution, but can we make them last longer?
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate from Sydney Russell School, Dagenham.
| 13:00James Naughtie looks at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world. 13:30Fi Glover presents chats on river pollution, fear of builders, being scammed and clowns.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Kenton and David have their eye on the prize. 14:155/9Final season of award winning Zola dramas - Money - Season 3, starring Glenda Jackson.
| 14:00Ruth welcomes an outsider 14:156/9Final season of award winning Zola dramas - Money - Season 3, starring Glenda Jackson.
| 14:00There are first day nerves at Berrow. 14:157/97. Fate. Inspired by the work of Emile Zola, written by Oliver Emanuel.
| 14:00Lilian has a cunning plan 14:153/5Alex and Ella are trapped in the petrol station shop by smooching - crazed zombies. 14:453/5Mary Paulson-Ellis tells the story of a life in five objects. Read by Alexandra Mathie.
| 14:00Adam is forced to come clean. 14:15Sitcom set in a futuristic Britain starring Paterson Joseph as Napoleon Moon. 14:45Kirsty Logan tells the story of the only known case in which a ghost convicted a murderer.
| 14:00The Assisted Dying Bill being debated in parliament. 14:458/9Final Season of Zola's Rougon-Macquart novels
| 14:00Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 14:45Reflections on modern pioneers of the environmental movement. Today, Severn Cullis-Suzuki.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The challenging nationwide general knowledge quiz chaired by Russell Davies. 15:30Dan Saladino meets investors using trillions of dollars to shape the global food system.
| 15:00Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. 15:30Celebrate with the five winners of the first Earthshot Prize- smart friends of the planet
| 15:00Can your mortgage, pension or investment be good for the planet? 15:30The Inside Health insiders' guide to gene silencing therapies, could they change medicine?
| 15:00How much of our waterways are open to watersports? Less than you think says Nick Hayes 15:27Jane Garvey makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Ethiopiaid. 15:30Johny Pitts speaks to Lauren Groff.
| 15:00Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 15:45A chance find in a bookshop prompts a pregnant woman to reflect on her journey
| | 15:009/9Aunt Dide finally escapes the asylum. Starring Glenda Jackson, dramatised by Dan Rebellato
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| 16:00 | 16:003/3Roma Agrawal explores how the built environment shapes us. 16:30Aleks Krotoski explores the relationships between content creators and their audience.
| 16:003/3Katy Long concludes her history of 100 years of refugee politics. 16:30Poet Mona Arshi and writer Malaika Kegode discuss their favourite books.
| 16:00Freedom: how it came to be equated with limited government and white people. 16:30Should journalists dispense with objectivity and become activists to save the planet?
| 16:00Adam Rutherford and Hannah Fry attempt to answer more questions on why water is weird 16:30False-negative PCRs, World Weather Attribution Science, and Metascience Studies.
| 16:00Kirsty Lang on a General, a poet, a scientist and the ruler of the Cocos Islands 16:30Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations.
| 16:15We hear about Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny's first political novel.
| 16:00Elizabeth Day talks to Sarah Hall about her latest novel, Burntcoat. 16:30Orla O'Neill peeks into other people's diaries at the National Diary Archive in Italy.
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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 with Caroline Wyatt. 17:30Can carbon capture save the planet - and make money? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00Philippe Sands explores the legacy of the Nuremberg Trials, 75 years after the judgement. 17:40Katharine Birbalsingh has been named the government’s new Social Mobility Commissioner. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00MPs have given tributes in the House of Commons to murdered politician 18:301/6John Lloyd and Holly Walsh with Jamie MacDonald, Jennifer Higgie and Francis Hamel.
| 18:00The government has set out its strategy to hit net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 18:302/4The Malawian comedian explores the divisive global issue of tolerance.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4Geoff negotiates the generous Swedish parental benefits system.
| 18:00Sir David Amess murder suspect in court Covid cases hit 50,000 18:304/6Andy and Jeff have a major problem to solve - each other.
| 18:00A man has been arrested in connection with the Manchester Arena attack 18:308/8For the final time this series, Andy Zaltzman and the panel take on the week's headlines.
| 18:00City region leaders in England say more will be needed than the initial £6.9 billion 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Labour wants the government to reimpose some Coronavirus restrictions in England. 18:15Raees Khan chooses the best of BBC audio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Ruth welcomes an outsider 19:15Arinzé Kene on playing Bob Marley in the new musical Get Up, Stand Up!
| 19:00There are first day nerves at Berrow. 19:15We announce the winners of BBC National Short Story Award and BBC Young Writers' Award.
| 19:00Lilian has a cunning plan 19:15Front Row goes to Bradford to check out what’s happening on the arts scene
| 19:00Adam is forced to come clean. 19:15Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
| 19:00Adam Morse, who is registered blind, tells how he directed a film by seeing differently. 19:15Cerys and Jeffrey choose five more tracks to add to the playlist.
| 19:00Katharine Birbalsingh has been named the government’s new Social Mobility Commissioner. 19:15Paul McCartney reveals the key moments and events that shaped his life as a songwriter.
| 19:153/6Confessional comedy, as Stephen Mangan grills comedian Ed Byrne about his guilty secrets. 19:455/5This should be Miss Bessemer’s moment of triumph, but she appears to have gone AWOL.
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| 20:00 | 20:003/3How did whiteness become one of the most influential yet elusive ideas of the modern age? 20:30Where does money's value come from in this increasingly online world? Ben Chu investigates
| 20:00Philippe Sands explores the legacy of the Nuremberg Trials, 75 years after the judgement.
| 20:00Jane Garvey talks to Jemma Bere about the moment that gave her an instant family. 20:302/7Two men's lives connect through their links to a British slave owner and an abolitionist
| 20:00With an energy shortage and growing debts, is China's economy in trouble? 20:30Can carbon capture save the planet - and make money?
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate from Sydney Russell School, Dagenham. 20:50Adam Gopnik poses the question: Do you have a right to make my life into your art?
| 20:00Laura Barton outlines the dramatic rise and fall from grace of industrial titan, Plastic.
| 20:00Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations. 20:30Kirsty Lang on a General, a poet, a scientist and the ruler of the Cocos Islands
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| 21:00 | 21:00Exploring the relationship between Black and Green political movements and ideas. 21:30Amol Rajan talks about rationality with Steven Pinker, Amia Srinivasan and Irving Finkel.
| 21:00The Inside Health insiders' guide to gene silencing therapies, could they change medicine? 21:30Professor Tim Spector on fuelling gut microbes for long term health.
| 21:00Celebrate with the five winners of the first Earthshot Prize- smart friends of the planet 21:30Should journalists dispense with objectivity and become activists to save the planet?
| 21:00False-negative PCRs, World Weather Attribution Science, and Metascience Studies. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosophy of the celebrated author of The Bell.
| 21:00Tom Heap presents five more ideas to reverse the march of climate change.
| 21:008/10Joey starts investing in property in run down Notting Hill Gate. But who will live there? 21:45Salley Vickers' poignant story inspired by John Donne's poem about love and immortality.
| 21:00Green Savings Bonds, warm home discount, student loan overpayments and women's pensions. 21:25Linford Christie makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of UK Youth 21:30Where does money's value come from in this increasingly online world? Ben Chu investigates
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| 22:00 | 22:00More than 5000 people detained for opposing February coup to be released 22:456/10A new novel from the Pulitzer-winning writer of The Underground Railroad set in 60s Harlem
| 22:00Big push on electric vehicles – heat pumps to replace gas boilers 22:457/10From the author of The Underground Railroad, a sizzling heist novel set in 60s Harlem.
| 22:00Brazilian parliament issues report critical of President’s Covid response 22:458/10A new novel from the Pulitzer-winning writer of The Underground Railroad set in 60s Harlem
| 22:00European leaders clash at Brussels summit – Merkel looks for compromise 22:459/10From the acclaimed author of The Underground Railroad, a sizzling novel set in 60s Harlem.
| 22:00Boris Johnson says he'll keep rules under "constant review." 22:4510/10From the author of The Underground Railroad, a sizzling new novel set in 1960s Harlem.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Kirsty Wark gathers those involved in to the GM crop debate in Britain in 1999.
| 22:00Alex Forsyth hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:30Susan Hulme reports on a sombre day in Parliament as politicians remember Sir David Amess.
| 23:00Fi and Jane chat to Poppy Jay and Rubina Pabani, hosts of Brown Girls Do It Too. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.
| 23:001/4The first in a series of four comic plays written by and starring John Kearns and Tim Key. 23:153/4Series from sketch supergroup Tarot, where all sketches are linked by sound effects. 23:30All the news from Westminster with Susan Hulme.
| 23:00From Brexit to Covid to Meghan Markle, Geoff looks at the new divisions between us. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.
| 23:00Poet Mona Arshi and writer Malaika Kegode discuss their favourite books. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports on attempts to legalise assisted dying.
| 23:00The challenging nationwide general knowledge quiz chaired by Russell Davies. 23:30Can a student bedroom in Belfast really contain 'pure, distilled evil'?
| 23:00Adam Rutherford and Hannah Fry attempt to answer more questions on why water is weird 23:30Mark Tully asks why apologising is so hard and considers some of the benefits of doing so.
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