| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Matthew Syed explores why words fail us and how we can find them again. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from Worcester Cathedral 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Jia Tolentino asks 'how did the internet get so bad?' 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:30'How did the internet get so bad?’ asks Jia Tolentino in this wide-ranging essay. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Jia Tolentino considers weddings in her essay I Thee Dread, from her book Trick Mirror. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Jia Tolentino takes on the excesses of the wedding industry. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Jia Tolentino considers the pressure on women to be an ideal version of themselves. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:154/4Heydon Prowse unpacks the green rebranding of the fashion industry. 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 Rt Rev Paul Mason. 05:45A ‘silent cull’ of chickens is taking place on UK farms. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Ecologist Penny Anderson describes the flamboyant ducks that visit her garden.
| 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 Rt Rev Paul Mason. 05:45Pig farmers consider aborting piglets as staff shortages at abattoirs continue to bite. 05:58Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines listens to competing Song Thrushes.
| 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 Rt Rev Paul Mason. 05:45Anna Hill finds out how switching the lights off could make farmed fish healthier. 05:58Kate Humble presents the capercaillie.
| 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 Rt Rev Paul Mason. 05:45Calls for a 'culture change' in farming to address loneliness and depression. 05:58Penny Anderson watches herons in her garden as they steal frogs from her ponds.
| 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 Rt Rev Paul Mason. 05:45Will tenant farmers end up as collateral damage in the rush to plant trees? 05:58Environmentalist Tony Juniper describes the curious roding flight of the woodcock.
| 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 Jaspreet Kaur 05:45Gamekeeper Mike Holliday stalks an elusive deer on the Glenample Estate in Scotland
| 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 Mark’s Church in Swindon 05:45The distinctive and divisive Leader of the House of Commons.
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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. 06:07Helen Mark meets Will Coleman to discover the wonders of the Cornish hedge. 06:30The highs and lows of this week's farming news. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Mark Tully discusses meanness, one of the oldest human vices. 06:35Richard Baynes goes deer-stalking and more on the Strone estate in Highland Argyll. 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. 07:10Emily Buchanan looks at the ethical and religious issues of the week. 07:54Charlotte Smith presents the BBC Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Children in Need. 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Baptist minister the Rev Richard LIttledale seeks out the heart of the Winter Garden. 08:48AL Kennedy on why everything these days is... annoying. 08:58Chris Packham presents the whooper swan.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Mario Vargas Llosa, Jago Cooper and Natalia Sobrevilla Perea 09:45Jia Tolentino asks 'how did the internet get so bad?'
| 09:0014/22Strange tales from the culture wars by Jon Ronson. 09:30Prof Jonathan Ball explores new genetic technologies and how they might change society. 09:45'How did the internet get so bad?’ asks Jia Tolentino in this wide-ranging essay.
| 09:00Jane Garvey talks to Jaina Mistry about her deep fear of dogs and Laura, who saved her 09:30Gamekeeper Mike Holliday stalks an elusive deer on the Glenample Estate in Scotland 09:45Jia Tolentino considers weddings in her essay I Thee Dread, from her book Trick Mirror.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Beardsley, Wilde and art for art's sake in the 1890s. 09:45Jia Tolentino takes on the excesses of the wedding industry.
| 09:00Dame Jo da Silva, engineer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:45Jia Tolentino considers the pressure on women to be an ideal version of themselves.
| 09:00Jet Suit inventor Richard Browning and the Inheritance Tracks of Hannah Cockroft MBE.
| 09:00News with Paddy O'Connell including residents who moved for the cancelled HS2 line.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Kirsten Dunst on starring in Jane Campion's new film The Power of the Dog.
| 10:00Rose Ayling-Ellis and partner Giovanni Pernice danced in tribute to the deaf community.
| 10:00Deputy Chief Constable Maggie Blyth on her new role preventing violence to women and girls
| 10:00A sweary, anarchic reboot of the novel where the 5 all-female cast play all characters.
| 10:00Anita Rani talks to Kath Whitaker about her national championships debut on Saturday.
| 10:30Personal memories of one of the most beloved songs written by Rodgers & Hammerstein
| 10:00Elizabeth comes bearing gifts while Fallon is left reeling.
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| 11:00 | 11:00An update on the life of Will, who was injured in the Westminster Bridge attack. 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:002/3How to bring the future into politics. 11:30Sarah Dunant delves into the private diaries of the Queen of Suspense, Patricia Highsmith.
| 11:00Axel Kacoutié explores living between languages and finding yourself in the gaps. 11:303/6Eileen and Lizzie are both determined to enjoy the wedding. No matter what Yvonne does.
| 11:00How a bitter fight is playing out in the American West over the future prospects of a fish 11:30Space politician Count Binface invades Radio 4 to learn about Earth and how to conquer it.
| 11:004/4Heydon Prowse unpacks the green rebranding of the fashion industry. 11:301/4Kevin's back poking fun at beatniks, Blofeld, wine gums and castanets.
| 11:00The Spectator's Isabel Hardman looks back over a turbulent week in Westminster. 11:30Asylum seekers were lured to Belarus, but then left stranded on the Polish border.
| 11:00Carl Hester, equestrian rider, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne 11:45Helena Goodwyn challenges the practice of giving children their father's surname.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:046/10Eleven-year-old Agatha Christie fan Alma is determined to catch the thief. 12:18More people are using wood burning fires because of rising gas prices. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:047/10Malcolm’s attempts to give up the drink have not been going well. But today is the day! 12:18Call You and Yours: What’s making you hesitate over getting your jab? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:048/10A doting grandmother is excited to show off the new baby to her neighbours. 12:18Easyjet bag charges and residents complain about the state of their social housing. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:049/10When someone from the caravan site disappears, everyone joins the search. 12:18Government reveals rail plans for the north after axing HS2 route to Leeds 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:0410/10A surprising discovery halts the search party. 12:18Clarice Cliff, TV Ads, Gambling 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:04Money tips from TikTok, inflation is back and is it time to raise the Lifetime ISA limit? 12:304/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:045/6John Lloyd and Holly Walsh with Catherine Bohart, Elizabeth Day and Bruce Dickinson. 12:32Our annual round up of the year's best food and drink books. 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 nears the end of his world history - with a Russian revolutionary plate.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:452/5Neil MacGregor considers the state of human rights - with a David Hockney print.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:453/5Neil MacGregor with an African throne - made from decommissioned guns.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:454/5Neil MacGregor with a credit card - one that is compliant with Sharia law.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond 13:455/5Neil MacGregor's last object in his world history - a solar-powered lamp and charger.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Stoke-on-Trent.
| 13:00Jonny Dymond looks at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world. 13:30Kofi Smiles presents three conversations on climate change, change of faith, surrogacy.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Roy’s walking on egg shells. 14:15An Irish family is divided as Mosley's fascists prepare to march through the East End.
| 14:00Elizabeth comes bearing gifts 14:15Alfred Bradley Writing Bursary Award finalist in affecting drama about care and abuse.
| 14:00Lynda has a tall order for Kirsty. 14:152/4Stone created by Danny Brocklehurst. Wishing Well by Alex Ganley and Dan Allum.
| 14:152/7Can we control our deepest fears and desires?
| 14:154/5Missing teenager Evie Bennett has been found alive, but now her teacher is missing. 14:45Ahmed Kathrada was jailed in South Africa alongside Nelson Mandela.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:45"Sir says some man from 'Real Men Cry' is coming in to speak." By Vanessa Kisuule.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs and the panel are at Becontree Estate answering your gardening questions. 14:45Lynsey Hanley visits 28-year-old Katrina in her brand new affordable home in west Belfast.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Celebrity panel game about quotations hosted by Nigel Rees. 15:30Leyla Kazim visits 2021’s Best Shop or Market finalists in the BBC Food and Farming Awards
| 15:00Josie Long presents short documentaries about the colour red. 15:30Anna Turns finds out how synthetic chemicals are making their way into our bodies.
| 15:00How to improve your credit score with Felicity Hannah. 15:30Claudia hears about a new treatment for people experiencing persecutory delusions.
| 15:00Helen Mark meets Will Coleman to discover the wonders of the Cornish hedge. 15:27Mark De-Lisser makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Belong: Making Justice Happen 15:30Chris Power talks to Stella Duffy and Anna Von Planta about Patricia Highsmith's diaries
| 15:00Peter Gibbs and the panel are at Becontree Estate answering your gardening questions. 15:45"Sir says some man from 'Real Men Cry' is coming in to speak." By Vanessa Kisuule.
| 15:005/6High Life and Low Politics in Victorian England
| 15:00Isaac Bashevis Singer’s comic romance about a shtetl Adrian Mole hitting jazz age Warsaw.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Rowan Williams considers what Dostoevsky’s life and work can tell us about Russia today. 16:30Aleks Krotoski asks if how we use technology has affected our attitudes to ephemerality.
| 16:00Joshua Rozenberg examines a lawsuit that‘s rocked the sport of rugby. 16:30Friends, sisters and serial killers all feature in the book choices for this week.
| 16:00Matthew Syed reveals the real secrets to success. 16:30From "door-stepping" to naming attackers, journalists question their practice
| 16:00Can formulas predict how well an athlete will perform? 16:30How much junk can we leave in orbit before space becomes impenetrable?
| 16:00Kirsty Lang on a psychiatrist, a soprano, a writer and a crossword solver. 16:30Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations
| 16:00Hear an exclusive interview with Nancy Kelley, CEO of Stonewall.
| 16:00JJ Bola speaks to Johny Pitts about his new novel, The Selfless Act of Breathing. 16:30Meetings between poets and scientists who share language and ideas and create new work.
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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 17:30Evan Davis asks how best to resolve disputes between colleagues. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00Melanie Abbott reveals that thousands of police officers do not have adequate vetting. 17:40The distinctive and divisive Leader of the House of Commons. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00Police are treating an explosion outside a hospital in Liverpool as an act of terrorism. 18:305/6John Lloyd and Holly Walsh with Catherine Bohart, Elizabeth Day and Bruce Dickinson.
| 18:00Former Yorks cricketer, Azeem Rafiq says scale of racism in English cricket is 'scary'. 18:302/2Jayde Adams discusses why we leave home and why some of us are drawn to go back.
| 18:00The Church of England denies "gaming the system", to help asylum seekers stay in the UK. 18:304/4Adam Riches stars as the hapless comedian abroad adapting to his new life in Sweden.
| 18:00The government is scrapping the section of HS2 rail link from the East Midlands to Leeds. 18:302/6Jane leaves husband Pete and goes to stay with her parents.
| 18:00Austria is to go into a full lockdown from Monday because of soaring Covid infections 18:304/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches
| 18:00The WHO warns of half a million more deaths in Europe by March without urgent action. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Ministers say nothing is "off the table" to deal with migrants crossing the Channel. 18:15Mobeen Azhar chooses the best of BBC audio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Elizabeth comes bearing gifts 19:15Lin-Manuel Miranda on making his debut as a film director with tick, tick...BOOM!
| 19:00Lynda has a tall order for Kirsty. 19:15Writer and director Céline Sciamma on her new film Petite Maman.
| 19:15Ralph Fiennes on performing in his stage adaptation of TS Eliot’s Four Quartets.
| 19:15We review King Richard, about the Williams sisters and their father, starring Will Smith.
| 19:00Helena Goodwyn challenges the practice of giving children their father's surname. 19:15Cerys and Jeffrey compile the next five tracks on the growing playlist.
| 19:00The distinctive and divisive Leader of the House of Commons. 19:15Author and columnist Caitlin Moran reveals some of the cultural milestones in her life.
| 19:00It’s a big day for Eddie and Clarrie. 19:151/4Joe Lycett tests Tony Hawks, Rachel Riley and Desiree Burch on who they know, not what. 19:454/10A new short story series by Eley Williams, set in an Essex village gripped by chess.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Axel Kacoutié explores living between languages and finding yourself in the gaps. 20:30The story of how science has been trying to get better at finding things out.
| 20:00Melanie Abbott reveals that thousands of police officers do not have adequate vetting. 20:40Three visually impaired people tell us about their experiences with gender transition.
| 20:00Jane Garvey talks to Jaina Mistry about her deep fear of dogs and Laura, who saved her 20:306/7From Nigeria, to the Belgian Congo, to Bolton.
| 20:00Joshua Rozenberg examines a lawsuit that‘s rocked the sport of rugby. 20:30Evan Davis asks how best to resolve disputes between colleagues.
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Stoke-on-Trent. 20:50AL Kennedy on why everything these days is... annoying.
| 20:00Freddie Mercury died 30 years ago this week. What would we ask if he were a star today?
| 20:00Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations 20:30Kirsty Lang on a psychiatrist, a soprano, a writer and a crossword solver.
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| 21:00 | 21:001/3How to stop time from unravelling politics. 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Mario Vargas Llosa, Jago Cooper and Natalia Sobrevilla Perea
| 21:00Claudia hears about a new treatment for people experiencing persecutory delusions. 21:3014/22Strange tales from the culture wars by Jon Ronson.
| 21:00Anna Turns finds out how synthetic chemicals are making their way into our bodies. 21:30From "door-stepping" to naming attackers, journalists question their practice
| 21:00How much junk can we leave in orbit before space becomes impenetrable? 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Beardsley, Wilde and art for art's sake in the 1890s.
| 21:00Neil MacGregor completes his history of humanity, told through the objects it has made
| 21:45Engaging short story by Garrett Carr, inspired by the Homeric Hymn to Apollo.
| 21:00Money tips from TikTok, inflation is back and is it time to raise the Lifetime ISA limit? 21:25Charlotte Smith presents the BBC Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Children in Need. 21:30The story of how science has been trying to get better at finding things out.
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| 22:00 | 22:00EU approves further sanctions on Lukashenko government 22:456/10Bess is in hospital recovering from her attempt to end her pregnancy.
| 22:00PM proposes ban on MPs working as paid political consultants 22:457/10It's Bess's sixteenth birthday.
| 22:00Furious row at PMQ’s over parliamentary standards 22:458/10Two people in her life offer Bess hope.
| 22:00Labour accuses Boris Johnson of betraying promises to Northern England 22:459/10Bravely, Bess confronts her past.
| 22:00Alexander Lukashenko admits border guards might have helped migrants reach Poland 22:4510/10Bess looks to the future.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Kirsty Wark reunites key figures involved in the search for the famous medieval king.
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00How breaking went from the inner city streets of New York City to the Olympic Games 23:30Susan Hulme reports on MPs' reflections on the Cop 26 climate summit.
| 23:00Jane and Fi are joined by Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson. 23:30Sean Curran reports as MPs hear details of racism in cricket.
| 23:001/4Comedian, actor and writer Rosie Jones returns to examine her diversity-ticking boxes. 23:153/7Your new news fix. Jon Holmes's The Skewer returns to twist itself into current affairs. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.
| 23:004/4Character comedy series with Marc Wootton and friends playing couples on date night. 23:30All the news from Westminster with Sean Curran
| 23:00Friends, sisters and serial killers all feature in the book choices for this week. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Celebrity panel game about quotations hosted by Nigel Rees. 23:30Danny Robins uncovers intriguing new evidence about the haunting of Alanbrooke Hall.
| 23:00Can formulas predict how well an athlete will perform? 23:30Mark Tully discusses meanness, one of the oldest human vices.
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