| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Strangers & Xenophobia: an exploration of a historically rooted phenomenon. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the medieval parish church of St Margaret in Leicester. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Felix White's memoir about cricket, grief and life in The Maccabees. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Young Felix tries to reconcile cricket and Oasis against a backdrop of his mum's illness. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5A teenage Felix escapes further into his passions as a storm brews for his family. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Felix learns guitar and joins his first band. But it's not - yet - The Maccabees 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The Maccabees take off as does the England team, but Felix's unprocessed grief remains. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:153/4Jenna and Dana meet Mick Tanner, a man who wants to change his laugh to find love. 00:30A poignant short story by Jessie Greengrass, inspired by Christopher Smart. 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 Dr Krish Kandiah. 05:45How does a year of pigs backing up on farms fit with record production levels? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Helen Moncrieff is bewitched by the mimicking of Shetland starlings.
| 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 Dr Krish Kandiah. 05:45How close are farmers to ending the practice of killing newborn male dairy calves? 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the bar-tailed godwit.
| 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 Dr Krish Kandiah. 05:45The Farming Minister shares new ideas about the prevention of more water pollution. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the serin.
| 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 Dr Krish Kandiah. 05:45How farmers in Scotland are tackling the pollution of bathing water sites. 05:58John Aitchison presents the white-fronted goose.
| 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 Dr Krish Kandiah. 05:45Is river pollution being unfairly blamed on farmers? 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the lesser black-backed gull.
| 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 Julia Neuberger. 05:453/5Oliver Burkeman explores what it means to be a moderate in a world lacking nuance.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from All Saints Church, Allesley near Coventry 05:45The mystery woman leading the investigation into Downing Street parties during lockdown.
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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 explores the landscape of Purdown on the edge of Bristol. 06:30Farming and pollution: can you have one without the other? 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Composer Michael Zev Gordon reflects on the enclosed garden. 06:35Ruth Sanderson visits Wales' only city farm, in Swansea. 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 07:54Hoda Ali makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Orchid Project 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Two Belfast clerics reflect on how friendship can be transformational. 08:48Sarah Dunant asks if we should judge the past by the standards of the present - or future. 08:58David Rothenberg asks a question, why is the song thrush not famous?
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| 09:00 | 09:00Adam Rutherford with Mark Galeotti, Cécile Fabre and Kirsty Graham. 09:451/5Felix White's memoir about cricket, grief and life in The Maccabees.
| 09:003/9Jon is at Peppa Pig World when he notices something unusual. 09:30Jim Waterson investigates how the Vietnam war and a glut of corn changed what America eats 09:452/5Young Felix tries to reconcile cricket and Oasis against a backdrop of his mum's illness.
| 09:00Surgery death risks, Test and Trace costs in the UK and Germany, and podcast plans. 09:302/5Oliver Burkman explores how the language we choose to use impacts how we think. 09:453/5A teenage Felix escapes further into his passions as a storm brews for his family.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss what happened when world currencies were tied to gold 09:454/5Felix learns guitar and joins his first band. But it's not - yet - The Maccabees
| 09:00Deborah Levy, writer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5The Maccabees take off as does the England team, but Felix's unprocessed grief remains.
| 09:00Fabric artist Osman Yousefzada and the Inheritance Tracks of Sir Kenneth Branagh.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Skeleton racer-Laura Deas, one of Team GB's athletes competing in the Winter Olympics 2022
| 10:00Higher Education Minister MIchelle Donelan discusses universities and the ending of NDAs
| 10:00Influential and fearless women from Perth in Scotland over several centuries.
| 10:00The future of IVF. Tracey Emin on removing her art from No.10. Anna Soubry on defecting.
| 10:00Mary Ward the 17th century feminist, Georgina Lucas & Ladette Culture
| 10:30Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
| 10:00Kenton unleashes his inner dragon and Chris contemplates his future
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| 11:00 | 11:003/3Philippa Perry attempts to unpick the tangled idea of desire. 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00The internet walks into a pizza parlour and it’s got a gun. 11:30Proinsias O'Coinn goes in search of a piece of art that has the power to make him cry.
| 11:00Poet Paul Farley considers how we warn future generations about our buried nuclear waste. 11:30Misty Copeland talks to Oti Mabuse about her dancing legend - Raven Wilkinson.
| 11:00Imagine walking down a street in a European capital and meeting your torturer. 11:30The poet Raymond Antrobus explores the art of translating sound for the eye.
| 11:003/3Tim Hayward looks at the potential of fungi to help the human body and mind. 11:303/4As the crew try to contain an anarchic party of school kids, Dev spots an opportunity.
| 11:00Radio 4's assessment of developments at Westminster 11:30The relatives searching for loved ones, missing presumed dead in Mexico's drugs war.
| 11:00John Caudwell, businessman, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 11:45How can we avert a drought stricken future?
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:046/10One sultan after another demands goods from the caravan in return for safe passage. 12:18Ground Rent; Storm Arwen; Royal Mail 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:047/10The sultan Chatu is in no mood to let the caravan pass. He believes he has been exploited. 12:18Are you drinking more at home, or struggling to keep track of units? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:048/10A European arrives and challenges Chatu's authority. Escape may be possible. 12:18Inflation rises, home care failures, dessert shops. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:049/10Yusuf has attracted the attentions of the mistress of the compound. Khalil is worried. 12:18Getting back to the office; the baking boom is over. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:0410/10Amid rumours of war, Yusuf attempts to stay away from the mistress while loving Amina. 12:18We hear why some women are paying for private pregnancy scans. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:04Police investigation into £4m fraud described as “woeful”. 12:304/10Andy Zaltzman presents a look back at the week's headlines. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:042/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game. 12:32Chef Angela Hartnett OBE shares stories of her life in hospitality with Sheila Dillon. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:45What can an octopus teach us about our relationship between the mind and the body?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:45A herd of elephants, a murder mystery, and a lesson on the importance of fatherhood.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:45What is it about our brains - and the brains of some birds - that makes us want to groove?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:45Lessons from a cuckoo on why we want what we want, and why our desires can't be trusted.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:45How dwarf mongooses can help us figure out who to trust and how to make friends.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Anita Anand presents political debate and discussion from Gedney Hill, Lincolnshire.
| 13:00Jonny Dymond looks at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world. 13:30Whistleblowers, living with epilepsy, acting and ageism. Fi Glover presents.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Fallon puts her foot in it. 14:15What is life really like in 21st-century United Kingdoms?
| 14:00Kenton unleashes his inner dragon. 14:151/5Series of linked original dramas starring Glenda Jackson seen through the lens of blood.
| 14:152/5Glenda Jackson stars in a series of linked plays seen through the lens of blood.
| 14:00Chris contemplates his future. 14:153/5Glenda Jackson stars in a new series of linked drama seen through the lens of blood.
| 14:154/5The Bill Gates Rest Home, the cure, a trade in body parts… 14:45How can we avert a drought stricken future?
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:45Meet the sharpest minds in the race to cut carbon, one smart idea at a time.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 14:453/10Sent to a village outside Delhi, Sapna discovers a wedding about to take place.
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| 15:00 | 15:004/13The wide ranging music quiz hosted by Paul Gambaccini 15:30Dan Saladino explores keto to understand the appeal of this low carb way of eating.
| 15:00Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. 15:30A long, slow look at great artworks, photographed in extraordinary detail.
| 15:00Felicity Hannah, listeners and a panel of experts discuss being a guarantor. 15:30Could switching your asthma inhaler be kinder to the planet and better for your health?
| 15:00Helen Mark explores the landscape of Purdown on the edge of Bristol. 15:27Clare Balding makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Outward Bound Trust. 15:30A guide to reading James Joyce's Ulysses from those who understand it best
| 15:00Peter Gibbs hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 15:45A poignant short story by Jessie Greengrass, inspired by Christopher Smart.
| 15:001/2A tale charting the Jazz Age via a glamorous but doomed marriage.
| 15:00Michael Symmons Roberts’ drama shines a light on Byron's poem ‘Darkness’
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| 16:00 | 16:00Stories of everyday street harassment from women across Britain. 16:30An individual with a story to tell, and some answers to find, in today's Britain.
| 16:00Kathryn Mannix and Michael Rosen on how to talk tenderly and and listen well. 16:30The engineer and author Roma Agrawal on Indian classical dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai.
| 16:00Why Sociology matters: an exploration of the meaning and purpose of Public Sociology. 16:30Boris Johnson's supposed fightback strategy and a new BBC licence fee deal.
| 16:00Life and death decisions in the courtroom. 16:30Whay was the blast from the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai volcano so violent?
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a businessman, an LGBT support worker, a photo agent, a singer 16:30Surgery death risks, Test and Trace costs in the UK and Germany, and podcast plans.
| 16:00Tracey Emin on why she wants her artwork removed from display in Number 10 Downing Street.
| 16:00Elizabeth Day speaks to Tessa Hadley about her new novel, Free Love. 16:30The former poet laureate of California talks about his life in poetry.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news 17:30Nick Robinson talks to Steve Baker about the PM, the pandemic and parachutes. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00Adam Eley investigates concerns over specialist mental health rehabilitation units. 17:40The mystery woman leading the investigation into Downing Street parties during lockdown. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00The Government says the BBC license fee, paid by millions, will be frozen for 2 years 18:302/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
| 18:00Boris Johnson denies he was warned event in the garden at No.10 would breach covid rules 18:304/5Faced with a vulnerable person, Alfie asks ‘can the police take his decision making away?’
| 18:00Former cabinet minister David Davis tells PM to quit, while a Tory MP defects to Labour. 18:303/4Comedian Ellie Taylor takes a swipe at the news and why it might be good to cancel it.
| 18:00The PM says he has seen no evidence of blackmail after backbencher allegations 18:304/4Ramesh and Malcolm’s wedding day plans manage to upset a few people.
| 18:00Washington and Moscow say they'll keep talking after face to face negotiations in Geneva. 18:304/10Andy Zaltzman presents a look back at the week's headlines.
| 18:00Commons Standards Committee chair warns attempts to intimidate Tory MPs may be illegal 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Nus Ghani says she was told she was dismissed - in part - because of her Muslim faith 18:15Lindsey Chapman picks the best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Kenton unleashes his inner dragon. 19:15Adrian Lester joins Samira Ahmed to discuss his new police drama, Trigger Point.
| 19:15Tilda Swinton on her new film Memoria
| 19:00Chris contemplates his future. 19:15Munich: The Edge of War, Jo Browning Wroe on her novel, A Terrible Kindness.
| 19:15Ciarán Hinds on Kenneth Branagh's Belfast. Nightmare Alley and The Gilded Age reviewed.
| 19:00Greg Jenner dives into the BBC archive to explore what it says about who we are now. 19:15Ellen and Mark explore the one-take movie, from Rope to Boiling Point, via WWI epic 1917.
| 19:00The mystery woman leading the investigation into Downing Street parties during lockdown. 19:153/5Some countries face a huge growth in young people - will it be good or bad for them?
| 19:00It’s the end of the road for David. 19:15Marian and Tara tackle serial bad-boy dating, a missing mojo and personal grooming. 19:453/10Local actor Turlough has been cast in the series. Unfortunately he’s in great shape.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Exploring the relationship between Black and Green political movements and ideas. 20:30How a new motorway is fuelling fears about debt, corruption, and submission to Beijing.
| 20:00Adam Eley investigates concerns over specialist mental health rehabilitation units. 20:40We hear all about the glittering world of drag from two drag performers.
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze 20:45Beth Stevens talks about the brain cells most people have never heard of.
| 20:00With BBC funding under pressure, how might alternatives to the licence fee work? 20:301/3Revisiting the night of the New Cross Fire in 1981 and its aftermath.
| 20:00Anita Anand presents political debate and discussion from Gedney Hill, Lincolnshire. 20:50Sarah Dunant asks if we should judge the past by the standards of the present - or future.
| 20:00Fifty years on, Peter Taylor assesses the legacy of 'Bloody Sunday' in Northern Ireland.
| 20:00Surgery death risks, Test and Trace costs in the UK and Germany, and podcast plans. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a businessman, an LGBT support worker, a photo agent, a singer
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| 21:00 | 21:00Satan gets pulled into a conspiracy. 21:30Adam Rutherford with Mark Galeotti, Cécile Fabre and Kirsty Graham.
| 21:00Could switching your asthma inhaler be kinder to the planet and better for your health? 21:303/9Jon is at Peppa Pig World when he notices something unusual.
| 21:00True stories of life-changing encounters with art in all its forms. 21:30Boris Johnson's supposed fightback strategy and a new BBC licence fee deal.
| 21:00Whay was the blast from the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai volcano so violent? 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss what happened when world currencies were tied to gold
| 21:00Delve into the weird and wonderful world of your genes - with Dr Kat Arney.
| 21:003/8Tumanbay faces a new enemy in the form of a formidable group of priest warriors. 21:454/5Sandi explores the Danish concept of Hygge with correspondent Lyse Doucet.
| 21:00Police investigation into £4m fraud described as “woeful”. 21:25Hoda Ali makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Orchid Project 21:30Josie Long presents short documentaries about gaming.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Government says can’t justify "extra pressure on hardworking households" 22:456/10One sultan after another demands goods from the caravan in return for safe passage.
| 22:003 dead after tsunami triggered by volcanic eruption 22:457/10The sultan Chatu is in no mood to let the caravan pass. He believes he has been exploited.
| 22:00David Davis says PM should resign; another MP defects to Labour 22:458/10A European arrives and challenges Chatu's authority. Escape may be possible.
| 22:00The Prime Minister says he's seen no evidence of blackmail in his party 22:459/10Yusuf has attracted the attentions of the mistress of the compound. Khalil is worried.
| 22:00Blinken and Lavrov meet in Geneva 22:4510/10Amid rumours of war, Yusuf attempts to stay away from the mistress while loving Amina.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze
| 22:00Ben Wright hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen and Professor Lynda Mugglestone explore the new language from World War I. 23:30Sean Curran reports on the culture secretary's decision to freeze the BBC licence fee.
| 23:00Fi and Jane kick off a new series with the actor and broadcaster Liza Tarbuck. 23:30Susan Hulme reports as MPs question plans to use the Navy to deal with migrant boats.
| 23:002/8Harry Shearer describes his extraordinary life as a Hollywood child star. 23:151/4Vicki Pepperdine stars in Jenny Eclair's comic monologue about a teacher's last day. 23:30The highlights from PMQs and more with Sean Curran.
| 23:003/4Sketches excavated from the Nether Regions of Grant and Marshall’s mummified psyches. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00The engineer and author Roma Agrawal on Indian classical dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai. 23:30What a week! Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.
| 23:004/13The wide ranging music quiz hosted by Paul Gambaccini 23:30A student is plagued by a poltergeist in her student digs. But is it trying to help?
| 23:00Life and death decisions in the courtroom. 23:30Composer Michael Zev Gordon reflects on the enclosed garden.
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