| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The Economist's Health Policy Editor Natasha Loder explores solutions to the NHS backlog 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Ben Rawlence's unflinching account of what the moving treeline will mean for humanity. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Ben Rawlence's unflinching account of what the moving treeline will mean for life on earth 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Ben Rawlence's unflinching account of what the moving treeline will mean for life on earth 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5An unflinching account of what the North's moving treeline will mean for life on earth. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5An unflinching account of what the North's moving treeline will mean for life on earth. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:153/4Comedian Athena Kugblenu looks at the cultural phenomenon of cancelling the famous. 00:30A 19th century botanist and a present-day teenager in Snowdonia. 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 Chine McDonald 05:45Charlotte Smith asks the newish Shadow DEFRA Secretary for his take on new agri-policy. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Goldcrest.
| 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 Chine McDonald 05:45The question of whether to use chemicals that harm bees on Britain's sugar beet. 05:58David Attenborough presents the song thrush.
| 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 Chine McDonald 05:45Sybil Ruscoe is in the lambing shed with Cotswold Lion sheep, an 'at risk' rare breed. 05:58The Manx shearwater - Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of this bird and its sound.
| 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 Chine McDonald 05:45Following the deaths of two sea eagles, MP Chris Loder says they are not welcome in Dorset 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the kestrel.
| 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 Chine McDonald 05:45Proposed changes to legislation around GM crops 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the oystercatcher.
| 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 Father Luigi Gioia. 05:45In 1984 doctors tried to save a baby girl's life by giving her a heart transplant.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from Holy Trinity in Stratford Upon Avon Warwickshire 05:45The defence secretary and former soldier tasked with handling the Ukraine crisis.
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07Clare walks with two very different characters in the Eglwyseg Valley, Denbighshire. 06:30The row in Dorset about farmers, eagles and policing, plus other news from this week. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Rikke Houd takes a walk in the forest - a place to get lost and a place to find oneself. 06:35Nancy Nicolson meets Jock Gibson, who is both farmer and butcher for his beef herd. 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. 07:10The media-savvy nuns reaching millions on TikTok. 07:54Yasmin Alibhai-Brown makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Opportunity International UK. 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 Cornerstone Church Nottingham, reflecting on God as a refuge and strength. 08:48John Connell on planting trees on his family farm as reparation for years of flying. 08:58Bill Oddie presents the sand martin.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Adam Rutherford with Neil Wilkin, Rebecca Nesbit and Thomas Halliday. 09:451/5Ben Rawlence's unflinching account of what the moving treeline will mean for humanity.
| 09:009/9A few months after her son was born, Helena realises something is wrong. 09:30Jim Waterson explores a single moment that inadvertently shaped modern history. 09:452/5Ben Rawlence's unflinching account of what the moving treeline will mean for life on earth
| 09:00How likely are children to end up in hospital because of Covid? And how many have died? 09:30In 1984 doctors tried to save a baby girl's life by giving her a heart transplant. 09:453/5Ben Rawlence's unflinching account of what the moving treeline will mean for life on earth
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare's tragedy of young star-crossed love in Verona 09:454/5An unflinching account of what the North's moving treeline will mean for life on earth.
| 09:00Leslie Caron, actress, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5An unflinching account of what the North's moving treeline will mean for life on earth.
| 09:00Actor Nathaniel Hall and the Inheritance Tracks of Annie Nightingale.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00The language of love and poetry with Imtiaz Dharker.
| 10:00Mina Smallman. Family planning and work. Women in Ukraine.
| 10:00The settlement between Virginia Giuffre and Prince Andrew: what does it mean for her?
| 10:00Women protestors in India condemn proposal to ban hijabs in classrooms in Karnataka.
| 10:00Reimagining ‘Jekyll and Hyde’. Charmaine Wilkerson. Professor Angela Gallop. Baby names.
| 10:30Greg James heads deep into the BBC archives to deliver a selection of prime audio.
| 10:00There’s a shock for Rex and Jim lays out some ground rules
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| 11:00 | 11:00Sophie Ward makes a scientifically-accredited love potion. Don't try this at home. 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00A new movement and a prophecy. 11:30Artist Kevin Harman explores what happens when public art and communities clash.
| 11:00Ben Chu looks at the experience of Chinese students in the UK 11:301/4Scandinavian detective yarn starring Matthew Holness.
| 11:00France is making life tougher for those camped in Calais, to try to deter them from coming 11:30Lindsay Johns examines 30 years of the war over the literary canon.
| 11:001/3Lucy Cooke meets females from the animal world that smash the ‘dominant male’ stereotype. 11:303/4The new curator of the Lenzie House of Wax is angry their trade’s been taken.
| 11:00Drones are transforming the way wars are fought but should we be worried about it? 11:30Fifty years after their removal, a group go back to visit the land they once called home.
| 11:00Anne Tyler, writer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 11:45Barry Smith investigates the art and science of making perfume.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:046/1016 appears in The House and leaves a message for Piranesi. 12:18Are you doing anything for Valentine's Day? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:047/10Piranesi calculates there’ll be a great flood and 16 leaves a message he can't ignore. 12:18How is waiting for treatment affecting your quality of life? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:048/10Piranesi discovers the events of 15 November, 2012. 12:18Airports and holiday companies gear up for a busy spring as we rush for sun. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:049/10‘The Great Flood’ Piranesi calculated is upon us. 12:18Has the ban on the loyalty penalty backfired? Energy saving cooking tips. WhatsApp scam. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:0410/10Piranesi makes an important decision. 12:18Storms, builder checks, potato milk and smart age-checking cameras. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:04Face-to-face debt advice, online subscription frauds & no price cap for home heating oil. 12:308/10Andy Zaltzman and the team look at the situation in Ukraine, troubled princes and storms. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:046/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game. 12:32Dan Saladino meets the plant hunters looking for the world's forgotten coffee varieties. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:451/5A birth amid a revolution, and an unpaid arms deal debt having ramifications decades on.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:452/5The story of the government owned company that may hold the key to Nazanin’s release.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:453/5The debt issue and Nazanin finally collide.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:454/5Richard Ratcliffe goes public as the UK government explore back channels for a deal.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Edward Stourton. 13:455/5One more throw of the dice from the UK, and a new obstacle from America.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Broadcasting House in London
| 13:00Radio 4’s look at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world. 13:30Archbishop Justin Welby has conversations with public figures about what they believe.
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| 14:00 | 14:15New drama from the winner of the prestigious audio award: The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award
| 14:15The comedy trio examine Britain’s Roman legacy.
| 14:00Jim lays out some ground rules. 14:15A battle of the sexes and a wilfully ignorant history of English Literature by Marek Horn.
| 14:00Peggy finds herself conflicted. 14:15Based on real events, Rose Tremain's story about the death of the writer, Leo Tolstoy.
| 14:00Kirsty makes a big decision. 14:151/5Exciting new drama from Julian Simpson. 14:45Barry Smith investigates the art and science of making perfume.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:45How does ensuring girls get a full education help fight climate change?
| 14:00The GQT team are at Beth Chatto's Plants and Gardens answering your horticultural queries. 14:457/10Increasing rent prices send Sapna's elderly neighbour on a crusade against corruption.
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| 15:00 | 15:008/13The wide ranging music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini. 15:30Jaega Wise meets TV chef Ainsley to talk life, cooking, his influence and being 'memefied'
| 15:00Terrifying short documentaries and adventures in sound. Presented by Josie Long. 15:30Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of cancel culture.
| 15:00Adam Shaw, listeners and experts discuss the cost of dating. 15:30Can you take HRT forever? And what's the best way to keep hydrated? James busts the myths.
| 15:00Clare walks with two very different characters in the Eglwyseg Valley, Denbighshire. 15:27Hannah Beynon makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Read for Good 15:30We meet the new wave of Spanish and Latin American writers who are breaking with the past.
| 15:00The GQT team are at Beth Chatto's Plants and Gardens answering your horticultural queries. 15:45A 19th century botanist and a present-day teenager in Snowdonia.
| 15:00Imagine your story told through all the worst moments in your life.
| 15:00As family rifts pull the empire apart, the only way out is through humiliation and exile.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Scottee examines the relationships between artists and those who assist them. 16:30An individual with a story to tell, and some answers to find, in today's Britain.
| 16:00John McWhorter, author and linguist at Columbia University, joins Michael Rosen. 16:30Natural history presenter Gillian Burke and sailor Dee Caffari pick their favourite books.
| 16:00The Economist's health policy editor, Natasha Loder, explores solutions to the NHS backlog 16:30The relationship between the press and those running the country.
| 16:00Why do my teens struggle to get out of bed in the morning? asks Michelle. 16:30Is the pandemic coming to an end? Scientists weigh in.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a producer, a 'fixer', a businessman, a singer 16:30How likely are children to end up in hospital because of Covid? And how many have died?
| 16:00Mina Smallman, mum of murdered sisters Bibaa and Nicole on Cressida Dick’s resignation.
| 16:00Ayanna Lloyd Banwo talks to Johny Pitts about her debut novel, When We Were Birds 16:30A pilgrimage across Sussex tracing the origins of the iconic song The Turtle Dove.
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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 17:30Why is the market for low alcohol beers and spirits booming? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00File on 4 investigates what the Post Office really knew during the sub-postmaster scandal. 17:40The defence secretary and former soldier tasked with handling the Ukraine crisis. 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 Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss, has warned a Russian invasion could be "imminent". 18:306/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
| 18:00Prince Andrew has reached an out-of-court settlement with Virginia Giuffre. 18:302/4Satirical sketches on modern life.
| 18:00Police looking into cash-for-honours allegations at The Prince's Foundation. 18:303/4Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam play a long-married couple, trying to cope with his knee op.
| 18:00The UK is set to be hit by one of its worst storms in recent years. 18:30A tribute to the late Barry Cryer.
| 18:00About 200,000 homes lose power. Winds of up to 122mph cause widespread travel disruption. 18:308/10Andy Zaltzman and the team look at the situation in Ukraine, troubled princes and storms.
| 18:00Boris Johnson told leaders they should not "underestimate the gravity of this moment". 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Buckingham Palace says she has only mild symptoms, and will continue light duties 18:15Salma El-Wardany picks the best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Adapting Michael Morpurgo's World War I novel Private Peaceful for the stage.
| 19:00Jim lays out some ground rules. 19:15What is the future of post-pandemic British dance?
| 19:00Peggy finds herself conflicted. 19:15One Man Two Guvnors writer Richard Bean on his new play for Hull Truck Theatre at 50.
| 19:00Kirsty makes a big decision. 19:15Artist Daniel Lismore's exhibition Be Yourself, Everyone Else is Already Taken in Coventry
| 19:00Greg Jenner speaks to the veteran Holocaust survivor Kitty Hart-Moxon. 19:15Violinist Rebekah Reid and composer Neil Brand continue the musical journey
| 19:00The defence secretary and former soldier tasked with handling the Ukraine crisis. 19:15German-born British composer Max Richter on his cultural and musical influences.
| 19:00Pip finds herself unstuck 19:15Marian and Tara tackle noisy neighbours, an estranged sister and wedding extravagance. 19:457/10Two painters must recreate one of their most famous murals.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Ben Chu looks at the experience of Chinese students in the UK 20:30Probing the results of a major study into our unequal society.
| 20:00File on 4 investigates what the Post Office really knew during the sub-postmaster scandal. 20:40We discuss representation in TV and whether people should tell you what they look like.
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze 20:45In 1984 doctors tried to save a baby girl's life by giving her a heart transplant.
| 20:00Drones are transforming the way wars are fought but should we be worried about it? 20:30Why is the market for low alcohol beers and spirits booming?
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Broadcasting House in London 20:50John Connell on planting trees on his family farm as reparation for years of flying.
| 20:00Will Self pieces together the life and work of writer WG Sebald.
| 20:00How likely are children to end up in hospital because of Covid? And how many have died? 20:30Matthew Bannister on a producer, a 'fixer', a businessman, a singer
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| 21:00 | 21:00All the threads come together in a cowboy-themed barn. 21:30Adam Rutherford with Neil Wilkin, Rebecca Nesbit and Thomas Halliday.
| 21:00Can you take HRT forever? And what's the best way to keep hydrated? James busts the myths. 21:309/9A few months after her son was born, Helena realises something is wrong.
| 21:00True stories of life-changing encounters with art in all its forms. 21:30The relationship between the press and those running the country.
| 21:00Is the pandemic coming to an end? Scientists weigh in. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare's tragedy of young star-crossed love in Verona
| 21:002/4Stuart Russell warns of the dangers of developing autonomous weapon systems
| 21:007/8After the failed coup, Fatima is set on revenge for her murdered son. 21:453/5The last two inhabitants on an island receive a visit from a strange woman.
| 21:00Face-to-face debt advice, online subscription frauds & no price cap for home heating oil. 21:25Yasmin Alibhai-Brown makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Opportunity International UK. 21:30Probing the results of a major study into our unequal society.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Kamila Valieva preparing to compete again at Beijing Olympics 22:456/1016 appears in The House and leaves a message for Piranesi.
| 22:00American woman was suing for sexual assault - allegations he denies 22:457/10Piranesi calculates there’ll be a great flood and 16 leaves a message he can't ignore.
| 22:00New guidance from Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation 22:458/10Piranesi discovers the events of 15 November, 2012.
| 22:00Blinken urges Russia not to send troops over border 22:459/10‘The Great Flood’ Piranesi calculated is upon us.
| 22:003 dead after Storm Eunice brings widespread disruption 22:4510/10Piranesi makes an important decision.
| 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
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen talks to Dr Gareth Carrol about the surprising origins of modern idioms. 23:301/5Neville Presho makes a shocking discovery when he returns to Tory island.
| 23:00Fi and Jane chat to comedians Jess Salomon and Eman El-Husseini. 23:302/5Frustrated by the wall of silence on Tory, Neville takes his search to the Irish mainland.
| 23:006/8A surprising ramble through the naughty noises of schooldays. With Jane Horrocks. 23:154/4Stand-up John Moloney, returns to the stage to do what he does best - tell funny stories. 23:303/5Neville uncovers more clues, but the stress of his search exerts a terrible toll.
| 23:00Diversity of opinion, thought-provoking debate, and comedy from voices new to Radio 4. 23:304/5Neville descends to his lowest point, but a chance encounter offers new hope.
| 23:00Natural history presenter Gillian Burke and sailor Dee Caffari pick their favourite books. 23:305/5A day of reckoning finally arrives for Neville, but who will the court believe?
| 23:008/13The wide ranging music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini. 23:30Devon poet Matt Harvey delves into the listener requests.
| 23:00Why do my teens struggle to get out of bed in the morning? asks Michelle. 23:30Rikke Houd takes a walk in the forest - a place to get lost and a place to find oneself.
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