| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Matthew Syed goes inside a wargame to explore the evolution of deterrence. 00:45The sound of church bells ringing on Sunday from around the country 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5How Egypt's despots and dreamers drove the rise and fall of Tutankhamun's dynasty. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5How Egypt’s despots and dreamers drove the rise and fall of Tutankhamun’s dynasty. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5How Egypt’s despots and dreamers drove the rise and fall of Tutankhamun’s dynasty. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5How Egypt’s despots and dreamers drove the rise and fall of Tutankhamun’s dynasty. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5How Egypt’s despots and dreamers drove the rise and fall of Tutankhamun’s dynasty. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Neil MacGregor focuses on Russian Orthodox icons and the Hindu goddess Durga. 00:302/3Newly commissioned stories from three recent winners of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 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 archbishop of York. 05:45Beaver protection. Global food crisis. Rabbit farming. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Chris Packham presents the red breasted goose in Siberia.
| 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 archbishop of York 05:45How politics affects the global food crisis. The possibility of drought in East Anglia. 05:58Chris Packham presents the North Island kokako from New Zealand.
| 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 archbishop of York. 05:45Anna Hill finds out how extreme weather in Australia is affecting the global food crisis. 05:58Chris Packham presents the Plumbeous antbird in a Bolivian rainforest.
| 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 archbishop of York. 05:45Growing rice in a drought; and music, for pigs 05:58Chris Packham presents the bell miner of eastern Australia.
| 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 archbishop of York. 05:45Sea eagles and Dutch farmers' protest. 05:58Chris Packham presents the Arabian babbler of a Yemeni Desert.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. 05:45Criminologist Dr Laura Bui wants us to ask the right questions when it comes to crime.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from the Cathedral Church of St Philip in Birmingham 05:45The foreign secretary in the running to be the next prime minister.
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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. 06:07Antonia Quirke travels 400 metres across the sea from Oban to the tiny island of Kerrera. 06:30We hear about dry fields in both the UK and Italy. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Mark Tully asks why people hold and participate in vigils. 06:35Charlotte Smith meets the people in charge of managing 58,000 hectares of UK farmland. 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 with Edward Stourton. 07:54Angellica Bell makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Innovations for Learning. 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10'Grateful in all circumstances' is the theme taken from Psalm 32 - preacher: Matt Searles. 08:48Howard Jacobson reflects on summer festivals, conformity and a dancing cockatoo. 08:58Michael Palin presents the scarlet macaw from Costa Rica.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Neil Tennant of Pet Shop Boys reveals his most important cultural influences. 09:451/5How Egypt's despots and dreamers drove the rise and fall of Tutankhamun's dynasty.
| 09:002/3Rory Stewart explores the strange human phenomenon of arguing. 09:30How do we live with trauma? A retired policeman reflects on his emotional weight. 09:452/5How Egypt’s despots and dreamers drove the rise and fall of Tutankhamun’s dynasty.
| 09:00Matthew Syed explores how we might deal with the extreme risks that nuclear weapons pose. 09:30Criminologist Dr Laura Bui wants us to ask the right questions when it comes to crime. 09:453/5How Egypt’s despots and dreamers drove the rise and fall of Tutankhamun’s dynasty.
| 09:00Exploring the question of policing and public safety, in public, in private, online. 09:30Will tipping points in the Amazon and in cloud formation accelerate climate change? 09:454/5How Egypt’s despots and dreamers drove the rise and fall of Tutankhamun’s dynasty.
| 09:00Kate Moss, model, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5How Egypt’s despots and dreamers drove the rise and fall of Tutankhamun’s dynasty.
| 09:00Novelist Mike Gayle, and the Inheritance Tracks of Carol Kirkwood.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Award winner Leilani Münter uses her stock race car to share environmental messages.
| 10:00Samantha Womack as the White Witch in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.
| 10:00Emma speaks to Jane Roe's daughter Melissa Mills, and we celebrate the Lionesses win.
| 10:00The women from the Netflix series Get Organised with The Home Edit give their pro tips.
| 10:00'All Bodies are Beach Bodies' campaign.
| 10:30Jay Rayner and his panel are in Swansea.
| 10:00There’s a new face at April Cottage, and fingers of suspicion are pointed in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Laura was groomed and abused as child. She doesn't want others to go through what she did. 11:30Evan Davis asks what it really means when a business leaves Russia.
| 11:00Philip Ball tells the story of Anton Mesmer and the rise and fall of animal magnetism. 11:302/3What makes techno the perfect accompaniment to radical ideas?
| 11:00Rima Ahmed gets the bus into Leeds to find out why its public transport is so maligned.(R) 11:30DJ Emily Dust explores the unusual ways Berlin's clubbing scene is fighting gentrification(R)
| 11:00Tigers are making a remarkable comeback in Nepal. 11:30On the fiftieth anniversary of Cheryl's disappearance, the police make an announcement
| 11:00A long, slow look at great artworks, photographed in extraordinary detail. 11:302/6It is Valentine’s Day on Dangerfield Farm and the pipes have frozen.
| 11:00What does Britain need to do to cope with higher temperatures? 11:30Italy faces more political uncertainty as Mario Draghi resigns as prime minister.
| 11:15Clare Smyth, chef, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Most people are happy to run their life off apps but some can't - what happens to them? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Is the cost of living crisis forcing you to rethink work? email: youandyours@bbc.co.uk 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04News and discussion of consumer affairs 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04How Mark Game, founder of The Bread and Butter Thing, found a gap in the market. 12:32Can massage guns help you warm up before exercise and recover more quickly after it? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Are ethnic minorities fairly represented in public life? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Amy struggled for money when she was a student. She advises Barry who is at uni now. 12:301/6Miles Jupp returns as Henry Tobin, Britain's least successful former prime minister. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:043/650th Anniversary Series of the multi award-winning comedy panel games chaired by Jack Dee 12:32Jaega Wise investigates the hype around protein supplements. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45India and her husband hear from a couple who schedule life around the cycle.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45India chats to Dr Stacy Sims about tailoring exercise and diet to the cycle.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45India considers hormonal contraception and asks if there's a physiological need to bleed.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45What's the normal length of a menstrual cycle? India finds out.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:45How do you choose your menstrual products? India finds out how the industry is evolving.
| 13:00The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4 13:10Ben Wright presents political debate and discussion from The Junction, High Wycombe.
| 13:00Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world 13:30Rhiannon Giddens uncovers the history of African American roots music.
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| 14:00 | 14:00There’s a new face at April Cottage. 14:15Drama series about a school academy in Salford, starring Julie Hesmondhalgh.
| 14:00Susan considers an extreme solution. 14:15School drama starring Julie Hesmondhalgh.
| 14:00Disaster strikes at the post office.(R) 14:15School drama starring Julie Hesmondhalgh as Acting Head of East Salford Academy.(R)
| 14:00Fingers of suspicion are pointed in Ambridge. 14:151990s pop culture and her sisters help Little Miss live with physical impairment.
| 14:00Freddie is mightily impressed 14:153/5Rose has dealt with Randy, the body count is rising, and what should she wear tonight? 14:45Neil MacGregor focuses on Russian Orthodox icons and the Hindu goddess Durga.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:45India examines how the cycle has been taught past and present.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston and the panel are in Pembrokeshire, Wales. 14:45India discusses how we can improve healthcare for women
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| 15:00 | 15:006/6Three students from Lancaster University take on their dons in the upbeat quiz. 15:30Dan Saladino talks with Sandor Katz about the diversity of fermentation around the world.
| 15:00Jay Rayner and a panel of culinary experts visit The Royal Institution, London. 15:30Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken continue their journey around the human body.
| 15:00An expert panel look at what support is out there for food poverty and holiday hunger. 15:30Cows' milk allergy in babies and gout in adults.
| 15:00Antonia Quirke travels 400 metres across the sea from Oban to the tiny island of Kerrera. 15:27Botanist Frances Tophill makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf Plant Your Future. 15:30Johny Pitts talks to Tess Gunty about The Rabbit Hutch.
| 15:00Kathy Clugston and the panel are in Pembrokeshire, Wales. 15:452/3Newly commissioned stories from three recent winners of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize
| 15:004/4DH Lawrence's daring exploration of desire dramatised by Ian Kershaw
| 15:00Rattigan’s vital portrait of postwar Britain stars Adrian Scarborough and Chloe Pirrie.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Stories of why creativity matters and the backstories behind artists' work. 16:30Alan Dein shares online conversations with people from across the world.
| 16:00The evolving lexicon of online dating 16:30Books to cherish, recommended by poet Salena Godden and author-illustrator Rob Biddulph.
| 16:00Matthew Syed explores how we might deal with the extreme risks that nuclear weapons pose.(R) 16:30The sci-fi concept that's becoming reality.
| 16:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince look back at Earth with some truly out of this world guests. 16:30What are the consequences of the recent UK heatwave for us, plants and our energy supply.
| 16:00John Wilson on a peacemaker, an author and a football legend. 16:30Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations.
| 16:00Samantha Womack on her role as the White Witch in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.
| 16:00Chris Power looks at the ethical questions authors confront when writing about crime. 16:30Writer and actor Catherine Harvey visits Liverpool to soak up the Merseyside dialect.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme
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| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news 17:30Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson: from boy to man to prime minister. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00Mishal Husain and an expert panel look at the challenges facing the UK economy. 17:40The foreign secretary in the running to be the next prime minister. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00An independent review finds the governing body of Scottish cricket institutionally racist 18:303/650th Anniversary Series of the multi award-winning comedy panel games chaired by Jack Dee
| 18:00EU members agree to reduce gas use by 15 per cent in case Russia halts all supplies 18:302/4Andrew Maxwell begins a stocktake of British values by looking at different jobs.
| 18:00Rail passengers suffer another day of travel disruption as thousands of workers strike 18:302/4Anneka Rice's experience of some of life's issues.
| 18:00Birmingham welcomes thousands of athletes as the Commonwealth Games are set to begin 18:30A new comedy that dangles (think: Emission Impossible) itself over the climate crisis.
| 18:00Inquiry recommends infected blood victims should get compensation of £100,000 each 18:301/6Miles Jupp returns as Henry Tobin, Britain's least successful former prime minister.
| 18:00Yesterday the chairman of the inquiry recommended interim payments for surviving victims. 18:15Anneka Rice and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The Lionesses are hoping to win their first major trophy at the final in Wembley. 18:15Poet and broadcaster Ian McMillan with highlights of the past week on BBC radio and Sounds
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| 19:00 | 19:00Susan considers an extreme solution. 19:15Folk singer Bella Hardy performs; poet Thomas Lynch reads, art at the Commonwealth Games
| 19:00Disaster strikes at the post office. 19:15This year's book and music prize lists; museum funding; Queer Britain - new LGBTQ+ museum.
| 19:00Fingers of suspicion are pointed in Ambridge. 19:15Beverley Knight and Jennifer Saunders on Sister Act, Ugandan Asian stories, David Olusoga
| 19:00Freddie is mightily impressed 19:15Panah Panahi's Iranian road movie Hit the Road reviewed
| 19:00A solution is presented for Tom 19:15Composer Gabriel Prokofiev and oboist Uchenna Ngwe add the final tracks to the playlist.
| 19:00The foreign secretary in the running to be the next prime minister. 19:15Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Alan Davies as they delve inside the human brain.
| 19:00Peggy has a moment of inspiration. 19:154/6Alexei Sayle travels from Manchester to Bournemouth talking to strangers on his train. 19:453/5In a divided city puritanical monk Savonarola defies the authorities as he draws crowds.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Rima Ahmed gets the bus into Leeds to find out why its public transport is so maligned. 20:30Are we past the point of no return when it comes to our obsession with online technology?
| 20:00Mishal Husain and an expert panel look at the challenges facing the UK economy. 20:40We examine the impact of Covid on eyesight with the Association of Optometrists.
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze 20:45Criminologist Dr Laura Bui wants us to ask the right questions when it comes to crime.
| 20:00What does Britain need to do to cope with higher temperatures? 20:30House-building. What are the challenges faced by UK house builders? With Evan Davis.
| 20:00Ben Wright presents political debate and discussion from The Junction, High Wycombe. 20:50Howard Jacobson reflects on summer festivals, conformity and a dancing cockatoo.
| 20:00From Pong to Pokémon, what have video games ever done for us? Keza MacDonald finds out.
| 20:00Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations. 20:30John Wilson on a peacemaker, an author and a football legend.
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| 21:00 | 21:001/3Noah Charney investigates the looting of Chinese antiquities and demand for them in China. 21:30Sue Mitchell and Rob Lawrie investigate the UK based smugglers and the money they launder.
| 21:00Cows' milk allergy in babies and gout in adults. 21:302/3Rory Stewart explores the strange human phenomenon of arguing.
| 21:00Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken continue their journey around the human body. 21:30The sci-fi concept that's becoming reality.
| 21:00What are the consequences of the recent UK heatwave for us, plants and our energy supply. 21:30Professor Devi Sridhar investigates the impact of Covid on the practice of science.
| 21:00As the Commonwealth Games arrive, is it time for the UK's Second City to become its First?
| 21:008/8The tomb of the Martyrs, the gallows, the aqueduct… 21:459/10Nelson emerges from rehab and settles back into family life - until Pru drops a bombshell.
| 21:00Amy struggled for money when she was a student. She advises Barry who is at uni now. 21:25Angellica Bell makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Innovations for Learning. 21:30Are we past the point of no return when it comes to our obsession with online technology?
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| 22:00 | 22:00Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss in BBC Tory leadership debate 22:451/10Kansas City, 1930s. India Bridge begins her life as a married woman.
| 22:00England beat Sweden 4-0 at Bramall Lane in Sheffield 22:452/10Mrs Bridge meets some new arrivals in the neighbourhood.
| 22:00Aslef train drivers to strike on August 13 22:453/10Douglas has a disturbing encounter with his enemy, Tarquin.
| 22:00Senior Conservative MP tell us he is "not satisfied" by PM’s account of the meeting 22:454/10Mrs Bridge seeks reassurance. She also begins to educate herself about politics.
| 22:00Inquiry chairman says they should all get at least £100,000 each 22:455/10News of former neighbours, and Mrs Bridge celebrates her birthday.
| 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 presents Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00The different names we call our common plants and flowers around the British Isles. 23:30Greg Jenner and his guests learn about the infamous pirate Blackbeard.
| 23:00Novelist Marian Keyes shares a bag of chocolates with Fi and Jane. 23:301/4Collection of lockdown recordings pondering questions around birth.
| 23:003/4Tom Mayhew is joined by his mate Sian Davies to talk about cheap dates. 23:15Jayde Adams and guest Red Richardson dive into the feisty world of community apps. 23:301/4Award-winning comedian Alex Edelman looks at why Jews are still so problematic for so many
| 23:00Shaun Keaveny meets Sarah Kendall who reckons Newcastle, Australia is better than his sofa 23:301/4Dr Phil Hammond hears the stories of staff and patients at a new children's hospital.
| 23:00Books to cherish, recommended by poet Salena Godden and author-illustrator Rob Biddulph. 23:30Danny Robins hosts an exciting live episode of Uncanny recorded at the Hay Festival 2022.
| 23:006/6Three students from Lancaster University take on their dons in the upbeat quiz. 23:30Poet Maggie Sawkins explores the language, dialect and poetry of her native Portsmouth.
| 23:00Anneka Rice and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. 23:30Mark Tully asks why people hold and participate in vigils.
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