| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Matthew Syed explores why we make friends and the lifelong influence they have over us.(R) 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from Exeter Cathedral in Devon.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:30The hidden story of the 1989 fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini against Salman Rushdie. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Ayatollah Khomeini's rise to power - and the decision to publish The Satanic Verses. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:30British Muslims protest against the publication of The Satanic Verses. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Did two British men persuade Ayatollah Khomenei to issue the fateful fatwa? 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:30How Salman Rushdie was forced into hiding in 1989. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Neil MacGregor's series continues with a focus on societies and faiths with a single god. 00:30A second season of new work by young writers: Part Two 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 Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. 05:45The ex-army major who returned to his family farm after being medically discharged. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the guira cuckoo of central South America.(R)
| 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 Jonathan Wittenberg. 05:45Sea lice control, peat ban, harvest robots, bovine TB. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the gaunt undertaker-looking marabou stork in Africa.(R)
| 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 Jonathan Wittenberg. 05:45How vaccinating badgers for TB is being used to tackle the disease in cattle. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the North American Swainson's hawk.(R)
| 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 Jonathan Wittenberg. 05:45The government promises to move on with plans to introduce mandatory welfare labelling. 05:58Chris Packham presents the Atlantic canary, singing in the Tenerife treetops.(R)
| 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 Jonathan Wittenberg. 05:45Farmers are being paid more for milk, but are they making any more money? 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the advancing, leaping and queuing male blue manakin of Brazil.(R)
| 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 Canon Simon Doogan. 05:45In December 1963, the 19-year-old son of Frank Sinatra was kidnapped for a ransom.
| 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 Church of St Augustine, in the Kent village of Brookland. 05:45Irish actress, singer and 2022 Mercury Prize nominee Jessie Buckley.
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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. 06:07Join Clare in the breathtaking scenery of North Yorkshire 06:30We discuss TB in cattle and the efforts to control it. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Mark Tully examines the relationship between buyer and seller. 06:35Verity Sharp visits sheep farmer and fashion designer Clare Johns in Pembrokeshire. 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 07:54Jon Snow makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The John Schofield Trust. 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | 08:57Clare Balding makes the DEC Pakistan Floods Appeal.
| | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Fr Andrew Martlew discovers how a 12th-century abbot can speak to friendship today. 08:48Megan Nolan discusses the intense pressures on women writers to be attractive.(R) 08:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the Galapagos Islands' blue-footed booby.
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| 09:00 | 09:00The City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus invite us behind the scenes as they rehearse. 09:30Lessons from a cuckoo on why we want what we want, and why our desires can't be trusted.(R) 09:45The hidden story of the 1989 fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini against Salman Rushdie.
| 09:00Anne McElvoy invites figures on opposed sides of an issue to listen to each other. 09:45Ayatollah Khomeini's rise to power - and the decision to publish The Satanic Verses.
| 09:00Is there an easy way to cut soaring energy bills? 09:30From Granky to gluten - Andi Oliver and Briony explore baking nostalgia and soda science. 09:45British Muslims protest against the publication of The Satanic Verses.
| 09:00Can a digital watermark help safeguard the truth online? 09:30Essays from leading cultural figures on the front line of Russia's border with Europe.(R) 09:45Did two British men persuade Ayatollah Khomenei to issue the fateful fatwa?
| 09:00Kirsty Wark reunites the computer scientists who challenged the world’s greatest player.(R) 09:45How Salman Rushdie was forced into hiding in 1989.
| 09:00Olia Hercules on cooking for Ukraine and writer Roddy Doyle chooses his tracks.
| 09:00News with James Naughtie. A new PM is on the way, how long will they last?
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| 10:00 | 10:00Gossip: is there really a difference between the amount women and men indulge in it?
| 10:00How does it feel to reach the age your mum was when she died? Women and trade unions.
| 10:00We begin a new series on female friendship and explore if fan girls can change the world.
| 10:00Baroness Hale talks about the law on abortion in light of Roe v Wade being overturned.
| 10:00In three weeks during lockdown, 'Frock up Friday' had 10,000 members worldwide.
| 10:30Join Greg Jenner and the team in 18th-century Prussia to meet Frederick the Great.
| 10:00A week of heartache and hope for the Horrobins, and worlds colliding for Ruairi?
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| 11:00 | 11:00Chris Fox asks what will happen to his town now that the last bank is closing. 11:30A Frost interview that reveals why Sammy Davis Jr was known as Mister Show Business.
| 11:00Why do our bodies smell? And does our smell influence how much we like each other? 11:30Nabihah Iqbal explores the variety of notes and scales used to make music across the globe
| 11:00David Cannadine tells the story of the origins of the 1922 Committee.(R) 11:30TV presenter Georgia Toffolo and expert Gemma Godfrey explore Grace Kelly’s legacy.
| 11:00Mayeni Jones meets the people involved in Nigeria’s vast illegal oil business. 11:30John Lloyd looks back at the life of a man who changed the world.
| 11:00Helen Lewis meets Rory Sutherland and Pete Dyson, authors of Transport for Humans. 11:301/6The Snell family has new adventures with online dating, a new baby and biscuits.
| 11:30Stories about the catastrophic Pakistani floods, and from Iraq, Brazil and Russia.
| 11:15Island Records founder Chris Blackwell reunites with some of the legends of Jamaican music
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04We talk to parents about how price hikes are hitting them during the cost of living crisis 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04How are strikes and industrial action affecting you? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Food prices rise at the highest rate since 2008. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04How Rachael Twumasi-Corson, founder and CEO of Afrocenchix, found a gap in the market. 12:32Charlotte Williams and Amit Katwala take a shot at the world of non-alcoholic drinks. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The criticism of dancing police officers and rainbow police cars. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Consultation on capping rent rises for social housing tenants. 12:306/6Miles Jupp stars 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. 12:042/7Mark Steel visits Tring in Hertfordshire and performs for a local audience. 12:32The food story of one of the most loved and admired chefs in the business, Jeremy Lee. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:456/10Gus Casely-Hayford unravels the past and present of garment sweatshops.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:457/10Gus Casely-Hayford discovers how the traditional fisherman sweater entered into fashion.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:458/10Gus Casely-Hayford explores the controversial history of the miniskirt.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:459/10Gus Casely-Hayford charts the history of Ray-Ban sunglasses from Aviators to Wayfarers.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:4510/10Gus Casely-Hayford tells of how Air Jordans kickstarted a revolution in trainers.
| 13:00The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4 13:10Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Sir Michael the Archangel, Chagford.
| 13:00Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world 13:30Nabihah Iqbal explores the variety of notes and scales used to make music across the globe
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| 14:00 | 14:00Is Alistair up for a birthday bash?(R) 14:15Architect Norman Foster reveals his key cultural influences and experiences.(R)
| 14:00Oliver extends the hand of friendship.(R) 14:15Fiona’s determination to host Ukrainian refugees is causing problems with her neighbours.
| 14:00Three’s not a crowd for Ben.(R) 14:15A string quartet discover that they can stop time. Written by Emma Hooper.(R)
| 14:00Can Josh and Beth be friends?(R) 14:15By Ed Harris. Comedy set in the world of refuse collection from the writer of Dot.(R)
| 14:00Ruairi has a close encounter.(R) 14:153/5Jess and Maya reluctantly agree to assist a controversial public figure. 14:45Neil MacGregor's series continues with a focus on societies and faiths with a single god.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:45Fiona’s determination to host Ukrainian refugees is causing problems with her neighbours.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston and her panel of gardening experts are in Buckinghamshire.(R) 14:45Ralph Steadman shares his passion for flying and Leonardo.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The nationwide general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies. 15:30With food price inflation at 12% Dan Saladino finds out what lies in store for the winter.(R)
| 15:00Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.(R) 15:30Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken continue their journey around the human body.
| 15:00A panel of experts answer calls on the cost of energy. 15:303/3Virologist Professor John Oxford charts the spread and impact of the 1918-19 flu pandemic.(R)
| 15:00Join Clare in the breathtaking scenery of North Yorkshire 15:27Monty Don makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Soil Association. 15:30Alex Clark on novels - past, present and future - about summer and change.(R)
| 15:00Kathy Clugston and her panel of gardening experts are in Buckinghamshire. 15:45A second season of new work by young writers: Part Two
| 15:30Lennie Goodings on the skills of the editor who nurtured Scott Fitzgerald and Hemingway.
| 15:001/3Elizabeth Gaskell's great novel of social unrest, starring Patsy Ferran.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Musician and producer Harmony Samuels reveals how to have a successful career in music.(R) 16:30Ernie Rea asks if there's a Christian duty to make reparations for the horrors of slavery.
| 16:00Sounds of the past to come to life through the technology of the present.(R) 16:30Rosalind Franklin, whose work was central to the discovery of DNA.
| 16:00Culture and privilege: are the cultural and creative industries meritocratic? 16:30How Jon Sopel and Emily Maitlis swapped the BBC for Global.
| 16:00Why do our bodies smell? And does our smell influence how much we like each other? 16:30Dealing with drought, satellite clutter and mucus evolution.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a president, a pilot and a drummer. 16:30Is there an easy way to cut soaring energy bills?(R)
| 16:00Baroness Hale on Roe v Wade, the barrister strikes and how rape cases are tried in the UK.
| 16:00James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to Scotland's makar, Kathleen Jamie. 16:304/4Natalie retells Homer's epic story of homecoming, adventure and passion.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme
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| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news 17:30Charlotte Williams and Amit Katwala take a shot at the world of non-alcoholic drinks.(R) 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00The incredible story of Ivan Skyba. 17:40Irish actress, singer and 2022 Mercury Prize nominee Jessie Buckley. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00Ukraine says it has started a counter-offensive in the Russian-occupied Kherson region 18:302/7Mark Steel visits Tring in Hertfordshire and performs for a local audience.
| 18:00Ukraine says there is intense fighting in Kherson as its counter-offensive continues 18:303/6A cat moves in to the house, welcomed by everyone except Louisa. Stars Angus Deayton.
| 18:00World leaders reflect on the life and death of Mikhail Gorbachev 18:301/2Radio 4 presents the cream of the Edinburgh Comedy Award nominees in this two part gala.
| 18:00UN nuclear experts inspect the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine 18:27Clare Balding makes the DEC Pakistan Floods Appeal. 18:302/2Radio 4 presents the cream of the Edinburgh Comedy Award nominees in this two part gala.
| 18:00Unions in Scotland suspend school and bin strikes after receiving a new council pay deal 18:306/6Miles Jupp stars as Henry Tobin, Britain's least successful former prime minister.
| 18:00NASA has called off the launch of the first Artemis space mission for the second time 18:15Anneka Rice and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Liz Truss has said she will act "immediately" to help with energy costs if she becomes PM 18:15Barnie Choudhury presents a selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Oliver extends the hand of friendship. 19:15A celebration of the music and life of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.
| 19:00Three’s not a crowd for Ben. 19:15Ann Cleeves discusses the return of her crime creation DI Vera Stanhope in the Rising Tide
| 19:00Can Josh and Beth be friends? 19:15Joyce Carol Oates, RIOPY, the return of jungle
| 19:00Ruairi has a close encounter. 19:15Reviews of Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power and Three Thousand Years of Longing
| 19:00Tracy gets a shock, and Kenton has a brainwave. 19:15Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode celebrate 40 years of Film4.
| 19:00Irish actress, singer and 2022 Mercury Prize nominee Jessie Buckley. 19:15Violinist Nicola Benedetti reveals her most important cultural influences and experiences.
| 19:00Tempers flare for the Horrobins. 19:153/7Ed may be in line for an inheritance, as long as he can prove who he is. 19:453/5By Tiffany Murray. Continual earth tremors create all kinds of tension in the town.
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| 20:00 | 20:00David Cannadine tells the story of the origins of the 1922 Committee. 20:30Why lacrosse is much more than just a game for Native Americans.(R)
| 20:00The incredible story of Ivan Skyba. 20:40We meet blind women seeking soccer success and a teenager taking opportunities in opera.
| 20:00Two strangers meet to share a common experience and their differences. They bring a gift. 20:45In December 1963, the 19-year-old son of Frank Sinatra was kidnapped for a ransom.
| 20:00Could problems with energy supplies from Europe lead to power outages in the UK? 20:30John Lloyd looks back at the life of a man who changed the world.
| 20:00Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Sir Michael the Archangel, Chagford. 20:50Megan Nolan discusses the intense pressures on women writers to be attractive.
| 20:00Chris Mason examines how politicians' accents - and attitudes towards them - have changed.
| 20:00Is there an easy way to cut soaring energy bills? 20:30Matthew Bannister on a president, a pilot and a drummer.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Helen Lewis presents a new series of encounters with innovative thinkers.(R) 21:30The City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus invite us behind the scenes as they rehearse.(R)
| 21:003/3Virologist Professor John Oxford charts the spread and impact of the 1918-19 flu pandemic.(R) 21:30Anne McElvoy invites figures on opposed sides of an issue to listen to each other.
| 21:00Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken continue their journey around the human body.(R) 21:30How Jon Sopel and Emily Maitlis swapped the BBC for Global.(R)
| 21:00Dealing with drought, satellite clutter and mucus evolution.(R) 21:30Can a digital watermark help safeguard the truth online?(R)
| 21:00Gus Casely-Hayford, director of V&A East, tells a human-centred history of fashion.
| 21:005/10Joseph Oldman (Toby Jones) continues to juggle his life around two Margarets. 21:452/3Emmeline Pankhurst and Thomas Hardy and others pay tribute to the King of Belgium in 1914.
| 21:00Consultation on capping rent rises for social housing tenants. 21:25Jon Snow makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The John Schofield Trust. 21:30TV presenter Georgia Toffolo and expert Gemma Godfrey explore Grace Kelly’s legacy.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Long-anticipated counter-offensive in the south of the country 22:456/10Faith and politics collide in this tender and shocking love story set during the Troubles.
| 22:00Reforms by former Soviet leader led to collapse of Communism and end of Cold War 22:457/10Faith and politics collide in this tender and shocking love story set during the Troubles.
| 22:00Moscow blames western sanctions for technical problems at Nord Stream One 22:458/10Faith and politics collide in this tender and shocking love story set during the Troubles.
| 22:00President makes prime-time TV address - warns of threat extremist views pose to democracy 22:459/10Faith and politics collide in this tender and shocking love story set during the Troubles.
| 22:00Nord Stream One pipeline will be out of action for indefinite period 22:4510/10Faith and politics collide in this tender and shocking love story set in 1970s Belfast.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Meet the man who made presidents wait. With Emily Maitlis.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Radio 5 Live presenter Nihal Arthanayake talks to Michael about the art of conversation.(R) 23:30From Molly Houses to Section 28, Greg Jenner explores the history of the LGBT community.(R)
| 23:00Fi and Jane are back for a new series of Fortunately, with singer Ricky Ross. 23:30James Runcie and Richard Ford discuss how to begin a story and keep the reader hooked.(R)
| 23:00A series of surreal stories parodying the guided meditation boom. Starring Mina Anwar. 23:15Jayde Adams and guest Alison Spittle dive into the feisty world of community apps. 23:30James Runcie and Kamila Shamsie explore how writers transport us to faraway places.(R)
| 23:00Aatif Nawaz makes a pitch for Lahore. 23:30James Runcie and Anne Enright consider how to write dialogue that rings true.(R)
| 23:00Rosalind Franklin, whose work was central to the discovery of DNA.(R) 23:30James Runcie and Abdulrazak Gurnah consider how to create and develop characters.(R)
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies. 23:303/4Six-book epic poem on philosophy and physics? Don't mind if I do.
| 23:00Anneka Rice and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. 23:30Mark Tully examines the relationship between buyer and seller.
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