| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Matthew Syed unravels a riddle set in the future, to consider the importance of legacy. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St Peter & St Paul, Kettering, Northamptonshire. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Maria Ressa’s memoir chronicling her fight to protect democracy by reporting the facts. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5With straight As from her New Jersey High School, Maria is on her way to Princeton. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Maria Ressa's career in journalism prepared her to take on a challenging new role. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The founders of Rappler determine to democratise activism in the Philippines. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Maria becomes increasingly concerned about disinformation promoted via Facebook groups. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:151/10Gus Casely-Hayford tells the story of what makes cotton contentious and revolutionary. 00:30State of the Union by Rachael Fulton, read by Sally Reid. 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 05:43Reflection with Fr Philip Blackledge of Holy Trinity Scottish Episcopal Church, Melrose. 05:45A new report calls for a national body to deliver science more efficiently to farmers. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Mark Cocker extols the aerial music flight of a wintering short-eared owl.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Reflection with Fr Philip Blackledge of Holy Trinity Scottish Episcopal Church, Melrose. 05:45100s of Filipino butchers help tackle UK labour shortage; dwarf wheat; Clydesdale horses. 05:58Martin Hughes Games presents the Goshawk.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Reflection with Fr Philip Blackledge of Holy Trinity Scottish Episcopal Church, Melrose. 05:45Turkey farmers and avian flu, planting resilient forests, ponies for conservation grazing. 05:58Actress and keen birdwatcher Trudie Goodwin has a lifelong love of the hoopoe.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Reflection with Fr Philip Blackledge of Holy Trinity Scottish Episcopal Church, Melrose. 05:45Rural Payments Agency staff look set to strike at a crucial time for farmers. 05:58Author Michael Morpurgo visited the Camargue and found the flamingo touches his soul.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Reflection with Fr Philip Blackledge of Holy Trinity Scottish Episcopal Church, Melrose. 05:45The cost of food production, falling turkey sales, and an IVF clinic for horses. 05:58Presenter Dermot O'Leary gazes into his garden to watch busy coal tits on the bird feeders
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection, with Pastor Andrew Roycroft. 05:45Author Joe Nutt argues we need to fight back against what he calls 'linguistic piracy'.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from St Mary’s Church in Andover, Hampshire. 05:45The first lady of Ukraine.
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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 finds out how ancient woodland in County Down is being opened up to the public. 06:30Where's the money? We discuss how much farmers make from the food we buy. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Mark Tully asks why dignity should be so important to us. 06:35We meet Campbell Tweed, who farms on the eastern edge of Northern Ireland. 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 07:54The Rev Dr Sam Wells makes the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal for St Martin-in-the-Fields 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Radio 4's Sunday morning service from St Joseph’s Catholic Church in Bradford. 08:48Will Self ponders the drawbacks of having a lofty stature. 08:58Martin Hughes-Games tells the story of waders which are drawn to the UK's estuaries.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Adam Rutherford with Kaveh Akbar, John Barton and Emma Donoghue 09:451/5Maria Ressa’s memoir chronicling her fight to protect democracy by reporting the facts.
| 09:00Jonathan Freedland takes the long view of political leaders making a comeback. 09:30Emily Knight follows Britain's ospreys on their Autumn migration as the reach North Africa 09:452/5With straight As from her New Jersey High School, Maria is on her way to Princeton.
| 09:001/5Best-selling author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's BBC Reith Lecture on freedom of speech.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval German epic The Song of the Nibelungs. 09:454/5The founders of Rappler determine to democratise activism in the Philippines.
| 09:00Baz Luhrmann, director, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5Maria becomes increasingly concerned about disinformation promoted via Facebook groups.
| 09:00Cellist Jacqueline Thomas, actor Tara Flynn and artist Jon Rees.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Anita Anand. 09:45Hugh Dennis reports on some of the lives changed by last year's Radio 4 Christmas Appeal.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Ricki Lake on her new documentary, The Business of Birth Control.
| 10:00Why are there so few decently paid part-time jobs?
| 10:00Dr Rosemary Coogan is the first UK woman to be chosen as a European Space Agency astronaut
| 10:00The woman whose testimony put the so-called Babes in the Wood killer behind bars.
| 10:00A new test which could diagnose the exact type of urinary tract infection in 40 minutes.
| 10:30How people find comfort in Nick Cave's music.
| 10:00Christmas plans are afoot in Ambridge, and Ben is trying to get back on track.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Richard Gamble's mission to build a huge national landmark, dedicated to Christian prayer. 11:301/4Michael Morpurgo travels to the heart of folk's most enduring songs.
| 11:00Poet Dr Sam Illingworth looks at our shifting relationship with scientific language. 11:30Athena Kugblenu searches for Rosemary Tonks, a writer who 'vanished like the Cheshire Cat'
| 11:00Are we entering a new era of national economic self-reliance? Ben Chu investigates. 11:304/4Comedy with Bill Nighy starring as the actor cum amateur sleuth Charles Paris.
| 11:00How has Putin's war against Ukraine affected one remote city in Siberia? 11:30Zoë Comyns explores the pose of the girl reader with painters and writers.
| 11:00Historian Camilla Schofield explores a century-long thread of communism in Britain. 11:302/4Tony organises a weekend away to propose to Imogen, leaving the boys home alone.
| 11:00Top commentators review the political week 11:30Protests across China this week have exposed public anger over ongoing Covid restrictions.
| 11:15Edward Enninful, editor, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Care minister interview. Excessive energy credit balances. Pain of Revolut fraud victims. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04On today’s Call You and Yours we ask: How is the rail disruption affecting your life? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Why is fast food getting slower in some take-away food restaurants? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Our Gap Finder today is Joanna Jensen, the founder of Childs Farm. 12:32Does the amount of blades really improve your shave? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Professor David Reynolds on what Roosevelt's Four Freedoms speech means today. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04An new report suggests children are put at risk by 'loot boxes' in video games. 12:306/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:043/6The multi award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee. 12:32Professor Tim Spector discusses the latest research pointing to what and how we should eat 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 is a recession and why might one happen?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45Why might your wages be low even if everyone who wants a job, has one?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45Why is it so hard to save for when we’re older?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45The reason we can eat pineapples and sell aeroplane parts.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45Why are the rich, rich and the poor, poor, and was it always this way?
| 13:00The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4 13:10Alex Forsyth presents political debate and discussion from the Plaza Cinema, Skipton.
| 13:00Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world 13:30James MacMillan considers composer Richard Wagner's complex life and religious faith.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Tracy is getting ready for Christmas. 14:15Chris Tchaikovsky, a woman who defied definition and shook up criminal justice.
| 14:00Ben has no time for distractions. 14:15Facing up to home truths in this gripping family drama by Padraic Walsh
| 14:15Monica Dolan stars in a funny, frank drama about caring for mum and dad.
| 14:00Chelsea has some unexpected company. 14:15Jessica Hynes plays artist Marcie in a new drama by poet and playwright Caroline Bird.
| 14:00Tracy is given something to think about. 14:151/8Thrilling drama based on the video game, Splinter Cell. A new recruit tests Sam Fisher. 14:45Ella Al-Shamahi explores how our Neanderthal DNA may influence our sleeping habits.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:45Most of the surface of this planet is water. Can we cover it with solar panels?
| 14:00Peter Gibbs and the GQT team answer your questions from Banstead Downs. 14:45Jayde’s bringing her favourite dim sum dish to the table.
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| 15:00 | 15:001/6Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests. 15:30Jaega Wise meets French maître d' Fred Sirieix to hear about his passion for hospitality.
| 15:00Short documentaries about the intimate relationships between us. Presented by Josie Long. 15:30What environmental policies should we now expect from the party of government?
| 15:00What are your financial rights if you're cohabiting? 15:30Tips on how best to use devices to aid our memories.
| 15:00Helen Mark finds out how ancient woodland in County Down is being opened up to the public. 15:27Richard Coles makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Toybox. 15:30Octavia Bright asks if there is a new wave of women authors turning to horror fiction.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs and the GQT team answer your questions from Banstead Downs. 15:45State of the Union by Rachael Fulton, read by Sally Reid.
| 15:002/3A radical updating of Charles Dickens' most political novel, Oliver Twist.
| 15:00Douglas Coupland's hit, comic 1995 novel, dramatised by Theo Toksvig-Stewart.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Paul Merton explores Galton and Simpson’s unexpected Scandinavian success. 16:30In Jazz Age USA, the wealthy political elite embrace eugenic ideas with gusto.
| 16:00The women making a living out of commercial fishing, one of the last all-male bastions. 16:30Podcaster Ellie Gibson and musician Frank Turner are Harriett Gilbert's guests this week.
| 16:00Matthew Syed explores how finding the right words can help us tackle big wrongs. 16:30The challenge of reporting the protests sweeping the country.
| 16:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince discuss the hunt for elusive planets outside our solar system. 16:30Seventy years ago, the deaths of thousands in London's smog led to the Clean Air Act.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a rugby player, a campaigner, a singer and a virologist. 16:30The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience.
| 16:00The woman whose testimony put the so-called Babes in the Wood killer behind bars.
| 16:00AJ Pearce on Dear Mrs Bird. 16:30Stories of the poems that go with us through life. With Vanessa Kisuule.
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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 17:30Does the amount of blades really improve your shave? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00Laura McInerney looks at education in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. 17:40Hugh Dennis reports on some of the lives changed by last year's Radio 4 Christmas Appeal. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00Protests against Beijing's strict Covid restrictions appear to have died down. 18:303/6The multi award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee.
| 18:00Wales and England prepare to face off at World Cup, with qualification at stake. 18:302/4Guy discovers a strange woman in his spare bedroom – is she imaginary too?
| 18:00Thousands of ambulance workers in England and Wales have voted to go on strike. 18:302/4Granny Kumar is back. Meera Syal’s glorious comedy creation returns.
| 18:00The Health Secretary says the government is taking "urgent action" to tackle the delays. 18:303/6Comedy with Daniel Rigby, Ashley McGuire, Amy-Beth Hayes, Mike Wozniak and Freya Parker.
| 18:00Three unions announce strike dates in a dispute about pay and conditions. 18:306/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00The Kremlin has rejected a price cap on Russian oil, agreed by western nations. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Unions have condemned Tory Chair Nadhim Zahawi for saying Putin wants strikes in the UK. 18:15A selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Ben has no time for distractions. 19:15Turner Prize nominee Sin Wai Kin, Katherine Rundell on John Donne, Ballet Black.
| 19:15Director Clint Dyer on Othello and Turner Prize nominee Ingrid Pollard.
| 19:00Chelsea has some unexpected company. 19:15Maxine Peake on co-writing and starring in Betty! A Sort of Musical about Betty Boothroyd.
| 19:00Tracy is given something to think about. 19:15Turner Prize shortlisted artist Veronica Ryan.
| 19:00A calming voice is needed in a crisis. 19:15Isobel Waller-Bridge and Mikey J Asante help add the final five tracks to this playlist.
| 19:00The first lady of Ukraine. 19:15Brian Cox and Robin Ince discover whether ageing could really be cured.
| 19:00The ramifications continue at Brookfield. 19:15A bullied daughter-in-law, grieving widow and anxious student get Marian and Tara's help. 19:45A man struggles to make sense of a shocking childhood tragedy back in Barrowbeck.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Are we entering a new era of national economic self-reliance? Ben Chu investigates. 20:30What do Taiwanese people think about the increased rhetoric from China in recent months?
| 20:00Laura McInerney looks at education in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. 20:40We provide information about what services you're entitled to in the event of sight loss.
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze 20:45Author Joe Nutt argues we need to fight back against what he calls 'linguistic piracy'.
| 20:00What's behind the protests and dissent against the Chinese leader Xi Jinping? 20:30The women making a living out of commercial fishing, one of the last all-male bastions.
| 20:00Alex Forsyth presents political debate and discussion from the Plaza Cinema, Skipton. 20:50Will Self ponders the drawbacks of having a lofty stature.
| 20:00Nick Robinson discovers the inside story of the UK's shortest ever premiership.
| 20:00The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a rugby player, a campaigner, a singer and a virologist.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Dr Julia Shaw on the ripple effects of paranoid schizophrenia in a family. 21:30Adam Rutherford with Kaveh Akbar, John Barton and Emma Donoghue
| 21:00Tips on how best to use devices to aid our memories. 21:30Jonathan Freedland takes the long view of political leaders making a comeback.
| 21:00What environmental policies should we now expect from the party of government? 21:30The challenge of reporting the protests sweeping the country.
| 21:00Seventy years ago, the deaths of thousands in London's smog led to the Clean Air Act. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval German epic The Song of the Nibelungs.
| 21:00Greg Jenner dives into the BBC archive to explore changes over the past century.
| 21:00A drama series set in a future flooded world. Written by Linda Marshall Griffiths. 21:45Ukrainan teenager Olesia naviagates the perils of first love and playground politics.
| 21:00An new report suggests children are put at risk by 'loot boxes' in video games. 21:25The Rev Dr Sam Wells makes the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal for St Martin-in-the-Fields 21:30Historian Camilla Schofield explores a century-long thread of communism in Britain.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Pieces of blank white paper held up to symbolise censorship 22:456/10Back in Mayo, is Felix intentionally avoiding Alice?
| 22:00We interview UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict. 22:457/10Eileen discovers some upsetting news.
| 22:00Will the disputes bring the country grinding to a halt? 22:458/10Eileen and Simon travel to Mayo to see Alice.
| 22:00South African President in trouble over the 'Farmgate' scandal 22:459/10Eileen makes a decision on her future with Simon.
| 22:00Travellers facing more disruption in run-up to Christmas 22:4510/10Can Eileen and Alice find happiness?
| 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
| 22:00Leila Nathoo hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Bill and Liz face their darkest hour and Danny learns about a historical murder. 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:00Workplace crushes. Dyslexia and book groups. My dog hates me. All life is here. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster as MPs debate plans for a new nuclear power plant.
| 23:004/4Richard decides to invite his friends to the meal of a lifetime. 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:001/2John Shuttleworth is back and preparing to go to a party. 23:30Sean Curran reports on testy exchanges as MPs confront the government over rail delays.
| 23:00How has America's relationship with cannabis changed? 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:001/6Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests. 23:30Stories of the poems that go with us through life. With Vanessa Kisuule.
| 23:00Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. 23:30Mark Tully asks why dignity should be so important to us.
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