| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the Church of St Mary of the Assumption, in Ufford in Suffolk. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:30First part of eight essays offering a glimpse into the mind and process of Joan Didion. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Joan Didion reflects on a Gamblers Anonymous meeting and a trip to San Simeon. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Joan Didion observes a WWII veterans reunion and considers Robert Mapplethorpe's 'subject' 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Joan Didion explains the reason why she writes. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Joan Didion pays tribute to one of her writing influences: Ernest Hemingway. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:1510/10Gus Casely-Hayford tells of how Air Jordans kickstarted a revolution in trainers. 00:30When loggers threaten their forest home, Trefor and Alan resort to unconventional means. 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 reflection and prayer to start the day with the Revd Dr Emma Whittick 05:45Restoring landscapes, and how that fits in with growing food. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Children's author and poet Michael Morpurgo discusses the cackling magpie.
| 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 Revd Dr Emma Whittick 05:45Poultry producer's pledge on river pollution. Growing without peat. Eco homes for locals. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the kingfisher.
| 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 Revd Dr Emma Whittick 05:45Next phase in trials of Bovine TB vaccine. Government reshuffle. Rewetting peatland. 05:58Chris Packham presents our smallest duck the teal.
| 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 Revd Dr Emma Whittick 05:45Farmers and the right to roam in England and Wales. 05:58David Attenborough presents the red kite.
| 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 Revd Dr Emma Whittick 05:45Scottish NFU conference, peat extraction in Somerset, and right to roam in Scotland. 05:58John Aitchison presents the wigeon.
| 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 Rt Rev Dr Helen-Ann Hartley. 05:45Farrah Jarral explains why she believes we need to put care at the centre of our society.
| 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 Our Lady and the English Martyrs in Cambridge 05:45The health secretary and former fusilier facing the flak over the NHS pay disputes.
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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 part of the Icknield Way in Suffolk. 06:30Farmers and the right to roam in England and Wales. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05John McCarthy explores the effects of walking on our creative and spiritual well-being. 06:35Richard Baynes meets a family who straddle the divide between Highland and Lowland farming 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. 07:54Gyles Brandreth makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Christian Blind Mission (CBM UK). 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | 08:57The Rev Richard Coles makes the DEC Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal.
| | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10The Sunday before Valentine's Day, a service on singleness, led by Rev'd Eleanor Jeans . 08:48Will Self on the pleasure of walking without purpose and the freedom of getting lost. 08:58Michael Palin presents the harpy eagle flying over the Brazilian rainforest
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| 09:00 | 09:00Kirsty Wark with Zinnie Harris, Marion Gibson and Jo Ingabire Moys. 09:45First part of eight essays offering a glimpse into the mind and process of Joan Didion.
| 09:00How a once-derided approach to statistics paved the way for AI. 09:30What's it like having a squad of writers whose life's work is to critique yours? 09:45Joan Didion reflects on a Gamblers Anonymous meeting and a trip to San Simeon.
| 09:00How much should we trust the IMF’s forecasts for the UK? 09:30How simply putting your phone away can boost brain power, wellbeing - and reduce pain! 09:45Joan Didion observes a WWII veterans reunion and considers Robert Mapplethorpe's 'subject'
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 19th-century campaign for greater democracy. 09:45Joan Didion explains the reason why she writes.
| 09:00Lesley Manville, actor, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:45Joan Didion pays tribute to one of her writing influences: Ernest Hemingway.
| 09:00Presenter Sophie Morgan, psychologist Julie Smith, rower Jack Friend, Sean Fletcher's ITs.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Uplifting fiction for young adults? Why do so many books contain dark themes?
| 10:00What has Shamima Begum been doing since she left the UK in 2015?
| 10:00Irish actor Jessie Buckley in Women Talking.
| 10:00A new type of adult audio content that is said to be gaining popularity among women.
| 10:00European Champion and Queen of the Jungle - Jill Scott.
| 10:303/6Jay Rayner and the team travel to Tamworth for this week's food show.
| 10:00The Aldridges cope with their grief in different ways, and is Freddie ready to step up?
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| 11:00 | 11:00Justin Rowlatt asks what lessons can still be learned from the North Sea flood of 1953. 11:30What can the UK learn from France about economic growth? Evan Davis and guests discuss.
| 11:00'How do anaesthetics work?' asks Alicia. 11:30The story of The House of the Rising Sun as it travelled across time.
| 11:007/10The supposed paradise turns out to be a prison. 11:302/6Vera and Ginny drive to Sandwich to get Mrs Gosling back, while Henry entertains a prince.
| 11:00After a 7.8 magnitude quake struck in the region, many are stranded with no hope of help. 11:30An exploration of queer love poetry for Valentine’s week with Val McDermid and Stephen Fry
| 11:00Medication: What do we know about psychiatric drugs? 11:302/6When a famous baker comes to the gym, Milton decides it's time to show off his nice buns.
| 11:00Isabel Hardman of The Spectator reviews the week's events in Westminster. 11:30In Kahramanmaras, families continue the search for their relatives late into the night.
| 11:15David Sedaris, writer, 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. 12:04Criminals setting up as estate agents. Air fryer costs. Energy targets in rented homes. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04What are you spending your money on this year? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Are insurers unfairly discriminating against people with mental illness? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Tom Kay, founder of outdoor clothing company Finisterre in conversation. 12:32Can they target pain and work faster for a higher price? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Calls for rugby fans to stop singing Delilah. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04New figures show more employed people are accessing crisis support. 12:307/11Andy Zaltzman quizzes the week's news. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:047/8Sue Perkins hosts Radio 4's longest-running panel show, Just a Minute. 12:32They're having a moment - but can low-energy gadgets do more than simply save us money? 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45How does pricing work, and when is a bargain really a bargain?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45What is credit and how do we use it?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45What is the national debt?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45How does going bankrupt affect us and the economy?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45Our energy bills explained.
| 13:00The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4 13:10Alex Forsyth presents political debate from St Fillan's Church Hall, Aberdour.
| 13:00Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world 13:30Sue Mitchell investigates the dangerous organisations behind the the deadly migrant trade.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Kate gets a wake-up call, and Ruairi is feeling side-lined. 14:15Artist Dame Rachel Whiteread reveals the influences behind some of her most famous works.
| 14:00Freddie needs to manage a tricky conversation, and Alice offers some support. 14:15This powerful drama is inspired by stories from Chinese communities living in the UK.
| 14:00Susan may be a bit quick to judge, and Kate feels she is making a difference. 14:15London’s most haunted house prepares to give up its secrets.
| 14:00Adam has an important Dad duty, and Stella thinks fast to deal with interference. 14:155/8September 1930: the Nazi vote jumps from 2% to 18%. How did that happen? How?
| 14:00Alice finds herself in unfamiliar territory, and can David and Elizabeth see eye to eye? 14:153/5Is Ong’s Hat real, a legend… or something else? 14:45Gillian Burke continues to explore her love of Gospel music in and around Falmouth.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:45Gillian and Karen discuss singing as a force for social and political change.
| 14:00The GQT team are in Balcombe for this week's horticultural programme. 14:45John Yorke looks at how Isaac Bashevis Singer's short story Yentl makes its mark.
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| 15:00 | 15:005/13The wide-ranging music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini. 15:30Born in Gascony, celebrated for cooking in London, Pierre Koffmann tells his food story.
| 15:002/6Jay Rayner and the team travel to Slough for this week's food show. 15:302/3Nick Wallis investigates a high seas hoax that became connected to a murder.
| 15:00If you need to complain, how should you do it? Callers and experts share their top tips. 15:30The cost of everything is soaring, but what toll is that taking on our health?
| 15:00Clare walks part of the Icknield Way in Suffolk. 15:27Lwiza Mulenga makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Cecily's Fund. 15:30Writer Cal Flyn talks about Islands of Abandonment.
| 15:00The GQT team are in Balcombe for this week's horticultural programme. 15:45When loggers threaten their forest home, Trefor and Alan resort to unconventional means.
| 15:00Danger 2023 by Michael Symmons Roberts, to mark the centenary of the first radio drama.
| 15:00Isaac Bashevis Singer's famous short story
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| 16:00 | 16:00The poet Rachel Long explores the craft of capturing a kiss in writing. 16:30Aleem Maqbool explores why many same-sex couples can't have a religious wedding ceremony.
| 16:00Karli Witkowska, the subtitler behind TV shows including Stranger Things, explains her job 16:30Fiction and non-fiction books worth reading chosen by well-known guests
| 16:00Matthew Syed unpicks the relationship between age and innovation. 16:30As a star presenter departs, the CEO reveals his strategy for the news channel.
| 16:00'How do anaesthetics work?' asks Alicia. 16:30What would the world look like if we had affordable energy available for everyone?
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on an activist, a prison governor, a president and a designer. 16:30How much should we trust the IMF’s forecasts for the UK?
| 16:00Danielle Deadwyler on the film Till, and why only one black woman has ever won an Oscar.
| 16:00The author of American Psycho discusses his first novel in 13 years, The Shards. 16:30Lucy Beaumont, writer, actress and stand-up comedian joins Simon Armitage in his shed.
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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 17:30How will the new chair of Stonewall approach the heated debate around gender politics? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00A British woman talks about her relationship with controversial influencer Andrew Tate. 17:40The health secretary and former fusilier facing the flak over the NHS pay disputes. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00Two powerful earthquakes in southern Turkey and northern Syria have killed thousands. 18:307/8Sue Perkins hosts Radio 4's longest-running panel show, Just a Minute.
| 18:00More than six thousand people have died across Turkey and Syria. 18:304/4Phil will solve your problems. Well, he'll try. Sitcom also starring Johnny Vegas.
| 18:00Ukraine's President Zelensky has used a visit to the UK to make a plea for fighter jets. 18:306/6When Joanna tells Roger that they’re ‘in a rut’, he plans a spontaneous day out.
| 18:00He wrote hits for some of music's biggest stars, from Frank Sinatra to Dionne Warwick. 18:27The Rev Richard Coles makes the DEC Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal. 18:303/4Are you Armageddon-ready? Sylvia and Rachel explore situational awareness.
| 18:00Turkey's president admits his government's response has not been as fast as he had hoped. 18:307/11Andy Zaltzman quizzes the week's news.
| 18:00More than 25,000 people are known to have died in the natural disaster. 18:15Emma Freud and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The UN says the international community has failed victims of the earthquake in Syria. 18:15A selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio
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| 19:00 | 19:00Freddie needs to manage a tricky conversation, and Alice offers some support. 19:15Costume designer Sandy Powell, playwright Chris Bush, Donatello sculptures at the V&A.
| 19:00Susan may be a bit quick to judge, and Kate feels she is making a difference. 19:15Les Dennis and Mina Anwar, writer Tania Branigan, and Kerry Shale on Yentl.
| 19:00Adam has an important Dad duty, and Stella thinks fast to deal with interference. 19:15The Reytons on making a number 1 album, film-maker Saim Sadiq, The Beekeeper of Aleppo.
| 19:00Alice finds herself in unfamiliar territory, and can David and Elizabeth see eye to eye? 19:15Georgia Oakley on her film Blue Jean about the impact of Section 28 on a teacher and pupil
| 19:00Ian worries about how Adam is coping, and Paul has a memorable encounter. 19:15Organist Anna Lapwood and bassoonist Linton Stephens start the new playlist.
| 19:00The health secretary and former fusilier facing the flak over the NHS pay disputes. 19:15Oscar-winning Mexican film-maker Alejandro Iñárritu reveals his cultural influences.
| 19:00Brian is in no mood to make decisions, and will some neighbourly do-gooding backfire? 19:154/4Richard Wilson considers his mortality. 19:456/10A struggling stand-up comic is ready to seize his big break.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Can Taiwan's hyper-democracy provide lessons for the world's older democracies? 20:30Blaenau Ffestiniog investigates whether the foundational economy is viable.
| 20:00A British woman talks about her relationship with controversial influencer Andrew Tate. 20:40New College Worcester has recently appointed a new principal. We sit down with her.
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze 20:45Farrah Jarral explains why she believes we need to put care at the centre of our society.
| 20:00A new strain of avian flu is killing birds and mammals, but what's the risk to humans? 20:30Podcasting seems to be booming, but how profitable is it? Evan Davis and guests discuss.
| 20:00Alex Forsyth presents political debate from St Fillan's Church Hall, Aberdour. 20:50Will Self on the pleasure of walking without purpose and the freedom of getting lost.
| 20:00Emily Berry presents a personal meditation on the life and afterlife of Sylvia Plath.
| 20:00How much should we trust the IMF’s forecasts for the UK? 20:30Matthew Bannister on an activist, a prison governor, a president and a designer.
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| 21:00 | 21:00What is the role and place of diagnosis in psychiatry? 21:30Kirsty Wark with Zinnie Harris, Marion Gibson and Jo Ingabire Moys.
| 21:00The cost of everything is soaring, but what toll is that taking on our health? 21:30How a once-derided approach to statistics paved the way for AI.
| 21:00Phil Tinline traces the ups and downs of the politics of pay in Britain from 1979 to 2008. 21:30As a star presenter departs, the CEO reveals his strategy for the news channel.
| 21:00What would the world look like if we had affordable energy available for everyone? 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 19th-century campaign for greater democracy.
| 21:00How waste can fuel a mafia. Then, in a twist, the secret that disturbed Joe until the end.
| 21:006/10Stone - by Cath Staincliffe. Detective series created by Danny Brocklehurst. 21:451/8Jon Holmes's multi-award-winning The Skewer returns to twist itself into current affairs.
| 21:00New figures show more employed people are accessing crisis support. 21:25Gyles Brandreth makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Christian Blind Mission (CBM UK). 21:30Blaenau Ffestiniog investigates whether the foundational economy is viable.
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| 22:00 | 22:00More than three-thousand people have died 22:456/10Christmas Eve 1943 finds Father Hugh entering the maze of tunnels beneath the Vatican.
| 22:00Erdogan declares nationwide state of emergency 22:457/10Twenty years after the events of Christmas Eve 1943, Sam Derry is interviewed by the BBC.
| 22:00Ukraine’s President makes impassioned plea for fighter jets 22:458/10The British Ambassador looks back on his role in the Rome Escape Line.
| 22:00Rescuers and doctors in Syria; Bishops debate blessing of gay couples; Burt Bacharach 22:459/10Christmas Eve 1943, the Gestapo Chief in Rome is at his residence in the countryside.
| 22:00Hopes of finding anyone alive are fading fast 22:4510/10Years after the events of Christmas 1943, some of the members of the choir are reunited.
| 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 delves into the fascinating world of food and drink advertising. 23:30Susan Hulme reports as a minister promises help for earthquake victims.
| 23:002/2Anglesey stand-up, Tudur Owen on his father opening a zoo. 23:30Sean Curran reports as the foreign secretary updates MPs on UK aid for earthquake victims.
| 23:001/3Tom Neenan discovers what horrors lurk in our apps and gadgets in this modern ghost story. 23:151/8Jon Holmes's multi-award-winning The Skewer returns to twist itself into current affairs. 23:30President Zelensky's visit.
| 23:005/6Diversity of opinion, thought-provoking debate, and comedy from voices new to Radio 4. 23:30Sean Curran with the news from Westminster.
| 23:00Americast goes through the State of the Union speech looking for clues. 23:30Mark D'Arcy examines the Department shake-up and asks whether ex-MPs deserve a medal.
| 23:005/13The wide-ranging music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini. 23:30Sir Ian McKellen joins Simon Armitage in his writing shed in the Pennines.
| 23:00Emma Freud and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. 23:30John McCarthy explores the effects of walking on our creative and spiritual well-being.
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