| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor takes a journey through the dancefloor, from the electric slide to the tango 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from Westminster Abbey 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Watchmaker Rebecca Struthers’ unique exploration of the history and art of timekeeping. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5The author found her way to watchmaking having started out studying to be a silversmith. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5A 16th-century skull watch prompts speculation on its possibly royal owner. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Abraham-Louis Breguet was one of the most celebrated and ingenious watchmakers in history. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The 20th century saw personal timepieces move from the pocket to the wrist. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Russell Davies presents a special quiz on the theme of birds. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with writer and broadcaster, Anna Magnusson. 05:45Vernon Harwood asks how King Charles III has influenced British farming. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the blue bird of paradise from Papua New Guinea.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with writer and broadcaster, Anna Magnusson. 05:45A British farm robot firm fights for survival after a major investor pulls out. 05:58Ornithologist and nature writer Dominic Couzens recalls the glitterati goldfinch.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with writer and broadcaster, Anna Magnusson. 05:45Defra's IT systems are outdated and inefficient, according to a committee of MPs. 05:58Matt Merritt, editor of British Birdwatching magazine, revels in the call of the curlew.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with writer and broadcaster, Anna Magnusson. 05:45Retained EU Law bill - the sun sets on the government’s ‘sunset clause’. 05:58Professor Andy Radford describes a noisy encounter among green woodhoopoes.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with writer and broadcaster, Anna Magnusson. 05:45Why farmers' barns across the country are full of stored wheat and barley. 05:58David Attenborough presents the whimbrel.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Richard Oppong Boateng 05:45Abraham’s friends and family retrace the events of Sunday 25 March, 2018.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St Dunstan, Stepney in Greater London 05:45How the son of a Black Sea coastguard became the controversial president of Turkey.
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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.
| 06:00A civil case has found that Donald Trump sexually abused a woman nearly 30 years ago
| 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 visits Coleshill in Oxfordshire, where a secret army was trained during WWII. 06:30With food price inflation at its highest since the 1970s, are supermarkets playing fair? 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Canadian broadcaster Chris Brookes reflects on how memories are captured. 06:35Verity Sharp visits a family who are farming goats 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. 07:10Edward Stourton takes a look at some of the ethical and religious issues of the week. 07:54Sharmila Collins presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Cure EB. 07:57The latest weather forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the Sunday papers. 08:10A service from Northern Ireland at the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Week. 08:48Rebecca Stott ponders the nature of dust, as spring sunshine sharpens the sight of it. 08:58Steve Backshall presents the dotterel.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Claire Dederer, Devika Ponnambalam and Michael Bond. 09:451/5Watchmaker Rebecca Struthers’ unique exploration of the history and art of timekeeping.
| 09:00Helen Lewis enters the Manosphere. 09:30Erica McAlister uncovers a treasure trove of remarkable insights from the insect world. 09:452/5The author found her way to watchmaking having started out studying to be a silversmith.
| 09:00Polly put everything into her profession. But in one live TV moment, it all went wrong. 09:30Abraham’s friends and family retrace the events of Sunday 25 March, 2018. 09:453/5A 16th-century skull watch prompts speculation on its possibly royal owner.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1637-8 Christian uprising in Japan. 09:454/5Abraham-Louis Breguet was one of the most celebrated and ingenious watchmakers in history.
| 09:00Peter Hennessy, historian, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5The 20th century saw personal timepieces move from the pocket to the wrist.
| 09:00Steve Jones reveals the personal story behind his debut novel.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Julian of Norwich and the power of inspirational words in tough times.
| 10:00Bel Powley on playing Miep Gies, the woman who hid Anne Frank.
| 10:00Bestselling children's author Malorie Blackman talks about her memoir, Just Sayin'.
| 10:00Interpol are asking for help to identify 22 murdered women whose names are a mystery.
| 10:00Dame Maureen Lipman on bringing her one-woman play Rose to the West End.
| 10:00Jameela Jamil sells Shaun her new hometown, LA: constant summer and sourdough pizza. 10:304/12Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
| 10:00There’s panic at Beechwood and a surprise guest at Brookfield.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Welcome to The Parliament bar - the beating heart of gay life in nineties Belfast. 11:30Lucy Worsley investigates two sisters with a taste for arsenic.
| 11:00Prof Ben Garrod investigates the technology that's trying to replicate human touch. 11:30The origin stories of some of the UK's most vital musical movements. First up, Newport...
| 11:00Meet the outsiders detecting fraud, malpractice and incompetence in science. 11:30Catrin meets Simon, a former recruiter for Lighthouse who fled the group.
| 11:00Omar’s son was pulled alive from the rubble of Turkey’s earthquake, but where is he? 11:30Jesse Norman picks lawyer and Parliamentarian Sir Edward Coke.
| 11:00How successful will the Online Safety Bill be in protecting children from harmful content? 11:303/6Ed joins his daughter, Eli, to save a famous oak tree.
| 11:00Radio 4's weekly assessment of developments at Westminster 11:30Turkey counts its losses as its President faces voters in a tough election.
| 11:15Simon Pegg, actor, 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. 12:04How the Bold Glamour Filter on TikTok is so real it's causing concern. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Today we're asking - how have bank closures affected you and the place where you live? 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. 12:04Today's Gap Finder is Cat Fletcher from Freegle, the free stuff website. 12:32Can sprays, strips and other devices stop you snoring? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04To mark her 90th birthday, this is Yoko Ono on her own terms, in her own words. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04We discuss new figures showing the scale of fraud and ask what you can do about it. 12:303/7Andy Zaltzman takes satirical aim at the week's headlines. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:046/10Sue Perkins hosts Radio 4's longest running panel show, Just a Minute. 12:32Can you eat like a hunter-gatherer in modern Britain? Dan Saladino meets people who are. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:45You can’t be neutral about everything, in a world this cruel.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45The most contentious story Jeremy Bowen has covered: Israelis and Palestinians.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45Journalism as activism. Is it enough to just report it straight?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45Is who we are an obstacle to getting to the real story?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Edward Stourton. 13:45An emotional reflection. And the line between opinion and analysis.
| 13:00The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4 13:10Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Marnhull Village Hall in Dorset.
| 13:00Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world 13:304/6Phil Tinline explores the role of conspiracy, and conspiracy theory, in British politics.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Leonard faces a crisis of confidence 14:15Senegalese singing star Baaba Maal on his formative influences.
| 14:00There’s panic at Beechwood. 14:15A darkly funny family drama about love, loss and legacy.
| 14:00There's bad news for Tracy. 14:15A darkly funny family drama about love, loss and legacy.
| 14:00Jim seizes an opportunity. 14:15Three generations of men play dominos and reveal long-buried secrets. By Archie Maddocks.
| 14:00Elizabeth faces a grilling. 14:153/5In his prison cell, William Burke confesses he took part in 16 murders. 14:45Foreign Affairs journalist Ramita Navai talks to author Richard Osman about grief.
| 14:00Call Any Answers? to have your say on the big issues in the news this week 14:45Neil MacGregor tours Britain's museums to explore how the past tells us who we want to be.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston and her team of gardening experts are in Portstewart. 14:45John Yorke explores the world of Leo Tolstoy’s great novel Anna Karenina.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The quiz of cryptic connections, chaired by Kirsty Lang 15:30Jaega Wise joins a community lunch, and explores the history of coronation eating.
| 15:003/12Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. 15:30James Wong asks if the way we garden could reduce the effects of climate change.
| 15:00How are changes in the housing market impacting you and your mortgage? 15:30Plus a look into the world of research journals that aren’t quite what they seem.
| 15:00Helen Mark visits Coleshill in Oxfordshire, where a secret army was trained during WWII. 15:27Nikki Bedi makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Radio 4 Appeal Fund. 15:30Sarah Winman discusses her novel Tin Man with a group of readers.
| 15:00Kathy Clugston and her team of gardening experts are in Portstewart. 15:45Sanjeev Kohli creates a fictional response to the week's news.
| 15:00Medical drama about the pioneering science that led to the birth of the first IVF baby.
| 15:00A tragic tale of love, desire, transgression and retribution.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Kerry Hudson explores the effects of a drug activists are calling the 'silent thalidomide' 16:30AI influences how we interact with everything – and religion is no exception.
| 16:30Jesse Norman picks lawyer and Parliamentarian Sir Edward Coke.
| 16:00Taste and Lifestyle: how consumer culture remade taste and the West Indian front room. 16:30Extended interview with the BBC's International Editor.
| 16:00Actor Carrie Hope Fletcher and animator Brenda Chapman discuss Pixar’s Princess Merida. 16:30Gaia Vince explores the steps we can take to mitigate the impacts of natural disasters.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on an opera singer, a journalist, an archaeologist and a rock‘n’roller 16:30The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience.
| 16:00Iranian activist Masih Alinejad on her fight for women’s rights in Iran.
| 16:00Deborah Levy talks about her new novel, August Blue. 16:30A hypnotic half-hour of aural bliss taking you inside the world of 'wellness sound'.
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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 17:30Penny Mordaunt reveals her preparation for holding that sword and what shapes her politics 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast
| 17:00What is being taught in our schools about sex? 17:40How the son of a Black Sea coastguard became the controversial president of Turkey. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00The leader of a Caribbean nation has questioned having King Charles as head of state 18:306/10Sue Perkins hosts Radio 4's longest running panel show, Just a Minute.
| 18:00Sir Mark Rowley defended the way officers policed protests at the Coronation on Saturday. 18:303/4Dawn French and Edward Rowe head up a new sketch show with a Cornish flavour.
| 18:00The Mirror publisher apologised to Prince Harry at the start of trial into phone hacking 18:303/4Lemn Sissay explores what charity means when it comes to presents.
| 18:00One of UK's worst performing train operators is stripped of franchise and nationalised. 18:301/4Former Humberside sergeant and stand-up comic Alfie Moore tackles real policing dilemmas.
| 18:00Wagner mercenaries boss accuses Russian soldiers of fleeing key battleground in Ukraine. 18:303/7Andy Zaltzman takes satirical aim at the week's headlines.
| 18:00The leader of the RMT union has called for a special summit to address the rail dispute 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Polling stations close in Turkey in the most pivotal election in the country's history. 18:15Sean Cooney chooses his audio highlights of the week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00There’s panic at Beechwood. 19:15A special programme to mark Liverpool hosting the world’s biggest live music event.
| 19:00There's bad news for Tracy. 19:15Dennis Potter’s newly discovered play, Cathi Unsworth on goth culture, artist Isaac Julien
| 19:00Jim seizes an opportunity. 19:15Author Louise Kennedy, royal patronage in the arts, beatboxer SK Shlomo
| 19:00Elizabeth faces a grilling. 19:15June Givanni on the PanAfrican cinema archive, Gwen John at Pallant House reviewed.
| 19:00There’s a surprise guest at Brookfield. 19:15Ellen and Mark explore screen depictions of teen girlhood, from Ladybird to Turning Red.
| 19:00How the son of a Black Sea coastguard became the controversial president of Turkey. 19:15The artist duo Gilbert & George discuss their career and influences with John Wilson.
| 19:00Tony unearths a shocking secret. 19:154/6Mark Steel visits Aberystwyth and performs a bespoke comedy show for the local residents 19:452/5A showdown on the prom reveals some surprising secrets and painful feelings.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Meet the outsiders detecting fraud, malpractice and incompetence in science. 20:30Why thousands of Kenyan villagers are being given free cash.
| 20:00What is being taught in our schools about sex? 20:40We take a look at what is supposed to happen with large credits on energy accounts.
| 20:00What should parents consider when thinking about seeking a diagnosis? 20:45Erica McAlister uncovers a treasure trove of remarkable insights from the insect world.
| 20:00How successful will the Online Safety Bill be in protecting children from harmful content? 20:30The random postcode generator leads to rural Norfolk's mysterious US military domes.
| 20:00Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Marnhull Village Hall in Dorset. 20:50Rebecca Stott ponders the nature of dust, as spring sunshine sharpens the sight of it.
| 20:00Stuart Maconie asks why JB Priestley has all but disappeared from our cultural life.
| 20:00The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience. 20:30Matthew Bannister on an opera singer, a journalist, an archaeologist and a rock‘n’roller
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| 21:00 | 21:00Prof Ben Garrod uses new tech to sniff things out, and exploring extending our senses. 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Claire Dederer, Devika Ponnambalam and Michael Bond.
| 21:00Plus a look into the world of research journals that aren’t quite what they seem. 21:30Helen Lewis enters the Manosphere.
| 21:00James Wong asks if the way we garden could reduce the effects of climate change. 21:30Extended interview with the BBC's International Editor.
| 21:00Gaia Vince explores the steps we can take to mitigate the impacts of natural disasters. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1637-8 Christian uprising in Japan.
| 21:00Jeremy Bowen presents stories from the frontlines of conflict – and journalism itself.
| 21:009/10Toby Jones stars as corrupt MP Joseph Olinska. Brian tries to escape from Broadmoor. 21:45Sanjeev Kohli creates a fictional response to the week's news.
| 21:00We discuss new figures showing the scale of fraud and ask what you can do about it. 21:25Sharmila Collins presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Cure EB. 21:30Short documentaries about artworks and artists. Presented by Josie Long.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Scotland Yard confirms no charges will be brought against them 22:456/10Disturbed by what her spies tell her, Pampa Kampana returns to Bisnaga.
| 22:00Court says ex President should pay damages to columnist E Jean Carroll 22:457/10Pampa Kampana attempts to make good on the task that Parvati set for her.
| 22:00Justin Welby says Migration Bill is "isolationist" and could cause "great damage” 22:458/10Pampa Kampana is beginning to feel her time has passed, but Zerelda Li makes a suggestion.
| 22:00Dramatic shift in US immigration policy prompts expected surge of migrants at border 22:459/10Pampa Kampana is now over 200 years old and finally has a position of power.
| 22:00The fentanyl crisis in the United States 22:4510/10Pampa Kampana takes up pen and ink to commit the epic story of Bisnaga to paper.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15What should parents consider when thinking about seeking a diagnosis?
| 22:00Nick Watt hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Dr Jenni Nuttall talks to Michael about the words used by and about women. 23:30A 21st-century dip into literary stream of consciousness.
| 23:004/6Stephen Mangan asks author and comic Shaparak Khorsandi to confess three guilty secrets. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:003/4Stand-up comedian Jamie MacDonald’s unique perspective on living life with his blindness. 23:156/6Bittersweet comedy drama about a community mental health nurse. Starring Paul Whitehouse. 23:30News from Westminster with Sean Curran.
| 23:00Henry Normal uses poetry, storytelling and comedy to explore life's big questions. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Americast delves into the issues and controversies that define the US as a nation 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports on EU law, help for victims and the MP afterlife.
| 23:00The quiz of cryptic connections, chaired by Kirsty Lang 23:30A soldier's life is saved by the spirit of his grandmother.
| 23:00Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. 23:30Canadian broadcaster Chris Brookes reflects on how memories are captured.
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