| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor considers the radical case for ending imprisonment. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from St Peter’s Church in Cretingham in Suffolk 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Historian Naoise Mac Sweeney interrogates the origins and narrative of the west. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Naoise Mac Sweeney asks how unified the Christian past of the west actually was. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Interrogating the narrative of the west, and its creation of Empire and the 'new world'. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5As the west enters into the 19th century, questions about its own narrative are raised. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Examining the 'rivals' to the modern west and the challenge of new ideas on civilisation. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Damian Barr explores reality, truth and fiction in literature - beginning with memoir. 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.
| 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 05:43A reflection and prayer to begin the day with the Revd Dr Emma Whittick. 05:45Food security in Scotland, the world farming conference, and Wales Seed Hub. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58David Attenborough presents the guillemot.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to begin the day with the Revd Dr Emma Whittick. 05:45Changes to wine regulations; a new strategy for agricultural universities; Brazilian beef. 05:58Chris Packham presents the moorhen.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to begin the day with the Revd Dr Emma Whittick. 05:45Food supply chain; ammonia investigation; marine & wildlife code; fruit glut in Ghana. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the hyacinth macaw of the Brazilian Pantanal.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to begin the day with the Revd Dr Emma Whittick. 05:45Tenant farmers in England criticise the Government response to a review of the sector. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the virtuoso songster the pied butcherbird of Australia.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to begin the day with the Revd Dr Emma Whittick. 05:45The government drops the bill which bans the live export of animals. 05:58Chris Packham presents the rhinoceros auklet - near the North American western seaboard.
| 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 Rabbi Jonathan Romain 05:45Four years on… Abraham’s inquest takes place.
| 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 St Magnus the Martyr in the City of London. 05:45The creator of the critically acclaimed and multi-award winning Succession TV series.
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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. 06:07The best-selling author Cressida Cowell takes Clare for a nostalgic walk in West Sussex. 06:30Kept animals bill dropped; uplands payments; tenant farmers; wine; global farming. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05For Pentecost, Mark Tully explores the process of translation. 06:35Could a revival of flax growing help industry meet its net zero targets? 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. 07:10William Crawley takes a look at the ethical and religious issues of the week. 07:54Robert Lindsay makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the NSPCC 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 reflection for Pentecost Sunday, led by the Rev Dr Stephen Wigley. 08:48Howard Jacobson says an attack on Eric Gill's sculpture is a failure to understand art. 08:58John Aitchison presents the chaffinch.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Kirsty Wark with Tim Blackburn, Cheryl Tipp and Mark Cocker 09:451/5Historian Naoise Mac Sweeney interrogates the origins and narrative of the west.
| 09:00The Nobel prize-winning physicist talks about the world's strongest material, graphene. 09:30Keith Brymer-Jones talks to Craig Mealing about crying. 09:452/5Naoise Mac Sweeney asks how unified the Christian past of the west actually was.
| 09:00A fall in those waiting longest for NHS treatment in England isn't telling the whole story 09:30Four years on… Abraham’s inquest takes place. 09:453/5Interrogating the narrative of the west, and its creation of Empire and the 'new world'.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and reign of the French king who built Versailles 09:454/5As the west enters into the 19th century, questions about its own narrative are raised.
| 09:00Sharon Peacock, scientist, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5Examining the 'rivals' to the modern west and the challenge of new ideas on civilisation.
| 09:00The model, presenter and writer Lisa Snowdon urges women to seize their power.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Two women's stories of living through the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
| 10:00Families of adopted teenagers are at 'crisis point' according to a new report.
| 10:00Professor Alexis Jay's reaction to the government’s response to IICSA.
| 10:00Let’s Eat Grandma, electro-pop duo perform 'Two Ribbons'.
| 10:00Voters in Turkey go to the polls for the second round of presidential elections on Sunday.
| 10:00Adrian Chiles paints Shaun a vivid picture of his favourite island on the Dalmatian Coast. 10:306/12Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
| 10:00Helen fears the worst, and Oliver makes a surprising offer.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Fingers are pointed at who could have betrayed Darren. Did it come from the inside? 11:30Lucy Worsley, Professor Ros Crone and Sikisa Bostwick Barnes discuss the cases.
| 11:002021 Reith lecturer Stuart Russell on recent developments in artificial intelligence. 11:30Origin stories of the UK's most vital music. In this episode, Sheffield's Warp Records.
| 11:00Alan Dein explores the role of the British Industrial Mission in a changing world of work. 11:30Catrin finally confronts Lighthouse's leader as the organisation ends up in court.
| 11:00Millions have been displaced by violence in Sudan and are struggling to find safety. 11:30The satirist and writer of The Beggar's Opera nominated by Jake Arnott. With Ian Hislop.
| 11:00Experiences of LGBT+ people seeking asylum in the UK. 11:305/6Elgar, Ed’s trusty feline companion, develops a nasty sneeze.
| 11:00Radio 4's weekly assessment of developments at Westminster 11:30Residents endure rocket attacks as the president plans the next stage of the war.
| 11:15Ronnie O'Sullivan, snooker player, shares the soundtrack of his life.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04New builds facing demolition, prom dresses from overseas and the rise in tool theft. 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're asking - is working from home here to stay? 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. 12:04Shari Vahl stays overnight in one of the New Build Homes of the future 12:32What works to help with the symptoms of hay fever? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The story of Howard Gossage, a remarkable ad man who tried to change the world. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Credit unions on the customers who already have multiple buy now, pay later loans. 12:305/7Andy Zaltzman takes aim at the week's headlines, from the Hay Festival. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:048/10Sue Perkins hosts Radio 4's longest running panel show, Just a Minute. 12:32Get your entries in now for the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2023! 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:451/5Gordon Brown and Shriti Vadera discuss populism and Julius Caesar with Emma Smith.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:452/5Professor Emma Smith and writer Will Self discuss toxic masculinity and Hamlet.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:453/5Fiona Shaw and Emma Smith discuss town and country and As You Like It.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:454/5Emma Smith and Mercy Muroki discuss monarchy and Macbeth.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:455/5Emma Smith and Michael Gove discuss equality, King Lear and Twelfth Night.
| 13:00The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4 13:10Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Felton Village Hall near Morpeth.
| 13:00Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world 13:306/6Phil Tinline explores the role of conspiracy, and conspiracy theory, in British politics.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Ian has concerns for a friend 14:15Singer-songwriter and author Nick Cave shares his formative creative influences.
| 14:15A powerful drama based on the true ordeal of a young boy's obsessive compulsive disorder.
| 14:00Alice is determined to mark an occasion. 14:15Darkly satirical two hander, exploring how women stand up against male entitlement.
| 14:00Old feelings stir for Adam. 14:15Comedy as a couple set out to make a true crime podcast that will launch their careers.
| 14:00Oliver makes a surprising offer. 14:155/5A crowd of 25,000 people turn out to watch Burke hang. 14:45Jayde Adams and DJ Nick Grimshaw dive into the world of community apps and messageboards.
| 14:00Call Any Answers? to have your say on the big issues in the news this week 14:45John Finnemore returns to Radio 4 with a one-off edition of his Souvenir Programme.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston and the gardening experts are at the Chelsea Flower Show. 14:45John Yorke explores EM Forster’s 1908 novel A Room with a View.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The quiz of culture and cryptic connections, chaired by Kirsty Lang 15:30How lists, maps and apps are transforming restaurant reviewing and food writing.
| 15:005/12Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. 15:30Steve Backshall asks why it's so hard to have an energy efficient, fossil-fuel free home
| 15:00How to manage your finances after you lose a husband, wife or partner. 15:30All in the Mind Awards: a mother who supports her musician son, living with schizophrenia.
| 15:00Clare Balding joins a walking group in Ashdown Forest. 15:27Mwaka Mudenda makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Zambia Orphans Aid UK. 15:30Linda Grant talks to Alex Clark about her novel The Story of the Forest
| 15:00Kathy Clugston and the gardening experts are at the Chelsea Flower Show. 15:45Gwen's Silver Fox. New short fiction by John Sam Jones. Read by Richard Elfyn.
| 15:30Meet Lavinia Co-op - transatlantic icon of the radical drag scene.
| 15:00EM Forster's witty tale of love and liberation.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Rising taxes, changes to flags and anthems. It’s more complicated than it seems. 16:30How can we avoid being silenced by AI moderation? Aleks explores the rise of Algospeak.
| 16:00How the Law Commission and the Scottish government hope to change rape trials for victims 16:30The satirist and writer of The Beggar's Opera nominated by Jake Arnott. With Ian Hislop.
| 16:00How are algorithms transforming our relationships? 16:30Eliot Higgins says the Twitter boss is talking 'garbage'.
| 16:00Presenter William Hanson and satirist Craig Brown discuss Princess Margaret. 16:30A new study to track turtles revealed unexpected levels of human eDNA in the environment.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a singer, an author, a photographer and a golfer. 16:30A fall in those waiting longest for NHS treatment in England isn't telling the whole story
| 16:00Period inequality, Dr Katriona O’Sullivan and Let’s Eat Grandma.
| 16:00Johny Pitts talks to Guy Gunaratne about their new book Mister, Mister. 16:30Damian Barr explores facts, truth and lies in fiction.
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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
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| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news 17:30How did a punk from Derry become one of the most high profile environmental campaigners? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast
| 17:00File on 4 investigates if enough is being done to keep hospital patients and staff safe. 17:40The creator of the critically acclaimed and multi-award winning Succession TV series. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00Suella Braverman says there was "nothing untoward" about her handling of a speeding ticket 18:308/10Sue Perkins hosts Radio 4's longest running panel show, Just a Minute.
| 18:00South Wales Police are looking at a video showing a police van following an electric bike 18:301/4Olga tackles the concept of fun!
| 18:00But the drop in the rate of inflation was not as much as was expected 18:301/6Paul asks Claudia about her pet hates and worst nightmares.
| 18:00Sir Iain Livingstone said acknowledging the force's issues was "essential" 18:304/4Former Humberside sergeant and stand-up comic Alfie Moore tackles real policing dilemmas.
| 18:00The couple have been given life sentences for murdering their 10-month-old son 18:305/7Andy Zaltzman takes aim at the week's headlines, from the Hay Festival.
| 18:00Long queues form after e-passport gate fault, Turkey goes to the polls 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The government is considering proposals that would cap the price of some food products 18:15Edward Adoo chooses his audio highlights of the week.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Arlo Parks, Martin Amis remembered, depicting Northern Ireland's Troubles.
| 19:00Alice is determined to mark an occasion. 19:15The 26th Sparks album, EM Forster adaptations on radio, nature mystery writer Bob Gilbert.
| 19:00Old feelings stir for Adam. 19:15Will Keen plays Vladimir Putin on stage in Peter Morgan's play Patriots.
| 19:00Oliver makes a surprising offer. 19:15Jhalak Book Prize winners, Tate Britain rehang and The Little Mermaid reviewed.
| 19:00Helen seeks advice from an old friend 19:15Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore sport on screen, from Field of Dreams to Ted Lasso.
| 19:00The creator of the critically acclaimed and multi-award winning Succession TV series. 19:15Fashion designer and sculptor Nicole Farhi on her creative influences and inspirations.
| 19:00There’s trouble at the cricket. 19:156/6Comedian Mark Steel visits the island of Malta and performs a show for the local audience. 19:454/5Rosie realises there are hidden depths on the Prom.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Alan Dein explores the role of the British Industrial Mission in a changing world of work. 20:30New Orleans is the murder capital of the United States.
| 20:00File on 4 investigates if enough is being done to keep hospital patients and staff safe. 20:40Have attitudes towards visually impaired people improved or deteriorated?
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
| 20:00How the Law Commission and the Scottish government hope to change rape trials for victims 20:30A village that gets cut off twice a day by the tide, and the shanty crew who live there.
| 20:00Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Felton Village Hall near Morpeth. 20:50Howard Jacobson says an attack on Eric Gill's sculpture is a failure to understand art.
| 20:00Exploring the decades long, cosmic culture war between Marvel and DC comics.
| 20:00A fall in those waiting longest for NHS treatment in England isn't telling the whole story 20:30Matthew Bannister on a singer, an author, a photographer and a golfer.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Prof Ben Garrod explores whether through technology he can become a super-sensing human. 21:30Kirsty Wark with Tim Blackburn, Cheryl Tipp and Mark Cocker
| 21:00All in the Mind Awards: a mother who supports her musician son, living with schizophrenia. 21:30The Nobel prize-winning physicist talks about the world's strongest material, graphene.
| 21:00Steve Backshall asks why it's so hard to have an energy efficient, fossil-fuel free home 21:30Eliot Higgins says the Twitter boss is talking 'garbage'.
| 21:00A new study to track turtles revealed unexpected levels of human eDNA in the environment. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and reign of the French king who built Versailles
| 21:00The 1942 film Listen to Britain summed up our nation in sounds. How does it sound today?
| 21:001/5Dirt by Martin Jameson. First drama of crime series Stone created by Danny Brocklehurst. 21:45Gwen's Silver Fox. New short fiction by John Sam Jones. Read by Richard Elfyn.
| 21:00Credit unions on the customers who already have multiple buy now, pay later loans. 21:25Robert Lindsay makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the NSPCC 21:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Russia battles armed group it says crossed from Ukraine into the Belgorod region 22:45The film needs its Firefall - enter OK Bailey, a superstar with his own ideas.
| 22:00Questions for the police after a night of rioting. 22:45The first day of shooting has finally arrived. Will it all be OKB?
| 22:00Pioneering US singer found fame with Ike and soared as solo artist 22:45Ike Clipper is going to be Firefall. Ike Clipper's life will never be the same.
| 22:00Scientists in North America use AI to discover antibiotic against superbug 22:45Ike's wife, Thea, and their daughter, Ruby, arrive on set, and things start to change.
| 22:00Former Met officer says she's been thrown under the bus over Sarah Everard killing 22:45It all comes back around, and to Robby Andersen.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore sport on screen, from Field of Dreams to Ted Lasso.
| 22:00Ben Wright hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00The small rural village that hosts a prison for people serving life sentences. 23:30Questions for the home decretary Suella Braverman.
| 23:006/6Stephen Mangan plays confessor. Music journalist and satirist David Quantick is repentant. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Comedian Twayna Mayne explores the story of her identity as a black British woman. 23:151/4John welcomes a new member to the family who really needs to learn how to behave himself. 23:30Sean Curran reports on a Prime Minister's Questions dominated by immigration.
| 23:00Rylan talks to boxer Amir Khan. 23:30Susan Hulme reports as MPs question the government on the rise in migration figures.
| 23:00Florida Governor Ron DeSantis gets his White House campaign off to a glitchy start. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports on growing tensions between ministers and civil servants.
| 23:00The quiz of culture and cryptic connections, chaired by Kirsty Lang 23:30Kitty moves into a new house, but someone else is living there... someone who isn't alive.
| 23:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
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