| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Should friendship, rather than romance, be the cornerstone of life? 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from St Andrew's Church in Stratton, North Cornwall. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Dr Ben Cave's compassionate memoir of a life working in prisons and secure hospitals. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Dr Cave is in a lather over his final exams and recalls a patient suffering from delusions 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Dr Ben Cave recalls two patients who taught him about insight, despair and hope. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Dr Ben Cave reflects on a dangerous encounter and a tragic case where things went wrong, 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Dr Ben Cave recalls one nurse's bravery, and he reaches a turning point in his career. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:151/4John Kelly digs into the roots of Seamus Heaney's poetry in his birthplace, Bellaghy. 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.
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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 Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45Water shortages lead one water company to refuse mains water to some businesses. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Chris Jones from Worcestershire talks about his rescue ravens.
| 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 Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45Building a pipe to bring water from the Humber to counties further south. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the red-crowned crane from Japan and Asia.
| 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 Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45Is there enough awareness and understanding of the Countryside Code? 05:58Brett Westwood presents the serin.
| 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 Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45The first ever shipment of UK sheep embryos has just arrived in the United States. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the snow goose found across Canada and Alaska.
| 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 Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45Does the way our salad is grown affect how good it is for us? 05:58Bill Oddie presents the St Kilda wren.
| 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 Shaunaka Rishi Das 05:45In September 1973 General Pinochet launched a coup in Chile. Ariel Dorfman was there.
| 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 Vedast, Foster Lane in London. 05:454/5Sarah Montague and Grayson Perry discuss Nikolaus Pevsner's lectures on 'English Art'.
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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. 06:07Mary-Ann Ochota joins a group of walkers, riders and horses in the Scottish Highlands. 06:30The Countryside Code has been around for 70 years - how can it be better followed? 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Remona Aly explores the many human, symbolic and religious incarnations of motherhood. 06:35Ruth Sanderson visits a farmer who's trying to convert the nation to broad beans. 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 07:54Louise Minchin makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of On Call Africa. 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 marking the 50th anniversary of the Greenbelt Festival 08:48Megan Nolan explores the trend of the 'trad wife'. 08:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the North American Swainson's hawk.
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| 09:00 | 09:00What is the role and place of diagnosis in psychiatry? 09:30Did the invasion turbo-charge extremism in Iraq and the UK? 09:451/5Dr Ben Cave's compassionate memoir of a life working in prisons and secure hospitals.
| 09:00Professor Chris Barratt discusses breaking new ground in male fertility research. 09:30Paul Conroy talks to Rosamund Pike about being someone else. 09:452/5Dr Cave is in a lather over his final exams and recalls a patient suffering from delusions
| 09:004/4Lord Fowler talks to James Naughtie about facing an Aids crisis and House of Lords reform. 09:30Two anaesthetists swap notes on the realities of working in healthcare then and now. 09:453/5Dr Ben Cave recalls two patients who taught him about insight, despair and hope.
| 09:00A random postcode generator takes us to Britain's only airport dedicated to private jets. 09:30Ian Wylie visits Stone in Staffordshire to meet Jon Cook, editor of a local news website. 09:454/5Dr Ben Cave reflects on a dangerous encounter and a tragic case where things went wrong,
| 09:00The tragic events of the Lockerbie bombing are recalled with Kirsty Wark. 09:455/5Dr Ben Cave recalls one nurse's bravery, and he reaches a turning point in his career.
| 09:00Radio 4's Saturday morning show brings you extraordinary stories and remarkable people.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Original Lioness Sue Whyatt and Baller FC's Jo Clark join Nuala after the World Cup final
| 10:00We find out more about the 5,000 soldiers on the front line in Ukraine who are women
| 10:00We’re often told not to give up on our dreams, but what if they’re causing unhappiness?
| 10:00Exploring the potential of using psychedelic drugs in medicine for women.
| 10:00A listener asks if generative AI will make creative jobs obsolete
| 10:00Comedian Dara Ó Briain joins Greg Jenner to learn about Leonardo da Vinci.
| 10:00Helen reaches the end of her tether, and Pip jumps in with both feet.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Clarke Peters reveals stories of black music from the late 1970s to the present day. 11:30What are companies for? Ruth Sunderland investigates.
| 11:00Archbishop Justin Welby has conversations with public figures about their inner lives. 11:30Laura Mvula reflects on the impact of Lauryn Hill’s debut album 25 years after its release
| 11:00Why is one of Britain’s first post-war racist killings still unsolved? 11:30Ria, who lives with OCD, reflects on how she manages her mind.
| 11:00Can a financial deal with a conservation charity save Belize's economy? 11:30Economist Kate Raworth chooses the Environmental Scientist Donella 'Dana' Meadows
| 11:00Could Donald Trump's legal cases derail his bid for the White House? 11:304/4Comedy about raising kids with special educational needs.
| 11:005/14Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. 11:30Ecuador was once a peaceful country in a dangerous region, but not any more.
| 11:15Senior politicians relive the final years of John Major’s government.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04With poor weather and declining roads quality, could it be a bumper year for potholes? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Call You & Yours: What impact are low emission zones having on you? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The new energy price cap. The impact of sugar inflation. The homeowners forced to sell up. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Charlotte Stavrou and Amit Katwala zoom into our changing relationship with cameras. 12:29This week's Gap Finder is Toby McCartney, Co-founder and Chief Executive of MacRebur. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The argument about prejudice, power, and the disputed idea of “reverse racism”. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04How one high street is trying to thrive, despite the cost of living rising. 12:30No time for news? Catherine Bohart presents a topical show that goes beyond the headlines 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:049/10Sue Perkins presents the first of two special editions of the programme from Edinburgh 12:32How can the UK's new food museum tell the story of food, past, present and future? 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45Could the Isle of Rum miraculously have escaped the Ice Age? Tori Herridge investigates.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45A body is discovered and an eccentric solicitor takes a surprising chance.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45A scientist with a toad collection is embroiled in a global scientific culture war.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45How did a single specimen come to undermine scientists?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:45Australia's Night Parrot has driven birders mad for decades.
| 13:00The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4 13:10Alex Forsyth presents political discussion from Peterhead Theatre in Aberdeenshire.
| 13:00Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world 13:30Musician Karine Polwart weaves together stories of science, history and the theme of light
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| 14:00 | 14:00Helen reaches the end of her tether. 14:15Film-maker Sally Potter reveals the formative experiences that inspired her.
| 14:00There’s a visitor for Rex 14:152/7Can we control our deepest fears and desires?
| 14:00Emma struggles to keep control. 14:15Is it 'curtains' for legendary panto star and comedian Norman - or 'the show must go on'?
| 14:00George faces the consequences of his actions. 14:15When a drone crashes in Co Sligo, Ireland’s neutrality is revealed to be a fond delusion.
| 14:00Pip jumps in with both feet 14:153/5Bangkok escape, another death, an unexpected invite... 14:452/4From Wu Zetian to the Serpent Queen, the royal women who stepped out of the shadows.
| 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.
| 14:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 14:45Neil MacGregor tours Britain's museums to explore how the past tells us who we want to be.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The nationwide general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies. 15:30The Food Programme celebrates wedding food and drink.
| 15:004/14Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. 15:30There are still people inside Lighthouse – and we meet a father left behind.
| 15:00What does the rising cost of living mean for farms, households, schools and businesses? 15:301/3Lucy Cooke meets females from the animal world that smash the ‘dominant male’ stereotype.
| 15:00Mary-Ann Ochota joins a group of walkers, riders and horses in the Scottish Highlands. 15:27Journalist Matt Chorley makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Spinal Muscular Atrophy UK. 15:30Ayelet Gundar-Goshen speaks to Johny Pitts about her new book, The Wolf Hunt.
| 15:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 15:45From the award-winning author of Trespasses, a new story set on Ireland's northwest coast.
| 15:003/3Dramatisation of Hardy's novel about beautiful, poor, virtuous Tess Durbeyfield.
| 15:00Tété-Michel Kpomassie’s unique memoir of his journey to the coldest climes on the planet.
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| 16:00 | 16:00How did Virginia Hall mastermind one of World War Two’s most astonishing prison breaks? 16:30Aleem Maqbool speaks with Revd Hilary Bond about her actions during climate protests.
| 16:00Are you quoting Shakespeare without even realising? 16:30Economist Kate Raworth chooses the Environmental Scientist Donella 'Dana' Meadows
| 16:00A London schoolboy's terrifying adventures in Chairman Mao's China. 16:30The perspectives of three journalists who have covered the 10 month proceedings
| 16:00Mel Giedroyc reveals the not so jolly story behind Disney’s decidedly jolly Mary Poppins. 16:30Broadcasting from Green Man Festival in Wales, we find out about the state of our rivers.
| 16:00John Wilson on a broadcaster, an Italian soprano, an author and an anthropologist 16:30The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience.
| 16:00A selection of the best content inspired by our listeners for Listener Week.
| 16:00Chris Power surveys Orwell's complex legacy with Anna Funder, Adam Biles and Sandra Newman 16:302/4Seamus Heaney's daughter, Catherine, on her father's poetry of love, of different kinds
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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 17:30Charlotte Stavrou and Amit Katwala zoom into our changing relationship with cameras. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast
| 17:00Mishal Husain is joined by an expert panel for the Today Debate. 17:404/5Sarah Montague and Grayson Perry discuss Nikolaus Pevsner's lectures on 'English Art'. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00Letby murdered seven babies and attempting to kill six others at a hospital in Chester 18:309/10Sue Perkins presents the first of two special editions of the programme from Edinburgh
| 18:00The BBC has seen correspondence showing the museum was alerted two years ago 18:305/6Steph McGovern seeks more answers to the great questions of our age. With Chris Cantrill
| 18:00The country's Prime Minister described the touchdown as a victory cry of a new India 18:306/6Stand by for a breakneck race against time!
| 18:00Authorities say all 10 people on the plane were killed when it crashed near Moscow 18:30Radio 4 presents a taste of what's making people laugh at the Edinburgh Fringe.
| 18:00Luis Rubiales has been criticised for kissing a Spanish player at the Women's World Cup 18:30No time for news? Catherine Bohart presents a topical show that goes beyond the headlines
| 18:00The former Culture Secretary, Nadine Dorries, has resigned as an MP 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The early evening national and international news from BBC Radio 4 18:15Geeta Pendse chooses audio highlights from the past week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00There’s a visitor for Rex 19:15Corinne Bailey Rae plays live, Peter Arnott on his new play, short story collections.
| 19:00Emma struggles to keep control. 19:15Author Louise Doughty on her new book, signing live music, The Missing Madonna podcast
| 19:00George faces the consequences of his actions. 19:15Helen Macdonald and Sin Blaché, Stewart Lee on Macbeth, Connie Converse rediscovered.
| 19:00Pip jumps in with both feet 19:15Front Row reviews new British film Scrapper, French writer director Louis Garrel
| 19:00Is Toby destined for disappointment. 19:15Ellen and Mark explore Brits abroad in the movies, from Carry On Abroad to Morvern Callar.
| 19:004/5Sarah Montague and Grayson Perry discuss Nikolaus Pevsner's lectures on 'English Art'. 19:15Writer and broadcaster Melvyn Bragg reveals his formative creative influences.
| 19:00David faces a tricky situation. 19:151/5Florence and Selina are nominated for a writer’s prize and the contest becomes a battle. 19:452/5Fran's anxieties prove well-founded as knotweed spreads from her neighbours' gardens.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Why is one of Britain’s first post-war racist killings still unsolved? 20:30Why tens of thousands of Zimbabweans are fleeing their country to work in the West.
| 20:00Mishal Husain is joined by an expert panel for the Today Debate. 20:40News of a recently approved drug that is effective in treating two eye conditions.
| 20:00The debate sparked by reviewing historic collections through a queer or LGBT lens. 20:45How a (small) glass of red wine could protect your heart and give your gut health a boost.
| 20:00Could Donald Trump's legal cases derail his bid for the White House? 20:30Welcome to The Parliament bar - the beating heart of gay life in nineties Belfast.
| 20:00Alex Forsyth presents political discussion from Peterhead Theatre in Aberdeenshire. 20:50Megan Nolan explores the trend of the 'trad wife'.
| 20:00The unexpected origins of a global conspiracy theory... in the vaults of the BBC.
| 20:00The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience. 20:30John Wilson on a broadcaster, an Italian soprano, an author and an anthropologist
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| 21:00 | 21:00Dr Kat Arney hears from those at the cutting edge of the science of fighting cancer. 21:30What is the role and place of diagnosis in psychiatry?
| 21:001/3Lucy Cooke meets females from the animal world that smash the ‘dominant male’ stereotype. 21:30Professor Chris Barratt discusses breaking new ground in male fertility research.
| 21:00There are still people inside Lighthouse – and we meet a father left behind. 21:30The perspectives of three journalists who have covered the 10 month proceedings
| 21:00Broadcasting from Green Man Festival in Wales, we find out about the state of our rivers. 21:30A random postcode generator takes us to Britain's only airport dedicated to private jets.
| 21:00Ten coastal encounters, presented by Richard King.
| 21:009/10There is a suggestion that Tony Wednesday might be corrupt and in the pay of Sir Joseph. 21:45From the award-winning author of Trespasses, a new story set on Ireland's northwest coast.
| 21:00How one high street is trying to thrive, despite the cost of living rising. 21:25Louise Minchin makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of On Call Africa. 21:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Neonatal nurse Lucy Letby refused to appear in court to be sentenced 22:451/5Alma is convinced she has seen a tall, strange man in her yard.
| 22:00Army helicopters freed one passenger whilst others were brought to safety by zip wire 22:452/5Not for the first time, Roger and Luvo break into Alma’s house.
| 22:00Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin on the passenger list of aircraft that crashed near Moscow 22:453/5With the house about to be sold, Roger and Luvo make a discovery.
| 22:00President Putin says he won’t forget Prigozhin’s contribution to Russia’s war in Ukraine 22:454/5Roger and Luvo have what they need, but Alma is waiting for them.
| 22:455/5Camped in the Karoo, Luvo recalls a detail from Alma’s memories.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Ellen and Mark explore Brits abroad in the movies, from Carry On Abroad to Morvern Callar.
| 22:00Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Susie Orbach talks to Michael Rosen about the use and misuse of 'therapy speak'. 23:30Alan Dein uses social media to connect with people discovering a positive outlook on life.
| 23:00India considers how witches today are a powerful way of resisting and addressing the past. 23:302/4Mark Watson continues his doomed quest to make sense of the human experience.
| 23:006/6Hair-raising, hilarious and touching stories from the legendary theatre and film director. 23:152/4Comedian Sarah Keyworth explores their personal journey with gender fluidity and androgyny 23:304/6John Lloyd and Dr Pamela Stephenson tell the inside story of their pioneering sketch show.
| 23:00Radio 4's peek at what's making people laugh at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 23:305/6John Cleese shares the inside story of BBC TV sitcom masterpiece, Fawlty Towers.
| 23:00Trump skips the debate while his challengers clash in Milwaukee. 23:306/6Felicity Kendal shares the inside story of pioneering BBC TV sitcom, The Good Life.
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies. 23:30Andy and Richard’s search continues in the heart of Bhutan’s yeti country.
| 23:00Jessica gets home with her two young boys. Minutes later their house explodes. 23:30Aleem Maqbool speaks with Revd Hilary Bond about her actions during climate protests.
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