| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Boxing and Kickboxing: Laurie Taylor explores their potential for transforming lives. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from Lincoln Cathedral 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5A succinct and engaging account of the life, times and legacy of economist Adam Smith. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5As the Scottish Enlightenment takes root, philosopher Adam Smith returns home from Oxford. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5In 1760 Adam Smith is a respected academic in Glasgow but a career change beckons. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Smith's new book is a success but there’s sad news about the health of a close friend. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Author and MP Jesse Norman asks how Adam Smith’s ideas should inform our thinking today. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:154/4Theo Dorgan on Seamus Heaney's translations, their importance and impact on his own work 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.
| 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 spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. 05:45Top fruit farmers say they're not being paid enough by retailers for their crop. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the common gull.
| 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 Wittenberg 05:45Bird flu and game; Dolly the sheep scientist dies; farmer gives away crop; Colorado beetle 05:58Brett Westwood presents the Roseate Tern.
| 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 Wittenberg. 05:45Flea beetle destroys oil seed rape; Sugar beet harvest; Robotic pickers on fruit farm. 05:58Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Red-legged Partridge.
| 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 Wittenberg. 05:45The Westmorland Show in Cumbria. 05:58Wildlife Sound Recordist Geoff Sample on Tweet of the Day
| 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 Wittenberg. 05:45Reaction to a £4 million fund to help small abattoirs. Grazing sheep on Hampstead Heath. 05:58David Attenborough presents the lesser redpoll.
| 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 start the day with the Rt Rev Mary Stallard. 05:45Martha Kearney hosts British celebrities past and present at the National Portrait Gallery
| 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 parish church of St David, Moreton-in-Marsh. 05:45TV presenter and former Big Brother host who has been on our screens for decades.
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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. 06:07Carolyn explores this Suffolk seaside town, a place she's visited often over the years. 06:30Defra promises to fast-track new support payments to farmers in England. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05The poet Michael Symmons Roberts explores the mystery and inevitability of death. 06:35Brett Westwood explores our relationship with that icon of extinction, the dodo. 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 07:54Actress Sheila Atim makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Kids Club Kampala. 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 led by Rev James Tout with members of the National Youth Choir of Wales. 08:48AL Kennedy reflects on the intoxicating nature of hate. 08:58Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the wood sandpiper.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Healing and recovery: the ways forward. 09:30Have new generations of Iraqis got the freedom they were promised? 09:451/5A succinct and engaging account of the life, times and legacy of economist Adam Smith.
| 09:00Paul Murdin shares his story of the first identification of a black hole, Cygnus X-1. 09:30Nikki Bedi speaks to former TV executive Lauren Zalaznick about The Real Housewives. 09:452/5As the Scottish Enlightenment takes root, philosopher Adam Smith returns home from Oxford.
| 09:00Is it true that 1 in 4 men and 1 in 5 women in the UK will get skin cancer? 09:30Two pharmacists discuss what their job was like in the past, compared to how it is now. 09:453/5In 1760 Adam Smith is a respected academic in Glasgow but a career change beckons.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Einstein's astonishing impact on theoretical physics. 09:454/5Smith's new book is a success but there’s sad news about the health of a close friend.
| 09:00Kirsty Wark reunites members of the BLK Art Group and their associates. 09:455/5Author and MP Jesse Norman asks how Adam Smith’s ideas should inform our thinking today.
| 09:00Clive Myrie's memoir, 'Everything is Everything', reveals the man behind the master mind.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Actor Millie Bobby Brown discusses her new book, Nineteen Steps.
| 10:00Does a new reproductive health survey targeted at 16-55 year-old women ignore older women?
| 10:00Jane Casey on the new TV show of her novel The Killing Kind, plus actor Emma Appleton.
| 10:00Superstar baker, Nadiya Hussain, on her Bangladeshi heritage and cooking with eight spices
| 10:00Anita hears about the impact the death of Mahsa Amini has had for women in Iran.
| 10:00Greg Jenner takes us back to first-century Classical Rome to meet Agrippina the Younger. 10:30Jay Rayner and his culinary panel are in Southend-on-Sea.
| 10:00Pip doesn’t know which way to turn and there’s light at the end of the tunnel for Helen.
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| 11:00 | 11:00A DNA test given as a birthday present exposes a scandal at the heart of Harley Street. 11:30Could 'job design' make British workers more productive? Pauline Mason investigates.
| 11:00Archbishop Justin Welby has conversations with public figures about their inner lives. 11:30A major three part series on the poet WH Auden begins with a look at his political work.
| 11:00Five million pieces of Lego are washed overboard. Meet the beachcombers looking for them. 11:302/6Alexei Sayle chats to passengers on a rail journey from London to Glasgow.
| 11:00The desperate search by thousands of Syrian families for their missing relatives. 11:30Lady Eve Balfour was a pioneering organic farmer and founder of the Soil Association.
| 11:00David Aaronovitch explores Britain's current political demography and asks who we are now. 11:303/6David Renwick and Richard Wilson on this beloved sitcom.
| 11:00Paul Waugh assesses the latest developments at Westminster. 11:30Surveying the colossal damage in one mountain-side community after the earthquake struck.
| 11:15Adrian Edmondson, actor and 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. 12:04UK holidays, Wilko and Octopus buys Shell. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The government is probing vets' charges. Call You & Yours wants to know what you think. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04How compostable is compostable packaging? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Today's Gap Finder is Howard Carter from Incognito. 12:32Amit Katwala and Charlotte Stavrou delve into the significance of microchips. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Angie Hobbs remembers Bryan Magee, who brought philosophy onto TV and radio in the 1970s. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Claims that 1 in 5 UK adults have been forced to ration essentials to pay debts. 12:302/8Lucy Porter, Tom Ballard, Anushka Asthana, and Mark Steel join Andy Zaltzman. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:042/10Paul Sinha tests a Manchester audience on their home town's culture and history. 12:32Street food, take-aways and small eateries, the finalists in BBC Food & Farming Awards. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45Why settle for an additional 20 healthy years when you might eliminate death entirely?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45A cryptocurrency billionaire’s experiment to loosen laws and create a longevity paradise.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45Will our immortal future only come if we merge with machines and become “post-human”?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45An immortalist is excommunicated for speaking out against the techno-utopian movement.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:45Immortality - does anyone other than Silicon Valley billionaires want it?
| 13:00The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4 13:10James Cook presents political discussion from Cowley Sixth Form in St Helens, Merseyside.
| 13:00Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world 13:30Tim Hayward enters the bacterial jungle and discovers a whole new world of possibilities.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Pip doesn’t know which way to turn. 14:15Ceramic artist and author Edmund de Waal reveals his formative creative influences.
| 14:00There’s a surprise for Jim. 14:155/7How cruel can someone be to get your attention?
| 14:15A teenager at a critical turning point - drama by Welsh Children's Laureate, Connor Allen
| 14:00Paul won’t take no for an answer. 14:15The story of two sisters learning to live together without their cherished Radio 4.
| 14:00There’s light at the end of the tunnel for Helen. 14:151/5Award-winning thriller returns with a third and final season. 14:45Martha Kearney hosts British celebrities past and present at the National Portrait Gallery
| 14:00Call Any Answers? to have your say on the big issues in the news this week 14:45Jules Montague and William Miller meet Gill and Natalie, who face a rare genetic dementia.
| 14:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 14:45John Yorke takes a look at Alexis de Tocqueville’s seminal work, Democracy in America.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The nationwide general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies 15:301/5Naomi Wood's winning story about a couple keen to spice up their sex life.
| 15:007/14Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. 15:302/5The second in this year's BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University.
| 15:00This week we're joined by Richard Curtis to talk about pensions for the next generation. 15:303/5The third in this year's BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University.
| 15:00Carolyn explores this Suffolk seaside town, a place she's visited often over the years. 15:27Kirsty Young makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society 15:304/5The fourth in this year's BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University.
| 15:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 15:405/5The fifth story in this year's BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University.
| 15:00The Ballad of Eldon Street - an unnatural history.
| 15:00Drama-documentary by Sarah Woods inspired by Tocqueville's influential survey of democracy
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| 16:00 | 16:00Two eccentric French artists perform an extraordinary act of resistance. 16:30What the human body in death tells us about our beliefs about the body and the afterlife.
| 16:00A long, slow look at great artworks, photographed in extraordinary detail. 16:30Lady Eve Balfour was a pioneering organic farmer and founder of the Soil Association.
| 16:00An exploration of human relationships with water. 16:30The appeal of a British newspaper to foreign investors.
| 16:00Zakia Sewell examines what we mean by 'taste'. 16:30How close are we to achieving the UN’s goals by 2030?
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on an impressionist, a campaigner, an embryologist and a businesswoman. 16:30Is it true that 1 in 4 men and 1 in 5 women in the UK will get skin cancer?
| 16:00TV chef and author Nadiya Hussain on her Bangladeshi heritage and cooking with spices.
| 16:00Johny Pitts explores poetry and fiction with Anne Enright and Ben Lerner. 16:30Maria Delgado explores the life of the poet Pablo Neruda on the anniversary of his death.
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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 17:30The former prime minister on calling out abuses of power and three years in the top job. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast
| 17:00Accusations of bullying and body-shaming at some of the UK’s elite ballet schools. 17:40TV presenter and former Big Brother host who has been on our screens for decades. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00The Government is facing calls to declare China a threat to the UK's democracy 18:302/10Paul Sinha tests a Manchester audience on their home town's culture and history.
| 18:00But figures from the Office for National Statistics show the rate of unemployment rose 18:30A side of London you’ve never heard before - seen through the eyes of a national treasure.
| 18:00Thousands more are missing as the scale of the disaster becomes clear 18:301/4Comic scenes from modern life.
| 18:00It is the first time he has suggested one of his key pledges may be unachievable 18:303/6Comedian Amy Gledhill's diary spills the beans on an action-packed summer in Hull, 2004.
| 18:00The Prime Minister said the breed was a "danger to our communities" 18:302/8Lucy Porter, Tom Ballard, Anushka Asthana, and Mark Steel join Andy Zaltzman.
| 18:00Russell Brand has been accused of rape and sexual assault, which he denies. 18:15Danny Wallace and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00More than 8,000 people have arrived on the island of Lampedusa over the past week. 18:15Mike Sweeney chooses audio highlights from the past week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00There’s a surprise for Jim. 19:15The British Museum’s missing gems, a drinking game drama, National Short Story Award.
| 19:15The impact of the Hollywood strikes, author K Patrick, singing the Halo video game chant.
| 19:00Paul won’t take no for an answer. 19:15Author Katherine Rundell; how makers engage audiences on social media.
| 19:00There’s light at the end of the tunnel for Helen. 19:15Reviews of Wagner’s Ring Cycle at the Royal Opera House.
| 19:00Usha finds herself privy to some surprising information. 19:15Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode delve into the relationship between gaming and the movies.
| 19:00TV presenter and former Big Brother host who has been on our screens for decades. 19:15Singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo reveals her formative cultural influences.
| 19:00There’s trouble at the Flower and Produce Show. 19:154/5Florence is asked to appear on Celebrity Mastermind, but Selina has to step in. 19:455/5Fran's village has been overrun by knotweed - but one neighbour remains unaffected.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Five million pieces of Lego are washed overboard. Meet the beachcombers looking for them. 20:30Three men describe surviving one of the worst migrant shipwrecks in decades.
| 20:00Accusations of bullying and body-shaming at some of the UK’s elite ballet schools. 20:40Guide Dogs answer some of your questions about how their organisation operates.
| 20:00Does your sexual history matter, and is it relevant whether you’re a man or a woman? 20:45Can building muscles boost your brain, enhance immunity and reverse signs of ageing?
| 20:00David Aaronovitch explores Britain's current political demography and asks who we are now. 20:30While peace transforms the country, the twists continue in the story.
| 20:00James Cook presents political discussion from Cowley Sixth Form in St Helens, Merseyside. 20:50AL Kennedy reflects on the intoxicating nature of hate.
| 20:00David Baker looks back over the 100 years since Sigmund Freud published The Ego and the Id
| 20:00Is it true that 1 in 4 men and 1 in 5 women in the UK will get skin cancer? 20:30Matthew Bannister on an impressionist, a campaigner, an embryologist and a businesswoman.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Archbishop Justin Welby has conversations with public figures about their inner lives. 21:30Healing and recovery: the ways forward.
| 21:00A special edition of the series from Hay Festival. 21:30Paul Murdin shares his story of the first identification of a black hole, Cygnus X-1.
| 21:00David and Simon discuss Elon Musk, the 'sorry not sorry' interview and getting booed. 21:30The appeal of a British newspaper to foreign investors.
| 21:00How close are we to achieving the UN’s goals by 2030? 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Einstein's astonishing impact on theoretical physics.
| 21:00Aleks Krotoski tracks the imminent cure for aging and the push by Silicon Valley to own it
| 21:002/5Series created by Danny Brocklehurst. Episode 2 by Carol Russell. 21:45On the plane home from Spain, a woman plots a thrilling new future. Story by Annie Griffin
| 21:00Claims that 1 in 5 UK adults have been forced to ration essentials to pay debts. 21:25Actress Sheila Atim makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Kids Club Kampala. 21:30Danny Wallace and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
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| 22:00 | 22:00A total of 2,681 people are known to have died in the tremor. 22:456/10Patrick shares his good news but does not get the response he was hoping for.
| 22:00Many thousands may still be missing. 22:457/10It is the day of the exhibition and people start arriving to admire Ray’s body of work.
| 22:00International rescue teams are starting to arrive in Derna in eastern Libya 22:458/10Lucia and Priya escape into the garden for a few private moments before being interrupted.
| 22:00UN agency says most of the casualties could have been avoided if they were warned 22:459/10Ray discovers Lucia’s news and is not amused. Leah and Jess finally come to blows.
| 22:00Security forces sent to home town of young woman who died in custody of morality police 22:4510/10Ray pressurises Lucia to turn down her opportunity. Jess and Patrick face tough decisions.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode delve into the relationship between gaming and the movies.
| 22:00Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme, hosted by Nick Eardley.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Dan Saladino meets the finalists for this year's Food Innovation Award. 23:30Highlights from Today in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:00Pie takes on the topic of race after a run-in with Sam. Is this wise? 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:003/6Ruth and Carla test a much-sought after home ‘sauna-body-bag’… with a faulty zip. 23:15Jayde Adams and Jessica Fostekew dive into the world of community apps and messageboards. 23:30Sean Curran reports on Prime Minister's Questions and the day's Westminster highlights.
| 23:002/4Tim Key is live from Rome, where he’s shooting a film with legendary Sir Hayden Higgins. 23:30Susan Hulme reports on UK efforts to help the people of Libya after catastrophic flooding.
| 23:00Is Joe too old to win another go in the White House? 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies 23:30Musician Karine Polwart weaves together stories of science, history and the theme of light
| 23:00He met with his boss for coffee. Minutes later, Stephen was fighting for life. 23:30What the human body in death tells us about our beliefs about the body and the afterlife.
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