| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Guns: from gun sellers in the US to the impact of the gun on human progress. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from St Edward’s Church in Eggbuckland in Devon. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Michael Palin tells the tale of his great-uncle, who was killed in the First World War. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Michael Palin tells the tale of his great-uncle, who was killed in the First World War. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Michael Palin tells the tale of his great-uncle, who was killed in the First World War. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Michael Palin tells the tale of his great-uncle, who was killed in the First World War. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Michael Palin tells the tale of his great-uncle, who was killed in the First World War. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15A celebration of today's rich audio drama scene, live from Contains Strong Language. 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.
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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 with Fiona Stewart, a writer who runs a Christian arts charity. 05:45Youth services in rural areas. Lib Dem vision for farming and environment. Nature writing. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Peter Cranswick of the Slimbridge Wetland Centre on the common scoter.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection with Fiona Stewart, a writer who runs a Christian arts charity. 05:45Dairy haulier in administration. Coastal bio-diversity audit. Nature writing. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the Australian magpie.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection with Fiona Stewart, a writer who runs a Christian arts charity. 05:45Three of the UK's agri-tech centres are to merge. Nature writing. 05:58Zoologist Tim Birkhead dispels the myth of a foolish guillemot for Tweet of the Day.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection with Fiona Stewart, a writer who runs a Christian arts charity. 05:45Decline in UK nature, charted by State of Nature report. Nature writing in Wales. 05:58David Attenborough presents the greylag goose.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection with Fiona Stewart, a writer who runs a Christian arts charity. 05:45Windsor Framework; conservation charity takes legal action over fishing; harvest poems. 05:58The RSPB's Liane Holdsworth recalls the kestrel for 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 Fr Dermot Preston. 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 Leonard, Bledington. 05:45Lachlan Murdoch will become the boss of one of the world's most powerful media empires.
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07Clare joins two friends on the coastal path between Knockinaam Lodge and Portpatrick. 06:30Charlotte Smith brings you the week's rural news 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Rabbi Julia Neuberger explores spiritual and practical elements of the ever-changing sea. 06:35Brett Westwood goes in search of our only venomous snake, the adder. 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. 07:54Actor Leon Harrop makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of United Response. 07:57The latest weather forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the Sunday papers. 08:10With V Rev Lorna Hood and Rev Jim Gibson in Paisley Abbey, Choir directed by George McPhee 08:48Stephen Smith muses on HS2 and his grandfather's job on the railways. 08:58The BBC's Frank Gardner recalls great northern divers for Tweet of the Day.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Lemn Sissay, Lebogang Mashile and Clare O’Dowd 09:451/5Michael Palin tells the tale of his great-uncle, who was killed in the First World War.
| 09:00Jonathan Freedland takes the long view of plutocrats playing politics. 09:30Ex-Downing Street strategist Cleo Watson examines the dark art of political campaigning. 09:452/5Michael Palin tells the tale of his great-uncle, who was killed in the First World War.
| 09:00Are consultants in England really paid an average of £120,000 a year? 09:30Why going for a swim is so good for your blood vessels, your joints and mental agility! 09:453/5Michael Palin tells the tale of his great-uncle, who was killed in the First World War.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Keynes' influential attack on the Treaty of Versailles 09:454/5Michael Palin tells the tale of his great-uncle, who was killed in the First World War.
| 09:00Lucinda Russell, horse trainer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5Michael Palin tells the tale of his great-uncle, who was killed in the First World War.
| 09:00Danny Cipriani relives the challenges of being as famous off the rugby pitch as on it.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Tina Sinatra on a new musical about her dad’s life.
| 10:00A football club boss has resigned over sexist comments about a female colleague.
| 10:00Dame Joan Collins at 90 and on her new memoir, Behind the Shoulder Pads.
| 10:00Serbian performance artist Marina Abramovic on retrospective at the Royal Academy of Arts.
| 10:00Nicole Scherzinger joins Anita to discuss her return to the West End.
| 10:00Join Greg Jenner and his guests to learn about Victorian bodybuilding. 10:30Actor and writer Simon Callow in conversation with his heroes – brought back to life.
| 10:00Eddie’s fears escalate, and Chelsea is on a mission.
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| 11:00 | 11:00A family must turn detective to find the couple who had IVF at the same time as them. 11:30Zoe Strimpel weighs up the reparation claims for historical injustices like slavery.
| 11:00Archbishop Justin Welby has conversations with public figures about their inner lives. 11:30The final part of the series looks at WH Auden the love poet.
| 11:00Personal accounts of the Southern European heatwave heatwave from Spain, Italy and Greece. 11:304/6Alexei Sayle travels from Manchester to Bournemouth talking to strangers on his train.
| 11:00Tens of thousands of Armenians are fleeing in the wake of Azerbaijan's military offensive. 11:30Ken Loach on Gerrard Winstanley.
| 11:00How the murder of a Canadian Sikh in British Colombia turned the spotlight on India. 11:305/6We get under the skin of sitcom Derry Girls
| 11:002/4Baroness Amos talks to James Naughtie about a career on the front line of world affairs. 11:30Niamey, once a bulwark against instability in West Africa, heralds a new era.
| 11:15Katherine Ryan, comedian, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04It is taking twice as long to get a grant of probate compared to last year. Why is that? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Have your food shopping habits changed? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04One of the most extreme cases of Companies House Fraud You and Yours has ever investigated 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Tom tells us how digging a hole in his garden revealed a gap in the pizza oven market. 12:32Is vaping harmful to your health and to the environment? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The unexpected origins of a global conspiracy theory... in the vaults of the BBC. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Energy companies are holding 8 billion pounds of customers' money in the form of credit. 12:304/8Andrew Doyle, Athena Kugblenu, Felicity Ward and Hugo Rifkind join Andy Zaltzman. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:044/10Paul Sinha tests an Ipswich audience on their hometown literary heroes. Contains anagrams. 12:32To what extent is food localism working, and how is that helping smaller producers? 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45Why are more boys born in certain years? One researcher is on a quest to find out why.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45A climate scientist who shocked the world and provoked a scandal.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45A single piece of paper leads to a horrifying discovery.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45It’s 2016 and Singapore’s metro system is misbehaving wildly.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45John Carter must make a momentous decision. Can a data set guide him to the right choice?
| 13:00The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4 13:10Alex Forsyth presents political discussion from One Sixth Form College in Ipswich.
| 13:00Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world 13:30Tim Hayward examines the earth’s past, present and future through microbial goggles.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Pip has the rug pulled from under her. 14:15Author and poet Michael Rosen reveals his formative creative influences and inspirations.
| 14:157/7Sometimes love can be traumatic. Sometimes it can be fatal.
| 14:151/5Series of linked original dramas starring Glenda Jackson seen through the lens of blood.
| 14:00It’s an emotional day for Will. 14:15A writer tries to reconstruct her grandfather's flight from Ukraine in the 1930s.
| 14:00Jazzer is shocked by a controversial suggestion. 14:153/5Maya and Jake begin to make sense of why their lives have been spiralling out of control. 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 Jo, who was diagnosed with semantic dementia at 53.
| 14:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 14:45John Yorke explores Flora Thompson’s much-loved book Lark Rise to Candleford.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The nationwide general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies 15:30Abergavenny Food Festival: 25 Years and Counting
| 15:00Josie Long presents short documentaries about situations tumbling out of control. 15:30Tim Hayward re-enters the bacterial realm and comes face-to-face with a phage.
| 15:00What does the biggest shift in student finance for a decade really mean? 15:30James Gallagher visits the lab to explore how much sitting is too much.
| 15:00Clare joins two friends on the coastal path between Knockinaam Lodge and Portpatrick. 15:27Jaiden, a beneficiary, makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Honeypot Children's Charity. 15:30Johny Pitts talks to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie about her new book for children.
| 15:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 15:45A mother struggles to understand her autistic son.
| 15:00A new adaptation of Monica Ali’s bestselling novel, dramatised by Tanika Gupta. 1/2
| 15:001/2The Archers present Flora Thompson’s joyous tales of a rural childhood in the 1880s.
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| 16:00 | 16:00One of World War Two’s most successful double agents is finally revealed. 16:30Aleem Maqbool speaks to Richard about his pagan spirituality.
| 16:00Robert Macfarlane crosses the iconic Cuillin Ridge on the Isle of Skye 16:30Ken Loach on Gerrard Winstanley.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor talks to philosopher Susan Neiman about the concept of ‘woke’. 16:30The Guardian's move into Europe.
| 16:00Zakia Sewell explores what we mean by 'taste'. 16:30A new report has revealed that one in six native UK species are at risk of extinction.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on an author, a mafia boss, a psychoanalyst and a scriptwriter. 16:30Are consultants in England really paid an average of £120,000 a year?
| 16:00Marina Abramovic, the godmother of performance art on her works spanning a 55-year career.
| 16:00Bernardine Evaristo joins James Naughtie and readers to discuss her novel Mr Loverman 16:30An exploration of the changing nature of harvests through poetry.
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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 Leader of the Opposition on hope, family and winning at all costs. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast
| 17:00Mishal Husain is joined by a panel of guests in Glasgow. 17:40Lachlan Murdoch will become the boss of one of the world's most powerful media empires. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00He faces accusations of sexual assaults and rape between 2006 and 2013 which he denies 18:304/10Paul Sinha tests an Ipswich audience on their hometown literary heroes. Contains anagrams.
| 18:00The Home Secretary was addressing an American right-wing think tank 18:30A side of London you’ve never heard before, seen through the eyes of a national treasure.
| 18:00Rosebank near Shetland is estimated to contain 300 million barrels of oil 18:303/4Comic scenes from modern life.
| 18:00The guidance comes six months after Gary Lineker was suspended for social media comments 18:305/6The comedian Sophie Duker shares her teenage diaries with host Rufus Hound.
| 18:00A coach carrying schoolchildren has crashed and overturned on a motorway in Merseyside 18:304/8Andrew Doyle, Athena Kugblenu, Felicity Ward and Hugo Rifkind join Andy Zaltzman.
| 18:00Time is running out for the US Congress to avert a government shutdown. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00But some of the Prime Minister's close colleagues want change - including Michael Gove. 18:15Sean Cooney chooses audio highlights from the past week.
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| 19:00 | 19:15The Archers cast on Lark Rise to Ambridge; Philip Barantini on Boiling Point
| 19:15We announce the winners of BBC National Short Story Award and the BBC Young Writers' Award
| 19:00It’s an emotional day for Will. 19:15Chester Contemporary arts biennial: what is there to see?
| 19:00Jazzer is shocked by a controversial suggestion. 19:15Víkingur Ólafsson on Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Ken Loach’s The Old Oak
| 19:15To celebrate 50 years of Enter the Dragon, Ellen and Mark explore the world of stunts.
| 19:00Lachlan Murdoch will become the boss of one of the world's most powerful media empires. 19:15Playwright and screenwriter Lucy Prebble reveals her formative cultural influences.
| 19:00Rob has a shocking request. 19:15Jo Brand presents highlights of the 20th Funny Women comedy award final. 19:45Darren’s first protest has put him in a life threatening position.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Personal accounts of the Southern European heatwave heatwave from Spain, Italy and Greece. 20:30How once friendly relations between Norway and Russia have frozen in the far north.
| 20:00Mishal Husain is joined by a panel of guests in Glasgow. 20:40The Inclusive Farm was co-founded by blind farmer Mike Duxbury. In Touch pays a visit.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging moral debate chaired by Michael Buerk.
| 20:00How the murder of a Canadian Sikh in British Colombia turned the spotlight on India. 20:30Companies are desperate to get staff back in more often but some face an uphill challenge
| 20:00Alex Forsyth presents political discussion from One Sixth Form College in Ipswich. 20:50Stephen Smith muses on HS2 and his grandfather's job on the railways.
| 20:00A look back at the 1973 war that lasted only 19 days but changed the world forever.
| 20:00Are consultants in England really paid an average of £120,000 a year? 20:30Matthew Bannister on an author, a mafia boss, a psychoanalyst and a scriptwriter.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Archbishop Justin Welby has conversations with public figures about their inner lives. 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Lemn Sissay, Lebogang Mashile and Clare O’Dowd
| 21:00James Gallagher visits the lab to explore how much sitting is too much. 21:30Jonathan Freedland takes the long view of plutocrats playing politics.
| 21:00David and Simon discuss Murdoch’s retirement and royal relations, HS2 and British Gas. 21:30The Guardian's move into Europe.
| 21:00A new report has revealed that one in six native UK species are at risk of extinction. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Keynes' influential attack on the Treaty of Versailles
| 21:00Kerry Godliman presents a look back over 20 Years of the Funny Women Awards.
| 21:004/5Created by Danny Brocklehurst. Episode four, Blame, by Martin Jameson. 21:45A mother struggles to understand her autistic son.
| 21:00Energy companies are holding 8 billion pounds of customers' money in the form of credit. 21:25Actor Leon Harrop makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of United Response. 21:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
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| 22:00 | 22:00The Armenian PM warns ethnic cleansing is "underway" in the enclave 22:456/10Agent Alison North testifies about her spell in Berlin, in 1994.
| 22:00In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective 22:457/10As the Monochrome Inquiry winds up, Shelley and Max have a lead on his attackers.
| 22:00What can be done to protect Britain's declining wildlife? 22:458/10Monochrome is back in session with Griselda determined to hear Alison North’s story.
| 22:0070,000 ethnic Armenians have left enclave 22:459/10Alison’s tale nears its climax as she recalls an illicit plan to catch a Stasi murderer.
| 22:00New hope of much faster treatment for thousands of men diagnosed with prostate cancer. 22:4510/10The inquiry learns about the explosion that changed the life of ‘Alison North’ forever.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15To celebrate 50 years of Enter the Dragon, Ellen and Mark explore the world of stunts.
| 22:00Ben Wright and guests discuss the latest developments at the Conservative party conference
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| 23:00 | 23:00Origin stories of the UK's most vital musical moments. Now, East Neuk in Fife... 23:30A major three part series on the poet WH Auden begins with a look at his political work.
| 23:00Pie takes on 'women's issues' and loses. Badly. 23:301/4Whimsical comedy sketch show starring Miles Jupp and guests.
| 23:005/6Ruth and Carla make a pop song on an app, and launch themselves as a new band. 23:15Jayde Adams and Morgan Rees dive into the world of community apps and messageboards. 23:302/4Miles interviews the BBC’s social mobility tsar.
| 23:004/4Tim Key broadcasts direct from the birth of Lord and Megan’s first child. 23:303/4Can a professional life coach sort Miles out?
| 23:00Why did the ex-president skip another Republican debate? 23:304/4Miles discovers a dark secret at the heart of the BBC Radio family.
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies 23:30Every night 16-year-old Sarah wakes to see a blue man at the end of her bed. Who is he?
| 23:00Combative, provocative and engaging moral debate chaired by Michael Buerk.
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