| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor talks to philosopher Susan Neiman about the concept of ‘woke’. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the Parish Church of St Leonard, Bledington. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Beauty, make-up, art, power: the hidden lives of Renaissance women behind the paintings. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Beauty, make-up, art, power: the hidden lives of Renaissance women behind the paintings. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5An alternative history of the Renaissance, as told by the women behind the paintings. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Beauty, make-up, art, power: the hidden lives of Renaissance women behind the paintings. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Beauty, make-up, art, power: the hidden lives of Renaissance women behind the paintings. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15An exploration of the changing nature of harvests through poetry. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| |
|---|
| 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.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| |
|---|
| 02:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 03:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 04:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 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 Fr Dermot Preston 05:45Re-introducing wild beavers in Scotland. Root vegetables. Cocksfoot grass to improve soil. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of the quail and its sound.
| 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 05:45Conservative party conference. Scottish Agriculture Bill. New variety of salad potato. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the coal tit.
| 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 05:45Beef about beef at the Conservative Party Annual Conference. Migration review. Carrots. 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the short-eared owl.
| 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 05:45The cancellation of HS2 and its impact on farmers. Milk prices. Scottish parsnips. 05:58Presenter Dermot O'Leary hails the greater black-backed gull as an 'Alsatian of the skies'
| 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 05:45Shortage occupation list; 100 years of young farmers clubs in Scotland; Exotic root veg. 05:58Tara Robinson on the common tern and her grandfather's passion for birdwatching.
| 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 Rev Cheryl Meban. 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 church of St Ethelbert in Tannington, Suffolk. 05:45The Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer is hoping to become the UK's next prime minister.
| |
|---|
| 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. 06:07On a beautiful summer's day, Clare and guests explore a coastal walk on a remote peninsula 06:30What happens next? We hear from farmers along what was to be the HS2 line. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Mark Tully considers how hope and transformation can come from loss and grief. 06:35The judges visit a fruit and veg co-operative in Sheffield. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| |
|---|
| 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 07:54Journalist Ade Adepitan makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Ashden. 07:57The latest weather forecast
| |
|---|
| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the Sunday papers. 08:10A service for World Space Week from the Chapel of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich. 08:48Sarah Dunant reflects on why she's no longer shunning Bach for Bowie. 08:58Actor Samuel West recalls how a riddle in Hamlet was unpicked on a bird-watching trip.
| |
|---|
| 09:00 | 09:00Adam Rutherford with Emily Wilson, Mary Beard and Ben Riley-Smith 09:451/5Beauty, make-up, art, power: the hidden lives of Renaissance women behind the paintings.
| 09:00Thomas Heatherwick argues for change in our building design. 09:30Former Downing Street strategist Cleo Watson examines dark arts of political campaigning. 09:452/5Beauty, make-up, art, power: the hidden lives of Renaissance women behind the paintings.
| 09:00We debunk claims about excess deaths and the vaccine made by YouTuber John Campbell. 09:30How cooked tomatoes could help your heart, your skin, and even reduce your risk of cancer. 09:453/5An alternative history of the Renaissance, as told by the women behind the paintings.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the tiny lifeforms that sustain so much life on earth. 09:454/5Beauty, make-up, art, power: the hidden lives of Renaissance women behind the paintings.
| 09:00Katherine Ryan, comedian, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5Beauty, make-up, art, power: the hidden lives of Renaissance women behind the paintings.
| 09:00Dr Adam Rutherford's book examines evolution, what race really is and what makes us human.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
| |
|---|
| 10:00 | 10:00We hear from one of Russia’s most fearless independent journalists, Elena Kostyuchenco.
| 10:00Organist Anna Lapwood on why she initiated the social media hashtag #playlikeagirl.
| 10:00The former Irish president Mary McAleese on the need for reform in the Catholic Church.
| 10:00The mother of the girl believed to have taken her own life after army sexual harassment.
| 10:00What's your go-to for comfort eating? Has that food item changed as you've got older?
| 10:00Will Shaun have the courage to try buffalo whispering, boat building and bananas? 10:30Actor Minnie Driver in conversation with her heroes – brought back to life.
| 10:00Alan wrestles with what to do for the best, and it’s a big day for Brad.
| |
|---|
| 11:00 | 11:00The anxieties of navigating a newfound racial identity. 11:30Companies are desperate to get staff back in more often but some face an uphill challenge
| 11:00Supermodel Linda Evangelista and the advice she would give her younger self. 11:30The curious story of the Sydney Opera House’s founding father, Sir Eugene Goossens.
| 11:00Ex-offender Ricky has a deeply troubled past. And now he's set to help others like him. 11:305/6Alexei Sayle travels from London to Holyhead, talking to strangers on his train.
| 11:00Kosovo-Serbia relations are under serious strain after a day of deadly shootings. 11:30Books that touch on the notion of home
| 11:00How's the world preparing for the possibility of Donald Trump winning the 2024 election? 11:306/6Griff Rhys Jones spills the beans.
| 11:003/4Lord Robertson talks to James Naughtie about a career led him to the top of NATO. 11:30The ousting of the House Speaker Kevin McCarthy plunges the legislature into uncertainty.
| 11:15Greg Jackson, entrepreneur, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
| |
|---|
| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The charity awareness campaign taking aim at unclaimed benefits worth £19bn. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Is public transport good enough to get you out the car? 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. 12:04Gap Finders: Oliver Montague from Swytch, the electric bike conversion kit. 12:32Are induction hobs 'the best thing since sliced bread'? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04A look back at the 1973 war that lasted only 19 days but changed the world forever. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04A funeral firm goes bust - leaving thousands of customers without the plans they paid for. 12:305/8Daliso Chaponda, Susie McCabe, Bethany Black, and Hugo Rifkind join Andy Zaltzman. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:045/10Paul Sinha tests a Somerset audience on their local knowledge, Only Connect-style. 12:32Jaega Wise investigates the world of fermented tea. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| |
|---|
| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45Do orangutans - and humans - experience a midlife crisis?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45A manufacturing company is in trouble. The new science of networks might know why.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45What does a room full of nuns reveal about ageing with grace?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45What happens when a system designed to help people harms them instead?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45A PhD student discovers an anomaly which undermines a global movement.
| 13:00The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4 13:10Alex Forsyth presents political debate from the University of Surrey in Guildford.
| 13:00Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world
| |
|---|
| 14:00 | 14:00Rob has a shocking request. 14:15Playwright and screenwriter Lucy Prebble reveals her formative cultural influences.
| 14:00Alan wrestles with what to do for the best. 14:15Will Mason's groundhog day ever end? Drama from Pilgrim creator Sebastian Baczkiewicz.
| 14:00Usha attempts to resolve a difficult situation. 14:152/5Glenda Jackson stars in a series of linked plays seen through the lens of blood.
| 14:15A child is missing, smuggled onto a plane headed for Dublin. Will he simply disappear?
| 14:00Emma attempts to solve a mystery. 14:154/5It’s Matt Finch’s 50th birthday party. And he’s fully expecting to be assassinated. 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 14:451/3Georgia's restaurant struggles as the cost of ingredients goes through the roof.
| 14:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 14:45John Yorke explores Flora Thompson’s much-loved book Lark Rise to Candleford.
| |
|---|
| 15:00 | 15:00The nationwide general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies 15:30To what extent is food localism working, and how is that helping smaller producers?
| 15:00Josie Long presents short documentaries that reverberate through time. 15:30Tim Hayward examines the earth’s past, present and future through microbial goggles.
| 15:00Can you insulate yourself from big energy bills this winter? 15:30As we enter a new era of migraine treatments, we answer your head pain questions.
| 15:00On a beautiful summer's day, Clare and guests explore a coastal walk on a remote peninsula 15:27Actor Leon Harrop makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of United Response. 15:30Bernardine Evaristo joins James Naughtie and readers to discuss her novel Mr Loverman
| 15:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 15:45The Bubble Bursts by Alex Preston. In the future, a man lives through multiple pandemics.
| 15:00A new adaptation of Monica Ali’s bestselling novel, dramatised by Tanika Gupta. 2/2
| 15:002/2The Archers present Flora Thompson’s joyous tales of nineteenth century rural life.
| |
|---|
| 16:00 | 16:00A young Polish woman named Bela Hazan goes undercover to fight against the Nazis. 16:30Aleem Maqbool speaks to JB Gill about his Christian beliefs and faith among young people.
| 16:00How the effects of French and British mandates in the Middle East still reverberate today. 16:30Books that touch on the notion of home
| 16:00Sugar: its social history and meaning in our lives. 16:30How journalists and ministers crossed swords at the Conservative party conference.
| 16:00David Willis celebrates the centenary of the Hollywood sign. 16:30In the shadow of the Lovell Telescope, Victoria Gill questions our place in the universe.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on an actor, a campaigner, a stonemason and a US senator. 16:30We debunk claims about excess deaths and the vaccine made by YouTuber John Campbell.
| 16:00The mother of the girl believed to have taken her own life after army sexual harassment.
| 16:00Lydia Davis, literary conclusions. 16:30What does the crisis in music education today mean for musical life in the UK?
| |
|---|
| 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 17:30A call to action from the co-founder of Extinction Rebellion. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast
| 17:00Security guard training courses risk public safety. 17:40The Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer is hoping to become the UK's next prime minister. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast
| |
|---|
| 18:00 | 18:00The jab - developed by scientists in Oxford - can be produced quickly in huge quantities 18:305/10Paul Sinha tests a Somerset audience on their local knowledge, Only Connect-style.
| 18:00The second part of the inquiry heard accusations of "chaos" at Number Ten 18:30Pilot: Comedy meets science with cancer-curing microbubbles, dancing & a life saving app.
| 18:00The Prime Minister said the money would be invested in hundreds of new transport schemes 18:304/4Comic scenes from modern life.
| 18:00If confirmed, the attack would be the deadliest strike for many months. 18:306/6Rufus Hound meets musician Joe Stilgoe, who reads letters he sent home from his gap year.
| 18:00Sir Keir Starmer says it could be a launchpad to winning at the next general election 18:305/8Daliso Chaponda, Susie McCabe, Bethany Black, and Hugo Rifkind join Andy Zaltzman.
| 18:00Israel is carrying out strikes in Gaza in response to attacks from Hamas 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Israel says more than 600 of its people have died since militants launched an attack 18:15Audrey Brown chooses audio highlights from the past week.
| |
|---|
| 19:00 | 19:00Alan wrestles with what to do for the best. 19:15Claudette Johnson, ghosts in literature, the Dutch Golden Age.
| 19:00Usha attempts to resolve a difficult situation. 19:15Samira talks to Patsy Ferran, discusses Rubens' women and explores black British cinema.
| 19:15The Streets, the British Textile Biennial, Kate Prince on her mentor.
| 19:00Emma attempts to solve a mystery. 19:15Golda reviewed, musician Tim Ridout, Jon Fosse wins the Nobel Prize.
| 19:00Usha puts herself in a dangerous position. 19:15Ellen and Mark celebrate the 50th anniversary of the haunting British thriller.
| 19:00The Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer is hoping to become the UK's next prime minister. 19:15Choreographer Matthew Bourne on his cultural influences and inspirations.
| 19:00Tension mounts at the vicarage. 19:151/4Current affairs parody and stupidly feasible visit to the 24-hour Hall of Opinion Mirrors. 19:45A Polish lorry driver finds his worst nightmare come to life.
| |
|---|
| 20:00 | 20:00Ex-offender Ricky has a deeply troubled past. And now he's set to help others like him. 20:30What scanning the brain may reveal about our political affiliations.
| 20:00Security guard training courses risk public safety. 20:40We discuss techniques for learning languages when you have a visual impairment.
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
| 20:00How's the world preparing for the possibility of Donald Trump winning the 2024 election? 20:30What's it like being a trader, and how has the industry changed?
| 20:00Alex Forsyth presents political debate from the University of Surrey in Guildford. 20:50Sarah Dunant reflects on why she's no longer shunning Bach for Bowie.
| 20:00The Big Lebowski - the ultimate cult film. But that's... just like our opinion, man.
| 20:00We debunk claims about excess deaths and the vaccine made by YouTuber John Campbell. 20:30Matthew Bannister on an actor, a campaigner, a stonemason and a US senator.
| |
|---|
| 21:00 | 21:00Archbishop Justin Welby has conversations with public figures about their inner lives. 21:30Adam Rutherford with Emily Wilson, Mary Beard and Ben Riley-Smith
| 21:00As we enter a new era of migraine treatments, we answer your head pain questions. 21:30Thomas Heatherwick argues for change in our building design.
| 21:00David and Simon discuss the Taylor Swift effect, GB News and Feargal Sharkey. 21:30How journalists and ministers crossed swords at the Conservative party conference.
| 21:00In the shadow of the Lovell Telescope, Victoria Gill questions our place in the universe. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the tiny lifeforms that sustain so much life on earth.
| 21:00Fintan O'Toole looks back at the reputations of WB Yeats and Seamus Heaney.
| 21:005/5Detective series Stone created by Danny Brocklehurst. Ep 5 by Martin Jameson. 21:45The Bubble Bursts by Alex Preston. In the future, a man lives through multiple pandemics.
| 21:00A funeral firm goes bust - leaving thousands of customers without the plans they paid for. 21:25Journalist Ade Adepitan makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Ashden. 21:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| |
|---|
| 22:00 | 22:00Professors Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman talk about their role in cracking covid 22:451/5The plot to murder Mary, Queen of Scots' secretary, the Italian David Rizzio.
| 22:00Rishi Sunak is to announce the scrapping of the West Midlands to Manchester HS2 line 22:452/5By Denise Mina. The plotters break into Mary’s apartments. Read by Siobhán Redmond.
| 22:00The prime minister turns on his Conservative predecessors. 22:453/5In the aftermath of the assault on Rizzio, Mary begins to fear for her own life.
| 22:00The former prime minister on claims the UK's modern slavery laws are being abused 22:454/5As the plotters discuss their plans, Darnley realises he may be the next victim.
| 22:00Marina Ovsyannikova speaks to us after being sentenced in absentia. 22:455/5Mary hatches an escape plan - with the help of the husband who betrayed her.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Ellen and Mark celebrate the 50th anniversary of the haunting British thriller.
| 22:00Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
| |
|---|
| 23:00 | 23:00Origin stories of the UK's most vital music. In this episode, Sheffield's Warp Records. 23:30Michael Symmons Roberts considers the place of religion in Auden's life and his poetry.
| 23:00Pie takes on cancel culture and comedy. Uh oh. 23:30Noa wishes she could be in two places at once, but will she regret it?
| 23:006/6Ruth and Carla experiment with micro-dosing. Revelations and home truths abound… 23:15Jayde Adams and Kate Bottley dive into the world of community apps and messageboards. 23:30The tale of eco-worried parents, a curious toddler and a fatberg in the sewer below.
| 23:00Join Amol & Nick as Today gets the only interview with the PM after his conference speech. 23:30Magnus discovers it’s not always easy to change your habits and stay on the right path.
| 23:00A House Speaker has been kicked out for the first time in US history. 23:30Alfie’s hypochondria reaches deadly heights with girlfriend Lily keen to take control.
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies 23:30Tim lives contentedly alongside a noisy ghost... but one night, things change.
| 23:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
| |
|---|
