| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the origins of the grave and the meaning of memorial benches. 00:45Bells on Sunday, comes from the Minster Church of St Peter and St Paul, Howden 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Alex South spent ten years as a prison officer. This is her account of what it was like. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5After six months training Alex South began her career as a prison officer. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Prisons are dangerous places, full of men with scores to settle. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Wormwood Scrubs in West London is one of the country’s most famous prisons. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5After two years at Wormwood Scrubs, Alex transfers to the security office at Belmarsh. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15What does the crisis in music education today mean for musical life in the UK? 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 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Seeta Lakhani. 05:45Seasonal workers on farms inspected by the Home Office complain about their treatment. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the firecrest.
| 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 Seeta Lakhani. 05:45The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. 05:58The Great Skua - Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of this bird 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 Seeta Lakhani. 05:45Flooded farmland; Sale of Rothbury Estate; Western Isles livestock mart. 05:58London restaurant owner Cyrus Todiwala on the ring-necked parakeet 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 Seeta Lakhani. 05:45Charlotte Smith is at Taste Wales in Newport. 05:58David Attenborough presents the white-bearded manakin of tropical South America.
| 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 Seeta Lakhani. 05:45The future of bracken control. 05:58Kate Humble presents the woodcock.
| 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 Iwan Russell Jones. 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 Minster Church of St Mary’s in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. 05:45Comedian, actor and screenwriter Sir Lenny Henry who's spent nearly 50 years in showbiz.
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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 Balding joins writer Anita Sethi in the Peak District. 06:30Flooding, beavers, Welsh food & drink, bracken, livestock marts, farming award winner. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Mark Tully draws on CP Cavafy’s poem Waiting for the Barbarians. 06:35Verity Sharp meets Abi Reader, Deputy President of NFU Cymru. 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 07:54Actor Tom Conti makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Inside Justice. 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 for All Saints, live from St Gabriel's Church, Pimlico. 08:48Sara Wheeler questions the moral high ground of the 'nature lover'. 08:58Bill Oddie presents the snow goose.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Cara McGoogan, Jason Evans and Gabriel Scally. 09:451/5Alex South spent ten years as a prison officer. This is her account of what it was like.
| 09:00.Jonathan Freedland takes The Long View of the vacuum left by once-dominant leaders. 09:30Former Downing Street adviser Cleo Watson examines the dark arts of political campaigning. 09:452/5After six months training Alex South began her career as a prison officer.
| 09:00Rachel had an aristocratic but poor upbringing, then came a deathbed confession. 09:30How leftover carbs can improve cholesterol, reduce sugar spikes and boost gut health. 09:453/5Prisons are dangerous places, full of men with scores to settle.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emile Zola's novel, set in a French miners' strike. 09:454/5Wormwood Scrubs in West London is one of the country’s most famous prisons.
| 09:00Patrick Grant, designer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5After two years at Wormwood Scrubs, Alex transfers to the security office at Belmarsh.
| 09:00The world’s greatest living explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes discusses Lawrence of Arabia.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Film-maker Shahida Tulaganova, whose documentary Ukraine's Stolen Children airs tonight.
| 10:00The history of women in the CIA.
| 10:00The impact of the conflict on women and children in Gaza and Israel.
| 10:00Celebrities oversharing in memoirs, child poverty, bigamy, and long baby names.
| 10:00Little Mix’s Leigh-Anne Pinnock on her new memoir, Believe.
| 10:00Shaun, a Santa-like figure himself, considers a freezing holiday in Santa's snowy hometown 10:30Stories of what Miriam Makeba's iconic song means to people from around the world.
| 10:00Ian struggles to let go of the past, and it’s the end of an era for one resident.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Stand-up comedian Ian Smith investigates a strange occurrence in his home town of Goole. 11:30The purpose and the pitfalls of transforming a company’s image
| 11:00Writer and activist Naomi Klein on the advice she would give her younger self. 11:30The poet laureate, Simon Armitage, visits the UK Arctic research station in Ny Alesund.
| 11:00Author Nick Laird investigates the environmental crisis at Northern Ireland's Lough Neagh. 11:30Any Questions is 75 - Alex Forsyth explores how debate has changed. This time: Russia.
| 11:00Members of Israel's Thai migrant worker community describe surviving the Hamas attacks. 11:30The TV presenter and the writer share favourite books with Harriett.
| 11:001/3Misha Glenny in Istanbul on the 100th anniversary of the Turkish Republic. 11:303/4Exploring what happens when Tom Allen's calm and collected exterior collapses.
| 11:00Radio 4's weekly assessment of developments at Westminster 11:30What impact has the Israel-Gaza conflict had on diplomacy in the Middle East?
| 11:15Lesley Regan, gynaecologist, 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. 12:04In our series on scams this week we examine what's known as The Spell. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Call You and Yours: Have you ever been put under the spell of someone trying to scam you? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04We find out what it takes to break the psychological spell scammers cast on their victims. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Under the spell of criminals. How a couple lied to banks trying to protect them from fraud 12:32Can smart thermostats save you money on energy bills? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Teenage devotion through the decades 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04How people are turning to loan sharks to borrow money to pay for essentials. 12:308/8Ian Smith, Ria Lina, Hugo Rifkind, and Robin Morgan join Andy Zaltzman. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:048/10Paul Sinha gives his Hampshire audience a quiz fit for a post-truth era. Or does he? 12:321/2The winners of the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2023 are announced. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45Suspicion surrounds a meat rendering plant in Kent, sparking paranoia.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45A group of vets battle to stop a deadly new disease.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45Dissident researchers are convinced the scientific establishment is wrong on BSE.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45A grieving mother makes a list of culprits who she blames for her son’s death.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45The truth finally comes out, as the government confirms a new brain disease in humans.
| 13:00The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4 13:10Alex Forsyth presents political discussion from Victoria Hall, Sheffield.
| 13:00Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world 13:303/7Meeting a murderer on Death Row
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| 14:00 | 14:00Helen finds herself in an awkward situation. 14:15Lyricist Bernie Taupin on his formative influences and inspirations.
| 14:00Adam attempts to offer reassurance. 14:15Comedy drama about an inner-city secondary school starring Julie Hesmondhalgh.
| 14:00Ian struggles to let go of the past. 14:155/5Glenda Jackson stars in five linked dramas seen through the lens of blood.
| 14:00Reality sets in for Helen 14:152/4Jess and Dan try to piece together what happened at the supermarket shooting.
| 14:00Lynda offers some tough love. 14:152/5Dan is on the run, suspected of murder, arson and abduction. 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 14:45Sir David Attenborough and film-makers reveal how to capture spectacular moments in nature
| 14:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 14:45John Yorke looks at 1952’s She Who Was No More by French duo Boileau-Narcejac.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The nationwide general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies 15:30How healthcare is being brought out of GP surgeries and into communities in south London.
| 15:00Josie Long presents short documentaries about the ground beneath your feet. 15:30How a young lady was immortalised as an axe murderer in 19th century New England.
| 15:00New figures show more than £500m was lost to fraudsters in the first six months of 2023. 15:30As cold and flu season nears, James finds out what the remedies in his cabinet do to help.
| 15:00Clare Balding joins writer Anita Sethi in the Peak District. 15:27Beneficiary Andy Emmott makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Theodora Children's Charity 15:30Chris Power speaks to Karl Ove Knausgård about his new book, The Wolves of Eternity.
| 15:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 15:45A specially commissioned story from the award-winning Katherine Rundell.
| 15:00Sylvia Townsend Warner's magical book about a woman who becomes a witch.
| 15:00A story of deceit and shifting allegiance, where no-one can ever be sure who is the victim
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| 16:00 | 16:00A musician’s-eye view of classical music’s best-loved works 16:30Aleks Krotoski explores the digital world.
| 16:00Can exporting prisoners work? Are Joint Enterprise cases racist? And Israel-Gaza: the law. 16:30The TV presenter and the writer share favourite books with Harriett.
| 16:00Intersections - how violence impacts some people more than others. 16:30How Jennifer Lee, Disney's animation boss, changed cinema forever.
| 16:00Any Questions is 75. Alex Forsyth explores how debate about the environment has changed. 16:30What goes into our water supply and never comes out?
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a footballer, a scientist, a musician and an actor. 16:30The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience
| 16:00Leigh-Anne Pinnock from Little Mix on embarking on a solo career.
| 16:00Elizabeth Day and Johny Pitts discuss AI and the Novel. 16:30Comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean melts into the glorious unreality of Nights at the Circus.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme
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| 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 17:30Michelle Donelan on getting a grip on AI and why she decided, aged six, to become an MP. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast
| 17:00What one scam phone call tells us about the psychology of fraud. 17:40Comedian, actor and screenwriter Sir Lenny Henry who's spent nearly 50 years in showbiz. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00Israeli forces have continued their intense bombardment of Gaza. 18:308/10Paul Sinha gives his Hampshire audience a quiz fit for a post-truth era. Or does he?
| 18:00Israel says it has hit at least 400 targets in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours. 18:30A breast special featuring a life-saving AI algorithm, luck and injectable radiation.
| 18:00The UN head says he's shocked Israel could think he was justifying Hamas attacks 18:303/4A fourth series from Malawian comedian Daliso Chaponda.
| 18:00Hundreds of police are looking for a gunman officers say is armed and dangerous 18:303/4Kevin Eldon with a naked tractor ride, a dusty humbug - and a love story with cannons.
| 18:00UN says Gaza is being "strangled". 18:308/8Ian Smith, Ria Lina, Hugo Rifkind, and Robin Morgan join Andy Zaltzman.
| 18:00The Israeli military says the Gaza City region is now a battlefield. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The United Nations warns civil order is beginning to collapse in Gaza. 18:15Pat Nevin chooses audio highlights from the past week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Adam attempts to offer reassurance. 19:15Aviva Studios, The Chemical Brothers, The National Theatre, Danny Boyle's Free Your Mind.
| 19:00Ian struggles to let go of the past. 19:15Sir Patrick Stewart, cellist Steven Isserlis, and the art of skateboard design.
| 19:00Reality sets in for Helen 19:15A history of 2-Tone, Booker-shortlisted author Chetna Maroo, new play Lyonesse.
| 19:00Lynda offers some tough love. 19:15Rhianna Dhillon and John Mullan review David Fincher's The Killer and a Fantasy exhibition
| 19:00It’s the end of an era for one resident. 19:15Saxophonist Emma Rawicz and conductor Ben Gernon add the next five tracks to the playlist.
| 19:00Comedian, actor and screenwriter Sir Lenny Henry who's spent nearly 50 years in showbiz. 19:15German film-maker and writer Werner Herzog on his cultural inspirations.
| 19:00Brian has some difficult news to deliver. 19:154/4Current affairs parody and stupidly feasible visit to the 24-hour Hall Of Opinion Mirrors. 19:451/5A savagely funny short series from William Boyd skewering the contemporary art world.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Author Nick Laird investigates the environmental crisis at Northern Ireland's Lough Neagh. 20:30Exploring the origins, evolution and current use of the politicians' favourite phrase.
| 20:00What one scam phone call tells us about the psychology of fraud. 20:40Two blind women share their experiences of living through the war between Israel and Hamas
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.
| 20:00Can exporting prisoners work? Are Joint Enterprise cases racist? And Israel-Gaza: the law. 20:30When bad things happen in business, why do some leaders pretend they haven't?
| 20:00Alex Forsyth presents political discussion from Victoria Hall, Sheffield. 20:50Sara Wheeler questions the moral high ground of the 'nature lover'.
| 20:00Stories and songs from restless American highways by way of a Greyhound bus.
| 20:00The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience 20:30Matthew Bannister on a footballer, a scientist, a musician and an actor.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Entrepreneur Jamie Oliver and the advice he would give his younger self. 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Cara McGoogan, Jason Evans and Gabriel Scally.
| 21:00As cold and flu season nears, James finds out what the remedies in his cabinet do to help. 21:30.Jonathan Freedland takes The Long View of the vacuum left by once-dominant leaders.
| 21:00David and Simon discuss Britney's memoir, BT’s rebrand and Meryl Streep. 21:30How Jennifer Lee, Disney's animation boss, changed cinema forever.
| 21:00What goes into our water supply and never comes out? 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emile Zola's novel, set in a French miners' strike.
| 21:00The extraordinary story of a campaign to uncover a massive scandal at the Post Office.
| 21:003/8Toby Jones stars as a corrupt politician and financier in GF Newman's powerful series. 21:453/8Jon Holmes's comedy current affairs concept album remixes the news into satirical shapes.
| 21:00How people are turning to loan sharks to borrow money to pay for essentials. 21:25Actor Tom Conti makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Inside Justice. 21:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
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| 22:00 | 22:00What does their release mean for the fate of those still held in Gaza? 22:456/10By Jo Baker. Charlotte has a terrifying encounter as bombs fall around her.
| 22:00Israeli government calls for UN head to resign after comments 22:457/10By Jo Baker. Charlotte's family steps in and her worst fear is realised.
| 22:00Israel’s prime minister says a ground invasion is coming 22:458/10By Jo Baker. At the safe house, Charlotte takes a cold plunge with the shadow man.
| 22:00Gaza reporter broadcasts seeing his wife, children and grandson in a morgue 22:459/10By Jo Baker. Charlotte finally understands El's death.
| 22:00Israel says ground operations are expanding as it intensifies Gaza bombing 22:4510/10By Jo Baker. Charlotte finally grasps the whole story.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Saxophonist Emma Rawicz and conductor Ben Gernon add the next five tracks to the playlist.
| 22:00Leila Nathoo and guests discuss the Middle East conflict and its impact on UK politics.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Laura Grace Simpkins reflects on modern society's dependency on lithium. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00We meet Pie's child and ex-wife, will this show be his last? 23:30Fewer hotels to be used for migrants.
| 23:003/4Kenyan-born Njambi McGrath’s darkly comedic take on the echoes of colonialism. 23:153/8Jon Holmes's comedy current affairs concept album remixes the news into satirical shapes. 23:30Sean Curran reports on Prime Minister's Questions.
| 23:00Amol and Nick discuss the prospect of peace in the Middle East. 23:30All the news from Parliament.
| 23:00Ex-staffer Cassidy Hutchinson on her regrets about working for Donald Trump. 23:30A sound adventure in the Białowieża primeval forest with Polish recordist Izabela Dłużyk.
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies 23:30A Yorkshire policeman has a close encounter - with dramatic consequences.
| 23:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.
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