| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Matthew Syed explores how a daughter found connection with the father she never met. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St Eadburgha in Ebrington, Gloucestershire. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5How an epic car race from Peking to Paris in 1907 inspired a new era of modernisation. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5The Peking to Paris 1907 car race crosses China and the Gobi desert. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5The 1907 Peking to Paris car race enters a gruelling leg between Omsk and Tomsk. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/543 days after the start of the 1907 Peking-Paris car race, the Italian team see the Volga. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5In the 1907 Peking to Paris car race, the frontrunner Itala is 30 miles from Paris. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Matthew Sweet tells the extraordinary story of Doctor Who's hiatus between 1989 and 2005. 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.
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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 Francis Davis. 05:45The fishing industry says government proposals to safeguard cuttlefish won't work. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the redwing.
| 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 Francis Davis. 05:45A new type of farmed shellfish... without a shell! 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the lesser black-backed 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 Francis Davis. 05:45Berry growers warn they'll have stop farming if they don't get paid enough for their fruit 05:58Michael Palin presents the iconic bald eagle from Alaska.
| 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 Francis Davis. 05:45Was there anything in the chancellor’s autumn statement for farms and the countryside? 05:58Samuel West laments how the beautiful collared dove has a call like a bored footie fan.
| 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 Francis Davis. 05:45We report on plans to revitalise ponds and pondlife. 05:58Nature writer Mark Cocker revels in the windblown melancholy of the meadow pipit's song.
| 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 Quaker and writer Alastair McIntosh. 05:455/5Emma Smith and Michael Gove discuss equality, King Lear and Twelfth Night.
| 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. Leonard's Church in Streatham, Greater London 05:45The new president of Argentina. Unconventional economist, Javier Milei.
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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. 06:07Helen Mark finds out about the Highland Boundary Fault and how it's shaped the landscape. 06:30Regen ag is seen by some as the future of farming; we discuss the hope and the hype. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05From reminiscence to remembrance, Mark Tully considers the way memories shape lives. 06:35Caz Graham meets former Emmerdale and Strictly star, turned farmer, Kelvin Fletcher. 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. 07:54Sangita Myska makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Pratham UK. 07:57The latest weather forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the Sunday papers. 08:10From King’s College Chapel, University of Aberdeen; Rev Marylee Anderson, Dr Katie Cross. 08:48Adam Gopnik tells us why he's obsessed with steps... a lot of steps. 08:58Brett Westwood presents the melodious warbler.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Jackie Wullschläger, Mat Collishaw and Jill Walker Rettberg 09:451/5How an epic car race from Peking to Paris in 1907 inspired a new era of modernisation.
| 09:00Professor Jim Al-Khalili meets one of Britain's greatest physicists, Sir Michael Berry 09:30Nathan Filer talks to comedian and writer Sara Pascoe about pornography 09:452/5The Peking to Paris 1907 car race crosses China and the Gobi desert.
| 09:00Full of teenage fury, Connor lashes out at his mum — with far-reaching consequences. 09:30Why hearing your favourite tunes can improve mood, reduce pain and benefit your brain! 09:453/5The 1907 Peking to Paris car race enters a gruelling leg between Omsk and Tomsk.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss writer and Renaissance queen Marguerite de Navarre. 09:454/543 days after the start of the 1907 Peking-Paris car race, the Italian team see the Volga.
| 09:00Pia Sinha, prison reformer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5In the 1907 Peking to Paris car race, the frontrunner Itala is 30 miles from Paris.
| 09:00Dan Snow, historian and podcaster, on the power of history and family.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Angela Rippon talks to Emma Barnett after being voted off Strictly Come Dancing.
| 10:00Were the Carry On films empowering for women?
| 10:00A student's search for answers after she finds deepfake pornography of herself online.
| 10:00Actor Jodie Whittaker on life post Doctor Who and starring in new drama One Night.
| 10:00In her new live show, Sharon Osbourne says she'll reveal challenges of her eventful life.
| 10:00Shaun takes a trip back in time with megastar goddesses and mozzarella. 10:302/14Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
| 10:00Contemporary drama in a rural setting
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| 11:00 | 11:00Dr Chris van Tulleken asks whether we can raise a chicken that's good for the planet. 11:30In the last programme of the series, on the agenda is meetings. With Evan Davis.
| 11:00Becky Ripley and Sophie Ward delve into the psychology of the seven sins. First up: pride. 11:30A long, slow look at great artworks, photographed in extraordinary detail.
| 11:00Why do we fetishise female weather presenters? 11:30Meet a child prodigy who recited his poetry for the Emperor and the raucous Roman crowds.
| 11:00From Miami to Chicago, Lucy Proctor meets the conservatives and liberals swapping states. 11:30The presenter and the sociologist share favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 11:00The world’s focus is on Gaza, but what’s happening in the other Palestinian territory? 11:303/3Mark Steel is back for a remotely recorded virtual episode.
| 11:00Ben Riley-Smith of The Telegraph and guests look back at the political week. 11:30While peaceful anti-war protesters are jailed, convicted killers are freed to fight.
| 11:15Nicola Fox, Nasa's head of science, 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. 12:04We find out why getting the fastest broadband can be an excruciatingly slow process. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Is it worth shopping in the Black Friday Sales? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Sales have dived at the world's largest meat-substitute makers, has fake meat had its day? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Today's Gap Finders is Sach Kukadia from luxury jewellery brand 7879. 12:32Corded, cordless or robot - which vacuum cleaners are 'the best thing since sliced bread'? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The debate around so-called 'lefty lawyers'. What's behind the use of the phrase? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Paul Lewis discusses tax cuts and local housing allowance after the Autumn Statement. 12:304/6Ria Lina and Fin Taylor join to help examine the week via stand-up and sketches. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:042/6The multi award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee. 12:32Sheila Dillon looks at the war in Gaza through the lens of food. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:456/10Sean Bean presents a series exploring how war experiences filter down the generations
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:458/10Sean Bean presents a series exploring how war experiences filter down the generations
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:459/10Sean Bean presents a series exploring how war experiences filter down the generations
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:4510/10Sean Bean explores how wartime experiences have filtered down through the generations.
| 13:00The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4 13:10Alex Forsyth presents political discussion from Theatr Brycheiniog in Brecon.
| 13:00Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world 13:307/7How one man dies and another gets his life back.
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| 14:00 | 14:00The Archer family are in shock following the events of last week. 14:151/5A psychological horror story set in rural Wales amid the mysterious world of mycelium. 14:451/5Gordon Brown and Shriti Vadera discuss populism and Julius Caesar with Emma Smith.
| 14:00There’s tension on Brian’s big day. 14:152/5An ethereal 'sporing event' forces Cassie to make a desperate decision. 14:452/5Professor Emma Smith and writer Will Self discuss toxic masculinity and Hamlet.
| 14:00There’s a surprise visitor at Bridge Farm. 14:153/5Cassie finds an ally in the reclusive Hywel when the Polish girl makes contact again. 14:453/5Fiona Shaw and Emma Smith discuss town and country and As You Like It.
| 14:00Jim reveals a painful secret. 14:154/5When Ola proves an uncertain ally, Cassie is forced to turn back to Hywel for help. 14:454/5Emma Smith and Mercy Muroki discuss monarchy and Macbeth.
| 14:00There’s a breakthrough at Grey Gables 14:155/5With Hywel’s help Cassie begins to find answers. But they are not the ones she wanted. 14:45Sochima Iroh asks why we mourn the death of public figures.
| 14:00Call Any Answers? to have your say on the big issues in the news this week 14:45How does technology help the Planet Earth team capture stories in new and innovative ways?
| 14:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 14:45John Yorke delves into Han Suyin’s fascinating love story A Many-Splendoured Thing.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The nationwide general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies 15:30Jimi Famurewa talks to men who are learning or rediscovering cooking later in life.
| 15:001/14Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. 15:30Lucy Worsley investigates a desperate mother driven to commit a horrendous triple murder.
| 15:00What does the Autumn Statement mean for you and your money? 15:30Do more of us believe in conspiracy theories than ever before?
| 15:00Helen Mark finds out about the Highland Boundary Fault and how it's shaped the landscape. 15:27Charlotte Smith makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Children in Need. 15:30Crime writer Femi Kayode joins Johny Pitts.
| 15:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 15:45By Samantha Harvey. Mum drives through the Dark Hedges into a different world.
| 15:00Spike Milligan's madcap Irish border satire starring Ed Byrne and Pauline McLynn.
| 15:00A new dramatisation of Han Suyin’s landmark novel of passion and revolution in Hong Kong.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince explore the science of coincidence and being lucky. 16:30Families from the many sides of the Gaza/Israeli dispute share their personal histories.
| 16:00An intimate conversation between two brothers about living with Motor Neurone Disease. 16:30The presenter and the sociologist share favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Matthew Syed hears from a painter who rose to fame by copying the works of others. 16:30Understanding the men who are influencing the future.
| 16:004/6Joni is restless. This is a time of touring, road trips and musical experimentation. 16:30The key takeaways from the evidence of top scientists this week at the Covid inquiry.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a submariner, an author, a First Lady and a Gaelic speaker. 16:30Andrea Catherwood talks to Jon Kay about an update on the Fairy Meadow podcast.
| 16:00Sharon Osbourne says she'll reveal some of her life challenges in her new live show.
| 16:00Australian writer Alexis Wright, on new novel Praiseworthy 16:30Roger McGough is joined by Benjamin Zephaniah, who shares poems from listener requests.
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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 17:30Behind the scenes of life as defence secretary and what happens when you leave. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast
| 17:00Public service interpreting service accused of failing people who don't speak English. 17:40The new president of Argentina. Unconventional economist, Javier Milei. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00Sir Patrick Vallance said he saw the scheme would lead to increased Covid transmission 18:302/6The multi award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee.
| 18:00Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting his War Cabinet to talk through the agreement with Hamas 18:30Cancer-curing Herpes, Victorian clockwork saws and a neurologist playing detective.
| 18:00Jeremy Hunt set out the Government's tax and spending plans in his Autumn Statement 18:30Glenn exposes election scandal, bribery and corruption, mainly by him
| 18:00The revised figures are a new record and much higher than originally thought 18:303/6Policeman turned stand-up Alfie Moore takes an audience through a real-life police case.
| 18:0039 Palestinians were also released from prison in Israel 18:304/6Ria Lina and Fin Taylor join to help examine the week via stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00Hamas' armed wing accuses Israel of failing to comply with ceasefire deal. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Hamas has released another group of hostages being held in Gaza 18:15Rima Ahmed chooses audio highlights from the past week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00There’s tension on Brian’s big day. 19:15The Alehouse Boys rework Schubert, Booker shortlisted author Sarah Bernstein, and AS Byatt
| 19:00There’s a surprise visitor at Bridge Farm. 19:15Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
| 19:00Jim reveals a painful secret. 19:15Joanna Hogg, map making, Ghislaine Leung.
| 19:00There’s a breakthrough at Grey Gables 19:15Bernstein film Maestro, reality TV Squid Game, proposed Brutalist architecture museum.
| 19:00The walls close in on Ed. 19:15Debbie Wiseman and Rhodri Marsden add five more tracks, with a message from Lang Lang.
| 19:00The new president of Argentina. Unconventional economist, Javier Milei. 19:15Brian Cox and Robin Ince worry about how worried we should be about AI.
| 19:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. 19:455/5Hayley Atwell reads the last in William Boyd's short story series skewering the art world.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Cheryl Grimmer's family are determined to get her case back into court. 20:30What does the future hold for for the behavioural change methods known as nudge?
| 20:00Public service interpreting service accused of failing people who don't speak English. 20:40AbilityNet organised a tech event that brought together some of the big industry names.
| 20:00Would you swap cash for a central bank digital currency? 20:45Mary Paulson-Ellis writes a short piece inspired by a recent news story.
| 20:00The world’s focus is on Gaza, but what’s happening in the other Palestinian territory? 20:301/8When a homeless man moves in with a rich widow is it true love or something much darker?
| 20:00Alex Forsyth presents political discussion from Theatr Brycheiniog in Brecon. 20:50Adam Gopnik tells us why he's obsessed with steps... a lot of steps.
| 20:00A former White House speechwriter journeys through a century of presidential speeches.
| 20:00Andrea Catherwood talks to Jon Kay about an update on the Fairy Meadow podcast. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a submariner, an author, a First Lady and a Gaelic speaker.
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| 21:00 | 21:00On the road talking to Italians as a country steeped in the past wrangles over its future. 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Jackie Wullschläger, Mat Collishaw and Jill Walker Rettberg
| 21:00Do more of us believe in conspiracy theories than ever before? 21:30Professor Jim Al-Khalili meets one of Britain's greatest physicists, Sir Michael Berry
| 21:00David and Simon discuss the sacking of OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Everton and political PR. 21:30Understanding the men who are influencing the future.
| 21:00The key takeaways from the evidence of top scientists this week at the Covid inquiry. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss writer and Renaissance queen Marguerite de Navarre.
| 21:00Sue Perkins explores how Doctor Who has reflected our social history on and off screen.
| 21:007/8Brian's day in court has backfired and he faces another ten years in jail. 21:457/8Jon Holmes's current affairs comedy concept album remixes the news into satirical shapes.
| 21:00Paul Lewis discusses tax cuts and local housing allowance after the Autumn Statement. 21:25Sangita Myska makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Pratham UK. 21:30A special edition of Front Row, live from the Booker Prize for Fiction.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Former chief scientific advisor, Sir Patrick Vallance, gave evidence to the Covid Inquiry 22:456/10Katherine has graduated and found work teaching English in Rome.
| 22:00Israel's political leaders vote on a deal that could see Hamas release dozens of hostages 22:457/10Katherine refuses Michele’s request to terminate her pregnancy.
| 22:00Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announces a bigger than expected cut to National Insurance 22:458/10Katherine has returned to London and is recovering from the death of her baby daughter.
| 22:00UK migration hit 745,000 last year, far higher than originally thought. 22:459/10Katherine has moved in with Jonathan and started work as a copy editor.
| 22:00Their release came after a pause in the fighting in Gaza. 22:4510/10Marriage suits the young couple.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Debbie Wiseman and Rhodri Marsden add five more tracks, with a message from Lang Lang.
| 22:00Ben Wright hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00How can our imagination help us hold the moment we live in? 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn solve your problems. Or try, at the very least. 23:30The government promises a 'different way' to help countries in crisis.
| 23:003/6Digger obsessed Kory forces Amy and Chris down a hole trying to answer his question. 23:157/8Jon Holmes's current affairs comedy concept album remixes the news into satirical shapes. 23:30Alicia McCarthy reports as the chancellor unveils his Autumn Statement.
| 23:00Amol and Nick assess conflicting headlines to get to the bottom of the Autumn Statement. 23:30Alicia McCarthy reports as MPs question the choice of David Cameron as foreign secretary.
| 23:00Americast delves into the issues and controversies that define the US as a nation 23:30Sean Curran reports as MPs examine heartbreak and humiliation at the hands of scammers.
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies 23:30An Uncanny double bill, with two new bizarre and perplexing cases.
| 23:00Do orangutans - and humans - experience a midlife crisis?
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