| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The power of song: An iconic hymn, and singing and peacebuilding in South Sudan. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from St Mary’s church in Coddenham, Suffolk. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:30New documents reveal chaos as Horizon is built and commissioned. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Horizon is rolled out - and prosecutions on its data begin in earnest. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:30A postmaster fights back, and pays the price. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Facing pressure, the Post Office finds ways to defend itself. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Flawed prosecutions are exposed, and an active cover up begins. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15A Palestinian from a refugee camp and an Israeli settler. 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 reflection and prayer to start the day with Pastor Andrew Roycroft. 05:45Vegetable supplies after floods. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Chris Packham presents the merlin.
| 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 Pastor Andrew Roycroft. 05:45A Welsh politician suggests farmers might not need public funding at all. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the siskin.
| 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 Pastor Andrew Roycroft. 05:45The reintroduction of beavers to the Cairngorms in Scotland. 05:58Chris Packham presents the mandarin duck.
| 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 Pastor Andrew Roycroft. 05:45Report says government doing too little too slowly to meet its own environmental ambitions 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the globally widespread but secretive black stork.
| 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 Pastor Andrew Roycroft. 05:45Fears that proposed government cuts will allow animal disease into the UK 05:58Kate Humble presents the stock dove.
| 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 Julia Neuberger. 05:453/13Banksy from hood rat to hero. A Christmas exhibition helps Steph prove herself to Banksy.
| 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 Michael in Melbourne, Derbyshire. 05:45Youthful, charming and popular, who is the new French PM Gabriel Attal?
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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. 06:07Three men and a famous dog have an adventure in the snow. 06:30Government doing too little too slowly to meet its own environmental ambitions says report 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05In the week of the Feast of St Paul's Conversion, Mark Tully considers sudden epiphanies. 06:35Ruth Sanderson finds out about 'flexi-grazing' in Northumberland. 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 07:54Daliso Chaponda makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Habitat for Humanity. 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 the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity from the Chapel of Royal Holloway. 08:48The theft of her backpack gets AL Kennedy thinking about questions of identity and loss. 08:58Chris Packham presents the grey heron.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Kirsty Wark with Hannah Ritchie, Akshat Rathi and Michael Meredith. 09:45New documents reveal chaos as Horizon is built and commissioned.
| 09:003/22A medical scandal has world-shattering consequences. 09:30What can we learn about culture and creativity from a forest full of great tits? 09:45Horizon is rolled out - and prosecutions on its data begin in earnest.
| 09:00How long will we live? Who pays inheritance tax? How did the NHS perform this winter? 09:30How Vitamin D can boost your immune system and help your brain. 09:45A postmaster fights back, and pays the price.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and impact of ancient Egypt's best-known queen. 09:45Facing pressure, the Post Office finds ways to defend itself.
| 09:00Guli Francis-Dehqani, bishop, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:45Flawed prosecutions are exposed, and an active cover up begins.
| 09:00Journalist, author and historian Sathnam Sanghera on the empire of tea.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00The challenges and benefits of having children for the second time later in life.
| 10:00New research on brain injuries in survivors of domestic abuse.
| 10:00The actress Jameela Jamil on her new strategy for how she communicates on social media.
| 10:00The Killing Eve star plays a mum battling to survive a flooded Britain in a new film.
| 10:00Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
| 10:00Greg Jenner and guests celebrate the 100th episode with the story of the Bloomsbury group. 10:303/6Alexei Sayle travels from Birmingham to Stansted Airport, meeting strangers on his train.
| 10:00The pressure mounts on Ed, and there’s a sad goodbye in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:00How Britain’s black African communities are shaping the nation's faith and belief. 11:30What does the future hold for for the behavioural change methods known as nudge?
| 11:00Ben Garrod and Jess French hop into the anatomy of the largest marsupial, the red kangaroo 11:30Johny Pitts examines failed utopias to decipher if they can help us reimagine the future.
| 11:00In 1924, Ramsay MacDonald has to choose between radicalism and respectability. 11:30Lucy Worsley investigates a brutal crime committed in Australia by a Murderous Matron.
| 11:00The men who risk jail to help migrants across Europe – meeting the people smugglers. 11:30Actor Niamh Cusack chooses the American poet Mary Oliver.
| 11:00Bankruptcy, debt, cuts to services - why some councils are struggling 11:301/4Chris McCausland asks a panel of comedians to live in an audio only world.
| 11:00Radio 4's weekly assessment of developments at Westminster with Paul Waugh. 11:30Taiwan's pro-sovereignty party won the presidential election, sending a signal to Beijing.
| 11:15Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cellist, 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. 12:04Criminals are using fake car hire firms to lumber innocent people with fines. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Call You & Yours: Are you having difficulty getting hold of prescription medicines? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Alarm bells over the rapid rise of dog fertility clinics. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Ramona Hazan, the founder of Ramona's, talks about the gap she found for houmous. 12:32Why did the package holiday brand Club 18-30 disappear? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Tom Heap and Helen Czerski dig deeper into the biggest environmental issues on the planet 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The people who've lost pension funds to fraud that are being chased by HMRC for tax. 12:303/10Lucy Porter, Robin Morgan, Tadiwa Mahlunge, and Ayesha Hazarika join Andy Zaltzman. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:042/6Paul Merton and Eshaan Akbar join Sue Perkins for Just a Minute. 12:32Sheila Dillon joins chef Julie Lin in Glasgow as she hosts friends for Burns Night 2024. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45Why are some radical right groups in Europe attracting younger voters?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45Why are some radical right groups in Europe attracting younger voters?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45Why are some radical right groups in Europe attracting younger voters?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45Why are some radical right groups in Europe attracting younger voters?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45Why are some radical right groups in Europe attracting younger voters?
| 13:00The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4 13:10Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Uckfield Civic Centre, East Sussex.
| 13:00Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world 13:304/7Ordinary suburban criminals next door.
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| 14:00 | 14:00The cat is put among the pigeons for Brian. 14:15Crime writer Patricia Cornwell reveals her formative creative influences and experiences.
| 14:00The pressure mounts on Ed. 14:15An explosive secret threatens to shatter a young couple’s love - and bodies - forever.
| 14:00Natasha comes to the rescue. 14:153/5How do you cope with extreme grief behind bars?
| 14:00There’s a sad goodbye in Ambridge. 14:15A teacher is ordered to evacuate his apartment block before it's destroyed by a missile.
| 14:00Eddie has a shocking idea. 14:152/5Maita's dad has disappeared, so she takes a plane to Zimbabwe to find him. 14:45The Placenta. How does this amazing organ feed and protect a baby?
| 14:00Call Any Answers? to have your say on the big issues in the news this week 14:454/13Banksy's rise from hood rat to hero. His cheeky reverse heists gain him notoriety.
| 14:00Peter and the panel visit Ham House and Garden in Richmond to answer gardening queries. 14:45Kicha and the Unicorn. New short fiction by Hanan Issa. Read by Nina Wadia.
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| 15:00 | 15:006/13The wide-ranging music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini 15:30Jaega Wise is on a mission to find out what she should really be eating while pregnant.
| 15:00Josie Long presents short documentaries based around instructions. 15:30Dr Phil Hammond talks frankly to sexual health expert Peter Greenhouse.
| 15:00The cost of flooding and what to do if your home or business is caught in a deluge. 15:30Niall McCann on navigating the ups and downs of life with a spinal cord injury.
| 15:00Three men and a famous dog have an adventure in the snow. 15:27Mark Durden-Smith makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Charlie Waller Trust. 15:30Hisham Matar talks to Chris Power about his new novel, My Friends.
| 15:00Peter and the panel visit Ham House and Garden in Richmond to answer gardening queries. 15:45A woman looks back on a formative relationship in a new piece from Leila Aboulela.
| 15:003/3USA is John Dos Passos’s masterpiece, an epic saga of American life from boom to bust.
| 15:00Two reporters risk the oil rich waters of the Niger Delta in search of the perfect story.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Anita Anand uncovers hidden stories from recent British history. 16:30The CEO of a lab-grown meat company describes the place of his Jewish faith in his work.
| 16:00Lexicographer Grant Barrett on dictionaries. 16:30Actor Niamh Cusack chooses the American poet Mary Oliver.
| 16:00The Passport: a cultural history. Also, the trade in 'golden passports'. 16:30Understanding the Houthi media strategy.
| 16:003/3Misha Glenny on the birth of Turkey from the ruins of the old Ottoman Empire in 1923. 16:30Are we entering a new volcanic era in Iceland?
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a DJ, a psychoanalyst, a games developer and a farmer. 16:30How long will we live? Who pays inheritance tax? How did the NHS perform this winter?
| 16:00The Killing Eve star reflects on her new film The End We Start From and the impact of fame
| 16:00In a rare radio interview, the Australian writer Gerald Murnane talks to Chris Power. 16:30A long, slow look at great artworks, photographed in extraordinary detail.
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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 First Minister opens up about his family's trauma during the bombing of Gaza. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast
| 17:00The blank firing guns being turned into lethal weapons on the streets of the UK. 17:40Youthful, charming and popular, who is the new French PM Gabriel Attal? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00It said vulnerable girls were left at the mercy of paedophile gangs in Rochdale 18:302/6Paul Merton and Eshaan Akbar join Sue Perkins for Just a Minute.
| 18:00Fujitsu said it has a "moral obligation" to contribute to sub-postmasters' compensation 18:303/6Steph McGovern poses devilishly devious dilemmas to guests Darren Harriott and Zoe Lyons.
| 18:00A review is underway into the deaths of Bronson and Kenneth Battersby 18:302/6Clare finds herself at the centre of an incident during a prison visit.
| 18:00The Prime Minister said the backlog of cases had been cleared when thousands remained 18:303/4Stand-up show with Ellie Taylor in which she talks about a controversial subject.
| 18:00Unions said the decision to slash almost 3,000 jobs is "devastating" for the industry 18:303/10Lucy Porter, Robin Morgan, Tadiwa Mahlunge, and Ayesha Hazarika join Andy Zaltzman.
| 18:00Iran has threatened to retaliate after a suspected Israeli attack in Syria. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Russia blames Ukraine for the deaths of 25 people killed in a blast in occupied Donetsk. 18:15Rajan Datar chooses audio highlights from the past week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00The pressure mounts on Ed. 19:15Zone of Interest director Jonathan Glazer, radio drama, bluegrass.
| 19:00Natasha comes to the rescue. 19:15Poor Things, Jodie Comer, RSC new productions, TS Eliot poetry prize.
| 19:00There’s a sad goodbye in Ambridge. 19:15Daniel Kaluuya on his new film, Kitchen; the arts in Wales; Jane Jin Kaisen.
| 19:00Eddie has a shocking idea. 19:15Paul Giamatti and Alexander Payne on The Holdovers plus The Artful Dodger reviewed.
| 19:00Helen finds herself on the spot. 19:15Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore dystopian visions from British film and TV.
| 19:00Youthful, charming and popular, who is the new French PM Gabriel Attal? 19:15Singer-songwriter Boy George reveals his formative cultural influences.
| 19:15Character comedian showcase recorded in Glasgow and hosted by stand-up farmer Jim Smith. 19:453/5Five short stories taking their inspiration from water, by the author of Send Nudes.
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| 20:00 | 20:00In 1924, Ramsay MacDonald has to choose between radicalism and respectability. 20:30How a resort for millionaires sparked a battle for a Caribbean island paradise.
| 20:00The blank firing guns being turned into lethal weapons on the streets of the UK. 20:40We discuss political representation for visually impaired people.
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
| 20:00Bankruptcy, debt, cuts to services - why some councils are struggling 20:30Should we share our personal politics, beliefs and vulnerabilities with colleagues?
| 20:00Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Uckfield Civic Centre, East Sussex. 20:50The theft of her backpack gets AL Kennedy thinking about questions of identity and loss.
| 20:00How western correspondents have reported on the world's biggest country down the years.
| 20:00How long will we live? Who pays inheritance tax? How did the NHS perform this winter? 20:30Matthew Bannister on a DJ, a psychoanalyst, a games developer and a farmer.
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| 21:00 | 21:00East Kilbride is due to become a 'new' New Town, as writer David Scott discovers. 21:30Kirsty Wark with Hannah Ritchie, Akshat Rathi and Michael Meredith.
| 21:00Niall McCann on navigating the ups and downs of life with a spinal cord injury. 21:303/22A medical scandal has world-shattering consequences.
| 21:00David and Simon discuss toxic PR and the Post Office, Boeing and the King’s new biography. 21:30Understanding the Houthi media strategy.
| 21:00Are we entering a new volcanic era in Iceland? 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and impact of ancient Egypt's best-known queen.
| 21:00Michael Symmons Roberts celebrates a century of BBC Radio Drama.
| 21:001/11Neil Dudgeon and Tim McInnerny star in an epic tale of money, passion and daring to dream.
| 21:00The people who've lost pension funds to fraud that are being chased by HMRC for tax. 21:25Daliso Chaponda makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Habitat for Humanity. 21:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
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| 22:00 | 22:00The PM says he won't "speculate on future action" following UK's role in Houthi strikes 22:451/5An art teacher hunts for a scene from childhood as he comes to terms with a bereavement.
| 22:00Dozens of Conservative MPs vote against - 2 deputy chairmen resign 22:452/5Jamie and partner Alex take refuge in the Highlands as Jamie grieves for his parents.
| 22:00The bill now heads to the House of Lords, where it faces fresh opposition 22:453/5Jamie's thoughts turn from his mum's quirks to the dreadful day he learned of her death.
| 22:00We report from Gaza and the West Bank. 22:454/5Jamie is looking for a cottage where he spent a childhood holiday with his late parents.
| 22:00Have US-Israel relations reached breaking point? 22:455/5Jamie struggles with the implications of a life spent trying to please his parents.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore dystopian visions from British film and TV.
| 22:00Ben Wright and guests discuss the latest political developments.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Comedian Isy Suttie on how she writes comedy 23:30Sean Curran reports as Rishi Sunak answers questions about missile strikes against Houthis
| 23:00When celebs say no, when your colleagues forget you and ... is it really stealing? 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00AI digests human media, then writes its own versions. The result is absurdly hilarious. 23:151/4Comedian Sarah Keyworth explores her personal journey with gender fluidity and androgyny 23:30Sean Curran reports as MPs take part in a crunch vote on Rishi Sunak's Rwanda plan.
| 23:00Amol and Nick on whether Labour need to win Scotland to take the keys to No 10. 23:30MPs vote to outlaw an Islamist group.
| 23:00Is this the last chance for Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis? 23:30Alicia McCarthy reports on measures to make stealing pets a specific criminal offence.
| 23:006/13The wide-ranging music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini 23:30Geoff Norcott examines his class identity – and ask if he’s changed.
| 23:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
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