| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The Passport: a cultural history. Also, the trade in 'golden passports'. 00:45Bells on Sunday, comes from the church of St Michael in Melbourne, Derbyshire. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Andrew Leland reads from his witty and revelatory book about losing his sight. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Andrew Leland reads from his witty and revelatory book about losing his sight. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Andrew Leland reads from his witty and revelatory book about losing his sight. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Andrew Leland reads from his witty and revelatory book about losing his sight. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Andrew Leland reads from his witty and revelatory book about losing his sight. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The family roots of friends Eden Raviv and Ibrahim Abu Ahmad cross the divides of history. 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.
| 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 Rabbi Julia Neuberger. 05:45New money for organic farmers in Wales 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58David Attenborough presents the raven.
| 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. 05:45Petition triggers debate about the way supermarkets deal with the farmers who supply them. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the Cetti's warbler.
| 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. 05:45Grocery supply chain; Review of farm assurance schemes; New treatment for sugar beet pest. 05:58David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the greenfinch.
| 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. 05:45Report says regulations surrounding animal welfare during transport need improving. 05:58Wildlife cameraman Doug Allan recalls his encounters with snow petrels in Antarctica.
| 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. 05:45Supermarket offers a sustainability premium to beef farmers who reduce their emissions. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the marsh tit.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection to start the day with Mairéad Nic Craith, a professor of Public Folklore. 05:454/13Banksy's rise from hood rat to hero. His cheeky reverse heists gain him notoriety.
| 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 George’s church in Didbrook, Gloucestershire. 05:45The charismatic German manager who has just announced his resignation from Liverpool FC.
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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. 06:07Philippa Forrester shares stories about the river in her garden. 06:30Farmers versus supermarkets makes it to Westminster. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Llewellyn Morgan reflects on the not always negative nature of anger. 06:35Jake Fiennes explains how farmers can help restore Britain's wildlife. 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 with William Crawley. 07:54Tom Shakespeare makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The OHMI Trust. 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 to celebrate the legacy of Florence Li Tim-Oi - the first Anglican female priest 08:48Stephen Smith asks what's to become of Britain's naval tradition. 08:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the willow tit.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Gary J Bass, Lyndsey Stonebridge and Christopher Stephen. 09:451/5Andrew Leland reads from his witty and revelatory book about losing his sight.
| 09:004/22A family of Twilight fans blunder into a dreadful real-life horror. 09:30Can we freeze ourselves and return to a future world, like a frozen wood frog over winter? 09:452/5Andrew Leland reads from his witty and revelatory book about losing his sight.
| 09:00We investigate the cost of a weekly shop and explore the workings of wind chill. 09:30Why green tea can boost your brain power, your mood and help your heart. 09:453/5Andrew Leland reads from his witty and revelatory book about losing his sight.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea that fundamental particles have consciousness. 09:454/5Andrew Leland reads from his witty and revelatory book about losing his sight.
| 09:00Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cellist, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5Andrew Leland reads from his witty and revelatory book about losing his sight.
| 09:00Tom Odell, the Ivor Novello Award-winning musician on the power of freshly baked cakes.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00One of the first women to DJ at the Hacienda in Manchester on her 30-year career.
| 10:00Professor Jo Phoenix has won an unfair dismissal claim against the Open University.
| 10:00The Victim’s and Prisoner’s Bill: Claire Waxman on the amendments she is campaigning for.
| 10:00Doctors are planning to sue the NHS over inadequate PPE, one of them joins us live.
| 10:00Lauren Sequeira tells Anita about her 'dark and sexy' new drama, Domino Day.
| 10:00Join Greg and his guests to learn about ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras. 10:304/6Alexei Sayle travels from Cheltenham to Maesteg, meeting strangers on his train.
| 10:00There’s concern for Brian, and tension mounts at the Bull.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Jumoké Fashola explores the impact of Black African British businesses in the UK 11:30Should we share our personal politics, beliefs and vulnerabilities with colleagues?
| 11:00Ben Garrod and Jess French delve inside a decorated bird of of prey, the bearded vulture. 11:30Johny Pitts examines failed utopias to decipher if they can help us reimagine the future.
| 11:00Christine Finn tells the story of Nazi atrocities on Alderney during World War Two. 11:30Lucy Worsley uncovers a case of infanticide in the north of Ireland in the 1860s.
| 11:00Why former soldiers were hired to carry out assassinations in Yemen in 2015. 11:30Simon Mayo picks his broadcasting hero, Pick of the Pops's Alan 'Fluff' Freeman.
| 11:00More than six million homes are at risk - are we doing enough? 11:302/4Chris McCausland asks a panel of comedians to live in an audio only world.
| 11:00Pippa Crerar of The Guardian analyses the latest political news from Westminster. 11:30A grand new Hindu temple sits on a disputed site, exposing India's religious fault-line.
| 11:15Jamie Dornan, actor, 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. 12:04What help is there for social care bills? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Call You & Yours: We want to know, how are you paying for care costs? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Loan shark funerals, criminal car crimes and Nectar card cloning. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Today's guest is Daniel Attia the founder of Yopa and new vet service Creature Comforts. 12:32Why did the best-selling computer manufacturer, Commodore, go bust? 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. 12:04Campaigners for victims of pension and investment fraud meet with the Treasury. 12:304/10Lucy Porter, Geoff Norcott, Alasdair Beckett-King and Cindy Yu join Andy Zaltzman. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:043/6Tony Hawks and Paul Merton join Sue Perkins for Just a Minute. 12:32Sheila Dilllon explores what we can learn from Nauru, the world's most obese country 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45Ian Hislop begins a comedy quest in search of ancient British wordplay.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45Part two of Ian Hislop's British comedy quest leads him to Anglo-Saxon Double Entendre.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45Ian Hislop's comedy quest leads him back to the Picts laughing at drunks.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45Ian Hislop's ancient comedy quest leads him to physical humour in medieval carving.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45Ian Hislop's British comedy quest finds its focus in an ancient stand-up comedy review.
| 13:00The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4 13:10Alex Forsyth presents political debate from HaverHub in Pembrokeshire.
| 13:00Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world 13:305/7The mysterious origins of the EncroChat encrypted phone network.
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| 14:00 | 14:15Singer-songwriter Boy George reveals his formative cultural influences.
| 14:15The men are gone. But for how long? Four women plot their escape from The Master’s House.
| 14:00There’s surprising news for Harry. 14:154/5How do you come to terms with your own capacity for violence?
| 14:00There’s concern for Brian. 14:151/2By David Ashton. Starring Brian Cox.
| 14:00There’s light at the end of the tunnel for the Grundys. 14:153/5Maita's in Zimbabawe looking for her dad. She's not ready for what she finds. 14:45India examines the moment of finding out you’re pregnant and what to do with that secret.
| 14:00Call Any Answers? to have your say on the big issues in the news this week 14:45John Yorke explores Robert Burns’s only long form narrative poem, Tam O’Shanter.
| 14:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 14:455/13Banksy from hood rat to art hero. A new exhibition featuring 200 live rats? Err OK...
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| 15:00 | 15:007/13The general knowledge music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini 15:30Sheila Dillon joins chef Julie Lin in Glasgow as she hosts friends for Burns Night 2024.
| 15:00Josie Long presents short documentaries that emerge from the dreams of others. 15:30Dr Phil Hammond meets the doctor who investigates NHS England on patient safety.
| 15:00Is this winter tougher than last year's when it comes to paying your energy bills? 15:30We meet the medics treating people in unusual places, and we talk all things fermented.
| 15:00Philippa Forrester shares stories about the river in her garden. 15:27Daliso Chaponda makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Habitat for Humanity. 15:30In a rare radio interview, the Australian writer Gerald Murnane talks to Chris Power.
| 15:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 15:45Willow and Geoff can’t read each other’s signals.
| 15:00Robert Burns’s narrative poem mischievously reimagined by Gary McNair.
| 15:001/3Series 2 begins with Alessandro, the Black Prince of Florence, by Catherine Johnson.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Anita Anand uncovers hidden stories from recent British history. 16:30A female imam tells Aleem Maqbool about her pioneering work and the reaction she's had.
| 16:00Dr Pip Thornton and Michael Rosen explore how language has become an online commodity. 16:30Simon Mayo picks his broadcasting hero, Pick of the Pops's Alan 'Fluff' Freeman.
| 16:00THE ENGLISH: How the country house became ‘English’, and changing notions of England. 16:30How US voters were called by a fake Joe Biden.
| 16:00Satirist Heydon Prowse takes looks at big corporates and LGBTQ+ rights. 16:30A look at the role of hydrogen in the UK’s future energy economy with Prof Mark Miodownik.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a screenwriter, an aristocrat, a police officer and an illustrator. 16:30We investigate the cost of a weekly shop and explore the workings of wind chill.
| 16:00The doctors planning to sue the NHS over inadequate PPE provision.
| 16:00Michael Cunningham speaks to Johny Pitts about his new novel, Day. 16:30An exploration of the life and work of Jan Pienkowski - the man who drew Meg and Mog.
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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 17:30What happens when two former political rivals become allies? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast
| 17:00File on 4 investigates bad behaviour in the bailiff industry. 17:40The charismatic German manager who has just announced his resignation from Liverpool FC. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00More than thirty thousand homes in Northern Ireland and Scotland remain without power 18:303/6Tony Hawks and Paul Merton join Sue Perkins for Just a Minute.
| 18:00The Prime Minister said more will follow if they continue to attack ships in the Red Sea 18:304/6Steph McGovern poses devilishly devious dilemmas to guests Scott Bennett and Ria Lina.
| 18:00Moscow said the aircraft was carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war due for repatriation 18:303/6Clare's got tickets to Any Questions? Starring Sally Phillips
| 18:00Valdo Calocane has been sentenced to indefinite detention at a high-security hospital 18:304/4Stand-up show with Ellie Taylor in which she talks about a controversial subject.
| 18:00But the ICJ stopped short of calling for an immediate ceasefire 18:304/10Lucy Porter, Geoff Norcott, Alasdair Beckett-King and Cindy Yu join Andy Zaltzman.
| 18:00Government "appalled" by claims that UN staff were involved in Hamas' attack on Israel. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The early evening national and international news from BBC Radio 4 18:15Jess Gillam chooses audio highlights from the past week.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Andrew Haigh on All Of Us Strangers with Andrew Scott, Expats starring Nicole Kidman.
| 19:00There’s surprising news for Harry. 19:15Oscar nominations, Howard Jacobson, culture funding cuts.
| 19:00There’s concern for Brian. 19:15John Orloff, literary spin-offs and hobbies and DIY art.
| 19:00There’s light at the end of the tunnel for the Grundys. 19:15The Color Purple reviewed, and the pop concert as cinema phenomenon.
| 19:00Tension mounts at the Bull. 19:15Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore dreams in film and television.
| 19:00The charismatic German manager who has just announced his resignation from Liverpool FC. 19:15Artist Frank Auerbach talks about his life and some of the influences on his work.
| 19:00It’s panic stations for Lilian. 19:15Mike Wozniak plays host to a panel of improv all stars in this new spontaneous game show. 19:454/5A cross-generational story of love, and pond digging.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Christine Finn tells the story of Nazi atrocities on Alderney during World War Two. 20:30The men who risk jail to help migrants across Europe – meeting the people smugglers.
| 20:00File on 4 investigates bad behaviour in the bailiff industry. 20:40Problems getting accessible smart meters and an adventurous photographer.
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
| 20:00More than six million homes are at risk - are we doing enough? 20:30What really happens when you buy something online and then send it back?
| 20:00Alex Forsyth presents political debate from HaverHub in Pembrokeshire. 20:50Stephen Smith asks what's to become of Britain's naval tradition.
| 20:00Dom Joly used to be a goth - or did he? He journeys through the archive to find out.
| 20:00We investigate the cost of a weekly shop and explore the workings of wind chill. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a screenwriter, an aristocrat, a police officer and an illustrator.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Ben Garrod and Jess French hop into the anatomy of the largest marsupial, the red kangaroo 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Gary J Bass, Lyndsey Stonebridge and Christopher Stephen.
| 21:00We meet the medics treating people in unusual places, and we talk all things fermented. 21:304/22A family of Twilight fans blunder into a dreadful real-life horror.
| 21:00David and Simon discuss executive pay, Jordan Henderson and the challenges of prostate PR. 21:30How US voters were called by a fake Joe Biden.
| 21:00A look at the role of hydrogen in the UK’s future energy economy with Prof Mark Miodownik. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea that fundamental particles have consciousness.
| 21:00Ian Hislop begins his ten part comedy quest in search of ancient British Wordplay.
| 21:002/11Neil Dudgeon and Tim McInnerny star in an epic tale of money, passion and daring to dream.
| 21:00Campaigners for victims of pension and investment fraud meet with the Treasury. 21:25Tom Shakespeare makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The OHMI Trust. 21:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Working parents of two-year-olds will be able to access 15 hours of free childcare a week 22:45A selection of stories by the winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature.
| 22:00The US Special Envoy to Yemen says Red Sea tensions risk the peace process in the country 22:45A selection of stories by the winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature.
| 22:00Live in Buenos Aires amid protests against new leader's economic reforms. 22:45A selection of stories by the winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature.
| 22:00Will we ever find out what really happened? 22:45A selection of stories by the winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature.
| 22:00Global reaction as the UN's top court orders Israel to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza. 22:45A selection of stories by the winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore dreams in film and television.
| 22:00Ben Wright hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion with MPs and pundits.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Lexicographer Grant Barrett on dictionaries. 23:30Susan Hulme reports on a drive to get children in England vaccinated against measles.
| 23:00Welcome to Icklewick FM. Brand new comedy from The Delightful Sausage 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. 23:152/4Comedian Sarah Keyworth reflects on her school days and noughties androgyny. 23:30PMQs, severe weather and the next pandemic?
| 23:00Amol and Nick on a possible return to power for Trump, featuring broadcaster Megyn Kelly. 23:30Alicia McCarthy reports as MPs question ministers about job losses in the steel industry.
| 23:00Donald wins... and then lashes out at Nikki Haley. 23:30Sean Curran reports as the House of Lords debates the war in Ukraine.
| 23:007/13The general knowledge music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini 23:30Fame, fortune and fallout: Chi Chi Izundu looks back at one of Britain's biggest TV shows.
| 23:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
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