| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15A wrestling grudge spills out of the ring and into the real world. 00:45Bells on Sunday, comes from Holy Trinity Church in Penn, Buckinghamshire. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/51/5 By Dimitris Xygalatas. Fascinating journey exploring why we are the ritual species. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/52/5 By Dimitris Xygalatas. Looking at ritual through an anthropological lens. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/53/5 By Dimitris Xygalatas. Why seemingly senseless acts make life worth living. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/54/5 By Dimitris Xygalatas. Fascinating exploration into the impact of ritual on our lives. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/55/5 By Dimitris Xygalatas. Why are apparently senseless acts so vital to us? 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Can a poem be an act of care, or offer respite from it? 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.
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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 Fr Matt Roche Saunders. 05:45Farmers in Wales who support a new green subsidy scheme feel afraid to speak out. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Environmentalist Tony Juniper describes the curious roding flight of 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 Fr Matt Roche Saunders. 05:45Pollack fishermen in Cornwall say government package of help won't save their fishery. 05:58David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the blackcap.
| 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 Fr Matt Roche Saunders. 05:45New phone masts in remote areas. 05:58Michael Palin presents the kea from a windswept mountain in New Zealand.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day on Radio 4 05:45Thousands of farmers protest outside the Welsh Senedd about plans for new subsidies. 05:58Musician Joe Acheson recalls recording starling to use in his work as Hidden Orchestra.
| 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 Fr Matt Roche Saunders. 05:45How AI could help farmers with weather forecasts six weeks ahead. 05:58Environmentalist Tony Juniper describes the joy of seeing and hearing corn buntings.
| 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 Angad Kaur. 05:45Lent Talks on Doubt - Written and presented by Paul Kerensa, comedian and writer.
| 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, Shipham in Somerset. 05:45Following her husband's death, is Yulia Navalnaya the new face of Russian opposition?
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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. 06:07An unlit walk at night across the South Downs. 06:30Farmers' protests; and the state of UK rivers. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Laura Barton reflects on how feeling finds its way into words. 06:35Sybil Ruscoe meets a Gloucestershire farmer who has learnt to live with floods. 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. 07:10Edward Stourton takes a look at the ethical and religious issues of the week. 07:54Actor Adjoa Andoh makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Tree Aid. 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 modern reflection on the challenges and inspiration offered by the Beatitudes. 08:48Sarah Dunant on Alexei Navalny and the creation of a modern martyr. 08:58Michael Palin presents the red-eyed vireo from North America.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Naveed Sattar, Stephanie Yeboah and Henry Dimbleby 09:451/51/5 By Dimitris Xygalatas. Fascinating journey exploring why we are the ritual species.
| 09:009/22An unlikely culture warrior connects each of our stories. 09:30Back to work - the miner and the Coal Board manager. 09:452/52/5 By Dimitris Xygalatas. Looking at ritual through an anthropological lens.
| 09:00Is school funding at record levels? Did 6.5bn creatures come to the UK by plane last year? 09:30How to snack smartly, to improve your mental health, reduce cravings and help weight loss. 09:453/53/5 By Dimitris Xygalatas. Why seemingly senseless acts make life worth living.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Heisenberg's key role at the outset of quantum mechanics 09:454/54/5 By Dimitris Xygalatas. Fascinating exploration into the impact of ritual on our lives.
| 09:00Sandy Powell, costume designer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/55/5 By Dimitris Xygalatas. Why are apparently senseless acts so vital to us?
| 09:00Jennie Gow, BBC Formula 1 presenter who is navigating her way through post-stroke life.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00British actor Samantha Morton on receiving Bafta's highest accolade.
| 10:00The Mercury prize-nominated singer-songwriter Nadine Shah talks about her new album.
| 10:00The shadow home secretary wants to change the way domestic abuse 999 calls are handled.
| 10:00After an Alabama court casts doubt on the future of IVF, one woman shares her story.
| 10:00A hatpin and radium-laced chocolate - just two of 101 objects celebrating women in history
| 10:00Join Greg and his guests to learn about life in the South American Inca empire. 10:303/12Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
| 10:00The walls close in on Harrison, and Jim hatches a plan.
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| 11:00 | 11:002016 is a big election year. But something is going very wrong online. 11:30Why are so many nightclubs closing, and what might replace them?
| 11:00Artist Grayson Perry and the advice he would give his younger self. 11:30Inside the new, vital global debate about how to curb Russia's 'imperial' ambitions.(R)
| 11:00Marianna investigates online abuse targeting Eni Aluko and tracks down one of her trolls. 11:30Lucy Worsley uncovers the story of a teenage love gone horribly wrong.
| 11:00Donald Trump gains momentum with victories in the South Carolina and Michigan primaries. 11:30Actor Paterson Joseph and writer, broadcaster and musician Richard Coles select books.
| 11:00What have we learnt from recent conflicts and how might things change in the wars to come? 11:302/6Paul Merton interviews Desiree Burch about her pet hates and worst nightmares.
| 11:00Radio 4's weekly assessment of developments at Westminster 11:30Ceasefire talks are overshadowed by more than 100 Palestinian deaths in an aid delivery.
| 11:15Rita Rae, Lady Rae, lawyer, 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. 12:04A new scheme to improve building control is reported to be 'in chaos'. We find out why. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04What's your experience of new build homes? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Why are hotels booming in the middle of a cost of living crisis? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04We talk to the man who found a gap in the banking industry. 12:32How accurate are fitness trackers? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Tom Heap and Helen Czerski investigate the health of our rivers. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Paul Lewis visits a new exhibition at the Bank of England Museum which opened this week. 12:309/10Hugo Rifkind, Susie McCabe, Ashley Storrie and Stuart Mitchell join Andy Zaltzman. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:042/6Denim thong or sausage snowglobe? The reviews are in! Panel game with Frank Skinner. 12:32Delia Smith sends the team to Norfolk to see what's being done to fix food poverty there. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45Jim Waterson looks at how a doomed theme park investment caused chaos in a seaside resort.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45Jim Waterson investigates how the Vietnam war and a glut of corn changed what America eats
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45Jim Waterson asks whether one single piece of paper put Theresa May in Downing Street.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45Jim Waterson asks whether one Iraqi man turned Norway into an incredibly wealthy country.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45Jim Waterson asks if a doomed West End musical left migrants living on a Pacific island.
| 13:00The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4 13:10Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Hexham Abbey, Northumberland.
| 13:00Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world 13:30The escalating food crisis forces people to make life and death decisions.
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| 14:00 | 14:152/5Hunting for clues in Sabine’s Uni room, Elly’s desperate to find out who ‘F’ is 14:452/5Paterson Joseph reads the next in a brilliant new series by the author of Love After Love.
| 14:00It’s crunch time for Alice. 14:15Based on a true story, an account of Peter the Great's adventures in 17th-century London.
| 14:00The walls close in on Harrison. 14:15By Hattie Naylor. Superstar Sappho has brother-trouble. Starring Thalissa Teixeira.
| 14:00Jim hatches a cunning plan. 14:15Emotional drama about meetings between victims and perpetrators of three violent crimes.
| 14:00Susan and Neil scale the heights. 14:153/5Josie is now working as a money mule for the catfishing gang. 14:45India Rakusen finds out just how much the body and brain is impacted by pregnancy.
| 14:00Call Any Answers? to have your say on the big issues in the news this week 14:4510/13Street art in 2023, shredding paintings and why Steph shared her story.
| 14:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 14:45John Yorke explores a ground-breaking short story – Don’t Look Now by Daphne du Maurier.
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| 15:00 | 15:0012/13The wide-ranging music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini. 15:30Farmer's stories through the eyes of poets – can it make us care how our food is grown?
| 15:002/12Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. 15:30The Van Tulleken twins explore the science of exercise and the dangers of inactivity.
| 15:00Felicity Hannah and Bobby Seagull meet young people in Wakefield learning about money. 15:30Claudia Hammond looks at the latest research into mental health issues among teenage girls
| 15:00An unlit walk at night across the South Downs. 15:27Sports broadcaster Ade Oladipo makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of EveryYouth 15:30Kate Davies talks to Chris Power.
| 15:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 15:45A short story from Scottish writer Helen McClory marking the primal shift of the seasons.
| 15:00A study in song of what it means to be British by Ray Davies of The Kinks and Paul Sirett.
| 15:00A classic thriller dealing with sinister & disturbing events through the prism of grief.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince conjure up scientific explanations for magical goings on. 16:30Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong find out if AI could swing an election.
| 16:00What is President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act and how might it affect the UK economy? 16:30Actor Paterson Joseph and writer, broadcaster and musician Richard Coles select books.
| 16:00One man’s mission to return lost photographs to their original owners. 16:30How the conflict is dividing British society and the media.
| 16:00The story of the microchip's Cold War past, corporate present and quantum future. 16:30Should we even consider solar geoengineering?
| 16:00John Wilson on a sculptor, politician, historian, author and a choreographer. 16:30Is school funding at record levels? Did 6.5bn creatures come to the UK by plane last year?
| 16:15British actor Samantha Morton on receiving Bafta's highest accolade.
| 16:00James Naughtie and listeners are joined by crime writer Ann Cleeves 16:30Poems to remember the departed and console the living. With Vanessa Kisuule.
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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
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| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news 17:30'Timing is everything' when deciding whether to return to frontline politics 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast
| 17:00File on 4 investigates how organs from coal miners were used for historic research. 17:40Following her husband's death, is Yulia Navalnaya the new face of Russian opposition? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00The former Conservative Party deputy chairman said Sadiq Khan was controlled by Islamists 18:302/6Denim thong or sausage snowglobe? The reviews are in! Panel game with Frank Skinner.
| 18:00Henry Staunton also said he was asked to slow compensation for Horizon scandal victims 18:304/6Comedy series about a man struggling to cope with being reincarnated as various animals.
| 18:00Iain Packer was sentenced to life almost two decades after Ms Caldwell's body was found 18:30Jessica Fostekew's award-nominated stand-up show about big strong strength.
| 18:00Officials in Gaza say 30,000 people have been killed there since Israeli offensive began 18:302/6Tension mounts as the internet goes down, and Roger breaks a tooth.
| 18:00Attendees defied a heavy police presence to show support for Alexei Navalny 18:309/10Hugo Rifkind, Susie McCabe, Ashley Storrie and Stuart Mitchell join Andy Zaltzman.
| 18:00The US has used military planes to airdrop more than 30,000 meals into Gaza. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Jeremy Hunt says he wants his budget to "show a path" to a lower tax economy 18:15Emma Clarke chooses audio highlights from the past week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00It’s crunch time for Alice. 19:15Rufus Wainwright joins Sheridan Smith, and the role of movement directors in film and tv
| 19:00The walls close in on Harrison. 19:15How can juries be swayed?; Bluestockings, first women's movement; Bhangra Nation musical.
| 19:00Jim hatches a cunning plan. 19:15Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
| 19:00Susan and Neil scale the heights. 19:15Dune 2, Brian Bilston, Angelica Kauffman RA, Nachtland
| 19:00Fallon finds herself in an impossible situation. 19:15Leo Geyer and Gillian Moore join Jeffrey and Jess Gillam to add the next five tracks.
| 19:00Following her husband's death, is Yulia Navalnaya the new face of Russian opposition? 19:15Brian Cox and Robin Ince journey through the asteroid belt and beyond to chat space rocks.
| 19:15Working with Gordon Brown and champagne at lunch. 19:30Artificial Intelligence puts Jazz Emu’s historic musical career in jeopardy. 19:454/5Harry recalls the man who inspired his musical quest.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Inside the new, vital global debate about how to curb Russia's 'imperial' ambitions. 20:30What can Middlesbrough teach us about regeneration?
| 20:00File on 4 investigates how organs from coal miners were used for historic research. 20:40The Electoral Commission update us on what VI people need to consider before voting.
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
| 20:00What have we learnt from recent conflicts and how might things change in the wars to come? 20:30Should we think about stepping down the career ladder as we approach pension age?
| 20:00Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Hexham Abbey, Northumberland. 20:50Sarah Dunant on Alexei Navalny and the creation of a modern martyr.
| 20:00To celebrate 200 years of the RNLI, Griff Rhys Jones takes a deep dive into their archive.
| 20:00Is school funding at record levels? Did 6.5bn creatures come to the UK by plane last year? 20:30John Wilson on a sculptor, politician, historian, author and a choreographer.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Philanthropist Melinda French Gates and the advice she would give her younger self. 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Naveed Sattar, Stephanie Yeboah and Henry Dimbleby
| 21:00Claudia Hammond looks at the latest research into mental health issues among teenage girls 21:309/22An unlikely culture warrior connects each of our stories.
| 21:00David and Simon discuss using the word crap, interview walkouts and Trident's failed test. 21:30How the conflict is dividing British society and the media.
| 21:00Should we even consider solar geoengineering? 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Heisenberg's key role at the outset of quantum mechanics
| 21:00Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen explores the social history of DIY home improvements.
| 21:007/11Neil Dudgeon and Tim McInnerny star in an epic tale of money, passion and daring to dream.
| 21:00Paul Lewis visits a new exhibition at the Bank of England Museum which opened this week. 21:25Actor Adjoa Andoh makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Tree Aid. 21:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
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| 22:00 | 22:00A senior Israeli politician on the assault on the southern Gazan city. 22:456/10Time has passed, and Luisa receives visits from both her itinerant father and Frederick.
| 22:00Israel’s Netanyahu says he consistently resisted pressure to end war prematurely 22:457/10Frederick has finally come back from Japan, but Luisa feels his stay might be short.
| 22:00Could plan be scrapped after High Court ruled it breaches human rights law? 22:458/10Frederick has gone back to Japan, and Luisa is impatiently waiting for his first letter.
| 22:00More than a hundred Palestinians killed as they crowded around aid convoy 22:459/10Luisa and Frederick have in theory broken up and Selma's health seems to be deteriorating.
| 22:00Thousands attend funeral - more than 100 arrested across Russia 22:4510/10Selma has died, but her spirit lives on as Luisa and Frederick find a new understanding.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Leo Geyer and Gillian Moore join Jeffrey and Jess Gillam to add the next five tracks.
| 22:00Ben Wright discusses the Budget and extremism with parliamentarians and commentators.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Lent Talks on Doubt - Written and presented by Paul Kerensa, comedian and writer. 23:15Why are some radical right groups in Europe attracting younger voters? 23:30Susan Hulme reports on the fall-out from Lee Anderson's remarks about the London mayor.
| 23:00It’s Mischief Night and all of Icklewick are celebrating and looting (as is tradition). 23:30Sean Curran reports as MPs question key figures in the Post Office scandal.
| 23:001/6A BRAND NEW series packed with sketches. 23:153/8Jon Holmes's award-winning satirical comedy concept album returns to twist into the news. 23:30Susan Hulme reports after a bitter edition of Prime Minister's Questions.
| 23:00Amol and Nick on protests, prejudice and why many Tories won’t call out Lee Anderson. 23:30Sean Curran reports as MPs question the home secretary about the murder of Sarah Everard.
| 23:00A landmark online free speech case and an IVF ruling reignite old debates 23:30Alicia McCarthy reports as MPs debate a plan to ban conversion therapy.
| 23:0012/13The wide-ranging music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini. 23:30What happens when The X Factor lights go off?
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