| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15‘School choice’: Why are parents opting out of public education for their children? 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Wambrook in Somerset. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:301/5Head of School and English teacher Sammy Wright has a fundamental question about school. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:302/5A conversation with a former student provides illuminating insights. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:303/5The crucial transition from primary to secondary school is under scrutiny. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:304/5Head of School Sammy Wright explores the role of school and the culture wars. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:305/5What can teaching Paradise Lost tell us about effective new paradigms for school & life? 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Evie Wyld talks to Johny Pitts about her new novel, The Echoes. 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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43With Father Jamie McMorrin of St Margaret’s Roman Catholic Church in Edinburgh. 05:45How to break down barriers for smaller farmers who want to attract green finance. 05:57Weather reports and forecasts for farmers
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43With Father Jamie McMorrin of St Margaret’s Roman Catholic Church in Edinburgh. 05:45Results of a study shows feeding willow to cattle can help reduce methane emissions
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43With Father Jamie McMorrin of St Margaret’s Roman Catholic Church in Edinburgh. 05:45Drones are being used to seek out and protect curlew nests from predators and farm work
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43With Father Jamie McMorrin of St Margaret’s Roman Catholic Church in Edinburgh. 05:45According to the UK processing industry, costs of importing meat could rise significantly.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43With Father Jamie McMorrin of St Margaret’s Roman Catholic Church in Edinburgh. 05:45Rock star Sir Brian May on his film about bTB, cattle and badgers
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Steve Taylor 05:45Sources, spin and powerful people.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St Margaret, Leiston in Suffolk. 05:45When you are or become blind, do you need to put your trust in other people more often?
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Joe Biden endorses Kamala Harris in an emotional farewell at the Democratic Convention.
| 06:00Home Secretary reveals more details about her plans to tackle illegal immigration.
| 06:00GCSE results morning and Justin Webb reports from the Democratic Convention in Chicago
| 06:00Kamala Harris accepts Democrat nomination at DNC in Chicago, plus other news & interviews
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07Footballers and birdwatching. 06:30Border controls, the elusive curlew and belted Galloways trampling bracken. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Giles Fraser visits the rooftop Islamic Gardens at the Aga Khan Centre in Kings Cross. 06:35Celebrating sixty years of On Your Farm. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00News and interviews, plus 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. 07:54Matt Lucas makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of FareShare. 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the Sunday papers 08:10Marking the 350th birthday of the renowned hymn writer Isaac Watts. 08:48AL Kennedy on how a passing remark has given 'weird' back its mojo. 08:58Biologist and podcaster Gillian Burke reveals the pied flycatcher is a special bird.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong answer the question: Can AI look after me in old age? 09:30Natalie Haynes stands up in the name of Roman historian Livy. With Al Murray.
| 09:00Bill Gates talks philanthropy, the power of vaccines and dealing with conspiracy theories. 09:30Mpox is classed a public health emergency, statins questions and tick-borne meat allergies
| 09:00Two people, with a shared painful history, learn to understand themselves in a new light. 09:30Police close in on Muriel's kidnappers, but will they find her before it's too late?
| 09:00Could the Russia Ukraine war lead to further escalation in the region and further afield? 09:30We've always drawn meaning from the arrival of stranded whales. What's their message now?
| 09:00Kirsty Wark reunites the politicians and advisors from Tony Blair’s 1997 government.
| 09:00The lives of the Graham family come crashing down. 09:45You might think you know the story of Jaws. Blair Braverman finds it goes much... deeper.
| 09:00Hezbollah fires hundreds of rockets on Israel, which retaliates with airstrikes.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Listener Siobhan Daniels on living in a motorhome and exploring the UK
| 10:00Looking at our relationships with our tummies, and why it can be so complicated.
| 10:00A listener shares her experience of hyper-arousal in the midst of grief
| 10:00Listener Bettie on how one moment changed her life’s trajectory.
| 10:00Elaine is in her seventies and her partner would like to resume a sexual relationship.
| 10:00Join Greg and his guests to learn about notorious Italian nun Benedetta Carlini. 10:301/7Jay Rayner and a panel of food experts answer questions from a hungry audience in Lambeth.
| 10:00Kirsty Wark and guests relive the summer of the London 2012 Paralympics
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| 11:00 | 11:00Michael Sheen explores the strange art of acting. 11:30Keith Brymer-Jones talks to psychotherapist Susie Orbach about crying. 11:451/5Head of School and English teacher Sammy Wright has a fundamental question about school.
| 11:00Isata Kanneh-Mason and Richard Stilgoe help add the first five tracks of the new series 11:452/5A conversation with a former student provides illuminating insights.
| 11:00Fishermen speak out about their experience working for a Scottish company. 11:453/5The crucial transition from primary to secondary school is under scrutiny.
| 11:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince search for alien life at Glastonbury with Russell Kane and guests 11:454/5Head of School Sammy Wright explores the role of school and the culture wars.
| 11:00Food, identity, myths and reality. In a globalised world can a dish reflect who we are? 11:455/5What can teaching Paradise Lost tell us about effective new paradigms for school & life?
| 11:00The Race for the White House after the Democratic National Convention 11:30The country has been thrown into political chaos thanks to the intervention of the courts
| 11:00A mystery deepens for the Grundys, and an opportunity presents itself for Kirsty.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04What's happening with flat sales? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Call You & Yours: Do you eat more than you ought, what are you doing about it? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04We hear from a woman manipulated by a new dating fraud scam which cost her £80,000 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The jacket company built from the ashes of of a business that went bust. 12:32Do more expensive dishwasher tablets clean better? And how do eco versions stack up? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Should some forms of misogyny be classed as extremism? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Why did we lose the roadside restaurant chain Little Chef? 12:305/6This week - what's the Opposition for? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:15Max Cotton's year of food self-sufficiency in Somerset. 12:303/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past opponents in David Mitchell's comedy panel game. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00The government announces an emergency scheme to ease pressure on prison places. 13:45As the world hears news of a fire in west London, questions start about who’s to blame.
| 13:00We ask the Scottish health minister why the country's drug-related death rate is climbing. 13:45How a fire in Scotland in 1999 foretold the fire at Grenfell.
| 13:00Rising costs of public services pushed government borrowing to higher levels than expected 13:45The cladding - why was combustible cladding allowed on the market?
| 13:00The first drug to slow Alzheimer's is approved in the UK, but won't be available on NHS. 13:45The insulation - a tale of 'deliberate and calculated deceit'.
| 13:00A typical household's annual energy bill will rise by nearly £150 in October. 13:45The government - why didn’t civil servants act on warnings about dangerous cladding?
| 13:00The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4 13:10Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Hartrigg Oaks care community in York.
| 13:00Israel launches 'pre-emptive strikes' on Hezbollah amid a barrage of rocket fire. 13:30Douglas Fraser asks what it will take to get the UK defence sector on a war footing.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Alistair faces the consequences 14:156/6Ed secures a role with an independent production company. 14:452/3A young woman fears for her future when she is dismissed from her first job in service.
| 14:00Will is forced to improvise 14:15Teenager Bilal discovers a secret that threatens his entire family. What should he do?
| 14:00A mystery deepens for the Grundy’s 14:15Martin Jarvis directs two leading American actors in this thrilling play of letters.
| 14:00Ed attempts to do the right thing 14:15Migrant workers, Jimi Hendrix and the true story of the start of the Summer of Love.
| 14:00An opportunity presents itself for Kirsty 14:153/5An ominous new vision takes Beth to breaking point. Paranormal thriller. 14:454/12The story of how criminals dumped a million tonnes. A million tonnes of what?
| 14:00Call Any Answers? to have your say on the big issues in the news this week. 14:45A surprise visitor causes chaos.
| 14:00Kathy and the panel are in Southwold to answer questions from an audience of gardeners. 14:45John Yorke explores Anita Desai’s novel Clear Light of Day.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Biographical show in which famous guests choose someone who has inspired their lives. 15:30As a desire for muscles grips 1980s America, the steroid ring is ready to meet the demand.
| 15:00A kaleidoscopic collection of short documentaries. Presented by Josie Long. 15:30Giles Fraser visits the rooftop Islamic Gardens at the Aga Khan Centre in Kings Cross.
| 15:003/4The former Home Secretary reflects with Jim Naughtie on life at the Labour Party's heart 15:30Sheila wants to whisk Shaun away to the land of lavender. But what about his hayfever?
| 15:00Footballers and birdwatching. 15:27Comedian Adam Hills makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of STAND. 15:30Professor Julian Pine on how babies learn language.
| 15:00Kathy and the panel are in Southwold to answer questions from an audience of gardeners. 15:45'And here it is: the sea, the summer, the light.' An original work by Kerri Ní Dochartaigh
| 15:00Part two of Vasily Grossman's dark and honest account of the battle of Stalingrad.
| 15:002/2After the partition of 1947, will Bim accept the invitation to Raja's daughter's wedding?
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| 16:00 | 16:00Drone technology is transforming the battlefield in Ukraine. 16:305/5Alexei Sayle meets strangers on a train as he travels from London to Berwick on Tweed.
| 16:00James Peak and Joan Bakewell find incredible archive from 1963. Wait! Is that The Beatles? 16:30Join Greg and his guests to learn all about nineteenth-century chef Alexis Soyer.
| 16:00Execs behind The Crown, The Traitors and Normal People on a difficult year for telly
| 16:00Former defence minister Tobias Ellwood & NUS president Amira Campbell on national service. 16:30We try some cricket tacos – and ask what role insects might play in our future diets.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a TV presenter, a designer, a botanist and a musician. 16:30Two people, with a shared painful history, learn to understand themselves in a new light.
| 16:00Listener Siobhan Daniels on living in a motorhome and exploring the UK
| 16:00Elif Shafak talks to Shahidha Bari about her new novel, There Are Rivers in the Sky. 16:30The ultimate general knowledge contest between the most recent Brain of Britain champions
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| 17:00 | 17:00British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch amongst those missing after yacht sinks off Sicily
| 17:00The rescue operation on the sunken superyacht off Sicily continues.
| 17:00An update on the Bayesian superyacht in Sicily.
| 17:00A congresswoman tells us what she expects from a Harris candidacy.
| 17:00The new price cap means the average energy bill will rise by 10%.
| 17:00Risk of a major oil spill after tanker is attacked by Houthis in the Red Sea. 17:30Do more expensive dishwasher tablets clean better? And how do eco versions stack up? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00How Gort in the west of Ireland became home to so many Brazilians 17:10The boss of Livingston FC talks crime, prison and being a top-flight football manager. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 18:303/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past opponents in David Mitchell's comedy panel game.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 18:30Clive's feeling ill, and a diagnosis from Lauren causes him to spiral.
| 18:00Five bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of a super-yacht off the coast Sicily. 18:30Ian Smith spends the episode overthinking the power of love.
| 18:00The body which assesses medicines says it is too expensive for the NHS in England 18:30The Edinburgh Fringe's freshest comedy showcase.
| 18:00The energy regulator, Ofgem, has announced a rise in its price cap from October. 18:305/6This week - what's the Opposition for?
| 18:00German police say fifteen-year-old boy knew about a knife attack that left three dead. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests from the Edinburgh Festivals.
| 18:00Israel and Hezbollah have carried out major attacks on each other. 18:15Rachel Parris selects audio highlights from the past week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Will is forced to improvise 19:15Pat Barker, Alain Delon, Proms from memory, Orlando Weeks
| 19:00A mystery deepens for the Grundy’s 19:15Fran Healy on Travis's new album, climate change storytelling, making spaces for artists
| 19:00Ed attempts to do the right thing 19:15Sherwood creator James Graham on TV's problem with working class representation
| 19:00An opportunity presents itself for Kirsty 19:15Kneecap, Ootlin, Bad Monkey reviewed. George Orwell archive sale.
| 19:00A surprise visitor causes chaos. 19:15Amy Harman and Roderick Williams add the next five tracks to the playlist
| 19:00Max Cotton's year of food self-sufficiency in Somerset. 19:15Brian Cox and Robin Ince search for alien life at Glastonbury with Russell Kane and guests
| 19:00It’s The Stables vs the Summer Fete. 19:15A radio portrait of Sybil Phoenix, the first black woman to receive an MBE, in 1972. 19:454/12The story of how criminals dumped a million tonnes. A million tonnes of what?
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| 20:00 | 20:00China sees Taiwan as part of its territory. Taiwan thinks otherwise. Is trouble looming? 20:30As beaver kits arrive in London, we ask if we should bring wilderness back to UK cities.
| 20:00Fishermen speak out about their experience working for a Scottish company. 20:40When you are or become blind, do you need to put your trust in other people more often?
| 20:00Are counter-protests important for sending a message or can they make things worse? 20:451/5Teenage boys all over the UK talk to Catherine Carr about their ideas of masculinity.
| 20:00Execs behind The Crown, The Traitors and Normal People on a difficult year for telly
| 20:00Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Hartrigg Oaks care community in York. 20:50AL Kennedy on how a passing remark has given 'weird' back its mojo.
| 20:00Comedian Steve Punt fires up the archives to examine the history of computers on screen.
| 20:00Professor Julian Pine on how babies learn language. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a TV presenter, a designer, a botanist and a musician.
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| 21:00 | 21:00How did an African-American doctor come to lead the blood bank effort during the war? 21:30Rob and Sue are investigating Scorpion's links to Turkey when they discover a new lead.
| 21:00How Malaysia failed to plan for its fast-growing elderly population. 21:30Biographical show in which famous guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
| 21:00Bill Gates talks philanthropy, the power of vaccines and dealing with conspiracy theories. 21:30Mpox is classed a public health emergency, statins questions and tick-borne meat allergies
| 21:00Clive Anderson and guests from the Edinburgh Festivals. 21:45Why did tea take off when coffee didn’t?
| 21:00Simon Armitage, Hanan Issa and more stellar poets join Ian McMillan at the Hay Festival.
| 21:00Comedian Dara Ó Briain joins Greg Jenner to learn about Leonardo da Vinci.
| 21:00Why did we lose the roadside restaurant chain Little Chef? 21:25Matt Lucas makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of FareShare. 21:30The country has been thrown into political chaos thanks to the intervention of the courts
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| 22:00 | 22:00Delegates set to formally confirm Kamala Harris as the party's presidential candidate. 22:451/10During summer on his school friend's country estate, Leo is asked to carry secret messages
| 22:00Six people are still missing after the Bayesian superyacht sank off Sicily on Monday 22:452/10During summer on his school friend's country estate, Leo is asked to carry secret messages
| 22:00Aid convoy brings food to a population now at risk of famine after a four-month gap 22:453/10During summer on his school friend's country estate, Leo is asked to carry secret messages
| 22:00The Vice President will accept the Democratic Party's presidential nomination 22:454/10During summer on his school friend's country estate, Leo is asked to carry secret messages
| 22:00Independent candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr drops out and backed Donald Trump. 22:455/10During summer on his school friend's country estate, Leo is asked to carry secret messages
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Food, identity, myths and reality. In a globalised world can a dish reflect who we are?
| 22:00Ben Wright and guests look ahead to a big speech from Sir Keir Starmer and the Paralympics
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| 23:00 | 23:004/5Lucy Catherine's supernatural thriller continues. Starring Tyger Drew Honey. 23:30The story of the microchip's Cold War past, corporate present and quantum future.
| 23:00Jon and his guests discuss catheters, stomas, self-administered injections and penis pumps 23:304/6Tamsin Greig and Victoria Pile chat about the classic medical comedy Green Wing.
| 23:00More sketch madness from The Lovely Boys as The Lad Whisperer pays a visit. 23:152/4Tom and Lauren take care of a baby - or a puppy, depending on who you ask. 23:305/6We get under the skin of sitcom Derry Girls
| 23:00A poetic meditation on alcohol, psychosis, crime and prison. 23:306/6Griff Rhys Jones spills the beans.
| 23:00And there was wild speculation about Beyoncé and Taylor Swift 23:30The Edinburgh Fringe's freshest comedy showcase.
| 23:00Brighty tries to reconcile a nearly-wed couple he’d previously tried to split up. 23:306/6Students from the University of East Anglia take on their professors in the upbeat quiz.
| 23:00The story of a young boy's encounter with a Dr known as The Travelling Lobotomist 23:30Sources, spin and powerful people. 23:45'And here it is: the sea, the summer, the light.' An original work by Kerri Ní Dochartaigh
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