| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The journey from cocoa to chocolate in Ivory Coast. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from St Andrews church in the village of Oakington, Cambridgeshire. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:301/10The gripping story of the storming of the Iranian Embassy in the spring of 1980. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:302/10It’s April 1980 and 6 gunmen are holding 26 terrified hostages inside the Iranian Embassy. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:303/10Inside the Iranian embassy the hostages are terrified and the gunmen are volatile. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:304/10On day two of the 1980 siege at the Iranian Embassy, cutting edge technology is deployed. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:305/10Day three dawns at the Iranian Embassy, and the hostages wake to a new threat. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Matt Haig speaks to Johny Pitts about his new book, The Life Impossible. 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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Right Rev Mary Stallard. 05:45Wild bird populations will only recover if more farmland is set aside for conservation. 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 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Right Rev Mary Stallard. 05:45It's party conference season and the Lib Dems map out their vision for the countryside.
| 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 the Right Rev Mary Stallard. 05:45Trail hunting - both sides of the debate.
| 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 the Right Rev Mary Stallard. 05:45New plans to use supermarket data to enforce food safety.
| 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 the Right Rev Mary Stallard. 05:45Chronic underinvestment in the English countryside is costing jobs and money.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43With Linden Bicket, a teacher of literature and religion at Edinburgh's School of Divinity 05:45Glues hold our world together – and have done since the dawn of civilisation.
| 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 Mary the Great in Cambridge. 05:45Melanie Barratt: considered to be the first blind woman to have completed the Channel swim
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| 06:00 | 06:00A second assassination attempt is made on Donald Trump's life.
| 06:00Universities say tuition fees must rise to prevent a 'slide into decline'.
| 06:00Israel's spy agency placed explosives in thousands of Hezbollah pagers, reports say.
| 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 joins a group of young carers as they spend a night under canvas on Dartmoor. 06:30New plans to use supermarket data to enforce food safety. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Medical revolutions that transformed out relationship to our bodies and the world. 06:35Marie Lennon visits a homeless hostel based on a Somerset farm. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Emily Buchanan takes a look at the ethical and religious issues of the week. 07:54Comedian John Robins makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Brilliant Club 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 08:10Finding God in the in-between spaces; from a Music Festival at Holy Trinity Church Melrose 08:48Howard Jacobson argues that liberation from red tape is no way to run a country. 08:58Writer Stephen Moss will soon lament the swallows about to fly to Africa for the winter.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Timothy Snyder, Oksana Maksymchuk and Lucy Ash 09:45How one cafe helps young adults with learning disabilities get on the job experience.
| 09:00Rosalie David on what mummies reveal about life, death and medicine in ancient Egypt 09:30Claudia finds out if surfing can boost mental health, by getting on a board herself!
| 09:00Plus, asylum seeker costs, private school bets and Baumol's cost disease 09:30At the height of the Cold War a charismatic Congressman meets a strange death.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most prominent Victorian politicians. 09:45Glues hold our world together – and have done since the dawn of civilisation.
| 09:00Kirsty Wark reunites key figures from the hit reality TV show Castaway.
| 09:00Renowned Maître d' Fred Sirieix tells us why he is now seriously British.
| 09:00As Labour Conference commences, can the new government set a new tone?
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| 10:00 | 10:00The writer, comic and TV host on chainsaws, chosen families, and a social media blackout.
| 10:00The Sex and the City actor on her new role as CIA agent Eloise Page on Radio 4.
| 10:00Four-time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan on her latest role in the film The Outrun.
| 10:00Maternity failings are becoming more widespread in England - we hear from a midwife.
| 10:00Artist Tracey Emin on her new exhibition and 'in-depth' retrospective book.
| 10:00Join Greg and his guests to learn about Cleopatra. 10:305/7Jay Rayner and his panel of experts are in Norwich to answer questions from a hungry crowd
| 10:00James Graham, playwright, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Documenting the round-the-clock care of Nora, a non-verbal seven-year-old. 11:451/10The gripping story of the storming of the Iranian Embassy in the spring of 1980.
| 11:00Saxophonist Emma Rawicz and pianist Julian Joseph add the next five tracks. 11:452/10It’s April 1980 and 6 gunmen are holding 26 terrified hostages inside the Iranian Embassy.
| 11:00How a young woman was targeted by an online abuser who created pornographic deepfakes. 11:453/10Inside the Iranian embassy the hostages are terrified and the gunmen are volatile.
| 11:00Director and screenwriter Peter Kosminsky reveals the influences that shaped his career. 11:454/10On day two of the 1980 siege at the Iranian Embassy, cutting edge technology is deployed.
| 11:00Where do your nuts come from and are they really that good for you? 11:455/10Day three dawns at the Iranian Embassy, and the hostages wake to a new threat.
| 11:00A former Secret Services agent on how to make the U.S. election safe. 11:30An eyewitness account of the disbelief that followed the exploding pager attack in Lebanon
| 11:00Reality hits home for the Grundys, and Tom struggles to mediate.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04We hear from charities who appeal for people to donate their winter fuel payments. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04How should you pay for the BBC? If the licence fee was abolished, what could replace it? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The ONS says rents are up by 8.4% - we get reaction and analysis. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The UK lingerie company with no underwiring. 12:32Do drinks and powders with electrolytes help to hydrate you better? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Is it racist for a person of colour to call someone a coconut? Should it be a crime? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The people missing out on help with the cost of broadband and water bills. 12:303/8Simon Evans, Ian Smith, Aditi Mittal and Anushka Asthana quiz the news. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:15Martin Hewitt is the UK’s new border security commander. Mark Coles has been learning more 12:301/6Sue Perkins hosts a new series of Radio 4's fast-talking panel show. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Former BBC presenter Huw Edwards is given a 6-month suspended sentence for abuse images. 13:45How do you find a single man lost at sea?
| 13:00Live from the Liberal Democrats Party Conference in Brighton 13:45With an angry outburst at a conference, one scientist ignites a multi-decade quest.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45After months of mild quakes, a sudden tremor alarms an Italian city. What will follow?
| 13:00As the death toll from explosions in Lebanon increases, can a war with Israel be avoided? 13:45How does a small informal survey lead to shocking truths about the US justice system?
| 13:00Lawyers for 37 women accusing the former Harrods owner of abuse call him a 'monster'. 13:45A finance manager sports a perfect graph. Is it a fluke or something sinister?
| 13:00The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4 13:10Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Weavers Academy in Wellingborough.
| 13:00It's Labour's first conference in power - 10 weeks in, is their strategy working? 13:30James Naughtie examines the backdrop to this year's United States presidential election.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Reality hits home for the Grundys. 14:153/6Plum House is up for a prestigious award in London, so it's off to the big smoke. 14:454/5Dr Maeder has a plan to bring Max back from the brink of delinquency.
| 14:00There’s a surprise for Emma. 14:15A scientist and a linguist wrestle with the legacy of nuclear power.
| 14:00Tom struggles to mediate. 14:151/3Drama following the friendship of three radical lesbian feminists from the 1970s to today.
| 14:00Ian makes a surprising decision. 14:151981. Northern Ireland. Attended by his mother and a priest, Bobby Sands nears his death,
| 14:00Susan attempts to hold everyone together. 14:152/10A rigged election and a Nazi spy… 14:458/12When a man used satellites to find dumps, he learned they’re everywhere. Is it a mafia?
| 14:00Call Any Answers? to have your say on the big issues in the news this week. 14:45Ed takes a monumental step.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston, Matthew Pottage, Marcus Chilton-Jones and Bunny Guinness are in Hull. 14:45John Yorke looks at Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Anneka Rice picks Jane Morris, wife of William Morris and muse to Dante Gabriel Rossetti. 15:305/5The first of the five shortlisted stories for this year's BBC National Short Story Award.
| 15:00Josie Long presents short documentaries uncovering the power of words. 15:302/5The second of five stories in contention for this year's BBC National Short Story Award.
| 15:00Felicity Hannah discusses the finances of being a foster carer. 15:303/5The third of the five shortlisted stories for this year's BBC National Short Story Award.
| 15:00Helen Mark joins a group of young carers as they spend a night under canvas on Dartmoor. 15:27Actress Natalie Cassidy makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Solving Kids' Cancer UK 15:304/5The fourth of the five shortlisted stories for this year's BBC National Short Story Award.
| 15:00Kathy Clugston, Matthew Pottage, Marcus Chilton-Jones and Bunny Guinness are in Hull. 15:301/5Ross Raisin's short story about a journey into the gig economy's dark underbelly.
| 15:00Ellen Wilkinson's political romance, set in the General Strike, dramatised by Sharon Oakes
| 15:00Kofi is having a bad day when he first meets Robinson Crusoe. By Edson Burton
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| 16:00 | 16:00The downfall of the steroid ring fuels a crackdown from law enforcement and policy makers. 16:304/7Jay Rayner and the panel answer culinary questions from an audience of keen cooks in Leeds
| 16:00Medical revolutions that transformed out relationship to our bodies and the world. 16:30David and Simon discuss the BBC, Trump and navigating the unmentionable.
| 16:00Does bad misbehaviour of certain stars reflect a culture problem across TV?
| 16:00How can we get a better internet for everyone? 16:30From how it's made to farmers' perceptions, a deep dive into the edible innovation.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a surgeon, a journalist, a dancer and a scenic artist. 16:30Plus, asylum seeker costs, private school bets and Baumol's cost disease
| 16:00Four-time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan on her latest role in the film The Outrun.
| 16:00Rachel Kushner speaks to Octavia Bright about her Booker shortlisted novel, Creation Lake. 16:30Russell Davies chairs the classic general knowledge quiz
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| 17:00 | 17:00Ex-presenter Huw Edwards receives suspended sentence for making child abuse images.
| 17:00Hundreds of members of armed group Hezbollah injured by their electronic pagers.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme
| 17:00'Monster' Al Fayed: women accusing him of sexual assault and rape demand justice.
| 17:00Fears grow of an all-out war in Lebanon, as Israel and Hezbollah exchange rocket fire 17:30The train drivers' union boss claims victory after two years of strikes. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00In September 2014, Nathan Law led Hong Kong's 'Umbrella' Protests 17:10Daljit Nagra, Karen McCarthy Woolf, Brian Bilston and Stagedoor Johnny. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00He had admitted to having indecent images of children as young as seven 18:301/6Sue Perkins hosts a new series of Radio 4's fast-talking panel show.
| 18:00The Lebanese armed group immediately blamed Israel amid a recent escalation in tensions 18:303/6Victoria Coren Mitchell presents another edition of the show which dares to commit heresy.
| 18:00More people have died and been wounded as walkie-talkies detonated 18:303/4Paul Sinha and his live audience compile the questions for a perfect pub quiz.
| 18:00The group's leader said the detonations of pagers and walkies-talkies was a major blow 18:303/4When Phil's latest get-rich-quick scheme fails he picks a more well trodden path to riches
| 18:00They said those at Harrods, the department store he once owned, enabled his attacks. 18:303/8Simon Evans, Ian Smith, Aditi Mittal and Anushka Asthana quiz the news.
| 18:00Israel mounts another wave of air strikes targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon. 18:15Nihal Arthanayake and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Strikes between Israel and Hezbollah have escalated, as concern grows about a wider war. 18:15Peter Curran chooses audio highlights from this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00There’s a surprise for Emma. 19:15The fashion editor on the In Vogue doc, live music from Slang Spirituals & Booker Prize.
| 19:00Tom struggles to mediate. 19:15David Peace on his new novel, Munichs, about the plane crash that transformed Man Utd.
| 19:00Ian makes a surprising decision. 19:15A Very Royal Scandal, Glasgow Cathedral Festival & crime writer Peter May.
| 19:00Susan attempts to hold everyone together. 19:15The Substance film, Olga Tokarczuk's The Empusium, Michael Craig-Martin's RA exhibition.
| 19:00Ed takes a monumental step. 19:15Rick Wakeman and Fenella Humphreys add five more serendipitous tracks.
| 19:00Martin Hewitt is the UK’s new border security commander. Mark Coles has been learning more 19:15Director and screenwriter Peter Kosminsky reveals the influences that shaped his career.
| 19:00Eddie may be fighting a losing battle. 19:15Why are all the bees dying? Simon Mitambo from Kenya's 'Land of Bees' looks for answers. 19:458/12When a man used satellites to find dumps, he learned they’re everywhere. Is it a mafia?
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| 20:00 | 20:00Should Germany worry about the far right's success in regional elections in east Germany? 20:30Also, the science of what we do with our nuclear waste and why.
| 20:00How a young woman was targeted by an online abuser who created pornographic deepfakes. 20:40Melanie Barratt: considered to be the first blind woman to have completed the Channel swim
| 20:00Are the seven dwarfs perpetuating dangerous stereotypes or harmless fantasy figures? 20:455/5Boys all over the UK talk to Catherine Carr about their friendships and friendship groups.
| 20:00Does bad misbehaviour of certain stars reflect a culture problem across TV?
| 20:00Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Weavers Academy in Wellingborough. 20:50Howard Jacobson argues that liberation from red tape is no way to run a country.
| 20:00Writer Jude Rogers revisits Threads, the Cold War nuclear film that haunted a generation.
| 20:00Poet Nabeela Ahmed on being multilingual. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a surgeon, a journalist, a dancer and a scenic artist.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Tom Sutcliffe with Timothy Snyder, Oksana Maksymchuk and Lucy Ash 21:45How one cafe helps young adults with learning disabilities get on the job experience.
| 21:00Kavita meets some of the last survivors of the 1943 Bengal famine. 21:30Anneka Rice picks Jane Morris, wife of William Morris and muse to Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
| 21:00Rosalie David on what mummies reveal about life, death and medicine in ancient Egypt 21:30Claudia finds out if surfing can boost mental health, by getting on a board herself!
| 21:00Clive Anderson from Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival in Stirling. 21:45Animals can be male, female... or LOADS of other things. What are they? And what about us?
| 21:00Do we live in a time of crisis? Matthew Sweet gets to grips with the present moment.
| 21:00Tales of data and discovery with Hannah Fry.
| 21:00The people missing out on help with the cost of broadband and water bills. 21:25Comedian John Robins makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Brilliant Club 21:30An eyewitness account of the disbelief that followed the exploding pager attack in Lebanon
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| 22:00 | 22:00US Republicans want more protection for Trump after second apparent assassination attempt 22:451/5Penelope Wilton begins a series of stories taking their inspiration from still life images
| 22:00Thousands of injuries after pagers used by the militant group Hezbollah explode 22:452/5Hattie Morahan continues a new series taking its inspiration from still life images.
| 22:00Another day of explosions in Lebanon have killed at least 20 people. 22:453/5Monica Dolan continues Jon McGregor's series taking inspiration from still life images.
| 22:00Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, acknowledged an "unprecedented blow" after attack 22:454/5Dermot Crowley continues a new series taking inspiration from classic still life images.
| 22:00The UN Security Council meets to discuss the crisis as fears mount of a much wider war. 22:455/5The next in a series of powerful stories taking inspiration from classic still life images
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Where do your nuts come from and are they really that good for you?
| 22:00Ben Wright hosts Radio 4's political discussion programme from the Labour Party Conference
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| 23:00 | 23:003/5Maya and Jake begin to make sense of why their lives have been spiralling out of control. 23:30A special edition from Hay Festival. Doon Mackichan and Bruce Robinson choose good reads.
| 23:00Roger McGough is joined by the National Poet of Wales, Hanan Issa. 23:30Two novelists share favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 23:00Comedy series following amateur paranormal podcaster Chris Relish. 23:152/8Jon Holmes's award-winning satirical comedy concept album returns to twist into the news. 23:30The broadcaster and the neuroscientist choose favourite books.
| 23:00Amol and Nick discuss what Israel’s attack on Hezbollah means for tensions in the region. 23:30Comedian Helen Lederer and Italian novelist Ilaria Bernardini choose books they love.
| 23:00A former Secret Services agent on how to make the U.S. election safe. 23:30Two writers share their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 23:001/4Randy Feltface digs deep and dirty. 23:30Russell Davies chairs the classic general knowledge quiz
| 23:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most prominent Victorian politicians. 23:45The culture of 'anti-ageing' and the ethics of the beauty industry
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