| 00:00 | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:15When Muriel McKay vanishes in 1969, the police are baffled. Then the phone rings. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the Parish Church of Our Lady and St Nicholas, Pier Head. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:301/5A lone wolf’s journey through Europe highlights our conflicted relationship with nature. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:302/5Adam Weymouth travels to Slovenia to follow a young wolf's journey across the continent. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:303/5The author tracks the wolf’s journey across Slovenia. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:304/5The author has arrived in Austria, following the route taken by the young Slovenian wolf. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:305/5Slavc arrives on the Lessinian plateau and feels at home. He meets a mate. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:15Joanne Harris takes questions from readers on her best-selling novel from 1999, Chocolat. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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| 01:00 | 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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| 05:00 | 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04Matthew Bannister on a BBC executive, a physicist, a psychoanalyst and a doctor. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with Canon Simon Doogan. 05:45Will England's farming budget survive the spending review? 05:57The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with Canon Simon Doogan. 05:45The Welsh government sets out its plans to protect the environment and punish polluters.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04Alicia McCarthy reports as doubts grow about the future of the UK's biggest water company. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with Canon Simon Doogan. 05:45The government needs a new strategy for tackling animal disease outbreaks, a report says.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04Sean Curran reports on Prime Minister's Questions. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with Canon Simon Doogan. 05:45Warnings of innovation brain drain without more investment in agri-tech.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with Canon Simon Doogan. 05:45Farm incomes, skills gap, AI drone.
| 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Julia Loveless. 05:45What are parents being told and sold when it comes to first foods?
| 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St Olave, Hart Street, in London. 05:45NASA tells In Touch about a condition affecting the vision of over 70% of their astronauts
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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 news headlines, including a look at the newspapers. 06:07Clare meets a man who completely changed his life after walking the Camino Sanabrés. 06:30Eggs up, wheat down: what’s made the most cash for farmers? 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Racial sympathy amongst white Americans and the meaning of solidarity. 06:35Theo Whyte visits the off-grid farm selling to some of the country’s best restaurants 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 07:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 07:10A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week with Edward Stourton. 07:54Tiggy Walker makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Carers UK 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The news headlines, including a look at the newspapers. 08:10A celebration of Pentecost from Leeds Cathedral. 08:48In 1976 Jenette Kahn became the first female head of DC Comics, home of the superheroes 08:58Anna Hill on the loud song of the sedge warbler.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Shahidha Bari talks to Frank Close, Tim Gregory and Baroness Natalie Bennett. 09:45Lucy Easthope explores the history of risk.
| 09:00Astronomer Royal for Scotland Catherine Heymans talks telescopes, dark matter and comedy. 09:30What a global study tells us about how to thrive, and why being playful can help us cope.
| 09:00Plus, skilled migrants, preventing Alzheimer’s and Robert Prevost on God and probability. 09:305/9Joe’s great-grandfather's letters, lead him to the silenced history of a massacre.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the Vienna Secession. 09:45Armando Iannucci is joined by comedian Stewart Lee to discuss 'weird Turkish barber shops'
| 09:00Romesh Ranganathan, comedian, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
| 09:00David Baddiel is a comedian and author who's now taken inspiration from the humble burger.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented this week by Simon Jack.
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| 10:00 | 10:00The world-renowned intimacy co-ordinator discusses her new book, Intimacy.
| 10:00How to raise self-confident women? Beyoncé & Solange's mother, Ms Tina Knowles, explains.
| 10:00The celebrated novelist is the winner of the Women's Prize Outstanding Contribution Award.
| 10:00Survivors of rape & serious sexual assault given the right to have dropped cases reviewed.
| 10:00A look at the new advice about weight-loss jabs, and contraception or pregnancy.
| 10:0010/13Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain attempt to design the biggest creature that's ever lived 10:305/7Jay Rayner and the panel are answering questions from a hungry audience in Shepherd's Bush
| 10:00Lucy Easthope, emergency planner, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
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| 11:00 | 11:00The thousands of falcons being bred in the UK destined for falcon races in the Middle East 11:451/5A lone wolf’s journey through Europe highlights our conflicted relationship with nature.
| 11:00Claire Booth and Gavin Higgins add five more tracks to the playlist. 11:452/5Adam Weymouth travels to Slovenia to follow a young wolf's journey across the continent.
| 11:00Anna Foster explores the question of whether there have been war crimes in Israel & Gaza. 11:453/5The author tracks the wolf’s journey across Slovenia.
| 11:00Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken reveals his formative cultural influences. 11:454/5The author has arrived in Austria, following the route taken by the young Slovenian wolf.
| 11:00Jaega Wise launches this year's BBC Food & Farming Awards with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall 11:455/5Slavc arrives on the Lessinian plateau and feels at home. He meets a mate.
| 11:00George Parker of the Financial Times assesses the latest developments at Westminster. 11:30Ukraine launched an audacious drone attack inside Russia, but unease remains at home.
| 11:00David makes a decision, and Fallon fears for the future.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04An Insolvency Service investigation confirms what you told us about a singing waiter firm. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04How easy is it for you to access healthcare? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04How fried chicken is going upmarket. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04What it’s really like getting products made in ‘the world’s factory’? 12:32How did the internet service provider Freeserve reach dizzy heights then disappear? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Can the UK ditch its carbon emissions by 2050? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04New research suggests a third of households are trying to cut water use to save money. 12:308/8Glenn Moore and Felicity Ward join Andy Zaltzman for another episode of the News Quiz. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:15The first woman to serve as White House chief of staff. 12:302/6A dispute between a gay couple and a local church becomes a battleground for free speech. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Starmer says UK moving to 'war-fighting readiness'. 13:45Nick is paid thousands of pounds to bring Vietnamese migrants into the UK.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:45Nick makes a narrow escape after police turn up at a beach in France.
| 13:00The Chancellor promises more trams, trains and buses outside London. 13:45Police build a theory that Nick is smuggling Vietnamese migrants to work on cannabis farms
| 13:00Israeli forces recover the bodies of a retired married couple from southern Gaza. 13:45Nick is arrested on a beach in Kent, with four Vietnamese migrants on his boat
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:45Nick is sentenced, but are his routes still wide open to other people smugglers?
| 13:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Rogate Village Hall in West Sussex.
| 13:00The changing geology of UK politics: how the other parties combat the surge of Reform UK. 13:30Why are school exclusions rising, and what happens to children who are excluded?
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| 14:00 | 14:00The guilt eats away for Alice. 14:153/6Roger and Joanna decide to move - but will anyone buy the house? 14:4510/10With her confession roundly ignored, Barbara has no choice but to pick up her pen again.
| 14:00Azra offers her professional opinion. 14:15Leni Riefenstahl drama about artistic obsession by Colin Shindler.
| 14:00Jill finds the right words. 14:152/2Andrew and Christine are worried that they might have lost their baby.
| 14:15In Paolo Chianta's comedy, father and daughter reconnect while building a garden shed.
| 14:154/5As the Highland army marches through England, there’s panic on the streets of London. 14:45What are parents being told and sold when it comes to first foods?
| 14:05Listeners respond to the issues raised in the preceding edition of Any Questions? 14:45Fallon fears for the future.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs and the GQT team answer the gardening questions of an eager audience. 14:45John Yorke takes a look at King Lear, Shakespeare’s most brutal tragedy.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Notable guests pick a great life they admire. 15:309/13Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain discover that sharks could help us invent faster cars
| 15:00Lucy Worsley meets Celia Cooney, New York’s Bobbed Haired Bandit. 15:30Racial sympathy amongst white Americans and the meaning of solidarity.
| 15:00Victims' families want convicted killers forced into the dock for sentencing. 15:30What can you do if an AI is making stuff up about you? Aleks and Kevin find out.
| 15:00Clare meets a man who completely changed his life after walking the Camino Sanabrés. 15:27Broadcaster Martha Kearney makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Full Fact 15:30Michael Rosen and linguistics researcher Jo Nolan discuss the joy of making lists.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs and the GQT team answer the gardening questions of an eager audience. 15:45A man tells his doctor about his son's strange obsession, while another truth is revealed.
| 15:00Twin brothers, both professional footballers, torn apart by secrets and lies.
| 15:00Richard Wilson takes on the mighty Shakespearean King who foolishly gives away his kingdom
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| 16:00 | 16:00Madeira has a chronic drug problem the authorities are struggling to cope with. 16:304/7Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
| 16:00The dramatic story of the pioneering theatre company that dared to put women centre stage. 16:30Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore HRT and the menopause.
| 16:00David Yelland and Simon Lewis examine the hype around something that doesn't exist. Yet. 16:15Reporting on the Hajj at Mecca, Katherina Maher from National Public Radio in America.
| 16:00Can the civil service be reformed or is it simply too old and unwieldy? 16:30Inside Science heads to the One Ocean Science Congress in Nice, France.
| 16:00Kirsty Lang on a conservationist, a charity fundraiser, an author, a science communicator. 16:30Plus, skilled migrants, preventing Alzheimer’s and Robert Prevost on God and probability.
| 16:00How to raise self-confident women? Beyoncé and Solange's mother, Ms Tina Knowles, explains
| 16:00Andrew Miller on his new book, The Land in Winter, and its links to three other works. 16:30The contest of lateral thinking and cryptic connections, chaired by Kirsty Lang. 5/12
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| 17:00 | 17:00News and current affairs, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
| 17:00Trump's 50% tariffs on steel to be introduced tomorrow: can UK businesses get a reprieve?
| 17:00Chancellor announces billions of pounds of investment for transport.
| 17:00The children of families receiving Universal Credit in England will get free school meals.
| 17:00News and current affairs, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
| 17:00President Trump says Ukraine has given Russia a reason to 'bomb the hell out of it'. 17:30How does it feel to be held up as the 'anti-Trump' leader by progressives worldwide? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00In 1992, Mary Fisher set out to fight the prejudice faced by those with HIV and Aids 17:10Barnsley Bard Ian McMillan is joined by guests for poetry performance and discussion. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00A review of the UK's armed forces calls for a national shift to war-fighting readiness 18:302/6A dispute between a gay couple and a local church becomes a battleground for free speech.
| 18:00UN condemns the killing of at least 27 people near a new aid distribution centre in Gaza 18:304/6Staircase wit, lazy texts and international ugliness.
| 18:00The government is under pressure to give more details about its U-turn 18:30Susie McCabe, Gavin Webster, Melina Fiol and Scott Bennett join Angela Barnes.
| 18:00He said that working to get the party elected was no longer "a good use" of his time 18:30'Cancellation' - why are we more inclined to silence and shun rather than persuade?
| 18:00The White House says Mr Trump has no immediate plans to speak to his former advisor 18:308/8Glenn Moore and Felicity Ward join Andy Zaltzman for another episode of the News Quiz.
| 18:00Days after resigning as Reform UK's chairman, Zia Yusuf says he's returning to the party. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00President Trump deploys the National Guard in LA, 18:15Haroon Rashid presents a selection of the best bits of audio across the BBC.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Azra offers her professional opinion. 19:15Samira discusses the Olivier award-winning production of Fiddler on the Roof.
| 19:00Jill finds the right words. 19:15Nick Mohammed talks about his comedy stand-up show and new film Deep Cover.
| 19:15Daisy Goodwin on her play about the late Queen and her dresser, By Royal Appointment.
| 19:15Plus reviews of Lollipop movie and Atmosphere, the new novel from Taylor Jenkins Reid.
| 19:00Fallon fears for the future. 19:15Nicky Spence and Heidi Fardell join Anna and Jeffrey to add the next five tracks.
| 19:00The first woman to serve as White House chief of staff. 19:15Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken reveals his formative cultural influences.
| 19:00Bridge Farm faces disappointment. 19:15Sink into the dirt to meet the hidden worms that squelch through the darkness. 19:45How cooking from scratch can help lose weight and boost your mood.
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| 20:00 | 20:00What's stopping the UK from building the social housing we need? 20:30We answer a selection of fascinating science questions, from Nikola Tesla to microplastics
| 20:00Anna Foster explores the question of whether there have been war crimes in Israel & Gaza. 20:45NASA tells In Touch about a condition affecting the vision of over 70% of their astronauts
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
| 20:00David Yelland and Simon Lewis examine the hype around something that doesn't exist. Yet. 20:15Reporting on the Hajj at Mecca, Katherina Maher from National Public Radio in America.
| 20:00Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Rogate Village Hall in West Sussex. 20:55Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
| 20:00Jon Harvey celebrates 50 years of Jaws with a hilarious history of shark fiction.
| 20:00Michael Rosen and linguistics researcher Jo Nolan discuss the joy of making lists. 20:30Kirsty Lang on a conservationist, a charity fundraiser, an author, a science communicator.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Shahidha Bari talks to Frank Close, Tim Gregory and Baroness Natalie Bennett. 21:452/5Visits to the areas from the Shipping Forecast: Dogger, Irish Sea, Wight, Lundy and Forth.
| 21:00How should private prosecutions change following the Post Office scandal? 21:3010/12Shauna Moreland tells the story of her mother Caroline.
| 21:00Astronomer Royal for Scotland Catherine Heymans talks telescopes, dark matter and comedy. 21:30What a global study tells us about how to thrive, and why being playful can help us cope.
| 21:00Stuart Maconie and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. 21:45Armando Iannucci is joined by comedian Stewart Lee to discuss 'weird Turkish barber shops'
| 21:00Matthew Sweet discusses difficult histories with 3 BBC podcast hosts at the Hay Festival.
| 21:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
| 21:00New research suggests a third of households are trying to cut water use to save money. 21:25Tiggy Walker makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Carers UK 21:30Ukraine launched an audacious drone attack inside Russia, but unease remains at home.
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| 22:00 | 22:00The government unveils findings of major review of the UK's defence capabilities. 22:451/5Disco investigate the murder of a military bandsman in Burnley. By Nick Walker.
| 22:00What we know about the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. 22:452/5Marnie looks for clues in the murdered soldier’s past. By Nick Walker.
| 22:00US President had "good conversation" with Putin in phone call, but no immediate ceasefire 22:453/5Disco raids the house of a new suspect: someone else from the band. By Nick Walker.
| 22:00Trump and Musk have have a public falling out in a series of social media posts 22:454/5Marnie flies to Jordan where she makes an alarming discovery. By Nick Walker.
| 22:00Trump "not particularly interested" in reconnecting with former ally 22:455/5Marnie closes in on the identity of Adam McTavish’s killer. By Nick Walker.
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Jaega Wise launches this year's BBC Food & Farming Awards with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
| 22:00Ben Wright and guests discuss the Spending Review, digital ID cards, and Margaret Thatcher
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| 23:00 | 23:008/8After 216 days in the courtroom, the judges must arrive at their verdicts. 23:30Alicia McCarthy reports as the government sets out its Strategic Defence Review.
| 23:00Liz and Bill prepare for a final exorcism. Could an event in Bill’s past hold the key? 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster as MPs debate the future of Thames Water.
| 23:007/10Swing across an actual fiscal black hole in the ultimate visitor attraction. 23:15Jayde Adams and guests dive into the feisty world of community apps and messageboards. 23:30Alicia McCarthy reports as the Prime Minister faces questions on winter fuel payments.
| 23:00Armando Iannucci joins Amol and Nick for the final episode of The Today Podcast. 23:30Sean Curran reports on plans to give more pupils a free school lunch.
| 23:00Join the Americast team for insights from across the US. 23:30Susan Hulme reports on an emotional debate about babies born too early.
| 23:00'Cancellation' - why are we more inclined to silence and shun rather than persuade? 23:30The contest of lateral thinking and cryptic connections, chaired by Kirsty Lang. 4/12
| 23:00Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the Vienna Secession. 23:45A man tells his doctor about his son's strange obsession, while another truth is revealed.
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