| 00:00 | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:15Sasha Frere-Jones leads us on the unlikely journey of Depeche Mode’s world domination. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the parish church of St Mary Redcliffe in Bristol 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30What do the data showing a steep rise in autism diagnoses reveal - and hide? 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30How has autism changed to include those - like women - who were previously missed? 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30What’s the evidence that there’s been a rise not just in diagnosis, but in autism itself? 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Autism today is not just medical but political. So who gets to decide who‘s autistic? 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Has the idea of autism expanded so far that it’s breaking? 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:15Author Kit de Waal takes questions from a Bookclub audience on her novel My Name Is Leon. 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 singer, a wrestler, a cognitive scientist and a satirist. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Reverend Canon Grace Thomas. 05:45Harvest 2025 - what's been the impact of weather extremes on this year's crops? 05:57The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04Will Hayward asks if Wales could become the setting for Reform’s biggest breakthrough yet. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Reverend Canon Grace Thomas. 05:45Rise in imported eggs and concerns over salmonella.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04The 8.8 magnitude quake sent tsunami waves into Japan, Hawaii and the US west coast. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Reverend Canon Grace Thomas. 05:45Vets urge livestock owners to cut back on use of treatments for parasites.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04Matthew Syed explores our extraordinary capacity to invent new systems of communication. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Reverend Canon Grace Thomas. 05:45A celebration of farming across England and the BBC - Farmwatch.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04Should the UK and other countries worry about rising levels of government debt? 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Reverend Canon Grace Thomas. 05:45Gamekeepers may refuse to help tackle wildfires in row over controlled burning of heather.
| 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 Yousra Samir Imran. 05:45A few odd squiggles on a graph lead to a Nobel prize-winning discovery.
| 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 parish church of St Teilo in Llantilio Pertholey. 05:45In Touch hears Natalie's story, about her experiences being blind and transgender.
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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. 06:07Author Jeanette Winterson shows Martha Kearney round her garden in the Cotswolds. 06:30Harvest 2025: a tough year for some crops, but others have done well. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Personal approaches to spirituality from around the world. 06:35Caz Graham meets the Kirkhams who make traditional cloth-wrapped Lancashire cheese 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 07:54Joanna Lumley makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Doctors for Nepal 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The news headlines, including a look at the newspapers. 08:10Live from Canongate Kirk with Very Rev Sally Foster-Fulton and folk trio Siskin Green. 08:48On 1 May 2004, the European Union went through its biggest ever enlargement. 08:58For wildlife film-maker Hannah Stitfall, the chiffchaff's song is the first sign of spring
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| 09:00 | 09:001/5Rory Stewart explores ideas of the hero through time. 09:30Most of the coins are still out here – and someone is still selling them.
| 09:00Natalie tells the stories of the Nine Earthly Muses. With Edith Hall and Nikita Gill. 09:30We try to figure out why drug deaths are at an all-time high - and what can be done.
| 09:00Matthew Syed explores our extraordinary capacity to invent new systems of communication. 09:30Where did the gang get the idea to use fake wills to steal the homes of the dead?
| 09:001/5Stewart Lee explores the story and ideas of counter-culture and its importance today. 09:30Cousin Marriage - its cultural roots, medical risks and legal future with Anne McElvoy.
| 09:00Harry Hill, comedian, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
| 09:00Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken discuss whether laughter really is the best medicine. 09:30Natalie tells the stories of the Nine Earthly Muses. With Edith Hall and Nikita Gill.
| 09:00Will the summit of Presidents Trump and Putin lead to a realignment of Ukraine and Russia?
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| 10:00 | 10:00Listener Week is when all the topics, interviews and discussions are chosen by YOU!
| 10:00Listener Week continues as we bring your stories, ideas and dilemmas to the air.
| 10:00Listener Diana joins us to discuss her MND diagnosis and how the disease impacts women.
| 10:00Emotional and social impact when a woman is the main earner in a household.
| 10:00A listener asks to hear from other mothers with cancer about how they told their children
| 10:00Join Greg and his guests in the Renaissance to learn about beauty rituals and treatments. 10:30James Fox asks how the Mona Lisa became the most famous painting in the world.
| 10:00Dame Carol Robinson, scientist, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Heydon Prowse explores the Gulf states' interest in the UK’s cultural scene. 11:45What do the data showing a steep rise in autism diagnoses reveal - and hide?
| 11:00Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode investigate police procedurals. 11:45How has autism changed to include those - like women - who were previously missed?
| 11:00Psychedelics are going mainstream. But are we ignoring the risks? 11:40Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life. 11:45What’s the evidence that there’s been a rise not just in diagnosis, but in autism itself?
| 11:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince dig deep into the curious concept of technofossils. 11:45Autism today is not just medical but political. So who gets to decide who‘s autistic?
| 11:00The evolution of the Polski sklep. 11:45Has the idea of autism expanded so far that it’s breaking?
| 11:00Children’s author Katherine Rundell on the crisis of reading amongst kids. 11:30A pioneering camp is helping children whose parents have gone missing during the war.
| 11:00Stella considers her options, and Brian makes a shocking discovery.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04How widespread is conditional selling in the housing market? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Call You & Yours: What's your experience of buying a car, and how do you pay for it? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The average cost of childcare in the school summer holiday is now over £1000. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Is that long-distance relationship all it seems? 12:32Can nail polish and gels really last longer, 'strengthen' nails - and not cause damage? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Does an advert for jeans signal the end of 'woke'? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Nike's FuelBand fitness tracker was a runaway success so why did the company abandon it? 12:303/6Why does Britain have so many new parties? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:15Alan French on being at the helm of a collapsing company and turning it around. 12:305/6Adrian Edmondson, Miles Jupp, Rachel Parris and Henning Wehn at the Bristol Beacon. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00We explore how an extra £100 million might help curb the numbers. 13:451/10Tim Hayward looks at the science, culture, history - and future - of psychedelics.
| 13:00A new report says the criminal justice system was three days away from collapsing. 13:452/10Tim Hayward investigates the anatomy of a trip.
| 13:00A report says Rachel Reeves must raise taxes to cover £41bn gap. 13:453/10Tim Hayward visits the outer reaches of cutting edge psychedelic research.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:454/10Tim Hayward investigates why people are travelling abroad seeking a psychedelic cure.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:455/10Tim Hayward travels into the past to better understand today’s psychedelic research.
| 13:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Wiston House in West Sussex.
| 13:00We examine the system providing for children with special educational needs in England. 13:30Roland Pease looks at how breaking an 80-year-old deal in US science may affect us all.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Brian struggles to see the wood for the trees. 14:156/6Has Ed stopped writing for good? 14:455/5Poems read by Bríd Brennan, Adrian Dunbar and Stephen Rea.
| 14:00Stella considers her options. 14:151/3Epic drama series charting the emergence of modern multicultural Britain.
| 14:152/3Epic drama series charting the emergence of modern multicultural Britain.
| 14:00Ruth makes a controversial decision. 14:153/3Epic drama series charting the emergence of modern multicultural Britain.
| 14:00Amber unveils her latest plan. 14:15A new President, a secret plot and disaster in Cuba... 14:45A few odd squiggles on a graph lead to a Nobel prize-winning discovery.
| 14:05Listeners respond to the issues raised in the preceding edition of Any Questions? 14:45Brian makes a shocking discovery.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston and the GQT team celebrate the return of the GQT Summer Garden Party. 14:45John Yorke looks at how Hiroshima, the book by John Hersey, changed journalism.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The barrister and the writer discuss books they feel passionate about. 15:30Join Greg and his guests to learn all about the fascinating women of the Viking age.
| 15:003/8Up above 26,000 feet, things start to fall apart. Then disaster strikes. 15:30Personal approaches to spirituality from around the world.
| 15:001/4James Naughtie talks to veteran US politician John Kerry about his life and career. 15:30Rachel Hurdley climbs the staircase to discover a story of steps, status and segregation.
| 15:00Author Jeanette Winterson shows Martha Kearney round her garden in the Cotswolds. 15:27Comedian Jo Brand makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Hospice UK 15:30Andrea Catherwood talks to Jeremy Bowen about the BBC's coverage from Gaza.
| 15:00Kathy Clugston and the GQT team celebrate the return of the GQT Summer Garden Party. 15:45Swansea market, Iranian poetry and photography collide in a new story from Kamand Kojouri.
| 15:001/2Stories of interfering new friends, passionate love and the will for happiness.
| 15:00Part one of John Hersey's searing account of the bombing of Hiroshima and its aftermath
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| 16:00 | 16:00Will Hayward asks if Wales could become the setting for Reform’s biggest breakthrough yet. 16:30Powerful stories linked to this beautiful and stirring Ukrainian folk song
| 16:00Anger as a motivation for art - its potency and limitations. 16:30Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken discuss whether laughter really is the best medicine.
| 16:00Naomi Alderman explores the mind of the brilliant feminist pioneer, Mary Wollstonecraft. 16:15As MasterChef returns, what does the future hold for one of the BBC's biggest brands?
| 16:00Should the UK and other countries worry about rising levels of government debt? 16:30Cuts of $500 million to vaccines research have been announced by the US government.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on an spy boss, a drama school founder, a politician and a craze starter 16:30Matthew Syed explores our extraordinary capacity to invent new systems of communication.
| 16:00Listener Week is when all the topics, interviews and discussions are chosen by YOU!
| 16:00Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh on his new novel, Men In Love, and its three influences. 16:302/6Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests.
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| 17:00 | 17:00The cousin of a man held hostage in Gaza responds to video of him released by Hamas.
| 17:00The BBC investigates a people smuggling gang.
| 17:00President Putin calls the meeting 'constructive and useful'. Plus, wildfires in Europe.
| 17:00Israel's Security Cabinet meet to discuss the plans. Plus, 100 years of daylight saving.
| 17:00News and current affairs, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news 17:30Can nail polish and gels really last longer, 'strengthen' nails - and not cause damage? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00In the 1940s, vulnerable hospital patients were fed sugar to see if their teeth decayed. 17:102/3Misha Glenny heads to Hungary in a series about history and power. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00Pressure intensifies in Israel for government to end the conflict 18:305/6Adrian Edmondson, Miles Jupp, Rachel Parris and Henning Wehn at the Bristol Beacon.
| 18:00The gang sends migrants to the UK in small boats 18:301/6Paul Merton finds out what Maisie Adam would send to Room 101.
| 18:00President Trump threatens 50% tariffs on India for buying Russian oil 18:30Comedians imagine what a united Ireland would look like if it ever happened.
| 18:00The Bank of England lops a quarter of a point off interest rates, taking them down to 4% 18:302/4Comic chaos, with guest star Mike Wozniak.
| 18:00Israel's prime minister believes the move is necessary to defeat Hamas 18:303/6Why does Britain have so many new parties?
| 18:00Police arrest more than 200 people at a demonstration in central London. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with conversation, music and comedy from the Edinburgh Festivals
| 18:00Benjamin Netanyahu defends Israel's plan to take over Gaza City, despite global criticism 18:15Len Pennie presents a selection of the best bits of audio across the BBC.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Stella considers her options. 19:15Freakier Friday, returning Buddhist gems to India.
| 19:15Sean Hayes' play opens in London and how composer Shostakovich survived Stalin's purges.
| 19:00Ruth makes a controversial decision. 19:15Kirsty Wark with conversation, comedy and music from the Edinburgh Festivals.
| 19:00Amber unveils her latest plan. 19:15Noah Hawley on bringing the sci fi-franchise Alien to the small screen as Alien: Earth.
| 19:00Brian makes a shocking discovery. 19:15Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore David Lynch and Mark Frost's cult classic TV show.
| 19:00Alan French on being at the helm of a collapsing company and turning it around. 19:15Brian Cox and Robin Ince dig deep into the curious concept of technofossils.
| 19:15Artist Kevin Harman explores what happens when public art and communities clash. 19:45Why writing down your feelings can improve your mood, immune system and thinking skills.
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| 20:00 | 20:00David Aaronovitch and guests discuss identity cards. 20:30The 8.8 magnitude quake sent tsunami waves into Japan, Hawaii and the US west coast.
| 20:00Psychedelics are going mainstream. But are we ignoring the risks? 20:40In Touch hears Natalie's story, about her experiences being blind and transgender.
| 20:00Are women-only dating advice groups doing more harm than good? 20:45How a community bus has provided friendship as well as transport.
| 20:00Naomi Alderman explores the mind of the brilliant feminist pioneer, Mary Wollstonecraft. 20:15As MasterChef returns, what does the future hold for one of the BBC's biggest brands?
| 20:00Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Wiston House in West Sussex. 20:55Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
| 20:00Laura Barton outlines the dramatic rise and fall from grace of industrial titan, Plastic.
| 20:00Andrea Catherwood talks to Jeremy Bowen about the BBC's coverage from Gaza. 20:30Matthew Bannister on an spy boss, a drama school founder, a politician and a craze starter
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| 21:00 | 21:00How Gibraltar became the tech, data and innovation capital of the online gambling industry 21:45Dan Neidle unpacks the bizarre, brilliant and unexpected ways tax shapes our world.
| 21:00A pioneering summer camp for Ukrainian children with missing parents. 21:30Comedian Harry Enfield chooses the cartoonist, musician and raconteur Gerard Hoffnung.
| 21:00Mel Giedroyc examines Walt Disney’s archetypal fairy-tale romance Cinderella. 21:30We try to figure out why drug deaths are at an all-time high - and what can be done.
| 21:00Nihal Arthanayake and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. 21:45Matthew Syed asks what it means to be distracted in a media world vying for our attention.
| 21:00David Runciman tells the story of the 1945 election and the dawn of a new age.
| 21:00Tim Hayward looks at the science, culture, history - and future - of psychedelics.
| 21:00Nike's FuelBand fitness tracker was a runaway success so why did the company abandon it? 21:25Joanna Lumley makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Doctors for Nepal 21:30A pioneering camp is helping children whose parents have gone missing during the war.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Reported expansion of IDF operations in Gaza as Israeli officials urge Trump to intervene 22:451/10The classic 1986 novel from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day.
| 22:0080 years after the first atomic bomb was dropped, we hear the memories of a survivor. 22:452/10The classic 1986 novel from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day.
| 22:00President Trump said he's willing to meet Russian and Ukrainian counterparts 22:453/10The classic 1986 novel from the Nobel Prize-winning Kazuo Ishiguro, set in post-war Japan.
| 22:00Israel's prime minister says he wants to take full control of Gaza - but not permanently. 22:454/10Kazuo Ishiguro's award-winning 1986 novel exploring the aftermath of WWII on Japan.
| 22:00President Trump announced that he will be meeting Putin to discuss ending Ukraine war 22:455/10Tim McInnerny continues this classic novel from the Nobel Prize- winner Kazuo Ishiguro.
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15The evolution of the Polski sklep.
| 22:00Helen Catt and guests discuss Palestine Action, deporting foreign criminals and digital ID
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| 23:00 | 23:001/5Aldrich Kemp returns... or does he? 23:302/5Ricky Gervais tells the inside story of his smash hit After Life.
| 23:00Havana Syndrome spreads. And an eerily similar phenomenon in '70s Moscow is investigated. 23:30Distracted, privatised, enchanted. Tom Rice expands what it means to listen.
| 23:00Stuart finds out the costs involved before you even pop your clogs! 23:151/4Kenyan-born comedian Njambi McGrath goes on a challenging journey of self-discovery. 23:30Comedian Ken Cheng returns for a brand new series, all about school subjects.
| 23:00Children’s author Katherine Rundell on the crisis of reading amongst kids. 23:30The barrister and the writer discuss books they feel passionate about.
| 23:00Texas Republicans have voted for the arrest of dozens of Democratic legislators 23:30We unbox care packages to explore flavours from China, India, Ireland and the Philippines.
| 23:002/4Crybabies bring the big screen to your normal-sized radio. 23:301/6Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests.
| 23:001/5Stewart Lee explores the story and ideas of counter-culture and its importance today. 23:30What is going on behind the façade of the Lucan’s Belgravia home that ignites this story? 23:45Swansea market, Iranian poetry and photography collide in a new story from Kamand Kojouri.
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