| 00:00 | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:15How Haitians in the Dominican Republic are being targeted for expulsion. 00:45Bells on Sunday, comes from Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:301/5The sequel to Jung Chang’s global bestseller, Wild Swans. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:302/5The author, Jung Chang, enjoys unfamiliar experiences while living her new life in Europe. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:303/5In 1988 Jung Chang's mother is finally granted permission to visit her daughter in the UK. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:304/5Wild Swans was published in 1992, the next year the author returned to Chengdu. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:305/5Jung Chang and Jon Halliday published their biography of Chairman Mao in 2005. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:15Writer John Niven speaks to Bookclub about his first novel Kill Your Friends from 2008. 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 primatologist, a poet, a politician and a bass player. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Rev Lynne Gibson. 05:45Is rural crime falling off the radar in some police force areas? 05:57The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:046/6Can coroners' courts cope with conspiracy? 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Rev Lynne Gibson. 05:45Dairy farmers in Scotland say changing skilled worker visas could leave them shortstaffed.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04Scientists have made early-stage human embryos using skin cell DNA fertilised with sperm 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Rev Lynne Gibson. 05:45River Wye pollution, rural crime, new nature reserve.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04UK benefits, Zack Polanski’s billionaire claim and Gen Z job interviews. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Rev Lynne Gibson. 05:45President Trump plans to bail out soyabean farmers.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04What is the plan? And why is it happening now? 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Rev Lynne Gibson. 05:45The increasing amounts of waste dumped in the countryside and how to tackle it.
| 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 Guvna B. 05:45Dan Neidle reveals the unexpected ways tax shapes our world.
| 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 Mary the Virgin, Hartpury in Gloucestershire. 05:45Boomerang is a new charity set up to help visually impaired students pursue STEM subjects.
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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. 06:07Comedian Mark Steel joins Clare for an amble around Hambleton Peninsula in Rutland. 06:30Is the fight against rural crime being won? 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05The power and complexity of religious conversion in prison. 06:35Sarah Swadling discovers top jockey Harry Cobden’s passion for beef farming. 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 07:54Actress Susannah Fielding presents the Radio 4 appeal on behalf of Children on the Edge. 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The news headlines, including a look at the newspapers. 08:10Farsi Christians - hope in the midst of trial. 08:48The story of the week that brought the future of Greece and the Eurozone to the brink 08:58Entomologist George McGavin shares his lifelong fascination with the red-backed shrike.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis and historians Paul Cartledge and Mary Vincent. 09:45How one woman wants to get more people to give blood after donations helped her husband.
| 09:00Materials scientist Eleanor Schofield on conserving a 500-year-old wooden warship. 09:30How can we learn to get along with people we disagree with?
| 09:00UK benefits, Zack Polanski’s billionaire claim and Gen Z job interviews. 09:30How did Jimmy O’Connor end up in a condemned cell at HMP Pentonville?
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the origins, science and mythology of the moon. 09:45Natalie Haynes joins Armando to repeatedly discuss repetition, repetitiously.
| 09:00Angela Harding, artist, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
| 09:00Susie Dent joins Adrian Chiles for extraordinary stories from remarkable people.
| 09:00Hostage families await the release of loved ones as Gazans try to return home.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Is the SEND system working for children with special educational needs? 10:55Katherine Rundell explores wonderful stories of 20 astonishing but endangered animals.
| 10:00The rise of AI 'girlfriends' with new websites offering online intimacy. 10:55Katherine Rundell explores wonderful stories of 20 astonishing but endangered animals.
| 10:00As she makes her second speech, how has the Conservative party leader's conference gone? 10:55Katherine Rundell explores wonderful stories of 20 astonishing but endangered animals.
| 10:00Singer-songwriter Tanita Tikaram on fame in the late 1980s, identity and belonging. 10:55Katherine Rundell explores wonderful stories of 20 astonishing but endangered animals.
| 10:00The latest in the Gisèle Pelicot case after a man appealed his conviction for rape. 10:55Katherine Rundell explores wonderful stories of 20 astonishing but endangered animals.
| 10:002/13Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain consider whether resonance can down bridges and lift moods. 10:301/5Bruce's story begins in the small factory town of Freehold, New Jersey.
| 10:00Ronnie Wood, musician and artist, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
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| 11:00 | 11:002/3A journey through the landscape that shapes the health of our children. 11:451/5The sequel to Jung Chang’s global bestseller, Wild Swans.
| 11:00Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode look at the long relationship between cinema and painting. 11:452/5The author, Jung Chang, enjoys unfamiliar experiences while living her new life in Europe.
| 11:00Why has the number of under-18s in custody in England and Wales dropped to a record low? 11:40Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life. 11:453/5In 1988 Jung Chang's mother is finally granted permission to visit her daughter in the UK.
| 11:00Composer and conductor Thomas Adès reveals his formative creative influences. 11:454/5Wild Swans was published in 1992, the next year the author returned to Chengdu.
| 11:00Dan Saladino looks at projects helping to rethink chocolate, seafood and food forests. 11:455/5Jung Chang and Jon Halliday published their biography of Chairman Mao in 2005.
| 11:00Gaia Vince makes the positive case for immigration despite public concern over the issue. 11:30The soldier with the unenviable task of telling families their loved ones have been killed
| 11:00The Grundy's face an anxious wait, and Chris makes his feelings clear.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04We reveal how criminals are using water accounts as a gateway to fraud. 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 and selling a home?' 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04From Sunday, British Travellers to the EU will be subject to new biometric checks. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04When leaders embrace chaos, can innovation thrive or does everything fall apart? 12:32Greg Foot investigates the so-called wonder products making bold claims. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Are they dividing the country? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Why the Government wants us to invest more cash savings into shares 12:306/8Andy Zaltzman is joined by Ian Smith and Ayesha Hazarika for the topical panel quiz show. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:15The self proclaimed ‘grandmother of performance art’. 12:302/6Paul Sinha tests the general knowledge of his live audience in Ayr. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Sébastien Lecornu becomes France's shortest serving prime minister ever. We have reaction. 13:45How can you reconnect with yourself through food?
| 13:00We speak to the mother of a hostage in Gaza two years after Hamas's attack on Israel. 13:45A tale of faith and migration. A Zimbabwe mother rediscovers her spiritual home in the UK.
| 13:00The Conservative leader defends her party's record at the party conference. 13:45Artist Leon Clowes traces addiction recovery through the lens of a bespoke tarot deck.
| 13:00Gaza: a ceasefire expected to be signed within hours. 13:45A mountain, a deer and a ghillie - a re-imagination of Gaelic poem, Moladh Beinn Dobhrain.
| 13:00Thousands of Palestinians return to their homes while Israeli forces pull back. 13:45Satirical audio fiction about a lost northerner in London. Written by Antonia Gospel.
| 13:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Alex Forsyth presents political debate from York St John University.
| 13:00Israel awaits the return of its hostages. Palestinians in Gaza hope to rebuild.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Jolene finds herself bearing the brunt. 14:154/6Ellie suggests a neighbourhood stake out when the garden pot plants are stolen again. 14:458/10Mrs Bridge does not approve of her son Douglas’s new girlfriend.
| 14:00The Grundys face an anxious wait. 14:15Hard-hitting comedy drama about the healing power of real friends, by Leila Navabi.
| 14:00Brad sees things from another perspective. 14:152/4Baltic Noir thriller combining espionage, betrayal - and forbidden love.
| 14:00Chris makes his feelings clear. 14:15By Andy Grace Edwards. Poignant drama about love, art and the healing power of a walk.
| 14:00Emotions run high for Will. 14:15A brother's far-right activism creates a major dilemma for his Police Detective sister. 14:45Dan Neidle reveals the unexpected ways tax shapes our world.
| 14:05Listeners respond to the issues raised in the preceding edition of Any Questions? 14:45Ed proves a sympathetic ear.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston delves into the extensive GQT archives, digging for timeless advice. 14:45Aleighcia Scott speaks to Chris Price about his family's contribution to reggae in the UK.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Andrew Davenport, creator of In the Night Garden, chooses Oliver Postgate. 15:301/13Hannah and Dara investigate why nature has evolved the humble crabs so many times.
| 15:001/10An arctic explorer is trapped in a snow drift. How will he escape? 15:30The power and complexity of religious conversion in prison.
| 15:00We take a look at investing live from the London Stock Exchange. 15:30Companionship has become the top use case for AI. Aleks & Kevin explore the consequences.
| 15:00Comedian Mark Steel joins Clare for an amble around Hambleton Peninsula in Rutland. 15:27Ambassador for Kinship Jay Kontzle makes the Radio 4 appeal on behalf of the charity. 15:30Andrea Catherwood discusses Radio 4's Inside the Migrant Hotel with Sue Mitchell.
| 15:00Kathy Clugston delves into the extensive GQT archives, digging for timeless advice. 15:45Detective comedy about vigils, victims and vintage coats.
| 15:001/2Star of the Sea unravels the mysterious death of landowner David Merridith.
| 15:001/2Behind the Iron Curtain, every note the Borodin Quartet plays could cost them everything.
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| 16:00 | 16:006/6Can coroners' courts cope with conspiracy? 16:307/7Jay Rayner and the panel are in Durham answering questions from an audience of home cooks.
| 16:00Exploring how blind approaches to art description bring galleries to life for everyone. 16:30Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken want to know the link between nature and our wellbeing.
| 16:00David Yelland and Simon Lewis examine whether some people are beyond the help of PR. 16:15Steve Rosenberg BBC Russia editor, the rise of the self-produced celebrity documentary.
| 16:00What is the plan? And why is it happening now? 16:30Renewables overtake coal as the world’s biggest source of electricity.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on an electoral officer, an author, an attempted assassin and an actor. 16:30UK benefits, Zack Polanski’s billionaire claim and Gen Z job interviews.
| 16:00Sally Wainwright on Riot Women, her drama about a group of mid-life women's punk rock band
| 16:00John Banville on his new novel Venetian Vespers and its connections to three other texts. 16:305/6The students v professors quiz.
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| 17:00 | 17:00After just 26 days, Sébastien Lecornu is gone. What's next for France?
| 17:00Shadow justice sec hits back, saying he would not 'shy away' from issues of integration.
| 17:00We’re joined by Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride.
| 17:00News and current affairs, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
| 17:00Thousands of Palestinians have begun returning to Gaza's north as a ceasefire begins.
| 17:00Over half a million Palestinians head back to what's left of their homes. 17:30How do you protect and police freedom of speech on campus and in society? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00In 1932, a photo of ironworkers eating lunch at the top of a skyscraper was taken 17:10Ian McMillan with Maria Popova, Aditya Narayan, Kimberly Campanello, and DM Black. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00The country has been plunged into a political crisis 18:302/6Paul Sinha tests the general knowledge of his live audience in Ayr.
| 18:00Robert Jenrick has defended making comments some have described as racist 18:301/6Find out how hanging horseshoes upside down helps the people of Oakham vanquish the devil.
| 18:00Kemi Badenoch pledged to axe stamp duty on main homes in England and Northern Ireland 18:306/6The team court a star to be the charity’s patron, and Harriett’s salary gets leaked.
| 18:00News of a peace deal is met with celebrations in Israel and relief and anxiety in Gaza. 18:30Pie takes on the topic of race after a run-in with Sam. Is this wise?
| 18:00Palestinians stream north as Israeli troops pull back and the ceasefire begins in Gaza 18:306/8Andy Zaltzman is joined by Ian Smith and Ayesha Hazarika for the topical panel quiz show.
| 18:00Former Lostprophets singer and paedophile Ian Watkins dies after an attack in prison. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00More aid is entering Gaza ahead of the release of the remaining Israeli hostages. 18:15Susan Hulme presents a selection of the best bits of audio across the BBC.
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| 19:00 | 19:00The Grundys face an anxious wait. 19:15Film director Kathryn Bigelow and Booker-nominee author Kiran Desai
| 19:00Brad sees things from another perspective. 19:15Marina Abramović on creating a dream in her new performance artwork Balkan Erotic Epic
| 19:00Chris makes his feelings clear. 19:15Tamsin Greig on Sally Wainwright's Riot Women and Booker Prize-shortlisted Susan Choi.
| 19:00Emotions run high for Will. 19:15Susan Sarandon's UK stage debut in Mary Page Marlowe and Thomas Pynchon's Shadow Ticket.
| 19:00Ed proves a sympathetic ear. 19:15Ellen and Mark explore how films and TV depict death and dying.
| 19:00The self proclaimed ‘grandmother of performance art’. 19:15Composer and conductor Thomas Adès reveals his formative creative influences.
| 19:15Join Clint Buffington on his hunt for messages in bottles and the people who sent them. 19:45Why mindfulness practice can improve your focus, immune system and reduce stress and pain.
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| 20:00 | 20:00The UK's nightlife sector is on its knees, so can - and should - it be saved? 20:30Scientists have made early-stage human embryos using skin cell DNA fertilised with sperm
| 20:00Why has the number of under-18s in custody in England and Wales dropped to a record low? 20:40Boomerang is a new charity set up to help visually impaired students pursue STEM subjects.
| 20:00The battle to define patriotism in the UK. 20:45The rise and fall of the original 'Superhead'.
| 20:00David Yelland and Simon Lewis examine whether some people are beyond the help of PR. 20:15Steve Rosenberg BBC Russia editor, the rise of the self-produced celebrity documentary.
| 20:00Alex Forsyth presents political debate from York St John University. 20:55Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
| 20:00At 80, does the peacekeeping organisation still have a role to play?
| 20:00Andrea Catherwood discusses Radio 4's Inside the Migrant Hotel with Sue Mitchell. 20:30Matthew Bannister on an electoral officer, an author, an attempted assassin and an actor.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis and historians Paul Cartledge and Mary Vincent. 21:45How one woman wants to get more people to give blood after donations helped her husband.
| 21:00The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra invite us into their rehearsal room. 21:30How university research creates huge rewards – for founders, universities and the economy.
| 21:00Materials scientist Eleanor Schofield on conserving a 500-year-old wooden warship. 21:30How can we learn to get along with people we disagree with?
| 21:00Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. 21:45Natalie Haynes joins Armando to repeatedly discuss repetition, repetitiously.
| 21:00Shahidha Bari and guests discuss the status of science in society and culture.
| 21:00A mission gone wrong. A daring rescue attempt. Told by the soldiers who were there.
| 21:00Why the Government wants us to invest more cash savings into shares 21:25Actress Susannah Fielding presents the Radio 4 appeal on behalf of Children on the Edge. 21:30The soldier with the unenviable task of telling families their loved ones have been killed
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| 22:00 | 22:00Sébastien Lecornu was appointed France's prime minister less than four weeks ago 22:451/10An elemental story about climate, discovery and the time we have left.
| 22:00Two parents - one Israeli, one Palestinian - on the impact of that day on their families 22:452/10Travellers on a well-worn path arrive to investigate Helm.
| 22:00US President says he could travel to Egypt later this week for negotiations 22:453/10Michael Lang’s plan becomes clearer as a threat is made against the stone circle.
| 22:00Israeli ministers meet to discuss Trump's Gaza plan for ceasefire and hostage release 22:454/10Selima encounters familiar attitudes on Great Dun Fell as NaNay returns from the mountain.
| 22:00Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians go back to Gaza City as IDF withdraws 22:455/10Nathaniel is determined to destroy the circle as Helm brings a gift to NaNay’s tribe.
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Dan Saladino looks at projects helping to rethink chocolate, seafood and food forests.
| 22:00Ben Wright discusses key issues for Parliament as MPs return from the Conferences recess.
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| 23:00 | 23:001/5Clara Page and the Themis gang are back - and family ties are a stronger theme than ever. 23:30Mary Beard joins Calidius Eroticus and Fannia Voluptas for a Roman bar crawl.
| 23:00Predator, hunter, archer, daughter of Zeus, queen of wild creatures: the goddess Artemis. 23:30Two men, one woman. All three seem devoted to each other. Love story or exploitation?
| 23:005/5Ria is joined by real-life Baroness Ayesha Hazarika to try Electrical Muscle Stimulation. 23:155/5Jon Holmes remixes the news into satirical shapes and sounds. 23:30Mary joins novelist Robert Harris to uncover the story of a Pompeii hustler.
| 23:00Gaia Vince makes the positive case for immigration despite public concern over the issue. 23:30Exploring how blind approaches to art description bring galleries to life for everyone.
| 23:00The White House says it's tackling elitism and racism, but is academic freedom at risk? 23:30Josh Cohen shares how Peanuts can help us navigate the frustrating squiggle of life.
| 23:001/6Find out how hanging horseshoes upside down helps the people of Oakham vanquish the devil. 23:304/6The students v professors quiz.
| 23:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the origins, science and mythology of the moon. 23:45Detective comedy about vigils, victims and vintage coats.
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