| 00:00 | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:15Stories of what Yellow, one of Coldplay's most iconic songs, means to people 25 years on. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from St Nicholas church, Durweston in Dorset. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:301/5Leading forensic psychiatrist Gwen Adshead reflects on her work with survivors of trauma. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:302/5Leading forensic psychiatrist Gwen Adshead reflects on her work with survivors of trauma. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:303/5Leading forensic psychiatrist Gwen Adshead reflects on her work with survivors of trauma. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:304/5Leading forensic psychiatrist Gwen Adshead reflects on her work with survivors of trauma. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:305/5Leading forensic psychiatrist Gwen Adshead reflects on her work with survivors of trauma. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:15James Crawford discusses Look What You Made Me Do and its connections to three other works 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 05:04Kirsty Lang on a civil rights leader, a campaigner, a clown and a charity worker. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Paul Kerensa. 05:45The government's announced a new 10 year plan for controlling deer numbers in England. 05:57The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04Sean Curran reports as MPs question a senior minister about the Mandelson affair. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Paul Kerensa. 05:45Farming in Ukraine four years into the war; Wetlands creation.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04Susan Hulme reports as MPs debate Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's former role as trade envoy. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Paul Kerensa 05:45More details of the Sustainable Farming Incentive are revealed at the NFU Conference.
| 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 spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Paul Kerensa. 05:45The farming minister on changes to England's biggest environmental scheme.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04Susan Hulme reports on a busy Thursday in both Westminster and Holyrood 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Paul Kerensa. 05:45A major retailer is to stop sourcing Mackerel because of overfishing concerns.
| 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 the Very Rev Dr Sarah Rowland Jones. 05:45A series of personal reflections on power.
| 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 Botolph without Bishopsgate, London. 05:45What do the government's new SEND reform plans mean for visually impaired children?
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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. Martha Kearney visits Savernake Forest in Wiltshire 06:30A major retailer is to stop selling mackerel because of concerns about over-fishing. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Laurie Taylor charts changes in current sociological study with Les Back and Imogen Tyler. 06:35Anna Hill visits Cedars Farm in Norfolk, where technology is able to monitor scarce water. 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 07:54Supporter Liseli Sumbwanyambe makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Build It International 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The news headlines, including a look at the newspapers. 08:10Radio 4's Sunday morning service from Highfields Church in Cardiff. 08:48In November 1975, leaders of six nations met in France to solve an economic crisis 08:58Writer Horatio Clare remembers the slow turning of buzzards soaring above Welsh mountains.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Sir Lawrence Freedman on strategy, art curator Rebecca Newell and historian Jane Rogoyska. 09:45How one man is building a hiking community for LGBTQ+ people and their allies.
| 09:00A surprise opportunity to meet the man at the centre of it all. Ransom_man. 09:30The new wave of ME research that could bring clarity to this perplexing condition.
| 09:00A metal singer reveals how letting out her scream transformed her life. 09:306/7A trial of two suspected bombers seems to offer closure – but is this really case closed?
| 09:00The impact of the spread of animals, crops and diseases between continents after 1492 09:45Is history still written by the victors? How do people try and control their legacy?
| 09:00Roula Khalaf, journalist, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
| 09:00Dame Maggie Aderin joins Adrian for extraordinary stories from remarkable people.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Irish author Marian Keyes on her new BBC series, The Walsh Sisters.
| 10:00We hear from a range of voices on the impact of the government's SEND reforms in England.
| 10:00How have Kyla Harris' experiences as a disabled person impacted her unflinching TV series?
| 10:00Molly Russell's friends discuss the negative impact of social media.
| 10:00The groundbreaking artist talks about her body of work in a new exhibition.
| 10:00Join Greg and his guests to learn about the telephone on its 150th anniversary. 10:302/6Jay Rayner and the panel are in Margate answering questions from a hungry audience.
| 10:00Dwayne Fields, explorer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
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| 11:00 | 11:002/3Sifting through the dust, Mark Miodownik discovers the toxins polluting our living spaces. 11:451/5Leading forensic psychiatrist Gwen Adshead reflects on her work with survivors of trauma.
| 11:00Errollyn Wallen and Richard Stilgoe join Anna and Jeffrey to add five more tracks. 11:452/5Leading forensic psychiatrist Gwen Adshead reflects on her work with survivors of trauma.
| 11:00Is a lack of CCTV preventing victims of train attacks getting justice? 11:40Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life. 11:453/5Leading forensic psychiatrist Gwen Adshead reflects on her work with survivors of trauma.
| 11:00Sonia Sodha explores thorny ethical questions around the beginning and the end of life. 11:454/5Leading forensic psychiatrist Gwen Adshead reflects on her work with survivors of trauma.
| 11:00Shaped by colonialism and challenged by climate, what is future food for the Philippines? 11:455/5Leading forensic psychiatrist Gwen Adshead reflects on her work with survivors of trauma.
| 11:00Sonia Sodha assesses the latest developments at Westminster. 11:30After Mexico's most-wanted kingpin was killed, cartel henchmen rampaged across the country
| 11:00Chelsea's getting more hopeful about her business plans.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04We hear from people who believe they were mis-sold so-called family protection trusts. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Call You and Yours: What's Your Experience of the Jobs Market? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04There's a new grant for electric vehicle chargers in homes and workplaces. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04From spark to shelf – why do companies like Mars and P&G keep developing their products? 12:32What will mobile phones be like in future? Greg Foot investigates. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Tom Heap and Helen Czerski explore how robots and DNA are expanding our oceanic knowledge. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04What's the latest for former civil servants who are facing delays for pension payments? 12:308/8Simon Evans and Zoe Lyons join Andy for the last episode of this series. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:15The magical world of the Small Prophets creator Mackenzie Crook. 12:304/6Paul Merton offers his take on how to get out of jury duty. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Government unveils major overhaul of special educational needs provision. 13:456/11Lucy’s never tried a scratchcard before - but soon her gambling is out of control.
| 13:00Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor "shamed the nation". MPs debate his time as trade envoy. 13:457/11Lucy and Freddie finally make the connection between the behaviour and the medication.
| 13:00Commons speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, passed information onto police about Lord Mandelson 13:458/11Andrew is arrested for fraud. Will a judge accept that medication affected his behaviour?
| 13:00Jersey has become the second part of the British Isles to approve assisted dying 13:459/11Who should take responsibility for the impact of side effects from dopamine agonists?
| 13:00Keir Starmer vows to 'keep on fighting' after coming third behind the Greens and Reform. 13:4510/11Impulse control side effects are common, so why are they so hard to talk about?
| 13:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Alex Forsyth presents political debate from St Alkmund's Church in Derby.
| 13:00Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world. 13:30Aleem Maqbool explores levels of engagement between British Muslims and those in power.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Chelsea's getting more hopeful about her business plans. 14:155/6Ian recuperates with the help of nostalgic children’s television theme tunes. 14:45John Yorke explores Margaret Mitchell’s epic novel Gone with the Wind.
| 14:00Susan and Helen are on a quest to find new staff for the dairy. 14:15Potent drama exploring the impact of crime through a psychological lens.
| 14:00Lilian throws a spanner in the works. 14:15Changing allegiances begin to fracture a community adjusting to a new politics.
| 14:00Chelsea follows Susan’s advice. 14:153/6Project Hope is taking its first steps in Branwich. But has Ayad got the staying power?
| 14:00Brian tries his hand at matchmaking. 14:15Kerry’s life is falling apart. She turns to her identical twin for help - bad idea. 14:45They wriggle and writhe in the earth beneath us, surely, we’d be fine if they vanished?
| 14:05Listeners respond to the issues raised in the preceding edition of Any Questions? 14:45Helen is in reflective mood.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston and the GQT team visit the Ninewells Community Garden in Dundee. 14:45John Yorke explores Owen Wister’s Western novel The Virginian.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The crime writer and the sociologist talk about books they love with Harriett Gilbert. 15:30Join Greg and his guests to learn about the global history of spices and the spice trade.
| 15:00How did an archbishop help topple a dictatorship? 15:30Laurie Taylor charts changes in current sociological study with Les Back and Imogen Tyler.
| 15:00What does this offence mean, and who does it apply to? 15:30Aleks and Kevin ask if the technology behind our most popular AI tools is a dead end.
| 15:00Martha Kearney visits Savernake Forest in Wiltshire 15:27Actor Jemma Redgrave makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Encephalitis International. 15:30Andrea Catherwood hears your thoughts on the end of Ukrainecast.
| 15:00Kathy Clugston and the GQT team visit the Ninewells Community Garden in Dundee. 15:45Nia has never believed in the supernatural. Until now. Short story by Lisa Zahra.
| 15:00A gripping, twisty drama where loyalty, deception, hidden motives and friendship collide.
| 15:00Owen Wister’s pioneering work of Cowboy fiction begins when a stranger rides into town.
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| 16:00 | 16:00What happens when homeless families from London are rehoused in the North East? 16:301/6Jay Rayner's panel answer questions at University College London's Institute of Making.
| 16:00How politicians, protestors, advertisers and comedians have made use of an iconic melody. 16:30Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore how to improve our understanding of endometriosis.
| 16:00David Yelland and Simon Lewis look at the use of friends in reputational combat. 16:15Baftas controversy, Ukraine War anniversary & the power of photography to capture a story.
| 16:00Who is winning the war in Ukraine? 16:30Molecular biologists find tiny self-replicating molecules which may be key to life origins
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, an epidemiologist, an author and a trombonist. 16:30A metal singer reveals how letting out her scream transformed her life.
| 16:00Groundbreaking artist Tracey Emin talks about her body of work in a new exhibition.
| 16:00A special episode on Alasdair Gray's 1981 novel Lanark with the actor Alan Cumming. 16:309/13The general knowledge music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Lord Peter Mandelson arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
| 17:00Documents on Andrew Mountbatten-Windor's appointment as trade envoy will be published.
| 17:00Confusion over Chagos Islands legislation after minister's comments
| 17:00Jersey joins the Isle of Man in voting to allow assisted dying: what happens next?
| 17:00Labour pushed into third, suffering their first defeat in the constituency since 1931.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news 17:30Omid Djalili on revolutions, Kensington, 9/11 jokes, King Charles and Iran's future. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:0023 April 1996, saw the first World Book Day. It originated from a Spanish tradition 17:10Ian McMillan's guests are Blake Morrison, Natalie Shapero and Tara Bergin. 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 former Ambassador to the US is suspected of misconduct in public office 18:304/6Paul Merton offers his take on how to get out of jury duty.
| 18:00Trade Minister Sir Chris Bryant describes Andrew as "rude, arrogant and entitled" 18:301/4Cariad Lloyd and Steen Raskopoulos improvise for Alasdair Beckett-King in Wing It.
| 18:00The force revealed he was behind information that led to the arrest of Lord Mandelson 18:305/10Neil Delamere, Stuart McPherson, Anna Thomas and Neil Delamere join Angela Barnes.
| 18:00Parents in the UK, US, Canada and Australia will receive the notifications 18:303/4Randy Feltface blows hot and hotter.
| 18:00Sir Keir Starmer vows to keep fighting after Labour's defeat 18:308/8Simon Evans and Zoe Lyons join Andy for the last episode of this series.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 18:15Stuart Maconie and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 18:15Anneka Rice presents a weekly selection of the best bits of audio across the BBC.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Susan and Helen are on a quest to find new staff for the dairy. 19:15Unheard recordings of painter LS Lowry, and BAFTA reactions.
| 19:00Lilian throws a spanner in the works. 19:15David Edgar on his play about the war in Ukraine. Mariia Petrovska plays the bandura.
| 19:00Chelsea follows Susan’s advice. 19:15Director Felipe Bustos Sierra on his film, Everybody to Kenmure Street.
| 19:00Brian tries his hand at matchmaking. 19:15Plus the rave-thriller film Sirât and George Eliot's origin story on stage in Bird Grove.
| 19:00Helen is in reflective mood. 19:15Debbie Wiseman and Jay Capperauld join Anna and Jeffrey to add five more tracks.
| 19:00The magical world of the Small Prophets creator Mackenzie Crook. 19:15Sonia Sodha explores thorny ethical questions around the beginning and the end of life.
| 19:00There’s tension at Bridge Farm. 19:15Memory, myth and meaning from lives shattered in a global conflict that resonate still. 19:45A series of personal reflections on power.
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| 20:00 | 20:003/10Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict. 20:30The science of barbecue recorded at Abergavenny Food Festival 2025.
| 20:00Is a lack of CCTV preventing victims of train attacks getting justice? 20:40What do the government's new SEND reform plans mean for visually impaired children?
| 20:00The dark art of looksmaxxing, and why it has been trending online. 20:45The Repair Shop star Sonnaz Nooranvary on defying her parents’ expectations.
| 20:00David Yelland and Simon Lewis look at the use of friends in reputational combat. 20:15Baftas controversy, Ukraine War anniversary & the power of photography to capture a story.
| 20:00Alex Forsyth presents political debate from St Alkmund's Church in Derby. 20:55Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
| 20:00Rory Sutherland explores our obsession with speed through the prism of Concorde.
| 20:00Andrea Catherwood hears your thoughts on the end of Ukrainecast. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, an epidemiologist, an author and a trombonist.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Sir Lawrence Freedman on strategy, art curator Rebecca Newell and historian Jane Rogoyska. 21:45How one man is building a hiking community for LGBTQ+ people and their allies.
| 21:00Hilik Magnus reflects on the values that inspire him to rescue people for a living. 21:30What can individuals and employers do to tackle workplace bullying?
| 21:00A surprise opportunity to meet the man at the centre of it all. Ransom_man. 21:30The new wave of ME research that could bring clarity to this perplexing condition.
| 21:00Stuart Maconie and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. 21:45Is history still written by the victors? How do people try and control their legacy?
| 21:00Anne McElvoy and guests discuss authority in politics, business, education and the family.
| 21:00Noel Titheradge uncovers the devastating side effects of dopamine agonist drugs.
| 21:00What's the latest for former civil servants who are facing delays for pension payments? 21:25Supporter Liseli Sumbwanyambe makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Build It International 21:30After Mexico's most-wanted kingpin was killed, cartel henchmen rampaged across the country
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| 22:00 | 22:00The former UK Ambassador to the US is suspected of misconduct in public office 22:451/5A love story based on the lives of the author's great-grandparents, who married in 1878.
| 22:00Lord Mandelson's lawyers say their client was not a flight risk 22:452/5A love story based on the lives of the author's great-grandparents, who married in 1878.
| 22:00Confusion in Westminster after a minister told Parliament the deal would be paused 22:453/5A love story based on the lives of the author's great-grandparents, who married in 1878.
| 22:00It’s expected to be a close race between Labour, Reform UK, and the Greens 22:454/5A love story based on the lives of the author's great-grandparents, who married in 1878.
| 22:00Allegations of 'family voting' in by-election to be raised in parliament 22:455/5A love story based on the lives of the author's great-grandparents, who married in 1878.
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Shaped by colonialism and challenged by climate, what is future food for the Philippines?
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| 23:00 | 23:006/8Sam and Sarah pressure Kobin for intel. Whilst Stone pays a deadly visit to an Oil Rig. 23:30Susan Hulme reports on proposals to overhaul England's special educational needs system.
| 23:00Spend the day with the world’s first door-knocking poet. 23:30Sean Curran reports as MPs call for the release of data about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
| 23:002/6From a rave kid to raising kids, Slim guides us through his teenage years. 23:15Has tech has made us fitter – or lazier and fatter? 23:30Susan Hulme reports on a fiery Prime Minister's Questions with a row over student loans
| 23:00The UK is one of the world’s largest consumers of ultra-processed foods. 23:30Sean Curran reports as MPs question ministers about the agreement with the EU on Gibraltar
| 23:00Republican panic as voting starts in the Texas primaries 23:30Alicia McCarthy reports as the Lords debate the assisted dying bill.
| 23:001/2Highlights from 1Xtra's Comedy Gala showcasing some of the UK's top black comedians. 23:308/13The general knowledge music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini.
| 23:00The impact of the spread of animals, crops and diseases between continents after 1492 23:45Nia has never believed in the supernatural. Until now. Short story by Lisa Zahra.
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