| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the life and times of the American train hopping hobo.(R) 00:45The sound of the church bells of the Church of St Eustachius, Tavistock, in Devon.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Five essays on the timely theme of truth and current challenges to it.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5American writer Kurt Andersen traces America's long history of magical thinking.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Juliet Samuel asks if markets are giant truth-seeking mechanisms or generators of bubbles.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Pankaj Mishra considers the notion of truth as perceived by Mahatma Gandhi.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Philosopher Simon Blackburn offers a timely long view of the notion of truth.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Tom Courtenay reads David Constantine's masterful story which inspired the film 45 Years(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer, with Dr Ed Kessler, director of the Woolf Institute. 05:45Defra responds to a letter from scientists concerned at gene-editing being treated as GMO. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the osprey.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer, with Dr Ed Kessler, director of the Woolf Institute. 05:45Livestock production and consumption will have to be cut back, says a pan-European study. 05:58David Attenborough presents the red kite.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer, with Dr Ed Kessler, director of the Woolf Institute. 05:45Anna Hill asks Chris Packham what his new wildlife manifesto means for farming. 05:58Children's author Michael Morpurgo enjoys the call of buzzards when out for his daily walk(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer, with Dr Ed Kessler, director of the Woolf Institute. 05:45Should cattle be fed on grain or grass? Which method has the least environmental impact? 05:58Zoologist Tim Birkhead dispels the myth of a foolish guillemot for Tweet of the Day.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer, with Dr Ed Kessler, director of the Woolf Institute. 05:45Chemical pesticides are failing to protect oil seed rape from the hungry Flea Beetle. 05:58Audio-visual artist Kathy Hinde recalls being surrounded by dancing common cranes.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Miriam Swaffield. 05:45A listener on how finding out the truth about his family changed his world
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43The bells of the Parish Church of St Leonard, Bledington in Gloucestershire. 05:45Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the woman behind BBC drama Killing Eve is profiled by Mark Coles.(R)
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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.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07Clare Balding is walking in someone else's shoes for this edition of Ramblings.(R) 06:30A beef farmer explains how she works hard to reduce the environmental impact of her cattle 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand examines the fact that we are fragile beings. 06:35Brett Westwood joins lolo Williams to explore hen harrier ecology. From 2001. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, with Edward Stourton 07:54Felicity Kendal makes an appeal on behalf of TB Alert. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines, including a look at the papers. 08:10With the Rev Dr Peter Stevenson and staff and students from South Wales Baptist College. 08:48Val McDermid argues that crime fiction is not really about murder at all.(R) 08:58Singer Kitty MacFarlane has a strong connection to the Somerset Levels and the birds there
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| 09:00 | 09:44David Attenborough, Martin Rees, Philippa Mason and Michael Quetting with Andrew Marr. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Stephen Shipley.
| 09:44Andrew Bird offers a personal view on Chicago, the city where he grew up. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Very Rev David Ison.
| 09:00Gemma Cairney takes Johnny Flynn to Bogota Colombia for a musical collaboration. 09:44Alan Dein asks five families revealing questions about money and marriage. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Professor Simon Oliver
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of machines imitating living beings. 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Dr Eve Poole.
| 09:44Danielle de Niese, opera singer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.(R) 09:45A spiritual reflection with prayers, led by Krish Kandiah.
| 09:00Saturday Live comes from Stirling with Neil Oliver, Amy Macdonald and music from Fara.
| 09:00News with Paddy O'Connell. Kate Adie, Robert Peston and Anneka Rice review the papers.
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| 10:00 | 10:00'Twinning', Author Adele Parks, Pensions and Divorce, Nora Twomey. 10:451/51926: Drs Manson and Denny disagree on the miner's continued strike.
| 10:00Is it a golden age for strong female roles in TV drama? 10:452/5Denny is furious at Manson when he finds out the source of his research money.
| 10:00Etta James, abortion pills and Northern Ireland, and getting kids into school. 10:413/5Christine gets involved in the strike, much to Andrew's consternation. 10:55The ways that the tragedy of suicide can change those left behind.
| 10:00Lily Allen talks to Jenni Murray about her controversial autobiography. 10:454/5Manson and Denny reconcile when they have to attend a medical emergency.
| 10:00M.I.A's new film, UKIP, sex and dementia, a treasured cookery book, and Sarah Moss 10:455/5The miners return to work and Christine and Andrew venture to London.
| 10:30Francine Stock concludes her four-year exploration of how artists responded to WWI.
| 10:00Freddie contemplates his future, and Brian's plotting continues.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Cathy FitzGerald meets hospice patients and staff in an award-winning documentary. 11:303/4Richard decides it really is time he went in search of true love.
| 11:00Penguins and us: from engaging funny figures to sentinels of change. 11:30Verity Sharp connects musical stories along latitudinal lines around the globe.
| 11:00The story of knife crime, told in verse by the weapon itself.(R) 11:302/2A hilarious and frank account of Michael Fabbri's adult life coping with dyslexia.(R)
| 11:00Simon Cox investigates a new far right youth organisation in Europe, Generation Identity. 11:30The Inbox is open - a unique platform for the creativity of Radio 4 listeners.
| 11:00Shirley Williams reveals the circumstances of her uncle Edward Brittain's death in WWI.(R) 11:303/5When neighbours fall out over a hedge is it really a police matter?
| 11:00The rebellious monarch who scandalised 17th-century Europe. 11:30Alleged coups, corruption and clandestine meetings: South Africa politics is never dull.
| 11:15Kirsty Young interviews Henry Marsh, neurosurgeon and writer.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national, international news and shipping forecast from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the origins of everything.(R) 12:15New discount supermarket, cancelling your gym membership, and sales of canned food. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national, international news and shipping forecast from BBC Radio 4. 12:04How did the world begin? Jessica Frazier canvases the views of the great religions.(R) 12:15How is Brexit already affecting you? Are you preparing for when the UK leaves the EU? 12:56The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national, international news and shipping forecast from BBC Radio 4. 12:04What put the bang in the Big Bang? Can scientists tell us what happened before creation?(R) 12:15Are customers losing out following new minimum pricing laws for alcohol in Scotland? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national, international news and shipping forecast from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Theologian Giles Fraser on brilliant medieval scholar St Thomas Aquinas.(R) 12:15How has the chaos on rail routes across the country affected commuters' lives? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national, international news and shipping forecast from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Historian Justin Champion on William Whiston, the spiritual father of the Philae lander.(R) 12:15Facebook, Northern Ireland's renewable heating incentive, and insurance after subsidence.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Over-60s' concessions are 'increasingly bungs to wealthy baby boomers' says charity 12:30A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by guest host Fred MacAulay.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04How hard can it be to talk for 60 seconds with no hesitation, repetition or deviation?(R) 12:32Stories of harvest from around the UK to celebrate the autumn equinox. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:45Who wins in the new world of ultra-fast financial transactions?
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:45Does the digital economy put efficiency and lower prices above human values?
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:45Do huge state-backed companies - like those in China - threaten the free market system?
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:45Could the booming finance industry could threaten the wider economy?
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:45Should we be concerned about the size and power of the tech giants?
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the Stoller Hall in Manchester(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Hating the BBC, Slasher the hen, a circus hero, style in cricket and a road sign mystery.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Elizabeth breaks down.(R) 14:15Dark comedy about a counsellor and a kebab shop owner. By Christine Entwisle.(R)
| 14:00Pip's gesture is rejected.(R) 14:15Sham enjoys matchmaking but it gets complicated when her best mate asks for help.
| 14:00Brian's plotting continues.(R) 14:1511 May 1985. Bradford City's ground was devastated by fire. 56 people lost their lives.(R)
| 14:00Johnny offers some home truths.(R) 14:15Jonathan Maitland's play about the world of remuneration committees and executive pay.
| 14:00Emma finds herself impressed.(R) 14:15A mugging victim turns the tables on his attacker. Gritty drama by Robert Rigby.
| 14:00Sounds like chess but its chequers - we have a stalemate. Is no deal a big deal to you? 14:30Two teenage girls in New Zealand commit murder rather than be separated.
| 14:00Chairman Peter Gibbs and his horticultural panel are in Brockenhurst.(R) 14:45The impact of sudden death or suicide on those left behind.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The quiz about music of all kinds, chaired by Paul Gambaccini 15:30Story of a desperate man who is revived by the hospitality of strangers.
| 15:00Audrey tries to find Tara's children, who she has not seen since they were babies. 15:30Story of how profound loss is followed by new life and new love.
| 15:00Top tips on how to make your money go further while studying at university. 15:30Story of how a simple note brings solace and the prospect of new hope.
| 15:00Clare Balding is walking in someone else's shoes for this edition of Ramblings. 15:27Historian and broadcaster David Olusoga makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Unseen.(R) 15:30Story of emotional blackmail and sweet release.
| 15:00Chairman Peter Gibbs and his horticultural panel are in Brockenhurst. 15:30Story in which art and activism come together and things aren’t quite what they seem.
| | 15:00Angela Carter's fantastical story of star of the music hall, the winged Sophie Fevvers.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Writer Sohrab Ahmari defends the art world from the threat of identity politics. 16:30Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about the religious content of Frankenstein.
| 16:00Michael Rosen and Laura Wright talk to Rob Eastaway about imperial and metric measurements 16:30Douglas Adams the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
| 16:00Post-truth - what is it and how did we get to this point? 16:30Social media meets reality in Channel 4's new show The Circle
| 16:00Presented by Antonia Quirke. With Glenn Close and Agnes Varda. 16:30Adam Rutherford looks at the art and science of addiction at the Science Gallery London.
| 16:00Andrea Catherwood on a comedy writer, an athlete, a wildlife expert and an actress. 16:30Tim Harford on child carers, shareholder income, football, museums and dangerous sports. 16:55A sudden death leaves so much unsaid.
| 16:00Lily Allen on the highs and lows of fame. Pensions and divorce. Cook the perfect flatbread
| 16:00Gail Jones on her new novel The Death of Noah Glass, and new life for Marlowe and Holmes. 16:30An autumn equinox celebration with live music and poetry from The Barley Wood Cider Barn.
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| 17:00 | 17:00PM at 5pm: interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00PM at 5pm: interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:30A listener on how finding out the truth about his family changed his world(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Are some paralympic athletes gaming the classification system to win medals?(R) 17:40Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the woman behind BBC drama Killing Eve is profiled by Mark Coles.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00The Chancellor says a no-deal Brexit would undo the past 10 years of economic progress 18:30How hard can it be to talk for 60 seconds with no hesitation, repetition or deviation?
| 18:00Immigration advisors urge the government to not give EU workers priority after Brexit 18:304/6Hit comedy about 3 marriages in various states of disrepair. All-star cast.(R)
| 18:00More than 100 cases investigated in review of maternity care at 2 Shropshire hospitals 18:302/4Rob does battle with Jean-Paul Sartre and the existentialists.
| 18:00The European Union has rejected Theresa May's Brexit plan - telling her it won't work. 18:305/6Tom returns from a team building course to find the Plum House team have been bickering.(R)
| 18:00The Prime Minister challenges EU leaders to come up with an alternative to her plan. 18:30A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by guest host Fred MacAulay.
| 18:00Shadow Minister criticised for praise of far-left council. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Jeremy Corbyn says he would back a second EU vote if members agreed. 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week with Helen Lederer
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| 19:00 | 19:00Pip's gesture is rejected. 19:15Christine and the Queens, Sarah Hall, Tartuffe set in a Birmingham Muslim community 19:451/51926: Drs Manson and Denny disagree on the miner's continued strike.(R)
| 19:00Brian's plotting continues. 19:15Director Lenny Abrahamson on his film adaption of Sarah Waters’ novel The Little Stranger 19:452/5Denny is furious at Manson when he finds out the source of his research money.(R)
| 19:00Johnny offers some home truths. 19:15Eileen Atkins on her latest stage role in Florian Zeller’s The Height of the Storm 19:453/5Christine gets involved in the strike, much to Andrew's consternation.(R)
| 19:00Emma finds herself impressed. 19:15Kieran Yates reviews Matangi/Maya/MIA, a documentary about the political rapper MIA 19:454/5Manson and Denny reconcile when they have to attend a medical emergency.(R)
| 19:00Freddie contemplates his future. 19:15New James Bond director Cary Fukanaga discusses his latest Netflix series, Maniac 19:455/5The miners return to work and Christine and Andrew venture to London.(R)
| 19:00Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the woman behind BBC drama Killing Eve is profiled by Mark Coles. 19:15The Little Stranger, Tosca, Lake Success, Making a New World season, The Cry
| 19:00Shula attempts to bring the family together 19:15Bill Nighy stars as actor cum amateur sleuth Charles Paris in a dramatic murder mystery.(R) 19:45By Nick Walker. Investigating a death on a cruiser, Annika finds herself all at sea.
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| 20:00 | 20:00The story of knife crime, told in verse by the weapon itself. 20:30The dark secrets of Chile's Catholic Church.(R)
| 20:00Are some paralympic athletes gaming the classification system to win medals? 20:40A row about keeping Scottish street safe for blind people, and what to wear to look good.
| 20:00Aditya Chakrabortty chairs a debate between four economists who predicted the 2008 crisis
| 20:00If there were to be another referendum on Brexit, how and when could it happen? 20:30Jonty Bloom discovers how the US state of Wisconsin is faring in a new global economy.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the Stoller Hall in Manchester 20:50Val McDermid argues that crime fiction is not really about murder at all.
| 20:00Toby Young explores the history of the idea that 'character' can be taught.
| 20:00Tim Harford on child carers, shareholder income, football, museums and dangerous sports.(R) 20:30Andrea Catherwood on a comedy writer, an athlete, a wildlife expert and an actress.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Orchids and a world filled with beauty, femme fatales, ghosts, sex and deception.(R) 21:30David Attenborough, Martin Rees, Philippa Mason and Michael Quetting with Andrew Marr.(R)
| 21:003/3Stories of the people who live along the south Wales valleys rail network.(R) 21:30Andrew Bird offers a personal view on Chicago, the city where he grew up.(R)
| 21:00Solving the plastic problem. Four experts join Tom Heap to offer fresh answers. 21:30Gemma Cairney takes Johnny Flynn to Bogota Colombia for a musical collaboration.(R)
| 21:00Adam Rutherford looks at the art and science of addiction at the Science Gallery London. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of machines imitating living beings.(R)
| 21:00Phil Tinline mines the long history of disinformation to identify techniques in use today.(R)
| 21:00Who appears at your bedside when you are a serviceman who is expected to die? 21:45Hugh Johnson profiles a 1540 Steinwein, one of the oldest wines to have ever been tasted.
| 21:00Over-60s' concessions are 'increasingly bungs to wealthy baby boomers' says charity(R) 21:26Felicity Kendal makes an appeal on behalf of TB Alert.(R) 21:30Jonty Bloom discovers how the US state of Wisconsin is faring in a new global economy.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Brett Kavanaugh denies allegations of sexual assault. 22:45A man is duck shooting. But why?
| 22:00Cap on highly skilled workers moving to Britain "should be scrapped" 22:45Norah learns something about her husband Gary in the dead of night.
| 22:00Prime Minister gets 10 minutes to present Chequers plan to other leaders 22:45By Irenosen Okojie. A mysterious tailor makes fantastic frocks for his clients.
| 22:00Theresa May insists her Chequers plan is the only credible option for Brexit 22:45By Simon Van Booy. An uncle wants his nephew to visit him more often.
| 22:00PM accuses European Union of rejecting Chequers without offering an alternative 22:45Five commissioned short stories to celebrate the BBC National Short Story Award
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Aditya Chakrabortty chairs a debate between four economists who predicted the 2008 crisis(R)
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn and guests discuss developments at the Labour party conference in Liverpool.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Stephen Fry talks to presenter Michael Rosen about their mutual obsession with language.(R) 23:30Actor murdering mania, suffragettes and the martial arts, and Top Town History.(R)
| 23:001/2Aditi Mittal looks at the options open to women in modern India.(R) 23:30Tom Holland on how Romans fed their legions, and the history of street food.(R)
| 23:003/4Bittersweet stories written and performed by Chris Neill with Martin Hyder and Isy Suttie. 23:154/4A heady combination of maths, science and comedy with The Festival of the Spoken Nerd(R) 23:30Tom Holland on the Coventry polio epidemic, and when Parliament left Westminster.(R)
| 23:002/3Anything can happen when the master storyteller combines comedy with magical realism. 23:30Tom Holland takes a back-side view of church architecture.(R)
| 23:00Douglas Adams the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy(R) 23:25Helen Castor on homosexuality in Victoria's Britain and the history of the 'gig' economy.(R) 23:55Suicide can leave loved ones with a kind of survivor guilt.
| 23:00The quiz about music of all kinds, chaired by Paul Gambaccini(R) 23:30American poet Claudia Rankine explores the ubiquity of dyed blonde hair.(R)
| 23:00Presented by Antonia Quirke. With Glenn Close and Agnes Varda. 23:30Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand examines the fact that we are fragile beings.(R)
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