| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Push buttons: pleasure, panic and the politics of pushing. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from St John the Baptist, Burford in Oxfordshire. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Andrew Roberts' five essays on Churchill that tie in with his new book about the man.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Andrew Roberts' five essays on Churchill that tie in with his new book about the man. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Andrew Roberts' five essays on Churchill that tie in with his new book about the man.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Andrew Roberts' five essays on Churchill that tie in with his new book about the man.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Andrew Roberts' five essays on Churchill that tie in with his new book about the man.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30A story about the reality, and unreality, of parenting.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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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.
| 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 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Richard Reddie. 05:45Could Brexit bring with it an opportunity for a new, integrated food labeling model? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58The Marsh Warbler - Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of this bird and its sound.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Richard Reddie. 05:45What will the latest climate change report mean for global agriculture? 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the Dupont's lark of southern Europe and North Africa.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Richard Reddie. 05:45A Rewilding project is launched in Wales after securing £3.4m funding from a charity. 05:58Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Red-legged Partridge.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Richard Reddie 05:45Reaction from farmers as the Agriculture Bill has its second reading in Parliament. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the northern jacana at home in Central American wetlands.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Richard Reddie. 05:45Charlotte Smith looks at a mysterious disease which is killing hares in Suffolk. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the widespread marine species, the white tern.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Mark Dowd. 05:45A listener on deciding not to try for more children after having two late miscarriages.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from St Mary Bentley, Hampshire 05:45Mark Coles looks at the man behind the investigative website Bellingcat.
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs programme, including Thought for the Day
| 06:00News and current affairs programme, including Thought for the Day
| 06:00News and current affairs programme, including Thought for the Day
| 06:00News and current affairs programme, including Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Yesterday in Parliament and Thought for the Day
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07Dartmoor is the walking territory of writer Tom Cox, author of 21st Century Yokel 06:30A Somerset cheese producer and farmer who exports most of his product to Europe. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 06:05Mark Tully looks at the habits we develop consciously or subconsciously, both good and bad 06:35Brett Westwood heads for the oak trees of the Wyre Forest with John Tulley. From 2004. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00News headlines and sport.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme presented by Edward Stourton. 07:54Richard Harrington makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Tenovus Cancer Care. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | 08:31Sean Curran with the latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
| 08:31Susan Hulme with the latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
| 08:31Sean Curran with the latest news from Westminster
| | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A Mass to celebrate the canonisation of Oscar Romero led by the Bishop of Leeds. 08:48Howard Jacobson reflects on maleness in the aftermath of the Brett Kavanaugh story. 08:58Theatre maker Tom Bailey discusses the displacement of migration in Tweet of the Day.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Robert Plomin, Merve Emre and Naomi Eisenstadt 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Fr Michael Hall
| 09:00How does social media and friendship influence the development of loneliness? 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Canon Angela Tilby
| 09:00Backstage access to director Kwame Kwei-Armah's debut at the Young Vic, Twelfth Night. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Rachael Newham
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg discusses the impact of Shakespeare's approach to history (programme 1 of 2) 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Becky Silver
| 09:00Thea Musgrave, composer, is interviewed by Lauren Laverne for Desert Island Discs.(R) 09:45A spiritual reflection with prayers led by the Rev Richard Carter
| 09:00Comic Bridget Christie, artist Kirsty Latoya, milkman Ian Beardwell and Paul Anthony Jones
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Min Jin Lee on her novel Pachinko about Koreans in Japan in the twentieth century. 10:451/5Following her parents' divorce, six-year-old Maisie is drawn into their bitter struggle.
| 10:00Women of the civil rights movement, SNP conference, US Supreme Court, Nobel prize winners 10:452/5Maisie forms a strong bond with her new governess.
| 10:00Women and the history of fabric. Students and mental health. Plastic-free periods. 10:413/5Maisie's confusion grows ever greater... 10:55Proud of being Vietnamese.
| 10:00Pen Printer Prize; Women politicians; Born Lippy; I'm Not Running 10:454/5Maisie has to make a difficult decision...
| 10:00Director Emma Rice, #MeToo one year on, losing a baby and financial abuse code of practice 10:455/5Maisie must make a decision about her future.
| 10:30For National Album Day, Elvis Costello talks to John Wilson.
| 10:00Lilian has concerns and Elizabeth is on the warpath.
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| 11:00 | 11:00It's 25 years since the film Bhaji on the Beach. What's changed for British Asian women? 11:302/6Josh and his wife visit a friend to discuss circumcision, but Josh isn’t comfortable.
| 11:00How can we adapt and prepare our cities for extreme weather conditions? 11:30Comedian Jack Rooke profiles his idol, Sri Lankan-British rapper M.I.A.
| 11:00MP and historian Kwasi Kwarteng on the legacy of Empire. 11:301/4As he prepares to leave Barra for ever, an old man remembers the times of his life.
| 11:00Why a ceasefire in Tripoli may not mean an easier life for the migrants detained in Libya 11:30Zoe Buckman meets female artists responding to sexual discrimination around the world.
| 11:00Paralympic winner Karen Darke takes a very personal journey down Australia's Murray River. 11:301/6Henry is not keen to celebrate his 50th birthday.
| 11:00Tom Newton Dunn of the Sun looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30On the Azov with the Ukrainian Coast Guard: the increasingly-militarised coast off Crimea
| 11:15Musician Nile Rodgers is interviewed by Lauren Laverne.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. 12:15Saving the high street, losing hybrid cars, HS2 concerns and androgynous fashion 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. 12:15What is your experience of NHS mental health services? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. 12:15Modern home design for pets, plus Remploy five years after the final factories closed down 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. 12:15Social care crisis, more RAC complaints, and solar panel mis-selling claims. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War. 12:15Why are 99% of trustees on grant-giving charitable foundations middle-aged and white? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04New tech takes over at the supermarket checkout 12:30A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by guest host Lucy Porter. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:042/6John Lloyd and Lee Mack with Athena Kugblenu, Dolly Alderton and Sir Nigel Shadbolt. 12:32A brewer's guide to modern cider. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45A story of love, denial, a senior Nazi and a curious death.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45The rise to power of a senior Nazi and his wife.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45The criminal charge sheet against senior Nazi Otto Wachter.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45The war is over and Otto Wachter has disappeared high into the Austrian mountains.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Hunted Nazi Otto Wachter makes his way to Rome to join the Ratline escape route.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10A special 70th anniversary edition of Any Questions? from the House of Commons.
| 13:00Global news and analysis; presented by Mark Mardell 13:30After years of always having a waterproof and a plan B, Charlotte asks - am I missing out?
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| 14:00 | 14:00Lilian has serious concerns(R) 14:15The war on terror makes a sudden, terrifying appearance in smalltown Norway.(R)
| 14:00Oliver attempts to be supportive(R) 14:15The Swedish archipelago has 30,000 islands and many mysteries. By Sebastian Baczkiewicz.
| 14:00Justin puts his foot down 14:15Frank gets to meet his childhood hero, but this footballing god has feet of clay.
| 14:15The story of two sisters learning to live together without their cherished Radio 4.
| 14:00Elizabeth is on the warpath 14:15In GCHQ, agents are busy monitoring the G20 summit when a dangerous new threat emerges.(R)
| 14:00The Government is promising more funding for mental health. Is it enough? 14:30Entertaining new dramas following the political swings of the Republican Party.
| 14:00Eric Robson hosts the programme from Carlisle. 14:45Whether it's being Vietnamese, a baptised Sikh, or an unwavering feminist
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| 15:00 | 15:00Paul Gambaccini chairs the wide-ranging music quiz. 15:30It’s freshers' week, and The Food Programme wants to know what students are eating!(R)
| 15:00Jay Rayner and his culinary panel are in Newcastle. 15:30After six weeks at the North Pole, Helen Czerski has new insights into climate change.
| 15:00What are the pros and cons of the various government schemes for aspiring homeowners? 15:30Hepatitis C infected organs to be offered on the NHS transplant waiting list
| 15:00Dartmoor is the walking territory of writer Tom Cox, author of 21st Century Yokel 15:27Singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Medical Aid Films 15:30Karl Ove Knausgaard discusses A Death in the Family with James Naughtie and readers
| 15:00Eric Robson hosts the programme from Carlisle. 15:45A story about the reality, and unreality, of parenting.
| 15:15Samantha Roddick has an imagined chat with her late mother, businesswoman Anita Roddick.(R) 15:30For National Album Day, Elvis Costello answers questions from an audience at Maida Vale.
| 15:002/3Henry James's story of passion and betrayal. With Toby Jones and Nathalie Emmanuel.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Doon Mackichan wanders, falls and loiters with just a few of the women making walking art. 16:30Aleks Krotoski explores the disconnect between real life flaws and the perfect life online
| 16:00Michael Rosen discusses slogan T-shirts with Amber Butchart and Caryn Franklin. 16:30Grace Dent and Sian Harries talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books.
| 16:00Palaces for the People: the decline in civic life. 16:30Journalist Jamal Khashoggi is missing after a visit to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
| 16:00Rupert Everett on Oscar Wilde. 16:30IPCC report, Cairngorms Connect project, grass pea, the Sun exhibition at Science Museum
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a comedy writer, a psychiatrist, a novelist, a financier, a singer 16:30Has the BBC changed its editorial policy on covering climate change? 16:55People ask if we shave our legs
| 16:00Pen Pinter Prize-winner Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Emma Rice production Wise Children.
| 16:00Colombian novelist Hector Abad joins Mariella Frostrup. 16:30Fiona Benson shares poems from her forthcoming collection, Vertigo & Ghost
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| 17:00 | 17:00PM at 5pm: interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00PM at 5pm: interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00PM at 5pm: interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00PM at 5pm: interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00PM at 5pm: interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30How do you build a bridge? Evan Davis asks three civil engineers. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00File on 4 investigates standards of care in some UK private hospitals. 17:40Mark Coles looks at the man behind the investigative website Bellingcat. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Scientists warn that only "immediate action" will avert catastrophic climate change. 18:302/6John Lloyd and Lee Mack with Athena Kugblenu, Dolly Alderton and Sir Nigel Shadbolt.
| 18:00The Prime Minister is facing growing calls to change her negotiating position 18:301/6Mark Watson attempts to make sense of life, assisted by Sam Simmons and Will Adamsdale.
| 18:00Refusal to make pro gay marriage cake isn't discrimination, Supreme Court rules. 18:301/2Comedians Andy Zaltzman and Anuvab Pal explore London for the physical remains of Empire.
| 18:00Minister admits some families worse off under benefit changes 18:302/6Nigel Havers stars as Hardacre’s ad agency go on a team-building day.
| 18:00Video evidence is said to show Jamal Khashoggi being killed 18:30A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by guest host Lucy Porter.
| 18:00Jamal Khashoggi vanished after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last week 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The Brexit Secretary, Dominic Raab, meets the EU's chief negotiator to resolve key issues 18:15Sheila McClennon chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Oliver attempts to be supportive 19:15Bernard Cribbins on his autobiography and Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy discuss First Man 19:451/5Following her parents' divorce, six-year-old Maisie is drawn into their bitter struggle.(R)
| 19:00Justin puts his foot down 19:15The role that the swimming pool plays in film and art. 19:452/5Maisie forms a strong bond with her new governess.
| 19:15A special on how reading improves mental health, with Marian Keyes and Russell Kane. 19:453/5Maisie's confusion grows ever greater...
| 19:00Elizabeth is on the warpath 19:15Desiree Akhavan on the challenges of writing, directing and starring in The Bisexual. 19:454/5Maisie has to make a difficult decision...(R)
| 19:00Christine fears for the future 19:15Paul Greengrass on 22 July, his film about the Norwegian terrorist attack on a summer camp 19:455/5Maisie must make a decision about her future.(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles looks at the man behind the investigative website Bellingcat. 19:15First Man, Modern Couples, The Height of the Storm, Penguin Short Stories, Informer
| 19:15With the two Hamlet leads out, Charles is determined to find out who wanted them dead. 19:45Twelve flights. Twelve travellers. Twelve stories. David Szalay's new short story series.
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| 20:00 | 20:00MP and historian Kwasi Kwarteng on the legacy of Empire. 20:30Can the Conservatives ever win over non-white support?
| 20:00File on 4 investigates standards of care in some UK private hospitals. 20:40Long delayed but finally here... Peter checks out the new Orbit Reader 20.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45The Last Poets discuss why they're still performing after 50 years.
| 20:00Is Brazil taking a more conservative political direction? 20:30How do you build a bridge? Evan Davis asks three civil engineers.
| 20:00A special 70th anniversary edition of Any Questions? from the House of Commons. 20:50Howard Jacobson reflects on maleness in the aftermath of the Brett Kavanaugh story.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby and special guests on 70 years of the famous political debate programme
| 20:00Has the BBC changed its editorial policy on covering climate change? 20:30Matthew Bannister on a comedy writer, a psychiatrist, a novelist, a financier, a singer
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| 21:00 | 21:00Why are Mexican nuns breeding a rare salamander? Could they save this remarkable species?(R) 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Robert Plomin, Merve Emre and Naomi Eisenstadt(R)
| 21:00Hepatitis C infected organs to be offered on the NHS transplant waiting list 21:30How does social media and friendship influence the development of loneliness?
| 21:00After six weeks at the North Pole, Helen Czerski has new insights into climate change. 21:30Backstage access to director Kwame Kwei-Armah's debut at the Young Vic, Twelfth Night.(R)
| 21:00IPCC report, Cairngorms Connect project, grass pea, the Sun exhibition at Science Museum(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg discusses the impact of Shakespeare's approach to history (programme 1 of 2)
| 21:00Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.
| 21:00In 1917, the conflict in the First World War redrew the Middle East. 21:45Barry Smith heads to Burgundy to profile a 1994 Meo-Camuzet Vosne Romanee, Aux Brulee.
| 21:00New tech takes over at the supermarket checkout 21:25Richard Harrington makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Tenovus Cancer Care. 21:30Can the Conservatives ever win over non-white support?
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| 22:00 | 22:00New report says planet needs much bigger emission cuts than previously thought. 22:451/10Nine perfect strangers find themselves thrown together at an unconventional health resort.
| 22:00Nikki Haley denies she is leaving office to prepare a run against President Trump. 22:452/10The nine guests soon realise that Tranquillum House is no ordinary health resort.
| 22:00President Trump says he has talked to Saudi Arabian officials at the highest levels. 22:453/10Nine perfect strangers find themselves thrown together at an unconventional health resort.
| 22:00Saudi Arabia's UK ambassador says he's concerned" about missing journalist. 22:454/10Frances finds that she is not the only guest at Tranquillum House to be hurting inside.
| 22:00Andrew Brunson's imprisonment on terrorism charges led US govt to impose sanctions 22:455/10Heather realises that something is not quite right with the rhythm of Tranquillium House.
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.(R)
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn and guests respond to news from Brussels about the Brexit talks.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright talk Multicultural London English with Ismail Einashe.(R) 23:30Andrew McGibbon talks to Naomi Sorkin, who was Lindsay Kemp's ballerina.(R)
| 23:002/4Josie swears off romance and almost immediately finds a new relationship. 23:30Susan Hulme reports on MPs' first day back at Westminster after their conference break
| 23:00Stand-up comedian Ken Cheng explores British Chinese culture and attitudes to the arts. 23:15The Arab-American stand-up comedian Maysoon Zayid on dreams versus reality.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/6New staff and lots of kilts make life interesting in Edinburgh's Cafe Culture.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports on today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:00Grace Dent and Sian Harries talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster 23:55Mammy never once made our packed lunch; Daddy got five of us out of the house each morning
| 23:00Paul Gambaccini chairs the wide-ranging music quiz.(R) 23:30A special episode, recorded live at the BBC Contains Strong Language Festival in Hull.(R)
| 23:00Rupert Everett on Oscar Wilde. 23:30Mark Tully looks at the habits we develop consciously or subconsciously, both good and bad
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