| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Maps and postcodes - what do they reveal about our society and selves?(R) 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from St Matthew, Chapel Allerton, Leeds.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Colm Tóibín takes a literary walk around Dublin.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Colm Tóibín is in Oscar Wilde's cell at Reading gaol reflecting on the writer's father.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Colm Tóibín on two court cases, one involving William Wilde, the second his son, Oscar.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Colm Tóibín turns his gaze to the life of John B Yeats, father of poet WB Yeats.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Colm Tóibín on the eternal youth of John B Yeats, father of the literary giant WB Yeats 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Kate Dickie reads a new short story by Louise Welsh in response to this week's news.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day with Canon Edwin Counsell 05:45What will a future US trade deal mean for UK farmers after Brexit? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Kate Humble presents the little owl.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day with Canon Edwin Counsell 05:45A UK expert responds to claims that the US has comparable food standards to this country 05:58Michael Palin presents the harpy eagle flying over the Brazilian rainforest(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day with Canon Edwin Counsell 05:45An extra £200m in the budget for rural broadband has received a mixed reaction 05:58Actor and birdwatcher Samuel West on the wheezy song of the stocky bullfinch.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day with Canon Edwin Counsell 05:45Farmers want shoppers to buy eggs of all sizes and say it will save consumers money 05:58Wildlife cameraman Doug Allan recalls his encounters with snow petrels in Antarctica.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day with Canon Edwin Counsell 05:45Welsh farmers warn minister that she could be blamed for destroying farming in Wales. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents Australia's satin bowerbird.(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 Shaunaka Rishi Das 05:45How a group of women built the UK's first senior co housing project. iPM@bbc.co.uk
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from St Michael and All Angels, Macclesfield. 05:45Edward Stourton looks at the life and career of Brazil's president-elect Jair Bolsonaro.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme; including Thought for the Day
| 06:00Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme; including Thought for the Day
| 06:00Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme; including Thought for the Day
| 06:00Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme; including Thought for the Day
| 06:00Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme; including Thought for the Day
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07How 300 orphans of the holocaust began a new life in the Lake District. 06:30Sarah Swadling's at Newlyn Fish Auction in Cornwall, discussing the state of the industry. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 06:05Rowan Williams and sculptor Antony Gormley discuss the relationship between art and faith. 06:35Meet the extraordinary Budge sisters, winners of the Countryfile Farming Hero award. 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. 07:54Steve Rider makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of DEBRA 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Sean Curran with the latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
| 08:31The best of Tuesday at Westminster, with Susan Hulme.
| 08:31Sean Curran with the latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
| 08:31Susan Hulme with the latest news from Westminster
| | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service in celebration of the history and current life of St Philip's Church in Salford 08:48Howard Jacobson on the politics of clothes. 08:58Derek Niemann recalls sparrows on the Western Front.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Helena Kennedy, Paul Collier, David Willetts and Tiffany Watt Smith with Andrew Marr. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Canon Stephen Shipley
| 09:00Supervet, Noel Fitzpatrick, talks to Jim Al-Khalili 09:30Bronwen Maddox talks to solicitor and stepfather Gary Rycroft about solving disputes. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Dr Marika Rose.
| 09:00Opera singer Stuart Skelton meets comedian, actor and director Chris Addison. 09:30Anger can be seen as just, Oliver explores how it may be essential for social change. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Steve Williams.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the molecules linked to cell functioning and ageing 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Dr Kirsty Thorpe.
| 09:00Jacqueline Gold, business woman, is interviewed by Lauren Laverne for Desert Island Discs. 09:45A spiritual reflection with prayers, led by Mark Dowd.
| 09:00Tamsin Greig, Shaun Wallace, Chabuddy G, Aldo Kane and Stephen Mangan's Inheritance Tracks
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Emma Clarke, gender dysphoria, Rebecca Allen and future leaders. 10:451/5A dare turns into an exercise in fear limitation.
| 10:00Future leaders, writer Jodi Picoult, plus two breast cancer patients chat. 10:452/5A restaurant has a gourmet dish for only the select few.
| 10:00Jenni Murray talks to Darcey Bussell and to HRT expert Dr Avrum Bluming. 10:413/5Edgar Allan Poe’s dark classic about the psychology of guilt. 10:55Life can turn on some pretty strange things.
| 10:00Jane Garvey speaks to Jill Soloway, creator of award-winning drama series Transparent. 10:454/5Carl Stephenson’s classic story about killer ants.
| 10:00#MeToo and the NHS; Posy Simmonds; Film Africa 2018; breast cancer; Fiona Dalgetty. 10:455/5A scholar moves into a house with a dark past.
| 10:30Jay Rayner and his panel visit Wolfson College, Oxford.
| 10:00Ruairi is caught out and disaster strikes at Lower Loxley
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| 11:00 | 11:00There are more PhD students in the UK than ever, but who’s really benefitting? 11:305/6Monique has work so Josh has to take their son single-handedly to his playgroup.
| 11:00Bridget Kendall asks why the international order built after 1945 is now in deep trouble. 11:30Colombian-born artist Alison Turnbull explores butterflies in the Pacific rainforest.
| 11:00Michael Goldfarb asks what the Democratic Party in America stands for today. 11:304/4Two old men with a shared love of the art of fishing have a past which haunts them both.
| 11:00Why recruiting more female peacekeepers is key to defeating jihadists groups in Mali. 11:30Amica Dall and Giles Smith look at our relationship with the material world.
| 11:00What are the social repercussions of biological inequality? 11:304/6Henry seeks election as a Labour Party candidate.
| 11:00Sam Coates of The Times is behind the scenes at Westminster with reaction to the budget. 11:30The Donald Trump supporters who can’t wait to vote for him again.
| 11:15Vanley Burke, photographer, 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. 12:15The rise and fall of the gourmet burger. 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. 12:15Call You and Yours asks how easy it is to set up and run your own business. 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. 12:15New rules for gambling companies. Noise nuisance. Greener milk production. 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. 12:15The chickens that grow so fast they can barely stand labelled as higher welfare meat. 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. 12:15Flying with a wheelchair, restaurant group profits and fixed odds betting terminals. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Child benefit, unfair insurance and who pays up when pensions go wrong. 12:302/6Hugh Dennis presents the week via topical stand-up and sketches.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:045/6John Lloyd and Lee Mack with Nina Conti, Daisy Goodman and Lord Butler of Brockwell.(R) 12:32How Instagram changed food. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:45Nick Robinson talks to Labour deputy leader Tom Watson.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:45Nick Robinson talks to Unite general secretary Len McCluskey.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Nick Robinson talks to chief secretary to the Treasury Liz Truss.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Nick Robinson talks to Commons leader Andrea Leadsom.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Nick Robinson talks to former prime minister Tony Blair.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from St Stephen's Church in Tonbridge, Kent.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis; presented by Mark Mardell 13:30Guy Garvey spent a decade recording his dad’s stories and now he wants you to do the same.
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| 14:00 | 14:15Original drama written by Debbie Oates with Melissa Johns.
| 14:00Elizabeth makes a mistake. 14:15Cyber-bullying, blackmail and larceny in Emma Jowett's moving drama.
| 14:15A child migrant must cross Mexico aboard The Beast, a freight train bound for the USA.
| 14:00Helen struggles to get through to Henry 14:151/9The return of the conspiracy thriller by Matthew Broughton. Starring Hattie Morahan.
| 14:00Lynda makes her presence felt(R) 14:15An accountant is made an offer he really should refuse.
| 14:00Cuts for personal tax. Does this herald the end of austerity? 14:30Cheeta the Chimp looks back on his life as an actor in Hollywood.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs is hosted by Bunny Guinness at her home for a Correspondence Edition.(R) 14:45Conversations about effective advice and the positive power of change.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Paul Gambaccini hosts the 2018 final of the wide-ranging music quiz. 15:30Bee Wilson asks whether food labelling needs to change to protect allergy sufferers.
| 15:00Jay Rayner and the panel are in Blackpool. 15:30Endangered animals are paying the price for the spread of traditional Chinese medicine.
| 15:00Whether you are young or old, rich or poor, how will the Budget affect your own finances? 15:30Blood pressure pills and cancer, aortic aneurysm repair, sinks and hospital infection
| 15:00How 300 orphans of the holocaust began a new life in the Lake District. 15:27Charley Boorman makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Back Up 15:30Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah discusses his debut short story collection Friday Black
| 15:00Peter Gibbs is hosted by Bunny Guinness at her home for a Correspondence Edition. 15:45Kate Dickie reads a new short story by Louise Welsh in response to this week's news.
| 15:30Zakia Sewell returns to her grandparents home to discover a dance ritual from West Africa.
| 15:00A dalliance with a young American woman inspires Henry James, but leads to tragedy.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Gwenan Gibbard and Robin Huw Bowen visit the Teifi Harps Factory in Llandysul.(R) 16:30Can technology empower a person to turn from a victim to a rescuer?
| 16:00Should serious crimes be tried by a judge alone? And bias against female lawyers in the US 16:30Sindhu Vee and Phil Wang discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00What is white privilege? And what is the evidence that racial binaries are breaking down? 16:30New research suggests the number of journalists in the UK has increased.
| 16:00Director Erik Poppe on Utoya, and Some Like It Hot returns to cinemas. 16:30Repairing potholes, ozone hole, internet of hives and drugs from fingerprints.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a businesswoman, a politician, a writer, a diplomat and a pacifist. 16:30Roger Bolton investigates the BBC's push for younger listeners. 16:55How I beat my anxiety. Fi Glover presents.
| 16:00Ballet dancer Darcey Bussell. Is the term body positive being commercialised? Jodi Picoult
| 16:00Andrew Michael Hurley discusses his book The Loney with James Naughtie and readers. 16:30Ian Sansom asks people to choose the books they think should be included on his 5ft shelf.
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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.
| 17:00PM at 5pm: Luke Jones with interviews, context and analysis. 17:30Would we rather splash out on creating memories than buy material stuff? 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Are homeless teenagers being let down by the very people meant to protect them?(R) 17:40Edward Stourton looks at the life and career of Brazil's president-elect Jair Bolsonaro.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Hammond puts more cash into the rollout of Universal Credit and public services 18:305/6John Lloyd and Lee Mack with Nina Conti, Daisy Goodman and Lord Butler of Brockwell.
| 18:00The think-tank has warned the Government might have to borrow more money in the future 18:304/6Mark Watson attempts to make sense of life, assisted by Sam Simmons and Will Adamsdale.
| 18:00Swiss doctors fitted electrical device around man's spine, causing his nerves to repair 18:301/4Bob catches up with a former resident of C Wing, who has written about their time inside.
| 18:00Tracey Crouch is angry that new restrictions on the machines have been delayed 18:305/6With Nigel Havers. Hardacre’s son Elgin joins the team and reveals some strange beliefs.
| 18:00Police investigate allegations of anti-semitic hate crimes by members of the Labour party 18:302/6Hugh Dennis presents the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Journalist and broadcaster Sarfraz Manzoor picks the best of BBC Radio this week
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| 19:00 | 19:00Elizabeth makes a mistake. 19:15Florence Pugh and Alexander Skarsgård discuss the TV adaptation of The Little Drummer Girl 19:451/5A dare turns into an exercise in fear limitation.
| 19:15Chris Lang's new TV drama Dark Heart reviewed, and Chris Addison on La Traviata. 19:452/5A restaurant has a gourmet dish for only the select few.
| 19:00Helen struggles to get through to Henry 19:15Wilfred Owen's life and work remembered through art, 100 years since his death. 19:453/5Edgar Allan Poe’s dark classic about the psychology of guilt.(R)
| 19:00Lynda makes her presence felt 19:15Best-selling Irish novelist Cecelia Ahern discusses her new short story collection, Roar 19:454/5Carl Stephenson’s classic story about killer ants.
| 19:00Disaster strikes at Lower Loxley 19:15Boy George on Culture Club's first album for nearly two decades. 19:455/5A scholar moves into a house with a dark past.
| 19:00Edward Stourton looks at the life and career of Brazil's president-elect Jair Bolsonaro. 19:15Peterloo, George Saunders, Posy Simmonds, Klimt/Schiele, debbie tucker green, Doing Money
| 19:00David has a bone to pick. 19:151/4Great works of fiction are upended when a comedy trio stumble into the plot.(R) 19:45Twelve flights. Twelve travellers. Twelve stories. David Szalay's new short story series.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Michael Goldfarb asks what the Democratic Party in America stands for today. 20:30Poison, exploding cigars and shooting down planes: tales of espionage and statesmanship.
| 20:00Are homeless teenagers being let down by the very people meant to protect them? 20:40Rubbish recycling problems and Leonardo da Vinci's eye condition.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45David Baddiel tries to understand how the fashion industry works.
| 20:00Should serious crimes be tried by a judge alone? And bias against female lawyers in the US 20:30Would we rather splash out on creating memories than buy material stuff?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from St Stephen's Church in Tonbridge, Kent. 20:50Howard Jacobson on the politics of clothes.
| 20:00Jenn White tells the story of Barack Obama's rise to power.
| 20:00Roger Bolton investigates the BBC's push for younger listeners.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a businesswoman, a politician, a writer, a diplomat and a pacifist.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Bridget Kendall asks why the international order built after 1945 is now in deep trouble.(R) 21:30Helena Kennedy, Paul Collier, David Willetts and Tiffany Watt Smith with Andrew Marr.(R)
| 21:00Blood pressure pills and cancer, aortic aneurysm repair, sinks and hospital infection 21:30Supervet, Noel Fitzpatrick, talks to Jim Al-Khalili(R)
| 21:00Endangered animals are paying the price for the spread of traditional Chinese medicine.(R) 21:30Opera singer Stuart Skelton meets comedian, actor and director Chris Addison.(R)
| 21:00Repairing potholes, ozone hole, internet of hives and drugs from fingerprints.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the molecules linked to cell functioning and ageing(R)
| 21:00Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.
| 21:00By Neil Brand. Mickey's big deception plan could change the course of the war.(R) 21:45Nick Baker with the interpreters who make rap music accessible to deaf people.(R)
| 21:00Child benefit, unfair insurance and who pays up when pensions go wrong.(R) 21:25Steve Rider makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of DEBRA(R) 21:30Poison, exploding cigars and shooting down planes: tales of espionage and statesmanship.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Chancellor declares that austerity is coming to an end. 22:456/10Hoffman’s manuscript describes terrifying experiences during the Second World War.
| 22:00Mr Trump considering scrapping 'birthright citizenship'. 22:457/10Helen begins to tell her friends about her darkest secret.
| 22:00UN committed to bringing both sides in civil war to negotiating table within a month. 22:458/10Helen confesses to her terrible crime.
| 22:00National Crime Agency begins investigation - after referral by Electoral Commission 22:459/10Helen has a fearful experience at the opera.
| 22:00The last big push ahead of the US mid-term elections. 22:4510/10Helen has a final confrontation with Melmoth.
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn and guests digest the budget and discuss whether a Brexit deal is close.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Exploring the people who hear spooks in random sound - and the world of auditory illusion. 23:30Susan Hulme reports on today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:00Ross Noble presents a magazine show with studio guests and stories from around Britain. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Wesminster
| 23:001/6Bittersweet comedy drama about a community mental health nurse. Starring Paul Whitehouse. 23:153/3Tom Neenan discovers what horrors lurk in our apps and gadgets in this modern ghost story 23:30Susan Hulme reports on today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:005/6A sleepover, a stray dog and a house move create uncertainty in Edinburgh's Cafe Culture.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Wesminster
| 23:00Sindhu Vee and Phil Wang discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster 23:55Friends who met through working towards improving life on their council estate.
| 23:00Paul Gambaccini hosts the 2018 final of the wide-ranging music quiz.(R) 23:30Terrance Hayes and Danez Smith, two of the most exciting voices in American poetry.(R)
| 23:00Director Erik Poppe on Utoya, and Some Like It Hot returns to cinemas.(R) 23:30Rowan Williams and sculptor Antony Gormley discuss the relationship between art and faith.(R)
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