| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Architecture, housing and health. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the Church of All Saints, Writtle 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Michelle Obama reads from her new memoir. First, from Chicago's South Side to Princeton 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Michelle Obama reads from her new memoir. This time she meets a certain young law trainee 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Michelle Obama reads from her new memoir. This time Honolulu, a marriage and politics. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Michelle Obama reads from her eagerly awaited memoir. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Michelle Obama reads from her new memoir. Early days at the White House and then to the UK 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Put your ear to the tree trunk and listen. An original short work for radio by SK Perry.(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 spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Guvna B 05:45Why some villages are missing out on affordable homes, according to a report out today. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58John Aitchison presents the chough.
| 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 Guvna B 05:45A discussion of how natural disasters and intentional fraud threaten food security. 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the redwing.
| 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 Guvna B 05:45Should anglers be allowed to catch endangered bluefin tuna on a catch and release basis? 05:58Helen Moncrieff reveals why her tummy 'flips with joy' at the sight of Northern Wheatears.(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 Guvna B 05:45New research looks at the impact Brexit may have on rural communities in northern England. 05:58David Attenborough presents the magpie.(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 Guvna B 05:45Plans to mechanically harvest kelp off Scotland have led to the rules being reviewed. 05:58Wildlife artist Jane Smith reveals why for her, snipe symbolise the sound of the Hebrides.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Fiona Stewart, director of a Christian charity. 05:45A listener chats about moving on after 30 years of marriage. ipm@bbc.co.uk
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bowdon, Cheshire 05:45The new chair of the Parole Board, which rules on releasing the most serious prisoners.
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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. 06:07Ash trees are dying from ash dieback. Helen Mark hears how Kent is preserving their memory 06:30Charlotte Smith chairs a discussion about the issues facing abattoirs in the UK. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 06:05Shoshana Boyd Gelfand reflects on autumn's colours and the season's spiritual resonance. 06:35Ruth Sanderson meets growers in Dorset who make perfume from aromatic plants and flowers. 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. 07:54Volunteer nurse Kirstie Randall makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Mercy Ships. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31The best of Monday's debates at Westminster with Susan Hulme.
| 08:31The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
| 08:31Deal or no deal? Brexit or no Brexit?
| 08:31Sean Curran presents the latest news from Westminster and Holyrood.
| 08:51Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster as MPs back plans for a new anti-stalking law.
| 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Presented by Anne Muir, with Glasgow University Chapel Choir directed by Katy Cooper. 08:48Stella Tillyard on why history no longer seems an adequate guide to our present.(R) 08:58Although Carry Akroyd grew up in the country, only in adulthood did she hear a snipe.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Jonathan Haidt, Olivia Sudjic, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and Mark Ravenhill with Amol Rajan 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Alex Robertson.
| 09:00Formula One engineer Caroline Hargrove talks to Jim Al-Khalili. 09:30Lynne Truss talks to Jillian Moody about travelling abroad for a year with her family. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Andrew Graystone.
| 09:00Opera singer Elizabeth Llewellyn meets film director and screenwriter Amma Asante. 09:30How do ancestry DNA tests work? 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Frances Finn.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosophy of hope - a weakness or a strength? 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Fr Phil Sumner.
| 09:00Tracey Thorn, musician and writer, is interviewed by Lauren Laverne.(R) 09:45A spiritual reflection with prayers led by Canon Steve Williams
| 09:00Sandi Toksvig, Dr Helen Czerski and Richard Blackwood's inheritance tracks
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Cilla Black, Sex and Gender Part 1, Brexit 10:45Jeremy Front spends five days with 'Incredible Woman' Jessica Kennedy (Rebecca Front).
| 10:00Attitudes towards powerful women under pressure. Plus talking to children about periods. 10:45Jeremy Front follows Jessica Kennedy (Rebecca Front) to a meeting at the House of Lords.
| 10:00The great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst on the campaign to get more women MPs. 10:40Jeremy interviews Jessica whilst jogging but is soon out of his depth. And out of breath. 10:55Eve and Olivia are young carers who help to look after their mum. Fi Glover presents.
| 10:00Life after campaigning, Annabel Abbs, parents who argue, and haircuts after splitting up 10:45Jessica and Eva find themselves desperately in need of Jeremy's Twingo.
| 10:00Featuring teenage life in a small Irish town and help for low paid women. 10:45Sinister forces pursue Jessica and Jeremy up to Scotland.
| 10:30The search for a story in a randomly generated postcode.
| 10:00Lily takes the strain and Tom has some controversial news
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| 11:00 | 11:00Simon fights to become his teenage niece's legal guardian after she was placed in care. 11:302/6Joe Lycett asks some questions of Canadian stand-up star Katherine Ryan.(R)
| 11:00Susie Dent explores Americanisms in British English – should we love not loathe them? 11:30Songwriter Emmy the Great rediscovers the craft of the playground clapping game.
| 11:00Ben Wright looks back at the dramatic 1971 Commons vote that led to the UK joining the EEC(R) 11:30A musical drama about a young musician's quest to find the truth about her family.
| 11:00Nigerian patients held in hospital because they can’t pay their medical bills. 11:30Marie-Louise Muir invites four artists to her childhood home in Derry-Londonderry.
| 11:00Manchester's skyline is transforming - but what lies behind a radical change? 11:301/4The Scandi-com returns, starring Adam Riches and a cast of Sweden’s finest comedians.
| 11:00Anushka Asthana of the Guardian looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30The marginalised and often ignored 'yellow vests' trying to bring France to a standstill.
| 11:15Novelist Kate Atkinson is interviewed by Lauren Laverne
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:041/10Jonathan Coe's comic novel about Brexit Britain read by Jeff Rawle. 12:18Universal credit delays, PPI confusion, mental health in the elderly and buying a village. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:042/10Comic and yet poignant portrait of Brexit Britain, read by Jeff Rawle. 12:18Call You & Yours: Have you suffered mental illness while at work? What happened? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:043/10London 2011: riots in the capital and the immigration issue rears its ugly head. 12:18The charity helping women struggling after the switch over to universal credit. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:044/102012 sees the aftermath of the riots - and Olympic fever. 12:18The founder of Agent Provocateur on why sexy, frilly underwear is now unfashionable. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:045/10Sophie meets some Middle Englanders on board a cruise. 12:18The authors of the hit Ladybird grownups' books and why they are giving up on them. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Customers complain after energy supplier Outfox the Market hikes direct debit payments 12:30Lucy Porter hosts this week's comedic look at the news.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:0470th series of the multi-award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon and a group of food, diet and medical experts discuss food and lifestyle. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Should we have less, not more, education? Rory Sutherland challenges received ideas.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Challenging received ideas. Today: would we be better off selecting our MPs at random?
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Exploding society’s received wisdom. Do we deceive ourselves… to better fool others?
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Challenging received wisdoms. Has obsessively measuring diversity made us less equal?
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Unravelling conventional ideas. Today: why market research is doomed to fail
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Somerville College, Oxford.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30How can art and science work together to help patients with heart disease?
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| 14:00 | 14:00Lily takes the strain.(R) 14:151/3Drama from Syria telling stories of contemporary life in Damascus.
| 14:00Neil confronts the enemy.(R) 14:152/3Drama from Syria. Love, money and radicalisation in contemporary Damascus.
| 14:00Brian's birthday proves eventful 14:153/3Drama from Syria. One woman fights a tide of change in contemporary Damascus.
| 14:00Joe spots an opportunity for revenge 14:154/9Part 4 of the conspiracy thriller. Written by Lucy Catherine and starring Hattie Morahan.
| 14:00Helen has a change of heart.(R) 14:15Comedy as one man in Yorkshire is determined to stop the erosion of standards in his town.
| 14:00Theresa May is off to Brussels. How do you rate the way she’s negotiated Brexit up to now? 14:30A darkly comic updating of Franz Kafka's classic tale. Starring Tom Basden.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs and the panel are in North Wiltshire.(R) 14:45Conversations exploring the lives of carers in the family.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Quote … Unquote, the popular celebrity quotations quiz with Nigel Rees. 15:30Carbohydrates - friend or foe?(R)
| 15:001/6Josie Long presents short documentaries about food. 15:30Could art help us see, hear and feel the problems facing our planet? Tom Heap finds out.
| 15:00Are financial products adapting to the changing way we work? 15:30Claudia Hammond investigates why MDMA might help treat people addicted to alcohol
| 15:00Ash trees are dying from ash dieback. Helen Mark hears how Kent is preserving their memory 15:27Matt Baker makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of BBC Children in Need(R) 15:30Best-selling novelist Barbara Kingsolver talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs and the panel are in North Wiltshire. 15:45Put your ear to the tree trunk and listen. An original short work for radio by SK Perry.
| 15:30Songwriter Emmy the Great rediscovers the craft of the playground clapping game.
| 15:002/3Jack, Stephen and Diana escape from Boston in a rowing boat.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Turning base metal into musical gold - swordsmiths and Dead Rats! 16:30Ernie Rea discusses the religious significance of blood.
| 16:00Can justice based on ancient tradition work better than a criminal court? 16:30Andy McNab and George the Poet join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books.(R)
| 16:00Home life 2: Laurie and sociologists visit a single person household. 16:30Producers of the world's most popular shows reveal the secret to creating a hit format.
| 16:00Naomi Alderman on Disobedience 16:30Mars InSight mission, detecting dark matter, redefining the kg and more on bovine TB.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a screenwriter, an engineer, a broadcaster, a campaigner and a king. 16:30Roger Bolton discusses the licence fee for over-75s and challenging stereotypes. 16:55Close friends whose lives mirror each other’s. Fi Glover presents.
| 16:00Coercive control prosecution. Caryl Churchill. Remastering Cilla's hits. Sex and gender.
| 16:00Jack Reacher author Lee Child talks to Mariella Frostrup. 16:30Cheryl Strayed, Ocean Vuong and Sharon Olds spend some time in Emily Dickinson's bedroom
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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. 17:30What challenges does the #Me Too movement present to business? With Evan Davis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Are young offenders being failed by the system meant to protect them? 17:40The new chair of the Parole Board, which rules on releasing the most serious prisoners.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:3070th series of the multi-award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/4Award-winning comedian Alex Edelman looks at how millennials view materialism.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4Gruff and Alice have to have a good night's sleep, so Bob is babysitting.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Rich Hall and comedians from both sides of the Atlantic reflect on the US midterms.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Lucy Porter hosts this week's comedic look at the news.
| 18:00Summit of EU leaders to approve Brexit withdrawal deal will go ahead tomorrow 18:15Sara Cox and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00EU leaders have backed a deal to end Britain's 40-year membership of the European Union. 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week with Jake Yapp.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Neil confronts the enemy. 19:15Marianne Faithfull on her new album, Negative Capability. 19:45Jeremy Front spends five days with 'Incredible Woman' Jessica Kennedy (Rebecca Front).
| 19:00Brian's birthday proves eventful 19:15Kurt Russell on The Christmas Chronicles, poet Ruth Fainlight 19:45Jeremy Front follows Jessica Kennedy (Rebecca Front) to a meeting at the House of Lords.
| 19:00Joe spots an opportunity for revenge 19:15After Christie's sell their first AI painting, we look at how AI will change creativity 19:45Jeremy interviews Jessica whilst jogging but is soon out of his depth. And out of breath.
| 19:00Helen has a change of heart. 19:15We review Japanese film Shoplifters, winner of the 2018 Palme d’Or at the Cannes festival. 19:45Jessica and Eva find themselves desperately in need of Jeremy's Twingo.(R)
| 19:00Tom has some controversial news 19:15We review Ruth Wilson in the BBC drama Mrs Wilson, in which she plays her own grandmother. 19:45Sinister forces pursue Jessica and Jeremy up to Scotland.(R)
| 19:00The new chair of the Parole Board, which rules on releasing the most serious prisoners. 19:15Including Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Hadestown, Chris Kraus and Leger in Liverpool.
| 19:00The stress continues to pile on Lily 19:154/4Great works of fiction are upended when the comedy trio stumble into the plot.(R) 19:45David Szalay's short story series following turbulent lives, in turbulent times.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Ben Wright looks back at the dramatic 1971 Commons vote that led to the UK joining the EEC 20:30What could cause a future financial crash? Ian Goldin investigates.
| 20:00Are young offenders being failed by the system meant to protect them? 20:40The demise of Fuss Free Phones, and a group to help younger visually impaired people.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45How do ancestry DNA tests work?(R)
| 20:00Can justice based on ancient tradition work better than a criminal court?(R) 20:30What challenges does the #Me Too movement present to business? With Evan Davis.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Somerville College, Oxford. 20:50Stella Tillyard on why history no longer seems an adequate guide to our present.
| 20:00Ann Powers explores Joni Mitchell’s impact on her fans and on songwriting.
| 20:00Roger Bolton discusses the licence fee for over-75s and challenging stereotypes.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a screenwriter, an engineer, a broadcaster, a campaigner and a king.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Artist Ken Currie and the portrayal of the human body(R) 21:30Jonathan Haidt, Olivia Sudjic, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and Mark Ravenhill with Amol Rajan(R)
| 21:00Claudia Hammond investigates why MDMA might help treat people addicted to alcohol 21:30Formula One engineer Caroline Hargrove talks to Jim Al-Khalili.(R)
| 21:00Could art help us see, hear and feel the problems facing our planet? Tom Heap finds out.(R) 21:30Opera singer Elizabeth Llewellyn meets film director and screenwriter Amma Asante.(R)
| 21:00Mars InSight mission, detecting dark matter, redefining the kg and more on bovine TB.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosophy of hope - a weakness or a strength?(R)
| 21:00Neil MacGregor on how the individual relates to the belief system of the wider community.
| 21:001/3Naval adventure set in 1812 when Britain was at war with America and France.(R)
| 21:00Customers complain after energy supplier Outfox the Market hikes direct debit payments(R) 21:25Volunteer nurse Kirstie Randall makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Mercy Ships.(R) 21:30What could cause a future financial crash? Ian Goldin investigates.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Democratic Unionist MPs fail to back government on a number of Finance Bill votes. 22:451/10Jonathan Coe's comic novel about Brexit Britain read by Jeff Rawle.
| 22:00President Trump declares his support for Saudi Arabia 22:452/10Comic and yet poignant portrait of Brexit Britain, read by Jeff Rawle.
| 22:00Matthew Hedges jailed for life in the United Arab Emirates. 22:453/10London 2011: riots in the capital and the immigration issue rears its ugly head.(R)
| 22:00Summit now expected on Sunday to approve Brexit withdrawal deal 22:454/102012 sees the aftermath of the riots - and Olympic fever.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:455/10Sophie meets some Middle Englanders on board a cruise.(R)
| 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 dissect Theresa May's Brexit deal.
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| 23:00 | 23:00A sound-led dive into deep time and ‘the long now'. 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:004/4Ross Noble presents a magazine show with studio guests and stories from around Britain. 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:004/6Bittersweet comedy drama about a community mental health nurse. Starring Paul Whitehouse. 23:152/4Lenny Henry stars in this tale about an alien who had an unfortunate experience on Earth.(R) 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:00Comedian Tez Ilyas returns for a third series of Tez Talks. 23:152/4Sam and Henry are on island of Patos, trying to find a very rare heron.(R) 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:00Andy McNab and George the Poet join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster where MPs back plans for a new anti-stalking law. 23:55Mother and son remembering how they coped with father’s Alzheimer’s. Fi Glover presents.
| 23:00Quote … Unquote, the popular celebrity quotations quiz with Nigel Rees.(R) 23:30Poet Leontia Flynn is travelling on the Belfast to Dublin train and back again(R)
| 23:004/8True stories told live in in the USA: Catherine Burns introduces stories about moving. 23:50Stella Tillyard on why history no longer seems an adequate guide to our present.
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