| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The Night-time Economy: How has it changed over the years? 00:45The bells of St Edith’s Church, Monks Kirby in Warwickshire. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Jo Brand turns advice giver in a typically irreverent guide to life. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Jo Brand turns advice giver as she unflinchingly tackles love and friendship.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Jo Brand turns advice giver in a typically irreverent guide to life.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Jo Brand turns advice giver in a typically irreverent guide to life.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Jo Brand turns advice giver in a typically irreverent guide to life.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30A resonantly beautiful seasonal story by George Mackay Brown. Read by Robert Jack.(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 the Rev'd Dr Karen Smith 05:45Farming fodder is running low, and the charity Forage Aid is struggling to cope 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Ecologist Penny Anderson describes the flamboyant ducks that visit her garden.(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 the Rev Dr Karen Smith. 05:45Michael Gove pledges support for gene editing post-Brexit to help agricultural research 05:58For musician Fyfe Dangerfield, seeing a rare bird is like seeing a celebrity on the street
| 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 the Rev'd Dr Karen Smith 05:45Farmers are being urged to be 'the solution to soil pollution' on World Soil Day. 05:58David Attenborough presents the sanderling.(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 the Rev'd Dr Karen Smith 05:45More food on less space; botulism kills 157 cows; who'll buy Scottish prawns post Brexit? 05:58Michael Palin presents the Venezuelan horned screamer(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 the Rev'd Dr Karen Smith 05:45To plough or not to plough? Harvesting chestnuts and growing mussels. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the rook.
| 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 Canon Steve Williams. 05:45How one woman became a surrogate for her childhood friend
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from Selby Abbey in North Yorkshire. 05:45The Attorney General who told MPs to 'grow up' and 'get real.'
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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 Yesterday in Parliament and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Yesterday in Parliament and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Yesterday in Parliament and 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. 06:07Life on the canals, from the lock keeper to those who live on the water at Foxton Locks.(R) 06:30What will Brexit mean for the UK shellfish industry? 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 06:05Rabbi Harvey Belovski discovers the benefits of living in the moment. 06:35Lindsey Chapman updates this Living World on wintering avocet on the river Exe. 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. 07:54Chris Packham makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Rainforest Foundation UK. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
| 08:31The big Brexit debate gets underway. Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 08:31The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
| 08:31The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
| | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A live service for the second Sunday in Advent from Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff. 08:48Will Self ponders what we should say to our children about global warming. 08:58Brian Briggs, formerly of the band Stornoway, recalls the song of the chaffinch.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Isabel Hardman, James Graham, Diarmaid MacCulloch and Steven Fielding. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by the Rev Richard Littledale
| 09:00Sky at Night presenter Maggie Aderin-Pocock talks to Jim Al-Khalili about astronomy. 09:30Space nerd Jack Dearlove interviews Doug Hurley, astronaut on the last space shuttle. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by the Reverend Ernie Rea
| 09:00Actor Katherine Parkinson meets artist Roxana Halls. 09:30Does infinity exist? And why are some infinities bigger than others? 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Sr Gemma Simmonds.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the devastating war across the Holy Roman Empire 1618-1648 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Stephen Shipley.
| 09:00Tom Kerridge, chef, is interviewed by Lauren Laverne(R) 09:45A spiritual reflection with prayers, led by Nigel Swinford.
| 09:00Marianne Power on following self-help, Cherno Samba on being an online football success
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Sammy Woodhouse, baby development, sex and gender 10:451/10Kate Phillips is Gudrun in Lucy Catherine's Viking epic of love, revenge and faith.
| 10:00Transgender access to sport, rising number of child neglect cases, and bonding over telly. 10:452/10Kate Phillips is Gudrun in Lucy Catherine's Viking epic of love, revenge and faith.
| 10:00Media reporting of the Duchess of Cambridge and the Duchess of Sussex. 10:413/10Viking epic of love, revenge and faith. 10:55Two young friends talk about goalball - the sport developed for visually impaired people.
| 10:00Rubina, Erika, Angie and Rosemary look ahead to being grandmothers. 10:454/10Viking epic of love, revenge and faith.
| 10:00Angela Merkel, baby banks, Aimee Stuart and supporting support workers. 10:455/10Viking epic of love, revenge and faith.
| 10:30John Harris considers the potent role of narrative in our public and private lives.(R)
| 10:00Elizabeth finds herself overwhelmed and emotions stir for Helen
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| 11:00 | 11:00How do you plan a funeral for an unidentified woman? Christina is determined to do it well 11:304/6Sara Pascoe puts Harry Hill in the hot seat.(R)
| 11:00Economist George Magnus unpicks the trade wars and deals re-shaping the global economy 11:30We join choreographer Claire Cunningham as she creates a new work for disabled dancers.
| 11:00Why have the ties that gave so many of us a shared sense of belonging weakened? 11:302/4Tim meets a secretary and sings an imaginary country song.(R)
| 11:00An investigation into repression in Burundi, one of Africa's most secretive countries. 11:30The stories of migration past and present that have shaped the Derry and Donegal region.
| 11:00Gyles Brandreth explores the alchemy, art and craftiness of the great persuaders. 11:303/4Adam Riches stars in the culture clash Scandicom about a Brit loose in northern Sweden.
| 11:00Peter Oborne of the Daily Mail looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Inside one of Iraq’s secret shelters for the survivors of domestic abuse.
| 11:15Gary Barlow, musician and Take That front man, is interviewed by Lauren Laverne.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:041/15Willa discovers that most of what she has founded her life upon is under threat. 12:18Deaths from choking in care homes, diversity in ballet and energy price cap concerns. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:042/15Thatcher Greenwood’s house is a state while the neighbour’s curious behaviour intrigues. 12:18How are you earning enough to get by? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:043/152016. Willa's children clash in a disagreement about politics and the shape of the future. 12:18How domestic abusers use smartphone apps to spy on their partners. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:044/151874: Thatcher visits his intriguing neighbour Mary Treat, who's engaged in an experiment. 12:18The ban on TV gambling ads. And a sharp rise in demand for a post-Brexit planning course. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:045/152016: Willa clashes with her father-in-law when she takes him to a medical appointment. 12:18The effort to keep black plastics out of landfill and the prospect of more PPI payouts. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04The £40,000 fund transfer that's been trapped for nine months 12:30Satirical, topical comedy.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:044/670th series of the multi-award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee.(R) 12:32Rachel Roddy and Sheila Dillon share their love of sweet chestnuts. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:45Clinical psychologist Daniel Freeman explores cases of delusion.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Edward Stourton. 13:45Clinical psychologist Daniel Freeman explores cases of delusion.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:45Clinical psychologist Daniel Freeman explores cases of delusion.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:45Clinical psychologist Daniel Freeman explores cases of delusion.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Clinical psychologist Daniel Freeman explores cases of delusion.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Bromyard in Herefordshire.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30True stories of life-changing encounters with art in all its forms.
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| 14:00 | 14:15Fiona Shaw stars in a new psychological thriller from writer Matthew Graham.
| 14:00Lily makes a promise she may not be able to keep 14:15Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi help a Canadian lady to face the truth about the past.(R)
| 14:15Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi try to resolve the problem of Fanwell's dog.(R)
| 14:00Elizabeth finds herself overwhelmed 14:156/9Part 6 of the conspiracy thriller. Written by Caroline Horton and starring Hattie Morahan.
| 14:15Nick Warburton's comedy about a small town resistant to change starring Ronald Pickup
| 14:00Will the Leviathan overrule the democratic rule? 14:30Glenda Jackson stars in the world premiere of Alexander Mackendrick’s unmade screenplay.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs hosts the show from RHS Garden Hyde Hall in Essex.(R) 14:45Fi Glover presents three conversations revolving around doing things that make you happy.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Nigel Rees hosts the quotations quiz with Roy Hudd, Greg Jenner and Sindhu Vee. 15:30Sheila Dillon, Chetna Makan, Tom Tivnan and Kate Young discuss the cookbooks of 2018.(R)
| 15:003/6Josie Long presents short documentaries about feeling adrift. 15:30How can the UK's best-loved landscapes work better for people and wildlife?
| 15:00A probe is underway to see if people are being charged too much when they pay for funerals 15:30Self-care, schadenfreude and how maths ability might relate to ball-catching skills.
| 15:00Life on the canals, from the lock keeper to those who live on the water at Foxton Locks. 15:27The Revd Dr Sam Wells makes the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal for St Martin-in-the-Fields(R) 15:30Meg Wolitzer discusses her novel The Interestings with James Naughtie and readers.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs hosts the show from RHS Garden Hyde Hall in Essex. 15:45A report on some of the lives changed by last year's Radio 4 Christmas Appeal(R)
| | 15:00Drama by Sean Grundy about the love of JRR Tolkien's life, based on real events.(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:00Close your eyes, take a breath. Artist Stephanie Smith invites you to draw in the dark. 16:30Robert Beckford discusses the use of Christianity by the far right in Europe.
| 16:00Peter White returns with a new series of No Triumph, No Tragedy and interviews Adam Hills. 16:30Laura Ingalls Wilder: author Tracy Chevalier joins Samira Ahmed
| 16:00The White Power Movement in the US. Also, the racist, far right in Europe.
| 16:00Boots Riley on his anti-capitalist satire Sorry to Bother You 16:30Greenland ice sheet melting; gingko biloba and CO2; Jodrell Bank and Quantum compass.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a singer, a BBC manager, an epidemiologist, a critic 16:30Think Tank transparency, staying up with Dotun Adebayo, and fame at last for DJ Deke. 16:55Two ceramics students talk about their passion for making pottery. Fi Glover Presents.
| 16:00Sharon D Clarke on her role in Caroline, or Change. And Rotherham victim Sammy Woodhouse.
| 16:00Donald S Murray discusses his novel As the Women Lay Dreaming, set on the Isle of Lewis 16:30How would the news sound if we gave poets a go? Ritula Shah presents the news with poets.
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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 one woman became a surrogate for her childhood friend 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00How and when should the decision be made to end the life of a critically ill child? 17:40The Attorney General who told MPs to 'grow up' and 'get real.'(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Brexiteer anger over the Government's Northern Ireland customs backup plan. 18:304/670th series of the multi-award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee.
| 18:00Ministers found in contempt of parliament. MPs back plan giving them more say over Brexit 18:303/4Comedian Alex Edelman takes a personal look at politics today.
| 18:00The advice warns measures to avoid a hard border in Ireland could "endure indefinitely". 18:302/4Victoria Coren Mitchell interviews Jennifer Saunders about her life and cars.
| 18:00Commons vote to go ahead on Tuesday, despite widespread opposition 18:301/8Tony, Andree and Bill head to Brighton for a seaside holiday... in November.(R)
| 18:00Health secretary says this is "worst-case scenario", in the event of new customs checks 18:30Satirical, topical comedy.
| 18:00Rudd suggests Norway-style Brexit is plausible alternative if May deal rejected 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Downing Street insists Tuesday's vote on the Prime Minister's Brexit deal will go ahead. 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week
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| 19:00 | 19:00Lily makes a promise she may not be able to keep 19:15Robert Redford's swansong, fictional characters reading fiction and poet Fred D'Aguiar 19:451/10Kate Phillips is Gudrun in Lucy Catherine's Viking epic of love, revenge and faith.(R)
| 19:15David Szalay talks about his new book, Turbulence, an original Radio 4 commission. 19:452/10Kate Phillips is Gudrun in Lucy Catherine's Viking epic of love, revenge and faith.
| 19:00Elizabeth finds herself overwhelmed 19:15Maggi Hambling on her portraits of artists, and Beastie Boys on 40 years in hip hop 19:453/10Viking epic of love, revenge and faith.(R)
| 19:15Screenwriter Jimmy McGovern on his new BBC One drama Care, Cuban artist Tania Bruguera 19:454/10Viking epic of love, revenge and faith.(R)
| 19:00Disaster strikes for Lynda 19:15Review of Bruce Springsteen's new film Springsteen on Broadway 19:455/10Viking epic of love, revenge and faith.(R)
| 19:00The Attorney General who told MPs to 'grow up' and 'get real.' 19:15Doctor Faustus, Godard's The Image Book, Care, Hazards of Time Travel and Darren Almond
| 19:15When a dead goose is found in Baker Street, Mrs Hudson embarks on a seasonal adventure. 19:45Twelve flights. Twelve travellers. Twelve stories. David Szalay's new short story series.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Why have the ties that gave so many of us a shared sense of belonging weakened? 20:30Locked up for renting out their wombs, mothers in Cambodia must make an agonising choice.
| 20:00How and when should the decision be made to end the life of a critically ill child? 20:40The special challenges facing visually impaired students at university.
| 20:00Young people in UK border areas in conversation about their future after Brexit 20:45Does infinity exist? And why are some infinities bigger than others?(R)
| 20:00As Paris braces for another weekend of demonstrations, we ask what's going on in France. 20:30Caroline Bayley delves into the booming industry of private tutoring.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Bromyard in Herefordshire. 20:50Will Self ponders what we should say to our children about global warming.
| 20:02Tom Dyckhoff goes in search of Nikolaus Pevsner.(R)
| 20:00Think Tank transparency, staying up with Dotun Adebayo, and fame at last for DJ Deke.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a singer, a BBC manager, an epidemiologist, a critic(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Rebecca Pates explores the rise of the right-wing in eastern Germany.(R) 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Isabel Hardman, James Graham, Diarmaid MacCulloch and Steven Fielding.(R)
| 21:00Self-care, schadenfreude and how maths ability might relate to ball-catching skills. 21:30Sky at Night presenter Maggie Aderin-Pocock talks to Jim Al-Khalili about astronomy.(R)
| 21:00How can the UK's best-loved landscapes work better for people and wildlife?(R) 21:30Actor Katherine Parkinson meets artist Roxana Halls.(R)
| 21:00Greenland ice sheet melting; gingko biloba and CO2; Jodrell Bank and Quantum compass. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the devastating war across the Holy Roman Empire 1618-1648(R)
| 21:00Neil MacGregor reflects on the role images play in the expression of shared beliefs.
| 21:003/3Diana is pregnant. Stephen offers to marry her but she refuses.(R)
| 21:00The £40,000 fund transfer that's been trapped for nine months(R) 21:25Chris Packham makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Rainforest Foundation UK.(R) 21:30Caroline Bayley delves into the booming industry of private tutoring.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Attorney General defends Brexit agreement as "a sensible compromise". 22:451/15Willa discovers that most of what she has founded her life upon is under threat.(R)
| 22:00Theresa May's authority takes another blow 22:452/15Thatcher Greenwood’s house is a state while the neighbour’s curious behaviour intrigues.(R)
| 22:00Yemeni government and Houthi rebels arrive in Sweden for talks. 22:453/152016. Willa's children clash in a disagreement about politics and the shape of the future.(R)
| 22:00Downing Street says Commons vote on Mrs May's deal will go ahead on Tuesday 22:454/151874: Thatcher visits his intriguing neighbour Mary Treat, who's engaged in an experiment.(R)
| 22:00Meng Wanzhou accused of trying to bypass American sanctions on Iran. 22:455/152016: Willa clashes with her father-in-law when she takes him to a medical appointment.(R)
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Young people in UK border areas in conversation about their future after Brexit(R)
| 22:00Where next for the Prime Minister's Brexit deal? Carolyn Quinn and guests discuss.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Sarah Dunant looks at moments in history when poison has sown fear, doubt and intrigue. 23:30Sean Curran has the news from Westminster
| 23:002/2Stand-up Tudur Owen puts Anglesey on the map - and meets its people 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:006/6Bittersweet comedy drama about a community mental health nurse. Starring Paul Whitehouse. 23:154/4Lenny Henry stars as a young GI serving in Cornwall during the Second World War.(R) 23:30The prime minister is accused of misleading MPs about Brexit
| 23:00Tez Ilyas talks about people's attitudes towards animals. 23:154/4Sam and Henry are trying to make a show about birds but Sam keeps being distracted(R) 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:00Laura Ingalls Wilder: author Tracy Chevalier joins Samira Ahmed(R) 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster. 23:55Mums who became friends through a project using the therapeutic benefits of horsemanship.
| 23:00Nigel Rees hosts the quotations quiz with Roy Hudd, Greg Jenner and Sindhu Vee.(R) 23:30Exploring Poet Salena Godden's experimental new work Mrs Death Misses Death.(R)
| 23:006/8The Moth Radio Hour: Radio Storytelling from the USA. 23:50Will Self ponders what we should say to our children about global warming.
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