| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Snobbery - its meaning, history and changing nature.(R) 00:45Bells on Sunday from St Mary’s, Prescot in Merseyside(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Frontline trauma surgeon David Nott reads from his remarkable memoir.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Frontline trauma surgeon David Nott on his experiences in war torn Afghanistan.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Frontline trauma surgeon David Nott confronts danger in the Democratic Republic of Congo. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Frontline trauma surgeon David Nott is in war-torn Syria. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Frontline trauma surgeon David Nott is in Aleppo as the brutal conflict intensifies. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30An original short work for radio by Sheena Kalayil. 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 Canon Jenny Wigley. 05:45What does Dairy Crest's acquisition by Canadian dairy firm Saputo mean for farmers? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the red grouse.(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 Canon Jenny Wigley. 05:45As livestock worrying increases, is it time to track offending dogs with DNA profiling? 05:58David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the blackcap.(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 Canon Jenny Wigley. 05:45Looking at the potential Brexit effect for both upland and lowland sheep farmers. 05:58How wildlife sound recordist Gary Moore became a launch pad for migrating birds on Skomer.(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 Canon Jenny Wigley 05:45Could the UK ever be self-sufficient when it comes to sheep meat? 05:58Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines enjoys great spotted woodpeckers.(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 Canon Jenny Wigley. 05:45What now for DEFRA after the resignation of farming minister, George Eustice? 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the raucous calling sulphur-crested cockatoo from Australia.(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 Sister Gemma Simmonds 05:45A listener explains how she was told to stop work in order to support her autistic son.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday from the Monastery of the Transfiguration. 05:45Jennifer Doudna co-created the revolutionary gene editing technology CRISPR.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme; including 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.
| 06:00Radio 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. 06:07Why climb a snowy Cumbrian hill in a long dress, cloak and bonnet? Clare Balding finds out(R) 06:30As lambing season gets underway, Charlotte Smith looks at the UK sheep sector 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 06:05Mark Tully debates the pros and cons of an open mind - in life, politics and philosophy. 06:35Lindsey Chapman updates this Living World from the green isle of Islay. From 1987. 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, with Emily Buchanan 07:54Food writer and broadcaster Jay Rayner makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of FareShare. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Susan Hulme has the best of Monday's debates in the Commons and the Lords.
| 08:31The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
| 08:31The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
| 08:31The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
| 08:51Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.
| 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service marking the 25th anniversary of women's ordination in the Church of England. 08:48Tom Shakespeare on why we are in urgent need of a bit of plain speaking.(R) 08:58Wildlife sound recordist Geoff Sample enjoys the Dupont's lark on Tweet of the Day.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Amol Rajan with Paul Morland, Julia Blackburn and Diarmaid Ferriter. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Steve Benson.
| 09:00Gwen Adshead tells Jim Al-Khalili how she treats the minds of violent offenders. 09:30Rachel Johnson talks to mothers who made a choice not to live with their children. 1/2 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Stephen Shipley.
| 09:00The principal dancer of ENB, Tamara Rojo, meets theatre and film director Josie Rourke. 09:30Timandra Harkness explores ways to constructively disagree: competing moral visions. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Ann Easter.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the poetry and context of this pre-Islamic Arabian knight 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Steve Williams.
| 09:00Margaret MacMillan, historian, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne(R) 09:45Spiritual reflection and prayers on a topical subject, led by the Rev Mary Stallard.
| 09:00Writer comedian Humza Arshad and Ishbel Holmes who cycled the world rescuing street dogs.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Simran Kaur, Marian Partington, menopause and work, Emma Morgan, fertility clinics. 10:451/5Maya is to start working for Malcolm X, but tragedy strikes when he is assassinated.
| 10:00University sexual violence, Bump, Birth and Beyond, and period stigma. 10:452/5Maya moves to Los Angeles where she witnesses the Watts race riots of 1965
| 10:00Chef Tom Kerridge talks about his fresh approach to cooking. 10:413/5Maya’s ex appears and their love reignites, but a night out at the movies spells a change. 10:55Mash and Jen on kids, culture and community.
| 10:00Caroline Criado Perez - the gender data gap, Maggie Gee on novel Blood, Madeleine Mitchell 10:454/5Maya is reunited with Martin Luther King and agrees to work with him.
| 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world 10:455/5Maya Angelou is set to work for Martin Luther King when tragedy strikes.
| 10:30Paul Gambaccini traces the history of the Oscars and tells the story behind winning films
| 10:00Tom drops a shocking bombshell and it's a big night for Lee
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| 11:00 | 11:00Sathnam Sanghera asks if classism should be illegal. 11:301/4A highly murderous dictator desperately needs help from an old friend.
| 11:00Does talk of 'toxic masculinity' mean we are now seeing boys as potential perpetrators? 11:30Antonia Quirke celebrates the unsung heroes of cinematic sound - foley artists.
| 11:00Yasmin Alibhai-Brown explores the increasingly austere nature of Muslim culture and art. 11:30Sitcom. Daisy and Drew are life coaches. Whatever your issue, they can help - maybe.
| 11:00How the persecution of the Rohingya is seen within Myanmar. 11:30A celebration in music and sound of the disappearing cries of street vendors.
| 11:00Political correspondent Chris Mason mulls over the divide between city and country life. 11:301/4Stephen takes his first steps into working life.
| 11:00Paul Waugh of HuffPost reviews the week's events in Westminster. 11:30Salvation or invasion - how do Venezuelans feel about humanitarian aid from abroad?
| 11:15Trevor Sorbie, hairdresser, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:041/10A father goes into the bush in search of his 13-year-old son. 12:18How the Bauhaus movement - 100 years old in 2019 - changed our homes. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:042/10As the minutes turn to hours, the son is still not home. 12:18Call You and Yours: Have you ever changed your mind? What happened? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:043/10Clyde reflects on a devastating label that would stay forever with his son. 12:18A look at the growing number of self-help books written for children aged two to 18. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:044/10With Paul still missing, Clyde wonders whether he should have taken Uncle Vishnu's help. 12:18Deputy leader of the Labour party Tom Watson on tightening online gambling laws. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:045/10Memories evolve of jealousies, lies and dangers that first began to threaten the family. 12:18Being a supermarket boss, mindfulness in schools, pension woes and old-style typewriters. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Treasury minister Mel Stride on the government's attempts to clamp down on tax tricks. 12:302/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present 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. 12:044/8Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Lee Mack and Zoe Lyons join Nicholas Parsons.(R) 12:32The story of how cannabis without the high has become one of the biggest buzzwords in food 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:45Alan Johnson on 140 years of education through the prism of one school in Camberwell.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:45Alan Johnson on 140 years of education through the prism of one school in Camberwell.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Edward Stourton. 13:45Alan Johnson on 140 years of education through the prism of one school in Camberwell.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:45Alan Johnson on 140 years of education through the prism of one school in Camberwell.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Alan Johnson on 140 years of education through the prism of one school in Camberwell.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents topical debate from the Fisher Theatre in Bungay, Suffolk.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis; presented by Mark Mardell 13:30Misha Glenny on the role of England in the Invention of Britain
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| 14:00 | 14:00Ian looks to the future.(R) 14:154/8Cadali, the recently returned vizier, begins a plot to take over the empire.
| 14:00Tom drops a shocking bombshell.(R) 14:15Debbie Purdy's fight to protect the man she loved changed the debate on assisted dying.
| 14:00Lily faces a difficult dilemma.(R) 14:15The mother of a boy on a life support machine asks for Joe's help with a hard decision.(R)
| 14:00Things are looking up for Ed.(R) 14:15By Peter Strickland. A couple’s stay at a voice-operated home has unexpected consequences.
| 14:00Susan finds herself rebuffed.(R) 14:15Old friends revisit the shocking events of their childhood during the Iranian Revolution.
| 14:00Are you happy with the Brexit negotiations? If not, what should politicians be doing? 14:305/11Neil Dudgeon and Tim McInnerny star in an epic tale of money, passion and daring to dream.
| 14:00Eric Robson and the panel are in Glasgow. 14:45Three conversations about love, death and ADHD.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Radio's most fiendish quiz, with Tom Sutcliffe asking the cryptic questions. 15:30Dan Saladino looks at our long and tangled relationship with a much-loved food, spaghetti.(R)
| 15:00Debbie Purdy's fight to protect the man she loved changed the debate on assisted dying. 15:302/6Josie Long presents fragmentary stories of lost memories and societal forgetting.
| 15:00If you are a small business, what happens when clients pay late or do not pay at all? 15:30Regulation of home fetal heart monitors, deconditioning in hospital, alcohol harm paradox.
| 15:00Why climb a snowy Cumbrian hill in a long dress, cloak and bonnet? Clare Balding finds out 15:27Sarah Parker, a volunteer, makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Excellent Development(R) 15:30Whitney Scharer discusses her novel about the love affair between Lee Miller and Man Ray.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and the panel are in Glasgow. 15:45An original short work for radio by Sheena Kalayil.
| 15:30Antonia Quirke celebrates the unsung heroes of cinematic sound - foley artists.(R)
| 15:006/11Neil Dudgeon and Tim McInnerny star in this epic tale of money, passion and chasing dreams
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| 16:00 | 16:00Anna McNamee meets the artists and poets using genetic science to create stunning works. 16:30Aleks Krotoski explores why science is being drowned out by Snake Oil online.
| 16:00Behind the scenes at the UK's top court 16:30Kate Bottley and Ken Cheng join Harriett Gilbert to talk favourite books.
| 16:00Skateboarding and parkour: lifestyle sport in the hyper regulated city. 16:30The UK's largest operator of commercial radio stations is axing many local shows
| 16:00Choose Life. Choose Trainspotting. 16:30Falling carbon and rising methane, and unsung heroes at the Francis Crick Institute.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a conductor, a publisher, a spy and a businesswoman. 16:30Roger Bolton on putting the 'new' in Brexit news, and fusing drama and documentary. 16:55Bronagh and Claudine and a surprisingly funny chat about a headstone.
| 16:00The stigma of periods, Tom Kerridge's perfect curry and boxer Simran Kaur.
| 16:00Simon Mawer talks about Tightrope, an espionage thriller. With James Naughtie. 16:30Roger McGough hears a selection of Caroline Bird's favourite poems.
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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. 17:30Why do printed magazines endure in an era of declining advertising revenue and sales? 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00The victims of violent and serious crimes being denied access to compensation.(R) 17:40Jennifer Doudna co-created the revolutionary gene editing technology CRISPR.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Theresa May is facing intense pressure to accept that Brexit may have to be delayed 18:304/8Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Lee Mack and Zoe Lyons join Nicholas Parsons.
| 18:00PM says if MPs reject her Brexit deal there could be a delay to UK leaving the EU. 18:303/4Sketch show with Daniel Rigby, Freya Parker, Mike Wozniak, Cariad Lloyd and Henry Paker.
| 18:00Donald Trump's former lawyer accuses the President of being a racist, conman and cheat. 18:301/2Stand-up Tudur Owen puts Anglesey on the map.(R)
| 18:00Retrial ordered for Sally Challen, who says she suffered decades of abuse by her husband 18:301/4The Wilsons family resume their efforts to live their best ethical life.
| 18:00Government pays millions to Euro Tunnel to settle Brexit ferry contracts case 18:302/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches
| 18:00Government says it won't abandon current rules to secure a trade deal with US 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00An Islamic State fighter, who married a British schoolgirl, says he wants to return home. 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week
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| 19:00 | 19:00Tom drops a shocking bombshell. 19:15Phoebe Waller-Bridge's new series of Fleabag reviewed and Nikki Sixx on Motley Crue film. 19:451/5Maya is to start working for Malcolm X, but tragedy strikes when he is assassinated.(R)
| 19:00Lily faces a difficult dilemma. 19:15Should we play Michael Jackson's music? We discuss Leaving Neverland and cultural ethics. 19:452/5Maya moves to Los Angeles where she witnesses the Watts race riots of 1965(R)
| 19:00Things are looking up for Ed. 19:15Charlotte Rampling on her five decade career, including new film Hannah. 19:453/5Maya’s ex appears and their love reignites, but a night out at the movies spells a change.(R)
| 19:00Susan finds herself rebuffed. 19:15Rick Gervais on his new series After Life 19:454/5Maya is reunited with Martin Luther King and agrees to work with him.(R)
| 19:00It's a big night for Lee. 19:15Stephen Merchant discusses his new feature film about wrestling 19:455/5Maya Angelou is set to work for Martin Luther King when tragedy strikes.(R)
| 19:00Jennifer Doudna co-created the revolutionary gene editing technology CRISPR. 19:15Hilary Swank in What They Had, Dressed, Renaissance Nudes, Maggie Gee, Mother Father Son
| 19:00Tom is left disappointed and Jolene struggles under the weight of criticism. 19:156/6Clare and Libby find themselves stranded a long way from home. Starring Sally Phillips.(R) 19:459/10Danny’s truth leads Zoe to remember what happened on the night she disappeared.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Psychologist Dr Keon West explores racial bias and the trend in anti-bias training. 20:30Have British politics been more shaped by Irish history than most MPs are ready to admit?
| 20:00The victims of violent and serious crimes being denied access to compensation. 20:40A look at a new way of booking assistance on trains for visually impaired passengers.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Could the booming finance industry could threaten the wider economy?(R)
| 20:00Sathnam Sanghera asks if classism should be illegal. 20:30Why do printed magazines endure in an era of declining advertising revenue and sales?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents topical debate from the Fisher Theatre in Bungay, Suffolk. 20:50Tom Shakespeare on why we are in urgent need of a bit of plain speaking.
| 20:00Suzanne Vega explores Lou Reed's complexities with New Yorkers who knew him well.
| 20:00Roger Bolton on putting the 'new' in Brexit news, and fusing drama and documentary.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a conductor, a publisher, a spy and a businesswoman.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Umair Haque, who has to live mostly in the dark, asks if night itself is under threat.(R) 21:30Amol Rajan with Paul Morland, Julia Blackburn and Diarmaid Ferriter.(R)
| 21:00Regulation of home fetal heart monitors, deconditioning in hospital, alcohol harm paradox. 21:30Gwen Adshead tells Jim Al-Khalili how she treats the minds of violent offenders.(R)
| 21:00Greg foot and Olympic heptathlete Kelly Sotherton test a range of topical pain products. 21:30The principal dancer of ENB, Tamara Rojo, meets theatre and film director Josie Rourke.(R)
| 21:00Falling carbon and rising methane, and unsung heroes at the Francis Crick Institute.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the poetry and context of this pre-Islamic Arabian knight(R)
| 21:00Alan Johnson on 140 years of education through the prism of one school in Camberwell.
| 21:00Angela Carter's raucous, fantastical story of circus star, the winged Sophie Fevvers.(R)
| 21:00Treasury minister Mel Stride on the government's attempts to clamp down on tax tricks.(R) 21:25Food writer and broadcaster Jay Rayner makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of FareShare.(R) 21:30Have British politics been more shaped by Irish history than most MPs are ready to admit?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:451/10A father goes into the bush in search of his 13-year-old son.(R)
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:452/10As the minutes turn to hours, the son is still not home.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:453/10Clyde reflects on a devastating label that would stay forever with his son.(R)
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:454/10With Paul still missing, Clyde wonders whether he should have taken Uncle Vishnu's help.(R)
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:455/10Memories evolve of jealousies, lies and dangers that first began to threaten the family.(R)
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.(R)
| 22:00Preview of the week's politics with politicians, pundits and experts.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen talks to the authors of The Talking Revolution about improving our dialogue.(R) 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:00Ian Rankin reads from his teenage diaries, which include forays into poetry and punk rock.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme has the latest Brexit news from Westminster.
| 23:004/6Prison Governor Harry calls customer services and is put on hold - but for how long? 23:153/4More delightful comedy nonsense from the mind of Terry Alderton.(R) 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:004/4Enchanting, absurd and funny stories from the mind of celebrated US writer Simon Rich. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Emma Barnett and guests partake of a few nocturnal frank and funny conversations. 23:30Mark D'Arcy has all the news from Westminster. 23:55Friends Sarah and Roy discuss ADHD and its impact on teenagers and adults.
| 23:00Radio's most fiendish quiz, with Tom Sutcliffe asking the cryptic questions.(R) 23:30Roger McGough talks to poet Don Paterson as he chooses poetry requested by listeners.(R)
| 23:005/8Radiolab asks what makes us laugh – and does humour have that much to do with it?
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