| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Skateboarding and parkour: lifestyle sport in the hyper regulated city.(R) 00:45Bells on Sunday from the Monastery of the Transfiguration.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Eleanor Bron reads Fiona McCarthy’s biography of the Bauhaus founder, Walter Gropius.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Eleanor Bron reads Fiona McCarthy’s biography of the Bauhaus founder, Walter Gropius.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Eleanor Bron reads Fiona McCarthy’s biography of the Bauhaus founder, Walter Gropius.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Eleanor Bron reads Fiona McCarthy’s biography of the Bauhaus founder, Walter Gropius.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Eleanor Bron reads Fiona McCarthy’s biography of the Bauhaus founder, Walter Gropius.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30In Stephanie Victoire's story, 13-year-old Eli falls for the image of a girl.(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 Sister Gemma Simmonds 05:45Could we be harvesting our own salad leaves in the supermarket aisle in less than a year? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the sand martin.(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. 05:45How can dairy farmers reduce their ammonia emissions? 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the poisonous variable pitohui from New Guinea.(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 05:45Who is the new Farming Minister? 05:58Samuel West laments how the beautiful collared dove has a call like a bored footie fan.(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 05:45The US says it's a leader in food safety - is that the case? Charlotte Smith finds out. 05:58Chris Packham presents the nocturnal red-necked nightjar of the Spanish countryside.(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 05:45Protests against farms: what's the impact and how should they be handled? 05:58David Attenborough presents the whimbrel.(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 the Rev Dr Calvin T Samuel 05:45A listener on mental health in the digital age.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday from the Church of the Holy Cross in Woodchurch, Birkenhead 05:45Photographer Nan Goldin has been grabbing headlines not for her art but for her activism.(R)
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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. 06:07A cow parsley tattoo, hibernating ladybirds, and a lurcher called Annie.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith learns about one farmer's crusade to save his soil. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 06:05Remona Aly welcomes women to the ranks of warriorhood, a title usually reserved for men. 06:35Lindsey Chapman updates this Living World from 2003 on stoats in a Carthusian Priory. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, with William Crawley. 07:54Television presenter Alex Jones makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Amref Health Africa. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
| 08:31The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
| 08:31The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
| 08:31The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
| | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Dr Krish Kandiah launches a special series for Lent live from St Mary's Church in Bowdon. 08:48AL Kennedy on why we can’t afford to despair. 08:58Welsh poet and playwright Gillian Clarke enjoys red kites sky dancing overhead.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Jhumpa Lahiri, April De Angelis, Katrin Kohl and Marcus du Sautoy 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Owain Jones.
| 09:00Donna Strickland, the first woman to win a Physics Nobel Prize in 55 years. 09:30Rachel Johnson talks to women who chose not to live with their children for a time. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Fr Phil Sumner
| 09:00The theatre director Iqbal Khan meets the poet Benjamin Zephaniah. 09:30Timandra Harkness explores ways to constructively disagree: personal preferences.(R) 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Mark Dowd.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most powerful man in the court of Elizabeth I. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Dr Kirsty Thorpe.
| 09:00Trevor Sorbie, hairdresser, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.(R) 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Angela Tilby.
| 09:00Jinkx Monsoon and the Inheritance Tracks of Al Murray
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00We hear from the mothers of missing children, and women's minister Penny Mordaunt. 10:451/5Meera Syal stars as family liaison officer Jackie Hartwell. A mobster has gone missing.
| 10:00Author Melanie Reid, Parenting tips from Phillipa Perry, Intrepid women exhibition 10:452/5The search continues for the missing notorious mobster Jimmy Reid.
| 10:00Talking to your children about knives, Fatima Bhutto, Bump Birth and Beyond. 10:413/5Missing mobster Jimmy Reid's severed head has been delivered to the family home. 10:55Friends Gill and Claire discuss the kidney donor scheme that has changed their lives.
| 10:00Kylie Jenner's success, Kristalina Georgieva - World Bank CEO, Michele Kirsch on Clean 10:454/5Peter reveals he knows Angela, the victim's wife, from the past. Starring Meera Syal.
| 10:00The star and co-director of Richard II, Adjoa Andoh. Women and leadership. Parental leave 10:455/5Jimmy Reid's murderer is revealed, along with a secret that Peter has kept for years.
| 10:30Comedian James Veitch struggles to create a new challenge-based format for Radio 4.
| 10:00Kenton drops a bombshell and it's a big day for Tom
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| 11:00 | 11:00Julia Langdon explores the issues around the regulation of elderly drivers. 11:302/4Radical left-wing students think their inspirational banner can change the world.
| 11:00Alan Dein connects with strangers across the world, exploring what it means to belong. 11:30Take a walk in Georges Seurat's shimmering, glimmering Parisian park.
| 11:00Yasmin Alibhai-Brown charts the recent shift towards Puritanism in Islamist culture. 11:301/4Bill Nighy returns as the loveably louche actor-cum-amateur sleuth, Charles Paris.
| 11:00Looking around a marijuana farm with a local leader of the far-right Proud Boys. 11:30Locals guide listeners to 50,000-year-old rock carvings that form songlines, in Australia
| 11:00Vikram Dodd investigates the role remorse plays in criminal sentencing. 11:302/4The Amos household are caught up in the Brixton riot.(R)
| 11:00Sam Coates of The Times reviews the political week . 11:30The appeal of Viktor Orban, the Hungarian PM who wants to remake the EU in his own image
| 11:15Dame Esther Rantzen shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:046/10With Paul still missing, Clyde thinks back to to his very different plans for his boys 12:18Shortfall in seasonal workers. Replacing flammable cladding. Unresolved TSB problems 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:047/10Will Clyde finally discover what happened to his missing son Paul by the riverbank? 12:18Did you up-skill on an apprenticeship later in life? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:048/10As Paul is taken by the kidnappers, will he be able to look after himself? 12:18Is the pound in your pocket disappearing? Could you cope in a world without cash? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:049/10Finally the ransom demand comes for Paul. But have the kidnappers got the right boy? 12:18Should loot boxes in online games be classed as gambling? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:0410/10Will Clyde be able to pay the ransom demanded for Paul? 12:18The big companies buying out vet practices. And antibiotic safety warnings. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04The marketing of the failed mini-bonds examined and the administrator updates investors. 12:303/7Steve 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. 12:045/8Tony Hawks, Josie Lawrence, Gyles Brandreth and Angela Barnes join Nicholas Parsons.(R) 12:32Chef Romy Gill joins a 1000-strong army of volunteers serving food to people in need. 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 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 Mark Mardell. 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 political debate from Madras College in St Andrews, Scotland.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30A four-part history of us - our borders, our peoples and the stories we tell ourselves.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Tom is left disappointed and Jolene struggles under the weight of criticism.(R) 14:155/8A coup is underway and Sultana Manel and her lover Alkin face a grim future.
| 14:00Tony has grave concerns and Hannah is forced to make a sacrifice.(R) 14:15Written and performed by Vicky Foster with a sound score by Broken Orchestra.
| 14:00Will learns the truth and Justin turns the tables. 14:15Joe is forced to uncover his neighbours' illicit activities and confront old betrayals.(R)
| 14:00Kenton drops a bombshell and Emma finds herself caught in the middle.(R) 14:151/2By Al Smith. The NHS in crisis. A man is dead. Who is to blame in a broken system?
| 14:00Roy expresses concern and Alice struggles to manage a social situation.(R) 14:152/2By Al Smith. The NHS in crisis. A man is dead. Who is to blame in a broken system?
| 14:00Knife crime in England is rising while numbers in Scotland are falling. 14:307/11Neil Dudgeon and Tim McInnerny star in an epic tale of money, passion and daring to dream.
| 14:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Dunvant near Swansea.(R) 14:45A fall, a gunshot, a life-changing offer - sometimes everything changes in an instant.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Radio's most fiendish quiz, with cryptic questions on unpredictable fields of knowledge 15:30The story of how cannabis without the high has become one of the biggest buzzwords in food(R)
| 15:003/6Short documentaries about downward spirals, presented by Josie Long. 15:30From the cattle shed to the racetrack. How ammonia cleaned up its act.
| 15:00What are the financial challenges facing teenagers leaving local authority care? 15:30Opioids for long-term pain and evidence for deprescribing them. Diagnosing concussion.
| 15:00A cow parsley tattoo, hibernating ladybirds, and a lurcher called Annie. 15:27Food writer and broadcaster Jay Rayner makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of FareShare. 15:30Simon Mawer talks about Tightrope, an espionage thriller. With James Naughtie.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Dunvant near Swansea. 15:45In Stephanie Victoire's story, 13-year-old Eli falls for the image of a girl.
| 15:30Take a walk in Georges Seurat's shimmering, glimmering Parisian park.
| 15:008/11Neil Dudgeon and Tim McInnerny star in an epic tale of money, passion and chasing dreams.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Clara Amfo meets the staff and artists at a groundbreaking music studio in New Orleans. 16:30Aleks Krotoski explores the impact digital technology is having on the way we live.
| 16:00How a court in Coventry tries to solve social problems via the law. 16:30Lemn Sissay and Mick Herron join Harriett Gilbert to talk favourite books.
| 16:00Corridors - their evolution and changing nature. 16:30Dan Reed on his film Leaving Neverland, which alleges Michael Jackson was a paedophile.
| 16:00Captain Marvel, Pitch Battle and Chinatown 16:30A cure for HIV? Sleepy flies, secrets of the Fukushima disaster and science fact checking
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a President, a mathematician, a campaigner, a historian, a singer 16:30BBC Seoul Correspondent Laura Bicker and behind the scenes at Beyond Today. 16:55On holiday in Kenya, a gunshot wound left Joel fighting for his life.
| 16:00Talking to children about knife crime. The new musical, Waitress. Melanie Reid.
| 16:00Novelists Charlotte Mendelson and Nathan Englander discuss what makes a book Jewish. 16:30Roger McGough and Richard Scott present a selection of listeners' poetry requests.
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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. 17:30Technology has made personalisation of goods and services easy. How far can it go?(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00An investigation into delays in the training of military pilots. Why is there a backlog? 17:40Photographer Nan Goldin has been grabbing headlines not for her art but for her activism.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Theresa May rejects claims that the rise in knife crime is due to cuts in police numbers 18:305/8Tony Hawks, Josie Lawrence, Gyles Brandreth and Angela Barnes join Nicholas Parsons.
| 18:00Her comments follow Theresa May's insistence that there is no direct correlation 18:304/4Sketch show with Daniel Rigby, Freya Parker, Mike Wozniak, Cariad Lloyd and Henry Paker.
| 18:00Former Scotland Yard chief: Theresa May hasn't listened to police concerns 18:302/2Stand-up Tudur Owen puts Anglesey on the map - and meets its people(R)
| 18:00Karen Bradley is facing calls to resign after saying police killings were not crimes 18:302/4Admiring music of the past creates ethical dilemmas for the family.
| 18:00A pilot is cleared of manslaughter over the deaths of 11 men at the Shoreham Airshow. 18:303/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches
| 18:00The Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, is criticised for revoking Shamima Begum's citizenship 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The Boeing 737 Max 8 came down in a field minutes after taking off from Addis Ababa 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week
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| 19:00 | 19:00Tony has grave concerns and Hannah is forced to make a sacrifice. 19:15Terry Hall on The Specials' new album and we profile baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi. 19:451/5Meera Syal stars as family liaison officer Jackie Hartwell. A mobster has gone missing.(R)
| 19:00Will learns the truth and Justin turns the tables. 19:15Samuel L Jackson, British-Chinese play Under the Umbrella and the launch of Scala Radio. 19:452/5The search continues for the missing notorious mobster Jimmy Reid.(R)
| 19:00Kenton drops a bombshell and Emma finds herself caught in the middle. 19:15New ITV psychological drama Cheat, and Richard Billingham on his film Ray & Liz 19:453/5Missing mobster Jimmy Reid's severed head has been delivered to the family home.(R)
| 19:00Roy expresses concern and Alice struggles to manage a social situation. 19:15Maggie Gyllenhaal talks about her new film The Kindergarten Teacher. 19:454/5Peter reveals he knows Angela, the victim's wife, from the past. Starring Meera Syal.(R)
| 19:00It's a big day for Tom and there's bad news at Brookfield. 19:15Waitress, the first Broadway musical with an all-female creative team, reviewed 19:455/5Jimmy Reid's murderer is revealed, along with a secret that Peter has kept for years.(R)
| 19:00Photographer Nan Goldin has been grabbing headlines not for her art but for her activism. 19:15Alys Always at Bridge Theatre, Ray and Liz, Max Porter: Lanny, Martin Parr, ITV's The Bay
| 19:00Lily can't help feeling rejected. 19:15A lively, topical show with a female panel, hosted by Jo Bunting. 19:4510/10Zoe is in danger of disappearing once more. Can her supposed murderer save the day?
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| 20:00 | 20:00The stories of three people who have been removed or deported from the UK to Nigeria. 20:30Could assemblies of ordinary citizens help heal our political divides?
| 20:00An investigation into delays in the training of military pilots. Why is there a backlog? 20:40How Dr Damion Corrigan got to the top of his field of science.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Should we be concerned about the size and power of the tech giants?(R)
| 20:00How a court in Coventry tries to solve social problems via the law. 20:30Technology has made personalisation of goods and services easy. How far can it go?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Madras College in St Andrews, Scotland. 20:50AL Kennedy on why we can’t afford to despair.
| 20:00Ed Byrne traces the history of offensive comedy while exploring the idea of censorship.
| 20:00BBC Seoul Correspondent Laura Bicker and behind the scenes at Beyond Today.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a President, a mathematician, a campaigner, a historian, a singer(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Does talk of 'toxic masculinity' mean we are now seeing boys as potential perpetrators?(R) 21:30Andrew Marr with Jhumpa Lahiri, April De Angelis, Katrin Kohl and Marcus du Sautoy(R)
| 21:00Opioids for long-term pain and evidence for deprescribing them. Diagnosing concussion. 21:30Donna Strickland, the first woman to win a Physics Nobel Prize in 55 years.(R)
| 21:00From the cattle shed to the racetrack. How ammonia cleaned up its act.(R) 21:30The theatre director Iqbal Khan meets the poet Benjamin Zephaniah.(R)
| 21:00A cure for HIV? Sleepy flies, secrets of the Fukushima disaster and science fact checking(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most powerful man in the court of Elizabeth I.(R)
| 21:00Alan Johnson on 140 years of education through the prism of one school in Camberwell.
| 21:00A special edition from Nairobi University's bustling bookshop, where Ngugi was a director.
| 21:00The marketing of the failed mini-bonds examined and the administrator updates investors.(R) 21:25Television presenter Alex Jones makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Amref Health Africa.(R) 21:30Could assemblies of ordinary citizens help heal our political divides?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:456/10With Paul still missing, Clyde thinks back to to his very different plans for his boys(R)
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:457/10Will Clyde finally discover what happened to his missing son Paul by the riverbank?(R)
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:458/10As Paul is taken by the kidnappers, will he be able to look after himself?(R)
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:459/10Finally the ransom demand comes for Paul. But have the kidnappers got the right boy?(R)
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:4510/10Will Clyde be able to pay the ransom demanded for Paul?(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 preview make-or-break week for Theresa May's Brexit deal.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Sarah Dunant delves into the history of shame, this most potent but raw of emotions. 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:001/4Marc Wootton and friends play couples on date night. 23:30Sean Curran with all the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:005/6A heavy storm leaves The Egg short of food. 23:154/4More chaos and confusion from comedian Terry Alderton(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00A lively, topical show with a female panel, hosted by Jo Bunting. 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:00Lemn Sissay and Mick Herron join Harriett Gilbert to talk favourite books. 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster. 23:55Dan has survived a terrible accident but he has no desire to be 'inspirational'.
| 23:00Radio's most fiendish quiz, with cryptic questions on unpredictable fields of knowledge(R) 23:30Roger McGough hears a selection of Caroline Bird's favourite poems.(R)
| 23:00Captain Marvel, Pitch Battle and Chinatown(R) 23:30Remona Aly welcomes women to the ranks of warriorhood, a title usually reserved for men.(R)
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