| 00:00 | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Cute and kitsch: their nature and changing meaning.(R) 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from Sheffield Cathedral.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Douglas Rogers' story of how Robert Mugabe fell from power in 2017.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30The plot to topple Mugabe, called the Northgate declaration, gathers pace and supporters.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Mugabe smells a rat and fires his vice president, who attempts to flee the country.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30On 14 November 2017, Operation Restore Legacy in Zimbabwe is launched ruthlessly.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30The plan to topple Robert Mugabe finally reaches its endgame.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30A young woman writes a letter delivering some unexpected news. 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.
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| 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 weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment to begin the day with autism adviser Ann Memmott. 05:45A BBC investigation uncovers the hidden use of antimicrobials in chicken farming. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the ring ouzel.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment to begin the day with autism adviser Ann Memmott. 05:45The programme looks at how Brexit options might affect food and farming. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the mimic specialist Greater Hill Mynah from Asia.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment to begin the day with autism adviser Ann Memmott. 05:45Covering trees with netting is proving an emotive issue for some environmentalists. 05:58Kate Humble presents the goosander.(R)
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment to begin the day with autism adviser Ann Memmott. 05:45Could the gases released in slurry pits be used to generate electricity? 05:58Chris Packham presents the merlin.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment to begin the day with autism adviser Ann Memmott. 05:45David Brown from the Ulster Farmers Union on the closure of Moy Park processing plant. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the common tern.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day with the Very Rev'd Dr Sarah Rowland Jones. 05:451/6Is hypnotism real? Drs Rutherford and Fry find out by visiting a hypnotist(R)
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from Holy Trinity, Guildford 05:45Sir Paul Coleridge on Pontius Pilate and justice.(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 Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07Thurso’s surfing community on why their reef break is one of Europe’s best waves.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith visits a vegetable farm in West Sussex to find out how they reduce waste. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news headlines. 06:05Chair of the London Buddhist Centre Suryagupta examines the zen state of Beginner's Mind. 06:35Joanna Pinnock visits a display of one of Britain's most beautiful wild flowers.(R) 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. 07:54Sir Mark Rylance makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Peace Direct 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31MPs vote down all options in the Brexit process. Sean Curran reports.
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| | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10The Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London preaches live from St Martin-in-the-Fields. 08:48Rebecca Stott on her pet hate – being talked AT! 08:58Lindsey Chapman on the Cetti's warbler.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Harriet Shawcross, William J Burns, Kathryn Tickell and Thomas Dixon 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by V Rev John Chalmers.
| 09:00Irene Tracey tells Jim Al-Khalili how imaging the brain reveals how and why we feel pain. 09:30Alan Rusbridger talks to Jonathan Aitken about his experience of incarceration. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Nigel Swinford.
| 09:00Clarke Peters continues his surprising history of black music in Europe. 09:301/6Is hypnotism real? Drs Rutherford and Fry find out by visiting a hypnotist 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Jenn Strawbridge.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the causes and consequences of the Famine of 1845-49. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Canon Steve Williams
| 09:00Martin Freeman, actor, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne(R) 09:45A space for spiritual reflection led by Volney Morgan.
| 09:00Sheep farmer Sally Urwin and Jack Savoretti's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00From the personal to the political, we explore the many reasons women wear wigs. 10:45It's the Hopperton Hoops' half-time team talk - life, love and occasionally football.
| 10:00Black women and wigs. supporting a parent with dementia, and author Helen Mort. 10:45Polly's dad offers very unwelcome half-time advice.
| 10:00Winner of the Great British Sewing Bee, parenting risk-taking, teenagers. 10:41Karen tries to toughen up the girls with fighting talk and terrifying new names. 10:55Friends travel back in time to when they first met as student nurses. Fi Glover presents.
| 10:00Repeat removals of children, Joanne Harris on The Strawberry Thief 10:45Karen and the team play away and are seduced by the luxurious dressing rooms. And sweets.
| 10:00Wigs; Nordic nations failing rape victims; Jill Dawson; Women & heart attacks; Maggie May; 10:45Polly's Dad attempts a coup d'etat and the girls must decide where their loyalties lie.
| 10:30Jay Rayner and his panel of culinary experts are in the Kentish North Downs.
| 10:00Freddie makes his presence felt and Ed's suspicions rise
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| 11:00 | 11:00What are the hidden consequences of having so few women in the tech industry? 11:30Marcus Brigstocke stars as Budleigh Salterton’s biggest idiot come to help sort Brexit.(R)
| 11:00Does a second feel the same for a fly, a bird, or a swordfish, as it does for me? 11:30How the Zimbabwean music scene is responding to the end of the Mugabe era.
| 11:00I'm doing everything I can to help save our planet. I have to.(R) 11:301/4Matt has cerebral palsy and is disabled. But does the benefits inspector agree?
| 11:00Hunting western paedophiles is a priority for a new police unit in Nepal. 11:30Why are there so few black dancers in classical ballet? Eric Underwood investigates.
| 11:00Ruth Barnes presents the first in a new series about the changing world of work. 11:302/4The team discover their Protein Team campaign has gone viral. And not in a good way.
| 11:00Paul Waugh of HuffPost UK reviews the political week. 11:30Bright hijabs, bold makeup and colourful art - life after IS in Iraq's second city.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor brings together former members of the French Resistance.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Topical, award-winning thriller by Kamila Shamsie, read by Lisa Zahra. 12:18Customer loyalty costs, written off cars without paperwork, living costs are on the up. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04By Kamila Shamsie. Isma gets to know Eamonn better. 12:18Call You and Yours - Have you taken your children out of school to go on holiday? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04By Kamila Shamsie. Eamonn takes a parcel to Isma's family back in London. 12:18It's a growing trend - but will many men use cosmetics? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04By Kamila Shamsie. Eamonn knows that Aneeka has secrets. Read by Sanjeev Bhaskar. 12:18How the food that many of us eat could be reducing how long we live. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04By Kamila Shamsie. Parvaiz' journey begins when Isma leaves home. Reader Sanjeev Bhaskar. 12:18Joe Lycett has a new consumer programme on Channel 4. We put him through his paces. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Police watchdog report highlights inconsistencies in dealing with fraud victims. 12:307/7Steve 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. 12:041/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.(R) 12:32Could tipping be too slapdash and subjective for an ever more calculated modern world? 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Sheila Rowbotham on Britain’s first national Women’s Liberation Movement conference
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Henry Marsh on a revolution in medical diagnosis brought on by the advent of the CT scan.
| 13:00News with Sarah Montague including how Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn might agree on Brexit 13:45Sociologist Jeffrey Weeks on the legacy of the first British Gay Pride Rally, held in 1972
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45The story of the 1973 oil shock, a turning point in 20th-century economics and geopolitics
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Elizabeth Drew on the impact of Watergate and Richard Nixon's resignation on America.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Aerospace Bristol.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Sayeeda Warsi explores how to be a Muslim woman in 21st-century Britain.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Freddie makes his presence felt.(R) 14:15Joe, Hermione and her father face some sad times and a hard decision.
| 14:00Lily is left frustrated.(R) 14:15Matthews and Armitage interrogate a woman who has reported her elderly father missing.
| 14:00Elizabeth questions her feelings.(R) 14:15A young man who is well known to the police has an unusual complaint.
| 14:00It's a bad day for Tom.(R) 14:15Max has a hunch about someone who comes in to the station to make a victim statement.
| 14:00Shula's confidence is knocked.(R) 14:15A promising young footballer begins to question his future in Nathaniel Price's drama.(R)
| 14:00Brexit. What's your take on the situation? 14:30Bonnie Greer's play, inspired by Strindberg, about the legacy of the 2014 Ferguson unrest(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson and panel answer the questions from East Hampshire.(R) 14:45Fi Glover presents three conversations about hobbies and interests.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The wide ranging general knowledge quiz with competitors from all around the UK 15:30Sheila Dillon hears the stories of pies and the people whose lives were changed by them.
| 15:001/6Josie Long presents short documentaries about food. 15:30Domestic gas boilers have to go by 2050, but what's the alternative? Peter Gibbs reports.
| 15:00Have you had to cope with sorting out a loved one's financial affairs after they die? 15:30Fluorine has a deadly reputation as one of the most reactive of all the elements.
| 15:00Thurso’s surfing community on why their reef break is one of Europe’s best waves. 15:27Ben Okri makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Book Aid International 15:30Taylor Jenkins Reid talks about her latest novel Daisy Jones & The Six.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and panel answer the questions from East Hampshire. 15:45A young woman writes a letter delivering some unexpected news.
| 15:30Underwater artists who paint, sculpt and dance beneath the sea.(R)
| 15:00Life and strife after the 1984-85 miners' strike. Comedy drama with Jane Godber.(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:00Yomi Adegoke examines the representation of black women in the UK Grime scene. 16:30Ernie Rea explores the place and nature of faith and belief in today's world.
| 16:00Ninety-one-year-old Barbara Smith investigates why we patronise older people. 16:30Shappi Khorsandi chooses Emma, Lady Hamilton Lord Nelson’s mistress.
| 16:00Branding - the 'persuasion industries'. 16:30The soft power of hard news
| 16:00Jessie Buckley on Wild Rose 16:30Cretaceous catastrophe fossilised, LIGO and Virgo, corals and forensic shoeprint database
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a pilot, a film director, an impresario, a biochemist and a singer. 16:30Listener views on changes at 6 Music and the end of iPM, and Eric Robson leaves GQT. 16:55Father and daughter talk about their life-long passion for boxing. Fi Glover presents.
| 16:00Juliet Uzor - winner of the Great British Sewing Bee. The emotion shame. The teenage brain
| 16:00Richard Holmes talks about The Age of Wonder. With James Naughtie. 16:30Paul Farley finds out why so many poets are fascinated by maps.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines. 17:30We are moving towards a world where antibiotics no longer work. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Will artificial intelligence lead to a more unequal world?(R) 17:40The primary school teacher at the centre of a row over LGBT rights.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00MPs vote on post-Brexit options... ministers angry at soft Brexit calls 18:301/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
| 18:00May to ask for another Brexit delay to ensure Britain gets a deal 18:303/6Writer Lionel Shriver reads from her frank and highly personal teenage journals.
| 18:00Downing Street describes the discussions as "constructive", with further meetings planned 18:302/4Local psychic Keith Futures has trouble finding a buyer for his Komodo dragon.
| 18:00A preliminary report on the Ethiopian Airlines crash appears to exonerate the pilots. 18:301/6Globetrotting, trash-picking, aisle-rolling storyteller returns with more wit and wisdom.
| 18:00Labour accuses govt of proposing no real changes to Brexit deal 18:307/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches
| 18:00Soldiers warned about conduct after allegations of a recruit being sexually assaulted. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Shadow Cabinet member says Theresa May is yet to signal where she could compromise 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week with John McCarthy.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Suzi Quatro on her new album No Control. 19:45It's the Hopperton Hoops' half-time team talk - life, love and occasionally football.(R)
| 19:00Elizabeth questions her feelings. 19:15Toby Jones - Don't Forget the Driver, Shazam!, Bach Passions 19:45Polly's dad offers very unwelcome half-time advice.(R)
| 19:15Sir David Attenborough on his TV series Our Planet, and comedian Lee Ridley. 19:45Karen tries to toughen up the girls with fighting talk and terrifying new names.(R)
| 19:00Shula's confidence is knocked. 19:15New York's new multi-purpose £360 million arts venue, The Shed, opens this week. 19:45Karen and the team play away and are seduced by the luxurious dressing rooms. And sweets.(R)
| 19:15A new film about world-renowned ballet dancer Carlos Acosta. 19:45Polly's Dad attempts a coup d'etat and the girls must decide where their loyalties lie.(R)
| 19:00The primary school teacher at the centre of a row over LGBT rights. 19:15Happy as Lazzaro, Top Girls, Damian Barr, The Victim on BBC1, Ruskin and Turner in York.
| 19:00Jill makes a shocking discovery. 19:151/3A death watch beetle and a bossy queen wasp share an old attic. Stars Alison Steadman.(R) 19:45A story by Lynne Truss set in the windy seaside town of Meridian Cliffs.
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| 20:00 | 20:00I'm doing everything I can to help save our planet. I have to. 20:30Tensions are rising on Ukraine's western border(R)
| 20:00Will artificial intelligence lead to a more unequal world? 20:4050th anniversary of a mountaineering feat. Plus how to do archery when you are blind.
| 20:00Reality itself is changing, so how will we experience and understand reality in future? 20:45Sir Paul Coleridge on Pontius Pilate and justice.
| 20:00How has Brexit divided Britain, and what might unify the country? 20:30How can the British high street be revived?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Aerospace Bristol. 20:50Rebecca Stott on her pet hate – being talked AT!
| 20:00Sean Street celebrates the centenary of one of the most innovative radio producers.
| 20:00Listener views on changes at 6 Music and the end of iPM, and Eric Robson leaves GQT.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a pilot, a film director, an impresario, a biochemist and a singer.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Peter White, blind since birth, meets the blind US lawyer and successful CEO Isaac Lidsky. 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Harriet Shawcross, William J Burns, Kathryn Tickell and Thomas Dixon(R)
| 21:00The search for a story in a randomly generated postcode.(R) 21:30Irene Tracey tells Jim Al-Khalili how imaging the brain reveals how and why we feel pain.(R)
| 21:00Domestic gas boilers have to go by 2050, but what's the alternative? Peter Gibbs reports.(R) 21:30Clarke Peters continues his surprising history of black music in Europe.(R)
| 21:00Cretaceous catastrophe fossilised, LIGO and Virgo, corals and forensic shoeprint database(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the causes and consequences of the Famine of 1845-49.(R)
| 21:00How crucial developments from this remarkable decade shaped the world we live in now.(R)
| 21:00A comic treat. The award-winning theatre company examines sex from Oedipus to Brokeback.(R)
| 21:00Police watchdog report highlights inconsistencies in dealing with fraud victims.(R) 21:25Sir Mark Rylance makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Peace Direct(R) 21:30How can the British high street be revived?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective 22:45Topical, award-winning thriller by Kamila Shamsie, read by Lisa Zahra.(R)
| 22:00In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective 22:45By Kamila Shamsie. Isma gets to know Eamonn better.(R)
| 22:00In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective 22:45By Kamila Shamsie. Eamonn takes a parcel to Isma's family back in London.(R)
| 22:00In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective 22:45By Kamila Shamsie. Eamonn knows that Aneeka has secrets. Read by Sanjeev Bhaskar.(R)
| 22:00In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective 22:45By Kamila Shamsie. Parvaiz' journey begins when Isma leaves home. Reader Sanjeev Bhaskar.(R)
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Reality itself is changing, so how will we experience and understand reality in future?(R)
| 22:00Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Sarah Dunant on the history of travel, how it has enchanted and alarmed us for centuries. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.
| 23:001/6Fred MacAulay introduces comedians: Ria Lina, Eshaan Akbar, Susan Riddell, Hal Cruttenden 23:30Sean Curran reports on the day's debates at Westminster.
| 23:003/4Patrick Marber and Peter Curran wonder what it all means while laying in the dark. 23:154/4Tom Parry has a theory that fancy dress can change your life. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Late-night thought-provoking comedy from Jon Holmes. 23:15Gyles Brandreth has written a comic story for the Queen's 90th birthday. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Shappi Khorsandi chooses Emma, Lady Hamilton Lord Nelson’s mistress.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament 23:55Friends who met through their shared love of running. Fi Glover presents.
| 23:00The wide ranging general knowledge quiz with competitors from all around the UK(R) 23:30A portrait of Swansea-based poet and singer Jack Jones.
| 23:00Jessie Buckley on Wild Rose(R) 23:30Chair of the London Buddhist Centre Suryagupta examines the zen state of Beginner's Mind.(R)
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