| 00:00 | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Council estates - then and now. Laurie Taylor explores the concept of the 'sink estate'. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from Christ Church, Radyr in Cardiff. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:301/5Elton John’s candid, funny and irreverent account of his extraordinary life. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:302/5Elton John on making music with Bernie Taupin. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:303/5Elton John recalls struggling with his success in the 1970s. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:304/5Elton John on his battle with addiction and getting clean. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:305/5Elton John talks about becoming a dad in his candid account of his extraordinary life. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30A woman uncovers a mysterious artefact whilst renovating her new home. 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.
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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 and prayer to start the day with writer and broadcaster Mark Dowd. 05:45Charlotte Smith asks Professor Christl Donnelly about her new report into the badger cull. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the puffin.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with writer and broadcaster Mark Dowd. 05:45Anna Hill and Heather Simons reflect on the newly-introduced Environment Bill. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the razorbill.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with writer and broadcaster Mark Dowd. 05:45Charlotte Smith visits the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in London. 05:58The Manx shearwater - Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of this bird and its sound.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with writer and broadcaster Mark Dowd. 05:45Anna Hill asks Professor David Hughes why demand for beef is falling in the UK. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the cormorant.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with writer and broadcaster Mark Dowd. 05:45Brexit deal and food and farming; Brexit party conference; farmers' cafe; rural transport. 05:58The Wryneck - Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of this bird and its sound.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Dr Alison Jack of New College, Edinburgh. 05:45Rabab Ghazoul makes the case for Wales as a place of post-colonial possibility.
| 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 St Mary Ilmington in Warwickshire. 05:45Bernardine Evaristo is the first black British woman to win the Booker Prize.
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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. 06:07Clare Balding walks with folk duo Ninebarrow in Dorset. 06:30Charlotte Smith finds out how a pub in Wiltshire serves as a community hub. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news headlines. 06:05Parliament holds its first Saturday sitting since 1982 to discuss Brexit. 06:35On a wet autumnal day Joanna Pinnock goes in search of the rare stone curlew in Wiltshire. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Religious news and current affairs programme presented by William Crawley. 07:54Christine Sharp makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Royal Osteoporosis Society. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament
| 08:31News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament
| 08:31News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament
| 08:31MPs' initial reaction to Boris Johnson's Brexit deal.
| | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service exploring the way Christians are supporting adult victims of modern slavery. 08:48David Goodhart on the rise of new 'tribes' in British political life. 08:58David Attenborough presents the purple sandpiper.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Fatima Bhutto, Erica Whyman, Sook-Kyung Lee and John Burnside. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Mark Dowd
| 09:00Professor Martha Clokie on the viruses that destroy antibiotic-resistant bugs. 09:30Male Infertility - Benjamin Zephaniah talks to consultant urologist Kevin McEleny. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Sr Gemma Simmonds
| 09:00The poet Tony Walsh meets the actor Julie Hesmondhalgh. 09:30Rabab Ghazoul makes the case for Wales as a place of post-colonial possibility. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Canon Angela Tilby
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the science and ideas in HG Wells' story of time travel. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Mgr Tony Rogers.
| 09:00Baroness Arminka Helić shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:45Rev Katherine Hedderly reflects on the life and legacy of St Francis of Assisi.
| 09:00The Inheritance Tracks of Kelly Macdonald, and Simon King on extraordinary weather.
| 09:00Paddy O'Connell brings news of the PM's letter to the EU requesting a Brexit extension.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Elizabeth Siddal, faecal incontinence after childbirth, SNP Conference 2019, Sarah Phelps 10:451/10Kate and Baba blag their way into a wine-tasting and meet Eugene Gaillard.
| 10:00The Queen's speech, the science behind finding your way, sexual desire and the menopause. 10:452/10Eugene comes to tea and Kate visits his house in the country.
| 10:00How friends help you live longer, asbestos exposure, women's cricket, Effie Millais 10:413/10Christmas brings Kate and Eugene closer together and then the real world pulls them apart. 10:55Husband and wife, both keen runners, discuss what running means to them.
| 10:00Jung Chang, bodies and muscles, maternity allowance, and Remembering Resistance. 10:454/10Dada gets wind of Kate’s affair with Eugene and takes drastic measures.
| 10:00The impact of diet on helping us live a longer healthier life. 10:455/10Kate is a prisoner in the countryside, and yearns to escape back to Dublin.
| 10:30Jay Rayner and his culinary panel head to Leicester.
| 10:00Emotions run high at Grange Farm and the past returns to haunt Jennifer.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Russell Kane wrestles with the impact of his dad’s purchase of their council house. 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00Gordon Brown interrogates Andrew Carnegie's guidebook to philanthropic giving. 11:30Inspired by Jonathan Swift, six Irish poets make modest proposals tackling today’s issues.
| 11:00Can a robot host a radio show? Conversation designer Georgia Lewis-Anderson is finding out 11:302/4Three vicars, three parishes, one year. What keeps them working for the man upstairs?
| 11:00Violence in Barcelona after Catalan separatist leaders are jailed 11:30Clemency Burton Hill presents the series celebrating priceless music manuscripts.
| 11:00Sloths are wildly popular but that may tell us more about ourselves than about the animal. 11:301/4Following their mother's death, two sisters try to clear out the family home.
| 11:00Radio 4's assessment of developments at Westminster 11:30Turkey moves into Syria. But where does this leave the Kurds?
| 11:15Dame Glenys Stacey 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. 12:046/10Rose starts to make changes in her life as she gets closer to Connie, and the truth. 12:18Is the packaging on alcoholic drinks too attractive to the young? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:047/10Elise grows closer to Matt, as she struggles to find her place in Los Angeles. 12:18Call You and Yours: What's your experience of racism? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:048/10Is Rose's true identity about to be revealed? 12:18Middle-aged carers giving up work. Experiments with families and pets. Barge evictions. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:049/10Connie agrees to tell Rose the truth about her mother's disappearance. 12:18Community high streets, GP shortages and bank accounts that you can't access. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:0410/10After learning the truth about her mother, Rose makes some big decisions. 12:18The bootcamp devised by a neurosurgeon to maximise your brainpower. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04The coming of the self-sanctioned pay increase? 12:30A satirical review of the week's news with guest host Nish Kumar. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:043/6John Lloyd and Bridget Christie with Ahir Shah, Dr Fern Riddell and Prof. Bobby Acharya. 12:32Charity Akshaya Patra feed 1.76 million school children a day. Now it's coming to the UK. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00News with Sarah Montague including the Queen's Speech plus Catalonian politicians jailed. 13:45Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on industrial change captured in The Man in the White Suit
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on shaping artistic landscapes through Polaroid snapshots
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Tilly Blyth on a new awareness of a fragile Earth in the mystical drama Edge of Darkness
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on imaginative roles artists play in conceiving the cosmos
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate from the University of Reading.
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Making cider, shrinking families, being non-binary, village newsletters, festival letters.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Emotions run high at Grange Farm 14:15Rebecca loves her mission work in Bangladesh, but she is forced to question her role there
| 14:00There’s an awkward encounter for Emma 14:15How do you parent in a world that has lost its innocence? Can you trust your gut?
| 14:15Last episode in the series about the Manchester paralegals
| 14:00The past returns to haunt Jennifer 14:15Comedy about the Bayeux Tapestry by Abigail Youngman. Stars Katy Brand and Charlie Anson.
| 14:00Will takes the first steps to moving on 14:153/4Mystery and magic weave their way into the deadly political realities of the Danish court.
| 14:00The Letwin Amendment is voted through.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston and the panel are in Lincolnshire. 14:45Three conversations about running the marathon, Rubik’s cubing and racism.
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| 15:00 | 15:007/13Paul Gambaccini presents radio's widest-ranging music quiz. 15:30From bootcamps to book deals: Joe Wicks explains his phenomenal success to Sheila Dillon
| 15:00Jay Rayner and his culinary panel are in Woking, Surrey. 15:30How close is Britain to achieving a reliable, zero carbon power supply?
| 15:00Tips on how to make sure you have a health credit rating. 15:30Zantac alert, newborn brain injury, Guide to Over the Counter choices, surgery for reflux.
| 15:00Clare Balding walks with folk duo Ninebarrow in Dorset. 15:27Imelda Staunton makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Music as Therapy International 15:30Emma Donoghue discusses her new novel Akin, plus a discussion of the best fiction spies
| 15:00Kathy Clugston and the panel are in Lincolnshire. 15:45A woman uncovers a mysterious artefact whilst renovating her new home.
| 15:15Entertaining new dramas following the political swings of the Republican Party.
| 15:00Crime drama set in 1990s Shanghai. Chen investigates the murder of a dissident writer.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Why don’t we all know more about African American country music legend Charley Pride? 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by British astronauts Tim Peake and Helen Sharman.
| 16:00Ruth Barnes continues her exploration of working life with the Recruitment Revolution. 16:30Poorna Bell and Tony Law join Harriett Gilbert to talk about their favourite books.
| 16:00Serial killers: the media and cultural response to these crimes. 16:30The challenges of reporting stories from the frontline and the black hole left by Fortnite
| 16:00Behind the scenes of Singin' In The Rain. 16:30Ebola model, partula snails, malaria origin.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a cosmonaut, a photographer, a biochemist and a producer 16:30The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience. 16:55School friends and Rubik's cube fanatics on cubing competitions and the cubing community.
| 16:00Pre-Raphaelite women, Fibres - a play about asbestos, and cricket funding boost.
| 16:00A visit to Norwich, England's first Unesco City of Literature 16:30Roger McGough talks to Malika Booker as she chooses her favourite poems.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Lost on the Line: The county lines drugs gangs recruiting girls 17:40Bernardine Evaristo is the first black British woman to win the Booker Prize. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Brexit & crime are prioritised, but opposition parties dismiss speech as "electioneering" 18:303/6John Lloyd and Bridget Christie with Ahir Shah, Dr Fern Riddell and Prof. Bobby Acharya.
| 18:00UEFA has called for a war on racism, after abuse during England's match against Bulgaria 18:304/6Clare is tempting fate in a visit to 'Unlucky Louis'.
| 18:00The government's hopes of a deal on Brexit hang in the balance as the PM seeks support 18:306/6Troy tries to comfort a dying Brian. And fails.
| 18:00The PM and the EU have struck a deal, but the Democratic Unionists don't support it. 18:302/6The unattached neighbours rail against Valentine’s Day conventions.
| 18:00Boris Johnson urges MPs to back his deal to leave the EU. 18:30A satirical review of the week's news with guest host Nish Kumar.
| 18:00Boris Johnson suffers Commons defeat over Brexit. 18:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Government insists Brexit on track Double murder investigated in Milton Keynes 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week with author and broadcaster Jim Al-Khalili.
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| 19:00 | 19:00There’s an awkward encounter for Emma 19:15Booker shortlisted author Margaret Atwood, LA artist Mark Bradford, Peanut Butter Falcon. 19:451/10Kate and Baba blag their way into a wine-tasting and meet Eugene Gaillard.
| 19:15Aisling Bea on her new drama Living with Yourself. Plus Zawe Ashton on her new play. 19:452/10Eugene comes to tea and Kate visits his house in the country.
| 19:00The past returns to haunt Jennifer 19:15Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, playwright Hannah Khalil 19:453/10Christmas brings Kate and Eugene closer together and then the real world pulls them apart.
| 19:00Will takes the first steps to moving on 19:15Gavin Hood on his new film Official Secrets starring Keira Knightley. 19:454/10Dada gets wind of Kate’s affair with Eugene and takes drastic measures.
| 19:00There’s a surprise for the Grundys. 19:15Scooby Doo is 50 and, Stig Abell discovers, of considerable cultural significance. 19:455/10Kate is a prisoner in the countryside, and yearns to escape back to Dublin.
| 19:00Bernardine Evaristo is the first black British woman to win the Booker Prize. 19:15Non Fiction, Stillicide, Diver's Game, There Are No Beginnings, Pre-Raphaelite Sisters
| 19:00Tempers flare at Grange Farm. 19:15Olga Koch gives us an insight into growing up in the Russian Federation 19:4511/12Anne-Marie Duff continues Cynan Jones' gripping series set in the very near future.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Can a robot host a radio show? Conversation designer Georgia Lewis-Anderson is finding out 20:30How should museums deal with contentious legacies?
| 20:00Lost on the Line: The county lines drugs gangs recruiting girls 20:40Scotland’s pavement parking ban, and the sound of our streets at night.
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. 20:45Rabab Ghazoul makes the case for Wales as a place of post-colonial possibility.
| 20:00How the US withdrawal from northern Syria could reshape the political map of the region. 20:30How can business benefit from the popularity of vegetarian and vegan eating?
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate from the University of Reading. 20:50David Goodhart on the rise of new 'tribes' in British political life.
| 20:00How has English rural life changed since Ronald Blythe wrote his bestseller Akenfield?
| 20:00The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a cosmonaut, a photographer, a biochemist and a producer
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| 21:00 | 21:00Has diplomacy had its day? James Landale learns what diplomats must do to adapt. 21:30Andrew Marr with Fatima Bhutto, Erica Whyman, Sook-Kyung Lee and John Burnside.
| 21:00Zantac alert, newborn brain injury, Guide to Over the Counter choices, surgery for reflux. 21:30Professor Martha Clokie on the viruses that destroy antibiotic-resistant bugs.
| 21:00How close is Britain to achieving a reliable, zero carbon power supply? 21:30The poet Tony Walsh meets the actor Julie Hesmondhalgh.
| 21:00Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on computer creativity and sonic art produced by algorithms 21:15Ebola model, partula snails, malaria origin. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the science and ideas in HG Wells' story of time travel.
| 21:00Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on how art and science have inspired each other.
| 21:008/10Marcel Proust’s allegorical contemplation on time, memory, art and love.
| 21:00The coming of the self-sanctioned pay increase? 21:25Christine Sharp makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Royal Osteoporosis Society. 21:30How should museums deal with contentious legacies?
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| 22:00 | 22:00Main focus - crack down on crime, and new Brexit legislation 22:456/10Rose starts to make changes in her life as she gets closer to Connie, and the truth.
| 22:00Russian military police trying to prevent clashes in north east Syria 22:457/10Elise grows closer to Matt, as she struggles to find her place in Los Angeles.
| 22:00UK and EU hoping to sign off revised legal text before tomorrow's summit 22:458/10Is Rose's true identity about to be revealed?
| 22:00PM's key allies, the Democratic Unionist Party, plan to vote against it 22:459/10Connie agrees to tell Rose the truth about her mother's disappearance.
| 22:00Prime Minister's appeal comes on eve of a crucial vote in the Commons 22:4510/10After learning the truth about her mother, Rose makes some big decisions.
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme
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| 23:00 | 23:00A young teacher's daily struggles reflected on the Grenfell Tower tragedy 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by British astronauts Tim Peake and Helen Sharman. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:002/4Charlotte doesn’t take rejection well when Lillian asks her not to come round any more. 23:153/5Patrick Marber and Peter Curran lie in the darkness, sharing a bunk bed and wondering. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:004/4Current affairs parody and stupidly feasible visit to the 24-hour Hall Of Opinion Mirrors. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Poorna Bell and Tony Law join Harriett Gilbert to talk about their favourite books. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament 23:55Father and son talk about experiences of racism and choosing the right path in life.
| 23:007/13Paul Gambaccini presents radio's widest-ranging music quiz. 23:30Parliament holds its first Saturday sitting for 37 years to discuss Brexit.
| 23:00Behind the scenes of Singin' In The Rain. 23:30Take shelter from the storm, as rain comes down on the humble tin roof.
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