| 00:00 | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Disasters: from Haiti to New Orleans. 00:45Bells on Sunday for Remembrance comes from Westminster Abbey. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:301/5William Dalrymple's history of the East India Company and how it came to subdue India. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:302/5In William Dalrymple's new history of the East India Company a turning point is reached. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:303/5In William Dalrymple's history of the East India Company power is consolidated. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:304/5William Dalrymple's history of the East India Company turns to a brutal famine. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:305/5William Dalrymple explores the East India Company's legacy for the 21st century. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Two lovers are reunited after decades apart. 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.
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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. 05:45Farmer Peter Gadd tells Charlotte Smith that current floods are the worse he's ever seen. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the lesser black-backed gull.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:45Anna Hill visits Norfolk Wildlife Trust's visitor centre at Cley Marshes. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the dotterel.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:45Can salmon farming be sustainable? Ash trees resistant to disease. The environmental vote. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the coal tit.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:45Flood-hit farmers; mussel producing at sea; what will get the livestock farmer's vote? 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the sparrowhawk.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:45Bryce Stewart tells Caz Graham why fishing may take a back-seat in the general election. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the cirl bunting.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43With the Archdeacon of Bangor, Mary Stallard 05:45Stephen Fry asks the duo to investigate why he struggles to remember faces.
| 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 Tewkesbury Abbey in Gloucestershire. 05:45A look at the life of Adam Schiff, chair of the US House Intelligence Committeee.
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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. 06:07Helen Mark meets the thriving community of Toppesfield. 06:30Sybil Ruscoe asks whether aquaculture is a viable way to feed a growing population. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news headlines. 06:05Mark Tully considers the mysterious appeal of unfamiliar things. 06:35Verity Sharp goes mushroom collecting with Long Litt Woon 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. 07:10Edward Stourton presents the week’s religious, moral and ethical news and current affairs. 07:54Matt Baker makes the Radio 4 Appeal for BBC Children in Need. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A live service from Highfields church, Cardiff, with Revd Dave Gobbett. 08:48Adam Gopnik ponders why so much of our communication these days is bereft of human warmth. 08:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the Andean cock-of-the-rock from Peru.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Karsten Brensing, Emma Napper, Fritz Vollrath and Diana Donald. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music for Remembrance Day.
| 09:00Elizabeth Fisher on studying chromosomal abnormalities in mice and men 09:30Acclaimed gardening writer, Alys Fowler, tries to work out where she wants to live. 09:45Regular broadcast of Christian worship and music
| 09:00Novelist Roddy Doyle meets the sculptor Antony Gormley. 09:30Stephen Fry asks the duo to investigate why he struggles to remember faces. 09:45Regular broadcast of Christian worship and music
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Dostoevsky's novel. The hero thinks he's above the law.... 09:45The first of three services reflecting on contemporary works of art in churches in the UK
| 09:00Kimberley Motley, lawyer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Bishop Joe Aldred
| 09:00Sustainable fashion pioneer Amy Powney and polymath Dr Adam Hill
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00What's behind a child pulling a "sickie" from school? 10:451/5The boiler is broken, it's freezing and Skye can't wash her hair.
| 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world 10:452/5Skye wants to see Scarlett but Dexter has to tag along.
| 10:00Taming of the Shrew, Living with Rare Diseases, and How to Cook the Perfect... Chilli Tofu 10:413/5Skye is worried about Scarlett. But she can't leave Dexter. 10:55Mother and young book-loving daughter talk about the Read for Good scheme.
| 10:00Asking male colleagues what they earn; plus Mozhdah Jamalzada, the 'Oprah of Afghanistan' 10:454/5Scarlett makes everything seem easy. But with Dex, it's hard.
| 10:00'Queens of Sheba'; Chile unrest; Women priests & the Catholic Church? Women creating slang 10:455/5Skye has had enough. But now Scarlett is here, in the house.
| 10:30Greg James, self-confessed 'proud radio nerd', returns to rummage through the BBC archives
| 10:00Tony finds himself attracting attention and there’s a near miss for Peggy.
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| 11:00 | 11:00The traditional two-minute silence to mark Armistice Day. 11:04The untold story of The Last Post, one of the world's most famous pieces of music. 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00Cathy FitzGerald visits the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company. 11:30Idles, Wolf Alice, She Drew the Gun and Bill Ryder-Jones talk mental health and music
| 11:00Nigel Richardson investigates the surging number of newborns entering the care system. 11:30Comic autobiographical meanderings from Chris Neill with Martin Hyder and Alison Steadman.
| 11:00From coca farmer to president, to political exile; the story of Bolivia’s Evo Morales. 11:30Susurrations, the songs trees sing in the wind and how writers and musicians capture these
| 11:00Once regarded as magical and mysterious; our obsession with ferns is longstanding. 11:302/6Damien Trench is lured into the murky world of television panel shows.
| 11:00The essential guide to the 2019 UK general election. 11:30The protestors who believe they are fighting for Hong Kong’s very existence
| 11:15Stephen Graham, actor, 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. 12:046/10By Siobhan Dowd. Fergus is remembering kissing Cora. Read by Finnian Garbutt. 12:18When you pay to offset carbon for your flight; what are you getting for your money? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:047/10By Siobhan Dowd. Fergus is dreaming of Cora. Read by Finnian Garbutt. 12:18Are you flooded or at risk of flooding right now? What's that like? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:048/10By Siobhan Dowd. It seems that Mel's death was a sacrifice. Read by Finnian Garbutt. 12:18Why are young people increasingly asking for tattoos on their hands, necks and faces? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:049/10By Siobhan Dowd. Fergus knows what was in the packets. Read by Finnian Garbutt. 12:18How Liverpool is protecting its live music venues from big developers building next door. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:0410/10By Siobhan Dowd. The family is split over what to do about Joe. Read by Finnian Garbutt. 12:18Scrapping cars, caring for older people and building your new home in a factory. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Can an 18 year old be persuaded to start a pension? 12:304/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:041/6The 72nd series of the multi award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee 12:32Rick Stein, Yotam Ottolenghi, Grace Dent & Leyla Kazim lead the celebrations. (2/2) 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45What does cassava teach us about the hidden social forces that support a modern economy?
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Solar power: an old technology now more advanced and disruptive to the oil energy order.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Have computers finally passed the Turing test, convincing us they themselves are human?
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45The price of oil is arguably the most important price in the world economy.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Interchangeable parts revolutionised the world of engineering.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate from Worplesdon Memorial Hall in Surrey
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Don Valley floods, Hartlepool drug misuse, jellied eels, prisoners' children and London.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Eddie’s emotions bubble to the surface 14:15A fusion of five fantastical tales written by nine- to eleven-year-olds from Rotherham.
| 14:00David is shocked by an unexpected invitation 14:15A darkly comic drama about who you might meet on the journey to hell. By Beatrice Colin.
| 14:00Clarrie attempts to keep the peace 14:15The turbulent and passionate relationship between Gustav Mahler and his wife, Alma.
| 14:00Tony finds himself attracting attention 14:151/2By David Ashton. A counterfeiting gang steal Newton's supply of silver.
| 14:152/2By David Ashton. A wagon of silver is stolen by the counterfeiters.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:452/2Love of music, plus friendship, allows Nora to find hope and strength for the future.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs and the panel are in the North Wessex Downs 14:45Fi Glover presents three conversations highlighting the work of BBC Children in Need.
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| 15:00 | 15:0011/13The wide-ranging quiz about music of all kinds, with Paul Gambaccini. 15:30Rick Stein, Yotam Ottolenghi, Grace Dent & Leyla Kazim lead the celebrations. (1/2)
| 15:00Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show from Middlesbrough. 15:30Northern English rivers are flooding whilst southern rivers dry up. Tom Heap investigates.
| 15:00Swapping the classroom for other pursuits, how to make your choices and sort your finances 15:30The need for possessions, predicting effective use of CBT and talking to strangers.
| 15:00Helen Mark meets the thriving community of Toppesfield. 15:27Rev Richard Coles makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Toybox 15:30Kathy O'Shaughnessy on her novel about George Eliot and Literary Magazines discussed
| 15:00Peter Gibbs and the panel are in the North Wessex Downs 15:45Two lovers are reunited after decades apart.
| 15:45Acclaimed gardening writer, Alys Fowler, tries to work out where she wants to live.
| 15:002/6Jessica Raine and Tim McMullan star in a new adaptation of the novels by Anthony Trollope.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Writer Tania Hershman on the word ‘beloved’ and commemorating single people when they die. 16:30Aleks Krotoski tells a story of where divinity, technology and mental illness all collide.
| 16:00Should parents with a history of domestic abuse be allowed to see their children? 16:30Authors Damian Le Bas and Amy Liptrot talk good books with Harriett Gilbert
| 16:00Time - how do we use & how has this changed in the last 50 years? 16:30Meet the editors, Dean Baquet and Lionel Barber
| 16:00Emma Thompson on Last Christmas 16:30Soils and floods, air pollution and ultra-low emission zones, detecting the drug Spice
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a rescue worker, a businessman, an M.P., an impresario 16:30A BBC news executive addresses listeners' questions about the election coverage. 16:55Mother and teenage daughter who wish to remain anonymous discuss life with perinatal HIV.
| 16:00Gold Digger, Female Catholic priests, and Vegan eastern flavours
| 16:00Elizabeth Day talks to Ben Lerner about his novel The Topeka School 16:30Julia Copus looks at the life and work of the Bloomsbury poet.
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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. 17:30What are the rules when people have to lose their jobs? Evan Davis and guests discuss. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Dodgy diamonds, missing millions - and the victims failed by justice. 17:40A look at the life of Adam Schiff, chair of the US House Intelligence Committeee. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Nigel Farage has ditched plans to take on the Tories in more than 300 seats. 18:301/6The 72nd series of the multi award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee
| 18:00Opposition leaders criticise the government's response to flooding in northern England 18:301/4Tom seeks medical advice while Mum fights the good fight on behalf of Sheffield's trees.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4Malawian comedian Daliso Chaponda looks at the relationship between the UK and Africa.
| 18:00Delays in A&E in England have hit their worst level since records began. 18:305/6Is a new romance on the cards for Mitch or can Ellie intervene?
| 18:00British Broadband - tranformative says Corbyn; 'Crazed communist scheme' -- says Johnson 18:304/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00Prince Andrew categorically denies having sex with a 17 year old girl 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Sources close to the Duke of York say he addressed the issues with honesty and humility. 18:15Singer and Broadcaster Catherine Bott picks the best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00David is shocked by an unexpected invitation 19:15War Of The Worlds re-imagined, Stephen Bourne- Playing Gay, Museum Funding 19:451/5The boiler is broken, it's freezing and Skye can't wash her hair.
| 19:00Clarrie attempts to keep the peace 19:15Lorna May Wadsworth, Marriage Story, My Mother Said I Never Should, I Feel Pretty 19:452/5Skye wants to see Scarlett but Dexter has to tag along.
| 19:00Tony finds himself attracting attention 19:15Tobias Menzies plays Prince Philip in The Crown; Six, a musical about Henry VIII's wives 19:453/5Skye is worried about Scarlett. But she can't leave Dexter.
| 19:15How floods have affected - and been in depicted in - art, and Tom Rosenthal performs 19:454/5Scarlett makes everything seem easy. But with Dex, it's hard.
| 19:00There’s a near miss for Peggy and Will looks to the future. 19:15Northern Ballet at 50, Blackpool's Art B&B, Iced Bodies 19:455/5Skye has had enough. But now Scarlett is here, in the house.
| 19:00A look at the life of Adam Schiff, chair of the US House Intelligence Committeee. 19:15The Gangster The Cop The Devil, Touching the Void, Romesh Gunesekera, Gold Digger,
| 19:152/8From Edinburgh - Fred MacAulay with more top comedy talent. 19:453/10A young couple take up running to get fit for their wedding. Written by David Park.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Nigel Richardson investigates the surging number of newborns entering the care system. 20:30How well do our politicians understand British history?
| 20:00Dodgy diamonds, missing millions - and the victims failed by justice. 20:40Consultant on a new series helps actors look blind
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. 20:45Stephen Fry asks the duo to investigate why he struggles to remember faces.
| 20:00Should parents with a history of domestic abuse be allowed to see their children? 20:30What are the rules when people have to lose their jobs? Evan Davis and guests discuss.
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate from Worplesdon Memorial Hall in Surrey 20:50Adam Gopnik ponders why so much of our communication these days is bereft of human warmth.
| 20:00Philip Cowley explores how technology influenced elections long before the digital age.
| 20:00A BBC news executive addresses listeners' questions about the election coverage. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a rescue worker, a businessman, an M.P., an impresario
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| 21:00 | 21:00If teenagers had more say in what they learn, would they be more engaged with school? 21:30Andrew Marr with Karsten Brensing, Emma Napper, Fritz Vollrath and Diana Donald.
| 21:00The need for possessions, predicting effective use of CBT and talking to strangers. 21:30Elizabeth Fisher on studying chromosomal abnormalities in mice and men
| 21:00Northern English rivers are flooding whilst southern rivers dry up. Tom Heap investigates. 21:30Novelist Roddy Doyle meets the sculptor Antony Gormley.
| 21:00Soils and floods, air pollution and ultra-low emission zones, detecting the drug Spice 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Dostoevsky's novel. The hero thinks he's above the law....
| 21:002/2The extraordinary true story of a man who dug an escape tunnel under the Berlin Wall.
| 21:002/6Bodies are being found in the Thames with dreadful injuries. Jack is sent to investigate. 21:451/10Rabbit Armstrong joins a basketball game which underlines all that is wrong with his life.
| 21:00Can an 18 year old be persuaded to start a pension? 21:25Matt Baker makes the Radio 4 Appeal for BBC Children in Need. 21:30How well do our politicians understand British history?
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| 22:00 | 22:00Nigel Farage says they won’t field candidates in any seats held by Conservatives in 2017 22:456/10By Siobhan Dowd. Fergus is remembering kissing Cora. Read by Finnian Garbutt.
| 22:00Biggest quarterly drop for more than four years 22:457/10By Siobhan Dowd. Fergus is dreaming of Cora. Read by Finnian Garbutt.
| 22:00New claims about President's interest in investigating his rivals 22:458/10By Siobhan Dowd. It seems that Mel's death was a sacrifice. Read by Finnian Garbutt.
| 22:00Labour promises to give every home and business free ultra-fast internet access 22:459/10By Siobhan Dowd. Fergus knows what was in the packets. Read by Finnian Garbutt.
| 22:00Prince has “no recollection” of meeting woman who accused him of having sex with her 22:4510/10By Siobhan Dowd. The family is split over what to do about Joe. Read by Finnian Garbutt.
| 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 | 23:00George constructs an elaborate analogy that spirals out of control, leaving him lost. 23:30As Katie's social media career takes off will she have to abandon her A-levels?
| 23:003/4Alexei Sayle considers travel to places both real and imaginary. 23:30Amanda's fight to get 24 hour care for her 96-year-old dad who has dementia.
| 23:00Comedian Twayna Mayne explores the story of her identity as a British Black Woman. 23:152/6Peter Curran and Patrick Marber return with their acclaimed late-night conversation series 23:30Jade is a games designer with autism. She's flying solo to New York to chase her ambition.
| 23:002/6Weekly topical show with Jo Bunting and an all female panel. 23:30One man believes his island needs a new kind of leadership, away from the mainland.
| 23:00Authors Damian Le Bas and Amy Liptrot talk good books with Harriett Gilbert 23:25One street in the run-up to Christmas, and three shops fighting for survival. 23:55A bereaved teenager and her bereavement counsellor on life before and after counselling.
| 23:0011/13The wide-ranging quiz about music of all kinds, with Paul Gambaccini. 23:30To celebrate the programme's 40th birthday, Cerys Matthews interviews Roger McGough.
| 23:00Emma Thompson on Last Christmas 23:30In a London studio, the ancient craft of globemaking finds a modern spin.
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