| 00:00 | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Water: a cultural as well as a natural substance. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from St John’s Church in Sidcup in the county of Kent. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:301/5Kapka Kassabova explores her family’s long history in the south-west Balkans. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:302/5The author returns to the ancient lake town of Ohrid in the South West Balkans. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:303/5Two Ohridians meet in Sofia, Bulgaria. The rest is family history for Kapka Kassabova. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:304/5In the summer and autumn of 2018, Kapka discovers the people and stories of Lake Ohrid. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:305/5The author drives south to the Greek segment of Lake Prespa. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30A woman falls in love and then her furniture starts to sprout flowers and grass. 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.
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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 Catherine Fox. 05:45New figures show more birds of prey are being persecuted in England than ever before. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58The BBC's Frank Gardner recounts hearing the three-wattled bell bird for Tweet of the Day.
| 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 Catherine Fox. 05:45Recent weekend storms have left thousands of acres of farmland underwater. 05:58The BBC's Frank Gardner remembers watching white-throated kingfishers for Tweet of the Day
| 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 Catherine Fox. 05:45We hear about the distress of losing livestock and hear what help is available for farmers 05:58British zoologist Professor Tim Birkhead recounts a guillemot chick in Tweet of the Day.
| 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 Catherine Fox. 05:45We ask what the government's new visa system will mean for migrant labour in agriculture. 05:58British zoologist Professor Tim Birkhead recalls the razorbill for this Tweet of the Day.
| 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 Catherine Fox. 05:45Could farmers be part of the solution to flooding? 05:58British zoologist Tim Birkhead admires the intelligence of ravens for Tweet of the Day.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Spiritual reflection with Fr Jamie McMorrin of St Mary's RC Cathedral, Edinburgh. 05:453/6What is ASMR and why does it only affect some people?
| 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 the parish church of St John the Baptist, Egham in Surrey. 05:45The manager who's put Liverpool Football Club on the path to winning the treble.
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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. 06:07Glastonbury Tor with Druids 06:30What future for the fishing industry? We visit a fish market in Scotland to find out. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news headlines. 06:05As Lent approaches, Mark Tully discusses the purpose and effects of fasting. 06:35Anna Hill meets the farmers, scientists and volunteers bringing Norfolk ponds back to life 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. 07:10William Crawley presents the week's religious, moral and ethical news and current affairs. 07:54Angela Rippon makes the Radio 4 Appeal for the Environmental Investigation Agency UK 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Live from St Mary's Church Barnes as the congregation prepares for Lent. 08:48Sarah Dunant on the romance of writing history. 08:58Writer and wildlife programme-maker Stephen Moss recalls his first encounter with a coot.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Dan Jackson, Kapka Kassabova, Colin Mayer and Emily Thomas 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Dr Stephen Wigley
| 09:00The physicist behind net zero. Prof Myles Allen talks to Jim Al-Khalili. 09:30The artist, Yinka Shonibare, talks to Elsie Owusu about his ambitious Nigerian project. 09:45Regular broadcast of Christian worship and music, led by Mgr Tony Rogers.
| 09:00The painter Chantal Joffe meets the writer Olivia Laing. 09:303/6What is ASMR and why does it only affect some people? 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Andrew Graystone.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the dispute in 1550 over enslavement of native Americans. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Canon Rachel Mann.
| 09:00Ian Wright, former footballer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by David Waters.
| 09:00Bob Rowberry on being off-grid in his 70s; Corey Taylor from Slipknot's Inheritance Tracks
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Choreographer Cathy Marston, Joan Smith: Caroline Flack, Christiana Figueres, Pragna Patel 10:451/5Four young Saudi women dream of romance and excitement. But reality can get in the way.
| 10:00Daisy May Cooper, Self-defence in schools, Fear of Vomiting, The High Table 10:452/5Gamrah embarks on married life a long way from home, in Chicago.
| 10:00Family Secrets, Sue Black, Floods in South Wales, Pregnancy crisis centre investigation 10:413/5Sadeem runs to London to recover from the injustice of being divorced before being married 10:55Mother and daughter talk about living with Asperger’s Syndrome and the desire to fit in.
| 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world 10:454/5Michelle still hopes that Faisal will be able to talk his mother round to their marriage.
| 10:00The award-winning writer and actor on Fleabag, fame and the romance of female friendships 10:455/5Saudi men have so far proved a huge disappointment, but Lamees has a plan.
| 10:30The ghost golf course of Scotland.
| 10:00Lynda takes drastic action and Josh attempts to do the right thing.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Grace Dent hears from the women battling to save a helpline for abuse victims in Scotland. 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00An intimate glimpse of the Hong Kong protests, as experienced by a newlywed couple. 11:30Mathematician Vicky Neale explores the idea of the beautiful in maths.
| 11:00Hayley is a young woman who wants to get better at dealing with rejection. 11:301/4Alexei Sayle delivers a mixture of stand-up, memoir and philosophy.
| 11:00Stories from Kenya, Italy, Russia, Syria and Portugal. 11:30Meeting poets from Manchester spoken-word group Young Identity and its leader Shirley May
| 11:003/3Hero or fool - who can keep their heads when pushed to the edge? 11:301/4Comedy about a chaotic but loving family. Starring Philip Glenister and Samantha Spiro.
| 11:00Bridget Kendall and guests discuss the Russian classic novel The Master and Margarita 11:30Stories from the West Bank, Germany, Brazil, the US and the heart of the European Union.
| 11:15Melanie C, singer and Spice Girl, 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. 12:046/10As the IRA close in on the young guests, an accident befalls one of the princesses. 12:18The plus-size model boycotting London Fashion Week 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:047/10Death comes to Clonmillis Hall. 12:18Which teacher inspired you? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:048/10Strafford and Celia investigate Billy Denton. 12:18The new-build homes that are both flood prone and a fire hazard. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:049/10Clancy’s dangerous guests decide to visit Clonmillis Hall. 12:18Suing over university strikes. Noise pollution problems. Refunding romance fraud victims. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:0410/10Clonmillis Hall is under attack. 12:18Why Kenyan gambling company SportPesa wanted to be on Everton players' shirts. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Savings rates sink, charged to keep your email address and tax changes for contractors. 12:307/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Nish Kumar 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:042/6Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests. 12:32Dan Saladino investigates fears of wild Atlantic salmon's possible extinction in 20 years. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:456/10Historic conversations between men and women reveal new truths about today's gender issues
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:457/10Historic conversations between men and women reveal new truths about today's gender issues
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:458/10Historic conversations between men and women reveal new truths about today's gender issues
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:459/10Historic conversations between men and women reveal new truths about today's gender issues
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:4510/10Historic conversations between men and women reveal new truths about today's gender issues
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate from the University of East Anglia in Norwich.
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Emma Clarke plays the voice of the lift in this cultural history of the elevator
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| 14:00 | 14:00Johnny’s emotions get the better of him 14:152/6Does bad blood seep through the family fault lines?
| 14:00There’s a surprise for Kate. 14:153/6Glenda Jackson stars in a series of contemporary dramas exploring money.
| 14:00Ed faces an awkward encounter 14:154/6Does bad blood seep through the family fault lines?
| 14:00Lynda takes drastic action 14:155/6A family bound by money. Does bad blood seep through the fault lines?
| 14:00There’s a shock for Lilian 14:156/6Glenda Jackson stars in a series of contemporary dramas exploring money.
| 14:00The floods - should the prime minister get his wellies on? 14:45Gerald Scarfe meets Arabella Dorman
| 14:00Kathy Clugston and the team are at Hidcote Manor Gardens. 14:45Three illuminating conversations covering music and performance, Asperger's and cancer.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs radio's most fiendish quiz 15:30Sheila Dillon puts your questions on child obesity related health to an expert panel.
| 15:001/7Josie Long presents short documentaries about feats of endurance. 15:302/3Nick Spencer examines the historical relationship between science and religion.
| 15:00Unexpected bills from video games and apps? Louise Cooper finds out what your rights are. 15:30Keen cyclist and GP, Dr Farrah Jarral investigates the health effects of air pollution.
| 15:00Glastonbury Tor with Druids 15:27Musician H Patten makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Music in Detention. 15:30Isabel Allende, Magic Realism, The Foundling
| 15:00Kathy Clugston and the team are at Hidcote Manor Gardens. 15:45A woman falls in love and then her furniture starts to sprout flowers and grass.
| 15:00Kipling's chilling tale of adventure in the Hindu Kush mountains. Adapted by Mike Walker.
| 15:004/6High Life and Low Politics in Victorian England
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| 16:00 | 16:00A portrait of a writing day in Birmingham. 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince investigate alien and UFO sightings.
| 16:00Michael Rosen talks to storyteller Clare Muireann Murphy about the wonder of stories. 16:30Gail Honeyman and Mavis Cheek join Harriett Gilbert to talk favourite books.
| 16:00Loss - an exploration of different forms of lost experience. 16:30Yorkshire Post editor James Mitchinson on fighting for journalism and the north of England
| 16:00Little Joe, Pitch to Production and Portrait of a Lady on Fire. 16:30Coronavirus questions; HMS Challenger & ocean acidification; Sean Carroll's quantum world
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on an astronomer, a barrister, a musician 16:30The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience. 16:55Friends talk about cultural differences and career choices, music and creativity.
| 16:00Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Emetophobia & a Perfect Winter Salad
| 16:00Colum McCann discusses his new book about Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Apeirogon. 16:30Poet Ailbhe Darcy explores the extraordinary Inger Christensen poem 'alphabet'.
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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. 17:30Is the UK housing shortage down to the relationship between planners and developers? 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00The potential harms of the ever-increasing sponsorship of football by gambling companies 17:40The manager who's put Liverpool Football Club on the path to winning the treble. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Hundreds of people have been flooded out of their homes by Storm Dennis 18:302/6Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests.
| 18:00Officials say some areas are "in uncharted territory" as flood waters rise. 18:302/6One head is better than two - as long as you have a spare in a jar.
| 18:00Priti Patel hits back at business criticism of the government's new immigration rules 18:303/4Alex Edelman draws on personal experience to talk about attitudes to mental health.
| 18:00The suspect, a right wing extremist, and his mother were later found dead at his flat. 18:301/6Philip Jackson, Alison Steadman and Mark Benton star as the eccentric folk of Flamford.
| 18:00The group is due to fly back to the UK tonight and faces another fortnight in quarantine 18:307/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Nish Kumar
| 18:00The World Health Organisation express fresh concerns about the spread of coronavirus. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Italy in lockdown to try to contain coronavirus outbreak, 4 more UK cases diagnosed 18:15Writer and broadcaster Katie Puckrik picks the best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00There’s a surprise for Kate. 19:15Ten tapestries by Raphael return to the Sistine Chapel for the first time since the 1500s. 19:451/5Four young Saudi women dream of romance and excitement. But reality can get in the way.
| 19:00Ed faces an awkward encounter 19:15Al Pacino and Logan Lerman, Antoinette Nwandu, End of the Century, Coronavirus arts impact 19:452/5Gamrah embarks on married life a long way from home, in Chicago.
| 19:00Lynda takes drastic action 19:15George MacKay on his new film The True History of the Kelly Gang. 19:453/5Sadeem runs to London to recover from the injustice of being divorced before being married
| 19:00There’s a shock for Lilian 19:15Composer Stephen Schwartz on taking DreamWorks animation The Prince of Egypt to the stage 19:454/5Michelle still hopes that Faisal will be able to talk his mother round to their marriage.
| 19:00Josh attempts to do the right thing 19:15Northern Broadsides' Quality Street, Jasdeep Singh Degun, Artist-led hotels. 19:455/5Saudi men have so far proved a huge disappointment, but Lamees has a plan.
| 19:00The manager who's put Liverpool Football Club on the path to winning the treble. 19:15Midnight Family, Anne Enright, Masculinities, Caryl Churchill, I Am Not Okay With This
| 19:00There’s a tempting offer for Freddie 19:151/6Hardacre's advertising agency lands its biggest-ever account. 19:452/4By Toby Litt. A family must cross an extraordinary desert.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Hayley is a young woman who wants to get better at dealing with rejection. 20:30James Tilley asks to what extent our politics is now steeped in cognitive distortion?
| 20:00The potential harms of the ever-increasing sponsorship of football by gambling companies 20:40A new gene therapy which can restore some sight becomes available on the NHS.
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. 20:453/6What is ASMR and why does it only affect some people?
| 20:00The UK fishing industry will be central to EU trade negotiations, starting soon. Why? 20:30Is the UK housing shortage down to the relationship between planners and developers?
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate from the University of East Anglia in Norwich. 20:50Sarah Dunant on the romance of writing history.
| 20:00Chris Stokel-Walker assesses how YouTube has shaped and changed the society we live in.
| 20:00The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience. 20:30Matthew Bannister on an astronomer, a barrister, a musician
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| 21:00 | 21:00Patricia Clavin explores the cult of Egyptomania in the 1920s. 21:30Andrew Marr with Dan Jackson, Kapka Kassabova, Colin Mayer and Emily Thomas
| 21:00Keen cyclist and GP, Dr Farrah Jarral investigates the health effects of air pollution. 21:30The physicist behind net zero. Prof Myles Allen talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
| 21:00Jolyon Jenkins meets the people who want whistling to be taken seriously as a musical art. 21:30The painter Chantal Joffe meets the writer Olivia Laing.
| 21:00Coronavirus questions; HMS Challenger & ocean acidification; Sean Carroll's quantum world 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the dispute in 1550 over enslavement of native Americans.
| 21:00Historic conversations between men and women reveal new truths about today's gender issues
| 21:002/5By Leah Chillery. Patty returns from Jamaica in 1988 to find her son Everall has changed. 21:452/8By Nick Walker. Annika recounts a case involving a murder at the aquarium.
| 21:00Savings rates sink, charged to keep your email address and tax changes for contractors. 21:25Angela Rippon makes the Radio 4 Appeal for the Environmental Investigation Agency UK 21:30James Tilley asks to what extent our politics is now steeped in cognitive distortion?
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| 22:00 | 22:00Labour had called for Andrew Sabisky sacking for online postings about eugenics and race 22:456/10As the IRA close in on the young guests, an accident befalls one of the princesses.
| 22:00Hundreds of thousands of Syrians displaced by fighting in north west of country 22:457/10Death comes to Clonmillis Hall.
| 22:00Outbreak on Diamond Princess cruise ship isolated in port of Yokohama 22:458/10Strafford and Celia investigate Billy Denton.
| 22:00Right wing extremist shoots 9 dead in Hanau 22:459/10Clancy’s dangerous guests decide to visit Clonmillis Hall.
| 22:00President Trump says he's the victim of a misinformation campaign. 22:4510/10Clonmillis Hall is under attack.
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
| 22:00Alex Forsyth hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael talks to comedian Sindhu Vee about her life in language. 23:30Can a Bristol Community radio station survive the catastrophe facing it in 2019?
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince investigate alien and UFO sightings. 23:30Alabama 3 lost a legend with the death of Jake Black: how can things continue without him?
| 23:00Stand-up Ken Cheng takes a look at British Chinese culture... 23:151/4Spencer struggles with daughter Tilly's frank recounting of sex education. 23:30Niyi's eating disorder has stopped him coming home for Christmas. He wants to change that.
| 23:00Comedians Gina Yashere in LA and Lucy Porter in London hold a transatlantic reunion. 23:30Grace Dent follows the fight to buy and preserve the former home of a notable Victorian MP
| 23:00Gail Honeyman and Mavis Cheek join Harriett Gilbert to talk favourite books. 23:25Grace Dent tells the story of a long distance romance played out via karaoke duets. 23:55Friends share their experience of cancer and the choices they made over treatment.
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs radio's most fiendish quiz 23:30Malibu - heaven on earth - but when disaster comes what rises from the ashes?
| 23:00Little Joe, Pitch to Production and Portrait of a Lady on Fire. 23:30As Lent approaches, Mark Tully discusses the purpose and effects of fasting.
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