| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Cute and kitsch: their nature and changing meaning. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the Church of All Saints, Stand in Whitefield 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The troubled childhood of Charles Dickens. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5The early successes of Charles Dickens. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Charles Dickens is well-received in America. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5A theatrical performance changes the course of Dickens's life. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Adulation and farewells for Britain's great novelist. 00:45The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic. 00:45The 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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| 05:00 | 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Dr Krish Kandiah. 05:45Charlotte Smith speaks to Darren Moorcroft from The Woodland Trust about their work. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Former Stornoway band member Brian Briggs on the Manx shearwater for Tweet of the Day.
| 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Dr Krish Kandiah. 05:45Talks with the DEFRA secretary on a nationwide scheme to recruit agricultural workers. 05:58Brian Briggs, formerly of the band Stornoway, recalls the song of the chaffinch.
| 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Dr Krish Kandiah. 05:45Anna Hill finds out about new measures to keep fruit pickers safe from coronavirus. 05:58Kate Humble presents the rare vernal jape.
| 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Dr Krish Kandiah. 05:45Sybil Ruscoe finds out what the coronavirus outbreak means for the supply of meat. 05:58Kate Humble presents the curlew.
| 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Dr Krish Kandiah. 05:45Is it worth drilling crops this spring? 05:58Theatre maker Tom Bailey discusses the displacement of migration in Tweet of the Day.
| 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Anna Magnusson. 05:45Is being idle the answer to information overload? With psychoanalyst and idler Josh Cohen.
| 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from St Mary Magdalene, Mortehoe in Devon 05:45Writer Tim Lott reflects on the impact of parenthood on his identity.
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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 Glover discovers what's in her own back garden with the help of Steve Backshall. 06:30Sybil Ruscoe rounds up a week of programmes focussing on trees and coronavirus. 06:57The latest weather forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand explores our fascination with immortality. 06:35Brett Westwood explores the nature and the culture of flies. 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. 07:54Kate Humble makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of PHASE Worldwide 07:57The latest weather forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Fr Dominic Robinson and Dr Theodora Hawksley reflect on walking with Jesus in suffering. 08:48Adam Gopnik on life in lockdown in New York. 08:58Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of the quail and its sound.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Nick Timothy and Danny Dorling with Amol Rajan 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by The Rev Clair Jaquiss.
| 09:00Is the coronavirus pandemic having a different impact on men and women? 09:30Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire recall what has happened since that fateful night. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Bishop Joe Aldred
| 09:00Michael Sandel and an international panel debate the right way to respond to coronavirus 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Rev Dr Christopher Landau.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the cause and impact of the gin craze in the 18th century. 09:45A meditation from Holy Island in Northumberland led by Rev Canon Sarah Hills
| 09:00Brian Cox, actor, shares the soundtrack of his life. With Lauren Laverne. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Dr Marika Rose.
| 09:00Fine Young Cannibals singer Roland Gift and author Clare Pooley.
| 09:00News with Paddy O'Connell including a teacher making face visors for health workers.
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| 10:00 | 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world 10:451/5Wordsworth's great autobiographical poem read by Sir Ian McKellen with music by John Harle
| 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world 10:452/5Wordsworth's great autobiographical poem read by Sir Ian McKellen with music by John Harle
| 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world. 10:413/5Wordsworth's great autobiographical poem read by Sir Ian McKellen with music by John Harle 10:55Friends recall painful memories of their childhood experience of being WWII evacuees.
| 10:00The impact of the coronavirus crisis on women in prisons and detention centres. 10:454/5Wordsworth's great autobiographical poem read by Sir Ian McKellen with music by John Harle
| 10:00The majority of care workers are women - what's being done to protect them from COVID-19? 10:455/5Wordsworth's great autobiographical poem read by Sir Ian McKellen with music by John Harle
| 10:301/6Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show.
| 10:00Roy faces an uncomfortable request and Johnny attempts to support a friend.
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| 11:00 | 11:00What impact does the language we use around cancer have on those living with the disease? 11:30Nikki Bedi and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00Episode two on the Covid wards and doctors and nurses are also falling sick with the virus 11:303/3Exploring the lives, dreams and creative worlds of six 18 to 21-year-old global artists.
| 11:00Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic. 11:301/6Manager Tom is on leave - cue the unwelcome arrival of Roger from Head Office.
| 11:00A mystery killing has shocked Romania as the fight over its ancient forests turns deadly 11:30Artists reflect on their work after one of New Zealand’s darkest days.
| 11:00Cathy FitzGerald hears stories from around the world about life on lockdown. 11:302/4Former Humberside sergeant and stand-up comic Alfie Moore tackles real policing dilemmas.
| 11:00How close to a vaccine are we and how important is mass testing? 11:30India's drastic pandemic lockdown has trapped migrant workers desperate to return home.
| 11:00Sue MacGregor reunites those involved in the controversial Miss World 1970 beauty contest. 11:45A woman returns to Belfast to care for her dying grandmother.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:0611/15Anton Lesser continues the long-awaited finale to Hilary Mantel's Thomas Cromwell series 12:20Stranded travellers stuck abroad. Moving relatives out of care homes. Coronavirus poetry, 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:0612/15Anton Lesser continues the finale to Hilary Mantel's acclaimed Thomas Cromwell series. 12:20Call You and Yours: How has coronavirus affected you financially? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:0613/15Anton Lesser continues the final part of Hilary Mantel's acclaimed Thomas Cromwell series. 12:20Coronavirus; Warehouse Workers; DIY Haircuts 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:0614/15Anton Lesser continues the finale to Hilary Mantel's Booker-winning Thomas Cromwell series 12:20How the benefits system is coping with hundreds of thousands of new applications for help. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:0615/15Anton Lesser reads the finale to Hilary Mantel's award-winning Thomas Cromwell series. 12:20Buying food from wholesalers; surge in will-making; sport goes virtual. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04New starters, employers and experts discuss the government's furloughed worker scheme. 12:305/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis keep at a safe distance as they present the week, with jokes. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:042/6Milton’s attempt to become an international art dealer leads to a deadly brush with danger 12:32Sheila Dillon explores cheerful, back-of-the-cupboard cuisine. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45The electromechanical Vickrey Turnstile worked well in theory, but was never built.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45How many people on earth need glasses and don’t have them? An eye-popping 2.5 billion.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:45Josiah Wedgwood’s pottery was a precursor to the “trickle-down” theory of fashion.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:45How a system for sending sensitive financial data securely may have created a new problem.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:45Charity has become big business – but what’s the best way to elicit donations?
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from London Broadcasting House.
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Nick Robinson presents an interview with the new Labour party leader, Keir Starmer.
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| 14:00 | 14:00One resident makes a devastating confession. 14:156/7Has Laura really discovered who killed her son?
| 14:00Roy faces an uncomfortable request 14:15Sci-fi romcom starring Laura Aikman and Tom Rosenthal
| 14:00Justin finds himself challenged. 14:152/2Bob encounters a bitter former soldier who will stop at nothing to publish the truth.
| 14:00Elizabeth uses the benefit of her experience. 14:151/3Drama from Syria telling stories of contemporary life in Damascus.
| 14:00Johnny attempts to support a friend. 14:15Claire's work in security intelligence has her ignoring professional and personal demands.
| 14:00Coronavirus and social distancing.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural panel show from home. 14:45Conversations from the archive about how people navigated the huge roadblocks of history.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Radio's most fiendish quiz, with Tom Sutcliffe asking the trademark cryptic questions 15:30How cancer can impact our relationship with food - and why it's so important to rebuild it
| 15:007/7Josie Long presents short documentaries about storytellers. 15:30A new report reveals the scale of open burning of plastic waste. Are manufacturers liable?
| 15:00Weddings cancelled, holidays in ruins, properties empty will insurance pay out? 15:30Claudia Hammond reports on the unfolding coronavirus pandemic.
| 15:00Helen Glover discovers what's in her own back garden with the help of Steve Backshall. 15:27Steph McGovern makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of In2Science UK 15:30Mariella Frostrup talks to Maggie O'Farrell about her new novel, Hamnet.
| 15:00Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural panel show from home. 15:45A woman returns to Belfast to care for her dying grandmother.
| 15:00Musical drama written by and starring Roland Gift about love, felony and betrayal.
| 15:00In Margaret Drabble’s novel an actor’s wife finds life in rep more than she bargained for.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Singing together is bringing hope to a struggling South African community. 16:30Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 16:00Shared Parental Leave has a 3% take-up in the UK. Fi Glover asks why it is so low. 16:30Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 16:00Simon Mayo, Iain Lee and Linda McDermott on why the DJs will save us. 16:30Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 16:00Models and graphs informing government strategy; Isolation tips; Fun science for kids. 16:30Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on an MI6 officer, a cartoonist, a civil rights leader, a singer. 16:30Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 16:00Working from home, how are you finding it?
| 16:00James Naughtie and readers talk to American writer Jenny Offill about Dept. of Speculation 16:30Salma El-Wardany explores the link between poetry and revolution - political and personal.
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| 17:00 | | | | | | 17:00Full coverage of the day's news 17:30Without a lockdown, South Korea has had great success against Covid-19. How? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00The secret lives of Catholic priests' children. 17:40Mark Coles profiles America’s top immunologist. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00One in four NHS doctors are currently unable to work as patient numbers continue to rise 18:302/6Milton’s attempt to become an international art dealer leads to a deadly brush with danger
| 18:00Minister says testing expansion constrained by problems accessing vital chemicals 18:30Comedy writer, producer and poet Henry Normal looks at our relationship with the universe.
| 18:00More than 2,000 NHS staff in England have been tested for coronavirus. 18:301/4Max and Mike try to live ethically, so how can they choose a holiday?
| 18:00The government vows to increase coronavirus testing. 18:301/4Matt persuades his carer Bob to pretend to be him and ring a prospective internet date.
| 18:00People are urged to continue social distancing despite forecasts of good weather. 18:305/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis keep at a safe distance as they present the week, with jokes.
| 18:00UK's daily COVID-19 deaths exceed 700 for the first time; while confirmed cases are down. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Matt Hancock threatens to ban outdoor exercise, if people ignore social distancing rules. 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Roy faces an uncomfortable request 19:15Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson talks to Front Row and plays live from Reykjavik 19:451/5A repressed schoolmaster has marriage on his mind.
| 19:00Justin finds himself challenged. 19:15Soprano Chen Reiss on her recording of Beethoven's Arias 19:452/5A haunting story of love, obsession and the supernatural.
| 19:00Elizabeth uses the benefit of her experience. 19:15Kirsty Lang interviews playwright James Graham, author of Quiz, This House and Ink. 19:453/5A haunting tale of unrequited love.
| 19:00Johnny attempts to support a friend. 19:15Dua Lipa discusses her new album Future Nostalgia. 19:454/5A beautiful tale of love and betrayal.
| 19:00Soweto Kinch on Miles Davis's album Bitches Brew, and Children's Laureate Cressida Cowell. 19:455/5A story of regret about a coffin maker whose wife of 50 years is taken seriously ill.
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles America’s top immunologist. 19:152/4Grayson Perry questions the often-heard assertion that anything can be art.
| 19:15Nicholas Parsons with panellists Paul Merton, Sue Perkins, Graham Norton and Ross Noble. 19:453/4By Martin Meenan. Missing jigsaw pieces bring three generations of a family together.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Is there such a thing as a beauty bias? 20:30Saying no to dating is part of a growing ultraconservative social movement in Indonesia.
| 20:00The secret lives of Catholic priests' children. 20:40As the reality of the coronavirus lockdown hits - how are blind and VI people coping?
| 20:001/4Mary Ann Sieghart discusses the long-term impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the state. 20:45Writer Tim Lott reflects on the impact of parenthood on his identity.
| 20:00How close to a vaccine are we and how important is mass testing? 20:30How coronavirus is straining global delivery networks.
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from London Broadcasting House. 20:50Adam Gopnik on life in lockdown in New York.
| 20:00The St Paul's Riots in Bristol in 1980 remembered by those who took part.
| 20:00A special broadcast by Her Majesty the Queen to the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. 20:04National and international news from BBC Radio 4 20:15Is being idle the answer to information overload? With psychoanalyst and idler Josh Cohen. 20:30The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience
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| 21:00 | 21:00Ian Sansom meets the people daring to dream beyond their own lifespans. 21:30Nick Timothy and Danny Dorling with Amol Rajan
| 21:00Claudia Hammond reports on the unfolding coronavirus pandemic. 21:30Is the coronavirus pandemic having a different impact on men and women?
| 21:00A new report reveals the scale of open burning of plastic waste. Are manufacturers liable? 21:30Simon Mayo, Iain Lee and Linda McDermott on why the DJs will save us.
| 21:00Models and graphs informing government strategy; Isolation tips; Fun science for kids. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the cause and impact of the gin craze in the 18th century.
| 21:00University of Hertfordshire students create an oral history archive - in a weekend.
| 21:003/6Lenny Henry as Frank Watt, a lifer coming to the end of a 30 year prison sentence. 21:458/8By Nick Walker. Annika investigates a crime in the northern town of Alta.
| 21:00New starters, employers and experts discuss the government's furloughed worker scheme. 21:25Kate Humble makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of PHASE Worldwide 21:30How coronavirus is straining global delivery networks.
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| 22:00 | 22:00£75 million spent on chartering flights for people trying to get back to UK 22:4511/15Anton Lesser continues the long-awaited finale to Hilary Mantel's Thomas Cromwell series
| 22:00Michael Gove says there are difficulties securing chemicals required to expand testing 22:4512/15Anton Lesser continues the finale to Hilary Mantel's acclaimed Thomas Cromwell series.
| 22:00Biggest rise in UK deaths from coronavirus in a single day 22:4513/15Anton Lesser continues the final part of Hilary Mantel's acclaimed Thomas Cromwell series.
| 22:00UK announces plans to significantly increase tests for coronavirus 22:4514/15Anton Lesser continues the finale to Hilary Mantel's Booker-winning Thomas Cromwell series
| 22:00Matt Hancock implores public to stay indoors to prevent further spread of coronavirus 22:4515/15Anton Lesser reads the finale to Hilary Mantel's award-winning Thomas Cromwell series.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:151/4Mary Ann Sieghart discusses the long-term impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the state.
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Documentary adventures that encourage you to take a closer listen. 23:30How has technology extended the reach of emotional abuse?
| 23:00The opinionated comedian on the Nanny State and his dislike of too many rules. 23:30Aleks Krotoski explores why science is being drowned out by Snake Oil online.
| 23:003/4Tim Key is live in a cave network in Austria with water rising, and no means of escape. 23:30In a digital world Aleks explores whether silence is becoming harder to experience.
| 23:001/6Jon Holmes, Jake Yapp, Salma Shah and Natt Tapley drop in on isolated home-bound guests. 23:30Journalist Kirran Shah explores the spirit of Bradford’s spoken-word counter culture.
| 23:00Nazir Afzal and Maggie Gee choose books they recommend reading 23:25Sophie Duker traces the 20-year history of the 'bible' of polyamory, The Ethical Slut. 23:55Two Jerseymen who joined up in World War II talk movingly about their experience of war.
| 23:00Radio's most fiendish quiz, with Tom Sutcliffe asking the trademark cryptic questions 23:30Poetry anthology celebrating Muslim women, queer, trans, and gender non-conforming voices.
| 23:00Andrew Kotting on The Whalebone Box. 23:30Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand explores our fascination with immortality.
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