| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Blood - its many meanings. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the church of Saints Peter and Paul, Kingsbury in Warwickshire 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Hamed Amiri's mother speaks out against the Taliban in Afghanistan, so they must flee. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5With Hussein's health deteriorating, the family must try to get out of Moscow fast. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5The Amiri family are still desperate to get to the UK. They pray the NHS will save Hussein 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The Amiri family finally make it to the UK and hope Hussein's health now stands a chance. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Thanks to the NHS, Hussein's health improves. He tries his hardest to give something back. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:154/5How reality TV set the tone for our behaviours on social media 00:30A mysterious host anxiously awaits her young guests. Read by Clare Dunne. 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.
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| 05:00 | 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection 05:45Bayer is to pay out £8.8bn to settle Roundup weedkiller cancer claims. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Geoff Sample enjoys the Dupont's lark on Tweet of the Day.
| 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection 05:45A new Trade and Agriculture Commission has been announced to advise on future trade deals. 05:58Becky Unthank, one half of the folk group The Unthanks recalls why she named her son wren.
| 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection 05:45Neil Parish MP tells Anna Hill how the UK's food supply might change in the future. 05:58Musician Fyfe Dangerfield uses his own birdsong recordings to experiment with music.
| 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection 05:45The government has announced £40m for Green Recovery but some don't think it's enough. 05:58Author James Henry recalls the little owl for Tweet of the Day.
| 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection 05:45Businesses are getting ready as rural tourism opens up in England and Northern Ireland. 05:58For Rachel Unthank a lifetime interest in magpies provides this Tweet of the Day.
| 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Ann Memmott 05:45Sammy Wright asks why we put such weight on exam results.
| 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from The Parish Church of Our Lady and St Nicholas in Liverpool 05:45Becky Milligan looks at the life of actor and activist Sir Ian McKellen.
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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. 06:07Julie Walters shares memories of her favourite childhood park, Warley Woods in Smethwick. 06:30We catch up on preparations as rural Britain braces for lockdown easing. 06:57The latest weather forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Arts journalist Marie-Louise Muir considers the value of human touch. 06:35Caz Graham gets the summer started with a visit to a strawberry farm. 06:57The latest weather forecast
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| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week with Edward Stourton. 07:54Richard Osman makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Nystagmus Network 07:57The latest weather forecast
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| 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10The Rev Lucy Winkett and Bob Chilcott explore the power of music in troubled times. 08:48Bernardine Evaristo discusses how we historicise the past 08:58Michaela Strachan presents the stonechat.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Brit Bennett and Gary Younge 09:30Join Greg Jenner for a fun homeschool history lesson on the life of Queen Cleopatra. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Bishop Chris Edmondson.
| 09:00Working to live, not living to work 09:30Does getting old mean you have to lose control of your life? With Diana Davies. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by The Reverend Steven Benson
| 09:00Bad decision-making, bad advice, or bad luck? 09:30Sammy Wright asks why we put such weight on exam results. 09:45Christian worship led by the Reverend Dr Jenn Strawbridge.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of Mary, Queen of Scots. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Bishop Jo Bailey Wells.
| 09:00Helen McCrory, actress, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Volney Morgan.
| 09:00Broadcaster Huey Morgan on his latest musical adventure and mudlark Lisa Woollett.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Skin-lightening creams, women gamers, Panama, Single parents challenge to CMS. 10:451/10Whodunit set in India. Suspect number one: the mobile phone thief with big dreams.
| 10:00Women and Gaming, ICU nurse Dawn Bilbrough, Poulomi Basu, Puberty blockers 10:452/10Whodunit set in India. Suspect number two: the Bollywood actress with the guilty secret.
| 10:00Women and gaming; Ireland & abortion statistics; Amanda Craig; gender equality in theatre. 10:453/10Suspect number three: an American who has come to India to marry his mail-order bride.
| 10:00The Double X Economy, gender bias at work and a new film on friendship, Lynn and Lucy. 10:454/10Suspect number 4: an ambitious and corrupt politician embarrassed by her son's activities.
| 10:00What do you do when your toddler is a fussy eater? 10:455/10Suspect number five: a tribesman brought to Delhi by his one-legged welfare officer.
| 10:302/6Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show.
| 10:00Elizabeth takes the first step and Freddie realises what’s important. 10:55An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the garden warbler and blackcap.
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| 11:00 | 11:00New universal credit claimants tell us about their lives on hold. 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00Naturalist Brett Westwood considers migration in differing forms from the DRC to the UK. 11:30How are the world’s musicians, sound artists and poets responding to the loss of species?
| 11:00Rebecca Morelle asks whether we're about to witness a new golden era of human spaceflight. 11:304/6Andy and Jeff have a major problem to solve - each other.
| 11:00Stories from South Asia, Italy, Iraqi Kurdistan and on Japan's approach to Covid-19. 11:30Anna McNamee meets the artists and poets using genetic science to create stunning works.
| 11:00In 1940, an attack on the 'guilty' in government caused uproar. What can it tell us today? 11:303/4Dave introduces his new girlfriend Margot, but not everyone is convinced.
| 11:00Chris Hope of the Daily Telegraph with Radio 4's account of the political week. 11:30Stories from Russia, Spain, the US, Belgium, and on a new wave of violence in Afghanistan.
| 11:00Helen Fielding, writer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 11:452/5Janet Ellis explores how this elemental mark has inspired great world art.
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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. 12:061/10Gripping contemporary novel by Lottie Moggach. Read by Will Howard. 12:20Scotland joins the rest of the UK in reopening its non-essential shops. 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. 12:062/10Gripping contemporary novel by Lottie Moggach. Read by Maggie Service and Will Howard. 12:20Call You & Yours asks are you going on a summer holiday abroad? 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. 12:063/10Gripping contemporary novel by Lottie Moggach. Read by Will Howard and Maggie Service. 12:20Has the war on single use plastic taken a backseat in lockdown? 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. 12:064/10Gripping contemporary novel by Lottie Moggach. Read by Maggie Service and Will Howard. 12:20Will drinkers take to the 'new normal' when pubs re-open this weekend 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. 12:065/10Gripping contemporary novel by Lottie Moggach. Read by Maggie Service and Will Howard. 12:20How will coronavirus impact your travel insurance? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Loot box games aimed at children with odds of 0.01% of winning the jackpot prize 12:304/6It’s not a cure, but they say laughter's the best medicine. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:043/6Four comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game. 12:32Jaega Wise meets three people speaking out about inequality in the food world. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:451/5Neil MacGregor's world history - an account of a great flood much older than the Bible.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:452/5Neil MacGregor describes man's early calculations on an Egyptian papyrus fragment
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:453/5Neil MacGregor's history arrives at a Minoan treasure and a dangerous hobby from 1700 BC
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:454/5Neil MacGregor tells the story of a gold cape found in Wales and made over 3500 years ago.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:455/5The world of Egypt as ruled by Ramesses II and told through one of his giant statues
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate from London Broadcasting House.
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Capturing the nation in conversation as we emerge from lockdown.
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| 14:00 | 14:006/8The riddle of the barber, poison times two, you remind me of my sister. 14:45The 2,700 year old sculpture that guarded the gates of one of antiquity's fabled cities
| 14:00Elizabeth considers her options. 14:15By Gabriele Kögl. Prix Europa-winning Austrian play with Maggie Steed.
| 14:15A moving and nuanced drama about motherhood starring Sue Johnston and Christine Bottomley.
| 14:00Elizabeth takes the first step 14:15Rumpole defends Hilda’s relation in an Ecclesiastical court. With Benedict Cumberbatch.
| 14:00Freddie realises what’s important. 14:15A woman waits in hospital while her husband tears across London with a priceless suitcase.
| 14:00Are you off to the pub? Or to the hairdressers?
| 14:00Kathy Clugston and the panel answer gardening questions sent in by listeners. 14:455/5Twenty years after Big Brother hit our screens and reality TV has produced a president
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| 15:00 | 15:001/6Three students from Bournemouth University take on their professors in the upbeat quiz. 15:30As part of the BBC Rethink series Dan Saladino looks at food post-Covid.
| 15:001/6Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show. 15:304/6When and how is the universe going to end?
| 15:00The government-backed loans designed to give small firms quick and easy access to cash. 15:30Blue Health; talking to the dying; diet, exercise and memory decline.
| 15:00Julie Walters shares memories of her favourite childhood park, Warley Woods in Smethwick. 15:27Mike Wooldridge makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Hospice Care Kenya 15:30Alex Clark speaks to Elizabeth Wetmore about her book Valentine
| 15:00Kathy Clugston and the panel answer gardening questions sent in by listeners. 15:45A mysterious host anxiously awaits her young guests. Read by Clare Dunne.
| 15:00Comedy by Christopher Douglas, Radio Four's Ed Reardon.
| 15:003/6Akbar Kurtha stars in a dramatisation of Levi's stories about life, matter and war.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Smetana's hymn to his native Czech land - Ma Vlast is the manuscript subject this week. 16:30Aleks Krotoski asks if moving our lives online has given us a false sense of normality.
| 16:00Jerry Brotton navigates the transformation from paper to digital mapping. 16:30Artist Laurie Anderson and DJ and writer Stuart Maconie choose their favourite books.
| 16:30Times Radio launches and a reckoning for Twitch.
| 16:00Mark Jenkin, Carol Morley and Andrew Kotting. 16:30Preventing zoonotic pandemics; invasive species; blood groups and COVID-19
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a designer, an MP, a psychiatrist, a music editor. 16:30The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience
| 16:00Skin lightening creams, the film Lynn and Lucy & Panama's sex segregated lockdown
| 16:00Scott Turow talks about his first thriller, Presumed Innocent, with James Naughtie 16:30We join Helen Mort in Sheffield as she chooses her favourite poems.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news 17:30Nick Robinson interviews the outgoing Israeli ambassador to the UK, Mark Regev. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Racism in the police: do the UK police treat black and ethnic minority officers fairly? 17:40Becky Milligan looks at the life of actor and activist Sir Ian McKellen. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Unions criticise plans to fine parents whose children don't return to school in September 18:303/6Four comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
| 18:00PM launches plan to revive economy. Labour says there's nothing new in his promises. 18:303/4Comedian and policeman Alfie Moore asks his audience to help him solve a real-life crime.
| 18:00More than 11,000 job losses have been announced in the past two days. 18:301/4Victoria Coren Mitchell interviews Dawn French about her life, and the cars she has known!
| 18:00Hundreds of arrests in UK after police in EU penetrate criminals' secret communications 18:306/6Gruff's mum visits - but how will she react to news about her ex-husband?
| 18:00The countries people can travel to without quarantine on return to England are revealed. 18:304/6It’s not a cure, but they say laughter's the best medicine.
| 18:00Thousands of pubs, restaurants, cinemas and hairdressers re-open in England 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The head of the NHS in England gives the government a year to reform social care. 18:15Lindsey Chapman picks the best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Elizabeth considers her options. 19:15Kevin Kwan, author of the Crazy Rich Asians novels, and ENO's Annilese Miskimmon 19:451/10Whodunit set in India. Suspect number one: the mobile phone thief with big dreams.
| 19:15Simon Rattle and other leading figures discuss the crisis facing the arts.
| 19:00Elizabeth takes the first step 19:15Werner Herzog on his latest film, Danny Sapani on play Les Blancs, Watford's big bookclub. 19:453/10Suspect number three: an American who has come to India to marry his mail-order bride.
| 19:00Freddie realises what’s important. 19:15The Secrets She Keeps, Fyzal Boulifa on his new film Lynn + Lucy, Urdu poetry in Bradford. 19:454/10Suspect number 4: an ambitious and corrupt politician embarrassed by her son's activities.
| 19:00Theatres wrapped in pink to campaign for survival. 19:455/10Suspect number five: a tribesman brought to Delhi by his one-legged welfare officer.
| 19:00Becky Milligan looks at the life of actor and activist Sir Ian McKellen. 19:15Poet Laureate Simon Armitage talks to naturalist Chris Packham about life, art and music.
| 19:007/10Can Thomas's encounters with the Tragedy Queen help him reach the next stage of the quiz? 19:151/6Carolyn hasn't spoken to her sister for 15 years. So Arthur prepares a surprise party. 19:452/5Old Spice by Susmita Bhattacharya. There is a new member at Charles’ poetry group.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Rebecca Morelle asks whether we're about to witness a new golden era of human spaceflight. 20:30What should government priorities be now that it has such a dominant role in the economy?
| 20:00Racism in the police: do the UK police treat black and ethnic minority officers fairly? 20:40The RNIB respond to the damming report produced by the Charity Commission.
| 20:00Engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. 20:45Sammy Wright asks why we put such weight on exam results.
| 20:00How local lockdowns will work, Leicester’s is likely to be the first of many. 20:30Can science save the economy? Evan Davis and guests discuss.
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate from London Broadcasting House. 20:50Bernardine Evaristo discusses how we historicise the past
| 20:00Houston, we've had a problem. How the mission of Apollo 13 was saved
| 20:00The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience 20:30Matthew Bannister on a designer, an MP, a psychiatrist, a music editor.
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| 21:00 | 21:00The third man behind the unravelling of DNA's double helix, Maurice Wilkins. 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Brit Bennett and Gary Younge
| 21:00Blue Health; talking to the dying; diet, exercise and memory decline. 21:30Working to live, not living to work
| 21:00Bad decision-making, bad advice, or bad luck? 21:30Times Radio launches and a reckoning for Twitch.
| 21:00Preventing zoonotic pandemics; invasive species; blood groups and COVID-19 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of Mary, Queen of Scots.
| 21:004/20Neil Macgregor retells humanity's history through the objects it has made
| 21:006/9Sixth in a nine-part conspiracy thriller by Matthew Broughton. Starring Romola Garai. 21:451/6A cellist sets off reluctantly to play at an outdoor concert.
| 21:00Loot box games aimed at children with odds of 0.01% of winning the jackpot prize 21:25Richard Osman makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Nystagmus Network 21:30What should government priorities be now that it has such a dominant role in the economy?
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| 22:00 | 22:00Non-essential shops and schools to close 22:451/10Gripping contemporary novel by Lottie Moggach. Read by Will Howard.
| 22:00For the first time, suspects can be transferred to mainland courts 22:452/10Gripping contemporary novel by Lottie Moggach. Read by Maggie Service and Will Howard.
| 22:00Up to three-million people offered new rights to live and work in Britain 22:453/10Gripping contemporary novel by Lottie Moggach. Read by Will Howard and Maggie Service.
| 22:00Maxwell charged with helping Jeffrey Epstein abuse underage girls 22:454/10Gripping contemporary novel by Lottie Moggach. Read by Maggie Service and Will Howard.
| 22:00Boris Johnson calls on drinkers to be responsible 22:455/10Gripping contemporary novel by Lottie Moggach. Read by Maggie Service and Will Howard.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Engaging live 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 | 23:00Daria escorts Pan to The Convocation. An era has ended. Can, or should, a new one begin? 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Vicky Pattison and Ercan Ramadan chat public perceptions and relaxing in airports. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:004/6Sarah Parish plays the neighbour from hell in this comic monologue by Jenny Eclair. 23:154/4More one-man sketch comedy show from YouTube's Damien Slash. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:002/4Leo’s aristocratic friend Clementine seeks love to heal sorrow. Leo offers friendship. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Artist Laurie Anderson and DJ and writer Stuart Maconie choose their favourite books. 23:30The pencil claims to be a miracle product of the free market, but is that true? 23:45News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:001/6Three students from Bournemouth University take on their professors in the upbeat quiz. 23:30Kathleen Jamie guests with a selection of listener requests
| 23:00Mark Jenkin, Carol Morley and Andrew Kotting. 23:30Arts journalist Marie-Louise Muir considers the value of human touch.
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