| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Strategic ignorance and knowledge resistance. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St Michael in Southampton 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/10A desperate man begs Rob Lawrie to risk his freedom by smuggling his daughter into Britain 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/10Sniffer dogs pick up a scent and police search the van. Will they find the hidden girl? 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/10Rob's freedom hangs in the balance: judges look set to find him guilty of smuggling. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/10A twist in the tale as a desperate woman comes forward claiming to be the child's Mum. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/10The authorities draw a blank in the search for the child and police say they can't act. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:1511/3030 of the world's sharpest minds choose a work from MoMA's collection. How do they see it? 00:30By Divya Ghelani. Pramila’s training for the skipathon does not go smoothly. 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 | 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with Canon Simon Doogan 05:45Red Kites thrive 30 years after reintroduction, farm fatalities fall, pollinating insects. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the yellowhammer.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with Canon Simon Doogan 05:45George Eustice says leaving the EU will help shape the UK’s approach to the environment. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the sandwich tern.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with Canon Simon Doogan 05:45A ballot of two thousand growers in England is asking for views on paying a levy. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the common buzzard.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with Canon Simon Doogan 05:45Caz Graham asks BBC correspondent Mark D'Arcy about the Trade Bill and Agriculture Bill. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the osprey.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with Canon Simon Doogan 05:45UK scientists to start field trials for a bovine TB vaccination. Meadows for pollinators. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the house martin.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Dr Myriam François. 05:45Carl Honoré thinks we're all missing out by stereotyping older people as 'over the hill'.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from St. Peter’s in Curdridge in Hampshire. 05:45Mark Coles profiles the scientist leading the Oxford University vaccine team.
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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. 06:07A coastal dawn walk with wildlife filmmaker John Aitchison in West Scotland. 06:30Nature and the green recovery, and the importance of pollinators. Sybil Ruscoe presents. 06:57The latest weather forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Actor Felicity Finch reflects on a life of dance. 06:35How Australian winemakers have adapted to destructive bush fires. 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. 07:10A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week with William Crawley. 07:54Sandi Toksvig makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Five Talents 07:57The latest weather forecast
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| 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service preparing for this year's "Virtually Keswick" Convention centred on Hope 08:48Rebecca Stott tells the story of 536 AD - the year the sun 'disappeared'. 08:58Kate Humble presents the willow warbler.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Nicola Benedetti gives us the player's perspective on Bruch's famous Violin Concerto No 1 09:307/10Sean Bean presents a series exploring how war experiences filter down the generations 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by The Rev Calvin T. Samuel.
| 09:00Sangita Myska sets out to find the world's brightest ideas that could make Britain better. 09:30David Cannadine tells the story behind the buzzword Disruptors. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by The Rev Andrew Martlew
| 09:00What makes Ravel's Pavane For A Dead Princess so evocative and emotional? 09:30Carl Honoré thinks we're all missing out by stereotyping older people as 'over the hill'. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Emma Scrivener.
| 09:00Jonathan Freedland explores presidential elections fought amidst racial turmoil. 09:30James Burke joins the dots on his 'Knowledge Web' 09:45A Meditation led by the Canon Precentor of Wakefield Cathedral, Rev Leah Vasey-Saunders.
| 09:00Annie Nightingale, DJ, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Canon Stephen Shipley
| 09:00The Naked podcaster Kat Harbourne and the Inheritance Tracks of Jessie Ware.
| 09:00News with Paddy O'Connell including what it's now like to visit a loved one in a care home
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| 10:00 | 10:00Is it okay to leave a friend on a night out? 10:45Test Match Special: England v West Indies. Commentary on the Second Test from Southampton.
| 10:00Gender neutral parenting. High street job losses and the impact on female workers. 10:452/5Hannah and Mark start dissecting events after a drunken night out.
| 10:00How to guides: how to be a good friend. 10:453/5A family barbecue gets Hannah and Mark’s debrief treatment.
| 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world. 10:454/5Hannah and Mark ruthlessly review four-year-old Finn’s school play.
| 10:00Mary Trump on the book she has written about her famous uncle. 10:25Test Match Special. England v West Indies. Commentary on the 3rd Test from Old Trafford.
| 10:305/6Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show. 10:45Test Match Special. England v West Indies. Commentary on the 3rd Test from Old Trafford.
| 10:00Alice’s big decision causes ructions and Ed’s past returns to haunt him. 10:45Test Match Special. England v West Indies. Commentary on the 3rd Test from Old Trafford.
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| 11:00 | | 11:002/3How could we change our political system for the better? 11:30Maya Millett speaks to the archivists amplifying the buried stories of African-Americans.
| 11:00The stories of three people who have been removed or deported from the UK to Nigeria. 11:30Lockdown comedy drama produced as part of Culture in Quarantine.
| 11:00How Syria's secret photographer worked and survived under every force in the conflict. 11:30Susurrations, the songs trees sing in the wind and how writers and musicians capture these
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| 12:00 | | 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:047/10Big Madam is angry with Adunni again. 12:18What's it like recovering from Covid-19? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:048/10Adunni and her new friend head to the market. 12:18Actor John Thomson shares his lockdown side-hustle after all his work was cancelled. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:049/10Miss Tia’s mother has a bizarre plan to help her start a family. 12:18A new organisation is launched to drive through improvements to regional public transport. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | | 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:452/5Aged 19, Jacob Dunne was convicted of manslaughter for killing a man with a single punch.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:453/5Aged 19, Jacob Dunne was convicted of manslaughter for killing a man with a single punch.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:454/5Aged 19, Jacob Dunne was convicted of manslaughter for killing a man with a single punch.
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| 14:00 | | 14:00Chris finds himself in trouble. 14:152/3The Syrian uprising turns increasingly violent as the Government cracks down on protest.
| 14:00Alice’s big decision causes ructions 14:153/3The Free Syrian Army must fight both ISIS and Government forces to protect Yarmouk.
| 14:00Ed’s past returns to haunt him 14:15Can two independent elderly folk be lured into a speed-date? Ross Dunsmore explores.
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| 15:00 | | 15:004/6Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show. 15:30James Veitch hopes to fix things with his ex-girlfriend by attempting time travel.
| 15:00If you're claiming benefits for the first time, due to the pandemic, what's it like? 15:30Dr Margaret McCartney looks at the vital role of public health in the pandemic.
| 15:00A coastal dawn walk with wildlife filmmaker John Aitchison in West Scotland. 15:27Comedian Adrian Edmondson makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity CHICKS. 15:30Elizabeth Day talks to Eley Williams about her new book, The Liar's Dictionary.
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| 16:00 | | 16:00Jeffrey Boakye talks with Iesha Small on the language of power and inequality in education 16:30Sarah Keyworth and Lissa Evans talk about books they love with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Push buttons: pleasure, panic and the politics of pushing. 16:30The niche broadcasters taking on the mainstream.
| 16:30Pre-prints over peer review during the COVID pandemic, and roads and birds.
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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
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| 18:00 | | 18:00Report on Russian interference in the UK says ministers 'actively avoided' looking for it 18:302/6The globetrotting, trash-picking, aisle-rolling storyteller with more wit and wisdom.
| 18:00Labour pays damages to whistleblowers in bid to distance party from anti Semitism row 18:303/4Victoria Coren Mitchell interviews Sarah Millican about cars.
| 18:00Guidance on wearing face coverings in shops published, before coming compulsory tonight. 18:303/6Comedy series about a man struggling to cope with being reincarnated as various animals.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Chris finds himself in trouble. 19:15Josephine Mackerras on her film, Alice, about a woman who becomes an escort. 19:451/5A young couple dissect the events of a life-changing family meal.
| 19:00Alice’s big decision causes ructions 19:15Nell Dunn on her new memoir The Muse, Kelly O'Sullivan, 846, Q Magazine. 19:452/5Hannah and Mark start dissecting events after a drunken night out.
| 19:00Ed’s past returns to haunt him 19:15Director Oliver Stone on getting into Hollywood chronicled in his memoir Chasing the Light 19:453/5A family barbecue gets Hannah and Mark’s debrief treatment.
| 19:00Emma and Ed face a dilemma 19:15Jimmy McGovern; crime writing; dancing in lockdown; photographer Tyler Mitchell. 19:454/5Hannah and Mark ruthlessly review four-year-old Finn’s school play.
| 19:00Director Mira Nair on her television adaptation of Vikram Seth's novel, A Suitable Boy. 19:455/5Hannah’s 40th birthday party is dissected in the family treehouse.
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles the scientist leading the Oxford University vaccine team. 19:15How do we construct our pictures of the past asks Hilary Mantel.
| 19:0010/10The big moment arrives. Will Thomas win the biggest cash prize ever offered on Indian TV? 19:154/6In Carolyn's race against time, what better place than a sleepy Spanish airfield? 19:455/5The Best-Thumbed Parts Of Her Novel by Robert Shearman. A writer is losing her words.
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| 20:00 | 20:00The stories of three people who have been removed or deported from the UK to Nigeria. 20:30Behavioural fatigue: what is it, where did it come from, and what’s the link with Nudge?
| 20:00Does a financial system with roots deep in the past have answers to modern economic woes? 20:40What does leaving the EU mean for taking guide dogs abroad?
| 20:00Engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. 20:45Carl Honoré thinks we're all missing out by stereotyping older people as 'over the hill'.
| 20:00How can the UK shape foreign policy in response to the threats posed by Russia and China? 20:30Practical solutions for companies that want to have a more racially diverse workforce.
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate from Broadcasting House in London. 20:50Rebecca Stott tells the story of 536 AD - the year the sun 'disappeared'.
| 20:00Mark Lawson on the rich history of medical programmes, fact and fiction, on radio and TV.
| 20:00The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience 20:30Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a publisher, an educationalist and a nutritionist.
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| 21:00 | 21:001/3How could we change our political system for the better? 21:30Nicola Benedetti gives us the player's perspective on Bruch's famous Violin Concerto No 1
| 21:00Dr Margaret McCartney looks at the vital role of public health in the pandemic. 21:30Sangita Myska sets out to find the world's brightest ideas that could make Britain better.
| 21:00What makes Ravel's Pavane For A Dead Princess so evocative and emotional? 21:30The niche broadcasters taking on the mainstream.
| 21:00Pre-prints over peer review during the COVID pandemic, and roads and birds. 21:30Jonathan Freedland explores presidential elections fought amidst racial turmoil.
| 21:00Christine Finn explores the world of recorded natural sound and those who relax to it.
| 21:009/9Final episode in the conspiracy thriller by Matthew Broughton. Starring Romola Garai. 21:451/3Will Leah catch the last kindertransport out of Vienna?
| 21:00Back at work with no childcare, customers 'stuck' with their cars and a fraud in progress. 21:25Sandi Toksvig makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Five Talents 21:30Behavioural fatigue: what is it, where did it come from, and what’s the link with Nudge?
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| 22:00 | 22:00Clinical trials conclude the jab is safe and triggers immune response 22:456/10Adunni learns to keep a low profile in Big Madam’s house.
| 22:00Govt accused of avoiding investigation into interference in Brexit referendum 22:457/10Big Madam is angry with Adunni again.
| 22:00US State Department accuses Beijing of interfering in American affairs 22:458/10Adunni and her new friend head to the market.
| 22:00Secretary of State calls for international coalition to help change Beijing’s behaviour 22:459/10Miss Tia’s mother has a bizarre plan to help her start a family.
| 22:00Tensions reach most acute levels since the countries normalised relations in 1972 22:4510/10Adunni’s voice is about to be heard.
| 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.
| 22:00Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Professor Tanya Byron examines the language of Covid-19 with author Mark Honigsbaum. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince look at what science can reveal about human history, from space. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:001/4Sindhu Vee talks to Guz Khan about their mothers, and lockdown. 23:153/4Fast-paced sketch show from character comedian Damien Slash (aka Daniel Barker). 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.
| 23:00Greg James, proud radio nerd, rummages through the BBC's vast archives. 23:30Rowland Hill went from disgruntled user to radical reformer of Britain’s postal system. 23:45News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.
| 23:00Sarah Keyworth and Lissa Evans talk about books they love with Harriett Gilbert. 23:30Is RFID introducing an 'internet of things'? Or are its glory days behind it? 23:45News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:004/6Three students from Durham University take on their professors in the upbeat quiz. 23:302/2Following the Japanese poets who are embedding poetry into the city of Tokyo.
| 23:30Actor Felicity Finch reflects on a life of dance.
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