| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The Bed: an exploration of its history and many uses. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from Saint Barnabas, Queen Camel in Somerset 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5As the century turns 21, five essayists offer their personal appraisals and advice. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5As the century turns 21, five essayists offer their personal appraisals and advice. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5As the century turns 21, five essayists offer their personal appraisals and advice. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5As the century turns 21, five essayists offer their personal appraisals and advice. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5As the century turns 21, five essayists offer their personal appraisals and advice. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:153/10Peter White challenges our modern ideas of freaks - were they in fact great entrepreneurs? 00:30"Sundays at our house are always loud." 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. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Dr Krish Kandiah 05:45Huge farming survey aims to help charity understand the wellbeing of a farming generation. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Mat Waddington found a long tailed tit playing cupid in his Worcester village.
| 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 Krish Kandiah 05:45Farming under a new EU trade deal - what are the pitfalls and opportunities? 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the Tree Sparrow.
| 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 Krish Kandiah 05:45Seed potato growers remain unable to export into EU despite Brexit trade deal 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the puffin.
| 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 Krish Kandiah 05:45Consultation begins into changing UK gene editing rules, and money-saving at British Wool 05:58Urban Birder David Lindo in praise of the robin.
| 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 Krish Kandiah 05:45Environment secretary George Eustice discusses gene editing in England. 05:58Chris Packham presents the mandarin duck.
| 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 The Rt Revd Dr David Bruce 05:45Sound recordist Chris Watson joins the annual migration of wildebeest.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from Guildford Cathedral in Surrey. 05:45The famed make-up artist and entrepreneur is the first in her industry to be made a dame.
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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. 06:07Brett Westwood and Rosemary Winnall are in Wyre Forest in search of wild service trees. 06:30Gene editing, energy and the realities of our new trading relationship with the EU. 06:57The latest weather forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Samira Ahmed reflects on the power and pleasure of making things by hand. 06:35Charlotte Smith meets Sinead Fenton and Adam Smith, a couple with growing ambition. 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 Edward Stourton. 07:54Nozibele Qamngana-Mayaba makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Ubuntu Pathways. 07:57The latest weather forecast
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| 08:00 | | | 08:45News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament.
| 08:31News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament.
| 08:45Yesterday in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 08:45News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament
| 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Martin Palmer explores how faith can partner with conservation movements. 08:48Adam Gopnik attempts to make sense of events in Washington this week. 08:58Liz Bonnin presents an Antarctic specialist, the delicate-looking snow petrel.
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| 09:00 | 09:001/5Wealth Fairness: how much does it matter and how should it be addressed? 09:45A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading prayer, and Christian music.
| 09:002/5Regional Fairness: how much does it matter and how should it be addressed? 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Mark Coffey.
| 09:003/5Educational Fairness: how much does it matter and how should it be addressed? 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Claire Campbell Smith.
| 09:004/5Heath Fairness: how much does it matter and how should it be addressed? 09:45A Meditation for Epiphany led by Rev Dr Isabelle Hamley.
| 09:005/5Generational Fairness: how much does it matter and how should it be addressed? 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Catherine Fox.
| 09:00Broadcaster Vick Hope, and Skin chooses her Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Emma Barnett with Imelda Staunton, Mel C, Jeremy Hunt and Richard Ratcliffe 10:451/5Bernard Cribbins recounts what happens to Albert Perks from The Railway Children.
| 10:00The handling and impact of the closure of schools. 10:452/5Penelope Keith recounts back stage electrically-charged encounters at a local theatre.
| 10:00#Me Too - the victories, the criticisms and the unintended consequences. 10:453/5A haunting life and death story read by renowned canal expert, Timothy West.
| 10:00The poet Carol Ann Duffy and the activist who tried to save The Happy Man tree. 10:454/5Yvonne Brewster reads an extraordinary, multi-strand story about the power of breathing.
| 10:00Singer-songwriter Holly Humberstone. Lockdown family pressures. BPAS new IVF Clinic. 10:455/5Siân Phillips reads a remarkable story about a woman mesmerized by a painting.
| 10:30The enigmatic beauty of Bowie's classic song 'Life on Mars?'
| 10:00Justin has questions to answer, and Kirsty reveals the truth 10:54The carrion crow and near relative hooded crow feature in this extended Tweet of the Day
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| 11:00 | 11:00Lucy Cooke discovers why some species reproduce without sex or the need for males. 11:30Tim Harford reports on the global race to vaccinate the world against Covid-19.
| 11:00What happened when Einstein decided to fix the fridge? 11:30Musician Bishi examines how tech and AI shape the future of music creation.
| 11:00The first African-American to have a face transplant tells his own story. 11:304/4Geoff takes on a cross country ski-ing challenge - woefully unprepared, of course.
| 11:00How seven ruthless brothers held a small Libyan town in their murderous grip. 11:30Gaylene Gould has become immune to art. Can she reawaken her sensitivity?
| 11:001/3British South Asians and the 1990s: a golden decade 11:301/2Ruby Wax explains how we got to be so frazzled and what we can do about it.
| 11:00Steve Richards assesses the political situation at the start of the year 11:30The leadership style that led to the dramatic events at Capitol Hill.
| 11:00Historian David Olusoga shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 11:45The charisma of humility and service in Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:046/10The rioters surround the houses, while the villagers watch, shaking with fear. 12:18The latest foreign travel situation and the impact 2020 has had on the travel industry. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:047/10G transitions into high school and begins to realise what he is leaving behind. 12:18Call You and Yours: What’s happening with vaccinations where you live? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:048/10Mr Slime promises the villagers their fortunes will change whilst WWII takes its toll. 12:18Why sales of exotic mushrooms are on the rise. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:049/10The villagers are horrified as their landlord sells the land from under their feet. 12:18Students demand rent refunds. Is off roading ever acceptable? Parents and gaming. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:0410/10G comes to realise the true significance of his race as he bids farewell to his village. 12:18As the vaccine rolls out so do the scams - beware! 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Now that the UK has left the European Union how will our finances change? 12:302/8A satirical review of the week's news with Andy Zaltzman 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:046/673rd Series of the multi award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee. 12:32Jaega Wise explores world of craft beer giants, BrewDog 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45Meet the sharpest minds in the race to cut carbon, one smart idea at a time.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45Can we build our cities out of wood instead of concrete and steel?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45Can underwater seagrass meadows make a comeback to reduce our carbon?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45How does ensuring girls get a full education help fight climate change?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45Meet the robots that can keep the turbines of Britain's offshore wind industry turning.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Broadcasting House in London.
| 13:00Radio 4’s look at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world. 13:30Gaylene Gould has become immune to art. Can she reawaken her sensitivity?
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| 14:00 | 14:00Contemporary two hander about male/female relationships, with a twist
| 14:00There's regret at Brookfield 14:15By Matt Hartley. Aimee's dad has been in prison for 9 years. She's 17. He's been released.
| 14:15Entertaining new dramas following the political swings of the Republican Party.
| 14:00Clarrie’s a reluctant romantic 14:15Entertaining new dramas following the political swings of the Republican Party.
| 14:00Roy has some advice for Kirsty 14:15Entertaining new dramas following the political swings of The Republican Party.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:45George Smiley investigates when a Foreign Office civil servant commits suicide.
| 14:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 14:454/10Peter White on the impact that ideas about beauty and deformity had on people's lives.
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| 15:00 | 15:005/13Another trio of music lovers joins Paul Gambaccini for the contest of musical knowledge. 15:30Dan Saladino tells the inside story of Nobel Peace Prize winners the World Food Programme.
| 15:002/7Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show. 15:30Why do some people find noises like a fork scraping a plate so terrible?
| 15:00How do you teach children and teens about money? 15:30Covid in 2021 and a blood test that claims to detect cancer early.
| 15:00Brett Westwood and Rosemary Winnall are in Wyre Forest in search of wild service trees. 15:27Chris Packham makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Keep Britain Tidy 15:30Kazuo Ishiguro, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, talks about Never Let Me Go
| 15:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 15:45"Sundays at our house are always loud."
| | 15:00A quirky, darkly comic drama inspired by David Bowie's life in Berlin. By Sean Grundy.
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| 16:00 | 16:00How the fascinating and disgusting lives of insects inspired modernist writers. 16:30Ernie Rea explores the place and nature of faith in today's world.
| 16:00Talking disability with Samantha Renke 16:30Jessica Mitford is championed by Robert Rinder.
| 16:00The poet Anthony Joseph reflects on fatherhood, in his own work and that of fellow artists 16:30Developers behind Minecraft and the Roblox game Adopt Me on keeping kids entertained.
| 16:00Ellen Burstyn and Deepa Mehta. 16:30Spacing vaccine doses, and monitoring biodiversity through sound and machine learning.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a civil servant, a chef, a consumer champion, a singer. 16:305/5Generational Fairness: how much does it matter and how should it be addressed?
| 16:15Holly Humberstone, one year on from #metoo, Imelda Staunton as the Queen.
| 16:00Chris Power talks to Bryan Washington about his debut novel, Memorial. 16:30The Scottish poet guests.
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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 of the day's news 17:30Nick Robinson talks to Kate Bingham in a personal and political interview. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00After four years of debate, what are the hopes for Britain beyond the EU? 17:40The famed make-up artist and entrepreneur is the first in her industry to be made a dame. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00PM to reveal measures, Nicola Sturgeon tells people to stay at home. 18:306/673rd Series of the multi award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee.
| 18:00PM says lockdown needed after figures suggest 1 million people in England have Covid 18:301/5New sitcom by Amna Saleem, starring Kiran Sonia Sawar.
| 18:00The number of new UK Covid deaths has exceeded 1,000 for the first time since April. 18:302/6Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam’s marriage is tested when another man comes between them.
| 18:00Donald Trump faces accusations of inciting last night's violence on Capitol Hill. 18:301/6Sarah Millican's hit panel show with two winners, the Average Jolene and Maverick Matilda.
| 18:00The UK has recorded its highest number of Coronavirus deaths in a single day. 18:302/8A satirical review of the week's news with Andy Zaltzman
| 18:00The figures come as the Queen and Prince Philip have both had the coronavirus vaccine 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The health secretary has not ruled out tightening current lockdown measures in England 18:15Salma El-Wardany chooses the best of BBC Radio this week 18:55Nozibele Qamngana-Mayaba makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Ubuntu Pathways.
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| 19:00 | 19:00There's regret at Brookfield 19:15Katya Adler on Dante; Costa category winners announced; Costa Novel winner interview. 19:451/5Bernard Cribbins recounts what happens to Albert Perks from The Railway Children.
| 19:15Tony McNamara on The Great, the "occasionally true story" of Catherine the Great. 19:452/5Penelope Keith recounts back stage electrically-charged encounters at a local theatre.
| 19:00Clarrie’s a reluctant romantic 19:15Winner of the Costa Biography Award, Lee Lawrence on his memoir The Louder I Will Sing 19:453/5A haunting life and death story read by renowned canal expert, Timothy West.
| 19:00Roy has some advice for Kirsty 19:15BBC Sound of 2021 winner Pa Salieu, Finnish TV drama, children's author Natasha Farrant. 19:454/5Yvonne Brewster reads an extraordinary, multi-strand story about the power of breathing.
| 19:00David Bowie's legacy, Costa Award-winning writer Ingrid Persaud, Pieces Of A Woman review. 19:455/5Siân Phillips reads a remarkable story about a woman mesmerized by a painting.
| 19:00The famed make-up artist and entrepreneur is the first in her industry to be made a dame. 19:154/6Pippa Evans shares her diaries with Rufus Hound. 19:458/12Marina Warner and a host of leading writers discuss contemporary fiction.
| 19:002/12Cynan Jones' electrifying new series set in the very near future. Philip Arditti reads. 19:15Kiri Pritchard-McLean wonders why millennials don't want to procreate? 19:452/10Lois wants to take her kids 'monster hunting', but are they already too grown-up?
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| 20:00 | 20:00The first African-American to have a face transplant tells his own story. 20:30How one young man went missing after Nigerian troops opened fire at a protest
| 20:00After four years of debate, what are the hopes for Britain beyond the EU?
| 20:00Louis speaks to comedian and writer Frankie Boyle. 20:45Five interconnected couples tell all.
| 20:00What do events in Washington mean for America, its institutions and its politics? 20:30A Leeds group tracking down online child predators is challenged by police: what happens?
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Broadcasting House in London. 20:50Adam Gopnik attempts to make sense of events in Washington this week.
| 20:00David Bowie’s extraordinary life and career told in his own words.
| 20:00Stuart Maconie explores the impact of Bowie and how he was always ahead of the curve.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Alan Dein searches for the stories that connect us in a changing world. 21:301/5Wealth Fairness: how much does it matter and how should it be addressed?
| 21:00Covid in 2021 and a blood test that claims to detect cancer early. 21:302/5Regional Fairness: how much does it matter and how should it be addressed?
| 21:00Developers behind Minecraft and the Roblox game Adopt Me on keeping kids entertained. 21:303/5Educational Fairness: how much does it matter and how should it be addressed?
| 21:00Spacing vaccine doses, and monitoring biodiversity through sound and machine learning. 21:304/5Heath Fairness: how much does it matter and how should it be addressed?
| 21:00Beating climate change takes the best ideas from the smartest minds.
| 21:002/4A dark fantasy adventure featuring the immortal wanderer, William Palmer, known as Pilgrim 21:45They help us in homes, hospitals and factories, so do we have reason to fear robots?
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| 22:00 | 22:00PM says more restrictions needed to control covid variant 22:456/10The rioters surround the houses, while the villagers watch, shaking with fear.
| 22:001.3 million people have now been vaccinated 22:457/10G transitions into high school and begins to realise what he is leaving behind.
| 22:00Democrats gain control of Senate after 2 victories in Georgia 22:458/10Mr Slime promises the villagers their fortunes will change whilst WWII takes its toll.
| 22:00Increasing number of leading Republicans distancing themselves from Mr Trump 22:459/10The villagers are horrified as their landlord sells the land from under their feet.
| 22:00A further 1325 people have died in last 24 hours 22:4510/10G comes to realise the true significance of his race as he bids farewell to his village.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Louis speaks to comedian and writer Frankie Boyle.
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. 23:30Jarvis Cocker on the nocturnal human condition, trying to get the perfect night's sleep
| 23:00The News From Nowhere. New comedy from BBC Radio 4. 23:301/4Alan Read explores the 'dreadful trade' on Shakespeare Cliff in Kent. 23:45News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:001/8Patrick Marber and Peter Curran are joined by actor and director Kathy Burke. 23:152/4Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson recalls his ascent of Skellig Michael. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:003/8A stand-up show like never before, featuring some of the country's funniest people. 23:303/4The geological history of the earth as revealed by three cliffs and some boreholes. 23:45News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00President Trump calls for an 'orderly transition of power'. 23:304/4Martin Palmer reflects on the spiritual responses evoked by cliffs. 23:45News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:005/13Another trio of music lovers joins Paul Gambaccini for the contest of musical knowledge. 23:30The former human rights lawyer selects her favourite poems from listener requests.
| 23:00Ellen Burstyn and Deepa Mehta. 23:30Samira Ahmed reflects on the power and pleasure of making things by hand.
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