| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15How has London been shaped by the history of immigration? 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St Andrew’s and St George’s West, Edinburgh. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Born in the 1980s, Akala’s first decade was defined by racism, poverty and class conflict. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5At the age of five, the author experiences a shocking realisation. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Assumptions based on race and class can be life threatening at home and abroad. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Akala offers a critical view of conventional histories of slavery. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The final episode of this serialisation addresses the use and history of the n-word. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:30In Iceland, Ruthie waits for the volcano to erupt. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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| 01:00 | 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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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 Debbie Thrower 05:45We celebrate a man who has given a lifetime to the farming community and the BBC. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Helen Moncrieff reveals why her tummy 'flips with joy' at the sight of Northern Wheatears.
| 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 Debbie Thrower 05:45We hear one farmer’s battle with HS2 high-speed rail. 05:58Chris Packham presents the moorhen.
| 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 Debbie Thrower 05:45What would a carbon tax mean for agriculture? 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the hyacinth macaw of the Brazilian Pantanal.
| 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 Debbie Thrower 05:45How farming is using old knowledge of the land teamed up with the latest tech and science. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the red-throated caracara from the Amazonian rainforest.
| 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 Debbie Thrower 05:45Nature helping us recover after Covid; psychology of farm safety; rural tourism. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the mysterious shoebill of Uganda.
| 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 Rev Cheryl Meban 05:4510/12Alice Roberts concludes her time-travelling tour of human anatomical knowledge.
| 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 Margaret’s Church, Dunham Massey in Altrincham, Cheshire 05:45The new Mayor of Liverpool and the first black woman to lead a major UK city.
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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. 06:07Debbie North takes Clare for a motorised-wheelchair ramble in Mallerstang, Cumbria. 06:30Should there be a carbon tax on meat? 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Mark Tully considers social, religious and personal attitudes towards poverty. 06:35Brett Westwood explores how oak tree has influenced society, art and druidism. 06:57The latest weather reports and 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 07:54TV presenter Simon Reeve makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Marine Conservation Society 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Mattins from St George's Chapel, Windsor 08:48Sara Wheeler rereads fifty years of diaries and ponders lessons learned. 08:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the Galapagos Islands' blue-footed booby.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Frances Wilson, Salman Rushdie and Simon Armitage 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading prayer and music led by Chine McDonald.
| 09:00All climate change models are wrong. Tamsin Edwards tells Jim Al Khalili why. 09:30What happens when you learn new technology in your seventies? 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading prayer and music led by Father Phil Sumner.
| 09:00Were tens of thousands of people getting their jab in Bolton every single day? 09:30Sergeant Rhys Rutledge explains why he thinks people deserve a second chance. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading prayer and music led by Father Andrew Martlew.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Kant's insight into how we relate to the world around us. 09:45A Meditation led by The Reverend Richard Littledale.
| 09:00Amanda Khozi Mukwashi, Christian Aid CEO, shares her soundtrack with Lauren Laverne. 09:45Christian reflection and music with the Rev Ruth Harvey, Leader of the Iona Community.
| 09:00Diver Rick Stanton, author Victoria Hislop, Chemical Warrior Hamish de Bretton-Gordon.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00A Celebration of Women's Sporting Success
| 10:00Sinead O'Connor, and returning to work post-pandemic.
| 10:00Women and environmental art and why despite decades progress motherhood is still so hard? 10:25Test Match Special - England v New Zealand. Commentary on the First Test from Lord's.
| 10:00Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; 'Valuing Everyone'; Parm Sandhu; Summer Legs. 10:45Test Match Special - England v New Zealand. Commentary on the First Test from Lord's.
| 10:00Arooj Aftab; PIP implants; Race, trauma and culture; Reclaiming sexist language. 10:45Test Match Special - England v New Zealand. Commentary on the First Test from Lord's
| 10:30Greg Jenner and his guests explore the legend of French heroine Joan of Arc. 10:45Test Match Special - England v New Zealand. Commentary on the First Test from Lord's.
| 10:00Mia confesses her feelings and the truth hurts for Brian 10:45Test Match Special - England v New Zealand. Commentary on the First Test from Lord's.
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| 11:00 | 11:00An update on the life of Niyi, whose eating disorder had kept him apart from his family. 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00What happens when music meets the animal mind? 11:303/4The wife of Oedipus. And mother. A still spellbindingly shocking story. With Edith Hall.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:041/5A grief-stricken English woman flees to her Swiss chalet at the end of the Great War. 12:18Landlords and letting agents will be able to carry out bailiff enforced evictions again. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:042/5The narrator faces a difficult day as troubling memories follow her to her Alpine refuge. 12:18Call You & Yours: How easy are you finding it to see your GP? 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:451/5One woman's inspiring story of how she survived childhood deprivation and gang culture.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:452/5One woman's inspiring story of how she survived childhood deprivation and gang culture.
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| 14:00 | 14:00An elderly man and a 14-year-old boy accidentally meet on a train. An unlikely bond ensues 14:45Why would anyone be a goth? What is the appeal of this dark and spooky subculture?
| 14:00It’s the end of an era for Ed. 14:15This story was inspired by Sylvia Smith Lewis's grandmother, Madame Tempy Stuart Smith.
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| 15:00 | 15:001/6Three students from the University of Southampton take on their dons in the upbeat quiz. 15:30Dan Saladino looks at Covid's impact on food in India and the efforts to feed communities.
| 15:00Josie Long presents magical short documentaries about illusions. 15:30Kimberley Wilson and Xand van Tulleken ask – one body part at a time – how we can change.
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| 16:00 | 16:003/4Music journalist Jude Rogers on how music helps us through crisis and change in adulthood. 16:30Aleks discovers how software can leave a legacy.
| 16:00Fighting knife crime before it happens; Scotland's "not proven" verdicts; automated cars. 16:30A runaway rollercoaster of Great Lives.
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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 | 18:00Scientist warns the UK is seeing a third wave of Covid infections 18:305/6Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4When his parents sell the family home, Alex discovers he's unexpectedly affected by it.
| | | 18:00Figures suggest that in a week, the number of infections in England has risen by 76%. 18:308/8Andy Zaltzman presents a look back at the week's headlines
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| 19:00 | 19:00It’s the end of an era for Ed. 19:15Paulette Randall on the London 2012 Olympics and directing the plays of August Wilson. 19:45Sir Ian Blatchford and Dr Tilly Blyth explore how art and science have inspired each other
| 19:00Adam offers the benefit of his experience. 19:15Animal films Gunda and First Cow reviewed. 19:45Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth focus on the drama and upheaval in Coalbrookdale by Night.
| 19:00Mia confesses her feelings. 19:15Forest for Change created by Es Devlin. 19:45Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on the impact of Gillray's satire in a new chemical age.
| 19:00The truth hurts for Brian. 19:15Sierra Leonean journalist Sorious Samura on his documentary, Sing, Freetown 19:45Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on how artists and naturalists depicted and defined clouds
| 19:00Actress Joanna Scanlan talks about her role as Mary in After Love. 19:45Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on rapid progress captured in Turner's Rain Steam & Speed
| 19:201/4Victoria Coren Mitchell interviews Sheila Hancock about cars. 19:45Could a bath before bedtime help your heart and improve your sleep?
| 19:308/10Comic Lucy Porter confesses romantic disasters and an untold secret to Stephen Mangan, 19:455/5Mary Paulson-Ellis tells the story of a life in five objects. Read by Alexandra Mathie.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Nick Wallis provides an update on the Post Office scandal, with startling new details. 20:30How remote working and online shopping could reshape our towns and cities.
| 20:00Leaseholders say they need more protection. Is the current system letting them down? 20:40A Genetics Special - the role of genetics in treating sight loss.
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze 20:45Sergeant Rhys Rutledge explains why he thinks people deserve a second chance.
| 20:00Fighting knife crime before it happens; Scotland's "not proven" verdicts; automated cars. 20:30How can businesses - like carmakers short of chips - cope with supply shortages?
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political discussion from the Landmark Theatre in Ilfracombe. 20:50Sara Wheeler rereads fifty years of diaries and ponders lessons learned.
| 20:00Exploring the legacy of Edward Said's Covering Islam, published forty years ago.
| 20:00Were tens of thousands of people getting their jab in Bolton every single day? 20:30Matthew Bannister on an author, a chemist, an engineer, a mountaineer.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Armando Iannucci explores why time appears to speed up alarmingly as we age. 21:30Andrew Marr with Frances Wilson, Salman Rushdie and Simon Armitage
| 21:00Claudia Hammond asks are moods contagious? 21:30All climate change models are wrong. Tamsin Edwards tells Jim Al Khalili why.
| 21:00Kimberley Wilson and Xand van Tulleken ask – one body part at a time – how we can change. 21:30Foreign coverage was cut right back during Covid. Will it return?
| 21:00Lab leak theory of SARS-Cov2; gene for obesity; dark matter map; rock art in Scotland 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Kant's insight into how we relate to the world around us.
| 21:00Former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown meets his younger self in the sound archive.
| 21:001/5The first of five dark fantasy adventures featuring the immortal William Palmer. 21:45Daisy Johnson's deliciously unsettling short story series set in a hotel on the Fens.
| 21:00Children’s Commissioners for Wales, Scotland and NI want the UC child policy scrapped 21:25TV presenter Simon Reeve makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Marine Conservation Society 21:30How remote working and online shopping could reshape our towns and cities.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Alarm in hospitality and entertainment sectors 22:451/5A grief-stricken English woman flees to her Swiss chalet at the end of the Great War.
| 22:00Zero covid deaths in UK for first time since March 2020 22:452/5The narrator faces a difficult day as troubling memories follow her to her Alpine refuge.
| 22:00Israeli opposition leaders reach deal to form new coalition government 22:453/5Much restored, the narrator is desperate to learn more about her new companions.
| 22:00Airport operators and package holiday companies react with disgust 22:454/5The narrator is delighted that the sisters have agreed to keep her company at the chalet.
| 22:00UK's medicines agency says it’s safe – JCVI now have to decide 22:455/5Contemplating a return to England, the narrator worries about the fate of her companions.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze
| 22:00Alex Forsyth hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Combine Disneyland Paris, a 4-track demo and three guys from Glasgow. Et voila, Daft Punk! 23:301/3A new after hours series re-imagining a long night of the soul that left its mark
| 23:00Fi and Jane chat to space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock. 23:302/3A new series re-imagining a long night of the soul, with writer Zakiya Mckenzie.
| 23:00Twayna Mayne continues to explore her identity as a trans-racial adoptee. 23:151/8Returning to twist itself into - and remix - the news. Jon Holmes presents The Skewer. 23:303/3A new after hours series re-imagining a long night of the soul that left its mark
| 23:004/4Writer David Quantick on the people he’s met and the impressions they've made. 23:30Romance in Marseilles, Butterfly Politics & This is Pleasure. Harriett Gilbert talks books
| 23:00A runaway rollercoaster of Great Lives. 23:30Toni Morrison's Beloved and Elizabeth Strout's Olive Again are the books on the table.
| 23:001/6Three students from the University of Southampton take on their dons in the upbeat quiz. 23:302/3Andrew McMillan explores why poetic forms are fashionable again. This week: the ghazal.
| 23:30Mark Tully considers social, religious and personal attitudes towards poverty.
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