| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Matthew Syed asks whether adopting an alter ego can unleash the best versions of ourself. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from All Saints Church in Marsworth, Buckinghamshire 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Felicity Cloake, a food writer, embarks on a gastronomic Tour de France. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Cycling through Brittany in pursuit of the best French oysters. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5An awful lot of cassoulet is offset by some serious cycling. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Marseille: does the famous fish stew really exist? 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5A birthday lunch of cheese and cherries. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Reflections on the modern pioneers of the environmental movement. Today - Wangari Maathai. 00:30By Jenn Ashworth. Anna’s day gets off to a bad start. 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 reflection and prayer to start the day with the Archdeacon of Bangor, Mary Stallard 05:45Charlotte Smith hears about plans to tackle water pollution from farms. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58The stonechat's punctuating call reminds writer Melissa Harrison of walks in Dartmoor.
| 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 Archdeacon of Bangor, Mary Stallard 05:45New tactics are being employed to commit rural crimes, according to a new report. 05:58Listening to the ring ouzel's call takes Mark Cocker back to his childhood.
| 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 Archdeacon of Bangor, Mary Stallard 05:45A group is calling for a ban on trawlers within three miles of the Scottish coast. 05:58Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines defends the bullfinch's feeding habits.
| 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 Archdeacon of Bangor, Mary Stallard 05:45A lack of customs agents and an increase in paperwork is impacting on exports to the EU. 05:58Poet and editor of British Birdwatching Matt Merritt revels in the Wheatear song.
| 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 Archdeacon of Bangor, Mary Stallard 05:45New research suggests British crops will face more tropical diseases with climate change. 05:58David Rothenberg, best known for his interest in animal sounds, on the brown thrasher.
| 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 Harry Baker. 05:45Joe Friedman, who grew up with deaf parents, reflects on what it means to hear.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from All Saints Church in Maidstone, Kent 05:45Mark Coles explores the lives and careers of the two doctors behind the Covid-19 vaccine.
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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. 06:07Landscape and community inspire a sound walk in Northumberland. 06:30A freight expert has seen large increases in the checks needed to export goods to the EU. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Rowan Williams explores the nature of pilgrimage as a preparation for death. 06:35Nick Luscombe travels to the north of Japan to meet dairy farmer Takashi Shirai. 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 07:54Peter Capaldi makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Hands Up Foundation 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10With Rev Richard Frazer of Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh at the start of the city's festivals 08:48Howard Jacobson reflects on present wrapping 08:58Peacocks remind peace and environment activist Satish Kumar of childhood monsoons.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Golden retrievers from Turkey arrive at an Eastbourne car park on a monthly basis - why? 09:304/5Oliver Burkeman asks whether forced fun is no fun, especially in the workplace. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading prayer and music led by the Rev Roy Jenkins.
| 09:00Can the idea of ‘knowledge equity’ make policy-making more progressive? 09:303/5Simon Watt wonders if we could upgrade the human body, with help from the animal kingdom. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading prayer and music led by Fr Michael Hall
| 09:00Stories of what the song 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' means to people. 09:30Joe Friedman, who grew up with deaf parents, reflects on what it means to hear. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading prayer and music led by Canon Angela Tilby.
| 09:00Anne McElvoy and two guests, opposed on a major issue, explore each other's perspective. 09:30Erica McAlister uncovers how flies can thwart a crime through forensic entomology. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading prayer and music led by Canon Rachel Mann.
| 09:00Nazir Afzal, lawyer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading prayer and music led by Rev Azariah France-Williams
| 09:00Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera, trumpeter Yazz Ahmed and David Thewlis' Inheritance Tracks
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Jane Garvey
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| 10:00 | 10:00Advice on what to do when you're suffering from insomnia.
| 10:00Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
| 10:00Bobbi Brown, Andrew Billen, Mary Anne Sieghart, Catherine Morgan and Julie Flynn. 10:25TEST MATCH SPECIAL: England v India. Commentary on the First Test from Trent Bridge.
| 10:00Bette Davis, vaccines, Andrew Cuomo, and disability and dating. 10:45TEST MATCH SPECIAL: England v India. Commentary on the First Test from Trent Bridge
| 10:00Emma-Jean Thackray, Dr Pamela Warner, Charlotte Edwards & Niki Adams and Judith Heumann. 10:45TEST MATCH SPECIAL: England v India. Commentary on the First Test from Trent Bridge
| 10:30Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. 10:45TEST MATCH SPECIAL: England v India. Commentary on the First Test from Trent Bridge
| 10:00Events spiral out of control for Shula while Chris is pulled in all directions 10:45TEST MATCH SPECIAL: England v India. Commentary on the First Test from Trent Bridge
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| 11:00 | 11:00Women may be caricatured as babbling chatterboxes, but in public women speak a lot less. 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:003/3Gene edited babies and gene drives to eradicate pests. 11:30Moments of inspiration recalled by some of our best known artists.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:046/10Art historian Evelyn remembers the soldier she met in Tuscany at the end of the war. 12:18Cruising Comeback; Fuel Payments; Energy Prices 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:047/10In Florence, Ulysses' thoughts turn to Evelyn - a friend he hasn't seen since the war. 12:18Do people treat you differently because of your accent? 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Edward Stourton. 13:451/5Alice Musabende, who survived the genocide of the Tutsis, faces telling her boys about it.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Edward Stourton. 13:452/5Alice Musabende, who survived the genocide of the Tutsis, faces telling her boys about it.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Despite all the new entertainments on offer, dolls endure. Why? 14:15Robert Glenister stars in Paul Sellar's drama about raising a brand new London skyscraper.
| 14:00Events spiral out of control for Shula. 14:15Robert Glenister stars in Paul Sellar's drama about raising a brand new London skyscraper.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The nationwide general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies 15:30Sheila Dillon explores the challenges around cooking up good quality food in care homes.
| 15:00Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. 15:30Kimberley Wilson and Xand van Tulleken explore extra fingers and cutting-edge prosthetics.
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| 16:00 | 16:00True stories of life-changing encounters with art in all its forms. 16:306/6Is there a point in space where the Sun could heat a burrito perfectly? And other puzzles.
| 16:00Michael Rosen and Amanda Montell on who uses it and why. 16:30Author of The Little Mermaid and The Emperor's New Clothes, he was 'a very strange orchid'
| | | | | 16:00Chris Power talks to Jean Hanff Korelitz about her new book The Plot 16:301/3Yomi Ṣode talks to poets about the power of music.
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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
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| 17:54Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| | 17:00Twenty years after the collapse of Enron, how difficult is it to commit corporate fraud? 17:40Mark Coles explores the lives and careers of the two doctors behind the Covid-19 vaccine. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00The NHS COVID APP in England & Wales has been tweaked so less people have to self isolate 18:302/7Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
| 18:00A day of thrills, records & emotion at the Tokyo Games with more medals for Team GB 18:303/4Simon Evans presents another comedy lecture on economics.
| | 18:00Restrictions from France have been eased but Mexico is being moved to the red list. 18:30Kiri Pritchard-McLean wonders why millennials don't want to procreate?
| 18:00Team GB wins two more gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics, taking overall tally to 18 18:302/5New sitcom starring Miles Jupp as former PM Henry Tobin.
| | 18:00The Tokyo Olympics have been brought to a close 18:15Barnie Choudhury chooses the best of BBC audio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Events spiral out of control for Shula. 19:15Kathleen Marshall and Sutton Foster on Anything Goes at the Barbican Theatre in London. 19:45Sunil Khilnani tells the story of the gifted mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.
| 19:00Neil tries to pick up the pieces 19:15Booker Prize shortlisted writer Elif Shafak on her new novel The Island of Missing Trees. 19:45Sunil Khilnani tells the story of the Bengali writer and thinker Rabindranath Tagore.
| 19:00Ruairi takes a brave step 19:15Repairing artefacts damaged in the Beirut port explosion, one year ago today 19:45Sunil Khilnani explores the life and work of engineer Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya.
| 19:00Chris is pulled in all directions 19:15Sarah, Duchess of York, talks to Nick Ahad about her novel, Her Heart for a Compass. 19:45Sunil Khilnani tells the story of Periyar, the rationalist and social activist.
| 19:00Tom Stoppard on the return of his award-winning play, Leopoldstadt 19:45Sunil Khilnani tells the story of the poet and philosopher Sir Muhammad Iqbal.
| 19:20Simon Armitage talks to biologist and Springwatch presenter Gillian Burke.
| 19:006/6Haydn Gwynne plays a wannabe perfect grandmother in this comic monologue by Jenny Eclair. 19:15A comedy special. Anna Leong Brophy and Emily Lloyd-Saini explore being mixed race. 19:454/5Dr Maeder has a plan to bring Max back from the brink of delinquency.
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| 20:00 | 20:001/4Ian Hislop explores the story and legacy of four great Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms of England. 20:30Can Beirut’s unique Karantina district survive after the blast that rocked the city?
| 20:00Twenty years after the collapse of Enron, how difficult is it to commit corporate fraud? 20:40A new scheme is aiming to provide assistive technology to visually impaired school pupils.
| 20:00Two strangers meet to share a common experience, and their differences. They bring a gift. 20:45Joe Friedman, who grew up with deaf parents, reflects on what it means to hear.
| 20:00Could tensions over Taiwan and who it belongs to lead to war? 20:30Helen Lewis meets people offering radical solutions to the big problems of our times.
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from The Players Theatre, Lowestoft. 20:50Howard Jacobson reflects on present wrapping
| 20:0030 years on, ex-hostage John McCarthy reflects on the day of his release.
| 20:00Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations 20:30Julian Worricker on an opera director, a campaigner, a radio producer and a musician.
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| 21:00 | 21:002/3How genetic engineering became big business. 21:30Golden retrievers from Turkey arrive at an Eastbourne car park on a monthly basis - why?
| 21:00Long Covid in children and treating normal blood pressure. 21:30Can the idea of ‘knowledge equity’ make policy-making more progressive?
| 21:00Kimberley Wilson and Xand van Tulleken explore extra fingers and cutting-edge prosthetics. 21:30The journalist in charge of news on ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5.
| 21:00Pesticides more than double the trouble for bees 21:30Anne McElvoy and two guests, opposed on a major issue, explore each other's perspective.
| 21:00American satirist Joe Queenan presents a new history of lust.
| 21:005/8Threat of plague brings Barakat into conflict with Effendi Red. 21:45Daisy Johnson's darkly haunting ghost story set in an isolated hotel.
| 21:001/4Felicity Hannah asks who are the financial winners and losers of the Covid pandemic. 21:25Peter Capaldi makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Hands Up Foundation 21:30Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
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| 22:00 | 22:00British and US embassies in Kabul highlight massacre of civilians in Spin Boldak 22:456/10Art historian Evelyn remembers the soldier she met in Tuscany at the end of the war.
| 22:00Belarus regime coming under increasing scrutiny 22:457/10In Florence, Ulysses' thoughts turn to Evelyn - a friend he hasn't seen since the war.
| 22:00Arrivals from France no longer need to quarantine if fully jabbed 22:458/10It's 1966 - Alys is back in Florence after Art School and the heavens have opened.
| 22:00Initiative being led by South African president Cyril Ramaphosa 22:459/10After the flood, more friends are drawn to Florence - but will Peg be among them?
| 22:00Taliban captures a provincial capital and assassinates head of government media 22:4510/10After a great loss, the friends gather in Florence to celebrate a momentous occasion.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Two strangers meet to share a common experience, and their differences. They bring a gift.
| 22:00Ben Wright hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen asks Dr Sophie Harrison about the special language used by doctors. 23:305/14Paul Weller talks to John Wilson and a live audience about the last Jam album, The Gift.
| 23:00Comedian Shappi Khorsandi joins Fi and Jane for their 200th episode, with a live audience! 23:306/14Paul Weller answers questions from the audience about The Gift, the Jam's final album.
| 23:00Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Jordan Brookes looks at what it means to actually achieve. 23:15How do you heal after the trauma of a sexual assault? 23:307/14Brinsley Forde discusses Aswad's album 'New Chapter' and performs tracks from it live.
| 23:00Comedy conversations. Gruff Rhys investigates football crowds and chants, real and unreal. 23:308/14The audience asks Brinsley Forde questions about Aswad's 1981 reggae album New Chapter.
| 23:00Author of The Little Mermaid and The Emperor's New Clothes, he was 'a very strange orchid' 23:302/6Phil Tinline continues his series exploring what conspiracy stories tell us about power.
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies 23:30Adam Buxton uncovers the influence of British music videos at the dawn of MTV.
| 23:00Juliet Stevenson revisits Truly, Madly, Deeply 23:30Rowan Williams explores the nature of pilgrimage as a preparation for death.
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