| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Matthew Syed reveals how to get to the top of the mountains in our lives. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from All Saints Church, East Pennard in Somerset. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The true story of the woman at the heart of the underground resistance to Hitler. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Mildred and Arvid Harnack are taking greater risks to expose the truth of Hitler's regime. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Mildred and Arvid's resistance to Hitler leads to a momentous decision for the pair. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Stalin's spymasters put Mildred and Arvid Harnack in great peril. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The Gestapo close in on Mildred Harnack who is at the heart of German resistance to Hitler 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:153/4Heydon Prowse unpacks the green repackaging of the food and drink industry. 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 Martin Palmer. 05:45A drastic change in diet needed to reduce global warming says new report. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Professor Andy Radford is captivated by the vocal repertoire 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 Martin Palmer 05:45How commodity imports are impacting deforestation abroad. 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the brambling.
| 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 Martin Palmer 05:45Can the UK protect standards on imported food through better labelling? 05:58Brian Briggs, formerly of the band Stornoway, recalls the song of the chaffinch.
| 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 Martin Palmer 05:45Charlotte Smith speaks to the Chair of the New Trade and Agriculture Commission. 05:58Wildlife cameraman Doug Allan recalls his encounters with giant petrels in Antarctica.
| 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 Martin Palmer. 05:45Can native seaweed be used as a feed additive to reduce methane emissions from cattle? 05:58Jennifer Border recalls how looking for whinchats resulted in a broken road sign.
| 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 the Rt Rev Paul Mason. 05:45Trainer Peter Stanley prepares Simon Corcoran for his professional boxing debut.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from Worcester Cathedral 05:45The former ambulance driver trying to save Yorkshire County Cricket Club from collapse.
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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. 06:07Lush green rainforest - right here in the UK. Helen Mark gets lost in the undergrowth. 06:30At the end of the second week of the COP climate conference we talk methane and meat. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05On Remembrance Sunday, Mark Tully investigates the psychological need for commemoration. 06:35Nick Luscombe finds out about bamboo farming in Japan. 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 07:54Mark De-Lisser makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Belong: Making Justice Happen 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | 08:31News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament.
| 08:31News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament.
| 08:45News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament.
| | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Rev Dr Rosa Hunt and Rev Jamie Washam lead a transatlantic service of remembrance. 08:48Zoe Strimpel on the binary choice of motherhood. 08:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the Hawfinch.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Olivia Yallop, Sarah Ogilvie and Bobby Duffy. 09:45Space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music
| 09:0013/22Strange tales from the culture wars by Jon Ronson. 09:30The writer and performer explores the power of change. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Vicky Walker.
| 09:00Reg Mead tells Jane Garvey how a chat over drinks led him on a very long treasure hunt. 09:30Trainer Peter Stanley prepares Simon Corcoran for his professional boxing debut. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by the Rev Dr Paul Mathole.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the siblings at the forefront of 18th-century astronomy 09:45A Meditation for Armistice Day led by the Rev Dr Isabelle Hamley.
| 09:00Joanne Harris, writer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Rev Aaron Moffat-Jackman.
| 09:00Rob Pope who ran the Forrest Gump run and the Inheritance tracks of Lady Anne Glenconner
| 09:00The walls close in on Kirsty and Oliver’s kindness knows no bounds.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Sarah Jayne Dunn on her dismissal from the long-running soap Hollyoaks.
| 10:00Women's situation in Afghanistan and the humanitarian crisis being faced.
| 10:00The bestselling author on her new prequel to A Woman of Substance.
| 10:00During WWII, hundreds of women served as secret agents as part of military intelligence.
| 10:00Mary Robinson, Chair of The Elders, explains why the climate challenge is so emotional.
| 10:30The story behind this uplifting anthem and the personal memories forever linked to it.
| 10:004/8Officer AD Bridges and a former POW reflect on the impact of the final bugle call. 10:30A live ceremony of remembrance from the Cenotaph, Whitehall.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Nick always wanted to be a soldier and had a glittering career. What happens when it ends? 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:001/3How to stop time from unravelling politics. 11:303/3Professor Abigail Williams explores changing views of the novel.
| 11:003/3Maria Margaronis reports from Evia, Greece where forest fire devastated land & livelihoods 11:302/6Malcolm needs some help. Sue has a spot of time on her hands. Winchester beckons.
| 11:00Three months after taking power, what are we to make of Taliban rule in Afghanistan? 11:30Rowan Williams considers what Dostoevsky’s life and work can tell us about Russia today.
| 11:003/4Heydon Prowse unpacks the green repackaging of the food and drink industry. 11:30Six people are just trying to make it in the world - except they're not on the world.
| 11:00Steve Richards and guests discuss the controversy over parliamentary standards. 11:30Fighting on all fronts as rebel groups get ever closer to Ethiopia's capital.
| 11:45Angela Frazer-Wicks tells her extraordinary story of being a mother.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:041/10Pete’s new job as caretaker at his uncle’s caravan park doesn’t get off to the best start. 12:18Does improving your home's EPC rating make any difference to its value? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:042/10Lois wants to take her kids 'monster hunting', but are they already too grown-up? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:043/10A young man is convinced that his parents’ caravan is expanding. 12:18BP Pulse says sorry and Irish Passport delays. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:044/10Anna worries that she’ll be stuck caring for her mother’s ancient dog forever. 12:18Consumer watchdog demands new powers to crack down on law breakers. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:045/10A Lithuanian builder is tasked with an unusual construction job. 12:18Staff at Clarks continue their strike. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04Borrowing against your eco-home, universal credit woes, crooks stealing one-time passcodes 12:303/6Steve Punt and Gareth Gwynn present the week via topical stand-up and sketches 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:044/6John Lloyd and Holly Walsh with Griff Rhys Jones, Mary Roach and Lemn Sissay. 12:32Leyla Kazim visits 2021’s Best Shop or Market finalists in the BBC Food and Farming Awards 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:451/5Neil MacGregor with a chronometer that accompanied Darwin to South America.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:452/5Neil MacGregor tells the story of the global trade in tea - with a Victorian tea set.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:453/5Neil MacGregor with a familiar image - Hokusai's The Great Wave.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:454/5Neil MacGregor with a wooden drum from Sudan that Kitchener presented to Queen Victoria.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Edward Stourton. 13:455/5Neil MacGregor with a penny coin defaced by suffragettes with the words "Votes for women".
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from the Seaboard Centre, Balintore.
| 13:00Edward Stourton looks at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world. 13:30Fi Glover presents men-only chats about PTSD, how to be a modern man and racism in sport.
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| 14:00 | 14:00A fit of the blues drags down Kirsty. 14:151990s pop culture and her sisters help Little Miss live with physical impairment.
| 14:00Johnny’s hackles are raised at work. 14:15A rich businessman announces plans to re-introduce wolves to his Highland estate.
| 14:00Oliver’s kindness knows no bounds. 14:151/4Detective series Stone created by Danny Brocklehurst. Disclosure written by Richard Monks.
| 14:00It’s full steam ahead for the Grundys. 14:151/7Are all victims good and all offenders evil?
| 14:00The walls close in on Kirsty. 14:153/5Who is the mysterious man in the hare mask? More from the supernatural thriller. 14:45Kirsty Logan explores the modern quest to capture a ghost in a machine.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:45A mum writes to her daughter about her adventures at COP26. By Travis Alabanza.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston looks through the GQT archive for this special winter edition of the show. 14:45Lynsey Hanley looks at proposals for housing on Greenbelt land near an oast house in Kent.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The grand final of the general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies. 15:30With COP26 underway Dan Saladino explores the value of meat and dairy for our future food.
| 15:00Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. 15:30Tom Heap analyses the promises made so far at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.
| 15:00The costs and challenges of independent inventing. 15:30What are we missing out on by shunning the office and working from home?
| 15:00Lush green rainforest - right here in the UK. Helen Mark gets lost in the undergrowth. 15:27Jackie Ashley makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Carers Worldwide. 15:30James Naughtie talks to Norwegian writer Maja Lunde about her novel The History of Bees.
| 15:00Kathy Clugston looks through the GQT archive for this special winter edition of the show. 15:45A mum writes to her daughter about her adventures at COP26. By Travis Alabanza.
| 15:004/6High Life and Low Politics in Victorian England
| 15:00A young person’s life is forever changed after they read a genderless love story.
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| 16:00 | 16:00A triptych of audio essays on the enduring qualities, appeal and intent of pop music. 16:30Why are tech companies building a multi-billion dollar AI industry on discredited science?
| 16:00Tracking down trolls; how to be an advocate; and a lawyer behind bars. 16:30Three women choose three women writers.
| 16:00Matthew Syed explores why words fail us and how we can find them again. 16:30Broadcasters shift more shows out of London, as Amazon and Netflix move in.
| 16:00Will a venomous snake die if it bites itself? asks Janni in Amsterdam 16:30Can propane prevent air conditioning becoming a bigger burden on our heating planet?
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a diplomat, a record producer, a 'refusenik' and a president. 16:30Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations
| 16:00The former president of Ireland Mary Robinson on the significance of COP26.
| 16:00Chris Power talks to Stella Duffy and Anna Von Planta about Patricia Highsmith's diaries 16:30Vanessa Kisuule explores the stories behind the poems we carry with us through life.
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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 17:30How can companies treat people from lower socio-economic backgrounds more fairly? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00The fight against furlough fraud. 17:40The former ambulance driver trying to save Yorkshire County Cricket Club from collapse. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00Yorkshire County Cricket Club's chair praises Azim Rafiq for speaking out on racism. 18:304/6John Lloyd and Holly Walsh with Griff Rhys Jones, Mary Roach and Lemn Sissay.
| 18:00The Government says frontline NHS staff in England must have two Covid jabs by April. 18:301/2Jayde Adams discusses why we leave home and why some of us are drawn to go back.
| 18:00Boris Johnson insists MPs who don't follow parliamentary rules should be investigated 18:303/4Adam Riches stars in the culture clash Scandicom about a Brit loose in northern Sweden.
| 18:00NHS in England is under sustained pressure with long waiting lists 18:301/6Return of Richard Herring’s comedy about extended modern family.
| 18:00Negotiators press ahead past the formal end of Cop26 to try to reach a deal. 18:303/6Steve Punt and Gareth Gwynn present the week via topical stand-up and sketches
| 18:00Delegates at the UN climate conference are locked in last-minute efforts to agree a deal. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Boris Johnson says Cop deal sounds death knell for coal 18:15Sangita Myska chooses the best of BBC audio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Johnny’s hackles are raised at work. 19:15Film-maker and musician Jeymes Samuel AKA The Bullitts on his film The Harder They Fall.
| 19:00Oliver’s kindness knows no bounds. 19:15Venice under threat, the story that inspired Dostoevsky, Dean Stockwell remembered.
| 19:00It’s full steam ahead for the Grundys. 19:15Jen Stout reports on the ancient and modern arts in Shetland.
| 19:00The walls close in on Kirsty. 19:15Singer-songwriter Tori Amos plays live from Cornwall.
| 19:00Angela Frazer-Wicks tells her extraordinary story of being a mother. 19:15Cerys and Jeffrey add five more tracks to the playlist.
| 19:00The former ambulance driver trying to save Yorkshire County Cricket Club from collapse. 19:15Cuban ballet star Carlos Acosta reveals the cultural turning points in his life.
| 19:00Roy’s walking on egg shells. 19:156/6Stephen Mangan plays confessor. Music journalist and satirist David Quantick is repentant. 19:453/10A new short story series for Radio 4 by Eley Williams, riffing on the theme of chess.
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| 20:00 | 20:003/3Maria Margaronis reports from Evia, Greece where forest fire devastated land & livelihoods 20:30Birth rates in many countries are getting lower. Should we worry about this or welcome it?
| 20:00The fight against furlough fraud. 20:40We're asking: just how accessible are touchscreen card machines?
| 20:00Reg Mead tells Jane Garvey how a chat over drinks led him on a very long treasure hunt. 20:305/7A British MP and an American activist are connected through the same tribe in Sierra Leone
| 20:00Tracking down trolls; how to be an advocate; and a lawyer behind bars. 20:30How can companies treat people from lower socio-economic backgrounds more fairly?
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from the Seaboard Centre, Balintore. 20:50Zoe Strimpel on the binary choice of motherhood.
| 20:00Horatio Clare explores the life, legacy and mythmaking of Jan Morris.
| 20:00Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations 20:30Matthew Bannister on a diplomat, a record producer, a 'refusenik' and a president.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Three residents mark the centenary of Britain’s biggest council housing estate, Becontree. 21:30Andrew Marr with Olivia Yallop, Sarah Ogilvie and Bobby Duffy.
| 21:00What are we missing out on by shunning the office and working from home? 21:3013/22Strange tales from the culture wars by Jon Ronson.
| 21:00Tom Heap analyses the promises made so far at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. 21:30Broadcasters shift more shows out of London, as Amazon and Netflix move in.
| 21:00Can propane prevent air conditioning becoming a bigger burden on our heating planet? 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the siblings at the forefront of 18th-century astronomy
| 21:00Neil MacGregor retells humanity's history through the objects it has made.
| 21:001/6Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly 21:45Merryn Glover's uplifting story inspired by Gerard Manley Hopkins.
| 21:00Borrowing against your eco-home, universal credit woes, crooks stealing one-time passcodes 21:25Mark De-Lisser makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Belong: Making Justice Happen 21:30Birth rates in many countries are getting lower. Should we worry about this or welcome it?
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| 22:00 | 22:00Ex US President: world "nowhere near where it needs to be" in tackling climate 22:451/10Meet Bess: 15 years old, in foster care, funny, feisty, and taking a pregnancy test.
| 22:00Lithuania declares state of emergency on its border 22:452/10Bess recalls the beginnings of her relationship with Boy
| 22:00Agreement to co-operate more closely on climate issues over next decade 22:453/10Bess and Boy's first road trip and their first kiss.
| 22:00President Lukashenko threatens to shut off Russian gas pipeline to Europe 22:454/10Bess and Boy grow closer.
| 22:00Negotiators fail to reach agreement by official deadline 22:455/10Bess and Eshal try to decide what to do about the baby.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Michael Rosen and the medical staff who cared for him during his battle with coronavirus.
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Was gangsta music the explosion of black culture, or the implosion of black power? 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.
| 23:00Fi and Jane are joined by former Met Police Chief Superintendent Parm Sandhu. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:004/4The last in a series of four comic plays written by and starring John Kearns and Tim Key. 23:152/7Your new news fix. Jon Holmes's The Skewer returns to twist itself into current affairs. 23:30How a white-only lunch counter was challenged in North Carolina, USA, in 1960. 23:45All the news from the House of Lords with Sean Curran.
| 23:003/4Character comedy series with Marc Wootton and friends playing couples on date night. 23:30Laura Barton tells the story of Karen Dalton, the folk world's answer to Billie Holliday.
| 23:00Three women choose three women writers. 23:30A report from the 2021 Wilderness Festival with Marcel Lucont, Robin Clyfan and The Idler.
| 23:00The grand final of the general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies. 23:30A young woman is heartbroken when her best friend dies, but then... she comes back.
| 23:00Will a venomous snake die if it bites itself? asks Janni in Amsterdam 23:30On Remembrance Sunday, Mark Tully investigates the psychological need for commemoration.
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