| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Matthew Syed explores how we might deal with the extreme risks that nuclear weapons pose. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the Cathedral Church of St Philip in Birmingham 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Angela Hui remembers growing up at the counter of her parents’ Chinese takeaway in Wales. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Angela Hui’s vivid account of growing up in Lucky Star Takeaway in a small Welsh town. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Angela Hui’s vivid account of growing up in Lucky Star Takeaway in a small Welsh town. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Angela Hui’s vivid account of growing up in Lucky Star Takeaway in a small Welsh town. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Angela Hui’s vivid account of growing up in Lucky Star Takeaway in a small Welsh town. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Neil MacGregor examines how we come to understand images, with a focus on San rock art. 00:303/3Newly commissioned stories from three recent winners of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 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 Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. 05:45Charlotte Smith finds out about a review of farming robots, and discusses tenant farming. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the sonorous trumpeter swan of North America.
| 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 Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. 05:45A 10-year study into whether environmental schemes affect farm yields is published. 05:58Michael Palin presents the secretive chowchilla from Queensland, Australia.
| 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 Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. 05:45Calls to change the way soil health is measured, plus how dry weather is affecting crops. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents Australia's laughing kookaburra.
| 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 Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. 05:45Farms in 'higher level' environmental schemes can keep claiming for five years. 05:58Chris Packham presents the nocturnal red-necked nightjar of the Spanish countryside.
| 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 Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. 05:45Vegetable growing costs, rural crime, gooseberries. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the greater honeyguide of sub-Saharan Africa.
| 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 Rev Carolyn Skinner. 05:45Laura Simpson argues that online meetings have been good for business.
| 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 Stephen’s Church in Bristol. 05:45The romance between the widowed US First Lady and the Greek shipping tycoon in the 1960s.
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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. 06:07Emily Knight explores the radical history of back-to-the-land pacifist communities. 06:30Veg growers warn the sector is under pressure because of labour and water shortages. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Mark Tully discusses our longing for the sea and its connection with spiritual belief. 06:35Charlotte Smith meets a tenant farming family in search of a permanent home. 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 07:54Zola Nene makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Starfish Greathearts 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. 08:10A service from Canterbury Cathedral for the 2022 Lambeth Conference. 08:48Sara Wheeler navigates the tricky issue of voice appropriation. 08:58Michael Palin presents the avian record breaking ostrich in the Kalahari Desert
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| 09:00 | 09:00Dancer and choreographer Akram Khan on the cultural turning points of his life. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by the Rev Dr Emma Whittick.
| 09:003/3Rory Stewart explores the strange human phenomenon of arguing. 09:30After a tragic terror attack in London, the lives of two parents changed forever. 09:45Rev Dr Isabelle Hamley leads a service from the 2022 Lambeth Conference.
| 09:00Matthew examines the routes to a safer nuclear future. 09:30Laura Simpson argues that online meetings have been good for business. 09:45A Service from the 2022 Lambeth Conference with a reflection by Bishop Michael Curry.
| 09:00Is ‘feeling’ the future the solution to climate change inaction? 09:30Justin Rowlatt asks if Antarctic changes will flood coastal cities for centuries to come? 09:45Rev Dr Isabelle Hamley leads a service from the 2022 Lambeth Conference.
| 09:00Clare Smyth, chef, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:45Rev Dr Isabelle Hamley leads a service from the 2022 Lambeth Conference.
| 09:00Artists The Singh Twins, author Lesley Pearse and the Inheritance Tracks of Paul Oakenfold
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00What will the legacy of last night's Women's Euro 2022 be?
| 10:00More medals to be awarded to women at Commonwealth Games.
| 10:00How easy is it to access all-girl teams around England?
| 10:00Manipulating body images in ads. National Poet of Wales Hanan Issa. Abortion stories.
| 10:00With such excitement around the Lionesses, will football start to outshine netball?
| 10:30Jay Rayner and his panel of food experts take a trip to Oxford.
| 10:00Well-meaning Matriarchs are the order of the week, and Adil has a crowd to win over.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Hayley is a young woman who wants to get better at dealing with rejection. 11:30House-building. What are the challenges faced by UK house builders? With Evan Davis.
| 11:00Philip Ball tells the story of US geneticist and 1983 Nobel prize-winner Barbara McLintock 11:303/3What makes techno the perfect accompaniment to radical ideas?
| 11:00What’s it like to have a silent mind? Psychologist Charles Fernyhough investigates. 11:30Author Kit De Waal and Zainab Badawi explore Queen Victoria’s “African princess”.
| 11:00The dilemma facing the citizens of Kherson. 11:30Rufus Wainwright on how he approaches the song A Foggy Day and why he's drawn to it.
| 11:00A long, slow look at great artworks, photographed in extraordinary detail. 11:303/6A vet student comes to help with lambing, and the farm is thrown into turmoil.
| 11:00Why does Scotland have the worst record in Europe on drug deaths? 11:30Kenya seeks to elect a new leader, plus stories from the Philippines, Poland and Yemen.
| 11:15John Legend, musician, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04The lower paid are suffering from rising costs but what about the middle classes? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04What do you have to do to help your child follow their sporting dream? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04More people are using pawnbrokers as a quick source of emergency cash. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04How Kate Griggs, founder of the charity Made By Dyslexia, found a gap in the market. 12:32We watch paint dry for you to find out if pricey paint is worth it. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04The row over drag queens reading stories to children. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04Two women compare coping with two cost of living crises, 30 years apart. 12:302/6Miles Jupp stars as Henry Tobin, Britain's least successful former Prime Minister. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:044/650th Anniversary Series of the multi award-winning comedy panel games chaired by Jack Dee 12:32Sheila Dillon explores the challenges of reformulating unhealthy processed foods. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:451/5Before Martin died at Dignitas he asked his ex to find his mother and pass on a message.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:452/5Laura explains why it's taken her 17 years to search for Martin's mother.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:453/5Laura contacts a woman that could be Martin's mother and digs deeper into Bessborough.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:454/5Laura McDaid is searching for the birth mother of a close friend who died 20 years ago.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Edward Stourton. 13:455/5Will a last throw of the dice be fruitful in the search for Martin's birth mother?
| 13:00The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4 13:10Ben Wright presents political debate and discussion from Wakefield Cathedral.
| 13:00Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world 13:30Rhiannon Giddens explores the history of African American roots music.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Peggy has a moment of inspiration. 14:15Comedy drama about a Salford secondary school. Stars Julie Hesmondhalgh.
| 14:00Adil has a crowd to win over. 14:15Comedy drama about a secondary school in Salford, starring Julie Hesmondhalgh.
| 14:00Helen feels protective of her boys. 14:15By Daf James. The true story of a writer’s dark family secret.
| 14:00Justin needs help with a crisis. 14:15A woman becomes stranded on a train journey forcing her to reflect on her life.
| 14:00Is Tom having a change of heart? 14:154/5Gulliver is in hospital and Rose wants to know why. There are dangers everywhere. 14:45Neil MacGregor examines how we come to understand images, with a focus on San rock art.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:45Can British farmers transform themselves into carbon-cutting heroes?
| 14:00Peter Gibbs and the panel are in Eastbourne. 14:45Heart surgeon Francis Wells examines what Leonardo’s anatomical drawings tell us today.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00The nationwide general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies. 15:30Jaega Wise investigates the hype around protein supplements.
| 15:00Jay Rayner and his panel are in Swansea. 15:30Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken continue their journey around the human body.
| 15:00Amy struggled for money when she was a student. She advises Barry who is at uni now. 15:30Smitha Mundasad asks what Covid will be like in the future, and new uses for old drugs.
| 15:00Emily Knight explores the radical history of back-to-the-land pacifist communities. 15:27Angellica Bell makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Innovations for Learning. 15:30Chris Power looks at the ethical questions authors confront when writing about crime.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs and the panel are in Eastbourne. 15:453/3Newly commissioned stories from three recent winners of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize
| 15:00Psychological thriller about love and the mirror-verse by Oliver Emanuel.
| 15:00A new adaptation of Monica Ali’s bestselling novel, dramatised by Tanika Gupta. 1/2
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| 16:00 | 16:00This week Sketches speaks to three people whose art relates to their city. 16:30Alan Dein connects with people across the world who are seeking a different path in life.
| 16:00Michael Rosen talks to sociolinguist Louise Mullany about all the ways we say sorry. 16:30Pat Nevin picks Johan Cruyff, the Dutch footballer who changed how the game was played.
| 16:00Matthew examines the routes to a safer nuclear future. 16:30How the public appetite for true crime has created an unending production boom
| 16:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Alan Davies as they delve inside the human brain. 16:30ESA announce that Shaun The Sheep will fly around the moon this month aboard Artemis 1.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on an actor, a food writer, a neuroscientist, and an actor. 16:30Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations.
| 16:00Lioness Kelly Smith and Dame Heather Rabbatts on the legacy of the 2022 Women's Euro.
| 16:00James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to Kevin Barry about Night Boat To Tangier. 16:30Cornish born and bred actor Stacey Guthrie explores dialect and poetry across Cornwall.
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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 17:30The life and career of Boris Johnson - from boy to man to prime minister. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00Duncan Weldon examines the use of economic sanctions as a tool of statecraft. 17:40The romance between the widowed US First Lady and the Greek shipping tycoon in the 1960s. 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 England women's football team have lifted the European Championship trophy. 18:304/650th Anniversary Series of the multi award-winning comedy panel games chaired by Jack Dee
| 18:00Liz Truss backtracks on her public sector pay plan after a Tory backlash 18:303/4Andrew Maxwell begins a stocktake of British values by looking at different jobs.
| 18:00China warplanes enter Taiwan airspace, after Nancy Pelosi ends her visit to the island 18:303/4Anneka Rice continues her hilarious examination of some of life's serious issues.
| 18:00The Bank of England forecasts a lengthy recession for the UK as it raises interest rates 18:30A one-off special edition of the show where Marcus Brigstocke is put in charge - of Covid.
| 18:00Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak both insist their rival plans for the economy are best 18:302/6Miles Jupp stars as Henry Tobin, Britain's least successful former Prime Minister.
| 18:00Doctors withdraw Archie Battersbee's life support, ending a legal battle over his welfare 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Those backing Liz Truss say she hasn't ruled out financial help for those struggling 18:15A selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio
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| 19:00 | 19:00Adil has a crowd to win over. 19:15A review of Beyoncé's album Renaissance, her first in six years.
| 19:00Helen feels protective of her boys. 19:15Accessible ticket problems, Will Ashon's everyday voices book, Habitats As Heritage art.
| 19:00Justin needs help with a crisis. 19:15Huw Stephens reports from the National Eisteddfod of Wales in Tregaron, Ceredigion.
| 19:00Is Tom having a change of heart? 19:15David Leitch's Bullet Train starring Brad Pitt reviewed
| 19:00Natasha is grateful for support. 19:15Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode revisit The Harder They Come on its 50th anniversary.
| 19:00The romance between the widowed US First Lady and the Greek shipping tycoon in the 1960s. 19:15Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian Sara Pascoe to get a unique maths lesson.
| 19:00Tense Tracy is cracking the whip. 19:155/6Alexei Sayle travels from London to Holyhead, talking to strangers on his train. 19:454/5On the cusp of the 16th century in a city riven by factionalism, a blaze is being stoked.
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| 20:00 | 20:00What’s it like to have a silent mind? Psychologist Charles Fernyhough investigates. 20:30Tigers are making a remarkable comeback in Nepal.
| 20:00Duncan Weldon examines the use of economic sanctions as a tool of statecraft. 20:40We hear about a new treatment for diabetic macular oedema, soon to be available on the NHS
| 20:00Two forensic psychologists interview Chris about his life and the crimes he committed. 20:45Laura Simpson argues that online meetings have been good for business.
| 20:00Why does Scotland have the worst record in Europe on drug deaths? 20:30Aleks Krotoski explores the age old human urge to cheat.
| 20:00Ben Wright presents political debate and discussion from Wakefield Cathedral. 20:50Sara Wheeler navigates the tricky issue of voice appropriation.
| 20:00Steve Punt asks why so many of us have been singing from the same hymn sheet.
| 20:00Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations. 20:30Matthew Bannister on an actor, a food writer, a neuroscientist, and an actor.
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| 21:00 | 21:002/3Noah Charney explores the market for Chinese antiquities in Europe and China. 21:30Sue Mitchell and Rob Lawrie investigate how smugglers hope to profit from war in Ukraine.
| 21:00Smitha Mundasad asks what Covid will be like in the future, and new uses for old drugs. 21:303/3Rory Stewart explores the strange human phenomenon of arguing.
| 21:00Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken continue their journey around the human body. 21:30How the public appetite for true crime has created an unending production boom
| 21:00ESA announce that Shaun The Sheep will fly around the moon this month aboard Artemis 1. 21:30Is ‘feeling’ the future the solution to climate change inaction?
| 21:00Historian and writer Dominic Sandbrook looks beyond the flower power, 50 years on.
| 21:001/10It is 1971, and Joseph Oldman (Toby Jones) is desperate to get his son Brian out of jail.(R) 21:4510/10After Pru’s confession, Harry hits the highway once again, heading to Florida.
| 21:00Two women compare coping with two cost of living crises, 30 years apart. 21:25Zola Nene makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Starfish Greathearts Foundation. 21:30Author Kit De Waal and Zainab Badawi explore Queen Victoria’s “African princess”.
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| 22:00 | 22:00China warns military will not "sit idly by" if visit happens 22:456/10Mr and Mrs Bridge find that Europe is very different from Kansas City.
| 22:00House Speaker says it honours US “commitment to democracy” 22:457/10Mrs Bridge visits her troubled friend Grace Barron.
| 22:00Large-scale military exercise due to start tomorrow 22:458/10Mrs Bridge does not approve of her son Douglas’s new girlfriend.
| 22:00Interest rates face biggest rise in 27 years 22:459/10Mrs Bridge concludes that she needs help understanding herself.
| 22:00Beijing halts co-operation on key areas including climate and international crime 22:4510/10With America now at war, Mrs Bridge feels bewildered and anxious.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:151/4Amol Rajan discusses what the war in Ukraine might mean for the new world order.(R)
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00The evolving lexicon of online dating 23:30Greg Jenner and his guests take us all the way back in time to meet the Neanderthals.(R)
| 23:001/4Malawian comedian Daliso Chaponda explores divisive global issues. Who is to blame? 23:302/4Comedian Bridget Christie contemplates mortality and takes a look at life.
| 23:004/4Tom Mayhew and his Mum explore jobs, life and ambition. 23:15Jayde Adams and James Acaster enter the feisty world of community apps and messageboards. 23:302/4Award-winning stand-up Alex Edelman looks at how the Biden election has changed America.
| 23:00Shaun Keaveny hears about the delights of Lilongwe, Malawi, from Daliso Chaponda. 23:302/4Dr Phil Hammond hears the stories of staff and patients at a city centre hospital.
| 23:00Pat Nevin picks Johan Cruyff, the Dutch footballer who changed how the game was played. 23:301/3Sarah Kendall talks to fellow storytellers about what 'story' means to them.
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies. 23:30Writer and actor Catherine Harvey visits Liverpool to soak up the Merseyside dialect.
| 23:00Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. 23:30Mark Tully discusses our longing for the sea and its connection with spiritual belief.
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