| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15How can understanding our ancestors make us feel whole?(R) 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the Church of St Anne’s, Denton, Greater Manchester.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Abi Morgan's memoir begins on a seemingly ordinary day in June.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Jacob is in hospital. Abi waits for his diagnosis & looks back to the first time they met.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Abi feels Jacob's absence keenly. At the hospital his treatment continues.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:30There are new challenges for Abi as Jacob's hospital discharge approaches.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:30In Abi Morgan's memoir, summer seas point to new hope for her, Jacob & their two children.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Neil MacGregor focuses on societies with many gods, including the Romans in Britain.(R) 00:30The second season of a showcase of work by young writers: Part One(R) 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 05:43Reflection to start the day with Rev Richard Frazer of Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45The latest news about food, farming and the countryside 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Chris Packham presents the ivory gull from the northern polar seas.(R)
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Reflection to start the day with Rev Richard Frazer of Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45Carbon neutral meat processing, labour costs in farming, river pollution report. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents Australia's satin bowerbird.(R)
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Reflection to start the day with Rev Richard Frazer of Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45Call for evidence on how much new kinds of livestock feed can reduce methane emissions. 05:58Chris Packham presents the purple martin from eastern North America.(R)
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Reflection to start the day with Rev Richard Frazer of Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45Should grain companies making profits while food prices rise face a windfall tax? 05:58David Attenborough presents the Eurasian scops owl found in Mediterranean regions.(R)
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Reflection to start the day with Rev Richard Frazer of Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45Fertiliser and carbon dioxide, food prices, reviving farming on a Scottish island. 05:58Chris Packham presents the flightless cormorant adapted to its Galapagos world.(R)
| 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 Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg 05:45Novelist Richard Owain Roberts shares a story about a friendship.(R)
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from Exeter Cathedral in Devon. 05:45The truce in 1992 between the two main black street gangs in Los Angeles.(R)
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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. 06:07We're in the French Alps with five men from Essex dressed as Beefeaters... and it's hot.(R) 06:30From farm to fork: We investigate what's causing food prices to rise. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Mark Tully celebrates cricket as a symbol of an ideal society. 06:35Richard Baynes learns how farming has returned to the remote Hebridean island of Ulva. 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 with William Crawley. 07:54Monty Don makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Soil Association. 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 All Saints Notting Hill to celebrate the carnival. 08:48Will Self reflects on the merits of failure.(R) 08:58Liz Bonnin presents the red-crowned crane from Japan and Asia.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Marin Alsop and the Philharmonia Orchestra invite us behind the scenes as they rehearse. 09:30What is it about our brains - and the brains of some birds - that makes us want to groove?(R) 09:45Fr Jamie McMorrin of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, leads spiritual reflection and prayer
| 09:00Anne McElvoy invites figures on opposed sides of an issue to listen to each other. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Father Frankie Mulgrew.
| 09:00Matthew Syed explores why we make friends and the lifelong influence they have over us. 09:30Novelist Richard Owain Roberts shares a story about a friendship. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Rev Steven Benson.
| 09:00Are genetically modified trees the secret to capturing our planet’s excess carbon? 09:30Essays from leading cultural figures on the front line of Russia's border with Europe.(R) 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Mark Dowd.
| 09:00Kirsty Wark reunites some of those caught up in the anti-capitalist Occupy London protests(R) 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Lyndall Bywater.
| 09:00Heaven 17's Martyn Ware, actress Samantha Renke and Jules Buckley's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Stories suggested by listeners.
| 10:00Listener week: Patriarchal wedding practices. Ukraine. Pubic hair loss in menopause.
| 10:00Emma and Fay join Emma Barnett to talk about their mammoth marathon challenge.
| 10:00Emma speaks to Rosie's Plaques, a group from Norwich memorialising brilliant daring women. 10:25Test Match Special: England v South Africa. Commentary on the 2nd Test from Old Trafford.
| 10:00Older Women DJs on the UK’s club scene 10:45Test Match Special: England v South Africa. Commentary on the 2nd Test from Old Trafford.
| 10:30Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. 10:45Test Match Special: England v South Africa. Commentary on the 2nd Test from Old Trafford.
| 10:00Is a memorable village fete written in the stars? And time for Ruairi to face reality?
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| 11:00 | 11:00Liam investigates reoffending rates in rural areas. 11:30Elizabeth Taylor, Hollywood’s first million-dollar star, was the definition of an icon.
| 11:00“How do winds start and why do they stop?” asks Georgina from the Isle of Wight 11:30Ian Hislop completes his series exploring the understated cultural wealth of suburbia.
| 11:00How likely is it that the current tensions over Taiwan will end in military conflict? 11:30Comedian Russell Kane and Prof Charles Solomon explore the Polynesian Disney princess.
| | | | 11:15Kirsty Wark reunites the computer scientists who challenged the world’s greatest player.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04Why consumers in Northern Ireland are not receiving financial help with their energy bills 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04Call You and Yours - How are you going to afford university this year? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04Why some residents of flats are facing gas price rises of nearly 400 per cent. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04Test Match Special: England v South Africa. Commentary on the 2nd Test from Old Trafford.
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04Test Match Special: England v South Africa. Commentary on the 2nd Test from Old Trafford.
| | 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:041/7Mark Steel is back in town. First stop, Nottingham.(R) 12:32With food price inflation at 12% Dan Saladino finds out what lies in store for the winter. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:451/10Gus Casely-Hayford tells the story of what makes cotton contentious and revolutionary.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:452/10Gus Casely-Hayford explores the triumphs of black Americans in fashion from slavery to now
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:453/10Gus Casely-Hayford explores the history of wax print fabric worn by Africans.
| | | | 13:00Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world 13:30Sickle cell disease, going on a pilgrimage and being a woman in a male-dominated sport.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Who’s that, Will? It must be fete.(R) 14:15Writer Kate Mosse on her most important cultural influences and experiences.(R)
| 14:00Jakob has an interesting theory.(R) 14:15A drama series set in a future flooded world. Written by Linda Marshall Griffiths.
| 14:00Ruairi is a wanted man.(R) 14:15A drama series set in a future flooded world. Written by Linda Marshall Griffiths.
| | | | 14:00Kathy Clugston and the panel are in Milton Keynes.(R) 14:45Roboticist Mark Rosheim on Da Vinci’s world of automatons and court entertainment.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00The nationwide general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies. 15:30Sheila Dillon meets a chef who ran away with the circus.(R)
| 15:00Jay Rayner and the panel visit Eastbourne.(R) 15:30Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken continue their journey around the human body.
| 15:00Two women compare coping with the cost of living, 50 years apart.(R) 15:302/3Virologist Professor John Oxford charts the spread and impact of the 1918-19 flu pandemic.(R)
| | | | 15:00Part two of Emmett Grogan’s wildly entertaining account of the American hippie movement.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Locals guide listeners to 50,000-year-old rock carvings that form songlines, in Australia(R) 16:30Why are non-religious rituals becoming popular, and how do habits become sacred?
| 16:00Radio 5 Live presenter Nihal Arthanayake talks to Michael about the art of conversation. 16:30Sir John Timpson picks Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw.
| 16:00Matthew Syed explores why we make friends and the lifelong influence they have over us.(R) 16:30Six months on from the invasion of Ukraine, what have we learned from journalists?
| | | | 16:00Alex Clark on novels - past, present and future - about summer and change. 16:303/4Six-book epic poem on philosophy and physics? Don't mind if I do.
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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
| 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00Are workers being exploited by practices within some direct sales firms?(R) 17:40The truce in 1992 between the two main black street gangs in Los Angeles.(R) 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00New projections about the rate of inflation suggest it could hit 18% in the new year 18:301/7Mark Steel is back in town. First stop, Nottingham.
| 18:00Police in Liverpool hunt the killers of a 9-year-old girl, shot dead at her home. 18:302/6Things get fraught when Louisa befriends Nina, Morris’ sort of ex. Stars Angus Deayton.
| 18:00Ukraine marks its Independence Day exactly six months after Russia's invasion began 18:302/4Joe Lycett welcomes Janice Connolly and Nick Owen to share their secret obsessions.
| 18:00Test Match Special: England v South Africa. Commentary on the 2nd Test from Old Trafford.
| 18:00Test Match Special: England v South Africa. Commentary on the 2nd Test from Old Trafford.
| 18:00A senior minister insists options for further support will be "top" of next PM's intray 18:15Anneka Rice and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Pakistan says floods which have hit millions are the result of "a climate catastrophe". 18:15A selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio
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| 19:00 | 19:00Jakob has an interesting theory. 19:15How Britain’s first ‘official’ reality show became a global phenomenon.
| 19:15How three men called Simon are responsible for the gold rush of talent shows.
| 19:00Brad only cares about results. 19:15How the explosion of reality TV in the early 2000s caused ethics to fly out the window.
| 19:00Tracy is feeling nervous. 19:15How the rise of cosmetic surgery collided with reality TV.
| 19:00Is Ruairi ready for the honest truth? 19:15Mark and Ellen explore the work, myth and legacy of Werner Herzog as he turns 80.
| 19:00The truce in 1992 between the two main black street gangs in Los Angeles. 19:15Architect Norman Foster reveals his key cultural influences and experiences.
| 19:00Is Alistair up for a birthday bash? 19:152/7It's time for Ed's annual health check.(R) 19:452/5By Tiffany Murray. Hulda takes in a refugee child who has an affinity with birds.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Vogue dating columnist Annie Lord explores the deeper meaning of a broken heart. 20:30This former Soviet republic faces both east and west.(R)
| 20:00Are workers being exploited by practices within some direct sales firms? 20:40We talk to four TikTok creators who are educating their audiences on visual impairment.
| 20:00Two strangers meet to share a common experience and their differences. They bring a gift. 20:45Novelist Richard Owain Roberts shares a story about a friendship.(R)
| 20:00Why doesn't the NHS have enough staff, and what can be done to fix the problem? 20:30Aleks Krotoski explores the digital world.(R)
| 20:00Alex Forsyth presents political debate from The Barracks in Stirling. 20:50Will Self reflects on the merits of failure.
| 20:00Mark Gatiss delves into the diaries of George Leo John Lucas.
| 20:00Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on an artist, an entrepreneur, a partisan and a swimmer.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Helen Lewis returns with a new series of encounters with innovative thinkers.(R) 21:30Marin Alsop and the Philharmonia Orchestra invite us behind the scenes as they rehearse.(R)
| 21:002/3Virologist Professor John Oxford charts the spread and impact of the 1918-19 flu pandemic.(R) 21:30Anne McElvoy invites figures on opposed sides of an issue to listen to each other.
| 21:00Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken continue their journey around the human body.(R) 21:30Six months on from the invasion of Ukraine, what have we learned from journalists?(R)
| 21:00Australian fires have impacted the ozone layer.(R) 21:30Are genetically modified trees the secret to capturing our planet’s excess carbon?(R)
| 21:00Gus Casely-Hayford, director of V&A East, tells a human-centred history of fashion.
| 21:004/10Jack and Brian are back in prison after a kilo of cocaine was found in Jack's flat.(R) 21:451/3Rudyard Kipling, Edith Wharton and others pay tribute to the King of Belgium in 1914.(R)
| 21:00Your questions answered on the rising cost of energy.(R) 21:25Monty Don makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Soil Association. 21:30Comedian Russell Kane and Prof Charles Solomon explore the Polynesian Disney princess.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Moscow says Ukraine was behind murder of Darya Dugina 22:451/10Politics and faith collide in this tender and shocking love story set during the Troubles.
| 22:00Country on high alert – fears of a new wave of attacks 22:452/10Faith and politics collide in this tender and shocking love story set during the Troubles.
| 22:00PM says Ukraine "can and will" win the war against Russia 22:453/10Politics and religion collide in this tender and shocking love story set in 1970s Belfast.
| 22:00Businesses warn that they also need support 22:454/10Politics and faith collide in this tender and shocking love story set during the Troubles.
| 22:00Campaigners warn that households will be plunged into poverty 22:455/10Faith and passion collide in this tender and shocking debut set during the Troubles.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:154/4Amol Rajan discusses how the Russian invasion of Ukraine might affect energy security.(R)
| 22:00Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Linguist Carmen Fought talks to Michael about 'like' in all its forms.(R) 23:30Greg Jenner and his guests take a trip across the Atlantic on The Mayflower.(R)
| 23:004/4Malawian comedian Daliso Chaponda explores the divisive global issues of change.(R) 23:30Broadcaster Joan Bakewell in conversation with her heroes, brought back to life.(R)
| 23:00A series of surreal stories parodying the guided meditation boom. Starring Mina Anwar. 23:15Jayde Adams and Sunil Patel dive into the feisty world of community apps and messageboards 23:30Singer-songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor in conversation with her heroes brought back to life(R)
| 23:00Radio 4 and Russell Kane present the cream of the Edinburgh Comedy Award nominees.
| 23:00Sir John Timpson picks Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw.(R) 23:30Comedian and author David Baddiel in conversation with his heroes – brought back to life.(R)
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies.(R) 23:302/4By the standards of the ancient world, Spartan women had it good. With Edith Hall.(R)
| 23:00Anneka Rice and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.(R) 23:30Mark Tully celebrates cricket as a symbol of an ideal society.(R)
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