| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The religion of work and welfare. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the Minster Church of St Peter, Leeds in West Yorkshire. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5How empathy, ethics, the economy and ecology will shape our diets in the future. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Rob Percival on why it's time to re-examine our relationship with the animals we farm. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5The intrinsic dilemmas of Veganism and the importance of compassionate husbandry. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5What is the best diet for our future? Rob Percival explores the options. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Rob Percival on why attitudes to our diet must change. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:159/10Gus Casely-Hayford charts the history of Ray-Ban sunglasses from Aviators to Wayfarers. 00:30A magical story about a doting auntie, face-painting and the importance of wet wipes. 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 05:43Spiritual reflection with Fr Dermot Morrin of St Albert's Catholic Chaplaincy, Edinburgh 05:45Senedd reports on Agriculture Bill in Wales, rural poverty, and a giant hedge. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Peacocks remind peace and environment activist Satish Kumar of childhood monsoons.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection with Fr Dermot Morrin of St Albert's Catholic Chaplaincy, Edinburgh 05:45Targets to improve the environment, and rural homelessness. 05:58The Savi's Warbler - Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of this bird and its sound.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection with Fr Dermot Morrin of St Albert's Catholic Chaplaincy, Edinburgh 05:45Royal Society Land Use Report; help for potato farmers; and rural heating bills. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the rock pipit.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection with Fr Dermot Morrin of St Albert's Catholic Chaplaincy, Edinburgh 05:45Apple growers not planting new trees, rural hardship, and record-breaking arable farmer. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the Green Sandpiper.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection with Fr Dermot Morrin of St Albert's Catholic Chaplaincy, Edinburgh 05:45The dental deserts in the UK's rural and coastal towns. 05:58Penny Anderson introduces the red grouse, a bird whose call always makes her laugh.
| 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 Emma Whittick. 05:45Ted Harrison argues that only art can truly capture the essence of spirituality.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from the Church of St Mary of the Assumption, in Ufford in Suffolk. 05:45The naturalist, broadcaster, author and campaigner.
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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. 06:07Boff Whalley and Commoners Choir take Clare for a hike and a sing in Calderdale. 06:30Government targets to improve the environment; potatoes; top fruit; rural poverty. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05'Gorillas taught me to be human.' John McCarthy explores unusual paths to humanity. 06:35Charlotte Ashton visits a vineyard in South Africa to learn about organic wine production. 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 07:54Lwiza Mulenga makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Cecily's Fund. 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | 08:31All the news from Westminster with Susan Hulme.
| 08:31Sean Curran presents reports from Westminster, Edinburgh and Cardiff.
| 08:31Susan Hulme's take on Wednesday.
| 08:31Sean Curran reports as MPs question ministers about changes to social care for children.
| 08:31News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament.
| 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From Alive City Church, London with Volney and Angel Morgan 08:48Adam Gopnik challenges the idea that artificial intelligence can match human creativity. 08:58Liz Bonnin presents Montserrat oriole from the Caribbean island of Montserrat.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Dan Stone, Catherine Merridale and Bernard Wasserstein. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Holly Adams.
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili hears about new approaches to quantum questions and using science in films. 09:30What's it really like being a critic? Dance and theatre writer Sarah Crompton tells all. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Major Anne Read.
| 09:00We examine a claim that the UK’s trade with the EU has increased since Brexit. 09:30How a (small) glass of red wine could protect your heart and give your gut health a boost. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Steve Williams.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 16th-century astronomer, renowned for his accuracy. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Sharon Grenham-Thompson.
| 09:00Corinne Le Quéré, scientist, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by the Rt Revd Mary Stallard
| 09:00Nikki Amuka Bird and rugby's Chris Robshaw's Inheritance Tracks
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Hilary Grime's daughter Phoebe, a university student, took her own life in 2021.
| 10:00Emily Atack on the abusive messages she receives from men and why she's calling for change
| 10:00The actor on playing Nolly - star of Crossroads and Queen of the Midlands Noele Gordon.
| 10:00Prospero as a mother not an elderly Duke & father: actor Alex Kingston's current challenge
| 10:00A new report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons on conditions at Eastwood Park women’s prison.
| 10:302/6Jay Rayner and the team travel to Slough for this week's food show.
| 10:00Lilian has a rude awakening, and Tony and Pat may have their hands full.
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| 11:00 | 11:004/4Misha Glenny on Russia and defensive war. 11:30Can too much choice be bad for shoppers? Evan Davis and guests discuss.
| 11:00Can we bring extinct species back from the dead? 11:30The story of Plaisir d'amour as it travelled across time.
| 11:006/10What convinced 15-year-old Shamima Begum to leave London for ISIS? And who? 11:301/6Vera reacts badly to Henry's announcement that he wants to become a Labour MP.
| 11:00A suicide bombing in a high security police mosque in Pakistan devastates the community. 11:30The poet Rachel Long explores the craft of capturing a kiss in writing.
| 11:00What is the role and place of diagnosis in psychiatry? 11:306/6Sort out your life and sign up for the Milton Declutterering Method!
| 11:00Pippa Crerar of The Guardian reviews the political week. 11:30After a surge in violence over the past week, mourners speak of their fears for the future
| 11:15Lesley Manville, actor, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04Clamp-down on 'Counterfeit Street' and Happy Valley tourism. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04Call You and Yours - What's the world of work like for the over 50s? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04The boss of the fairtrade pioneer, Traidcraft, tells us why it's gone into administration. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04Gap Finders: Spice Kitchen founders Sanjay and Shashi Aggarwal. 12:32Are the Ecoegg, laundry sheets and microfibre filters really better for the environment? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04The row over a trans woman convicted of rape sent to a women's prison in Scotland. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04Paul Lewis hears how complaints to the Energy Ombudsman reached a record high last year. 12:306/11Andy Zaltzman quizzes the week's news. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:046/8Sue Perkins hosts Radio 4's longest-running panel show. 12:32Born in Gascony, celebrated for cooking in London, Pierre Koffmann tells his food story. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:458/12When a man used satellites to find dumps, he learned they’re everywhere. Is it a mafia?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:459/12In a violent mafia’s home town, we learn how the UK is playing a dangerous game.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:4510/12Crowds gather. A child is dead. And there are countless more. Are dumps to blame?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:4511/12In his last days, Joe thought pollution was putting lives at risk. Was he right?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:4512/12In a finale of twists and answers, we uncover the secret that disturbed Joe until the end.
| 13:00The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4 13:10Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Bangor Court House, County Down.
| 13:00Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world 13:30The women battling the Chinese state after their loved ones were jailed as dissidents.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Who has been caught red-handed? Tony is put on the spot. 14:15Folk musician Eliza Carthy reveals her formative cultural influences.
| 14:00Lilian has a rude awakening, and Justin has an idea. 14:15Zameera is a half-widow, living through the Kashmir crisis of 2019. By Avin Shah.
| 14:00There’s confrontation at Willow Cottage, and Chelsea throws down the gauntlet. 14:15Zameera is forced to make a terrible choice. Drama set in the Kashmir crisis of 2019.
| 14:00Tom is getting carried away, and Harrison deals with a delicate situation. 14:154/8Hitler recognises Goebbels’ propaganda skills and draws him deeper into the movement.
| 14:00There’s an unexpected guest at Ambridge Hall, and has Natasha changed her tune? 14:152/5Can Sarah and Charlie trust the stranger who followed them to Ong’s Hat? 14:45What are banks and what do they do with our money?
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:45Series fan Arnold Schwarzenegger discusses his favourite green ideas with Tom Heap.
| 14:00The GQT team returns to Tring for this week's horticultural programme. 14:45John Yorke takes a look at Lady Chatterley's Lover by D H Lawrence.
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| 15:00 | 15:004/13The wide-ranging music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini. 15:30Jaega Wise finds out how Brexit is working out for food producers, three years on.
| 15:001/6Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. 15:301/3Nick Wallis investigates a high seas hoax that became connected to a murder.
| 15:00What are the financial considerations for people living with dementia? 15:30Women are dying of heart attacks because they're not getting the right treatment.
| 15:00Boff Whalley and Commoners Choir take Clare for a hike and a sing in Calderdale. 15:27Simon Thomas makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Justice and Care. 15:30Chris Power talks to Katy Hays, RF Kuang and Kate Weinberg about a ubiquitous new trend
| 15:00The GQT team returns to Tring for this week's horticultural programme. 15:45A magical story about a doting auntie, face-painting and the importance of wet wipes.
| 15:00In 1922, impresario Nigel Playfair is convinced that a play could work on the wireless.
| 15:00DH Lawrence's classic retold in 21st-century Redcar.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Natalie Haynes explores why overthrowing a government by force is not as easy as it looks. 16:30Aleem Maqbool hears a story about the pain of doubting your religion and belief.
| 16:00Michael Rosen delves into the fascinating world of food and drink advertising. 16:30More guest recommendations for good books to binge on
| 16:30The Indian government asks Twitter and YouTube to take down a new documentary.
| 16:00Can we bring extinct species back from the dead? 16:30What does the government's Environmental Improvement plan really mean?
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a businessman, an actor, a Rabbi and an editor. 16:30We examine a claim that the UK’s trade with the EU has increased since Brexit.
| 16:00Helena Bonham Carter on playing "the Queen of the midlands", in Russell T Davies' Nolly.
| 16:00Writer Cal Flyn talks about Islands of Abandonment. 16:30Sir Ian McKellen joins Simon Armitage in his writing shed in the Pennines.
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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 17:30Can the woman leading the teacher strikes see a way out of the current crisis? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00Mishal Husain is joined by a panel of guests to look at Brexit. 17:40The naturalist, broadcaster, author and campaigner. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00If the strikes over pay go ahead, it'll be the first UK fire walkout since 2003. 18:306/8Sue Perkins hosts Radio 4's longest-running panel show.
| 18:00The forces, in England and Wales, have announced widespread changes in response. 18:303/4Phil will solve your problems. Well, he'll try. Sitcom also starring Johnny Vegas.
| 18:00Train drivers, university lecturers and teacher are among those to go on strike. 18:305/6Roger’s pursued by an ex-student and Joanna admits a former attraction.
| 18:00The Bank of England has raised interest rates to four percent. 18:302/4Are you Armageddon-ready? Sylvia and Rachel road test survival courses.
| 18:00Jaswant Singh Chail was caught with a loaded crossbow in the grounds of Windsor Castle. 18:306/11Andy Zaltzman quizzes the week's news.
| 18:00The family of Nicola Bulley urge people to keep an open mind about her disappearance 18:15Danny Wallace and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The government and a leading union have traded accusations before another NHS strike. 18:15A selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio
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| 19:00 | 19:00Lilian has a rude awakening, and Justin has an idea. 19:15Film director Sarah Polley, novelist Ann-Helen Laestadius and deep fakes on TV.
| 19:00There’s confrontation at Willow Cottage, and Chelsea throws down the gauntlet. 19:15Who was the mysterious Elise of Beethoven's famous Für Elise?
| 19:00Tom is getting carried away, and Harrison deals with a delicate situation. 19:15Sonia Boyce's Venice Biennale show, The Quiet Girl, Theatre pay discussed, Oldham Coliseum
| 19:00There’s an unexpected guest at Ambridge Hall, and has Natasha changed her tune? 19:15A review of Nolly starring Helena Bonham Carter and written by Russell T Davies.
| 19:00Someone could be on a final warning, and Adam and Tony bask in their efforts. 19:15Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore the dark arts of the film trailer.
| 19:00The naturalist, broadcaster, author and campaigner. 19:15Artist Dame Rachel Whiteread reveals the influences behind some of her most famous works.
| 19:00Kate gets a wake-up call, and Ruairi is feeling side-lined. 19:153/4Richard Wilson finds himself getting grumpier with age. What to do? 19:455/10Mrs Reid receives a letter with a surprising offer.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Justin Rowlatt asks what lessons can still be learned from the North Sea flood of 1953. 20:30Why did people take to the streets, risking arrest and a barrage of bullets?
| 20:00Mishal Husain is joined by a panel of guests to look at Brexit. 20:40The Access to Work scheme is experiencing long delays; we assess the impact to VI workers.
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze 20:45Ted Harrison argues that only art can truly capture the essence of spirituality.
| 20:00The government wants over-50s to re-enter the workforce, but will they come? 20:30What can the UK learn from France about economic growth? Evan Davis and guests discuss.
| 20:00Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Bangor Court House, County Down. 20:50Adam Gopnik challenges the idea that artificial intelligence can match human creativity.
| 20:00Crash! bang! wallop! Composer Sarah Angliss celebrates the power of sound effects.
| 20:00We examine a claim that the UK’s trade with the EU has increased since Brexit. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a businessman, an actor, a Rabbi and an editor.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Is the system for detention in psychiatric care working? 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Dan Stone, Catherine Merridale and Bernard Wasserstein.
| 21:00Women are dying of heart attacks because they're not getting the right treatment. 21:30Jim Al-Khalili hears about new approaches to quantum questions and using science in films.
| 21:00Phil Tinline traces the ups and downs of the politics of pay in Britain since 1945. 21:30The Indian government asks Twitter and YouTube to take down a new documentary.
| 21:00What does the government's Environmental Improvement plan really mean? 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 16th-century astronomer, renowned for his accuracy.
| 21:00A deathbed tape. An appalling crime. Clues to a criminal underworld. A plea - dig it up.
| 21:005/10Stone written by Cath Staincliffe. Detective series created by Danny Brocklehurst. 21:455/5It's New Year's Eve and Nelson decides to go out on the town with Pru, Annabelle and Billy
| 21:00Paul Lewis hears how complaints to the Energy Ombudsman reached a record high last year. 21:25Lwiza Mulenga makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Cecily's Fund. 21:30Celebrity culture through the lens of Elizabeth Taylor.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Antony Blinken calls for calm after days of deadly violence. 22:451/10In September 1943, German forces occupied Rome, but not the neutral state of Vatican City.
| 22:00Eve of the biggest strike day for a decade 22:452/10Christmas 1943, Father Hugh O’Flaherty writes his last Will and Testament.
| 22:00What will it take for the strikes to be resolved? 22:453/10An Italian newspaper vendor tells how he joined the choir. Their day of action looms.
| 22:00Israeli minister, Nir Barkat; Stalingrad anniversary; Omagh inquiry; Spitting Image 22:454/10The choir prepares for action. Their operation or rendimento is set for Christmas Eve.
| 22:00What could the fall-out mean for fraught relations between Washington and Beijing? 22:455/10Singing was the least important aspect of the choir’s activities.
| 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
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen is joined by grammar fanatic Ellen Jovin. 23:30Sean Curran reports as MPs debate the government's new urgent health plan.
| 23:001/2Anglesey stand-up Tudur Owen on his father opening a zoo. 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:00Comedian Janey Godley has lurched from controversy to cancer, and she’s still got it. 23:30News from Westminster with Sean Curran.
| 23:004/6Diversity of opinion, thought-provoking debate, and comedy from voices new to Radio 4. 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:00What might stop the US police killing so many unarmed African-Americans? 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:004/13The wide-ranging music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini. 23:30The TS Eliot prize-winning poet makes her selection of listeners' favourite poems.
| 23:00Danny Wallace and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. 23:30'Gorillas taught me to be human.' John McCarthy explores unusual paths to humanity.
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