| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Matthew Syed finds out why our first loves can hold a special place in our hearts. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the Church of Saint Probus and Saint Grace in Probus, Cornwall 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Joshua Paul Dale, a pioneer in cuteness studies, explores cuteness as a global phenomenon. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Joshua Paul Dale, a pioneer in cuteness studies, explores cuteness as a global phenomenon. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Joshua Paul Dale, a pioneer in cuteness studies, explores cuteness as a global phenomenon. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Joshua Paul Dale, a pioneer in cuteness studies, explores cuteness as a global phenomenon. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Joshua Paul Dale, a pioneer in cuteness studies, explores cuteness as a global phenomenon. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Comedian Desiree Burch unravels Octavia Butler's dystopian novel Parable of the Sower. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Brahmacharini Shripriya Chaitanya. 05:45Campaigners challenge the government on rules for sewage sludge on farms. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the house sparrow.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Brahmacharini Shripriya Chaitanya. 05:45Who is new Defra secretary Steve Barclay? 05:58David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the redshank.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Brahmacharini Shripriya Chaitanya. 05:45Farmers in Northern Ireland ask what's next after a planned badger cull is cancelled. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the osprey.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Brahmacharini Shripriya Chaitanya. 05:45Faked evidence in NI planning applications for livestock sheds is harming the environment. 05:58Chris Packham presents the whooper swan.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Brahmacharini Shripriya Chaitanya. 05:45Labour Senedd member suggests farmers with bovine TB should find another job. 05:58Chris Packham presents the rhinoceros auklet - near the North American western seaboard.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Francis Davis. 05:45Martha Kearney hosts British celebrities past and present at the National Portrait Gallery
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St Eadburgha in Ebrington, Gloucestershire. 05:45The new Home Secretary, James Cleverly, who's tasked with stopping small boats.
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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. 06:07Anna Jones paddleboards the sea caves of Pembrokeshire that 'breathe' like dragons. 06:30Evidence is faked in planning applications for livestock sheds in Northern Ireland. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Mark Tully explores the conviction that The Enlightenment has sold us a bill of goods. 06:35Sarah Swadling is cider apple harvesting in Somerset. 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. 07:10Edward Stourton takes a look at the ethical and religious issues of the week. 07:54Charlotte Smith makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Children in Need. 07:57The latest weather forecast
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Sean Curran reports as MPs absorb the government's reshuffle.
| 08:31News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament
| 08:31Rishi Sunak's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is ruled unlawful.
| 08:31News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament
| | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the Sunday papers. 08:10A service to mark the 60th anniversary of the deaths of three visionary storytellers. 08:48Sarah Dunant explores the elusive, individual nature of dreams. 08:58Sir David Attenborough presents the blue bird of paradise from Papua New Guinea.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Adam Rutherford with Errollyn Wallen, Laurence Cummings and Emma Smith. 09:45Space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili talks to Professor Sarah Harper about societal ageing and falling fertility 09:30Should scientists work with artists to help make a future we actually want to live in? 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Mark Tan.
| 09:00In a children’s home in 1959, a unique friendship is forged — then cruelly ended. 09:30How this exercise trick could improve your balance, waistline and reduce lower back pain! 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Grace Thomas.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Veblen on conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Isabelle Hamley.
| 09:00Peter White, broadcaster, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Paul Mathole.
| 09:00Italian chef, Aldo Zilli, went from homelessness in Germany to cooking for English Kings
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Suella Braverman is sacked as home secretary, we speak to Lucy Fisher and Claire Pearsall.
| 10:00Dame Kelly Holmes on her new book, which records her experience being gay in the military.
| 10:00Cabinet reshuffle, endometriosis, and Minnie the Minx.
| 10:00Actor Jemma Redgrave returns as Kate Stewart in three anniversary Dr Who TV specials.
| 10:00Tish Murtha’s photos hang in Tate Britain, so why wasn’t she recognised in her lifetime?
| 10:00Shaun is tempted by partying at the Pyramids and watching the Parade of the Mummies. 10:301/14Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
| 10:00Alice takes a big step, while Helen and Rob reach the end of the line.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Dr Chris van Tulleken explores what it takes to make a chicken happy. 11:30How to come up with a billion-dollar medicine, and who pays for it.
| 11:00On the road talking to Italians as a country steeped in the past wrangles over its future. 11:30A long, slow look at great artworks, photographed in extraordinary detail.
| 11:00Ash Bhardwaj travels to Finland to find out how Nato membership has changed the country. 11:30Meet Turia, a young woman fighting for her family in the chaos of a brutal civil war.
| 11:00Along the majestic Mekong river new dams are bringing power, but uprooting local people. 11:30The journalist and the writer talk to Harriett about favourite books.
| 11:00Winifred Robinson reports from Bradford as 30,000 teenagers have their lives documented. 11:302/3Comedian Mark Steel visits Stratford-upon-Avon, with a Covid-friendly show in a field.
| 11:00Bloomberg's Emily Ashton and guests look back at the week in politics. 11:30Arab leaders gather in Riyadh to try to agree a position on the Israel-Gaza conflict.
| 11:15Pia Sinha, prison reformer, 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 12:04A charity representing shop workers say half of staff feel unsafe. We find out why. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04On today's phone-in we're asking what's your experience of private parking firms? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04Why independent stores are banking on Advent calendars this Christmas. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04Today's Gap Finder is Kate Stewart, an entrepreneur from Liverpool. 12:32Are expensive sports bras worth the money? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04Would you swap cash for a central bank digital currency? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04The number of reported scams involving QR codes nearly quadruples in less than three years 12:303/6Zoe Lyons helps Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis examine the week via stand-up and sketches. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:041/6The multi award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee. 12:32Jimi Famurewa talks to men who are learning or rediscovering cooking later in life. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45New documents reveal chaos as Horizon is built and commissioned.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45Horizon is rolled out - and prosecutions on its data begin in earnest.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45A postmaster fights back, and pays the price.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45Facing pressure, the Post Office finds ways to defend itself.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45Flawed prosecutions are exposed, and an active cover up begins.
| 13:00The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4 13:10Alex Forsyth presents political discussion programme from Here East in Hackney.
| 13:00Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world 13:306/7What a brutal racist murder reveals about the future of death row.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Alan finally sees the light. 14:15Fun new drama of a wannabe teenage DJ as he navigates friendships, grief and fame.
| 14:151/3Prequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet, imagining the turbulent world of the Danish court.
| 14:00Events spiral out of control for Helen. 14:152/3Opposition to King Hamlet and the Danish Empire grows - with deadly consequences.
| 14:153/3Unrest at King Hamlet's increasingly repressive regime forces his brother Claudius to act.
| 14:00One resident makes a shocking request. 14:155/5The full force of the Hare Witches is finally unleashed upon the world. 14:45Martha Kearney hosts British celebrities past and present at the National Portrait Gallery
| 14:00Call Any Answers? to have your say on the big issues in the news this week 14:45How do the Planet Earth teams find and tell the best stories from nature?
| 14:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 14:45John Yorke looks at The Manxman by Sir Thomas Hall Caine.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The nationwide general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies 15:30Dan Saladino explores the Mexican spirit mezcal and the diverse world of agave spirits.
| 15:00Josie Long presents short documentaries about our imaginations for collecting histories. 15:30Lucy Worsley investigates Britain’s first female serial killer.
| 15:00This week we're looking at the best ways to save for children and grandchildren. 15:30A new psychosis drug, why we forget 2021, and therapy in later life – it’s not too late.
| 15:00Anna Jones paddleboards the sea caves of Pembrokeshire that 'breathe' like dragons. 15:27Mark Radcliffe makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Music in Hospitals & Care. 15:30Chris Power speaks to Teju Cole about his new novel, Tremor.
| 15:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 15:45Mary Paulson-Ellis writes a short piece inspired by a recent news story.
| 15:00A quantum cryptocurrency audio heist movie exploring the illusory nature of money itself.
| 15:00The Manxman is a love triangle set on the Isle of Man in the 1890s
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| 16:00 | 16:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince explore the magical world of the octopus. 16:30Aleks explores how AI can aid in the care of people living with dementia.
| 16:00Juries and conscience, liability in outer space and Scottish Treasure Trove. 16:30The journalist and the writer talk to Harriett about favourite books.
| 16:00Matthew Syed explores how a daughter found connection with the father she never met. 16:30How politicians can still make a splash in the papers.
| 16:003/6Joni steps away from the glare of the spotlight & hides out in a cave with a red red rogue 16:30How scientists are monitoring Fagradalsfjall volcano and keeping people safe.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a civil servant, a mountaineering historian, a lawyer and a writer. 16:30The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience
| 16:00Dame Kelly Holmes on why she decided to go public with her sexuality at the age of 52.
| 16:00Crime writer Femi Kayode joins Johny Pitts. 16:30Matthew Sweet tells the extraordinary story of Doctor Who's hiatus between 1989 and 2005.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme 17:54The latest shipping forecast
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme 17:54The latest shipping forecast
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme 17:54The latest shipping forecast
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme 17:54The latest shipping forecast
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme 17:54The latest shipping forecast
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news 17:30The chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission sits down with Nick Robinson. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast
| 17:00Mishal Husain is joined by a panel of guests for the Today Debate. 17:40The new Home Secretary, James Cleverly, who's tasked with stopping small boats. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00Suella Braverman has been sacked and replaced by James Cleverly as Home Secretary 18:301/6The multi award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee.
| 18:00The sacked Home Secretary told the Mr Sunak he had failed to deliver on key policies 18:30Guest Ria Lina champions CT scans.
| 18:00The plan has been ruled unlawful by the UK's Supreme Court 18:30A nation celebrates as Glenn fails to be invited to Kate & William’s wedding
| 18:00Israel has claimed Hamas was using Gaza's biggest hospital as a command centre 18:302/6Policeman turned stand-up Alfie Moore takes an audience through real-life crime scenarios.
| 18:00Israel says fuel will be allowed into Gaza to prevent a collapse of the sewerage system 18:303/6Zoe Lyons helps Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis examine the week via stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00UN agency condemns attacks on schools sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:0031 premature babies have been evacuated from al Shifa hospital in Gaza. 18:15Felix White chooses audio highlights from the past week.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Todd Haynes, Trevor Horn, new galleries at the Imperial War Museum.
| 19:00Events spiral out of control for Helen. 19:15Emerald Fennell, Lucy Frazer and Paul Harding.
| 19:15The Barber of Seville in Yorkshire dialect; Turner Prize nominee Jesse Darling.
| 19:00One resident makes a shocking request. 19:15We review a new book on Amazing Grace and the film Rustin.
| 19:00Helen and Rob reach the end of the line. 19:15Producer Fraser T Smith and harpist Amanda Whiting add the next five tracks
| 19:00The new Home Secretary, James Cleverly, who's tasked with stopping small boats. 19:15Brian Cox and Robin Ince explore the science of coincidence and being lucky.
| 19:00The Archer family are in shock following the events of last week. 19:15The final six heat winners compete for the prestigious New Comedy Award 2023. 19:454/5Tom Hollander continues Will Boyd's savagely funny series skewering the world of art.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Ash Bhardwaj travels to Finland to find out how Nato membership has changed the country. 20:30Reading for pleasure can improve children's outcomes - but it's also in decline.
| 20:00Mishal Husain is joined by a panel of guests for the Today Debate.
| 20:00Should we be free to wear any political symbol at work? 20:45By Rachel Trezise. She can't cross the picket line. Can she?
| 20:00Juries and conscience, liability in outer space and Scottish Treasure Trove. 20:30In the last programme of the series, on the agenda is meetings. With Evan Davis.
| 20:00Alex Forsyth presents political discussion programme from Here East in Hackney. 20:50Sarah Dunant explores the elusive, individual nature of dreams.
| 20:00Billy Bragg marks 40 years since the release of his seminal song, A New England.
| 20:00The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience 20:30Matthew Bannister on a civil servant, a mountaineering historian, a lawyer and a writer.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Actor and talk show host Jada Pinkett Smith on the advice she would give her younger self. 21:30Adam Rutherford with Errollyn Wallen, Laurence Cummings and Emma Smith.
| 21:00We review the Netflix adaptation of Anthony Doerr's novel All the Light We Cannot See. 21:20Zoe Strimpel discusses her new-found fascination with infrastructure. 21:30Jim Al-Khalili talks to Professor Sarah Harper about societal ageing and falling fertility
| 21:00David and Simon discuss royal PR, Shell and Pharrell Williams' Millionaire Speedy. 21:30How politicians can still make a splash in the papers.
| 21:00How scientists are monitoring Fagradalsfjall volcano and keeping people safe. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Veblen on conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure.
| 21:00Nick Wallis' expose of the Post Office Horizon scandal continues.
| 21:006/8Sonia Hope continues looking for the evidence that will incriminate Lord Olinska. 21:456/8Jon Holmes's comedy current affairs concept album remixes the news into satirical shapes.
| 21:00The number of reported scams involving QR codes nearly quadruples in less than three years 21:25Charlotte Smith makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Children in Need. 21:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Rishi Sunak makes Lord Cameron Foreign Secretary and sacks Suella Braverman 22:451/10It’s the mid 1960s, and Katherine Brown has just left school.
| 22:00How serious is her attack for Rishi Sunak? 22:452/10Katherine is invited to spend a weekend in Sussex.
| 22:00The PM says he will introduce emergency laws after a Supreme Court ruling 22:453/10Katherine has spent the weekend in Sussex at the home of her professor of philosophy.
| 22:00Israel says its soldiers have found body of a 65-year-old woman taken hostage by Hamas 22:454/10Katherine has just started a degree in philosophy in London. Roger Goldman is in Kenya.
| 22:00As Gaza humanitarian crisis deepens, a close Biden ally says Israel risks losing support 22:455/10As the 1960s draw to a close, Katherine is about to graduate.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Producer Fraser T Smith and harpist Amanda Whiting add the next five tracks
| 22:00The Autumn Statement and the government's Rwanda policy, decoded by Ben Wright and guests.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Documentary adventures that invite a closer listen. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Marian and Tara are back to try and tackle their listeners' problems. 23:30Sean Curran reports as the chancellor and his Labour shadow clash over the economy.
| 23:002/6Anna’s insulting question sends Amy and Chris on a quest to explore the world of accents. 23:156/8Jon Holmes's comedy current affairs concept album remixes the news into satirical shapes. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Amol and Nick reflect on a tough week for both Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak. 23:30Sean Curran on the fallout from the court ruling that the Rwanda asylum policy is unlawful
| 23:00Biden and Xi agree to resume military communications. 23:30From reshuffles to Rwanda, Alicia McCarthy reports on a dramatic week at Westminster.
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge contest chaired by Russell Davies 23:30A 6-year-old boy loves playing with his toy telephone. Until it starts ringing by itself.
| 23:00Why are more boys born in certain years? One researcher is on a quest to find out why.
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