| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Television in British prisons. Also, BB King and prison 'blues'.(R) 00:45Church bells from St Mary and St Chad, Brewood.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Unrest in Moscow, but a 'reading tour' of Ukraine offers Teffi and other artists a way out(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5On the train to Kiev and forced to give an impromptu recital by 'Our Robespierre'.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Kiev is reached on a sunny day, but many here are dreading the arrival of Petlyura.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5On to Odessa, where the author encounters grey-eyed General Grishin-Almazov.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Sliding down the map, far from Moscow, the author ends up in Novorossiisk.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3Barb Jungr's heartbreaking tale set on the Shetland Islands. Read by Suranne Jones.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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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 shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Andrew Graystone. 05:45While beef isn't part of trade talks with South America, some fear it may be reinstated. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the nightjar.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Andrew Graystone. 05:45WHO finds glyphosate use unlikely to pose a carcinogenic risk to humans from food. 05:58David Attenborough presents the wood warbler.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Andrew Graystone. 05:45Scientists look to use microbes to reduce the methane produced by cattle. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the tree pipit.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Andrew Graystone. 05:45Rising resistance to antibiotics, rural broadband and a report on the safety of GM Food. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the common redstart.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Andrew Graystone. 05:45The EU's non-decision on the future of glyphosate, the controversial herbicide. 05:58David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the Dartford warbler.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with the Very Rev John Chalmers. 05:45The programme that starts with its listeners. Dopamine - how it can cause havoc.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from the Parish Church of St Thomas, Norbury in Hazel Grove, Stockport. 05:45Mark Coles profiles Ruth Davidson, who has detoxified the Conservatives in Scotland.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding walks Glyndwr's Way with Ursula Martin, who's walked over 3,000 round Wales.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith is at the UK's biggest beef event to discuss the industry. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully wonders why deterrence often fails to deter, whether globally or personally. 06:35Natural history programme broadcasting intimate encounters with British wildlife. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00News, including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Mike Wooldridge. 07:54Ian McEwan presents an appeal on behalf of SolarAid. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A Mass for Trinity Sunday live from Leeds Cathedral. 08:48A reflection on a topical issue. Will Self ponders the role of the 'psy-professions'.(R) 08:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the nightjar.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr talks to Frank Dikotter, Sir Hew Strachan, Patience Agbabi and Tahmima Anam. 09:451/5Unrest in Moscow, but a 'reading tour' of Ukraine offers Teffi and other artists a way out
| 09:00How a tiny nation has lived with conquest and constant tension on Europe's edge. 09:304/5Bettany Hughes pursues nemesis on the streets of ancient Athens.(R) 09:452/5On the train to Kiev and forced to give an impromptu recital by 'Our Robespierre'.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets poet and artist Frieda Hughes. 09:453/5Kiev is reached on a sunny day, but many here are dreading the arrival of Petlyura.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Muses in Greek mythology and after. 09:454/5On to Odessa, where the author encounters grey-eyed General Grishin-Almazov.
| 09:00Kirsty Young interviews Inga Beale, CEO of Lloyd's of London.(R) 09:455/5Sliding down the map, far from Moscow, the author ends up in Novorossiisk.
| 09:00Former political correspondent John Sergeant celebrates 50 years of broadcasting.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Corinne Bailey Rae performs her new single, Stop Where You Are from her latest album. 10:451/5Michael's wedded bliss is interrupted by an unexpected phone call from his brother.
| 10:00Brix Smith Start, Maggie O'Farrell, plus how to help couples with unhealthy eating habits. 10:452/5Michael introduces his young husband to his family for the first time.
| 10:00Jenni Murray interviews the managing director of the International Monetary Fund. 10:413/5Michael helps Mrs Madrigal to find a new companion. 10:55After a stroke, being able to communicate again was essential.
| 10:00Fastest woman to cycle world, school therapeutic service, Celia novels, Caroline Lucas MP. 10:454/5Michael is surprised by his brother's revelation.
| 10:00The lives of Romany Gypsy women, author Rose Tremain, best friends, Dr Sue Black. 10:455/5Mary Ann returns to San Francisco to join the vigil at Mrs Madrigal's bedside.
| 10:30Jay Rayner hosts the culinary programme from Durham.
| 10:00Peggy has made up her mind, and there is an awkward moment at The Bull.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Following the friendship between three mothers whose children have Down's syndrome. 11:305/6Local butcher Mutton Jeff arranges a date, but his vocation proves a problem.
| 11:00Lucy Cooke explores our seeming obsession with all things cute. 11:30Alistair McGowan uncovers the sensational, creative life of the Irish composer John Field.
| 11:00Stephen Smith tries to rediscover the lost joys of getting lost.(R) 11:303/6The staff struggle to provide 'a truly seven-day service' in the NHS satirical comedy.
| 11:00The wave of brutal killings which has shocked the nation. 11:30A night out in the Latino suburbs with the mariachis of Boyle Heights, East LA.
| 11:001/2Meet Joe, vet to the oldest land animal on earth, reporting on a new airport for St Helena 11:304/4Alex Lowe is 82 year-old Barry in a comedy combining sitcom and stand-up.
| 11:00George Parker of the Financial Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:3025 years on: the cassettes which tell the dramatic story of the flight of the Kurds.
| 11:15Kirsty Young interviews Berry Gordy, record producer and creator of the Motown label.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04In Staverton, Alexander Gidley is shaken by a letter from the War Office. 12:15Angelina Jolie Pitt in conversation with Mishal Husain about the mass movement of people. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04At Halecot Farm, old loyalties are strained. 12:15Consumer phone-in. Listeners' experience of adoption and fostering. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04In Ashburton, Emily Colville resists her duty. 12:15Gluten-free food on the NHS, and free digital magazines from your local library. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04At Spittal End Farm, John Rossiter begins to warm towards Rose. 12:15Melanie Abbott watches police enforce new lorry safety rules designed to protect cyclists. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04In the county tribunal in Exeter, Cyrus Colville is on fiery form. 12:15Housing act, scrapped cars, high street pharmacies, online safety and Bogof.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04All that glisters. But should you invest in it? Plus making banks treat customers better. 12:306/9Miles Jupp is joined by Hugo Rifkind, Bridget Christie, Andrew Maxwell and Kerry Godliman.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:041/6Nicholas Parsons with Paul Merton, John Finnemore, Gyles Brandreth and Sheila Hancock.(R) 12:32Diana Henry talks to Sheila about starting out in food writing and the authors she loves. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00News with Martha Kearney including migration crisis and Green Party leader Natalie Bennett 13:456/10Alexandra Harris tells the story of how the weather has shaped the culture of Britain.
| 13:00Analysis of news with Shaun Ley. Theresa May addresses the Police Federation. 13:457/10Alexandra Harris tells the story of how the weather has shaped the culture of Britain.
| 13:00Analysis of the Queen's Speech with Shaun Ley. 13:458/10Alexandra Harris tells the story of how the weather has shaped the culture of Britain.
| 13:00The search for the EgyptAir plane, and celebrity injunctions. With Shaun Ley. 13:459/10Alexandra Harris tells the story of how the weather has shaped the culture of Britain.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs with Edward Stourton. 13:4510/10Alexandra Harris tells the story of how the weather has shaped the culture of Britain.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Newcastle.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Lord West explains why Jutland was the most important battle of the First World War.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Tom calls a family meeting.(R) 14:15James Graham's drama performed in BBC Radio Theatre as part of World On The Move. 14:30The mid-western city which has become a world centre for the game of chess.(R)
| 14:00Peggy has made up her mind.(R) 14:15Alistair McGowan stars in his own drama about incorrigible Irish composer, John Field.
| 14:151/4A failing school tries to turn itself around by staging Romeo and Juliet.
| 14:00Lilian and Jennifer are party planning.(R) 14:152/4Has-been TV star Geoff Cathcart turns out to have an unusual attitude to risk assessment.
| 14:153/4Has-been TV star Geoff Cathcart is not quite who he seems.
| 14:00Anita Anand takes calls on the NHS deficit and the EU referendum. 14:304/4Romeo and Juliet - as performed by the pupils of Deer Park Academy.
| 14:00Horticultural panel programme. Eric Robson hosts the programme from Ness Botanic Gardens.(R) 14:45Art and punctuation, communication after a stroke, and not being defined by having MS.
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| 15:00 | 15:002/6Three students from the University of Gloucestershire take on their professors. 15:30Yotam Ottolenghi and Sheila Dillon meet the BBC Food & Farming Awards' Best Food Producer.(R)
| 15:00Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel programme from Sandwich.(R) 15:30Fi Glover meets three people whose lives nearly ended after they fell from a height.
| 15:00Share your tales of The Bank of Mum and Dad. 15:30Claudia Hammond examines the high suicide rate within the veterinary profession.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding walks Glyndwr's Way with Ursula Martin, who's walked over 3,000 round Wales. 15:27Malorie Blackman presents an appeal on behalf of The Sickle Cell Society.(R) 15:30Mariella Frostrup talks to author Anthony Cartwright about his book Iron Towns.(R)
| 15:00Horticultural panel programme. Eric Robson hosts the programme from Ness Botanic Gardens. 15:45A woman is upset that her garden wall has become a permanent shrine for a grieving mother.
| 15:30Alistair McGowan uncovers the sensational, creative life of the Irish composer John Field.(R)
| 15:001/2It's 2116, a dystopian world where eugenics, promiscuity and happiness are gently enforced
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| 16:00 | 16:00Jarvis Cocker celebrates the life and work of literary wunderkind Carson McCullers.(R) 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the relationship between religion and social media.
| 16:00Michael Rosen and Andrew Graham-Dixon on the naming of art movements and what it tells us. 16:30Cancer pioneer Gordon Hamilton-Fairley, killed by an IRA bomb when he was just 45.
| 16:00Glaswegian and Russian gangs: their origins, organisation and meaning. 16:30Lord Puttnam on the BBC White Paper, women on air, and BBC online cuts.
| 16:00Presented by Francine Stock. Tom Hanks talks about A Hologram for the King. 16:30How can complex science tell us what to do about the effects of climate change?
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a zoologist, a TV producer, an editor, a cricket commentator. 16:30Radio 4's World on the Move - essential listening or a day of pro-immigration propaganda? 16:55Art connects these two as much as their experience of MS.
| 16:00Corinne Bailey Rae performs Stop Where You Are. Plus transnational motherhood.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Kit de Waal about her novel My Name Is Leon. 16:30Roger McGough presents a selection of poetry requests on the theme of wounds and scars.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30The programme that starts with its listeners. Dopamine - how it can cause havoc.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Do the plans to recruit more armed police go far enough? Danny Shaw investigates.(R) 17:40Mark Coles profiles Ruth Davidson, who has detoxified the Conservatives in Scotland.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Former MI6 head Sir Richard Dearlove warns Europe could face "popularist uprising". 18:301/6Nicholas Parsons with Paul Merton, John Finnemore, Gyles Brandreth and Sheila Hancock.
| 18:00The EU war of words in the Conservative party escalates 18:303/5Isy recounts the tale of the Crank who helped her study Welsh.(R)
| 18:00Agreement could end long-running dispute over contracts for junior doctors in England. 18:301/6Victoria Coren Mitchell is joined by Lloyd Langford, Katy Brand and Grayson Perry.
| 18:00Sixty-six people were on board the flight from France to Egypt. 18:301/4Long-term partners, Neil and Kim, spend a harrowing Christmas Day together.(R) 18:454/4Join Alex and Ben - aka The Pin - in their weird twist on the double-act sketch show.(R)
| 18:00Teams searching for the missing plane say they have found debris and human remains. 18:306/9Miles Jupp is joined by Hugo Rifkind, Bridget Christie, Andrew Maxwell and Kerry Godliman.
| 18:00Investigators form a picture of the final moments of the crash that killed 66 people. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Row over Turkey's EU membership bid escalates during referendum debate 18:15John Waite chooses his BBC Radio highlights, including a serenade by the Beast of Bolsover
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| 19:00 | 19:00Peggy has made up her mind. 19:15BBC Young Musician of the Year winner discusses Shostakovich and Britain's Got Talent. 19:451/5Michael's wedded bliss is interrupted by an unexpected phone call from his brother.(R)
| 19:15Sunken Cities, Han Kang's The Vegetarian, Sing Street's John Carney, Christian Blackshaw. 19:452/5Michael introduces his young husband to his family for the first time.(R)
| 19:00Lilian and Jennifer are party planning. 19:15John Wilson talks to poet Ian McMillan. And TV drama endings - too many loose ends? 19:453/5Michael helps Mrs Madrigal to find a new companion.(R)
| 19:15A review of Tom Hanks as a stressed executive in Saudi Arabia in A Hologram For The King. 19:454/5Michael is surprised by his brother's revelation.(R)
| 19:00Anna presses Helen for information. 19:15British actor Jack O'Connell discusses his latest film, financial thriller Money Monster. 19:455/5Mary Ann returns to San Francisco to join the vigil at Mrs Madrigal's bedside.(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles Ruth Davidson, who has detoxified the Conservatives in Scotland. 19:15Heart of a Dog, Don DeLillo, Blue/Orange, Going Forward, Seeing Round Corners in Margate.
| 19:00Rob is having trouble getting through. 19:155/6James Walton tests his guests on their literary knowledge.(R) 19:451/4Blackout by Julian Simpson. What happens in London when internet and power shut down?
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| 20:00 | 20:00Michael Sandel explores the philosophical justifications made for national borders.(R) 20:45James Graham's drama performed in BBC Radio Theatre as part of World On The Move.(R)
| 20:00Do the plans to recruit more armed police go far enough? Danny Shaw investigates. 20:40Peter and guests talk about the challenges of getting help, and then dispensing with it.
| 20:00What happens to us when we can create and manipulate our memories artificially? 20:454/5Dominic Lawson asks Sir Stephen Wall why he abandoned his Catholic faith.
| 20:00David Aaronovitch explores why the Left might have a problem with anti-Semitism. 20:30Peter Day examines the history of Britain's steel industry.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Newcastle. 20:50A reflection on a topical issue. Will Self ponders the role of the 'psy-professions'.
| 20:00Bafta award-winning film-maker Molly Dineen examines the concept of truth in documentary.
| 20:00Radio 4's World on the Move - essential listening or a day of pro-immigration propaganda?(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a zoologist, a TV producer, an editor, a cricket commentator.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Joan Bakewell asks what she might expect, and how she should prepare, if she had dementia.(R) 21:30Andrew Marr talks to Frank Dikotter, Sir Hew Strachan, Patience Agbabi and Tahmima Anam.(R)
| 21:00Claudia Hammond examines the high suicide rate within the veterinary profession. 21:30How a tiny nation has lived with conquest and constant tension on Europe's edge.(R)
| 21:00Naomi Alderman tells how Florence Nightingale saved lives with statistics. 21:30Libby Purves meets poet and artist Frieda Hughes.(R)
| 21:00How can complex science tell us what to do about the effects of climate change?(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Muses in Greek mythology and after.(R)
| 21:00Sands are shifting in Ashburton.
| 21:002/2Tensions in the town grow as Chris and Robert help the spinners prepare for strike action.(R)
| 21:00All that glisters. But should you invest in it? Plus making banks treat customers better.(R) 21:26Ian McEwan presents an appeal on behalf of SolarAid.(R) 21:30Peter Day examines the history of Britain's steel industry.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00A look at how immigration has shaped Silicon Valley in California. 22:451/5Frieda, charmed by a new arrival to Lamb House, agrees to a clandestine meeting.
| 22:00At least 60 people have died as Baghdad is hit by a second wave of bombings in a week. 22:452/5Frieda succumbs to Mr Fullerton's charms and agrees to search for his letters.
| 22:00A report from the Polish town of Sopot and its British twin, Southend. 22:453/5Frieda starts regular telepathic conversations with Mr Fullerton through her typewriter.
| 22:00Latest on the Egyptair plane crash. 22:454/5Frieda overhears and is dismayed by a conversation between Mr Fullerton and Edith Wharton.
| 22:00Topics include Zika in Africa, Trump in London and jazz maestro Branford Marsalis. 22:455/5Frieda's search for the letters ends, and Henry James also comes to terms with a betrayal.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15What happens to us when we can create and manipulate our memories artificially?(R)
| 22:00Carole Walker and guests discuss the week ahead in politics.
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| 23:00 | 23:005/6David Baddiel hosts the panel show where comedians must go against their natural instincts
| 23:003/6Stephen K Amos's sitcom about growing up black, gay and funny in 1980s London.(R) 23:30Mary-Ann Ochota visits Bangladesh and India to ask why 2.3bn people lack adequate toilets.(R)
| 23:001/4Comic monologues with a twist-in-the-tale, written and performed by Lenny Henry. 23:152/4Andy Warhol's acclaimed diaries brought to life in four short dramas by Sean Grundy. 23:30Susan Hulme reports on the State Opening of Parliament.
| 23:003/4Writer David Quantick on the people he’s met and the impressions they've made. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Cancer pioneer Gordon Hamilton-Fairley, killed by an IRA bomb when he was just 45.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55A 'Funny Brummie' painting attracted the attention of a punctuation enthusiast.
| 23:002/6Three students from the University of Gloucestershire take on their professors.(R) 23:30Roger McGough looks at the poetry produced by groups of friends throughout history.(R)
| 23:00Presented by Francine Stock. Tom Hanks talks about A Hologram for the King.(R) 23:30Mark Tully wonders why deterrence often fails to deter, whether globally or personally.(R)
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