| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Vertical cities - a three-dimensional view of urban life. Also, India's property boom.(R) 00:45Church bells from St Helen's Church, Lundy Island.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Pankaj Mishra traces the tangled roots of hatreds and nationalisms across the world.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Pankaj Mishra traces the tangled roots of hatreds and nationalisms across the world.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Pankaj Mishra traces the tangled roots of hatreds and nationalisms across the world.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Pankaj Mishra traces the tangled roots of hatreds and nationalisms across the world.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Pankaj Mishra traces the tangled roots of hatreds and nationalisms across the world.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30The self-styled King Of Mars flees the red planet.(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 the Reverend Marie-Elsa Bragg. 05:45Rural care funding, geothermal heating and cider making. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Chris Packham presents the mallard.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Reverend Marie-Elsa Bragg. 05:45Insurers say the cost of dog attacks on livestock could hit almost £1.5 million a year. 05:58John Aitchison presents the wigeon.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Reverend Marie-Elsa Bragg. 05:45Caz Graham hears why Grimsby is being hit hard by the Icelandic trawler strike. 05:58Chris Packham presents our smallest duck the teal.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Reverend Marie-Elsa Bragg. 05:45Mental health in agriculture and a row about rabbit farming. 05:58Chris Packham presents the gadwall.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Reverend Marie-Elsa Bragg. 05:45Irish police farm raid, an Archers symposium, James Herriot in Moscow and retired farmers. 05:58David Attenborough presents the shelduck.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Alison Murdoch. 05:45What support is available for people with drug problems and their families?
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from Howden Minster, East Yorkshire. 05:45Becky Milligan profiles the Lord Chancellor, Liz Truss.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding discovers the Doolough Tragedy Famine Walk in County Mayo, Ireland.(R) 06:30Do people in rural areas get poorer care than those in urban Britain? 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Academic Dr Sarah Goldingay listens out for the spiritual impact of noise. 06:35Caz Graham meets Hannah Jackson, a young shepherd shaking up the world of sheep. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00News and current affairs. Including 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 Edward Stourton. 07:54Former goalie Bob Wilson makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Willow Foundation. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Professor Ben Quash reflects on the interwoven history of Christianity and the theatre. 08:48John Gray on how we can prepare ourselves for an 'unknowable future'.(R) 08:58Chris Packham presents the mallard.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe discusses play with Steven Johnson, Stella Duffy, Tim Harford and Ed Smith. 09:451/5Pankaj Mishra traces the tangled roots of hatreds and nationalisms across the world.
| 09:00Simon Wessely on medically unexplained symptoms and syndromes. 09:30Nikesh Shukla asks Dr Deborah Jump how effective boxing gyms are at reducing offending. 09:452/5Pankaj Mishra traces the tangled roots of hatreds and nationalisms across the world.
| 09:00Michael Mosley and Camille O'Sullivan join Libby Purves. 09:453/5Pankaj Mishra traces the tangled roots of hatreds and nationalisms across the world.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the flourishing of maths in the Islamic world from C8th. 09:454/5Pankaj Mishra traces the tangled roots of hatreds and nationalisms across the world.
| 09:00June Brown, actor, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.(R) 09:455/5Pankaj Mishra traces the tangled roots of hatreds and nationalisms across the world.
| 09:00Marti Pellow, Nick Mohammed, stuntwoman Kerri Cameron. Paul McKenna's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Family Drug and Alcohol Courts, comedian Sandi Toksvig and screenwriter Allison Schroeder. 10:451/5A man is presumed dead in a road accident. Will Modesty uncover the truth?
| 10:00The ideals of romantic love are unrealistic in the long term, according to Alain De Botton 10:452/5Modesty finds an injured man on a cliff ledge. Was he a witness to Sir Gerald's demise?
| 10:00The lives of female millworkers. Scotland's gender pay gap inquiry. Parental alienation. 10:413/5Quinn starts to recover his memory of what happened on the cliff road. 10:55Stop yourself getting sucked into #angry mode by spring cleaning your social media habit.
| 10:00Kimberley Taylor; heartthrobs; refuge funding; breakdancing women; smoking and pregnancy. 10:454/5Quinn shows Modesty and Willie a secret way into the chateau via an underground cave.
| 10:00Monica Ainley and Camille Charriere on the new generation of fashion insiders. 10:455/5Modesty and Willie plan a daring escape using a false leg and engine grease.
| 10:30The first film to get 14 Oscar nominations - Paul Gambaccini on the bitchiest movie ever.
| 10:00Tom struggles to accept the truth, and Anisha has a difficult day at the office.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Patrick Wright explores English identity through the writing of GK Chesterton. 11:301/6Sara Cox interviews Joe Lycett in the return of the hostless chat show.
| 11:00Adam Rutherford explores our relationship with contemporary humanoid robots. 11:301/3Kevin Le Gendre explores how Jazz was received in the UK.
| 11:00What's wrong with hypocrisy? A question for everyone's favourite abstract pub.(R) 11:302/4Simon asks how moral it is to trade in food. And what future for food?(R)
| 11:00Correspondents's stories from the Vatican, Taiwan, Lebanon, Chile and dancing in Vienna. 11:30Through the poetry of Les Murray, an autistic savant begins to see the world differently.
| 11:00Proinsias O'Coinn sets out to untangle the secret history of a vintage army jacket.(R) 11:304/6It's the Festival and Clare's birthday, but Struan is straying. It's fireworks all round.(R)
| 11:00Bridget Kendall and guests explore ideas about how wildfires should be dealt with. 11:30Correspondents' stories from Russia, Turkey, Nigeria, Indonesia and 1960s Dublin.
| 11:15Sir Antony Beevor, historian, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04After Brexit, what happens to all those EU rules and regulations? Chris Morris finds out. 12:15How people being reassessed for disability benefits are losing their mobility cars. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Will leaving the EU change how people travel in and out of Europe? 12:15Call You & Yours: What's happening in Britain's prisons? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Chris Morris discovers Scottish plans to do Brexit differently. 12:15Pub closures; Grocery bills; Dog grooming parlours. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Will the City of London, Britain's golden goose, have its wings clipped by Brexit? 12:15A look at a company that's left hundreds of students in debt and without qualifications. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04What might Donald Trump mean for Brexit? Chris Morris investigates a new global universe. 12:15Holiday fines, pub takeovers, and snail slime.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04HSBC shuts church's account, Co-op Bank sale and defrauded family respond to their critics 12:307/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:046/6John Lloyd and Jo Brand with guests Michelle Wolf, Bee Wilson and Henry Eliot.(R) 12:32In the time taken for your average midday meal, Sheila Dillon unpacks the future of lunch. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Donald Trump's national security adviser resigns over his contact with Russian officials. 13:456/10Professor David Rothkopf discovers how modern history has changed the face of diplomacy.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:457/10How effective are sanctions in contemporary diplomacy?
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs with Martha Kearney. 13:458/10David Rothkopf explores how governments talk to the world via public diplomacy.
| 13:00The Irish government is making contingency plans for border checkpoints after Brexit. 13:459/10Can or should you negotiate with insurgent groups? David Rothkopf investigates.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs with Mark Mardell. 13:4510/10David Rothkopf explores the impact of cyber diplomacy on international relations.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Louth in Lincolnshire.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Stephen Fry gets the dinkum oil on Australian English. With Adam Hills.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Roy and Helen have a nervous wait.(R) 14:15A dark vision of a near-future in which the United Kingdom has fragmented.
| 14:00Tom struggles to accept the truth.(R) 14:15Ruth Jones and Stephen Tompkinson in a live romcom set behind the scenes of The Archers.
| 14:00Anisha has a difficult day at the office.(R) 14:15Comedy. Maggie loves Ed, but Ed loves Katrina who possibly loves Stan. And what about Wes?
| 14:00Harrison hatches a plan.(R) 14:153/3Philip Palmer's drama finds wargame supremo Bradley Shoreham attacking an offshore oil rig(R)
| 14:00Emotions run high at Bridge Farm.(R) 14:15Quirky comedy about a young woman who sees dead people. By Ben Lewis.
| 14:00Listeners have their say on agricultural workers, Blair and Brexit, and Trump. 14:30John Hurt stars as the dissolute, plain-speaking wit. With frequent, very strong language.(R)
| 14:00The panel of horticultural experts is in Faversham, Kent.(R) 14:45Disengaging from social media, getting painted blue and taking up running.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The nationwide general knowledge tournament continues, with Russell Davies. 15:30Sheila Dillon steps into a vivid, flavour-filled and surprising world of citrus.(R)
| 15:00Jay Rayner and his panel of cooking experts are in Stirling.(R) 15:30Should we consider alternative ways to retire old oil and gas platforms?
| 15:00Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on changes to benefits expected in April. 15:30Dr Mark Porter hosts a special debate on the current state of the NHS.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding discovers the Doolough Tragedy Famine Walk in County Mayo, Ireland. 15:27Sir Derek Jacobi makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of MediCinema.(R) 15:30Joanna Trollope talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel City of Friends.(R)
| 15:00The panel of horticultural experts is in Faversham, Kent. 15:45A man endures the unwelcome approaches of an inquisitive, mysterious stranger.
| | 15:001/2Story of a young woman's quest for liberation. Stars Bill Nighy and Amy Hoggart.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Michael Walsh talks about the challenging time when writer Phillip K Dick shared his home. 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Ross Noble to look at how modern humans evolved.
| 16:00Michael Rosen explores the tunes we sing when we are speaking, without even realising it. 16:30Lionel Shriver and Mae Martin talk with Harriett Gilbert about books they love.
| 16:00Terrorism: does it work? Also, the origins and development of the 'hotline'. 16:30Secrecy and whistleblowing, Stig Abell of the TLS, and radio style guides.
| 16:00Antonia Quirke talks trash with director John Waters. 16:30Testing cyber security with science.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a physicist, a chairwoman, a statistician and a singer. 16:30Roger Bolton asks if journalists are stuck in cold war thinking about Russia. 16:55When you are painted blue you stop being invisible, even if you are over 60.
| 16:00Is romantic love doomed to fail? Parental alienation. Female desire over the centuries.
| 16:00Clark talks to award-winning Danish novelist Dorthe Nors. 16:30Sally Phillips and Matt Harvey join Roger McGough to read poems about parenting.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 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.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30How do you manage employees who have become involved in a relationship?(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Tim Whewell asks why populist western politicians want warmer relations with Russia.(R) 17:40Becky Milligan profiles the Lord Chancellor, Liz Truss.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Liz Truss responds to concerns about overcrowding in jails in England and Wales. 18:306/6John Lloyd and Jo Brand with guests Michelle Wolf, Bee Wilson and Henry Eliot.
| 18:00The half-brother of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-Un, reported to have been murdered. 18:301/4Mark Watson, Tim Key and Tom Basden ask how we measure success.(R)
| 18:00Trump accuses intelligence agencies of leaks. US threatens to moderate Nato support. 18:304/4Stephen plucks up the courage to reveal a secret.
| 18:00Southern Rail commuters face further travel misery. 18:304/4Swedish Summer, and Geoff, considering marriage, is distracted by insects and rotting fish(R)
| 18:00Former PM Tony Blair calls for new movement to reverse the outcome of the EU referendum 18:307/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.
| 18:00Geert Wilders calls Moroccan immigrants scum ahead of Netherlands general election. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Iraq claims progress against IS near Mosul; Kraft Heinz withdraws Unilever takeover bid 18:15James Walton picks the best of BBC radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Tom struggles to accept the truth. 19:15The film Hidden Figures reviewed, and Dirty Dancing writer Eleanor Bergstein 30 years on. 19:451/5A man is presumed dead in a road accident. Will Modesty uncover the truth?(R)
| 19:00Anisha has a difficult day at the office. 19:15John Wilson explores the work of the artist Eduardo Paolozzi. 19:452/5Modesty finds an injured man on a cliff ledge. Was he a witness to Sir Gerald's demise?(R)
| 19:15John Wilson talks to the American composer John Adams about his life and work. 19:453/5Quinn starts to recover his memory of what happened on the cliff road.(R)
| 19:00Emotions run high at Bridge Farm. 19:15Neil Jordan, See Me Now, Luke Jerram's Treasured City, Robert Siegel on The Founder. 19:454/5Quinn shows Modesty and Willie a secret way into the chateau via an underground cave.(R)
| 19:00Jazzer dishes out some tough love. 19:15Reassessing body confidence with Gary Barlow as The Girls, his first musical, opens. 19:455/5Modesty and Willie plan a daring escape using a false leg and engine grease.(R)
| 19:00Becky Milligan profiles the Lord Chancellor, Liz Truss. 19:15Revolution at the RA, Everybody's Talking About Jamie, Moonlight, Emily Ruskovich, SS-GB.
| 19:00Jennifer wants to strike the right note. 19:153/4Laura and Ros are invited on to a narrow boat.(R) 19:45The Between: Louise Stern's meditation on silence inspired by the Tao Te Ching of Laozi.
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| 20:00 | 20:00What's wrong with hypocrisy? A question for everyone's favourite abstract pub. 20:30Why it could be counter-productive to hire by talent, and what to look for instead.
| 20:00Tim Whewell asks why populist western politicians want warmer relations with Russia. 20:40RNIB's Acting CEO Sally Harvey talks to Peter White about the charity's future plans.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Daniel Hahn discusses what makes a 'good' book.
| 20:00Public ownership is a popular idea with voters, but would it improve Britain's railways? 20:30How do you manage employees who have become involved in a relationship?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Louth in Lincolnshire. 20:50John Gray on how we can prepare ourselves for an 'unknowable future'.
| 20:00American satirist Joe Queenan presents a new history of lust.
| 20:00Roger Bolton asks if journalists are stuck in cold war thinking about Russia.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a physicist, a chairwoman, a statistician and a singer.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00From the Ancient Greeks to Maria in Metropolis, Adam Rutherford explores robots in culture(R) 21:30Tom Sutcliffe discusses play with Steven Johnson, Stella Duffy, Tim Harford and Ed Smith.(R)
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter hosts a special debate on the current state of the NHS.
| 21:00Should we consider alternative ways to retire old oil and gas platforms?(R) 21:30Michael Mosley and Camille O'Sullivan join Libby Purves.(R)
| 21:00Testing cyber security with science.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the flourishing of maths in the Islamic world from C8th.(R)
| 21:00Professor David Rothkopf discovers how modern history has changed the face of diplomacy.
| 21:002/2'It's only an accident that I'm not you, and you're not me.'(R)
| 21:00HSBC shuts church's account, Co-op Bank sale and defrauded family respond to their critics(R) 21:26Former goalie Bob Wilson makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Willow Foundation.(R) 21:30Why it could be counter-productive to hire by talent, and what to look for instead.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00The justice secretary refuses to reduce the prison population. 22:456/10Janna conducts an awkward counselling session as the focus shifts to Karl and Genevieve.
| 22:00After Michael Flynn's departure, we ask if comparisons to Watergate are far-fetched. 22:457/10When Genevieve makes a big announcement, Karl worries she may be heading for a breakdown.
| 22:00RBS customers and former employees allege systematic fraud at the bank. 22:458/10Karl feels increasingly rebellious after Stu issues him with a formal warning.
| 22:00Is the Trump administration in chaos or running like a 'fine-tuned machine'? 22:459/10Stu, Janna and Genevieve conspire to punish Karl for his rash behaviour. Bryan Dick reads.
| 22:00Former presidential candidate John McCain warns of 'moral struggle'. 22:4510/10Karl receives an alarming letter that proves he was right to worry about Genevieve.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.(R)
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn and guests discuss Brexit, business rates and the forthcoming by-elections.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen on the language we use to talk about animals - and the names we give dogs.(R) 23:30Colm Toibin reimagines Barcelona - a city he first fell in love with in the 1970s.(R)
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Ross Noble to look at how modern humans evolved.(R) 23:30Artist Lubaina Himid on Preston, an unexpectedly creative city.(R)
| 23:004/6Tim Key takes a comic look at the concept of space through the medium of poetry.(R) 23:152/2Kayvan Novak imagines Nigel Farage's voicemail as he flies off to America. 23:30Musician John Grant on Reykjavik, a city he fell in love with on tour.(R)
| 23:00Radio version of Mark Steel's critically acclaimed live show.
| 23:00Lionel Shriver and Mae Martin talk with Harriett Gilbert about books they love. 23:27Rex Bloomstein meets singers persecuted for raising their voices in protest. 23:55She took up running and now she has caught up with her husband.
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge tournament continues, with Russell Davies.(R) 23:30Roger McGough celebrates Hull's most famous librarian, Philip Larkin.(R)
| 23:00Antonia Quirke talks trash with director John Waters.(R) 23:30Academic Dr Sarah Goldingay listens out for the spiritual impact of noise.(R)
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