| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The Mafia and organised crime.(R) 00:45Church bells from All Saints Church, East Pennard in Somerset.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Fergal Keane returns to Ireland to tell the family story that began his interest in war.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Fergal Keane's grandmother and uncle join the Irish Volunteers and blood is spilled.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5The war comes into the town when the IRA order that Tobias O'Sullivan must be killed.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Irish revolutionaries are divided by the 1921 treaty to end the fighting.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Fergal Keane reflects on how the wounds of the past shaped the island on which he grew up.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30By Susmita Bhattacharya. The author's life after breast cancer and chemotherapy.(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 reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Canon Jenny Wigley. 05:45Nick von Westenholz of the National Farmers Union reacts to Theresa May's Brexit speech. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Nature writer Melissa Harrison describes how a tawny owl call evokes memories of lost days
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Canon Jenny Wigley. 05:45Do farmers need new legislation to divert walkers off their land to protect livestock? 05:58Nature writer Melissa Harrison muses on the amusing mimicking sounds starlings can perform
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Canon Jenny Wigley. 05:45Today a farmer reveals his fears about becoming a target for cull protesters. 05:58Writer Melissa Harrison braves a dip and finds herself face to face with a kingfisher.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Canon Jenny Wigley. 05:45A new report from Wrap reveals some startling figures about food waste on farms. 05:58The stonechat's punctuating call reminds writer Melissa Harrison of walks in Dartmoor.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Canon Jenny Wigley. 05:45A Birmingham company is selling fresh UK milk to the Middle East. 05:58Nature writer Melissa Harrison presents the case for the humble and rather noisy 'spadger'
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Rabbi YY Rubinstein. 05:45In iPM's second programme on asexuality, one listener on finding his identity.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from St Peters Cathedral, South Australia. 05:45Mark Coles on the life and career of Gavin Williamson, chief whip of the House of Commons.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07Clare Balding joins Jo Fielder, who has MS and is planning to walk the Ridgeway in 7 days.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith finds out how a major supermarket is tackling food waste in its food chain 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Shoshana Boyd Gelfand reevaluates the word judgemental, arguing that we need to be judged. 06:35Michael Scott visits Hamsterley Forest with David Bellamy and Brian Walker. From 1991. 06:57The latest weather 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. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Emily Buchanan. 07:54Lemn Sissay makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Hope and Homes for Children. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Sunday Worship for Harvest, live from Holy Trinity Church, Westbury on Trym, Bristol. 08:48Andrew Sullivan on how America has become 'a truly tribal society'.(R) 08:58Nature writer Melissa Harrison describes how a tawny owl call evokes memories of lost days(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Francine Stock with Matthew Walker, Sasha Handley, Matthew Taylor and Susan Foister. 09:451/5Fergal Keane returns to Ireland to tell the family story that began his interest in war.
| 09:00Singing leopard seals and other perils of research in Antarctica. 09:30Can growing food can improve our mental health? Isabel talks to JK, a recovering alcoholic 09:452/5Fergal Keane's grandmother and uncle join the Irish Volunteers and blood is spilled.
| 09:00Roderick Williams traces the long evolution of our amateur singing tradition. 09:303/5Wayne Hemingway explores the artistic, commercial and cultural impact of colour: Green.(R) 09:453/5The war comes into the town when the IRA order that Tobias O'Sullivan must be killed.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emily Bronte's only novel, Wuthering Heights. 09:454/5Irish revolutionaries are divided by the 1921 treaty to end the fighting.
| 09:00Professor Dame Jane Francis is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.(R) 09:455/5Fergal Keane reflects on how the wounds of the past shaped the island on which he grew up.
| 09:00TV gardener Monty Don joins presenters Aasmah Mir and Shaun Keaveny.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Following the outcome of the German elections, the programme discusses Angela Merkel. 10:451/5Nell finds herself pregnant and marries Barry, not the father, for respectability.
| 10:00Why is Diabulimia not medically recognised? 10:452/5A child psychologist wants to adopt Jeanie. Twin sister Meg is told not to speak of her.
| 10:00Kardashians as role models; Julie Bindel; fighting brothers and sisters; fair sentencing. 10:413/5On a trip to Scarborough, Meg and Jeanie meet on the beach, and Nell stabs Harry. 10:55You need to get the music right.
| 10:00The abortion referendum in Ireland. Working life for women in Fleet Street. 10:454/5Katie Hims' heartrending story of separated twins and their search for one another.
| 10:00Ella Fitzgerald's voice has been remastered by singer and producer Juliette Pochin. 10:455/5Katie Hims' heartrending story of separated twins and their search for one another.
| 10:30Jay Rayner and the team visit Bletchley Park near Milton Keynes.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Hugh Muir asks if the newspaper industry is losing touch with the UK's diverse society. 11:30Jessica Hynes stars in Tom Wainwright's comedy-drama set in a struggling stage school.
| 11:00Brett Westwood steps into the world of a creature charged with the lore of the night. 11:30A portrait of singer, songwriter and truck driver Will Beeley.
| 11:00How does the local council affect day-to-day lives of housing estate residents?(R) 11:304/4Ken is rushed into hospital, and the family do their best to get there as fast as possible
| 11:00Why did so many Germans vote for the anti-immigration AFD party? 11:30An array of colourful characters summon the ghosts of Hull's past.
| 11:00Rachel Hurdley explores the corridor and how it reflects society, culture and behaviour. 11:302/4Inspector Lestrade introduces Sherlock Holmes's rival - detective and gardener Paul Beck.(R)
| 11:00Rajan Datar and guests explore the power of storytelling. 11:30It's as if doomsday had arrived early in Raqqa as bats swoop over the remains of the city.
| 11:15Siddhartha Mukherjee, oncologist, 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. 12:04How to make the perfect sponge using the power of science. 12:15Are online bookies encouraging problem gamblers to play again by making them VIP members? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04What would happen if the Earth's magnetic poles flipped? 12:15What treatment have you been offered for chronic fatigue syndrome and has it worked? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Why do tunes get stuck in our heads? And what makes some songs stickier than others? 12:15Aerotoxic syndrome; Clinical drugs trials; Modern paints. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Why do we get static shocks? Our science sleuths try to crack another case. 12:15Winifred Robinson on freehold problems and efforts to help you afford your water bill. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Why do we dream? Drs Rutherford and Fry delve into the science of sleep. 12:15MPs call for a pause to rolling out Universal Credit to avoid inflicting misery this Xmas.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Comparison website deals push up price of insurance, plus the costs of autoenrolment. 12:30Miles Jupp is joined by Holly Walsh, Andrew Maxwell, Fern Brady and Isabel Hardman.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:048/7Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Rufus Hound, Jenny Eclair and Zoe Lyons.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon explores the guilty pleasures of eating alone. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:451/5Sarah Montague and Michael Sandel revisit Bertrand Russell's Reith lectures.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:452/5Sarah Montague and Anand Menon revisit Robert Birley's Reith lectures Britain in Europe.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:453/5Sarah Montague and Brian Cox reconsider Robert Oppenheimer's 1953 Reith lectures.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:454/5Sarah Montague and Grayson Perry discuss Nikolaus Pevsner's lectures on 'English Art'.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:455/5A re-examination of George Kennan's 1957 Reith Lectures, 'Russia, the Atom and the West'.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Penwortham in Lancashire.(R)
| 13:00News with Mark Mardell, including Conservative Conference latest and radio pirates. 13:30In Inverness, Hardeep Singh Kohli makes a haggis curry for Colin Campbell and Rona Tynan.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Pip urgently needs help.(R) 14:15True story of how a movie star and her director ex-husband were kidnapped by Kim Jong-Il.
| 14:00Justin has an unexpected call.(R) 14:15True story of how a movie star and her director ex-husband were kidnapped by Kim Jong-Il.
| 14:00Ian is keen to move forward.(R) 14:15Fast-paced comic drama about a TV star and a novelist, by DC Jackson and David Ireland.
| 14:00Helen has a lot to think about.(R) 14:15Contains Strong Language. Jacob Polley recovers a dream-memory. With music by John Alder.
| 14:00Emma puts her foot down.(R) 14:15By Louise Wallwein with Julie Hesmondhalgh and music by Jaydev Mistry.
| 14:00Is the economy safe in Jeremy Corbyn's hands? Any Answers with Anita Anand. 14:30Story charting the rise and fall of pop musician Jim Maclaine. Based on the 1974 film.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs presents the second of two programmes from the GQT 70th birthday party.(R) 14:45Planning funerals and dealing with marriage where one partner falls ill.
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| 15:00 | 15:0013/13The 2017 final of the wide-ranging music quiz, with Paul Gambaccini. 15:302/2Giorgio Locatelli and Sheila Dillon present the BBC Food & Farming Awards 2017 in Bristol.
| 15:007/7Josie Long hears stories of role models. 15:30Tom Heap asks if the Environment Agency is fit for purpose.
| 15:00Financial phone-in. Is means-testing the best way to direct money to those who need it? 15:30Scoliosis, depression in teenagers, pets in hospital, Eustachian tubes and blocked ears.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding joins Jo Fielder, who has MS and is planning to walk the Ridgeway in 7 days. 15:27Colin Freeman makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Mines Advisory Group (MAG).(R) 15:30Claire Messud talks to Mariella Frostrup.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs presents the second of two programmes from the GQT 70th birthday party. 15:45By Susmita Bhattacharya. The author's life after breast cancer and chemotherapy.
| 15:30An array of colourful characters summon the ghosts of Hull's past.(R)
| 15:001/3By Elena Ferrante. Lena begins an affair her best friend's ex-lover Nino.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Crime writer Mark Billingham chooses country singer Hank Williams as his muse. 16:30A century after the October Revolution, the role of belief and unbelief in Russia.
| 16:00Lifelong Arsenal supporter Michael Rosen talks football cliches with Adam Hurrey. 16:30City boss Helena Morrissey champions Rachael Heyhoe Flint as her great life.
| 16:00Sectarianisation - a new explanation for conflict across the Arab Islamic world. 16:30Nick Robinson argues how the BBC should respond to the popularity of hyper-partisan news.
| 16:00Francine Stock talks to director Jennifer Brea, who turned the camera on herself. 16:30How can we avert the antibiotic resistance crisis?
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a publisher, a Soviet officer, an MP, an actress. 16:30Is Uber safe? The post Brexit dual nationality surge; measuring partner abuse. 16:55A marriage changes when one partner is in a wheelchair.
| 16:00What kind of role models were Bananarama in the 80s? Julie Bindel on the myth of sex work.
| 16:00James Naughtie discusses Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Danish writer Peter Hoeg. 16:30Michael Rosen visits the seminary where Gerard Manley Hopkins changed the sound of poetry.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30In iPM's second programme on asexuality, one listener on finding his identity.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Is there enough support available to struggling adoptive families?(R) 17:40Mark Coles on the life and career of Gavin Williamson, chief whip of the House of Commons.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Labour promises private finance initiative contracts will be taken "back in-house" 18:308/7Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Rufus Hound, Jenny Eclair and Zoe Lyons.
| 18:00Jeremy Corbyn says investors could worry about renationalisation and tax changes 18:303/6Tim meets a Birmingham shop fitter, a leadership trainer and an estate agent.
| 18:00Jeremy Corbyn has told supporters that Labour now represents the political mainstream 18:302/4John Shuttleworth invites Clare Grogan to sing one of his songs.(R)
| 18:00Negotiators positive about the latest talks, but EU wants more progress on Brexit issues 18:304/4Victoria Coren Mitchell chats with Claudia Winkleman about her life and her cars.
| 18:00Mark Carney gives clearest indication yet interest rates will rise - as soon as November. 18:30Miles Jupp is joined by Holly Walsh, Andrew Maxwell, Fern Brady and Isabel Hardman.
| 18:00Spanish police seal off polling stations to try to stop the ballot. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Over 400 injured in Barcelona as security forces attempt to stop independence referendum. 18:15Mark Thomas chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Justin has an unexpected call. 19:15Romcom director and writer Nancy Meyers, and what makes a literary modern classic. 19:451/5Nell finds herself pregnant and marries Barry, not the father, for respectability.(R)
| 19:00Ian is keen to move forward. 19:15Susheela Raman; Liz Dawn, Tony Booth remembered; the campus in culture; Kwame Kwei Armah. 19:452/5A child psychologist wants to adopt Jeanie. Twin sister Meg is told not to speak of her.(R)
| 19:00Helen has a lot to think about. 19:15Carlos Acosta, 400 years of opera at the V&A and On the Road with Michael Winterbottom. 19:453/5On a trip to Scarborough, Meg and Jeanie meet on the beach, and Nell stabs Harry.(R)
| 19:15Benny Andersson performs, Sophie Wu on her new play, the healing power of poetry. 19:454/5Katie Hims' heartrending story of separated twins and their search for one another.(R)
| 19:00Kate has a birthday surprise. 19:15Flood, Louise Wallwein, Imtiaz Dharker, Washing Lines poems from the people of Humberside. 19:455/5Katie Hims' heartrending story of separated twins and their search for one another.(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles on the life and career of Gavin Williamson, chief whip of the House of Commons. 19:15Daphne, Jane Eyre, Ken Burns's Vietnam on BBC4, Nicola Lagioia's Ferocity, Jasper Johns.
| 19:00Adam tries not to seem ungrateful. 19:151/4Joanna Lumley guest stars in an investigation into multiple thefts at a community centre. 19:451/15Indira Varma kicks off Jon McGregor's 15-part short story series set in the Peak District.
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| 20:00 | 20:00How does the local council affect day-to-day lives of housing estate residents? 20:30Panama's idyllic islands are threatened by a rising sea, but one community has a plan.(R)
| 20:00Is there enough support available to struggling adoptive families? 20:40Ian Macrae updates on the Orbit Braille reader and we talk to victorious blind sailors.
| 20:00Clive Anderson and guests discuss the role the law can play in reducing climate change. 20:45David Baddiel tries to understand computer hacking.
| 20:00Are big technology companies out of control and now too big to fail? 20:30With food waste a huge global problem, can business find new and profitable solutions?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Penwortham in Lancashire. 20:50Andrew Sullivan on how America has become 'a truly tribal society'.
| 20:00Jeremy Irons and Julie Hesmondhalgh perform poetry live in Hull. With Lindsey Chapman.
| 20:00Is Uber safe? The post Brexit dual nationality surge; measuring partner abuse.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a publisher, a Soviet officer, an MP, an actress.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Brett Westwood explores our relationship with the baobab or upside-down tree.(R) 21:30Francine Stock with Matthew Walker, Sasha Handley, Matthew Taylor and Susan Foister.(R)
| 21:00Scoliosis, depression in teenagers, pets in hospital, Eustachian tubes and blocked ears. 21:30Singing leopard seals and other perils of research in Antarctica.(R)
| 21:00Tom Heap asks if the Environment Agency is fit for purpose. 21:30Roderick Williams traces the long evolution of our amateur singing tradition.(R)
| 21:00How can we avert the antibiotic resistance crisis?(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emily Bronte's only novel, Wuthering Heights.(R)
| 21:00Can marketing move beyond mere copy and be considered genuine art?
| 21:003/3From one of Italy's most acclaimed authors, the continued story of a lifetime friendship.(R)
| 21:00Comparison website deals push up price of insurance, plus the costs of autoenrolment.(R) 21:26Lemn Sissay makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Hope and Homes for Children.(R) 21:30With food waste a huge global problem, can business find new and profitable solutions?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Result expected to strongly support breakaway. 22:451/10Sue Townsend's chronicle of a teenager growing up in the Midlands in the 1980s.
| 22:00Reaction from a long-time campaigner for Saudi women's right to drive. 22:452/10Adrian receives a Valentine's card, and a letter from the BBC.
| 22:00Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tells the conference they are now in the political mainstream. 22:453/10Sue Townsend's chronicle of a teenager growing up in the Midlands in the 1980s.
| 22:00UN chief warns another 250,000 Rohingya could be displaced if crisis spreads. 22:454/10Adrian Mole finally gets to experience his first passionate kiss.
| 22:00Cuba warns that the move will affect bilateral ties. 22:455/10Absence makes the heart grow fonder for Adrian and Pandora.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Clive Anderson and guests discuss the role the law can play in reducing climate change.(R)
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn and guests discuss the Conservative Party conference in Manchester
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| 23:00 | 23:00Malorie Blackman, author of Noughts and Crosses, talks in depth to Michael Rosen.(R) 23:30Harriett Gilbert talks to Cariad Lloyd and Mike Bullen about books they love, and why.(R)
| 23:002/4Late-night topical comedy, hosted by award-winning satirist Nish Kumar. 23:30Murray Lachlan Young and Deborah Frances-White discuss their favourite books.(R)
| 23:002/4Charlotte wants a photo of all the good she is doing. Lillian demands editorial control. 23:155/6Jane Austen's first employment was as a bailiff's clerk penning letters to debtors.(R) 23:30Actor Bill Paterson, writer Tom Chatfield and presenter Harriett Gilbert recommend reads.(R)
| 23:006/8Rising Damp legend Don Warrington joins Peter Curran and Patrick Marber in the dark. 23:154/4Elvis ponders what's so great about country life.(R) 23:30Will Self and Rachel Johnson join Harriett Gilbert to chat about favourite books(R)
| 23:00Women in Tech - recorded with an audience at the British Science Festival. 23:30City boss Helena Morrissey champions Rachael Heyhoe Flint as her great life.(R) 23:55Terminal illness alters one's perspective.
| 23:0013/13The 2017 final of the wide-ranging music quiz, with Paul Gambaccini.(R) 23:30Don McCullin, photographer and 'sky stalker', on the landscape around his house.(R)
| 23:001/8Radiolab asks is 'survival of the fittest' compatible with animals helping each other out?
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