| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor takes a cool, non-dystopian look at future possibilities.(R) 00:45Church bells from St Thomas Apostle, Lymington, Hampshire.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Lydia Wilson reads from the letters of Sylvia Plath.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Lydia Wilson reads from the letters of Sylvia Plath.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Lydia Wilson reads from the letters of Sylvia Plath, abridged by Caitlin Crawford.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Lydia Wilson reads from the letters of Sylvia Plath.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Lydia Wilson reads from the letters of Sylvia Plath.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Maxine Beneba Clarke's specially written short story about the fallout from a hurricane.(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 Canon Steve Williams. 05:45As private investors increasingly buy up agricultural land, what's the future for farmers? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Dr Stuart Butchart from BirdLife International reveals the bronze-winged jacana.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Steve Williams. 05:45New figures show a significant rise in tourism to cities and the countryside. 05:58BirdLife International's Bruce Winney relives seeing red kites over Harrogate.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Steve Williams. 05:45The 2017 Global Food Security Index says Brexit poses an extreme risk to UK food security. 05:58BirdLife International's Rosa Gleave on the goldcrest.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Steve Williams. 05:45The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. 05:58BirdLife International's Sue Patterson on the great spotted woodpecker.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Steve Williams. 05:45A new agreement between the EU and UK on post-Brexit import quotas is signed. 05:58BirdLife International's Rob Martin on the cerulean paradise-flycatcher.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Shaunaka Rishi Das. 05:45In Spain, listener and former holiday rep Stuart discusses Catalan independence.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from St Martins, Worcester. 05:45Edward Stourton profiles Baroness Trumpington, famous for flicking a V sign in the Lords.(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 continues her exploration of the Isle of Man walking along the coastal path.(R) 06:30As the rutting season gets underway, Lucy Taylor visits Woburn Abbey Deer Park and Farm. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully considers the wisdom of trying to keep things simple. 06:35Peter France is on the South Downs with ecologist David Streeter. From 1988. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including 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 Edward Stourton. 07:54Michael Palin makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Farm Africa. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Anticipating St Luke's Day from the Churchill Hospital Cancer Centre in Oxford. 08:48Andrew Sullivan on the cultural Marxism he says is sweeping through US universities.(R) 08:58Dr Stuart Butchart from BirdLife International reveals the bronze-winged jacana.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00The Russian Revolution with Mikhail Zygar, Arkady Ostrovsky and Zelfira Tregulova. 09:451/10John Reed's classic eye-witness account of the Russian Revolution in October 1917.
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili asks Steve Cowley if we will ever have energy from nuclear fusion. 09:30What is it like to discover you have got half-siblings? 09:452/10John Reed's classic eye-witness account of the Russian Revolution in October 1917.
| 09:00Roderick Williams explores how Britain lost its singing voice and if it be recovered. 09:305/5Wayne Hemingway tells the story of Vantablack, the blackest black.(R) 09:453/10John Reed's classic eye-witness account of the Russian Revolution in October 1917.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aphra Behn (1640-1689): playwright, poet, spy. 09:454/10John Reed's classic eye-witness account of the Russian Revolution in October 1917.
| 09:00Sir James MacMillan, composer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.(R) 09:455/10Kerensky joins forces with the Cossacks advancing on Petrograd.
| 09:00Aasmah Mir and the Rev. Richard Coles are joined by Mary Berry and Harry Judd.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Dawn French, soprano Amanda Forbes, writer Valeria Luiselli. 10:45Lydia Wilson reads from the letters of Sylvia Plath.
| 10:00Actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg talks about her new album, life and loss. 10:45Lydia Wilson reads from the letters of Sylvia Plath.
| 10:00What are we teaching our children about sexual consent? 10:41Lydia Wilson reads from the letters of Sylvia Plath, abridged by Caitlin Crawford. 10:55A father's brutal childhood experience ensured his son's upbringing was very different.
| 10:00First Time Ever; social isolation; are fertility tests a waste of money? Fishing. 10:45Lydia Wilson reads from the letters of Sylvia Plath.
| 10:00Hair the musical, victim blaming, Claudia Rankine and Salmon netting. 10:45Lydia Wilson reads from the letters of Sylvia Plath.
| 10:30Jay Rayner and the panel visit Pangbourne College in Berkshire.
| 10:00Lilian finds herself tempted, and Pip makes an embarrassing mistake.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Aasmah Mir explores the short and long term impact of abortion on men.(R) 11:302/4Susan Calman tries to unwind by watching cricket with Andy Zaltzman.(R)
| 11:00Brett Westwood follows gulls away from the sea to landfill sites where birdwatchers gather 11:30Comedian and Russophile Viv Groskop explores a century of revolutionary comedy.
| 11:00Historian Justin Champion explores the Russia of 1917 as a revolution in ideas.(R) 11:302/4The catering sleuth from Slough is on the trail of a missing bridesmaid. Stars Meera Syal.
| 11:00Election day was peaceful in Liberia, but are sinister forces at play? 11:30Recorded live in Hull, Jeremy Irons and Julie Hesmondhalgh perform poetry inspired by Hull
| 11:00Improvisations in music and story from the street pianists at London’s St Pancras Station. 11:304/4Inspector Lestrade introduces Sherlock Holmes's rival Dr James Thorndike.(R)
| 11:00George Parker of the Financial Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30The spiritualists selling costly 'cures' and offering exorcisms for mental health problems
| 11:15Jane Gardam, novelist, 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. 12:04We make so much plastic these days that it takes about eight percent of oil production. 12:13The fraud that accountants, police and even financial regulators didn't spot. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Market research marked a shift from a producer-led to a consumer-led approach to business. 12:13How have the government's pension freedoms worked for you? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04A high-tech 'death ray' capable of zapping sheep led to the invention of radar. 12:13What to do with extra energy, limiting the internet and snubbed football fans at Christmas 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The S-bend was a pipe with a curve in it, an invention that led to public sanitation. 12:13Energy cap, Debt advice, Cost of keeping pets. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Renaissance man Luca Pacioli wrote the definitive book on double-entry bookkeeping. 12:13Disabled people are recording benefit assessments to make sure their reports are accurate.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Black box technology promises cheaper insurance for 'good' drivers - but does it deliver? 12:30Host Miles Jupp is joined by Rich Hall, Helen Lewis, Mark Steel and Kiri Pritchard-McLean.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:042/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon talks to people who eat according to very strict rules. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Vanora Bennett looks at one of the longest-lasting rulers of the European Enlightenment.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Vanora Bennett profiles Stalin's wife, born in 1901 in the Tsarist Russian south.
| 13:00News with Edward Stourton including Weinstein reaction and Brexit budget debate. 13:45The Russian-born writer whose influence is most evident in her adopted home of the USA.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Vanora Bennett on Valentina Tereshkova, who in 1963 became the first woman in space.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Vanora Bennett's final Babushka doll is a member of activist group Pussy Riot.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Wellington Church in Glasgow.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30How a bitter dispute over Israel's future in 1967 split a country and divided a family.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Justin is in the dog house.(R) 14:151/5The king of Denmark has died, and the throne has been claimed by his brother Claudius.(R)
| 14:00Emma has help from an unexpected source.(R) 14:152/5The ghost of Hamlet's father has told Hamlet he was murdered by Claudius. But is it true?(R)
| 14:00Lilian finds herself tempted.(R) 14:153/5Hamlet arranges for a play to be performed that features a similar murder to his father's.(R)
| 14:00Pip makes an embarrassing mistake.(R) 14:154/5After Hamlet's accidental murder of Polonius, Laertes returns to Elsinore bent on revenge.(R)
| 14:00Helen puts her foot down.(R) 14:155/5Hamlet returns unexpectedly to Elsinore, where Claudius and Laertes plan to murder him.(R)
| 14:00Listeners have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:302/2Rebus investigates a people-trafficking gang. Conclusion of Ian Rankin's crime thriller.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs is at Wakehurst Place in West Sussex, marking 30 years since the Great Storm.(R) 14:45Abuse by family or by those meant to care for a child is never forgotten.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Nigel Rees quizzes Kate Fox, Olly Mann, Julian Mitchell and Joanna Scanlon. 15:30Sheila Dillon finds out what happens when you eat with strangers.
| 15:00Jay Rayner and his panel of food experts are in Derby.(R) 15:30Lucy Siegle reports from La Scala, Milan to ask if fashion can ever really be 'green'.
| 15:00Who should cover the cost when money goes missing from your bank account? 15:30Complications of vaginal mesh implants, plus alcohol and the heart.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding continues her exploration of the Isle of Man walking along the coastal path. 15:27Prue Leith makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Bone Cancer Research Trust.(R) 15:30Alan Hollinghurst talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new novel, The Sparsholt Affair.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs is at Wakehurst Place in West Sussex, marking 30 years since the Great Storm. 15:45Maxine Beneba Clarke's specially written short story about the fallout from a hurricane.
| 15:30A portrait of singer, songwriter and truck driver Will Beeley.(R)
| 15:003/3Elena Ferrante's story of a lifelong friendship between Lila and Lena comes to an end.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Composer Llywelyn ap Myrddin travels to Russia to uncover the powerful music of bells. 16:30Aleks Krotoski explores whether we use rituals enough in the digital world.
| 16:00Robert Macfarlane tells Michael Rosen about his 'word-hoard' of endangered nature words. 16:30Sally Lindsay and Jonathan Harvey discuss books they love with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00What are restaurants for? Laurie Taylor explores the many functions of dining out. 16:30Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein stands accused of years of sexual misconduct.
| 16:00In an edition recorded at the London Film Festival, Francine Stock talks to Ian McEwan. 16:30How large is the role of agriculture in the antibiotic resistance crisis?
| 16:00Julian Worricker on a journalist, a politician, a boxer, a seamstress, a musician. 16:30Roger Bolton speaks to the editor of PM about Eddie Mair's interview with Amber Rudd. 16:55The smell of Jeyes fluid makes me shake.
| 16:00Peggy Seeger on her memoir First Time Ever.
| 16:00Omar El Akkad talks to Mariella Frostrup about his novel American War. 16:30Poet Bridget Minamore explores how women have created their own literary narratives.
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| 17:00 | 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.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30What is really going on in Europe's airline industry? Evan Davis and guests discuss.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Who cares? Are elderly patients being left to suffer and die from neglect in hospital?(R) 17:40Edward Stourton profiles Baroness Trumpington, famous for flicking a V sign in the Lords.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00The government and the EU both insist the other must make concessions 18:302/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
| 18:00The defence manufacturer, BAE Systems, is to cut almost 2,000 jobs 18:305/6A pie-seller and a man undergoing some unusual physiotherapy provide the entertainment.
| 18:00A row over funding for Brexit has exposed further divisions at the heart of the Cabinet 18:304/4John Shuttleworth invites Mari Wilson to sing one of his songs.(R)
| 18:00EU chief negotiator warns of disturbing deadlock over how much UK will owe when it leaves 18:301/4Lemn discusses his experiences as a foster child and draws comparisons with Harry Potter.(R)
| 18:00President Trump sets out more aggressive strategy towards Iran 18:30Host Miles Jupp is joined by Rich Hall, Helen Lewis, Mark Steel and Kiri Pritchard-McLean.
| 18:00Canadian held for 5 years says Islamist militants killed his child and raped his wife. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Stewart Henderson chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Emma has help from an unexpected source. 19:15Author Dan Brown discusses the return of Robert Langdon in his latest novel, Origin. 19:451/10John Reed's classic eye-witness account of the Russian Revolution in October 1917.(R)
| 19:00Lilian finds herself tempted. 19:15Sally Potter on her film The Party, and the composer of Wichita Lineman, Jimmy Webb. 19:452/10John Reed's classic eye-witness account of the Russian Revolution in October 1917.(R)
| 19:00Pip makes an embarrassing mistake. 19:15Dustin Hoffman on his new film, Jon Boden live, Tate St Ives reopens with a new gallery. 19:453/10John Reed's classic eye-witness account of the Russian Revolution in October 1917.(R)
| 19:00Helen puts her foot down. 19:15George Michael's film - Freedom, John Banville, Michael Fassbender and performance art. 19:454/10John Reed's classic eye-witness account of the Russian Revolution in October 1917.(R)
| 19:15Kit Harington on his new drama series about the Gunpowder Plot. 19:455/10Kerensky joins forces with the Cossacks advancing on Petrograd.(R)
| 19:00Edward Stourton profiles Baroness Trumpington, famous for flicking a V sign in the Lords. 19:15The Party, Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle, The Sparsholt Affair, Degas, The Gamble.
| 19:153/4Bridget Christie joins Max and Ivan as they investigate strange goings-on at the circus. 19:453/15Sacha Dhawan continues Jon McGregor's short story series set in the Peak District.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Historian Justin Champion explores the Russia of 1917 as a revolution in ideas. 20:30What could spark a conflict, and how devastating would it be?
| 20:00Who cares? Are elderly patients being left to suffer and die from neglect in hospital? 20:40Peter White hears about two adaptations of popular games: rugby and poker.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45David Baddiel tries to understand TV broadcasting.
| 20:00Is capitalism broken, and if so, what should replace it? 20:30What is really going on in Europe's airline industry? Evan Davis and guests discuss.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Wellington Church in Glasgow. 20:50Andrew Sullivan on the cultural Marxism he says is sweeping through US universities.
| 20:00As tempers flare and threats fly, we take a virtual audio tour inside the Hermit Kingdom.
| 20:00Roger Bolton speaks to the editor of PM about Eddie Mair's interview with Amber Rudd.(R) 20:30Julian Worricker on a journalist, a politician, a boxer, a seamstress, a musician.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Swift flies the skimming swallow: Brett Westwood on a much-loved seasonal-indicator bird.(R) 21:30The Russian Revolution with Mikhail Zygar, Arkady Ostrovsky and Zelfira Tregulova.(R)
| 21:00Complications of vaginal mesh implants, plus alcohol and the heart. 21:30Jim Al-Khalili asks Steve Cowley if we will ever have energy from nuclear fusion.(R)
| 21:00Lucy Siegle reports from La Scala, Milan to ask if fashion can ever really be 'green'.(R) 21:30Roderick Williams explores how Britain lost its singing voice and if it be recovered.(R)
| 21:00How large is the role of agriculture in the antibiotic resistance crisis?(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aphra Behn (1640-1689): playwright, poet, spy.(R)
| 21:001/2In the wake of Grenfell Tower, Lynsey Hanley tells the story of social housing in Britain.
| 21:002/3Despite her friend Lila's dismay, Lena continues her affair with Nino.(R)
| 21:00Black box technology promises cheaper insurance for 'good' drivers - but does it deliver?(R) 21:26Michael Palin makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Farm Africa.(R) 21:30What could spark a conflict, and how devastating would it be?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00UK and EU claim 'the ball is in your court' on Brexit. 22:451/5Kathy, wife of an American diplomat, gives birth to a boy - they name him Damien.
| 22:00The Catalan president declares independence - but suspends it for talks with Madrid. 22:452/5Tragedy strikes at Damien's birthday party.
| 22:00What would a 'no deal' look like? And should we prepare for it? 22:453/5Father Tassone has a warning.
| 22:00Michel Barnier, the EU's chief negotiator in the Brexit talks, says they are in 'deadlock' 22:454/5Kathy is in danger. Read by Owen Teale.
| 22:00Widespread dismay over damage to international agreement. 22:455/5Thorn has confirmed the shocking truth about Damien.
| 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 previews the week in politics with MPs and pundits.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen finds out what can be learnt about communication from people with autism.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:004/4Late-night topical comedy, hosted by award-winning satirist Nish Kumar. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:004/4Lillian's tales about her life and acting career prompt Charlotte to investigate further. 23:151/2Tom Neenan discovers what horrors lurk in our apps and gadgets in this modern ghost story. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/4Liam is torn between the laddish drinking societies and artsy intelligentsia of Cambridge. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Sally Lindsay and Jonathan Harvey discuss books they love with Harriett Gilbert.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55If your father abused you, should you blame your mother?
| 23:00Nigel Rees quizzes Kate Fox, Olly Mann, Julian Mitchell and Joanna Scanlon.(R) 23:30Lauren Laverne and her dad Les explore the relationship between fathers and daughters.(R)
| 23:00In an edition recorded at the London Film Festival, Francine Stock talks to Ian McEwan.(R) 23:30Mark Tully considers the wisdom of trying to keep things simple.(R)
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