| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the history of 'easeful death'. Also, life in an English hospice.(R) 00:45Church bells from All Saints Church, Marsworth, Buckinghamshire.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Hilary Spurling's life of the celebrated 20th-century novelist.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Powell's lowly role at a publisher in 1920s London presents certain challenges.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Powell, now married, has three published novels to his name, but little else.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Wartime had meant little time to write - but now, The Dance begins to take shape.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Settled in 1960s Somerset, Powell finds a new creative outlet.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30By Agnieszka Dale. Things come to a head over dinner with Annie's in-laws.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 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 Dr Elaine Storkey. 05:45David Gregory-Kumar asks how UK farmers will trade with the world after Brexit. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Writer Paul Evans encounters a crow in a cemetery.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Dr Elaine Storkey. 05:45New figures show farmed salmon in Scotland have unacceptably high levels of sea lice. 05:58A Halloween special: artist Jeremy Deller encounters a Mexican free-tailed bat colony.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Dr Elaine Storkey. 05:45Figures from the RSPB show that at least 81 birds of prey were illegally killed in 2016. 05:58Writer Paul Evans has an unnerving encounter with a barn owl in this Halloween tale.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Dr Elaine Storkey. 05:45What agricultural policy options are open to the UK once we leave the EU? 05:58Writer Paul Evans reflects on the merlin.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Dr Elaine Storkey. 05:45Farming businesses prepare for life outside the EU and Welsh warnings on a no-deal Brexit. 05:58Paul Evans encounters a pair of ravens.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with Canon Sarah Rowland Jones. 05:45iPM revisits a camp in Greece which is being closed down. ipm@bbc.co.uk.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from St Michael's Church in Kingsteignton. 05:45An insight into the character of an influential person making the news headlines.(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. 06:07Mountaineer Chris Bonington takes Helen Mark to his favourite view in the Lake District.(R) 06:30A discussion programme exploring international trade for farmers after Brexit. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Musician Jahnavi Harrison explores the benefits of having a guru. 06:35Join the workers on a Highland shooting estate for their end of season party. 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. 07:54Julie Etchingham makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Anti-Slavery International. 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 from St Joseph's Catholic Church in Bradford. 08:48Will Self says we need creative solutions to end institutional misogyny and abuse.(R) 08:58Writer Paul Evans encounters a crow in a cemetery.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Alice Roberts, Britt Wray and Gaia Vince discuss our relationship with the animal kingdom. 09:45Neil MacGregor's series continues with a focus on our relationship with the dead.
| 09:00Zoologist and inventor Adrian Thomas talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the mechanics of flight 09:30Broadcaster Peter Curran talks to guests about the Northern Ireland they left behind. 09:45Neil MacGregor focuses on the protection of the newly-born and their mothers.
| 09:00Noma Dumezweni narrates the third episode of her series about risk and creativity. 09:45Neil MacGregor focuses on rites of passage, including a hair-binding ritual from Vanuatu.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the events behind and impact of Picasso's iconic work. 09:45Neil MacGregor focuses on prayer, an individual activity that is also profoundly communal.
| 09:00Kay Mellor, writer and producer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.(R) 09:45Neil MacGregor on the role of distinctive dress and communal song in weekly gatherings.
| 09:00Reggie Yates joins Aasmah Mir and the Rev Richard Coles.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Jonny Dymond.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Atlas of Beauty, March of the Mummies, Sex in long-term relationships, Poet Una Marson,. 10:451/5AJ Cronin's groundbreaking novel about life before the NHS.
| 10:00Susannah Constantine discusses her move from fashion to fiction. 10:452/5Manson and Denny deal with an outbreak of typhoid. Denny is convinced he knows the cause.
| 10:00How to help a child with selective mutism. 10:413/5Denny tries to persuade Manson to go along with his plans to tackle the epidemic's source. 10:55Distance never parted them, and now they are back as close as when it all began.
| 10:00Corridors of power; Resettling refugees; Pascale Lamche; The Spark; Hannah Jewell. 10:454/5Denny persuades Manson to take action to rid Drineffy of the source of its typhoid problem
| 10:00Couples therapist Esther Perel with advice about keeping the sexual spark alive. 10:455/5Can Denny and Manson extricate themselves from a scandal that will ruin their careers?
| 10:30Jay Rayner and his panel of culinary experts are in Lancaster.
| 10:00The residents of Ambridge receive shocking news, and Roy faces an impossible dilemma.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Men talk frankly about the reality of erectile dysfunction. 11:304/4Susan Calman tries to unwind by visiting an art gallery with Phill Jupitus.(R)
| 11:00Beavers are back, but Brett Westwood asks if they can recover their place in our culture. 11:30Miles Jupp boards the train to Transylvania on the trail of Count Dracula.
| 11:00Laura Barton examines the place of confidence in modern life.(R) 11:30Stand-up Mae Martin draws connections between her obsessive patterns of behaviour.
| 11:00To fight and to forget - drug abuse in Nigeria. 11:30Fiona Graham-Mackay paints and interviews soprano Danielle de Niese.
| 11:00Ben Shepherd examines the history and legacy of Africa's left-wing liberation movements. 11:303/4Helen Keen ponders why we have a personality.
| 11:00Paul Waugh of HuffPost UK looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30A president in exile? The Brussels press pack is in pursuit of Carles Puigdemont.
| 11:15Professor Phil Scraton, academic, is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Jancis Robinson profiles a Chateau Pavie and tells the story of wine critic Robert Parker. 12:15Student protests, Universal Credit, Dr Michael Mosley. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Hugh Johnson profiles a 1540 Steinwein, one of the oldest wines to have ever been tasted. 12:15Should the NHS pay to treat your fertility problem? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Rebecca Gibb travels to the Tuscan coast to profile the Italian red wine Sassicaia. 12:15You and Yours speaks to a nurse who used to work as a disability benefits assessor. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Tim Atkin profiles Klein Constantia Vin de Constance, the New World's most historic wine. 12:15The care sector faces a huge bill for back pay and plans to cap the cost of IVF to the NHS 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Barry Smith heads to Burgundy to profile a 1994 Meo-Camuzet Vosne Romanee, Aux Brulee. 12:15The websites that claim to compare funeral plans but are actually selling on your data.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Pensions freedoms, insurers flouting FCA rules on renewal notice and IR35 changes. 12:301/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis with Sindhu Vee, Tez Ilyas, Pippa Evans and Luke Kempner.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:045/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.(R) 12:32Dan Saladino has a practical fermentation masterclass with writer and teacher Sandor Katz. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:451/5Hilary Spurling's life of the celebrated 20th-century novelist.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:452/5Powell's lowly role at a publisher in 1920s London presents certain challenges.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:453/5Powell, now married, has three published novels to his name, but little else.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:454/5Wartime had meant little time to write - but now, The Dance begins to take shape.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:455/5Settled in 1960s Somerset, Powell finds a new creative outlet.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Hagley in Worcestershire.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30A new statue of George Orwell is created to stand outside New Broadcasting House.
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| 14:00 | 14:00We delve into The Archers’ archive and it’s the night of the Hunt Ball at Grey Gables.(R) 14:151/4An old friend of Pilgrim's is possessed by a deadly forest spirit.(R)
| 14:00The residents of Ambridge receive shocking news.(R) 14:152/4Pilgrim investigates a story about a man being turned into a hare.(R)
| 14:00Alice puts her foot in it.(R) 14:153/4Pilgrim is drawn into the world of the Lanes, and the immortal children who live there.(R)
| 14:00Lilian fears the worst.(R) 14:154/4Pilgrim is asked to sacrifice a man he has kept safe for centuries.(R)
| 14:00Harrison hits a brick wall.(R) 14:15Rebecca loves her mission work in Bangladesh, but she is forced to question her role there
| 14:00Anita Anand takes your calls on sexual harassment and votes for 16-year-olds. 14:3015 years after losing her sight in an attack, a reunion brings ghosts from Meggie's past.
| 14:00Eric Robson and the panel visit the Lincolnshire branch of the Hardy Plant Society.(R) 14:45The trials of management, the joys of foraging, the rewards of long-term friendship.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Nigel Rees quizzes Julian Mitchell, Olly Mann, Joanna Scanlan and Kate Fox. 15:30Following years of reporting on UK chicken scandals, Dan Saladino looks at the latest.(R)
| 15:00Jay Rayner and the panel visit Ipswich.(R) 15:30How do you communicate carbon emissions to farmers?
| 15:00Financial phone-in on buying and selling a home. What can be done to improve the process? 15:30Sleep paralysis, exploding head syndrome, robot therapy, mental health awareness campaigns(R)
| 15:00Mountaineer Chris Bonington takes Helen Mark to his favourite view in the Lake District. 15:27Nicholas Farrell makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Myotubular Trust.(R) 15:30Graeme Macrae Burnet joins Alex Clark to discuss his novel The Accident on the A35.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and the panel visit the Lincolnshire branch of the Hardy Plant Society. 15:45By Agnieszka Dale. Things come to a head over dinner with Annie's in-laws.
| 15:30Poet and dramatist Michael Symmons Roberts asks who and what theatre is for.
| 15:00Where was Joseph Stalin when the Soviet Union was attacked?
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| 16:00 | 16:00Kofi Smiles visits the lighting installation bringing colour to a Hull housing estate. 16:30Aleks Krotoski asks why we just cannot get enough of what our digital devices dish up.
| 16:00Joshua Rozenberg talks to the director for legal affairs at the intelligence agency GCHQ 16:30Jenny Colgan and Steven Camden (Polarbear) talk favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores the history of aerial bombing and tear gas. 16:30How BuzzFeed broke the story of the Hollywood actor accused of sexual misconduct.
| 16:00Antonia Quirke presents a special edition on the thriller. 16:30A major global study finds that climate change has already damaged the health of millions.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a club owner, a politician, a folklorist, a lawyer and a principal. 16:30Roger Bolton with reaction to 60th anniversary edition of the Today programme. 16:55Sometimes it is hard to let go of the details and manage the bigger picture.
| 16:00The former fashion writer and presenter talks about her debut novel After The Snow.
| 16:00James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to novelist Edward St Aubyn about Mother's Milk 16:30Wordsworth's daughter may have had Down's Syndrome. If so, how did she influence him?
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| 17:00 | 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30What do foreign companies bring to the UK? Evan Davis and guests explore the issue.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00How are plans for the future of nuclear power progressing - and how to clean up the past?(R) 17:40An insight into the character of an influential person making the news headlines.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Trump's former campaign manager accused of conspiracy and money laundering 18:305/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
| 18:00Labour activist says she was raped at a party function and discouraged from reporting it 18:302/6It's time for Ed's annual health check.
| 18:00Political leaders are to discuss grievance procedures for victims of sexual harassment. 18:303/4Andy remembers an awkward visit to the GP when he was a student. From 2017.
| 18:00The Bank of England has increased interest rates for the first time in more than a decade 18:304/4Lemn examines where he let himself do the wrong thing, and how he has tried to make amends(R)
| 18:00Labour leader asked why he promoted Kelvin Hopkins despite allegations of harassment 18:301/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis with Sindhu Vee, Tez Ilyas, Pippa Evans and Luke Kempner.
| 18:00Shadow Chancellor says main party leaders need to agree "fair and objective" process 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Leaked documents show the Queen’s private estate has millions invested in offshore funds. 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week with journalist John McCarthy.
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| 19:00 | 19:00The residents of Ambridge receive shocking news. 19:15Bill Bailey tries out the Front Row keyboard. Shahidha Bari talks to Philip Pullman. 19:45Neil MacGregor's series continues with a focus on our relationship with the dead.(R)
| 19:00Alice puts her foot in it. 19:15Opera singer Lisette Oropesa, novelist Richard Flanagan, artist Kate MccGwire. 19:45Neil MacGregor focuses on the protection of the newly-born and their mothers.(R)
| 19:15Artist Tracey Emin, author Minette Walters, and a film about French painter Paul Gauguin. 19:45Neil MacGregor focuses on rites of passage, including a hair-binding ritual from Vanuatu.(R)
| 19:00Harrison hits a brick wall. 19:15Kenneth Branagh is Poirot; Josie Lawrence is Mother Courage; Keeping TV secrets. 19:45Neil MacGregor focuses on prayer, an individual activity that is also profoundly communal.(R)
| 19:00Roy faces an impossible dilemma. 19:15Writers Joanne Harris and Jonathan Coe on their latest work; Film director Luca Guadagnino 19:45Neil MacGregor on the role of distinctive dress and communal song in weekly gatherings.(R)
| 19:00An insight into the character of an influential person making the news headlines. 19:15Heather, 78/52 film, Ali Smith - Winter, Monochrome; National Gallery, Babylon Berlin.
| 19:00Justin issues an ultimatum. 19:15Dominic Frisby hosts a new panel show about the weird and funny world of pop economics. 19:456/15A story of a disappearance - told backwards. Joe Dempsie continues Jon McGregor's series.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Laura Barton examines the place of confidence in modern life. 20:30How will the European Union change after Britain leaves?
| 20:00How are plans for the future of nuclear power progressing - and how to clean up the past? 20:40RNIB's Ellie Southwood responds to Marsha de Cordova MP and Maria Oshodi on Extant at 20.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45How Bill Browder's change of mind has made him Vladimir Putin's great enemy.
| 20:00Joshua Rozenberg talks to the director for legal affairs at the intelligence agency GCHQ(R) 20:30What do foreign companies bring to the UK? Evan Davis and guests explore the issue.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Hagley in Worcestershire. 20:50Will Self says we need creative solutions to end institutional misogyny and abuse.
| 20:00Sir Isaiah Berlin died 20 years ago. Where are the Berlins of today? Jonathan Wolff asks.
| 20:00Roger Bolton with reaction to 60th anniversary edition of the Today programme.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a club owner, a politician, a folklorist, a lawyer and a principal.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Brett Westwood meets a rhinoceros nose to nose and is blown away by the experience.(R) 21:30Alice Roberts, Britt Wray and Gaia Vince discuss our relationship with the animal kingdom.(R)
| 21:00Sleep paralysis, exploding head syndrome, robot therapy, mental health awareness campaigns 21:30Zoologist and inventor Adrian Thomas talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the mechanics of flight(R)
| 21:00How do you communicate carbon emissions to farmers?(R) 21:30Noma Dumezweni narrates the third episode of her series about risk and creativity.(R)
| 21:00A major global study finds that climate change has already damaged the health of millions.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the events behind and impact of Picasso's iconic work.(R)
| 21:002/2Join Peter Snow and guests as he 'Returns to the Future'.
| 21:00Mike Walker's epic chronicle of the rulers of Russia reaches the Soviet era and Lenin.(R)
| 21:00Pensions freedoms, insurers flouting FCA rules on renewal notice and IR35 changes.(R) 21:26Julie Etchingham makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Anti-Slavery International.(R) 21:30How will the European Union change after Britain leaves?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Two former Trump aides are placed under house arrest, one man admits charges. 22:456/10Malcolm returns to see Alice at the priory to discover who has been helping Bonneville.
| 22:00A man deliberately drives a truck into cyclists and pedestrians in Manhattan. 22:457/10Dr Relf braves the flood in order to bring important news to Jordan College.
| 22:00The journalist at the centre of the story discusses Michael Fallon's resignation. 22:458/10Malcolm and Alice discover that Bonneville is not the only one hunting them.
| 22:00The chief whip is promoted a day after Michael Fallon resigns. 22:459/10On a mysterious island, Malcolm and Alice must protect Lyra from an otherworldly stranger.
| 22:00President Trump calls Bowe Bergdahl verdict 'a complete and total disgrace'. 22:4510/10As La Belle Sauvage reaches London, Malcom and Alice risk everything to reach safety.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.(R)
| 22:00Preview of the week's politics with politicians, pundits and experts.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright explain how pubs got their names.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:003/6From Edinburgh, Fred MacAulay introduces more of the UK's top comedians 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.
| 23:003/4Tilly Vosburgh stars in Jenny Eclair's comic monologue about a cleaner uncovering a secret 23:152/4Pierre ponders the minutiae of a social media post about Tess Daly's breakfast choices. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster where politicians promise joint action on harassment.
| 23:001/4Stoneybridge, the Little Girl, Calum and Frank Hovis feature in the popular sketch show.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Jenny Colgan and Steven Camden (Polarbear) talk favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.(R) 23:30A bill to give 16-year-olds the vote has been blocked in the Commons. 23:55Foraging from the forest and even the car park can provide a gourmet meal.
| 23:00Nigel Rees quizzes Julian Mitchell, Olly Mann, Joanna Scanlan and Kate Fox.(R) 23:30Sarah Howe's poetry echoes tales told to Anna Scott-Brown on a bench in Chinatown, London.(R)
| 23:00Antonia Quirke presents a special edition on the thriller.(R) 23:30Musician Jahnavi Harrison explores the benefits of having a guru.(R)
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