| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the history of aerial bombing and tear gas.(R) 00:45Church bells from St Michael's Church in Kingsteignton.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Stephanie Cole reads Penelope Lively's memoir of her life in gardens.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Exploring gardens in fiction.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5The influence of fashion on gardening, literature and creativity.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Gardens as the ultimate defiance of time.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Exploring city allotments and the suburban garden.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Dan is at his own stag do but feels anxious about the marriage.(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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| 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 Canon Sarah Rowland Jones. 05:45Climate change and farming, turning eggs into liquid and a new UK charter for trees. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Gary Moore describes the elation of tracking down the notoriously elusive golden pheasant.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with Canon Sarah Rowland Jones. 05:45A vet, a dairy farm and a badger welfare campaigner come together to address bovine TB. 05:58How wildlife sound recordist Gary Moore became a launch pad for migrating birds on Skomer.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with Canon Sarah Rowland Jones. 05:45New science shows cattle slurry can contain infectious bovine TB organisms. 05:58When sound recordist Gary Moore recorded a woodlark his work revealed some odd behaviour.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with Canon Sarah Rowland Jones. 05:45Agricultural researchers address farming's carbon hoof print and how to reduce it. 05:58Braving dark countryside, sound recordist Gary Moore goes in search of the stone curlew.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with Canon Sarah Rowland Jones. 05:45With questions marks over two major farming chemicals, does the industry need to re-think? 05:58While paying tribute at the Somme battlefields, sound recordist Gary Moore hears a skylark
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Reverend Andrew Martlew. 05:45After a Greek camp closes down, we find out where the residents are going next.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from St George's Memorial Church in Ypres, Belgium. 05:45Priti Patel, the ambitious right wing cabinet minister, forced to resign.(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.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07Mary Ward-Lowery finds out why bell-ringing is different in Devon.(R) 06:30What can agriculture do to reduce its impact on climate change? Charlotte Smith finds out. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully celebrates the creative chain that links composer, performer and audience. 06:35The Wensleydale farmer trying new ways to protect wildlife whilst growing his livestock. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme presented by Edward Stourton. 07:54Nick Hewer makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Pancreatic Cancer Action. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service for Remembrance Sunday from Christ Church, Ballynure, County Antrim. 08:48Will Self on his conversion to vegetarianism.(R) 08:58Gary Moore describes the elation of tracking down the notoriously elusive golden pheasant.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Maya Jasanoff, Robert Colls, Ishion Hutchinson and Gideon Rachman. 09:45Neil MacGregor on sacred spaces, from a 4,000-year-old temple to a brand new cathedral.
| 09:00Martin Wolf of the Financial Times examines the economic impact of President Donald Trump. 09:45Neil MacGregor focuses on offerings, including gold consigned to a Colombian lake.
| 09:00Musician and composer Kerry Andrew travels to meet the novelist Sarah Hall. 09:30George Osborne gets a grilling whilst posing for a portrait by cartoonist Martin Rowson.(R) 09:45Neil MacGregor focuses on Aztec human sacrifices, and animal sacrifice in ancient Greece.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss history and culture of the Picts. 09:45Neil MacGregor focuses on the role of pilgrimage in Christianity, Buddhism and Islam.
| 09:00Professor Phil Scraton, academic, is interviewed by Kirsty Young.(R) 09:45Neil MacGregor focuses on special gatherings and how they shape a communal identity.
| 09:00Singer-songwriter Katie Melua joins Aasmah Mir and the Rev Richard Coles.
| 09:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 09:15Lilian turns detective, and Ian struggles to make a good impression.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Pole dancing could become an Olympic sport but can it ever lose its sexual connotations? 10:451/5Extortion, corruption, deceit: another week in the dairy business of 1890s Whitechapel.
| 10:00Sharon Horgan, Diane Morgan and Anna Maxwell Martin talk about new sitcom Motherland. 10:452/5Can the man claiming to be Megan's half-brother really be who he says he is?
| 10:00Jenni Murray and Jane Garvey announce the winner of the Woman's Hour Craft Prize. 10:413/5Samuel has disappeared and Meg is frantic. And then a body washes up out of the past. 10:55Not a label but a person.
| 10:00Forty years of IVF, locker room talk, and Penelope Lively's garden. 10:454/5Bren Evans makes more demands as the police close in on Meg and Dora Lipski.
| 10:00Actor Anne Reid, musician Trish Clowes, White House photojournalist Amanda Lucidon. 10:455/5Bren Evans true identity has been revealed, and now Meg must tackle her real enemy.
| 10:30Alan Dein travels the world via the internet, talking to people surviving against the odds
| 10:30James Naughtie is the commentator at the Ceremony of Remembrance from the Cenotaph.
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| 11:00 | 11:00The story of a care home manager who was sacked after posting a photo on Facebook. 11:301/4Molly must try to persuade her son to strike out on his own...
| 11:00Brett Westwood admires how the impossibility of the giraffe has captured hearts worldwide. 11:30Tayo Popoola explores Nigeria's enduring love of Jim Reeves and country and western music.
| 11:00Laura Barton examines the place of school and background in determining confidence.(R) 11:30Mae asks why some people more susceptible to addiction than others.
| 11:00Reports from writers and journalists around the world. Presented by Kate Adie. 11:30Follow portrait artist Fiona Graham-Mackay as she paints actor Juliet Stevenson.
| 11:00Giles Fraser explores the role of sacred spaces in remembering those lost at Passchendaele 11:304/4Who cares? Why do we care? If genes are selfish why is altruism attractive?
| 11:00The traditional two-minute silence to mark Armistice Day. 11:02Tom Newton Dunn of The Sun looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30The Prince's purge: Mohammed Bin Salman's moves to reform Saudi Arabia.
| 11:45Novelist Nikesh Shukla shares his fascination for boxing with Hayley Campbell.(R)
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Return of the series that explains what is really at stake with Brexit. 12:15News and discussion of consumer affairs. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Chris Morris asks what will happen to immigration after Brexit. 12:15Consumer phone-in. How well you are served by your GP? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Britain is leaving Euratom as well as the EU. What is Euratom, and should we be worried? 12:15New research looks at how government-funded 'Portas Pilot towns are doing five years on. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04What will Brexit mean for Ireland? Chris Morris discovers what is at stake. 12:15The flying car is coming - will it ever take off? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Chris Morris asks if we now know where the Brexit journey could take us. 12:15Spending on Christmas ads reaches a record high. Peter White presents.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Tax breaks for offshore profits, parking fines, and bank fraud victims to get money back. 12:302/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis recap the week, with guests David Quantick and Grainne Maguire.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:046/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon discovers how the spirit of Catalonia is reflected in their passion for food 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:451/5Stephanie Cole reads Penelope Lively's memoir of her life in gardens.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:452/5Exploring gardens in fiction.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:453/5The influence of fashion on gardening, literature and creativity.
| 13:00News with Martha Kearney including cabinet reshuffle latest and the use of 'fulsome'. 13:454/5Gardens as the ultimate defiance of time.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:455/5Exploring city allotments and the suburban garden.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Meopham, Kent.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Can writing songs help heal PTSD? American military veterans find out.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Justin issues an ultimatum.(R) 14:151/2Disgraced Alia Khan seeks a life of obscurity. But murder soon comes knocking at her door.(R)
| 14:00Lilian tries to prevent a disaster.(R) 14:152/2Disgraced police inspector Alia Khan is enlisted to help catch a serial killer.(R)
| 14:00Lilian's suspicions rise.(R) 14:15He is surprised she cannot remember why she left. He can. A romance over 30 years.
| 14:00Ian struggles to make a good impression.(R) 14:15By Hayley Squires. Emotional drama about fathers, daughters and the beautiful game.(R)
| 14:00Lilian turns detective.(R) 14:15In 1917, the conflict in the First World War redrew the Middle East.
| 14:00Listeners have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30In 1917, the conflict in the First World War redrew the Middle East.
| 14:00Eric Robson and the panel are at the Wellcome Collection in London.(R) 14:45Down's Syndrome, type 1 diabetes and learning disabilities do not need to be life-limiting
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| 15:00 | 15:00Nigel Rees quizzes Sally Phillips, Matthew Parris, Kate Williams and Frog Stone. 15:30Dan Saladino has a practical fermentation masterclass with writer and teacher Sandor Katz.(R)
| 15:00Jay Rayner and his panel of culinary experts are in Lancaster.(R) 15:30Roger Harrabin travels to the USA to meet America's climate resistance.
| 15:00More people than ever are doing a DIY divorce due to cuts in legal aid. What's the impact? 15:30Sibling rivalry, Prisoner of war diaries, Inflammation and depression.(R)
| 15:00Mary Ward-Lowery finds out why bell-ringing is different in Devon. 15:27Julie Etchingham makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Anti-Slavery International.(R) 15:30James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to novelist Edward St Aubyn about Mother's Milk(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and the panel are at the Wellcome Collection in London. 15:45Dan is at his own stag do but feels anxious about the marriage.
| 15:15Conversations about living with disability - your own or your child's or your parent's.(R) 15:30Tayo Popoola explores Nigeria's enduring love of Jim Reeves and country and western music.(R)
| 15:00Thirteen stories about the current president of Russia, Vladimir Putin.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Four Hull dance schools bring the Royal Ballet's Take Flight to the city's streets. 16:30Aleks Krotoski asks if technology is changing our experience and relationship with shame.
| 16:00Proposals for new acid and corrosive offences. 16:30Rick Edwards and George Lamb join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books.
| 16:00Marxism - does it have any contemporary relevance? Also, 'red' globalisation. 16:30The Paradise Papers are 1.4TB of leaked financial documents - and dozens of stories.
| 16:00Paddington 2, The Florida Project, No Stone Unturned, and the smell of cinema. 16:30A young boy is saved by a remarkable combination of stem cell and gene therapy
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a chef, a campaigner, a poet, a trainer, and a composer. 16:30Roger Bolton speaks to two listeners with opposing views of The Archers. 16:55Having a learning disability doesn't mean you can't have a job.
| 16:00Anne Reid on her latest film role. Plus Woman's Hour Craft Prize winner.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to celebrated American novelist Celeste Ng. 16:30Carlisle-born Jacob Polley returns to Cumbria's west coast to find his poetic inspiration.
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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.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30The UK spends £4.5 billion a year on pets. Where does the money go? Evan Davis chairs.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00An investigation into international offshore finance.(R) 17:40Priti Patel, the ambitious right wing cabinet minister, forced to resign.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00The technology giant moved the money after a tax loophole in Ireland was closed 18:306/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
| 18:00The Prince lobbied for policy that would have benefited his estate. He denies wrongdoing. 18:303/6Ed must prove who he is, in order to claim a possible inheritance.
| 18:00Priti Patel, the embattled International Development Secretary, returns to the UK. 18:304/4Comedian and writer Andy Hamilton's sort-of-memories are all about animals.
| 18:00Penny Mordaunt is the new International Development Secretary, replacing Priti Patel. 18:301/4Alexei Sayle delivers a mixture of stand-up, memoir and philosophy.
| 18:00The UK has a fortnight to clarify key Brexit issues in order for trade talks to begin 18:302/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis recap the week, with guests David Quantick and Grainne Maguire.
| 18:00In Vietnam meeting, Vladimir Putin assures Donald Trump Russia "did not meddle" in poll. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Michael Gove confirms existence of a letter allegedly telling PM how to manage Brexit. 18:15Liz Barclay chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Lilian tries to prevent a disaster. 19:15Kenneth Lonergan on his adaptation of EM Forster's Howards End. 19:45Neil MacGregor on sacred spaces, from a 4,000-year-old temple to a brand new cathedral.(R)
| 19:00Lilian's suspicions rise. 19:15Toby Jones, Mackenzie Crook, the Louvre in Abu Dhabi, plus film director Yorgos Lanthimos. 19:45Neil MacGregor focuses on offerings, including gold consigned to a Colombian lake.(R)
| 19:00Ian struggles to make a good impression. 19:15Hugh Grant on how his early stage career equipped him to play the villain in Paddington 2. 19:45Neil MacGregor focuses on Aztec human sacrifices, and animal sacrifice in ancient Greece.(R)
| 19:15Christian Slater and Sam Yates on Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, Animator Ivor Wood's legacy 19:45Neil MacGregor focuses on the role of pilgrimage in Christianity, Buddhism and Islam.(R)
| 19:00Harrison imparts shocking news. 19:15Sheridan Smith on her first solo album. 19:45Neil MacGregor focuses on special gatherings and how they shape a communal identity.(R)
| 19:00Priti Patel, the ambitious right wing cabinet minister, forced to resign. 19:15Glengarry Glen Ross, Marjorie Prime, Howards End, Richard Flanagan, Red Star Over Russia.
| 19:00What's distracting Lilian? 19:151/4Agent Bertie Whiff-Whaff is making Dot and the gals from personnel squiffy.(R) 19:457/15The story of a disappearance. David Schofield continues Jon McGregor's short story series.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Laura Barton examines the place of school and background in determining confidence. 20:30Professor James Tilley discovers how chimpanzee power struggles mirror human politics.
| 20:00An investigation into international offshore finance. 20:40Peter White talks to RNIB's CEO Sally Harvey about her plans for future of the charity.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45A former Scientologist for 28 years tells why he quit what some see as a dangerous cult.
| 20:00Proposals for new acid and corrosive offences.(R) 20:30The UK spends £4.5 billion a year on pets. Where does the money go? Evan Davis chairs.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Meopham, Kent. 20:50Will Self on his conversion to vegetarianism.
| 20:00Frances Cairncross tells the inside story of the devaluation crisis of 1967.
| 20:00Roger Bolton speaks to two listeners with opposing views of The Archers.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a chef, a campaigner, a poet, a trainer, and a composer.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Beavers are back, but Brett Westwood asks if they can recover their place in our culture.(R) 21:30Andrew Marr with Maya Jasanoff, Robert Colls, Ishion Hutchinson and Gideon Rachman.(R)
| 21:00Sibling rivalry, Prisoner of war diaries, Inflammation and depression. 21:30Martin Wolf of the Financial Times examines the economic impact of President Donald Trump.(R)
| 21:00Roger Harrabin travels to the USA to meet America's climate resistance.(R) 21:30Musician and composer Kerry Andrew travels to meet the novelist Sarah Hall.(R)
| 21:00A young boy is saved by a remarkable combination of stem cell and gene therapy(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss history and culture of the Picts.(R)
| 21:00How a reclusive maths prodigy terrorised America - and how the media amplified his cause.(R)
| 21:00Where was Joseph Stalin when the Soviet Union was attacked?(R)
| 21:00Tax breaks for offshore profits, parking fines, and bank fraud victims to get money back.(R) 21:26Nick Hewer makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Pancreatic Cancer Action.(R) 21:30Professor James Tilley discovers how chimpanzee power struggles mirror human politics.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00International development secretary Priti Patel apologises over Israel meetings. 22:451/10Australia's most wanted criminal, Ziggy Heidl, needs a ghostwriter for his memoir.
| 22:00Prince accused of a 'conflict of interest'. 22:452/10Kif is a struggling would-be novelist with a pregnant wife and no income.
| 22:00As another minister quits, World Tonight asks what it says about Theresa May's government. 22:453/10Penning the memoir of a criminal celebrity proves frustrating - without any facts.
| 22:00Zimbabwe's leader is thought to be preparing the path for his wife Grace to take over. 22:454/10Ziggy hints at CIA involvement and continues to maintain the banks want to kill him.
| 22:00Hassan Nasrallah says Saad Hariri forcibly detained in Riyadh. 22:455/10Ziggy points out to Kif that being a conman is a bit like being a writer. You tell lies.
| 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 the big stories at Westminster.
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| 23:00 | 23:00The dynamic and burgeoning world of UK spoken word poetry. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster as MPs debate the leak of the Paradise Papers.
| 23:004/6From Edinburgh - Fred MacAulay with more top comedy talent. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:004/4Beverley Callard stars in Jenny Eclair's comic monologue about a 60th birthday party. 23:153/4Sam Bain's dark comedy about a man obsessed with celebrities while his life falls apart. 23:30How William Fox Talbot captured a moment in time.(R)
| 23:002/4Stoneybridge, Little Girl, Calum, Denzil and Mr Muzak feature in the popular sketch show.(R) 23:30The man who predicted deforestation and harmful human-induced climate change 200 years ago(R)
| 23:00Rick Edwards and George Lamb join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books.(R) 23:30Naomi Alderman tells the story of 18th-century comet spotter and singer Caroline Herschel.(R) 23:55A childhood diagnosis of type 1 diabetes means something different now from 40 years ago.
| 23:00Nigel Rees quizzes Sally Phillips, Matthew Parris, Kate Williams and Frog Stone.(R) 23:30Wordsworth's daughter may have had Down's Syndrome. If so, how did she influence him?(R)
| 23:00Paddington 2, The Florida Project, No Stone Unturned, and the smell of cinema.(R) 23:30Mark Tully celebrates the creative chain that links composer, performer and audience.(R)
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