| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The housing crisis. Also, squatting in Amsterdam.(R) 00:45Church bells from York Minster.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Ed Stourton describes how the BBC adapted to being on a war footing.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Wartime propaganda and relaying less than truthful information to the enemy.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Ed Stourton on the French and Americans broadcasting from Britain.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5George Orwell joins the propaganda effort at the BBC. Written and read by Ed Stourton.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Ed Stourton on the creation of the BBC's War Reporting Unit, and live dispatches on D-Day.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30A story of cluttered gardens, rotting memories and the many possible uses of a brick.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection with Monica M Grady CBE, professor of planetary and space sciences. 05:45Charlotte Smith asks how farm subsidies will work in devolved areas of the UK after Brexit 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Professor Andy Radford recalls first hearing curlews as a child on the Yorkshire moors.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection with Monica M Grady CBE, professor of planetary and space sciences. 05:45Lib Dem Tim Farron criticises the Defra secretary's strategy for the future of farming. 05:58Professor Andy Radford is captivated by the vocal repertoire of the robin.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection with Monica M Grady CBE, professor of planetary and space sciences. 05:45Providing 'public goods' on farm: we hear how it could work. 05:58Professor Andy Radford reveals the importance of alarm calls to the superb fairy-wren.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection with Monica M Grady CBE, professor of planetary and space sciences. 05:45Is the USA preparing to play hard-ball with Britain in post-Brexit trade talks? 05:58Professor Andy Radford describes the role of the sentry amongst pied babblers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection with Monica M Grady CBE, professor of planetary and space sciences. 05:45What could a tax on single-use plastics mean for farmers? 05:58Professor Andy Radford describes a noisy encounter among green woodhoopoes.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A reading and reflection to start the day, with the Rev Dr Karen Smith. 05:45Listeners Joe and Sarah on two different sides of internet dating.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from Radyr, Cardiff. 05:45Mark Coles profiles Oprah Winfrey following her speech at the Golden Globes.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs, including 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. 06:07Helen Mark discovers the story of man's earliest ancestor on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset.(R) 06:30Sybil Ruscoe finds out about the challenges involved in caring for livestock in winter. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully plays with fire and flames in an investigation of their symbolic power. 06:35Syrian bee expert Dr Ryad Alsous on how he's teaching fellow refugees to be beekeepers. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton. 07:54Kaye Wragg makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Children with Cancer UK. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, exploring the legacy of Queen Margaret of Scotland. 08:48Howard Jacobson ponders why misanthropy is out of fashion.(R) 08:58Professor Andy Radford recalls first hearing curlews as a child on the Yorkshire moors.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Jane Robinson, Christopher Finlay, Peter Kennard and Fiona Sampson. 09:451/5Ed Stourton describes how the BBC adapted to being on a war footing.
| 09:003/3The Wire's Clarke Peters reveals a surprising musical history from a century ago. 09:30Life After Gold: What happens to top athletes after they retire from sport? 09:452/5Wartime propaganda and relaying less than truthful information to the enemy.
| 09:00People from around the world describe how Bach's cantata changed their lives. 09:301/5Street philosophy with Bettany Hughes, and changing ideas of character through the ages.(R) 09:453/5Ed Stourton on the French and Americans broadcasting from Britain.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Ottoman attack on the Knights Hospitaller in Malta. 09:454/5George Orwell joins the propaganda effort at the BBC. Written and read by Ed Stourton.
| 09:00Charlie Brooker, satirist and writer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young.(R) 09:455/5Ed Stourton on the creation of the BBC's War Reporting Unit, and live dispatches on D-Day.
| 09:00Commentator and former England rugby hooker Brian Moore joins Aasmah Mir and Suzy Klein.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Carrie Gracie talks about her decision to quit as the BBC's China editor over equal pay. 10:456/10CJ Sansom's Tudor mystery featuring lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake.
| 10:00The reshuffle and women, and the joy of putting your house in order before you die. 10:457/10CJ Sansom's Tudor mystery featuring lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake.
| 10:00Children's on smartphones; Andrea Dunbar; children of alcoholics; My Body Back Project. 10:418/10CJ Sansom's Tudor mystery featuring lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake. 10:55Ten-year-old friends get to grips with priorities at school.(R)
| 10:00Making childcare affordable, designing a sports bra and Helen Castor on Lady Jane Grey. 10:459/10CJ Sansom's Tudor mystery featuring lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake.
| 10:00Hollywood star Meryl Streep on her latest film, The Post, and how women are gaining power. 10:4510/10CJ Sansom's Tudor mystery featuring lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake.
| 10:30Jay Rayner and his culinary panel visit Burghley House near Stamford.
| 10:00Jill is left stunned, and Roy fears for the future.
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| 11:00 | 11:00What happens when you accidentally write a song for a global superstar? 11:301/6Tom and his dad fret about some potentially uncomfortable brushes with the law.(R)
| 11:00Dr Margaret McCartney asks if too many healthy people are being told they are ill.(R) 11:30Frances Fyfield and her team explore Delius's On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring.
| 11:001/3Steve Richards looks back on David Cameron's years in power and explores his legacy.(R) 11:302/6Al Murray, the Pub Landlord creator, passes the baton to comedian and satirist Ian Hislop.(R)
| 11:00How one bakery is bringing a hope of normality to war-torn east Ukraine. 11:301/2Mongolia's remarkable rise to being an opera superpower.
| 11:00Aleks Krotoski explores the amazing world of fictional food made real.(R) 11:302/3Historian Mark Easterbrook can't resist looking into the recent deaths.(R)
| 11:00Helen Lewis of the New Statesman looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Why it is far too early to write Silvio Berlusconi's political obituary.
| 11:15Angela Hartnett, chef, 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 do bats echolocate? And why don't they get confused by neighbouring signals? 12:15FM switch-off? It is likely the government will announce the switch-off date this year. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Why don't children like vegetables? 12:15Are you getting fair pay? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Can anything travel faster than the speed of light? Drs Rutherford and Fry investigate. 12:15Consumer affairs programme. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Are machines better than humans at identifying faces? 12:15Will the roll-out of smart meters still save people money? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Could we shoot a laser to the moon? 12:15Businesses now can't charge people using bank cards extra. How water-tight is the new law?
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The equity release market has grown by 40%, but who is accessing it? 12:30A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:041/6John Lloyd and Sally Phillips with Rory Bremner, Nikki Bedi and Pete Brown.(R) 12:32Rick Stein, Andi Oliver and Yotam Ottolenghi launch the BBC Food & Farming Awards 2018. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:456/10Paul Seabright investigates the links between trade and disease.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:457/10When civilizations meet, trade has a major part to play. Paul Seabright investigates.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:458/10Paul Seabright explains why the shipping container was such a revolutionary invention.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:459/10Paul Seabright examines the role of slave labour in the expansion of global trade.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:4510/10Paul Seabright asks what the events of 2025 will look like a couple of decades from now.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Wyedean School, Sedbury, Gloucestershire.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Hardeep Singh Kohli travels round the UK cooking lunch for people with remarkable stories.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Ruth has a difficult question to raise.(R) 14:151/10Stone - by Martin Jameson. Return of detective series created by Danny Brocklehurst.
| 14:00Brian makes a controversial decision.(R) 14:152/10Stone by Martin Jameson. Detective series created by Danny Brocklehurst.
| 14:153/10Stone written by Richard Monks. Detective series created by Danny Brocklehurst.
| 14:00Susan's hopes are dashed.(R) 14:154/10Stone. Written by Richard Monks. Detective series created by Danny Brocklehurst.
| 14:00Adam is outmanoeuvred.(R) 14:155/10Stone written by Cath Staincliffe. Detective series created by Danny Brocklehurst.
| 14:00Is the NHS in crisis and, if so, what do you think should be done about it? 14:30Muriel Spark's gloriously dark comedy about death.
| 14:00Eric Robson and the horticultural panel are in Lancashire.(R) 14:45Meeting the requirements of the adult world can be hard work.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. 15:30Sheila Dillon explores porridge.(R)
| 15:00Jay Rayner takes his culinary panel to Worcester.(R) 15:30Actor murdering mania, suffragettes and the martial arts, and Top Town History.
| 15:00How does Bank of England policy affect your money, wages, mortgage and the wider economy? 15:30Dr Mark Porter investigates the protection the latest vaccine gives us from Aussie flu.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark discovers the story of man's earliest ancestor on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset. 15:27Actress Adjoa Andoh makes an appeal on behalf of Opportunity International UK.(R) 15:30James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to travel writer Colin Thubron about In Siberia(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and the horticultural panel are in Lancashire. 15:45A story of cluttered gardens, rotting memories and the many possible uses of a brick.
| 15:30Frances Fyfield and her team explore Delius's On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring.(R)
| 15:00One of Muriel Spark's most gripping and disturbing books. Adapted by Beatrice Colin.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Richard Taylor charts the story of copyright and asks if the law is overreaching itself.(R) 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince and guests including Dara O'Briain look at gravitational waves.
| 16:00What can art mean for people and communities as they face life's great challenges?(R) 16:30Gisela Stuart nominates Joseph Chamberlain as her great life.
| 16:00The scenes, smells, sounds and tastes of city life. 16:30Michael Wolff is accused of betraying contacts to write his book about Trump's White House
| 16:00Martin McDonagh on his award-winning drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. 16:30Sanchi oil tanker, Gut gas sensor, Do babies look like their fathers?, Neanderthal sex.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on an astronaut, an editor, a musician, a judge and a pilot. 16:30Do missed appointments cost the NHS £1 billion? And do you always earn more with a degree? 16:55Having to say please and thank you all the time can get boring.(R)
| 16:00Sigrid, winner of BBC Music's Sound Of 2018, Meryl Streep.
| 16:00A celebration of Muriel Spark who was born in 1918. 16:30How did Momtaza Mehri go from net savvy sixth-former to successful millennial poet?(R)
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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.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Listeners Joe and Sarah on two different sides of internet dating.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00The British Muslims who joined Jihad in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Kashmir in the 80s and 90s(R) 17:40Mark Coles profiles Oprah Winfrey following her speech at the Golden Globes.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00A new team has been appointed to run the Conservative Party - but most stay put. 18:301/6John Lloyd and Sally Phillips with Rory Bremner, Nikki Bedi and Pete Brown.
| 18:00More women and ethnic minority MPs are appointed to government than before the reshuffle 18:306/6Mark Steel visits Ventnor on the Isle of Wight and performs for the local residents.
| 18:00Hammond warns EU against talk of "punishing" the UK for Brexit 18:301/4Scandinavian detective yarn starring Matthew Holness.
| 18:00A&E heads in England warn patients are "dying prematurely" due to pressures on the NHS. 18:302/6A surprise wedding venue and the sound of Shakespeare. Sketch show from 2018.
| 18:00Mayor of London says US president cancelled UK visit fearing mass protests 18:30A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.
| 18:00Talks are being held over the future of firm - which is a key government contractor. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Henry Bolton under pressure over his girlfriend's remarks about Prince Harry's fiancee 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week with Nick Baker.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Brian makes a controversial decision. 19:15We review Channel 4 drama Kiri and discuss the events of last night's Golden Globes. 19:456/10CJ Sansom's Tudor mystery featuring lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake.(R)
| 19:15The Vagina Monologues 20 years on and feminist theatre today, French TV crime drama Spiral 19:457/10CJ Sansom's Tudor mystery featuring lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake.(R)
| 19:00Susan's hopes are dashed. 19:15Melvyn Bragg - 40 years of The Southbank Show, TV arts programmes today, The Fire and Fury 19:458/10CJ Sansom's Tudor mystery featuring lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake.(R)
| 19:15Director Vicky Featherstone, philanthropist Jonathan Ruffer, and poet Sasha Dugdale. 19:459/10CJ Sansom's Tudor mystery featuring lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake.(R)
| 19:00Toby receives a shocking instruction. 19:15Tom Hanks on his new film, The Post, co-starring Meryl Streep. 19:4510/10CJ Sansom's Tudor mystery featuring lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake.(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles Oprah Winfrey following her speech at the Golden Globes. 19:15Rita Sue and Bob Too, 3 Billboards, Lily Tuck, History in the Making, Britannia.
| 19:00Kirsty makes a horrific discovery. 19:152/6Andy and Jeff find an abandoned fridge and think their luck has changed.(R) 19:45Merryn Glover's uplifting story inspired by Gerard Manley Hopkins.
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| 20:00 | 20:001/3Steve Richards looks back on David Cameron's years in power and explores his legacy. 20:30How black Brazilians are asserting their rights thanks to a controversial education law.(R)
| 20:00The British Muslims who joined Jihad in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Kashmir in the 80s and 90s 20:40Martin Conway talks about problems with Access to Work. Jane Taylor on how to get fit.
| 20:00Anne McElvoy and Gabrielle Rifkind are joined by Fraser Nelson and Zoe Williams. 20:45Artist Zarah Hussain reflects on gardening, roses and cultural identity.
| 20:00In its 70th year the NHS is in a winter crisis again. What will it take to fix it? 20:30Can electric cars replace petrol and diesel vehicles in a new motoring revolution?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Wyedean School, Sedbury, Gloucestershire. 20:50Howard Jacobson ponders why misanthropy is out of fashion.
| 20:00Christopher Frayling explores the rich and unsettling history of the Frankenstein myth.
| 20:00Do missed appointments cost the NHS £1 billion? And do you always earn more with a degree?(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on an astronaut, an editor, a musician, a judge and a pilot.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00How do we prepare for the distant future? Helen Keen meets the people who try to.(R) 21:30Andrew Marr with Jane Robinson, Christopher Finlay, Peter Kennard and Fiona Sampson.(R)
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter investigates the protection the latest vaccine gives us from Aussie flu. 21:303/3The Wire's Clarke Peters reveals a surprising musical history from a century ago.(R)
| 21:00A fun exploration of lateral thinking - in tribute to Edward de Bono who coined the term.(R) 21:30People from around the world describe how Bach's cantata changed their lives.(R)
| 21:00Sanchi oil tanker, Gut gas sensor, Do babies look like their fathers?, Neanderthal sex.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Ottoman attack on the Knights Hospitaller in Malta.(R)
| 21:001/2Paul Seabright presents an investigation into our trading past.
| 21:002/2As the Cuckoos' powers grow, so fears grow for their safety and the safety of others.(R)
| 21:00The equity release market has grown by 40%, but who is accessing it?(R) 21:26Kaye Wragg makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Children with Cancer UK.(R) 21:30Can electric cars replace petrol and diesel vehicles in a new motoring revolution?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Justine Greening resigns and Damian Hinds becomes education secretary. 22:451/10Muriel Spark's autobiographical novel set amid the postwar London publishing scene.
| 22:00Is this a chance to engage with Pyongyang? Or should the US consider its military options? 22:452/10Mrs Hawkins' future looks increasingly uncertain as problems arise at work and at home.
| 22:00Fierce fighting in Syria's Idlib province causes a humanitarian crisis. 22:453/10As problems mount at home, Mrs Hawkins is about to hit problems in her publishing career.
| 22:00Treasury secretary suggests Washington likely to impose new sanctions against Tehran. 22:454/10After losing her job in publishing, war widow Mrs Hawkins finds her love life improved.
| 22:00Amongst others, the UN, Vatican and African Union criticise the US President. 22:455/10Mrs Hawkins hopes to put her troubles at the Ullswater Press behind her.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Anne McElvoy and Gabrielle Rifkind are joined by Fraser Nelson and Zoe Williams.(R)
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn and guests discuss the key issues on the agenda at Westminster.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Professor John Sutherland investigates the 'obscure hurt' suffered by Henry James in 1861.(R) 23:30David Cornock from Westminster as MPs and peers return from their festive break.
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince and guests including Dara O'Briain look at gravitational waves.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:005/6Peter is off training, so Harry faces a brutally efficient replacement. 23:154/4Jenna and Dana meet self-made business woman and strip-club mogul Jackie Sanchez. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:003/6Uh-oh - Marcus Brigstocke has decided to don a crumpled linen suit and fib for Britain.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Gisela Stuart nominates Joseph Chamberlain as her great life.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55Even though they do not live together, they will always be connected.(R)
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections.(R) 23:30Raymond Antrobus, Miriam Nash and the best new poetry books, festivals and events.(R)
| 23:00Martin McDonagh on his award-winning drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.(R) 23:30Mark Tully plays with fire and flames in an investigation of their symbolic power.(R)
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