| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Artisanal and natural foods.(R) 00:45Church bells from the Blessed Virgin Mary, Wambrook.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Francisco Cantú recounts his haunting experiences of policing the US-Mexican border.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Francsico Cantú recounts how the US-Mexican border was created.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Francisco Cantu begins to question his work policing the US-Mexican border.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Francisco Cantu's experiences of policing the US-Mexican border become personal.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Francisco Cantu gains a new understanding of the US-Mexican border.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30The things you'll do for a flat in Zone 2. A short story for radio by Laurie Penny.(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. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Reverend Mary Stallard. 05:45Farming Today kicks off a full week of programmes broadcast from a pig farm in Yorkshire. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Helen Moncrieff recalls seeing an Orca seize a Black Guillemot at sea.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Reverend Mary Stallard. 05:45Anna Hill looks into the issues surrounding welfare on pig farms. 05:58Helen Moncrieff reveals why her tummy 'flips with joy' at the sight of Northern Wheatears.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Reverend Mary Stallard. 05:45Anna Hill talks to the Morgan family about disease control and antibiotics on the farm. 05:58Helen Moncrieff finds an ally in a territorial fulmar!
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Reverend Mary Stallard. 05:45Charlotte Smith finds out about the lifecycle of a commercial pig. 05:58Helen Moncrieff is bewitched by the mimicking of Shetland starlings.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Reverend Mary Stallard. 05:45Charlotte Smith finds out how snow's affecting the East Yorkshire pig farm she's at. 05:58Helen Moncrieff has a particular fondness for a bird known locally as a scarf.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Bishop Joe Aldred. 05:45Is it harder for the over-50s to find jobs?
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from St Anne's Alderney. 05:45Writer and artist Theo Hobson on performance art as a way of expressing penitence.(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. 06:07Clare Balding walks with the staff, pupils and parents of Saltersgate School, Midlothian.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith rounds off Farming Today's week on a Yorkshire pig farm. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Michael Symmons Roberts reflects on the myriad qualities associated with the human heart. 06:35Brett Westwood travels to Somerset to explore the world of snowdrops. From 2004. 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. 07:54Felicity Finch makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Afghanaid. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A special reflection from Edinburgh for a cold-gripped country. 08:48John Gray on why the work of Russian writer Teffi has become so relevant today.(R) 08:58Helen Moncrieff recalls seeing an Orca seize a Black Guillemot at sea.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Jules Montague, Anthony David, Nick Chater and Stephen Beresford. 09:451/5Francisco Cantú recounts his haunting experiences of policing the US-Mexican border.
| 09:00From sewage treatment to Crossrail, engineer Ailie MacAdam talks to Jim Al-Khalili. 09:30Jay Brave speaks to poet Lawrence Hoo about his attitude to race and identity. 09:452/5Francsico Cantú recounts how the US-Mexican border was created.
| 09:00Writer Mark Haddon meets portrait and landscape painter Tai Shan Schierenberg. 09:301/5Adam Buxton explores the world of work. Why do we do it? Can it make us happy? Should it? 09:453/5Francisco Cantu begins to question his work policing the US-Mexican border.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential ancient Chinese work on military strategy. 09:454/5Francisco Cantu's experiences of policing the US-Mexican border become personal.
| 09:00Dame Minouche Shafik, economist, is interviewed by Kirsty Young.(R) 09:455/5Francisco Cantu gains a new understanding of the US-Mexican border.
| 09:00Aasmah Mir and the Rev Richard Coles are joined by Charles Hazlewood and Fern Britton.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00NFU president Minette Batters on the challenges ahead. 10:456/10Faye cuts her wrists in a suicide bid, but Alice promises not to involve the authorities.
| 10:00Detainees at Yarl's Wood, women in the navy, the long-term impact of postnatal depression. 10:457/10Comrade Jocelin tests out her bomb-making abilities.
| 10:00Why some parents prefer to educate their children at home, Women and comics, Sondra Perry. 10:418/10Dramatisation of Doris Lessing's 1985 satire. 10:55Feeling relatively in control.
| 10:00Folk duo, Director Rebecca Frecknall and actor Patsy Ferran, Teenage Xanax, Music tech. 10:459/10Alice (Olivia Vinall) goes to visit her mother, Dorothy (Sian Thomas).
| 10:00Joan Baez on a life in music and activism. 10:4510/10Doris Lessing's satire about hapless revolutionaries who plan to blow up a London hotel.
| 10:30From real-life events that had been classified for 17 years to Oscar success in 2013: Argo
| 10:00The village is in shock, and Brian takes the blame.
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| 11:00 | 11:00David Cannadine argues that dividing peoples according to their civilisation is nonsense. 11:302/4Sophie’s efforts to boost salon trade unwittingly attracts protesters.
| 11:003/3Charlotte Smith concludes her investigation into the complex world of global food chains. 11:30Alastair Sooke meets young artists leading a new creative moment in Athens.
| 11:00What does the heartbeat mean to our culture, our identity, our lives?(R) 11:304/4Elis James hosts a stand-up show from the Stand Comedy Club in Glasgow.(R)
| 11:00How the father of one of his presidential rivals helped Vladimir Putin to power. 11:30Seeing the Kathe Kollwitz sculpture Mother and Her Dead Son can change your life.
| 11:00Jolyon Jenkins meets the people who want whistling to be taken seriously as a musical art. 11:302/4The director of a 1970s farce revival has dropped dead...
| 11:00Tom Newton Dunn of the Sun examines Theresa May's big speech on Brexit. 11:30India's missing children, drugs in Colombia and searching for paradise in Costa Rica.
| 11:15Matt Smith, actor, 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. 12:04Why does sex exist? And why aren't we all the same sex? 12:15Claiming back care costs, Paying to throw rubbish away, Boiler breakdown cover. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Why don't we have more than two sexes? 12:15Tell us what it's like to work in the charity sector? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Which is the tiniest dinosaur? 12:15Toys R Us, Plastic food packaging and can you write a story through texts? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:15Nursery care, Vegan prices, Garden centres. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04How do we measure the age of the universe? 12:15The best value city breaks. And what went wrong with training provider Learndirect?
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04New rules to protect victims of bank transfer fraud confirmed. 12:301/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:042/6Nicholas Parsons chairs with Paul Merton, Shappi Khorsandi, Jo Caulfield and Julian Clary.(R) 12:32Tim Hayward travels the UK to meet the people who champion rare breeds of British pigs. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Anne McElvoy traces the influence of Beatrice and Sidney Webb on British socialism.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45The battle for socialism's soul between a trade union boss and a revolutionary barrister.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45How Ellen Wilkinson went from Communism to the Jarrow March to a seat in the cabinet.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Anne McElvoy explores the impact of the Women's Liberation Movement on British socialism.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Anne explores how Tony Benn turned from planning to populism amid the crises of the 1970s.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House.(R)
| 13:00News with Mark Mardell including tributes to Sir Roger Bannister and elections in Italy. 13:30How does the UK's departure from the EU look from the other side of the English Channel?
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| 14:00 | 14:00The village is in shock.(R) 14:15Romantic comedy by Guy Meredith about two estate agents who yearn for a better life.
| 14:00Tony offers the benefit of his experience.(R) 14:15Toby Jones and Colin Stinton star in this comedy about the birth of political mudslinging.(R)
| 14:15Chris Larner's true story of his ex-wife's decision to end her life by assisted suicide.
| 14:15An Argentinian woman's life turns upside down when she learns the truth about her birth.(R)
| 14:00Will loses his temper.(R) 14:15A woman confronts childhood trauma on a journey through Iraq. Written by Vivienne Harvey.
| 14:00Has the media panicked over the cold weather this week? 14:30Life and strife after the 1984-85 miners' strike. Comedy drama with Jane Godber.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs and the panel are at Sparsholt College in Hampshire.(R) 14:45Stammering, death and motor neurone disease are all shared in this poignant selection.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Russell Davies returns with a new season of the much-loved general knowledge quiz. 15:30Dan Saladino meets the runners convinced low or no carbs is the way to peak performance.(R)
| 15:003/8Josie Long presents a rainbow of stories about colour. 15:30Meet the people fighting to save the natural wonder of the world, the Great Barrier Reef.
| 15:00Who are the most wanted workers in the UK and how does demand for staff affect wages? 15:30Diabetes glucose monitors, antidepressants, stem cell therapy and knees.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding walks with the staff, pupils and parents of Saltersgate School, Midlothian. 15:27Robert Peston makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Gingerbread.(R) 15:30Prize-winning short story writer Jessie Greengrass on her debut novel, Sight.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs and the panel are at Sparsholt College in Hampshire. 15:45The things you'll do for a flat in Zone 2. A short story for radio by Laurie Penny.
| 15:30Opening Night visits Newcastle and discovers how local voices are being represented.
| 15:00Palestinian crime drama. Schoolteacher Omar Yussef tries to clear a student of murder.
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| 16:00 | 16:0029-year-old artist Amy Gear talks about her creative life living and working on Shetland. 16:30Aleks Krotoski considers the concept of 'tribe' in the modern world.
| 16:00Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders speaks on recent disclosure failings. 16:30Diana Henry and Mark Miodownik discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00The white working class - is there a 'left-behind'? 16:30Why political parties and advertisers crave influence on social media.
| 16:00Director Sebastian Lelio discusses his groundbreaking drama A Fantastic Woman. 16:30Is the current weather really so unusual?
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a publisher, a film director, a doctor, a police officer, a film star 16:30Roger Bolton discusses a shocking death on The Archers and reviving classic radio comedy. 16:55I would have taken the hurt off you.
| 16:00Joan Baez sings Diamonds and Rust, teenagers and Xanax, home education and music tech.
| 16:00Patrick Gale talks about his novel A Place Called Winter with James Naughtie and readers. 16:30What does the success of Rupi Kaur and the Instagram poets mean for readers and writers?
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Are 'ethical' businesses all they are cracked up to be? Evan Davis and guests discuss.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00How are disclosure of evidence failures affecting justice in the magistrates' courts?(R) 17:40Edward Stourton examines the life of Staffan de Mistura, the UN special envoy to Syria.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Labour's Jeremy Corbyn says he's in favour of a customs union with the EU after Brexit. 18:302/6Nicholas Parsons chairs with Paul Merton, Shappi Khorsandi, Jo Caulfield and Julian Clary.
| 18:00BBC research reveals failings by police and prosecutors in the disclosure of evidence. 18:302/4How our ape past influences us and how we are emotionally hijacked by primitive emotions.
| 18:00The PM attacks proposals to keep Northern Ireland in a customs union. 18:304/4As civilisation collapses, Bridget Christie embarks on a comic quest for her Shangri-La.
| 18:00Girl dies as Storm Emma brings more snow and treacherous conditions 18:301/4Elis James visits the Lyric Theatre in his home town of Carmarthen.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00Communities around the UK are struggling in the aftermath of the severe weather. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00One of Britain's greatest sporting heroes, Sir Roger Bannister, has died. 18:15Liz Barclay chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Tony offers the benefit of his experience. 19:15The Assassination of Gianni Versace, All Too Human, Girls on the run in new novel Sal. 19:456/10Faye cuts her wrists in a suicide bid, but Alice promises not to involve the authorities.(R)
| 19:15A Fantastic Woman reviewed, playing drunk, paintings under paintings, and Lewis Gilbert. 19:457/10Comrade Jocelin tests out her bomb-making abilities.(R)
| 19:15Sharon Horgan in Game Night, Maya Youssef on the qanun and Samantha Harvey's new novel. 19:458/10Dramatisation of Doris Lessing's 1985 satire.(R)
| 19:15We review new TV series Civilisations which explores thousands of years of visual culture. 19:459/10Alice (Olivia Vinall) goes to visit her mother, Dorothy (Sian Thomas).(R)
| 19:15Jess Thom on why Beckett's Not I speaks to her so strongly as someone with Tourette's. 19:4510/10Doris Lessing's satire about hapless revolutionaries who plan to blow up a London hotel.(R)
| 19:00Edward Stourton examines the life of Staffan de Mistura, the UN special envoy to Syria. 19:15Fanny and Alexander, The Nile Hilton Incident, Toby Litt, minimalisma and cross dressing.
| 19:152/6When Anthony's maiden aunt dies, Damien is asked to do the food for the funeral.(R) 19:453/3An original short story by AL Kennedy.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00A week used to be a long time in politics. But today, an hour can feel like an eon.(R) 20:30A handbook on the strategies autocrats use to survive in office.
| 20:00How are disclosure of evidence failures affecting justice in the magistrates' courts? 20:40Peter White explores Sex education for visually impaired people.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Writer and artist Theo Hobson on performance art as a way of expressing penitence.
| 20:00Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders speaks on recent disclosure failings.(R) 20:30Are 'ethical' businesses all they are cracked up to be? Evan Davis and guests discuss.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House. 20:50John Gray on why the work of Russian writer Teffi has become so relevant today.
| 20:00John Lloyd uncovers the private papers of the late Douglas Adams.
| 20:00Roger Bolton discusses a shocking death on The Archers and reviving classic radio comedy.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a publisher, a film director, a doctor, a police officer, a film star(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:002/3Charlotte Smith explores the global food chains that give us what we want, when we want it(R) 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Jules Montague, Anthony David, Nick Chater and Stephen Beresford.(R)
| 21:00Diabetes glucose monitors, antidepressants, stem cell therapy and knees. 21:30From sewage treatment to Crossrail, engineer Ailie MacAdam talks to Jim Al-Khalili.(R)
| 21:00Meet the people fighting to save the natural wonder of the world, the Great Barrier Reef.(R) 21:30Writer Mark Haddon meets portrait and landscape painter Tai Shan Schierenberg.(R)
| 21:00Is the current weather really so unusual?(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential ancient Chinese work on military strategy.(R)
| 21:00Anne McElvoy traces the influence of Beatrice and Sidney Webb on British socialism.
| 21:002/2Margaret Atwood's tale of lust and betrayal reaches a dramatic ending. Stars Tanya Moodie.(R)
| 21:00New rules to protect victims of bank transfer fraud confirmed.(R) 21:26Felicity Finch makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Afghanaid.(R) 21:30A handbook on the strategies autocrats use to survive in office.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Jeremy Corbyn says it would help avoid hard border in Northern Ireland. 22:456/1016-year-old Stephen confessed his sins, is forgiven and is now determined.
| 22:00Northern Ireland could be part of EU customs territory, says leaked EU withdrawal draft 22:457/10Stephen has rejected the idea of the priesthood, on instinct.
| 22:00Theresa May says no prime minister would agree to the proposals published today by the EU. 22:458/10Stephen has a revelation that makes him more certain about his rejection of the priesthood
| 22:00Pentagon spokeswoman says the US remains fully prepared. 22:459/10Stephen is thinking about EC, the girl who has long been the object of his affection.
| 22:00PM insists 'let's get on with it' after unveiling plans for a future UK-EU relationship. 22:4510/10Stephen sloughs off the ties of his life in Ireland to pursue the life of an artist.
| 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 Brexit, homelessness and ministerial resignations.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen is joined by Paul Anthony Jones of popular etymology blog Haggard Hawks.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/4Tim Key is at the top of the Shard, taking a comic look at the concept of cuisine. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/4A heady combination of maths, science and comedy with Festival of the Spoken Nerd. 23:15John and his work colleagues test each other's patience at the Dinosaur Museum.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:004/3Storyteller Sarah Kendall performs her award-winning live solo show Shaken.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Diana Henry and Mark Miodownik discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55In bed, not walking and talking, I still feel normal.
| 23:00Russell Davies returns with a new season of the much-loved general knowledge quiz.(R) 23:30Roger McGough and Liz Lochhead present a selection of listeners' poetry requests.(R)
| 23:00Director Sebastian Lelio discusses his groundbreaking drama A Fantastic Woman.(R) 23:30Michael Symmons Roberts reflects on the myriad qualities associated with the human heart.(R)
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