| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Universal Basic Income - could it work?(R) 00:45Church bells from the Church of St Michael, Southampton.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Christie Watson's compassionate account of her 20-year nursing career.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5In Christie Watson's account of her nursing career a teenager is waiting for a new heart.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5In Christie Watson's account of her nursing career she finds a remarkable mentor.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Christie Watson reflects on nursing children requiring intensive care.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5In Christie Watson's account of being a nurse she acquires a new understanding of kindness(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Three trips in her car offer Bee three chances to unburden herself. By Danny Denton.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Richard Hill. 05:45Nancy Nicolson visits the farmers of New Zealand's High Country. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the tawny owl.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Richard Hill. 05:45Reaction to the government's consultation on the future of farming which closes today. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the redshank.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Richard Hill. 05:45New university courses launched to prepare future leaders of agriculture for after Brexit. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the Andean cock-of-the-rock from Peru.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Richard Hill. 05:45A House of Lords committee has released a report on the impact of Brexit on food prices. 05:58Michael Palin presents the Mauritius kestrel, from the island of Mauritius.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Richard Hill. 05:45The government's proposed new environmental enforcement body - watchdog or poodle? 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the blue rock thrush, perched high on a Spanish castle.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43With Rania Hafez, senior lecturer at the University of Greenwich. 05:45Two listeners on the challenges of teaching. Plus Fi Glover with Your News.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from St Mary's Church in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire. 05:45Mark Coles profiles Gina Haspel, Donald Trump's controversial choice for CIA director.(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 Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07Helen Mark celebrates the 175th anniversary of the birth of garden guru Gertrude Jekyll.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith is in Yeovil to find out how animal feed is sourced, produced and sold. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Shoshana Boyd Gelfand examines the power of names and those that we give to others. 06:35Ruth Sanderson meets a truffle farmer on the Isle of Bute. 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. 07:10A Sunday programme special from Jerusalem. 07:54Sheila Dillon makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Self Help Africa. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Canon Ann Easter, former Chaplain to the Queen, reflects on faith and relationships. 08:48Amit Chaudhuri on why restoration should not involve a fetishization of the new.(R) 08:58Sports writer and avid bird watcher Simon Barnes takes over Tweet of the Day this week.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Amol Rajan with Anne Applebaum, David Runciman and Nic Cheeseman. 09:451/5Christie Watson's compassionate account of her 20-year nursing career.
| 09:00Carlo Rovelli describes how he abandoned the concept of time. 09:30Why is economics so male? Does the subject have an image problem? 09:452/5In Christie Watson's account of her nursing career a teenager is waiting for a new heart.
| 09:00Singer and songwriter Tracey Thorn meets the film-maker and screenwriter Carol Morley. 09:30James Naughtie explores the history of Newcastle through front page small ads. 09:453/5In Christie Watson's account of her nursing career she finds a remarkable mentor.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval Welsh stories of Celtic mythology. 09:454/5Christie Watson reflects on nursing children requiring intensive care.(R)
| 09:00Abi Morgan, stage and screenwriter, is interviewed by Kirsty Young.(R) 09:455/5In Christie Watson's account of being a nurse she acquires a new understanding of kindness
| 09:00Folk musician Eliza Carthy and the Inheritance Tracks of Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson.
| 09:00Tributes are paid to Dame Tessa Jowell on the news of her death. With Jonny Dymond.
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| 10:00 | 10:00What do the high street's problems mean for female consumers, employees and entrepreneurs? 10:456/10Milly, gravely ill but desperate to live her life to the full, takes residence in Venice.
| 10:00How relevant are agony aunts in the 21st century and women standing as local councillors. 10:457/10In Venice, Kate's plan to unite Merton and Milly gains pace.
| 10:00Coping with exam stress, Below-the-belt cancers, Women councillors. 10:418/10Merton and Milly are now alone in Venice, but a visit from Lord Mark changes everything. 10:55It works because I'm funny and you're not!
| 10:00Lady Land, Coronation Street, Katy Prince, The Art of Not Falling Apart. 10:459/10Merton has returned to London leaving Milly, who is now gravely ill, in Venice.
| 10:00'How Fat Feels', Abortion in Ireland, Claire Skinner, HPV vaccine. 10:4510/10Linda Marshall Griffiths dramatises Henry James's passionate and heartbreaking novel.
| 10:30Jay Rayner and his panel of cooking and eating experts are in Kettering.
| 10:00Pat makes a discovery, and the Aldridges face the future.
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| 11:00 | 11:00The Untold follows the story of 11-year-old Commonwealth Games competitor Anna Hursey. 11:30The second part of comedian Shaparak Khorsandi's witty and personal look at UK education.
| 11:00Plants can do much more than we might think. So is it wrong to eat them? 11:30Andy Cutting and Katie Howson go to France to meet accordion maker Emmanuel Pariselle.
| 11:00Why do many of us hold grudges, what sustains them in our lives and can we overcome them?(R) 11:302/4Matt's rubbish carer Bob is due for his first assessment.
| 11:00How a small rural school could help China achieve its World Cup dream. 11:30Laurence Llewelyn Bowen considers the exponential rise in tattooing.(R)
| 11:00Toyah Willcox takes an audio journey into the private world of hair and beauty salons. 11:30Can England's sleaziest cricketer Dave Podmore help the UK to an unlikely Eurovision win?
| 11:00Steve Richards looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Kate Adie introduces stories and insight from Iraq, Iran, Israel, Ireland and Spain.
| 11:15Sir Peter Lampl, philanthropist, 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. 12:04Dave Pickering makes the case for a men's liberation movement.(R) 12:15How starting with a low salary could leave you trapped with one for a decade. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:0428/3Sam Edwards argues that we should think again about how we memorialise war.(R) 12:56The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Astrid Alben explains how art and science together can explain phenomena like moonlight.(R) 12:15Solar panel redress, the impact of minimum alcohol pricing, and Japanese dude food. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Jennifer Kavanagh questions the value of success.(R) 12:15Retail job losses, the new stricter MOT test, and the dream of building your own home. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:0470/3Jon Alexander argues that consumer power has become an idea which is damaging society.(R) 12:15How YouTubers are tricking children into buying Fortnite add-ons they think are free.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04MPs say Universal Credit 'penalises the self-employed'. 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. 12:046/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.(R) 12:32Dan Saladino on how Japanese distillers managed to make some of the world's best whisky. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news, presented by Jonny Dymond, including Vladimir Putin's inauguration. 13:45An investigation into the death of Benazir Bhutto, former prime minister of Pakistan.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45An execution, a wedding and exile.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45'He warned me not to come back.'.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Secret reports, an arrest and 'hidden hands'.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs with Mark Mardell. 13:45'Suicide bombers got through the security check. What should we do?'.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the Burgh Hall in Dunoon, Scotland.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Giles Fraser explores the movement that aims to make charitable giving most effective.
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| 14:00 | 14:15Rumpole's arrested in Africa. Phillida arrives to rescue him, and their love is rekindled.
| 14:00Pat makes a discovery.(R) 14:15Rumpole defends in a dubious espionage trial and gets embroiled in a dodgy wine fraud.
| 14:00Olwen puts her foot down.(R) 14:15Ballard's wedding looms as Rumpole faces a life-changing decision about his own marriage.
| 14:00Johnny finds himself in trouble.(R) 14:15Crime drama behind the Iron Curtain. A robbery investigation leads to a brutal murder.(R)
| 14:00Jennifer accepts the truth.(R) 14:15Black comedy about parenting - and about doing the wrong thing for all the right reasons.
| 14:00Should ships for the Royal Navy be built in UK shipyards? 14:30Crime drama set in modern China. The director of a chemical company has been murdered.
| 14:00Eric Robson and the panel are at RHS Rosemoor in Devon.(R) 14:45Finding the person who helps you realise your potential.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The nationwide general knowledge contest with questionmaster Russell Davies. 15:30Tayo Popoola introduces Sheila Dillon to a controversial bowl of rice.(R)
| 15:00Jay Rayner and his culinary panel travel to the end of Cromer Pier.(R) 15:30The Australian outback is under attack from a surprising enemy - the camel.
| 15:00What are the pros and cons of working on a zero-hours contract? 15:30Self-driving cars and the pedestrian, risk tolerance in the brain, and Awards nominee.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark celebrates the 175th anniversary of the birth of garden guru Gertrude Jekyll. 15:27Alan Titchmarsh makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Butterfly Conservation.(R) 15:30Jo Nesbo talks about his Harry Hole novel The Snowman with James Naughtie and readers.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and the panel are at RHS Rosemoor in Devon. 15:45Three trips in her car offer Bee three chances to unburden herself. By Danny Denton.
| 15:30Andy Cutting and Katie Howson go to France to meet accordion maker Emmanuel Pariselle.
| 15:002/2Humour and heartache collide in this early James novel of love, betrayal and revenge.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sam Lee searches for the last folk singers with a connection to our ancient oral culture. 16:30Professor Robert Beckford in conversation with guests about religion and fashion.
| 16:00Sally Bayley talks to Michael Rosen about how words came to her rescue during childhood. 16:30Actor Simon Callow selects the life of a Hollywood great - Orson Welles.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor analyses the social and political consequences of our digitised world. 16:30The publishers finding new markets for news.
| 16:30Why eradicate every rat on South Georgia?
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a runner, an author, a sociologist, a Countess and a comedy writer. 16:30The British abortion statistics gaining attention in Ireland's referendum debate. 16:55It's your way of ensuring everybody's ok.
| 16:00Dance company Step Change, Repeal the 8th confusion, Exam stress.
| 16:00Bestselling Indian novelist Manu Joseph talks to Mariella Frostrup. 16:30Catherine Harvey explores if the dialect poetry of 19th-century Lancashire is alive today.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Carolyn Quinn with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Carolyn Quinn with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Rebecca Jones presents coverage of the day's news. 17:30Two listeners on the challenges of teaching. Plus Fi Glover with Your News.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00As paintings sell for world record prices, John Wilson examines an art market boom.(R) 17:40Mark Coles profiles Gina Haspel, Donald Trump's controversial choice for CIA director.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Putin sworn in for fourth term as President of Russia 18:306/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
| 18:00President to reveal whether he will pull the US out of the nuclear agreement with Iran. 18:303/6Milton becomes an expert genealogist and gets stuck up an unexpected family tree.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4Malawian comedian Daliso Chaponda looks at the relationship between the UK and Africa.
| 18:00Abdel Hakim Belhaj was kidnapped on an MI5 tip-off and tortured by Gaddafi 18:303/6Mitch's inability to say no means he is double-booked for dinner. Stars Angus Deayton.
| 18:00Theresa May has agreed to appoint a panel to help the judge leading the inquiry 18:30A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.
| 18:00North Korea has announced it will begin dismantling its nuclear test site in a fortnight. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Michael Gove has publicly criticised the Prime Minister's favoured Brexit customs plan. 18:15Peter Curran chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Rose Tremain, Sarah Hall and Sarah Perry on Norwich's thriving literary culture. 19:456/10Milly, gravely ill but desperate to live her life to the full, takes residence in Venice.(R)
| 19:00Olwen puts her foot down. 19:15Ian McEwan on bringing his novel On Chesil Beach to the big screen. 19:457/10In Venice, Kate's plan to unite Merton and Milly gains pace.(R)
| 19:00Johnny finds himself in trouble. 19:15Author Neil Gaiman on the film version of his story How To Talk To Girls At Parties. 19:458/10Merton and Milly are now alone in Venice, but a visit from Lord Mark changes everything.(R)
| 19:00Jennifer accepts the truth. 19:15Why is male full-frontal nudity so rare on screen? 19:459/10Merton has returned to London leaving Milly, who is now gravely ill, in Venice.(R)
| 19:00The Aldridges face the future. 19:15David Nicholls on adapting Patrick Melrose starring Benedict Cumberbatch. 19:4510/10Linda Marshall Griffiths dramatises Henry James's passionate and heartbreaking novel.(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles Gina Haspel, Donald Trump's controversial choice for CIA director. 19:15Anon, Life and Fate, Patrick Melrose, Jesmyn Ward, Asterix at London's Jewish Museum.
| 19:00Brian tries to do the right thing. 19:15Pippa Evans asks what it means to be a grown-up and how you know when you are one. 19:45One of the ladies in Jenny's art class has a surprising past.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Why do many of us hold grudges, what sustains them in our lives and can we overcome them? 20:30How a Soviet era business model is still working in Minsk - and exporting worldwide.(R)
| 20:00As paintings sell for world record prices, John Wilson examines an art market boom. 20:40As a hotel catering for the blind and visually impaired changes hands, we talk holidays.
| 20:00When we properly understand animals, how much will our relationship with them change? 20:45David Baker asks what happens to the families of people shot by the police.
| 20:00Mozart's joyful 'Sparrow' Mass live from St Martin-in-the-Fields in London.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the Burgh Hall in Dunoon, Scotland. 20:50Amit Chaudhuri on why restoration should not involve a fetishization of the new.
| 20:00The 1942 film Listen to Britain summed up our nation in sounds. How does it sound today?
| 20:00The British abortion statistics gaining attention in Ireland's referendum debate.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a runner, an author, a sociologist, a Countess and a comedy writer.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00An immersive river journey through the city of Sheffield and its industrial past.(R) 21:30Amol Rajan with Anne Applebaum, David Runciman and Nic Cheeseman.(R)
| 21:00Self-driving cars and the pedestrian, risk tolerance in the brain, and Awards nominee. 21:30Carlo Rovelli describes how he abandoned the concept of time.(R)
| 21:00The Australian outback is under attack from a surprising enemy - the camel.(R) 21:30Singer and songwriter Tracey Thorn meets the film-maker and screenwriter Carol Morley.(R)
| 21:00Why eradicate every rat on South Georgia? 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval Welsh stories of Celtic mythology.(R)
| 21:00Portraits of remarkable individuals who have made China what it is today.
| 21:001/2Newman, newly arrived in Paris, is a millionaire from America in search of a wife.(R)
| 21:00MPs say Universal Credit 'penalises the self-employed'.(R) 21:26Sheila Dillon makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Self Help Africa.(R) 21:30Is the best way to bring people out of poverty simply to give them money?
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| 22:00 | 22:00Boris Johnson - in Washington - urging the President not to "junk the deal." 22:456/10The neighbours gather at the Red House for Jo and Ryan's housewarming.
| 22:00Tehran says it is preparing to restart uranium enrichment 'at industrial levels'. 22:457/10The morning after the housewarming, Sandy remembers his indiscretion with neighbour Jo.
| 22:00Concerted international effort to salvage Iran nuclear deal under way 22:458/10Alice struggles with her book as David contemplates his next move with his tricky tenants.
| 22:00Abdul Hakim Belhaj's kidnap and torture was aided by Britain's security services 22:459/10Sandy wrestles with his mother's presence as his shortcomings as a crofter are laid bare.
| 22:00French economy minister: we will not allow the US to police the world's economy. 22:4510/10After confronting his mother, Sandy has been letting off steam with neighbour Terry.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15When we properly understand animals, how much will our relationship with them change?(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael is joined by Tom Hewitson, conversation designer for the likes of Siri and Alexa.(R) 23:30Entrepreneur Natalie Campbell looks at our modern obsession with leadership.(R)
| 23:001/4Comic monologues written and performed by Sally Phillips and Lily Bevan with star guests.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports on Tuesday's debates in the Lords and the Commons.
| 23:004/4Actor John Sessions shares personal stories about the big names of showbiz. 23:151/4A one-man comedy explosion featuring Street Kid, Victor and Morgan the Free Man.(R) 23:30Alicia McCarthy reports on the reaction of the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal,.
| 23:002/6It's Kerry's first day in the sales support team of a bath suppliers where she meets Adele(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Actor Simon Callow selects the life of a Hollywood great - Orson Welles.(R) 23:30The news from Westminster with Mark D'Arcy. 23:55I don't have to explain to you what the impact is of being dyslexic.
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge contest with questionmaster Russell Davies.(R) 23:30Welsh poet Twm Morys takes a journey into the craft of Cynghanedd, or 'consonantal rhyme'.(R)
| 23:30Shoshana Boyd Gelfand examines the power of names and those that we give to others.(R)
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