| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Law and Order: the drama series revisited 40 years later.(R) 00:45Church bells from St Peter's Cathedral in Adelaide, Australia.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Zadie Smith reads from her electrifying essay collection.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Zadie Smith on the connection between writing and dancing.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Zadie Smith reads her essay on reasons for optimism and despair.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Zadie Smith reads her essay on the art of writing fiction.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Zadie Smith reads her essay on an enigmatic painting of a German woman.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Beatrice Colin's witty story is inspired by DH Lawrence's poem Grey Evening.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| |
|---|
| 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.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| |
|---|
| 02:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 03:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 04:00 | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Duncan MacLaren. 05:45Keeping farming heritage alive in the Gloucestershire countryside. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Michael Palin presents the red-eyed vireo from North America.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Duncan MacLaren. 05:45Putting plants in quarantine to reduce disease - Michael Gove launches a new scheme. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the hobby.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Duncan MacLaren. 05:45Steffan Messenger asks if enough is being done to prevent river pollution from farms. 05:58Musician Fyfe Dangerfield tells the story of the seabird that inspired his band name.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Duncan MacLaren. 05:45Steffan Messenger asks if US-style 'feedlot' beef farms have come to the UK. 05:58Helen Moncrieff is bewitched by the mimicking of Shetland starlings.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Duncan MacLaren. 05:45Steffan Messenger finds out why strawberries could stay unpicked in the fields this year. 05:58David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the sedge warbler.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day with George Craig. 05:45A listener who tried to fireproof his high-rise tower block after Grenfell.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from the Church of St Mary, Andover. 05:45Ed Stourton profiles the leader of Sinn Fein Mary Lou McDonald.(R)
| |
|---|
| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including 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.
| 06:00Including 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 goes for a hike in Little Switzerland, aka Church Stretton, in Shropshire.(R) 06:30Steffan Messenger meets the characters of the Royal Bath and West Show in Somerset. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully takes the floor to challenge the traditional role of male and female dancers. 06:35An app tracing the origins of food wants to change the way we produce and shop. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| |
|---|
| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including 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 with Edward Stourton. 07:54Joanna Lumley makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the HALO Trust. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
| |
|---|
| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Live from Whitchurch Methodist Church, Cardiff, with the Rev Dr Stephen Wigley. 08:48Alistair Cooke's incredible first-hand account of the assassination of Bobby Kennedy.(R) 08:58Wildlife photographer and presenter Matt Williams continues his Tweet of the Day selection
| |
|---|
| 09:00 | 09:00Antony Beevor, Emily Wilson, David Christian and Jonathan D Quick at Hay Festival. 09:451/5Zadie Smith reads from her electrifying essay collection.
| 09:00John Taylor tells Jim Al-Khalili how his inventions transformed the electric kettle. 09:30Frank discussion between two young men who became fathers in their teens. 09:452/5Zadie Smith on the connection between writing and dancing.
| 09:00Glasgow-based novelist Louise Welsh meets artist Duggie Fields. 09:30James Naughtie explores the history of Hereford through front page small ads. 09:453/5Zadie Smith reads her essay on reasons for optimism and despair.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the playwright and his tragedies of middle-class life. 09:454/5Zadie Smith reads her essay on the art of writing fiction.
| 09:00David Baddiel, comedian and writer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs(R) 09:455/5Zadie Smith reads her essay on an enigmatic painting of a German woman.
| 09:00Willard White's Inheritance Tracks, David Coulthard and former soldier Adnan Sarwar.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
| |
|---|
| 10:00 | 10:00Female performers at BBC's Biggest Weekend on inspiring women in the music industry. 10:451/10Kate Phillips returns as Icelandic heroine Gudrun in Lucy Catherine's Viking epic.
| 10:00The YES vote to legalise abortion: what it now means for women in Ireland and the North. 10:452/10Gudrun saves the slave captain's life, and he starts to believe she has magical powers.
| 10:00Heloise Letissier, French singer, songwriter and producer #WHPowerList. 10:403/10Gudrun finds the stakes are high when she engages in a game of dice. 10:55There's more to art than galleries!
| 10:00Shirley Manson from Garbage, Enid Bagnold, Period poverty in Scotland. 10:454/10Lucy Catherine's Viking epic of love, revenge and faith. The ship has a new captain.
| 10:00Chelsea Clinton, Women film directors, Ovarian cancer, Winsome Pinnock. 10:455/10Delirious from his injury, Grim's religious convictions threaten to get out of control.
| 10:30How do rich and poor live together side by side? Mesmerising real-life London encounters.
| 10:00Will makes a surprising decision.
| |
|---|
| 11:00 | 11:00Ruth Bowie returns home to Ireland to witness the results of the Irish Abortion Referendum 11:303/6Jeff takes Corrine on visit to a misleadingly-named Escape Room. Stars Tom Palmer.
| 11:00How do we address our over-reliance and misuse of plastic? Should we give it up? 11:30Leading dancer-choreographer Akram Khan develops Xenos - his final full-length solo show.
| 11:002/3Misha Glenny on the astonishing golden age of the Netherlands.(R) 11:301/6The team disagree on the recording of an audio tour to draw in more visitors.
| 11:00On the campaign trail in Mexico, plus Zimbabwe without Mugabe - what has changed? 11:30Huey Morgan travels to New York to examine the enduring appeal of blind musician Moondog.
| 11:00Revealing how the parole panels calculate the risk to the public of releasing prisoners. 11:301/4Martin Jarvis collaborates with Michael Frayn in this all-star comic tour-de-force.
| 11:30Making sense of Italian politics, faking the news, and wedding suit shopping in Pakistan.
| 11:15Gillian Reynolds, radio critic, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
| |
|---|
| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Is there a fifth dimension? Hannah and Adam visit CERN to find out. 12:15Sir Richard Branson on his ambitious plans for space travel. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Why do our voices change as we get older? 12:15Have you changed your career path? Email youandyours@bbc.co.uk. 12:56The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:15Renters' Care Crisis, Edinburgh Property Prices, Reviving the High Street. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04How do I win the lottery? 12:15A plan to build luxury cabins in the forest faces opposition. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Why do birds sing? And why are some songs so complex? 12:15Are rail operators experiencing hundreds of delays about to cut their timetable?
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Visa card payment problems; what happened and can you get compensation? 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. 12:043/6Nicholas Parsons and guests return for the 81st series of the iconic panel show.(R) 12:32Dan Saladino and drinks writer Pete Brown find out why Belgium beer is so influential. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| |
|---|
| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs with Jonny Dymond. 13:45Does the conflict mean that the idea of liberal interventionism is dead?
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Edward Stourton and guests discuss the consequences of Syria's refugee crisis.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45The rapid rise, fall and legacy of the self-styled Islamic State.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45How the conflict exposed deep sectarian loyalties that run through the Middle East.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs with Mark Mardell. 13:45Edward Stourton and guests consider how the 7-year Syrian conflict has shaped geopolitics.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents debate from Ventnor's Winter Gardens on the Isle of Wight.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Leading dancer-choreographer Akram Khan develops Xenos - his final full-length solo show.(R)
| |
|---|
| 14:00 | 14:02Shula struggles to keep up appearances.(R) 14:15Poignant comedy drama about British TV's first female comedy star. With Alison Steadman.(R)
| 14:15Drama by Selina Thompson, Chinonyerem Odimba and Lorna French.
| 14:00Brian pulls out all the stops.(R) 14:15Jemima Rooper and Isy Suttie star in a darkly comic drama of love and science.(R)
| 14:00Will makes a surpising decision.(R) 14:153/3Amy Rosenthal's affectionate tribute to her dad reveals an unusual pact they made in 1993.(R)
| 14:00Kirsty loses her temper.(R) 14:15By Amelia Bullmore. Ordinary, middle-aged Joy isn't as innocuous as she looks.
| 14:00Listeners have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30Caryl Churchill's critically acclaimed play. Contains strong language.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs and the panel are in Bristol.(R) 14:45The expansiveness of art.
| |
|---|
| 15:00 | 15:00Second semi-final of the 2018 contest, with Russell Davies in the questionmaster's chair. 15:30Sheila Dillon explores how food is used around the country to transform lives.(R)
| 15:002/6Short documentaries about creating something out of nothing and the beginning of the end. 15:30Tom Heap leads a debate on the future of food production and the countryside.
| 15:00Low pay? Slow pay? No Pay? Adam Shaw takes your calls on the costs of being a musician. 15:30Psychosis and medication, AITM awards, Challenging antisocial behaviour.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding goes for a hike in Little Switzerland, aka Church Stretton, in Shropshire. 15:27Photojournalist Tom Stoddart makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of ShelterBox.(R) 15:30Dame Fiona Kidman talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new book, All Day at the Movies.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs and the panel are in Bristol. 15:45Beatrice Colin's witty story is inspired by DH Lawrence's poem Grey Evening.
| 15:15Comedy writer Sian Harries and columnist Grace Dent discuss whether to have a baby. Or not(R) 15:30Lindsay Chapman goes to Leeds to explores the role of women, both on and off stage.
| 15:003/3Lina embarks on a desperate mission, while Taghreed is obsessed with revenge.
| |
|---|
| 16:00 | 16:00Novelist and screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce shares his favourite pieces of writing. 16:30Aleks Krotoski explores regret, those moments of should have, could have, would have.
| 16:00Criminologist Professor David Wilson on how society and history have shaped sentencing. 16:30Catherine the Great is chosen by Dame Barbara Stocking. Matthew Parris presents.
| 16:00Should business schools be shut down? Laurie Taylor examines the arguments. 16:30Arkady Babchenko was reported to have been murdered in Kiev - then he turned up alive.
| 16:00Cult director JA Bayona talks to Francine Stock about Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. 16:30Adam Rutherford and guests at the Hay Festival on what science learns when things go wrong
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a film editor, a historian, a doctor, a video game pioneer, a trainer 16:30Is WH Smith really the worst on the high street? Plus how safe is giving birth at home? 16:55Forget the fancy-shmancy hotels - delegates for world peace should meet at Auschwitz.
| 16:00#WHPowerlList - Women in music, Chelsea Clinton, New ovarian cancer drug.
| 16:00Margaret Atwood on her dystopian masterpiece The Handmaid's Tale. With James Naughtie. 16:30Creating dance to poems inspires two choreographers in very different ways.
| |
|---|
| 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.
| 17:00Luke Jones with the day's news. 17:30Will the next generation of mobile technology - 5G - revolutionise our lives?(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00What part is social media playing in the rise in violent crime in the UK?(R) 17:40Ed Stourton profiles the leader of Sinn Fein Mary Lou McDonald.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| |
|---|
| 18:00 | 18:00Fresh elections are promised as Italy faces new political turmoil. 18:303/6Nicholas Parsons and guests return for the 81st series of the iconic panel show.
| 18:00Political upheaval in Italy has prompted a slump in global stock markets. 18:306/6Sort out your life and sign up for the Milton Declutterering Method!
| 18:00An exiled Russian journalist who was reportedly killed, has appeared on television. 18:301/6Ramesh's girlfriend opens a food bank in Lenzie, but she has got competition.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Mitch's birthday is coming and he's trying to avoid any fuss. Stars Angus Deayton.
| 18:00An emergency timetable for Northern Rail from Monday after delays and cancellations. 18:30A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.
| 18:00Key suspect in alleged plot to kill Jeremy Thorpe's former gay lover might not be dead 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Thousands of breast cancer patients could avoid chemo Victory for England's cricketers 18:15Hardeep Singh Kohli chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
| |
|---|
| 19:00 | 19:15At the age of 90, jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine looks back at her extraordinary career. 19:451/10Kate Phillips returns as Icelandic heroine Gudrun in Lucy Catherine's Viking epic.(R)
| 19:00Brian pulls out all the stops. 19:15François Ozon on his latest film, the psychological thriller L'Amant Double. 19:452/10Gudrun saves the slave captain's life, and he starts to believe she has magical powers.(R)
| 19:00Will makes a surpising decision. 19:15Beninese singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo performs live and the film Book Club reviewed. 19:453/10Gudrun finds the stakes are high when she engages in a game of dice.(R)
| 19:15A visit to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries at Westminster Abbey. 19:454/10Lucy Catherine's Viking epic of love, revenge and faith. The ship has a new captain.(R)
| 19:00There's a shock for the Aldridges. 19:15Orlando Bloom on his return to the stage as a cop and assassin in Killer Joe. 19:455/10Delirious from his injury, Grim's religious convictions threaten to get out of control.(R)
| 19:00Ed Stourton profiles the leader of Sinn Fein Mary Lou McDonald. 19:15Tartuffe, L'amant Double, William Trevor, Animals and Us, Get Shorty on TV.
| 19:00Brian prepares for the fallout. 19:151/2Stand-up comedy special from Britain's only ultra-Orthodox Jewish comedian. 19:45Everyone gathers to say a last goodbye to the great man of carpets.
| |
|---|
| 20:00 | 20:002/3Misha Glenny on the astonishing golden age of the Netherlands. 20:30Do French women really think differently about sexual harassment?
| 20:00What part is social media playing in the rise in violent crime in the UK? 20:40Peter visits a school putting domesticity at the heart of the curriculum.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Actress and comedian Diona Doherty proposes that bridesmaids should be seen AND heard.
| 20:00How well equipped is Britain today to defend itself both at home and overseas? 20:30Will the next generation of mobile technology - 5G - revolutionise our lives?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents debate from Ventnor's Winter Gardens on the Isle of Wight. 20:50Alistair Cooke's incredible first-hand account of the assassination of Bobby Kennedy.
| 20:00A unique insight into the vibrant art scene of mid-1960s America.
| 20:00Is WH Smith really the worst on the high street? Plus how safe is giving birth at home?(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a film editor, a historian, a doctor, a video game pioneer, a trainer(R)
| |
|---|
| 21:00 | 21:00Materials scientist Mark Miodownik explores our love-hate relationship with plastic.(R) 21:30Antony Beevor, Emily Wilson, David Christian and Jonathan D Quick at Hay Festival.(R)
| 21:00Psychosis and medication, AITM awards, Challenging antisocial behaviour. 21:30John Taylor tells Jim Al-Khalili how his inventions transformed the electric kettle.(R)
| 21:00Tom Heap leads a debate on the future of food production and the countryside.(R) 21:30Glasgow-based novelist Louise Welsh meets artist Duggie Fields.(R)
| 21:00Adam Rutherford and guests at the Hay Festival on what science learns when things go wrong 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the playwright and his tragedies of middle-class life.(R)
| 21:001/3Jack Rosenthal's poignant comedy drama, set on interview day in Cambridge.(R)
| 21:00The German advance is being held north east of Paris, on the day Mickey arrives at war.(R) 21:45How the unique archive will help future historians understand our political world.(R)
| 21:00Visa card payment problems; what happened and can you get compensation?(R) 21:26Joanna Lumley makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the HALO Trust.(R) 21:30Do French women really think differently about sexual harassment?(R)
| |
|---|
| 22:00 | 22:00Populist parties reject a former IMF economist nominated as Italy's new prime minister. 22:451/5Niamh Cusack reads William Trevor's poignant story of give and take.
| 22:00Talks to establish a new government have been suspended until tomorrow 22:452/5Hattie Morahan reads William Trevor's story of a life-lasting love.
| 22:00Russian journalist who was reportedly killed yesterday appears at a news conference. 22:453/5Dermot Crowley reads William Trevor's story about the end of patience.
| 22:005 Star and The League agreement could end 2 months of political stalemate. 22:454/5Hattie Morahan reads William Trevor's tale of unrequited love and loss of nerve.
| 22:00President meets one of North Korea's most senior officials at the White House. 22:455/5Dermot Crowley reads William Trevor's story of a man who finds comfort from angels.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators.
| |
|---|
| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen and Laura Wright look at the history behind and wordplay used in shop names.(R) 23:30Alan Dein travels the world via the internet, talking to people surviving against the odds(R)
| 23:004/4Comic monologues written and performed by Sally Phillips and Lily Bevan with star guests.(R) 23:30Alan Dein talks to people in Korea, Uganda and India about parental expectations.(R)
| 23:003/4John muses over the proverb 'children should be seen and not heard'. 23:154/4The bears aren't at an airport and Victor isn't on a plane.(R) 23:30Alan Dein connects with random strangers each, in their own way, isolated.(R)
| 23:006/6For a few minutes, twice a day, a receptionist and a security guard meet to share a desk.(R) 23:30Alan Dein encounters random strangers online and hears extraordinary stories of tolerance.(R)
| 23:00Catherine the Great is chosen by Dame Barbara Stocking. Matthew Parris presents.(R) 23:27Alan Dein connects with strangers around the world to hear how art has changed their lives(R) 23:55He's really just for decoration... but it would be nice if he turned up in person!
| 23:00Second semi-final of the 2018 contest, with Russell Davies in the questionmaster's chair.(R) 23:30Children's author Kirsty McKay explores dialect poetry in Northumberland.(R)
| 23:00Cult director JA Bayona talks to Francine Stock about Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.(R) 23:30Mark Tully takes the floor to challenge the traditional role of male and female dancers.(R)
| |
|---|
