| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor considers what it means to be very tall, very big or very short.(R) 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from St Leonard's Church in Hythe.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Masih Alinejad writes about her life of resistance in the Islamic Republic of Iran.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Masih starts a secret political book group while still at school.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Masih is still a teenager when she has to face the horror of an Iranian gaol.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Masih faces new challenges in her new career as a political journalist in Iran.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5A single photo of Masih without a hijab sparks a social media liberation movement.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30On a disastrous date, a man is haunted by the voice of his dead father. By Donal Ryan.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with writer and broadcaster Sarah Joseph. 05:45How will future trade policy affect food prices and food standards? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Chris Packham presents the blue tit.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with writer and broadcaster Sarah Joseph. 05:45Farmers are growing sweeter veg, but it's leaving them vulnerable to pests. 05:58Chris Packham presents the blackbird.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with writer and broadcaster Sarah Joseph. 05:45A new report estimates that one in five of the UK's mammal species are now under threat. 05:58Chris Packham presents the grey wagtail.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with writer and broadcaster Sarah Joseph. 05:45Michael Gove has announced that an agriculture bill will be published by the end of July. 05:58Chris Packham presents the coot.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with writer and broadcaster Sarah Joseph. 05:45Charlotte Smith asks what the words 'traditional' and 'natural' on food labels really mean 05:58Chris Packham presents the water rail.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev David Bruce. 05:45A listener on rebuilding his life after drug abuse.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from St Michael's Church, Mottram in Longdendale. 05:45Mark Coles profiles England football manager Gareth Southgate ahead of the 2018 World Cup.(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. 06:07Clare Balding walks with a group of retired medics in Laugharne, South West Wales.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith finds out about some of the ways in which robotics is changing farming. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Dr Sarah Goldingay looks to the natural world for encounters with the divine. 06:35Lionel Kelleway discovering the biology behind pigeon migration. From 2008. 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, with Edward Stourton. 07:54Jenny Agutter makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Cystic Fibrosis Trust. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Live from St Bride's Episcopal Church, Glasgow, marking the city's West End Festival. 08:48Will Self on a new wave of anti-Semitism in Britain.(R) 08:58Actor and birdwatcher Samuel West returns to Tweet of the Day to select favourite episodes
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| 09:00 | 09:00Kirsty Wark with Michael Pollan, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Tammy Burmeister and Andrew Motion. 09:451/5Masih Alinejad writes about her life of resistance in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili discusses quarks and popularising particle physics with Frank Close. 09:30Fergus Keeling explores the creative 'life after 60' with hat designer Tricia Hamilton. 09:452/5Masih starts a secret political book group while still at school.
| 09:00Poet Hollie McNish meets actor Paapa Essiedu, best known for playing Hamlet for the RSC. 09:30How the Konik became the answer to a 21st-century environmentalist dream.(R) 09:453/5Masih is still a teenager when she has to face the horror of an Iranian gaol.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss republicanism, despotism and the separation of powers. 09:454/5Masih faces new challenges in her new career as a political journalist in Iran.
| 09:00Prof Carlos Frenk, cosmologist, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.(R) 09:455/5A single photo of Masih without a hijab sparks a social media liberation movement.
| 09:00Trumpeter Alison Balsom OBE and actor Phil Daniels.
| 09:00John Sergeant and Peter Hennessy join BH once again to talk Westminster politics.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Walk and Talk groups for people who are bereaved and disclosure in rape cases. 10:451/5Witty drama capturing a family's weekly truth and reconciliation meetings.
| 10:00Actor Laura Linney on making her British stage debut. 10:452/5Witty drama capturing a family's weekly truth and reconciliation meetings.
| 10:00Martha Gellhorn, Mary Quant, The Great Get Together. 10:413/5Witty drama capturing a family's weekly truth and reconciliation meetings. 10:55Jon's life was tragically short, but it changed his parents forever.
| 10:00The King's Witch, Addiction, French chef, UN Women, Spare mother figures. 10:454/5Witty drama capturing a family's weekly truth and reconciliation meetings. By Ben Lewis.
| 10:00Exam stress - are pupils under more pressure? Plus gender equality at music festivals. 10:455/5Witty drama capturing a family's weekly truth and reconciliation meetings. By Ben Lewis.
| 10:30Booker prize-winning novelist Howard Jacobson in conversation with his heroes.
| 10:00Brian struggles to keep his temper, and Jill comes to the rescue.
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| 11:00 | 11:00The Untold follows the impact of a child custody case waged across international borders. 11:305/6Jeff and Andy head off to find a lost sweet shop. With Philip Jackson and Mark Benton.
| 11:00Are rates of mental illness in young people really escalating? 11:30Frances Fyfield's music series returns with the original score of Faure's Requiem.
| 11:00Steve Richards examines the current state of Jeremy Corbyn's Labour leadership.(R) 11:303/6The offer of an honorary degree at an ex-polytechnic sends Peter into a depressive spiral.
| 11:00Parts of India are facing acute water shortages and the consequences can be deadly. 11:30A profile of the beloved children's author Judith Kerr as she works on her latest book.
| 11:00Journalist Hugh Muir meets the grandchildren of the Windrush pioneers. 11:303/4All-star comic tour-de-force with Stephen Fry and Sir Ian McKellen.
| 11:00Isabel Hardman of the Spectator looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30All manner of visitors are seeking an audience with the powerful in Zimbabwe these days.
| 11:15John Motson, broadcaster, 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. 12:041/5Listen to the universe being created, or have a mobile phone? What would you choose?(R) 12:15Pensioners hit for millions in useless drugs scam. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:042/5How do you keep a microwave oven from interfering with radio waves coming from deep space?(R) 12:15How easy is it to be involved in your child's mental health when they are at university? 12:56The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:043/5If you thought your Wi-Fi was slowly killing you, would you move to the Quiet Zone?(R) 12:15Farmers warn that Brexit could leave the country with a shortage of agricultural workers. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:054/5Homer Hunter - bears, bluegrass, and a daddy shot by the police, thinking he was black.(R) 12:17Expensive customer care calls, cutting A&E visits, and what is an electric motorbike like? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:045/5You want to hear a few seconds after the Big Bang? You have to make some sacrifices.(R) 12:15Consumer news and issues.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Graduates plan legal action over work training costs. 12:302/6Recorded in Llandudno. Kim Jong Un, Donald Trump, and a guide to the World Cup.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:045/6Just how hard can it be to talk for 60 seconds with no hesitation, repetition & deviation?(R) 12:321/2Andi Oliver and Sheila Dillon announce the winners of the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2018 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Big Data seems to know a lot about us. But what is personality and can you measure it?
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Can you accurately predict someone's personality from their Facebook likes?
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Does your personality predict your likely political opinions?
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Can you change people's political opinions if you target their individual personality?
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Is psychographic targeting so bad? Could it be a way to re-engage people in politics?
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Shaun Ley presents political debate from the Coleraine Campus of Ulster University.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Going to gigs solo, when cyclists come to your village, and Tredegarisation of the NHS.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Brian struggles to keep his temper.(R) 14:151/5In this everyday story of British folk, the Fletcher family face the UK's next civil war.
| 14:00Ed contemplates humiliation.(R) 14:152/5Their city is besieged. But staying home is getting risky for family reasons too.
| 14:153/5The family's two cars are racing for sanctuary in North Wales. Only one will get there.
| 14:00Freddie is in too deep.(R) 14:154/5Forced to walk out of Wales with other English refugees, can the Fletchers stay together?
| 14:00Jill comes to the rescue.(R) 14:155/5Where can the family be reunited and safe, when everything is pushing them apart?
| 14:00Has the rollout of universal credit been an unmitigated disaster? 14:301/2David Tennant stars in Michael Frayn's brilliant adaptation of the riotous Chekhov comedy.
| 14:00Eric Robson hosts the GQT annual Summer Garden Party at National Trust Mount Stewart.(R) 14:45In poetry, in jazz, or in the lasting impact of children - however young - on parents.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Last semi-final of the 2018 contest, with Russell Davies in the questionmaster's chair. 15:30Nigel Barden investigates the rapidly evolving world of street food in 2018.(R)
| 15:004/6Josie Long hears stories of observation. 15:30Tom Holland discovers when East Coast fishermen were very much a part of Europe.
| 15:00How affordable is this scheme that allows you to buy part of your home and rent the rest? 15:30Predicting memory loss in Parkinson's, 22 The Avenue phoneline, Alexander Morison archive.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding walks with a group of retired medics in Laugharne, South West Wales. 15:27Benjamin Zephaniah makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of International Tree Foundation.(R) 15:30Cressida Connolly talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel After the Party.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson hosts the GQT annual Summer Garden Party at National Trust Mount Stewart. 15:45On a disastrous date, a man is haunted by the voice of his dead father. By Donal Ryan.
| 15:30Frances Fyfield's music series returns with the original score of Faure's Requiem.(R)
| 15:002/2Platonov seems to gain the admiration of all the women he knows. Who will he end up with?
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| 16:00 | 16:00Two poets and a composer take to the skies over Bristol in a balloon full of hot air. 16:30Aleks Krotoski enters the world of the unnoticed, all the content that no-one ever sees.
| 16:00Are online courts a good idea? Joshua Rozenberg reports from Vancouver. 16:30Adam Kay and Farrah Jarral join Harriett Gilbert to talk about favourite books.
| 16:00How the meanings of light and dark have changed over time in the context of urban life. 16:30Two Sunday newspapers found they both had the same story on Russian links to Brexit.
| 16:00Francine Stock talks to Ari Aster, director supernatural horror film Hereditary. 16:30Antarctica's ice melt is speeding up. What does this mean for rising global sea levels?
| 16:00Tina Daheley on a publisher, a sports scientist, a chef, an actor and a singer. 16:30The Head of Radio 2 on why he changed the Simon Mayo Drivetime show. 16:55It felt crafted to me, but it wasn't - it was coming from the immediacy of experience.
| 16:00Hannah Cockroft on the 2020 Olympics, exam stress, Anne-Sophie Pic.
| 16:00Man Booker-winning Michael Ondaatje talks to Mariella Frostrup. 16:30Alison Brackenbury's poems, inspired by her grandmother's recipes; a view into her life.
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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.
| 17:00Naga Munchetty with the day's news. 17:30Are any companies truly unassailable?(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Are failings in forensic science leading to more miscarriages of justice?(R) 17:40Mark Coles profiles England football manager Gareth Southgate ahead of the 2018 World Cup.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00US says it will accept nothing less than North Korea's complete denuclearisation 18:305/6Just how hard can it be to talk for 60 seconds with no hesitation, repetition & deviation?
| 18:00President Trump agrees to halt US military exercises in return for denuclearisation 18:301/6Debbie McGee recalls her student days at the Royal Ballet School.
| 18:00SNP stage walkout at Westminster. 18:303/6Ramesh enrols the community to help raise money for a local sporting star.(R)
| 18:00First anniversary of Grenfell fire Rolls Royce defends big job cuts 18:302/6Al Murray and Isy Suttie join Frank Skinner and historian Dr Kate Williams.(R)
| 18:00The chief executive of one of Britain's biggest rail companies has resigned. 18:302/6Recorded in Llandudno. Kim Jong Un, Donald Trump, and a guide to the World Cup.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Theresa May has said the NHS in England will get an extra £20 billion a year by 2023. 18:15John Waite chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Ed contemplates humiliation. 19:15Timothy Spall on playing every part in his new film Stanley, a Man of Variety. 19:451/5Witty drama capturing a family's weekly truth and reconciliation meetings.(R)
| 19:15Film critic Kim Newman explores the impact of Polanski's chiller Rosemary's Baby. 19:452/5Witty drama capturing a family's weekly truth and reconciliation meetings.(R)
| 19:15Comedian Eddie Izzard talks about why he is reading all of Dickens' novels aloud. 19:453/5Witty drama capturing a family's weekly truth and reconciliation meetings.(R)
| 19:00Jill comes to the rescue. 19:15Ocean's 8 reviewed, football kit, hip-hop's lesson for the classics, the art of drawing. 19:454/5Witty drama capturing a family's weekly truth and reconciliation meetings. By Ben Lewis.(R)
| 19:00Kate has the rug pulled from under her. 19:15The new Frida Kahlo exhibition Making Her Self Up at the V&A and Queer Eye on TV. 19:455/5Witty drama capturing a family's weekly truth and reconciliation meetings. By Ben Lewis.(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles England football manager Gareth Southgate ahead of the 2018 World Cup. 19:15The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Hereditary, Thomas Cole, Daisy Johnson, Snatches.
| 19:00There's more than one surprise for Ruth. 19:15Gaby Roslin, Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona present a comedy panel show about films. 19:452/3Why is a rich woman so keen to offload her precious antique tallboy at any price?(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Steve Richards examines the current state of Jeremy Corbyn's Labour leadership. 20:30Will new infrastructure spending help all of Britain prosper, or widen its divides?
| 20:00Are failings in forensic science leading to more miscarriages of justice? 20:40One student's experience of applying for the Disabled Students' Allowance.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Blogger Gemma Louise Bond asks us to think about how we grieve the end of friendship.
| 20:00Are online courts a good idea? Joshua Rozenberg reports from Vancouver.(R) 20:30Are any companies truly unassailable?
| 20:00Shaun Ley presents political debate from the Coleraine Campus of Ulster University. 20:50Will Self on a new wave of anti-Semitism in Britain.
| 20:00The story of the fight that gripped the world in 1938 between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling.
| 20:00The Head of Radio 2 on why he changed the Simon Mayo Drivetime show.(R) 20:30Tina Daheley on a publisher, a sports scientist, a chef, an actor and a singer.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00The inside story of the acid attack that led to the victim ending his life by euthanasia.(R) 21:30Kirsty Wark with Michael Pollan, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Tammy Burmeister and Andrew Motion.(R)
| 21:00Predicting memory loss in Parkinson's, 22 The Avenue phoneline, Alexander Morison archive. 21:30Jim Al-Khalili discusses quarks and popularising particle physics with Frank Close.(R)
| 21:00Philip Ball reveals the real Cyrano de Bergerac and his 17th-century spaceship. 21:30Poet Hollie McNish meets actor Paapa Essiedu, best known for playing Hamlet for the RSC.(R)
| 21:00Antarctica's ice melt is speeding up. What does this mean for rising global sea levels? 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss republicanism, despotism and the separation of powers.(R)
| 21:00Mark Thomas peels off the labels of fatherhood - from breadwinner to stay-at-home dad.(R)
| 21:00Mickey's plan to be a battlefield tourist is undone by an artillery captain on a mission.(R) 21:45Writers can listen in to conversations in the archive without fear of breaching privacy.(R)
| 21:00Graduates plan legal action over work training costs.(R) 21:26Jenny Agutter makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Cystic Fibrosis Trust.(R) 21:30Will new infrastructure spending help all of Britain prosper, or widen its divides?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Both sides are talking up the prospects of a successful outcome. 22:456/10By Louise Erdrich. Cedar is trapped in a high security maternity hospital.
| 22:00US to halt military exercises with South Korea 22:457/10By Louise Erdrich. It is the day of the planned hospital breakout.
| 22:00UN Security Council to meet tomorrow. 22:458/10By Louise Erdrich. Cedar heads for the reservation.
| 22:00Dominic Grieve calls wording of government amendment to Brexit bill "slap in the face". 22:459/10By Louise Erdrich. 'Mother' tracks Cedar down to the Ojibwe reservation.
| 22:00President Macron has said the EU approach to migration is not fit for purpose. 22:4510/10By Louise Erdrich. Cedar's baby is almost full-term.
| 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.
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| 23:00 | 23:00A hoard of gold coins in a piano. Who put them there, a mystery. Steve Punt investigates.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/4Phil is tasked with organising a local small business awards. 23:30The government sees off a rebellion on a key Brexit bill.
| 23:001/4Matt Berry interviews the greats of stage, screen and music. 23:152/4Comic poet Elvis McGonagall's wellbeing is threatened by an outbreak of panda flu.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster on why Scottish Nationalist MPs walked out of PMQs.
| 23:002/4Sam has just written her best story yet. But what you write isn't always what people read. 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:00Adam Kay and Farrah Jarral join Harriett Gilbert to talk about favourite books.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports as plans to outlaw 'upskirting' are thwarted - for now. 23:55Music keeps your brain going.
| 23:00Last semi-final of the 2018 contest, with Russell Davies in the questionmaster's chair.(R) 23:30Composer Sarah Angliss explores our deep-seated fascination with the echo.(R)
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to Ari Aster, director supernatural horror film Hereditary.(R) 23:30Dr Sarah Goldingay looks to the natural world for encounters with the divine.(R)
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