| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how society works.(R) 00:45Church bells from St Mary and St Chad, Brewood.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5A meditation on modern life, inspired by the death of author Laurence Scott's parents.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Bereavement forces you to consider how much things matter. Read by Stephen Mangan. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Stephen Mangan reads the third episode of Laurence Scott's moving philosophical memoir.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Stephen Mangan reads the fourth episode of Laurence Scott's moving philosophical memoir.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Stephen Mangan reads the final episode of Laurence Scott's philosophical memoir.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30A thoughtful story about teaching from David Almond, inspired by RL Stevenson's poem.(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. 05:45A shortage of migrant labour has left one farmer staring at a field of rotting fruit. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Michael Palin presents the scarlet macaw from Costa Rica.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer for the day with Chine McDonald. 05:45Farmers plough through crops to stop a large fire spreading further across fields. 05:58David Attenborough presents the crossbill.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer for the day with Chine McDonald. 05:45Anna Hill examines whether the newspaper claim that a farm is intensively farmed is true. 05:58Kate Humble presents the curlew.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer for the day with Chine McDonald. 05:45The world is beginning to take lab-grown meat seriously - are the Brits on board too? 05:58Actor Samuel West on the call of the dipper.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer for the day with Chine McDonald. 05:45Ivor Ferguson from the Ulster Farmers' Union reacts to Theresa May's Brexit proposals. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the Galapagos Islands' blue-footed booby.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Claire Campbell Smith. 05:45A listener on half a decade of trying to find out what happened to his teenage sister.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from St Michael's, Angersleigh. 05:45Hailed 'jazz's new messiah', who is 23-year-old Jacob Collier? Mark Coles finds out.(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 explores landscapes of the future at the Great Exhibition of the North.(R) 06:30Caz Graham hosts a discussion on intensive livestock farming with a panel of experts. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Writer and priest Malcolm Doney examines the process of trial and error. 06:35Meet the farmer who makes the cheese used in one of Britain's most eccentric traditions. 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. 07:54Broadcaster Rachael Bland makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Eve Appeal. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service for the feast day of Mary Magdalene, live from Bangor Cathedral. 08:48John Gray argues that staying in the European Union will not protect liberal values.(R) 08:58Horror novelist and birdwatcher Stephen Gregory returns for a second Tweet of the Day.
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| 09:00 | 09:00A celebration of Stoke-on-Trent and its heritage. 09:30Life After Gold: Two Olympians discuss what can happen after retiring from top-level sport(R) 09:451/5A meditation on modern life, inspired by the death of author Laurence Scott's parents.
| 09:004/5Margaret MacMillan assesses attempts to constrain and justify conflict.
| 09:00Polish artist Miroslaw Balka gives Frances Morris an epic tour of his cramped studio. 09:453/5Stephen Mangan reads the third episode of Laurence Scott's moving philosophical memoir.
| 09:00How useful is the term patriarchy to understand gender imbalance? 09:30Clare Balding discovers how horses are helping with mental, physical and social problems.(R) 09:454/5Stephen Mangan reads the fourth episode of Laurence Scott's moving philosophical memoir.
| 09:00Billie Jean King is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs(R) 09:455/5Stephen Mangan reads the final episode of Laurence Scott's philosophical memoir.
| 09:00Actor and writer Mark Gatiss, and Francoise Malby-Anthony on rescuing elephants and rhinos
| 09:00Brexit-backing business Tate & Lyle on the government's customs plans.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Woman's Hour Takeover, featuring the Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin. 10:451/5Crime or incompetence? A young man learns that most of his inheritance has disappeared.
| 10:00Programme that offers a female perspective on the world. 10:452/5Crime or incompetence? Max tries to discover what has happened to his missing inheritance.
| 10:00Musician Charlotte Church discusses why secondary schools should focus on creativity. 10:413/5Crime or incompetence? Who is responsible for the disappearance of Max's inheritance? 10:55Bunny O'Hare and Lady Portia Di'Monte explain their bond.
| 10:00TV personality Katie Price on trolling, Theme parks and disabled children, Paparazzi. 10:454/5Crime or corruption? Max and Linsey's relationship begins to suffer.
| 10:00Entrepreneur Arianna Huffington on why maintaining wellbeing improves productivity. 10:455/5Max and Linsey await the outcome of Claire's trial for embezzlement.
| 10:30Jay Rayner and his panel of culinary experts are under canvas at Latitude Festival.
| 10:00Alice struggles to come to terms with recent events, and Jennifer's heart breaks.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Jade is a games designer with autism. She's flying solo to New York to chase her ambition. 11:304/6Jenkins discovers the crew have taken the lift to the Moon. Stars John Sessions.
| 11:00Brett Westwood looks into the cultural influence of the willow, from 2018 11:30Laura Barton visits Norwich to experience the playfulness of music-making.
| 11:00Amol Rajan explores if a century-old prophecy of western decline is coming true.(R) 11:301/4A sudden death means a choice between good behaviour and cheesecake.
| 11:00One of the few people able to strike fear into the international organised crime syndicate 11:30Lauren Laverne celebrates the wealth and diversity of today's northern music scene.
| 11:00Marverine Cole explores why some black women are more prone to anxiety and depression. 11:30From the 'Ed Stone' to veteran left-winger Jeremy Corbyn, via Trump and Brexit.
| 11:00Kate McCann of the Telegraph looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Children who are able to survive the ongoing civil war have to grow up fast in Yemen.
| 11:15Baroness Newlove 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. 12:04In Devon, Victor and Daniel manage to get away for a while. 12:15Supermarkets are selling wine in cans - would you drink it? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04On this day in 1918, the Tsar of Russia and his family were executed in Ekaterinburg. 12:56The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04In Seale Hayne, Howard tries to understand Doctor Hurst's unorthodox methods. 12:15Air pollution, electric cars and battery technology. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04At Halecot Farm, Elspeth has all the help she needs. 12:15Cladding on flats, supermarket packaging and why we (nearly) all love an online shop. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04In Devon, Kitty is called out in the middle of the night to see Dieter. 12:15VHS revival, too few magistrates and insuring a dead dog.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The DWP agrees to fully backdate ESA benefits for underpaid ill and disabled claimants. 12:301/5A lively new show on current events and trends with a female panel, hosted by Jo Bunting.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:044/669th series of the multi-award award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee.(R) 12:32A rare voice of authenticity from the kitchen and one of our most important chefs. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Is hedonism getting hacked? And if it is, how do we hack our happiness back?
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Leo Johnson explores radical philosophies of happiness.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Is what matters denting the universe and unleashing the biggest you?
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Does true happiness, Nirvana, come from dissolving the self?
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45What if happiness isn’t about the self at all?
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Edward Stourton presents political debate from the Crescent Theatre in Birmingham.(R)
| 13:00News with Jonny Dymond including Labour's Brexit policy and the Pakistan elections. 13:30Skye's inaccessible pinnacle, Warrington's parkrun, shuddering trains and homelessness.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Alice struggles to come to terms with recent events.(R) 14:15A woman waits in hospital while her husband tears across London with a priceless suitcase.
| 14:00Shula is shocked by a request.(R) 14:15A story of gambling and addiction that takes us into London's British-Chinese community.
| 14:00Lilian discovers the truth.(R) 14:15In the year 2020, cardinals from all over the world gather in Rome to elect a new pontiff.(R)
| 14:00Brian's day goes from bad to worse.(R) 14:15Jonathan Holloway's play about Shakespeare and Cervantes trying to outwit death.(R)
| 14:00There's an emergency for Toby.(R) 14:15Bombs rain down on Sheffield as four steelworkers tell the story of the Blitz in 1940.
| 14:00Brexit. Second referendum anyone? 14:30The 17th-century scientific genius, Isaac Newton, dives into London's criminal underworld.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs and the team are at the Latitude Festival in Suffolk.(R) 14:45Challenging stereotypes and standing tall.
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| 15:00 | 15:004/6Students from Merton College Oxford take on their lecturers in the upbeat quiz. 15:30Yasmin Khan charts the rise and fall of Birmingham's British-Pakistani Balti Triangle.(R)
| 15:00Jay Rayner and his panel of culinary experts are in Inverness.(R) 15:30Helen Castor discusses dystopia in Thamesmead and Trappist ale from Leicestershire.
| 15:00What compensation can you get when you're affected by a big infrastructure project? 15:30The relationship between when babies are weaned and the time they sleep has been published(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark explores landscapes of the future at the Great Exhibition of the North. 15:27The Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Honeypot Children's Charity is made by Bethannie York.(R) 15:30Michael Donkor discusses his debut novel Hold.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs and the team are at the Latitude Festival in Suffolk. 15:45A thoughtful story about teaching from David Almond, inspired by RL Stevenson's poem.
| 15:30Laura Barton visits Norwich to experience the playfulness of music-making.(R)
| 15:00Kipling's chilling tale of adventure in the Hindu Kush mountains. Adapted by Mike Walker.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Rex Bloomstein investigates how parole panels make their decisions on releasing prisoners.(R) 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince ask: what is big data, and how big is big?
| 16:00Revealing how the parole panels calculate the risk to the public of releasing prisoners.(R) 16:30Samira Ahmed and Elis James join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books.
| 16:30Sir Cliff Richard has won his BBC privacy case. What does it mean for journalism?
| 16:00Lauren Greenfield talks to Francine Stock about Generation Wealth. 16:30Peatbog wildfires, coral acoustics, Magdalena Skipper and fuelling long-term space travel.
| 16:00Julian Worricker on a musician, an anthropologist, a media boss, an artist, an aristocrat. 16:30Listener views on the Sir Cliff Richard verdict, Brexit coverage and accents in politics. 16:55As a young black person, to be successful you have to work twice as hard as anyone else.
| 16:00The best of our Takeover Week of guest editors including Charlotte Church.
| 16:00Daisy Johnson talks to Mariella Frostrup about her debut novel Everything Under. 16:30Roger McGough and Imtiaz Dharker present a selection of listeners' requests.
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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.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:30Evan Davis and guests discuss whether data is killing creativity.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00The upcoming elections, the economic crisis and the legacy of Robert Mugabe 17:40Hailed 'jazz's new messiah', who is 23-year-old Jacob Collier? Mark Coles finds out.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Customs' bill amendments accepted by government 18:304/669th series of the multi-award award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee.
| 18:00Conservative rebels hope to overturn a key part of Theresa May's Brexit policy. 18:306/6Helen Lederer reads from her boy-obsessed teenage diaries and chats to Rufus Hound.
| 18:00Sir Cliff Richard wins his case against the BBC over its coverage of a raid on his home 18:302/6Josh and his wife go for their 20-week scan.(R)
| 18:00Crime in England and Wales has increased, while detection rates have dropped 18:301/4Joe Lycett welcomes Katherine Ryan and Greg James to share their secret obsessions.
| 18:00The EU's chief Brexit negotiator questions whether Theresa May's new plan is workable. 18:301/5A lively new show on current events and trends with a female panel, hosted by Jo Bunting.
| 18:00President Trump reacts angrily to reports of recordings made by his former lawyer. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The police watchdog is investigating officers from Scotland Yard's anti-corruption unit. 18:15Broadcaster and Presenter Adrian Chiles chooses the best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Shula is shocked by a request. 19:15Pierce Brosnan on his role in the Mamma Mia sequel, and arts funding news from Ireland. 19:451/5Crime or incompetence? A young man learns that most of his inheritance has disappeared.(R)
| 19:00Lilian discovers the truth. 19:15The verdict on Sacha Baron Cohen's new TV series and rebuilding the Glasgow School of Art. 19:452/5Crime or incompetence? Max tries to discover what has happened to his missing inheritance.(R)
| 19:00Brian's day goes from bad to worse. 19:15Alan Bennett and director Nicholas Hytner discuss their new play Allelujah! 19:453/5Crime or incompetence? Who is responsible for the disappearance of Max's inheritance?(R)
| 19:00There's an emergency for Toby. 19:15Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley and Ben Miles on The Lehman Trilogy play. 19:454/5Crime or corruption? Max and Linsey's relationship begins to suffer.(R)
| 19:15Morris Robinson, American footballer-turned-opera star, tells his story - and sings. 19:455/5Max and Linsey await the outcome of Claire's trial for embezzlement.(R)
| 19:00Hailed 'jazz's new messiah', who is 23-year-old Jacob Collier? Mark Coles finds out. 19:15Alan Bennett's new play Allelujah!, Anne Tyler's Clock Dance and the Liverpool Biennial.
| 19:151/3Post-heart attack, what does Richard Wilson most need?(R) 19:45Lionel Shriver reads her short story inspired by a visit to the Natural History Museum.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Amol Rajan explores if a century-old prophecy of western decline is coming true. 20:30As a US trade war looms, how far will President Trump go to put 'America First'?
| 20:00Prison, drugs and debts - who's paying the price of the thriving drug trade in our jails? 20:40Manchester Airport's treatment of people with disability is again branded poor.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Sophie Howe explains how she tries to get politicians in Wales to put the future first.
| 20:00The Brexit secretary has been in Brussels - what kind of deal does the UK now want? 20:30Evan Davis and guests discuss whether data is killing creativity.
| 20:00Edward Stourton presents political debate from the Crescent Theatre in Birmingham. 20:50John Gray argues that staying in the European Union will not protect liberal values.
| 20:00Matthew Sweet on what links learning and pleasure, education and entertainment.
| 20:00Listener views on the Sir Cliff Richard verdict, Brexit coverage and accents in politics.(R) 20:30Julian Worricker on a musician, an anthropologist, a media boss, an artist, an aristocrat.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00A journey into dangerous waters to explore our relationship with the fearsome pike.(R) 21:30A celebration of Stoke-on-Trent and its heritage.(R)
| 21:00The relationship between when babies are weaned and the time they sleep has been published 21:30Allan Little hosts a salon on the ageing world at Newhailles House near Edinburgh.(R)
| 21:00Sathnam Sanghera on how children can compete with machines for jobs in the future. 21:30Polish artist Miroslaw Balka gives Frances Morris an epic tour of his cramped studio.(R)
| 21:00Peatbog wildfires, coral acoustics, Magdalena Skipper and fuelling long-term space travel. 21:30How useful is the term patriarchy to understand gender imbalance?(R)
| 21:00The Board of Agriculture reported a rise in German PoW farm workers from 800 to 10,000.
| 21:00Mickey Bliss is in London, taking time out from signals training at Aldershot.(R) 21:453/10Susie Orbach meets Richard and Louise, new parents struggling to make things work.(R)
| 21:00The DWP agrees to fully backdate ESA benefits for underpaid ill and disabled claimants.(R) 21:26Broadcaster Rachael Bland makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Eve Appeal.(R) 21:30As a US trade war looms, how far will President Trump go to put 'America First'?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Donald Trump defends Russia over claims of interference in the 2016 presidential election. 22:451/5Adrian goes on holiday to Skegness where Dad drops a bombshell.
| 22:00Rebel amendment which would have kept Britain in a customs union with the EU is defeated 22:452/5Adrian's surprised to end up in his mother's maternity ward
| 22:00We discuss whether the judge's ruling means UK law now needs to be changed 22:453/5Adrian adjusts to life with his new sister and goes to his first funeral.
| 22:00EU countries urged to step up preparations for possibility of no-deal Brexit 22:454/5Feeling ignored by his parents, Adrian joins a gang.
| 22:00Brussels challenges key aspects of UK govt's white paper on leaving the EU. 22:455/5Adrian decides to run away from home with the dog.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:154/5Margaret MacMillan assesses attempts to constrain and justify conflict.(R)
| 22:00Ahead of the summer recess, Carolyn Quinn and guests discuss the political year so far.
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| 23:00 | 23:00The former 'Big Society tsar' Nat Wei on his Milton Keynes childhood and Chinese heritage.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster on a tense debate about Brexit customs arrangements.
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince ask: what is big data, and how big is big?(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports on another day at Westminster dominated by Brexit.
| 23:002/4Patrick Marber and Peter Curran with their critically-acclaimed confessional series. 23:153/4Comic Sindhu Vee has been married 20 years - to the same man. What's her secret? 23:30Sean Curran has all the news from the day's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:004/4Bill and Harry get caught up in Sid's plot to steal the crown jewels.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Samira Ahmed and Elis James join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books.(R) 23:30All the news from today's sitting at Westminster. 23:55Surviving the year when your mother is also your class teacher.
| 23:004/6Students from Merton College Oxford take on their lecturers in the upbeat quiz.(R) 23:30Roger McGough and Billy Letford present a selection of listeners' requests.(R)
| 23:00True stories told live in the USA. 23:50John Gray argues that staying in the European Union will not protect liberal values.(R)
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