| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the history of the modern, material world.(R) 00:45Church bells from the Parish Church of Our Lady and St Nicholas, Pier Head in Liverpool.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5In the desert of northern Kenya is a city of half a million people. Why are they there?(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Seventeen-year-old Guled has been kidnapped by al-Shabaab. He fears for his life.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Porter Nisho is almost at the bottom of the pile, but he harbours ambitions for the future(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Monday, a young Catholic man from Sudan, falls for Muna, a Somali Muslim.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Monday and Muna find their child, Christine, is being attacked by Somali clan members.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Jessica Raine reads Jane Gardam's short story set in Hong Kong under the British. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Reverend Richard Littledale. 05:45Brexit and UK farming - shall we stay or shall we go now? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the superb lyrebird of eastern Australia.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Reverend Richard Littledale. 05:45An investigation shows UK regulator does not publish details of antibiotic use on farms. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the globally widespread but secretive black stork.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Reverend Richard Littledale. 05:45The latest on the 'right to buy' of housing association properties in rural areas. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the sociable weaver of the Kalahari Desert in Namibia.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Reverend Richard Littledale. 05:45Graham Stuart MP calls for greater government funding for rural areas. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the Vogelkop bowerbird of west New Guinea.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Reverend Richard Littledale. 05:45Farm antibiotics, the Scottish view on Brexit and renewable energy. 05:58David Attenborough presents the Eurasian scops owl found in Mediterranean regions.(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 Tibetan Buddhist Alison Murdoch. 05:45The programme that starts with its listeners.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Bells from the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Tonbridge in Kent. 05:45Alex Marshall discusses patriotism and nationalism.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark and writer Simon Barnes explore the Great Fen and Charles Rothschild's legacy.(R) 06:30Brexit and UK Farming: three farmers debate the merits of leaving and staying in the EU. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05John McCarthy explores the sacred and profane place of birds in our daily lives. 06:35Helen Mark visits the Nutti Sami to hear about the reindeer which are their livelihood. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Morning news, with Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Katy Watson reports from Mexico City as Pope Francis begins his historic trip there. 07:45Commentary on the fifth ODI between South Africa and England, from Newlands.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Jane McGonigal, Jo Marchant, AC Grayling and Simon McBurney. 09:45Christian worship with a reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Dr Calvin T Samuel.
| 09:00Peter Piot talks to Jim Al-Khalili about Zika, Ebola and HIV. 09:30Actor and impressionist Jan Ravens talks to Germaine Greer, about her public image. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Monsignor Tony Rogers.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets writer and director Sally Wainwright and comedian Abi Roberts. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Bishop Chris Edmondson.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the poetry of Rumi (1207-1273). 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Dr Sam Wells.
| 09:00Professor Dame Carol Black is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.(R) 09:45An act of worship from Cardiff led by the dean of Llandaff, the Very Rev Gerwyn Capon.
| 09:00Jamie Foreman and the inheritance tracks of Chris Addison.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Why are breastfeeding rates so low in Britain? Tell us about your experiences. 10:451/10An accident makes a family question everything they thought they knew.
| 10:00Algerian human rights activist Leila Zerrougui talks to Jane Garvey. 10:452/10Luke tries to find out who has been making his sister so unhappy.
| 10:00Poet Hollie McNish talks to Jenni about motherhood and the things nobody tells you. 10:413/10Everyone is feeling the strain of Nettie's situation. 10:55Friends for whom community is at the heart of their lives.
| 10:00A themed programme looking at how we can have a good death. 10:454/10Nettie is still in a coma and the family is finding it a strain.
| 10:00Kids Company founder's first broadcast interview since MPs report into charity collapse. 10:455/10Ailsa is struggling to accept that her daughter will never recover.
| 10:302/3Paul Gambaccini explores the epic film that won all 9 Oscar nominations in 1988.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Grace Dent tells the story of Jean, who is being harassed by her 80-year-old ex-husband. 11:306/6Comedian Mark Steel visits Chipping Norton to perform a stand-up show all about the town.(R)
| 11:00Matthew Cobb explores the excitement and concerns about the new genome editing technology. 11:15Commentary on the third One Day International between South Africa and England.
| 11:00In their workshops Verity Sharp meets people dedicated to making fine musical instruments 11:301/4The agency is shaken by the arrival of a new accounts chief.(R)
| 11:00Shot - not by gangsters, but by the police. 11:30Stories about love straight from the smartphones of Radio 4 listeners.
| 11:00Benjamin Ramm explores one of the strangest chapters in China’s history - mango mania. 11:15Commentary on the fourth One Day International between South Africa and England.
| 11:00Helen Lewis of the New Statesman looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30The frontline Ukrainian town where nothing changes for the better.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Isabel finally finds a solution for the persistent young Cristine. 12:15A look at applying for bankruptcy online, the retail of the future and greyhound welfare. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the third One Day International between South Africa and England.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Victor Lumley is desperate to return to his men in France. 12:15A look at how a major fundraising firm has collapsed, owing thousands to charities. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The Wilson family struggle with their secrets. 12:15Including a look at deals on the Age UK website and how to spot a flood-damaged car. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the fourth One Day International between South Africa and England.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Lesley Curwen asks whether tax should be such a taxing matter. 12:306/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the fifth ODI between South Africa and England, from Newlands.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45Five single people. One year. 89-year-old widower Roy goes on a singles holiday.
| | 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45Following Ibrahim, a 25-year-old living in London, who is gay and Muslim.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Edward Stourton. 13:45Following divorced 52-year-old health therapist Susanna, who ran a matchmaking service.
| | 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the Royal College for the Blind, Hereford(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Rob is feeling protective.(R) 14:151/4Personalities and egos clash as Stage Left are faced with some difficult decisions.
| | 14:00Jolene is turning up the heat in the kitchen.(R) 14:153/4An unexpected guest attends the press night for Saul's West End directorial debut.
| 14:00Rex offers a friendly ear.(R) 14:154/4Hostilities are suspended as the Stage Left team visit Alan's wife in hospital.
| | 14:00Listeners have their say on the issues including the new junior doctor's contract. 14:301/2DI Rebus investigates a school shooting but becomes the main suspect in a fatal house fire
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| 15:00 | 15:00Russell Davies chairs the prestigious general knowledge quiz. 15:30Ultra-marathon champ Scott Jurek tells Dan Saladino how to eat vegan and run 100 miles.(R)
| | 15:00Ruth Alexander and guests discuss whether charities have become too commercial. 15:30Dr Mark Porter talks about chicken pox in pregnancy.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark and writer Simon Barnes explore the Great Fen and Charles Rothschild's legacy. 15:27John McCarthy presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of International Alert.(R) 15:30Kamila Shamsie talks about her novel Burnt Shadows with James Naughtie.(R)
| | 15:30A revolution in music, politics and attitude - how Tropicalia exploded in Brazil.(R)
| 15:40Drama about the love triangle of Horatio Nelson, William Hamilton and Emma, Lady Hamilton(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:00Moby-Dick was made in England. Paul Farley tells a story of fast fish and loose fish. 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince ask, 'What is reality?'.
| | 16:00Laurie Taylor explores a scientific art form rooted in unpredictability. 16:30Sir Alan Moses discusses new Ipso rules.
| 16:00Sarah Gavron talks about Suffragette and the reactions to the film. With Francine Stock. 16:30Gravitational waves detected - scientists prove Einstein right after 100 years.
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| 16:00Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel. 16:30Roger McGough with poetry of love, hate and everything in between on Poetry Please.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Recovering from a reputation for poor customer service. Evan Davis and guests.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Could York learn from its Dutch counterpart about flood protection?(R) 17:40Katherine Jakeways tells the story of a student who makes her own fiscal arrangement.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00The Prime Minister wants to reduce re-offending and give prison governors more autonomy 18:305/6John Lloyd and Sarah Millican welcome Matt Lucas, Prof Sophie Scott and William Hartston.
| 18:00Commentary on the third One Day International between South Africa and England.
| 18:00A former judge to look at how detectives investigated historical sex abuse allegations. 18:303/4Adventuring comic Tim FitzHigham attempts to cook a pudding under ten feet of water.(R)
| 18:00Gravitational waves detected. Jeremy Hunt to impose a new contract on junior doctors 18:306/6John apologises for a delay and wonders what his hobbies are.
| 18:00Commentary on the fourth One Day International between South Africa and England.
| 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.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15John Waite presents his selection of the best of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Is the Bank of Peggy doing business today? 19:15Reviews of Vinyl and A Bigger Splash, and Melvyn Bragg remembers Margaret Forster. 19:451/10An accident makes a family question everything they thought they knew.(R)
| 19:30Pride and Prejudice and Zombies reviewed and Alan Partridge revived, with Samira Ahmed. 19:452/10Luke tries to find out who has been making his sister so unhappy.(R)
| 19:00Rex offers a friendly ear. 19:15Kate Winslet talks to John Wilson about her role as a mafia villain in new film Triple 9. 19:453/10Everyone is feeling the strain of Nettie's situation.(R)
| 19:00Brian has all his women around him. 19:15Portraying post-apocalyptic worlds in The Survivalist and a ballet inspired by a portrait. 19:454/10Nettie is still in a coma and the family is finding it a strain.(R)
| 19:30Kirsty Lang discusses The People v OJ Simpson and the Pre-Raphaelites in Liverpool. 19:455/10Ailsa is struggling to accept that her daughter will never recover.(R)
| 19:00Katherine Jakeways tells the story of a student who makes her own fiscal arrangement. 19:15A look at the biggest Hieronymus Bosch exhibition ever and OJ Simpson's trial as a drama.
| 19:00Will Pip be a happy valentine? 19:156/6Richard Osman, Rob Beckett and Susan Calman compete to supply the best 'wrong' answers.(R) 19:455/6Jack lives quietly on a remote island until a meeting with a tourist changes everything.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Hugh Dennis heads to Gallipoli to learn how his great uncle died in the First World War(R) 20:30Edward Stourton asks what happens on the island of Ireland if the UK leaves the EU.
| 20:00Could York learn from its Dutch counterpart about flood protection? 20:40News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45John Osborne discusses what it means to be ignored.(R)
| 20:00US satirist PJ O'Rourke goes on the campaign trail in New Hampshire. Can Trump really win? 20:30Recovering from a reputation for poor customer service. Evan Davis and guests.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the Royal College for the Blind, Hereford 20:50Adam Gopnik says the New Hampshire primary results are less revolutionary than they look.
| 20:00Matthew Bannister celebrates the culture, style, purpose and panache of the obituary
| 20:00Women take selfies for five-and-a-half hours a day. Really? Tim Harford on junk surveys.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a computer scientist, a writer, a kite inventor, a GCHQ director(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Adam Hart reveals how humanity is altering the evolutionary paths of other creatures.(R) 21:30Andrew Marr with Jane McGonigal, Jo Marchant, AC Grayling and Simon McBurney.(R)
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter talks about chicken pox in pregnancy. 21:30Peter Piot talks to Jim Al-Khalili about Zika, Ebola and HIV.(R)
| 21:00Is extreme weather pulling Britain apart? Tom Heap reports.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets writer and director Sally Wainwright and comedian Abi Roberts.(R)
| 21:00Gravitational waves detected - scientists prove Einstein right after 100 years.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the poetry of Rumi (1207-1273).(R)
| 21:00Conscription comes into effect, and there are secrets and celebrations in Folkestone.
| 21:002/2Plarr's attempts to help free Charley earn him death threats from the police.(R)
| 21:00Lesley Curwen asks whether tax should be such a taxing matter.(R) 21:26Olivia Colman presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Tender Education and Arts.(R) 21:30Edward Stourton asks what happens on the island of Ireland if the UK leaves the EU.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00As thousands flee Aleppo, could this be the beginning of the end for opposition forces? 22:456/10The eponymous heroine is preoccupied by the penalties and privileges of womanhood.
| 22:00Former Turkish Europe minister says there's only so much Turkey can do to help refugees. 22:457/10In 18th-century England, Orlando is seduced by London society and poetry.
| 22:00A former judge is to review Met Police's investigation into a VIP paedophile ring. 22:458/10The oppressive 19th-century dawns, and an extraordinary encounter takes place on the moor.
| 22:00How does the discovery of gravitational waves fit in with the rest of Einstein's work? 22:459/10Orlando arrives at an ending and a new beginning.
| 22:00Saudi Arabia's thinking on Syria, the pope meets the patriarch, and the art of a sickie. 22:4510/10The present catches up with Orlando's extraordinarily lengthy past.
| 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. 22:45Sam Coates of the Times looks at how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright guide listeners through the 20 most commonly used words.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster on the row between the government and junior doctors.
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince ask, 'What is reality?'.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:003/4Audio boffins create an algorithm to put radio announcers out of work. 23:154/6The funny, sad and bewildering interactions of a community psychiatric nurse's rounds.(R) 23:30Rachel Byrne reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/4Comic monologues written and performed by Sally Phillips and Lily Bevan with star guests. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Jake Arnott and Rebecca Root nominate their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55How a tea party changed a widow's life as well as her younger friend's view of the elderly
| 23:00Russell Davies chairs the prestigious general knowledge quiz.(R) 23:30Roger McGough with a miscellany including poetry from the Lakes and the Caribbean.(R)
| 23:00Sarah Gavron talks about Suffragette and the reactions to the film. With Francine Stock.(R) 23:30John McCarthy explores the sacred and profane place of birds in our daily lives.(R)
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