| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Health divides. Also, counting global health.(R) 00:45Church bells from St Mary le Ghyll, Barnoldswick.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Biography of revolutionary engineer Thomas Telford, much of whose work endures to this day(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Telford moved to London after his apprenticeship, but without success.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Work begins on Thomas Telford's masterpiece in North Wales.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5After completing his masterpiece, Telford revolutionised access to the Scottish Highlands.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Telford's death meant he had little idea of how his legacy would long endure.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3A video clip goes viral, with unforeseen consequences.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Mary Stallard. 05:45As more cases of bird flu are reported, why is H5N8 spreading? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the robin.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Mary Stallard. 05:45A mercy mission from England to Italy to help save animals trapped by massive snowdrifts. 05:58David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the greenfinch.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Mary Stallard. 05:45Chinese scientists claim to have bred cattle resistant to TB using genome editing. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the coal tit.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Mary Stallard. 05:45Milk prices are on the rise, so are dairy farmers happy? 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the marsh tit.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Mary Stallard. 05:45Europe is reforming the CAP - again. Charlotte Smith asks: should we care? 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the willow tit.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day, with the Rev Richard Frazer. 05:45A mother explains why she pressed charges against her daughter.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from St Bartholomew's, London. 05:45Mark Coles profiles the man Donald Trump has nominated to join the US Supreme Court.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark meets the people who are re-examining the site of the Mildenhall Treasure.(R) 06:30A look at the health of the UK sheep industry, from a farm in the Brecon Beacons. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Michael Symmons Roberts wonders what we mean when we say we are 'not out of the woods yet' 06:35Ruth Sanderson surveys the agriculture in the hills above Belfast. 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. 07:54Nina Wadia makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the British Asian Trust. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31A big reaction in Parliament to President Trump's controversial ban on some migrants.
| 08:31Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Susan Hulme reports as Parliament takes its first step on the road to leaving the EU.
| 08:31A minister tells MPs that Britain's 'best days are still to come'.
| 08:51Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster as MPs call for a policy of 'no body, no parole'.
| 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10With winner of the Costa First Novel award Francis Spufford, from St Martin-in-the-Fields. 08:48Will Self on why we really should spend time worrying about why we are here.(R) 08:58Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the robin.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Amol Rajan discusses Turkey with Elif Shafak, Kaya Genç, Fadi Hakura and Bettany Hughes. 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by John Forrest.
| 09:00Professor Alison Smith talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the many and varied uses of algae. 09:30Novelist Nikesh Shukla shares his fascination for boxing with Hayley Campbell. 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music.
| 09:00Actor Stephen Boxer and writer Sheila Kohler join Libby Purves. 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Nigel Swinford.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and life of Hannah Arendt, political philosopher 09:44A service of words and music led by the Rev Dr Sam Wells with St Martin's Voices.
| 09:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day. 09:02Kirsty Young talks to former professional footballer David Beckham.(R) 09:44Spiritual reflection and prayers on a topical subject, led by Canon Angela Tilby.
| 09:00Aasmah Mir and the Rev. Richard Coles are joined by Amanda Redman.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00How often do you imagine yourself winning an argument or perhaps even an Oscar? 10:451/5Can driving instructor Ken help middle-aged teacher Nat pass her test?
| 10:00Midwife Clemmie Hooper answers listener's questions. Plus Crawley Old Girls football team. 10:452/5Nat's mother Suki suspects that Nat may not want to pass her test.
| 10:00Labour's Harriet Harman on her political and personal battles for equality at Westminster. 10:413/5Chaos ensues when Suki meets driving instructor Ken. 10:55When your child is disabled you worry about who will care for them when you are gone.
| 10:00Transgender and planning a family. Plus, should the the term "honour killing" be banned? 10:454/5Nat invites driving instructor Ken round for an eventful meal.
| 10:00Madeline Fontaine; Nikki Haley and the women of the United Nations; Bereavement Payment. 10:455/5Nat is apprehensive over her looming driving test - and so is Ken.
| 10:30Jay Rayner and his panel are in Cirencester.
| 10:00Pip goes in search of the truth, and Helen is on a mission.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Irene is 73. She has severe kidney failure. And she may be about to be deported. 11:305/6Tom's dad celebrates a milestone in governmental reform.(R)
| 11:00Are human cyborgs set to become a reality? Frank Swain investigates. 11:30South America Correspondent Wyre Davies visits the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay.
| 11:00What has been the aftermath of the Harold Shipman murders? Alan Dein investigates.(R) 11:306/6James Walton tests Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Russell Davies and Sue Limb.(R)
| 11:00Correspondent stories, including football, not politics, in Gabon, and intrigue in Turkey. 11:30Aatif Nawaz on why the old-fashioned clock face continues to survive in the modern day.
| 11:00Alice Roberts goes in search of the man who taught us how to control our own dreams.(R) 11:302/6Valentine's Day at the sisters' cafe sees revelations, flowers and marriage proposals.(R)
| 11:00Helen Lewis of the New Statesman looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Correspondent stories from the USA, Mexico, Nigeria, Japan and Indonesian West Papua.
| 11:15Kirsty Young talks to international rugby union referee Nigel Owens.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04In Tynemouth, Albert Wilson is disappointed. 12:15The vegan who wants new plastic £5 notes withdrawn. And the cost of new car paint jobs. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04In North Shields, Marion tells Edie Kitty's secret. 12:15How has loneliness affected you? Email youandyours@bbc.co.uk. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04In Tynemouth, Cressida makes a small but courageous step forwards. 12:15Nursery owners say they can't fund plans for 30 hours free childcare. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04In Tynemouth, Dilys works out how to win her fight. 12:15After years of falling milk prices, why is the global price of milk now rising? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Final episode of this season of Radio 4's epic drama set in Great War Britain. 12:15The musical Hamilton says it won't accept tickets from touts, why is Viagogo selling them?
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Current accounts cease for thousands, pension auto enrollment and npower price rise. 12:305/8A satirical review of the news, chaired by Miles Jupp.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:044/6John Lloyd and Jo Brand with Sofie Hagen, Jon Ablett and Kate Fox.(R) 12:32Dan Saladino finds out how one dish, gumbo, can reveal centuries of American history. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Charlotte Smith takes the temperature of modern farming at Sedgemoor auction centre.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45How did farms get so big? And will they get bigger?
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45They are the words on every farmer's lips. But how important is it?
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Should farmers be paid just for owning land? Charlotte Smith investigates.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45After Brexit, what can farmers expect? Charlotte Smith concludes her investigation.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the Magic Lantern Cinema in Tywyn, Wales.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Stephen Fry delights in language made by hand.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Lilian wants to hear all.(R) 14:15A national storm is raging. It is getting ugly. With Rachael Stirling and Tobias Menzies.(R)
| 14:00Pip goes in search of the truth.(R) 14:15In 1966, Pauline Devaney becomes the first woman to write a TV sitcom.(R)
| 14:00Ruth makes a shocking discovery.(R) 14:15Maxine Peake writes and stars in this tale of teenage angst, mid-life crisis and drumming.(R)
| 14:00Justin feels like he can be himself.(R) 14:151/3Shoreham is planning to make Yorkshire the centre of a major pandemic.(R)
| 14:00Pat needs to iron things out.(R) 14:15By Mike Harris. The true story of how one man's need for cash created a national myth.(R)
| 14:00Listeners have their say on trade deals, Brexit, and Donald Trump. 14:302/3Crime drama set in 1990s Shanghai. A serial killer is at large
| 14:00Eric Robson and his panel visit Whitefield, Manchester.(R) 14:45Autism, Islam and friendship are all open to misperceptions.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The nationwide general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies. 15:30Legendary New Orleans cook Leah Chase tells her story of seven decades in the kitchen.(R)
| 15:00Jay Rayner, Andi Oliver, Tim Hayward, Henry Dimbleby and Barry Smith are at Woburn Abbey.(R) 15:30Sir Tom Jones answers questions about his 2010 back-to-his-roots album Praise & Blame.
| 15:00Making Tax Digital - transforming our tax system, but will it work for you? 15:30Hernias, hands and varicose veins might not be treated on the NHS in the future.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark meets the people who are re-examining the site of the Mildenhall Treasure. 15:27Don, a volunteer for Friends of the Elderly, makes the Radio 4 Appeal on their behalf.(R) 15:30Author Yaa Gyasi talks to Mariella Frostrup about her debut novel Homegoing.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and his panel visit Whitefield, Manchester. 15:45Jack starts his evening walk full of the joys of nature, but things change dramatically.
| 15:30South America Correspondent Wyre Davies visits the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay.(R)
| 15:001/2When Sara’s rich, she’s treated like other girls. But who is she without money?
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| 16:00 | 16:00Andrew McGibbon talks to Naomi Sorkin, who was Lindsay Kemp's ballerina. 16:30Brian Cox, Robin Ince and guest Rufus Hound look at some of science's epic fails.
| 16:00Michael Rosen discusses interesting family words and phrases with listeners in Birmingham. 16:30Alan Carr and Melanie Sykes join Harriett Gilbert to discuss the books they love.
| 16:00Globalisation, the old and the new. Also, virtual workers. 16:30Andrea Catherwood talks to Sarah Sands, newly appointed editor of the Today programmme.
| 16:00Ang Lee discusses the future of film and why cinema will become elitist. 16:30How measures set up to conserve endangered species are being eroded.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on two actors, a forensic scientist, a chairman, a writer. 16:30Listeners give their reaction to the announcement of a new Today programme editor. 16:55Two 13-year-olds talk a lot of sense about misperceptions of Islam.
| 16:00Harriet Harman on the battles she's fought over three decades at Westminster.
| 16:00Barbara Trapido talks to James Naughtie about her 1998 novel The Travelling Hornplayer. 16:30Roger McGough takes a poetic stroll through the streets of the city.
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| 17:00 | 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.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30The care home business model is unsustainable. Evan Davis discovers why.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00What protection do small businesses have when banks treat them badly?(R) 17:40Mark Coles profiles the man Donald Trump has nominated to join the US Supreme Court.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00More calls for Trump state visit to be cancelled 18:304/6John Lloyd and Jo Brand with Sofie Hagen, Jon Ablett and Kate Fox.
| 18:00Home Secretary says ban is divisive and wrong 18:306/6John Finnemore brings the sixth series of his award-winning sketch show to a close.
| 18:00Legislation to trigger the formal process of leaving the EU expected to be approved 18:302/4The Amos household are caught up in the Brixton riot.
| 18:00Lawyer who brought torture and murder claims against British Iraq war veterans struck off 18:302/4Geoff finds himself pitted against a perfect Swedish male.(R)
| 18:00President Trump imposes Iran sanctions - a year after measures lifted under nuclear deal 18:305/8A satirical review of the news, chaired by Miles Jupp.
| 18:00The US president accuses a Seattle federal judge of undermining national security. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Marine Le Pen promises to eradicate terrorism. 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week with Sheila McClennon.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Pip goes in search of the truth. 19:15Matthew McConaughey on his role in Gold, and Charles Dance remembers John Hurt. 19:451/5Can driving instructor Ken help middle-aged teacher Nat pass her test?(R)
| 19:00Ruth makes a shocking discovery. 19:15Deborah McAndrew adapts Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac, and we celebrate European cinema. 19:452/5Nat's mother Suki suspects that Nat may not want to pass her test.(R)
| 19:00Justin feels like he can be himself. 19:15Loving reviewed; I, Daniel Blake's Hayley Squires; author Nathan Hill on The Nix. 19:453/5Chaos ensues when Suki meets driving instructor Ken.(R)
| 19:00Pat needs to iron things out. 19:15Diverse casting, Roots remade, Beyonce's pregnancy portrait, poet & novelist John Burnside 19:454/5Nat invites driving instructor Ken round for an eventful meal.(R)
| 19:15Viola Davis on her Oscar-nominated performance in August Wilson's Fences. 19:455/5Nat is apprehensive over her looming driving test - and so is Ken.(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles the man Donald Trump has nominated to join the US Supreme Court. 19:15Sex With Strangers, Toni Erdmann, John Burnside, Keith Tyson, The Moorside.
| 19:00Helen is concerned for Henry. 19:151/4A mother and daughter begin an epic sponsored walk along the Thames Path.(R) 19:45Salley Vickers' poignant story inspired by John Donne's poem about love and immortality.
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| 20:00 | 20:00What has been the aftermath of the Harold Shipman murders? Alan Dein investigates. 20:30The journey of an American 'cold warrior' from nuclear deterrence to nuclear disarmament.
| 20:00What protection do small businesses have when banks treat them badly? 20:40Olivia Butterworth on NHS Accessible Info Standard and GDO Charles Bloch on taxi access.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Mark Breeze asks what architects can do for refugees.
| 20:00Will President Trump's plan to put 'America first' make the USA richer? 20:30The care home business model is unsustainable. Evan Davis discovers why.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the Magic Lantern Cinema in Tywyn, Wales. 20:50Will Self on why we really should spend time worrying about why we are here.
| 20:00Tom Holland explores Ovid's approach to change.
| 20:00Listeners give their reaction to the announcement of a new Today programme editor.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on two actors, a forensic scientist, a chairman, a writer.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:002/2Matthew Hill asks if the 14-day limit on research on human embryos should be extended.(R) 21:30Amol Rajan discusses Turkey with Elif Shafak, Kaya Genç, Fadi Hakura and Bettany Hughes.(R)
| 21:00Hernias, hands and varicose veins might not be treated on the NHS in the future. 21:30Professor Alison Smith talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the many and varied uses of algae.(R)
| 21:00Dr Kevin Fong asks how vulnerable our high-end decision-making is. 21:30Actor Stephen Boxer and writer Sheila Kohler join Libby Purves.(R)
| 21:00How measures set up to conserve endangered species are being eroded.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and life of Hannah Arendt, political philosopher(R)
| 21:00Final omnibus of this season of Radio 4's epic drama set in Great War Britain.
| 21:00Elizabeth Barrett Browning's epic poem dramatised by Michael Symmons Roberts.(R)
| 21:00Current accounts cease for thousands, pension auto enrollment and npower price rise.(R) 21:26Nina Wadia makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the British Asian Trust.(R) 21:30The journey of an American 'cold warrior' from nuclear deterrence to nuclear disarmament.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Was Theresa May too hasty in her support for the Trump administration? 22:456/7Allis tells a startling story from the Norse myths about love and atonement.
| 22:00President Trump to choose a conservative judge - Democrats expected to fight nomination. 22:457/7In Agnes Ravatn's taut thriller, the mythic story of the dragon Nithhogg casts a shadow.
| 22:00MPs vote overwhelmingly in favour of beginning the process of leaving the EU. 22:451/3Nat Hocken and his family are disturbed during the night.
| 22:00French prosecutors widen their inquiry into financial affairs of presidential candidate. 22:452/3In Daphne du Maurier's psychologically disquieting tale, an attack is imminent.
| 22:00EU leaders agree plans to stop migrants leaving Libya for Europe. 22:453/3Nat makes preparations to keep his family safe.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.(R)
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn and guests discuss Brexit, and should President Trump address Parliament?
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| 23:00 | 23:00Tom Jones talks to John Wilson about his 2010 back-to-his-roots album 'Praise & Blame'. 23:30Sean Curran reports about the controversy surrounding President Trump's travel ban.
| 23:00Brian Cox, Robin Ince and guest Rufus Hound look at some of science's epic fails.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/6Tim Key takes a comic look at dating, through the medium of poetry.(R) 23:154/4Comedian James Acaster presents the results of his research into paint.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Gaby Roslin hosts Lee Mack and John Thomson in a new comedy panel show all about film. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster on the Brexit white paper.
| 23:00Alan Carr and Melanie Sykes join Harriett Gilbert to discuss the books they love. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster as MPs call for a policy of 'no body, no parole'. 23:55Music has forged a strong bond between these friends who only met in retirement.
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies.(R) 23:30Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' requests for poems for dark days.(R)
| 23:00True stories told live in the USA. 23:50Will Self on why we really should spend time worrying about why we are here.(R)
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