| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Globalisation, the old and the new. Also, virtual workers.(R) 00:45Church bells from St Bartholomew's, London.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Xiaolu Guo's story of growing up in China during times of transition.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Xiaolu's grandfather's struggle to provide for his family has tragic consequences.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5The young Xiaolu has a new home in Wenling, where she is reunited with her parents.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Xiaolu is encouraged by her father to become a poet.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Xiaolu determines upon a new career path.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3A writer's research for a story about time machines takes a strange turn.(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.
| 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. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day, with the Rev Richard Frazer. 05:45How could the UK agriculture's import/export patterns change after Brexit? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the great spotted woodpecker.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day, with the Rev Richard Frazer. 05:45A look at evidence of a poultry keeper flouting laws preventing the spread of bird flu. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the treecreeper.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day, with the Rev Richard Frazer. 05:45UK farmers struggling to recruit migrant workers are offering improved accommodation. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the nuthatch.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day, with the Rev Richard Frazer. 05:45Welsh anger at minister snub, cider exports, and the NFU neonicotinoids bid. 05:58Kate Humble presents the stock dove.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day, with the Rev Richard Frazer. 05:45Avian flu restrictions, producing billy goat meat and Brexit imports and exports. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the long-tailed tit.(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 the Reverend Marie-Elsa Bragg. 05:45A mother on her daughter's recovery from a drug addiction. ipm@bbc.co.uk.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from St Helen's Church, Lundy Island. 05:45John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons.(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 discovers the fascinating world of the Pill Hobblers, both past and present.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith asks what Brexit could mean for UK agricultural imports and exports. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully looks between the lines to find the secret symbols and codes of everyday life. 06:35Ruth Sanderson visits a farmer who is making chorizo from his herd of free range pigs. 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 William Crawley. 07:54Sir Derek Jacobi makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of MediCinema. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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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.
| | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Considering faith and work live from Emmanuel Church, Didsbury in south Manchester. 08:48John Gray examines what lies behind our desire to protect our "way of life".(R) 08:58Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the great spotted woodpecker.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Paul Abbott, Edouard Louis, Gwen Adshead and Paul Farley. 09:44The Daily Service explores faith in the workplace, with the Rev David Ingall.
| 09:00Sean Carroll tells Jim why he abandoned Einstein for quantum entanglement. 09:30Nikesh Shukla speaks to boxer Kieran Farrell, who suffered brain damage after a fight. 09:44The Daily Service explores faith in the workplace.
| 09:00Levison Wood and Kimberley Chambers join Libby Purves. 09:44The Daily Service explores faith in the workplace, with the Rev Canon Jane Sinclair.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss John Clare, poet and farm labourer. 09:44The Daily Service explores faith in the workplace.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to international rugby union referee Nigel Owens.(R) 09:44Daily Service explores faith in the workplace.
| 09:00Una Stubbs joins Aasmah Mir and the Rev Richard Coles.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00What support is there for primary schoolchildren as more say they worry 'all the time'? 10:451/5As a child, Stevie forms a closer bond with her robotic childminder than her real parents.
| 10:00Naomie Harris, Oscar-nominated for best supporting actress for Moonlight, talks to Jane. 10:452/5Stevie must deal with a robot that has religious delusions.
| 10:00Actor Cherry Jones; Prof Alexis Jay; could some women with breast cancer avoid chemo? 10:413/5A reprogrammed robot goes AWOL with lethal consequences. 10:55The insights of others can prove invaluable when your wife or mother takes her own life.
| 10:00Waney Squier on shaken baby syndrome, Victoire Dauxerre on size 0 and being gay in the USA 10:454/5Stevie is summoned to Siberia where a robot can read human minds.
| 10:00Should there be lifelong maintenance payments? Plus US playwright Kirsten Childs. 10:455/5Stevie’s meteoric rise sparks a final showdown revealing her secret.
| 10:30Jay Rayner and his panel of cooking experts are in Stirling.
| 10:00Helen is concerned for Henry, and Jennifer wants to put an end to the rumours.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Patrick Wright examines the long history of anxiety over threats to English identity. 11:306/6Tom finds himself on a Derbyshire moor in search of a dreadful family secret.(R)
| 11:00From the Ancient Greeks to Maria in Metropolis, Adam Rutherford explores robots in culture 11:30Hunter Davies reflects on his life with Margaret Forster, a year after her death.
| 11:00What has been the aftermath of the 2004 cockle picking disaster? Alan Dein investigates.(R) 11:301/4Simon asks how land came to be traded. Who really owns the land we buy?(R)
| 11:00Correspondents' stories from Syria, Israel, Russia, Sierra Leone and Loveland, USA. 11:30Writer Nicholas Royle returns three library books - three decades after borrowing them.
| 11:00Dr Kevin Fong asks how vulnerable our high-end decision-making is.(R) 11:303/6A Polish evening in the cafe ends with heart trauma and kleptomaniac Lizzie in charge.(R)
| 11:00Tom Newton Dunn of the Sun looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Correspondents' stories: South Africa, Romania, Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands and Alaska.
| 11:15June Brown, actor, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Who will be on the other side of the table when the UK negotiates Brexit? 12:15Consumer affairs programme. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04How much will it cost the UK to leave the European Union? 12:15Call You & Yours: What would improve your housing situation? youandyours@bbc.co.uk. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04How could things change for British expats and EU nationals in the UK after Brexit? 12:15Why the number of local butchers is increasing for the first time in decades. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Could Brexit send UK trade off a cliff edge? Chris Morris discovers what's at stake. 12:15Are BT short-changing and overcharging customers on broadband speeds? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Chris Morris visits Cornwall to ask what happens to EU subsidies after Brexit. 12:15Shoplifting, football ground access, the ivory antiques trade and seller rights on Paypal.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Cohabitee discrimination, prepay energy price cap, lack of protection for fraud victims? 12:306/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:045/6John Lloyd and Jo Brand with Deborah Frances-White, Prof Dave Goulson and Tony Robinson.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon steps into a vivid, flavour-filled and surprising world of citrus. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Donald Trump's national security adviser resigns over his contact with Russian officials. 13:451/10Professor David Rothkopf discovers how modern history has changed the face of diplomacy.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs with Martha Kearney. 13:452/10Professor David Rothkopf discovers how modern history has changed the face of diplomacy.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:453/10David Rothkopf on the 105 Soviet diplomats expelled from Britain for spying in 1971.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:454/10How the fallout from the Yom Kippur war led to Henry Kissinger's shuttle diplomacy.
| 13:00The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bank of England governor discuss money and morality. 13:455/10Professor David Rothkopf examines Norway's pivotal role in Middle East peace.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Framwellgate School in Durham.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Stephen Fry links Oh! and Bang! The sounds made by people and things.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Helen is concerned for Henry.(R) 14:15Desperate last-ditch deals on football's transfer deadline day.(R)
| 14:00Eddie is given a warning.(R) 14:15High-energy drama about trying to make the world a little better. By David Leddy.
| 14:00Anisha worries for her reputation.(R) 14:15By Daf James. Docu-drama about negotiating the adoption process. And learning to sing.
| 14:00Jennifer wants to put an end to the rumours.(R) 14:152/3The cybersecurity of a City hedge fund is tested to the limit causing tensions to escalate(R)
| 14:00Kirsty receives an unexpected gift.(R) 14:15Daniel Lawrence Taylor's first drama for radio is a razor-sharp satire on gender and power
| 14:00Listeners have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:303/3Crime drama set in 1990s Shanghai. Chen follows a trail that leads to Mao himself.
| 14:00Eric Robson and the panel are in St Monans in Scotland.(R) 14:45How to comfort, how to remember and how to face loss.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The nationwide general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies. 15:30Dan Saladino finds out how one dish, gumbo, can reveal centuries of American history.(R)
| 15:00Jay Rayner and his panel are in Cirencester.(R) 15:30Tom Heap asks if we can stop the global wildfire epidemic.
| 15:00Could a machine give better financial advice than a human? 15:30Over-the-counter prescriptions, virtual reality for rehab, sore throats and antibiotics.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark discovers the fascinating world of the Pill Hobblers, both past and present. 15:27Nina Wadia makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the British Asian Trust.(R) 15:30Barbara Trapido talks to James Naughtie about her 1998 novel The Travelling Hornplayer.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and the panel are in St Monans in Scotland. 15:45A nonagenarian risks one last chance at love. By Thomas Lynch.
| 15:30Hunter Davies reflects on his life with Margaret Forster, a year after her death.(R)
| 15:002/2'It's only an accident that I'm not you, and you're not me.'
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| 16:00 | 16:00Andrew McGibbon talks to James Dunnett about working for the architect Erno Goldfinger. 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince discover the wonders still lying hidden deep within our oceans.
| 16:00Michael Rosen on the language we use to talk about animals - and the names we give dogs. 16:30Lord Victor Adebowale and musician Rachel Unthank join Harriett Gilbert to talk books.
| 16:00Vertical cities - a three-dimensional view of urban life. Also, India's property boom. 16:30Andrea Catherwood discusses David Beckham, media exposure and reputation management.
| 16:00Antonia Quirke meets Annette Bening. 16:30Quantifying the impact of humanity on the earth's natural systems.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a comedy writer, a secretary, a businessman and an author. 16:30Melvyn Bragg on 750 episodes of In Our Time and Hugh Sykes discusses scrutinised language. 16:55Even if you were too young to remember him before he died, you can still miss your brother
| 16:00Naomie Harris on her new film Moonlight and a former model on the pressure to be skinny.
| 16:00Joanna Trollope talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel City of Friends. 16:30Roger McGough celebrates Hull's most famous librarian, Philip Larkin.
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| 17:00 | 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.
| 17:00Eddie 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.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Plans to replace the Official Secrets Act spark fears for whistle-blowers and journalists. 17:30The challenges of running a charity. Evans Davis meets the experts.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00How are whistleblowers who report unsafe care in the NHS treated?(R) 17:40John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Speaker Bercow has been applauded by MPs for opposing Trump addressing parliament 18:305/6John Lloyd and Jo Brand with Deborah Frances-White, Prof Dave Goulson and Tony Robinson.
| 18:00They have been told that if they reject the terms, there will be no re-negotiation. 18:30Jake Yapp attempts to save humanity from its ills though stand-up and sketch comedy.(R)
| 18:00Jeremy Corbyn says ministers did a deal with Surrey Council 18:303/4Relationships in the Amos household are strained by a new arrival.
| 18:00Ministers have defended a move to scrap a scheme to bring refugee children into the UK. 18:303/4Geoff tries his hand at some controversial Swedish political satire.(R)
| 18:00Government to close unit investigating alleged misconduct by UK troops during Iraq war. 18:306/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.
| 18:00Proposed new law could see journalists and whistleblowers jailed 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The White House has pledged to respond after Pyongyang carried out a new missile test. 18:15Julie Hesmondhalgh chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Eddie is given a warning. 19:15David Hockney at Tate, Guy Garvey from Elbow, Max Richter. 19:451/5As a child, Stevie forms a closer bond with her robotic childminder than her real parents.(R)
| 19:00Anisha worries for her reputation. 19:15A discussion of The Moorside, a new BBC drama based on the kidnapping of Shannon Matthews. 19:452/5Stevie must deal with a robot that has religious delusions.(R)
| 19:00Jennifer wants to put an end to the rumours. 19:15The work of Vanessa Bell; the latest film by Ang Lee; Barry Cryer remembers Alan Simpson. 19:453/5A reprogrammed robot goes AWOL with lethal consequences.(R)
| 19:00Kirsty receives an unexpected gift. 19:15Dark comedy Prevenge, novelist John Boyne, artist Keith Tyson, Shostakovich Symphony No 12 19:454/5Stevie is summoned to Siberia where a robot can read human minds.(R)
| 19:00Lilian is keen to enjoy herself. 19:15Keanu Reeves on his three decade career, from Hamlet to action hero John Wick. 19:455/5Stevie’s meteoric rise sparks a final showdown revealing her secret.(R)
| 19:00John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons. 19:15Bruegel: Defining a Dynasty, Beware of Pity, Ang Lee, Viet Thanh Nguyen's The Refugees.
| 19:00Roy and Helen have a nervous wait. 19:152/4Ros and Laura each have concerns. Will they find what they're looking for?(R) 19:45An uplifting story by Janice Galloway, inspired by Walt Whitman's poem Song of Myself.
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| 20:00 | 20:00What has been the aftermath of the 2004 cockle picking disaster? Alan Dein investigates. 20:30Jacqui Smith reveals why one of New Labour's most cherished sentencing reforms failed.
| 20:00How are whistleblowers who report unsafe care in the NHS treated? 20:40Media commentator Kevin Mulhern gives his view on the current leadership at RNIB and GDBA.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45John Osborne discusses what it means to be ignored.(R)
| 20:00Can President Trump deliver on his promise to bring back outsourced manufacturing jobs? 20:30The challenges of running a charity. Evans Davis meets the experts.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Framwellgate School in Durham. 20:50John Gray examines what lies behind our desire to protect our "way of life".
| 20:00Joe Queenan on the romance of failure, or the dreaded 'failure chic'.
| 20:00Melvyn Bragg on 750 episodes of In Our Time and Hugh Sykes discusses scrutinised language.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a comedy writer, a secretary, a businessman and an author.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Are human cyborgs set to become a reality? Frank Swain investigates.(R) 21:30Andrew Marr with Paul Abbott, Edouard Louis, Gwen Adshead and Paul Farley.(R)
| 21:00Over-the-counter prescriptions, virtual reality for rehab, sore throats and antibiotics. 21:30Sean Carroll tells Jim why he abandoned Einstein for quantum entanglement.(R)
| 21:00Tom Heap asks if we can stop the global wildfire epidemic.(R) 21:30Levison Wood and Kimberley Chambers join Libby Purves.(R)
| 21:00Quantifying the impact of humanity on the earth's natural systems.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss John Clare, poet and farm labourer.(R)
| 21:00Professor David Rothkopf discovers how modern history has changed the face of diplomacy.
| 21:001/2When Sara’s rich, she’s treated like other girls. But who is she without money?(R)
| 21:00Cohabitee discrimination, prepay energy price cap, lack of protection for fraud victims?(R) 21:26Sir Derek Jacobi makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of MediCinema.(R) 21:30Jacqui Smith reveals why one of New Labour's most cherished sentencing reforms failed.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Should the speaker of the House of Commons be free to express his own opinion? 22:451/10Struggling Karl accepts a clickbait job that seems too good to be true.
| 22:00Amnesty report says government is behind the execution of thousands at a Syrian jail. 22:452/10Karl and Genevieve attend their first briefing at Transition headquarters.
| 22:00Theresa May gets Brexit bill through without a single amendment being passed. 22:453/10Karl finds it difficult to adjust to life as a Transition protege. Read by Bryan Dick.
| 22:00President Zuma's critics disrupt his State of Nation speech. 22:454/10Stu tests Karl's mettle with a strenuous workout. Bryan Dick reads Luke Kennard's novel.
| 22:00Government announces Iraq troop abuse inquiry will close. 22:455/10Karl discovers that the web address carved into the attic bed harbours a shocking warning.
| 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 with discussion on Speaker of the Commons John Bercow, and Labour's troubles
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen discusses interesting family words and phrases with listeners in Birmingham.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports on the day at Westminster.
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince discover the wonders still lying hidden deep within our oceans.(R) 23:30Alicia McCarthy reports on the latest twists and turns in the Brexit Bill.
| 23:003/6Comic poet Tim Key tackles the ancient art of cookery.(R) 23:151/2Kayvan Novak imagines the answerphone messages of London mayor Sadiq Khan. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Harry Hill rediscovers Britain's oldest sport, Spoot! 23:30Alicia McCarthy reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Lord Victor Adebowale and musician Rachel Unthank join Harriett Gilbert to talk books. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55Funeral directors reflect on the best support they can give the bereaved.
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies.(R) 23:30Roger McGough takes a poetic stroll through the streets of the city.(R)
| 23:00Antonia Quirke meets Annette Bening.(R) 23:30Mark Tully looks between the lines to find the secret symbols and codes of everyday life.(R)
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