| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The role of intoxicants in the context of warfare, from Nazi Germany to the Vietnam war.(R) 00:45Church bells from St Mary the Virgin, Chislet.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Nicholas Hytner describes his typical day as the theatre's director.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Nicholas Hytner recalls his first Shakespeare production at The National Theatre.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Nicholas Hynter recalls working with actor and playwright Alan Bennett.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Nicholas Hytner reveals the stage tricks of putting animals in his productions.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Recollections of the birth of NT Live and The National's 50th Anniversary.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Pop star and bird lover Will Young joins Brett Westwood to broadcast the dawn chorus live.
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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.
| 01:00James Naughtie and Carolyn Quinn present coverage of the local election results.
| 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 George Craig. 05:45A herd of Cotswold Wagyu cattle could lead the way in changing tastes for luxury beef. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the swift.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with George Craig. 05:45Charlotte Smith speaks to a retailer about their move to only sell British pork. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the common buzzard.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with George Craig. 05:45A Lords committee warns that agriculture must be central to Brexit trade negotiations. 05:58David Attenborough presents the nightingale.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with George Craig. 05:45Charlotte Smith speaks to the WWF about their call for reform to the CAP. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the common tern.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with George Craig. 05:45Low rainfall is affecting large parts of the country and having an impact on farms. 05:58Kate Humble presents the fulmar.(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 Rev Dr Kirsty Thorpe. 05:45A school on starting sex and relationship education early.
| 05:21The latest shipping forecast. 05:30Pop star and bird lover Will Young joins Brett Westwood to broadcast the dawn chorus live.
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk 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. 06:07Blencathra in the Lakes has become the People's Mountain. Helen Mark discovers why.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith visits a Somerset farm where EU funds have seen environmental success. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00News and current affairs. Including 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. 07:54Peter Sissons makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of 3H Fund - Helping Hands for Holidays. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | 08:31Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From St John's Church, Orangefield, Belfast. Led by Canon Norman Jardine. 08:48Howard Jacobson argues that talk of the dangers of artificial intelligence is premature.(R) 08:58Introducing new Tweet of the Day - some of the birds and voices to come.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Wendell Berry, Paul Kingsnorth and Kate Raworth. 09:44Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Nigel Swinford.
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili talks to Dr Ann Clarke about preserving global animal DNA in The Frozen Ark 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Krish Kandiah.
| 09:00Film director and screenwriter Sally El Hosaini meets the writer Iain Sinclair. 09:305/5Simon Barnes concludes his series about sport by arguing that it is not about nationalism.(R) 09:44Spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the fight for the English crown at the Battle of Lincoln. 09:44Spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor meets people involved in the Victoria Climbie inquiry.(R) 09:44Spiritual reflection and prayers on current topics, led by the Very Rev Dr Graham Forbes.
| 09:00Dame Penelope Keith and Nicky Haslam join Aasmah Mir and the Rev Richard Coles.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Jane Garvey celebrates cycling with Rochelle Gilmore, Grace Garner and Tracy Moseley. 10:451/5Therapist Martha braces herself for the arrival of the accident-prone Richard Fallon MP.
| 10:00The new NUS President. And the US couples donating and 'adopting' embryos. 10:452/5Tony the restaurateur is back with a plan to impress his estranged wife.
| 10:00Raising mixed-race children, Breast cancer surgeon Ian Paterson. 10:413/5Despite the success of her blog, Caroline is feeling a gap in her life. 10:55A daughter and her adoptive father reflect on the ties of blood and those of love.
| 10:00Eglantyne Jebb: human rights activist. Why women leave science. Traditional craft skills. 10:454/5Philip may have found a new career, but his ex-wife Rose is never far from his thoughts.
| 10:00Periods in Nepal, hosting a Syrian refugee and an exploration of maternal mental health. 10:45Commentary on the first One Day International between England and Ireland, from Bristol.
| 10:30Jay Rayner takes his panel to visit Plumpton College in East Sussex.
| 10:00Brookfield tightens its belt, and Eddie worries about being found out. 10:45Commentary on the second One Day International between England and Ireland, from Lord's.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Can two doctors, husband and wife, save their surgery from closure? 11:306/6Mark Steel performs for the locals of Saint Anne, Alderney, in the Channel Islands.(R)
| 11:00Trevor Cox takes a deep breath and tells the story of oxygen on earth and in space. 11:30Frances Fyfield music series returns with a look at the manuscript of Verdi's La Traviata.
| 11:001/3The USA is an invention. So how do you build the most powerful country in the world?(R) 11:301/4Alice and Snoo resort to some unconventional means to get hold of a passport.
| 11:00Some Indonesians live alongside dead family members for years. 11:301/2Amber Butchart charts the journey of charity shop clothes to vintage mainstream fashion.
| | 11:00Nick Robinson assesses developments in the UK's 2017 general election campaign. 11:30Somalila faces famine, ethnic conflict continues in Myanmar and the 'She-Wolf' retires.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04In Folkestone, Kitty must keep her own counsel. 12:15Garden centre sales continue to rise every year but will a nation of renters change that? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04At St Jude's, Ralph is still doing penance. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04In Folkestone, Howard Argent happily surrenders. 12:15Consumer affairs programme. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04In Folkestone, Nancy Parker's kitchen is invaded. 12:15We speak to retail entrepreneur Harold Tillman CBE about what went wrong for Jaeger. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the first One Day International between England and Ireland, from Bristol.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:30A 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 second One Day International between England and Ireland, from Lord's.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Marketing faith and idealism, from Coca-Cola's 'Hilltop' to contemporary Islamic branding.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Why we are driven to donate, and how charities can benefit from marketing's insight.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Advertising's attempts to modernise its often harmful portrayal of female beauty.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45The ad slogan that changed our culture, and the psychology that still powers it.
| | 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Hurstpierpoint Village Hall, West Sussex.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Brookfield tightens its belt.(R) 14:15Ben Tagoe's first radio play is set in Scrabble-mad Nigeria.(R)
| 14:00Adam considers his future at Home Farm.(R) 14:152/8Under the rule of the followers of Maya, Tumanbay has become a place of fear.
| 14:00Ed's prospects take a hit.(R) 14:15A penniless Lord Byron is holed up in Sintra attempting to resist the promptings of Venus.
| 14:00Eddie worries about being found out.(R) 14:15A tense encounter in an Irish pub that will change four lives forever. Jim Norton stars.
| | 14:00What do the local election results tell us about the state of the nation? 14:302/3A-levels, inter-railing and affairs in Jack Rosenthal's comedy drama set in the 1990s.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Russell Davies chairs the nationwide general knowledge quiz. 15:30Is lamb in a stew? SORTEDfood help understand why millennials aren't cooking with lamb.(R)
| 15:00Jay Rayner and his panel visit Chelmsford in Essex.(R) 15:30How long do you expect your electronic gadgets and clothes to last? Time to fight back.
| 15:00Are we paying too much for our energy? What should we do about it? 15:30Heart failure; Insiders' Guide to Mental Health; Use of you.(R)
| 15:00Blencathra in the Lakes has become the People's Mountain. Helen Mark discovers why. 15:27Professor Susan Greenfield makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Mentor UK.(R) 15:30The Girl on the Train writer Paula Hawkins talks about her new novel Into the Water.(R)
| 15:10Peter Gibbs and his panel of experts visit Snape in Suffolk. 15:45By Carys Bray. Edna reflects on the unknowability of other people.
| 15:30Frances Fyfield music series returns with a look at the manuscript of Verdi's La Traviata.(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:00Terry Christian's favourite pieces of writing, read by Andrew Maxwell and Sally Lindsay. 16:30Aleks Krotoski explores how much of what we do online is akin to talking to ourselves.
| 16:00Michael Rosen asks George Lakoff about the new political words coming out of the US now. 16:30Peaches Golding OBE, nominates African American politician Shirley Chisholm.
| 16:00Insuring against disasters, and amateur financial traders. 16:30Andrea Catherwood discusses recent restrictions on the media in Turkey.
| 16:00Jessica Chastain, the star of Miss Sloane, talks to Francine Stock. 16:30Shocking experiment shows how the brain makes us do the right thing.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a writer, a cinematographer, a cartoonist, a musician. 16:30It looks like homicides are on the rise - but better check the footnotes. 16:55The arrival of an adopted younger brother can disrupt the established family dynamic.
| 16:00Shakira Martin, new president of the NUS, endangered crafts, and vulval health.
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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.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30A school on starting sex and relationship education early.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Theresa May has dismissed claims there were disagreements during a meeting about Brexit. 18:305/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
| 18:00Opponents question Labour's competency after Diane Abbott gave wrong policing figures 18:303/4Rob Newman's unique odyssey of our brains mixing stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00Theresa May accuses EU officials of making 'threats' over Brexit to affect the election 18:301/4Justin Edwards, Mel Giedroyc and Dave Mounfield with special guest Rebecca Front.
| 18:00Buckingham Palace announces that the Duke of Edinburgh is retiring from official duties 18:301/6Alex and his band take a comedic look at the world of technology.(R)
| 18:00Tories take seats from all parties in local elections in England, Wales and Scotland. 18:30A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.
| 18:00The UKIP leader says voters will return to his party, once Brexit negotiations unravel. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Commentary on the second One Day International between England and Ireland, from Lord's.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Adam considers his future at Home Farm. 19:15Sound artist and composer Oliver Beer shows John how to make ancient pots sing. 19:451/5Therapist Martha braces herself for the arrival of the accident-prone Richard Fallon MP.(R)
| 19:00Ed's prospects take a hit. 19:15Mindhorn, Tony Kushner on Angels in America, Natalie Haynes and Madeline Miller. 19:452/5Tony the restaurateur is back with a plan to impress his estranged wife.(R)
| 19:00Eddie worries about being found out. 19:15Jude Law, Woody Harrelson, Timothy Spall with Colm Meaney, and the Turner Prize Shortlist. 19:453/5Despite the success of her blog, Caroline is feeling a gap in her life.(R)
| 19:00Shula thinks she has the answer. 19:15John Wilson talks to Samantha Spiro about playing Barbara Windsor in the biopic Babs. 19:454/5Philip may have found a new career, but his ex-wife Rose is never far from his thoughts.(R)
| 19:00Pip wants to pay her penance. 19:15Jamaican poet Mervyn Morris, and the future cultural landscape of France. 19:455/5Richard Fallon has been taking a look at his life and doesn't much like what he sees.(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker. 19:15Angels In America, Jez Butterworth's The Ferryman, Harmonium, Laurent Binet, Eric Gill.
| 19:00Kirsty has a day to remember. 19:15Coverage of the results of the 2017 French presidential election.
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| 20:00 | 20:001/3The USA is an invention. So how do you build the most powerful country in the world? 20:30Men in the Faroe Islands are having to look far beyond their shores for marriage.(R)
| 20:00Is it fair to find your own living organ donor on Facebook? Lesley Curwen investigates. 20:40Prof Anthony King expands on the new glaucoma test, and Peter meets Annie Giles-Quinn.
| 20:00How does the accelerating pace of technology change the way we think about the future? 20:45Richard Gillis challenges the myth of sports leadership.
| 20:00David Aaronovitch examines the state, economy and changing people of France 20:30Can small businesses revive Russia's rural economy?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Hurstpierpoint Village Hall, West Sussex. 20:50Howard Jacobson argues that talk of the dangers of artificial intelligence is premature.
| 20:00Gary Younge and Jonathan Freedland reflect on the impact of two landmark TV series.
| 20:00It looks like homicides are on the rise - but better check the footnotes.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a writer, a cinematographer, a cartoonist, a musician.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00The most beautiful and shimmering of the elements, the weirdest, and yet the most reviled.(R) 21:30Andrew Marr with Wendell Berry, Paul Kingsnorth and Kate Raworth.(R)
| 21:00Heart failure; Insiders' Guide to Mental Health; Use of you. 21:30Jim Al-Khalili talks to Dr Ann Clarke about preserving global animal DNA in The Frozen Ark(R)
| 21:00How long do you expect your electronic gadgets and clothes to last? Time to fight back.(R) 21:30Film director and screenwriter Sally El Hosaini meets the writer Iain Sinclair.(R)
| 21:00Shocking experiment shows how the brain makes us do the right thing.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the fight for the English crown at the Battle of Lincoln.(R)
| 21:00The Archbishop of Canterbury warned, 'We mean to come out of this war with clean hands.'.
| 21:00Samantha Spiro is Catherine the Great in Mike Walker's epic chronicle of the Tsars.(R)
| 21:00The latest news from the world of personal finance.(R) 21:26Peter Sissons makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of 3H Fund - Helping Hands for Holidays.(R) 21:30Can small businesses revive Russia's rural economy?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Jean-Claude Juncker says he is 'ten times more sceptical' about the prospects of a deal. 22:451/10In Beckford, 'The Drowning Pool' has claimed the life of yet another woman.
| 22:00Following the prime minister on her campaign trail in the West Country. 22:452/10When identifying her sister's body, Jules begins to question Nel's cause of death.
| 22:00Acrimonious TV debate between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. 22:453/10The results of Nel Abbott's postmortem come as a shock to her sister and daughter.
| 22:00Obamacare repeal legislation heads for a showdown in the US Senate. 22:454/10On the day of her sister's funeral, Jules is surprised by a face from the past.
| 22:00The Conservatives make big gains in local and mayoral elections. 22:455/10Louise Whittaker and Lena are forced to recall the days before, and after, Katie's death.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15How does the accelerating pace of technology change the way we think about the future?(R)
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn and guests discuss the implications of the French presidential election.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Tracy Beaker author Jacqueline Wilson talks to Michael Rosen about her love of language.(R) 23:30Abdul-Rehman Malik explores the longstanding relationship between Islam and coffee.(R)
| 23:003/4Kevin Eldon returns with sketches about bunnies, Beethoven, Dylan Thomas and olives. 23:30Peter White meets musician Clarence Adoo, who played a key role in the 2012 Paralympics.(R)
| 23:001/4Spencer struggles with daughter Tilly's frank recounting of sex education. 23:152/6Interview with the bovine poet laureate. Did he just get into poetry for the money? 23:301/3Steve Punt travels to Paris to investigate the death of celebrated writer Emile Zola.(R)
| 23:006/8The couples go on a date night together, and Evan is a surprise convert to French cinema.(R) 23:302/3Steve Punt visits rural Essex to explore the disappearance of actress Constance Kent.(R)
| 23:00Peaches Golding OBE, nominates African American politician Shirley Chisholm.(R) 23:273/3Steve Punt puts his ear to the ground in a search for the mysterious so-called World Hum.(R) 23:55The blood tie with your children feels important when you yourself were adopted.
| 23:00Russell Davies chairs the nationwide general knowledge quiz.(R) 23:30Roger McGough celebrates American poet Robert Lowell and the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.(R)
| 23:00Jessica Chastain, the star of Miss Sloane, talks to Francine Stock.(R) 23:30Journalist Remona Aly investigates the uniquely spiritual experience of seclusion.
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