| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:17Management speech - what's behind this empty talk?(R) 00:45Church bells from St Dunstan, Stepney, in Greater London.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Sir Antonio Pappano prepares for the Royal Opera's new production of Puccini's La Bohème.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Sir Antonio Pappano prepares for the Royal Opera's new production of Puccini's La Bohème.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Sir Antonio Pappano prepares for the Royal Opera's new production of Puccini's La Bohème.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Sir Antonio Pappano prepares for the Royal Opera's new production of Puccini's La Bohème.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Sir Antonio Pappano prepares for the Royal Opera's new production of Puccini's La Bohème.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30What happens when scientists around the world suddenly go on strike? By Tania Hershman.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day, with Padraig O Tuama. 05:45Can Britain's coastal ports and fishing industry thrive after Brexit? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58David Rothenberg, best known for his interest in animal sounds, on the brown thrasher.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day, with Padraig O Tuama. 05:45A Conservative MP is calling for the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board to be scrapped. 05:58Mockingbirds do not mock but, as David Rothenberg explains, can copy over 1,000 bird songs
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day, with Padraig O Tuama. 05:45Anna Hill visits a potato farm during harvest time, as the safety inspectors arrive. 05:58As David Rothenberg suggests, the superb lyrebird song has evolved to excess and craziness
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day, with Padraig O Tuama. 05:45The winner of this year's Farming Today Future Food Producer is revealed. 05:58For David Rothenberg, the white-crested laughingthrush is a superb clarinet accompanist.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day, with Padraig O Tuama. 05:45Northern Ireland's chief vet on why boosting measures to control Bovine TB is essential. 05:58The veery thrush has a remarkable song, if slowed down, as David Rothenberg explains.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Canon Jenny Wigley. 05:45The A in LGBTQIA stands for asexual - listeners tell us what it means for them.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from All Saints Church, East Pennard in Somerset. 05:45Mark Coles looks at the life and career of Antonio Guterres, UN secretary general.(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.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07Clare Balding walks in north Wales in the company of three generations of the same family.(R) 06:30Sybil Ruscoe chairs a panel discussion about the future of food production. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully examines the much-vaunted precept that preparation is the key to success. 06:35Paul Evans joins Gareth Griffiths and Bruce Langridge in Wales, looking for waxcap fungi. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10A look at the aims of this weekend's Freedom Sunday church campaign. 07:54Colin Freeman makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Mines Advisory Group (MAG). 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 to mark the centenary of the birth of Catholic martyr Archbishop Oscar Romero. 08:48Monica Ali on why she thinks the history of the British Empire must be taught in schools.(R) 08:58David Rothenberg, best known for his interest in animal sounds, on the brown thrasher.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Orhan Pamuk, Jon Sopel, Shobana Jeyasingh and Roxana Silbert. 09:44An act of Christian worship with music, reflection and prayer.
| 09:00Jennifer Doudna talks to Jim Al-Khalili about her research that is transforming genetics. 09:30Can nature help our mental health? The Spectator's Isabel Hardman asks Dr Alan Kellas. 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Steve Williams.
| 09:00Roderick Williams explores how singing together gets to the heart of being human. 09:302/5Wayne Hemingway explores the artistic, commercial and cultural impact of colour: Blue.(R) 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Stephen Shipley.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the difference between right and wrong, according to Kant. 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Sister Gemma Simmonds.
| 09:00Paul Greengrass, film director, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.(R) 09:44Spiritual reflection and prayers on a topical subject, led by the Rev Nigel Swinford.
| 09:00Singer Marc Almond and chef Tom Aikens join Aasmah Mir and Shaun Keaveny.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Rae Earl on anxiety. Plus women and local politics and model Leomie Anderson on diversity. 10:451/5Amy is a typical modern teenager - who happens to be trans.
| 10:00Philanthropist Sigrid Rausing talks about the impact of addiction on her family's life. 10:452/5Amy is a typical modern teenager - who happens to be trans.
| 10:00The Politics of the Best Place; Victoria Derbyshire; Allison Pearson;. 10:413/5As press interest grows, Amy decides to renounce musical theatre and become an activist. 10:55Selfie-culture is anathema to this pair.
| 10:00Boudica at Globe; Damaged, a Martina Cole novel; Brexit and gender; women making a move. 10:454/5As her parents try to resolve the petition, Amy gets more support from young people.
| 10:00What impact do violent fathers have on their daughters? 10:455/5Just as the family think everything has been restored, there is more trouble in store.
| 10:30Why would anyone submit a urinal as a work of art to a gallery, and then lie about it?
| 10:00Ian wants to forge ahead, and Lexi has to make plans. 10:45Commentary on the third ODI between England and West Indies, from Bristol.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Michael Goldfarb reports on the attacks on hospitals in Syria and other war zones. 11:304/4Malcolm surprises Ramesh by announcing she wants to become a foster carer.
| 11:00Brett Westwood explores our relationship with the baobab or upside-down tree. 11:30Lauren Laverne celebrates Kenneth Grahame's classic tale, 'The Wind in the Willows'.(R)
| 11:00Edward VIII, the king who abdicated, was deeply marked by the Great War.(R) 11:303/4A Christmas visit to Doris in her care home is simultaneously poignant and hilarious.
| 11:00Panama's idyllic islands are threatened by a rising sea, but one community has a plan. 11:30Art so small you have to avoid inhaling it. Presented by Dr Lance Dann. From 2017.
| 11:00How a new wave of debt-free degree apprenticeships is filling the skills gap. 11:301/4Inspector Lestrade introduces Sherlock Holmes's rival, blind detective Max Carrados.(R)
| 11:00The dance that seduced the world 11:30Correspondents' stories from the rubble in Mexico to the African migrant trail.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04At St Jude's vicarage, Dorothea prepares for her first day back at the Bevan. 12:15Home care visits, sales of hot puddings, Polish fashion. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. Kitty Lumley feels trapped. 12:15Commentary on the first ODI between England and West Indies, from Old Trafford.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04A traumatised soldier shares a day of small joys with Adeline Lumley. 12:15NHS continuing care, Older drivers. Tourism in Sweden. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Series set in Great War Britain. At the Bevan hospital, Victor Lumley's day is volatile. 12:15Commentary on the second ODI between England and West Indies, from Trent Bridge.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04In the final episode of this season, Sylvia Graham tries to make amends. 12:15Autumn poems old and new read by actors and poets to mark the turning of the year. 12:18Consumer news and issues.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Bank immigration checks; mortgage legal action; Ryanair fallout payouts. 12:30Miles Jupp is joined by Jeremy Hardy, Lucy Porter, Daniel Finkelstein and Sarah Kendall.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the third ODI between England and West Indies, from Bristol.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:451/5Janet Ellis explores the dot. A simple word for a most significant mark
| | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:453/5Janet Ellis looks at how the dot has helped us communicate.
| | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:43Autumn poems old and new read by actors and poets to mark the turning of the year. 13:455/5Janet Ellis examines our love affair with the polka-dot.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Lancing College in West Sussex.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Ian wants to forge ahead.(R) 14:15Rumpole discovers he is a dog lover at heart and defends a man who insists he is guilty.
| | 14:15It is 1966, and Rumpole meets an admirable doctor who unexpectedly needs his help.
| | 14:00Lexi has to make plans.(R) 14:15Adrian Dunbar stars as Samuel Beckett in a play by Stephen Wakelam.
| 14:00Listeners have their say with Anita Anand on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30Coming-of-age story based on the hit film of the seventies.
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| 15:00 | 15:0012/13Paul Gambaccini chairs radio's most eclectic music quiz. 15:30By Benjamin Markovits. Story of a lonely man struggling with recent mysterious events.
| | 15:00Retirement living options with Louise Cooper. 15:30By Helen Oyeyemi. Office politics turn dark when a newcomer's handbag is upturned.
| | 15:00Eric Robson hosts a very special edition from Ness Botanic Gardens. 15:35By Jenni Fagan. Story of a young woman on a Scottish island with vengeance on her mind.
| 15:30Laura visits Belfast to gauge its musical temperature with composers and performers.(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:00Journalist and author Lynne Truss on why Joni Mitchell is her Muse. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the promise and pitfalls of religious polls.
| | 16:00The Mafia and organised crime. 16:30Amol Rajan hears how social media has created new ethical dilemmas for reporters. 16:55Going to the gym means more than just keeping fit.
| 16:30Cassini's finale; Science and Technology Select Committee; Crick's lecture; Cave acoustics
| 16:00Autumn poems old and new read by actors and poets to mark the turning of the year. 16:03Matthew Bannister on an artist, an archivist, a writer, a designer, an actor. 16:30Foreign secretary Boris Johnson is accused of misusing official statistics.
| 16:00Model Leomie Anderson on why the fashion industry is still too white.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57Commentary on the first ODI between England and West Indies, from Old Trafford.
| 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.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30The A in LGBTQIA stands for asexual - listeners tell us what it means for them.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Theresa May insists her ministers are going in the same direction, driven from the front. 18:307/7Nicholas Parsons challenges Sheila Hancock, Tony Hawks, Phill Jupitus and Jenny Eclair.
| | 18:00Rescuers search for survivors of a tremor that's killed more than 200 people in Mexico. 18:301/4John welcomes Chris Difford from Squeeze - but not before he's ejected Ken.(R)
| 18:00Cabinet displays unity after a briefing from Theresa May on Brexit speech 18:303/4Victoria Coren Mitchell talks to Esther Rantzen about her life and the cars she has known.
| 18:00Theresa May outlines post-Brexit transition plans. 18:30Miles Jupp is joined by Jeremy Hardy, Lucy Porter, Daniel Finkelstein and Sarah Kendall.
| 18:00Iran has launched a ballistic missile, despite pressure by President Trump. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Commentary on the third ODI between England and West Indies, from Bristol.
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| 19:00 | 19:15BBC National Short Story Award shortlisted author Cynan Jones, Jasper Johns retrospective. 19:451/5Amy is a typical modern teenager - who happens to be trans.(R)
| | 19:00Susan's hopes are shattered. 19:15Benedict Cumberbatch talks about bringing Ian McEwan's novel The Child in Time to TV. 19:453/5As press interest grows, Amy decides to renounce musical theatre and become an activist.(R)
| 19:15Juliet Stevenson on playing a fierce female aviator in the play Wings. 19:454/5As her parents try to resolve the petition, Amy gets more support from young people.(R)
| 19:00David won't bend the rules. 19:15Celebrated political cartoonist Gerald Scarfe; new oratorio The Judas Passion. 19:455/5Just as the family think everything has been restored, there is more trouble in store.(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles looks at the life and career of Antonio Guterres, UN secretary general. 19:15On Body and Soul, Our Town, Jennifer Egan, Basquiat, The Deuce.
| 19:152/2Cocktail pianist Nigel Penny is booked to perform afloat. Stars Richie Webb. 19:4515/15Dr Bewick reveals the shocking outcome of the podcast.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Edward VIII, the king who abdicated, was deeply marked by the Great War. 20:30How do you make a new home in the African bush with a machete, rope and plastic?(R)
| 20:30Are some countries cheating the paralympic classification system in the pursuit of medals? 20:40Chris Thorley goes directly to his CCG to demand Eylea, we review the new ten pound note.
| 20:00Clive Anderson and guests discuss the treatment of young offenders in the courts. 20:45David Baddiel tries to make sense of Bitcoin. What is it, and how does it work?
| 20:00Why are Myanmar's Rohingya persecuted, and who is willing to come to their aid? 20:30Andrew Dickson examines fictional depictions of the worlds of finance and banking.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Lancing College in West Sussex. 20:50Monica Ali on why she thinks the history of the British Empire must be taught in schools.
| 20:00Steve Punt explores the eternal appeal of a good mystery.
| 20:00Foreign secretary Boris Johnson is accused of misusing official statistics.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on an artist, an archivist, a writer, a designer, an actor.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Brett Westwood soaks in a sound bath of nightingale song. From 2017(R) 21:30Andrew Marr with Orhan Pamuk, Jon Sopel, Shobana Jeyasingh and Roxana Silbert.(R)
| 21:00Inside Health reveals the poor state of addiction services in England. 21:30Jennifer Doudna talks to Jim Al-Khalili about her research that is transforming genetics.(R)
| 21:00How to become the world's most powerful environmentalist. 21:30Roderick Williams explores how singing together gets to the heart of being human.(R)
| 21:00Cassini's finale; Science and Technology Select Committee; Crick's lecture; Cave acoustics(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the difference between right and wrong, according to Kant.(R)
| 21:00Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.
| 21:002/3From one of Italy's most acclaimed authors, the continued story of a lifetime friendship.(R)
| 21:00Bank immigration checks; mortgage legal action; Ryanair fallout payouts.(R) 21:26Colin Freeman makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Mines Advisory Group (MAG).(R) 21:30Andrew Dickson examines fictional depictions of the worlds of finance and banking.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Prime minister insists government is being 'driven from the front'. 22:45By KJ Orr. A man walks into a bar in evening dress, hands waving in the air.
| 22:00President Trump condemns 'rogue nations'. 22:45By Ross Raisin. Someone is hogging the hair-dryers in the changing rooms.
| 22:00How people in Mexico have been rushing to help in the worst earthquake for 30 years. 22:45Mrs Mary Winters determines to get to the bottom of a mystery.
| 22:00President Trump says Chinese banks will stop doing business with North Korea. 22:45By Colin Barrett. Lorna keeps an eye on boozy Bo, a boozy father and a mother in denial.
| 22:00Theresa May's speech is welcomed by EU leaders, but many say they want more detail. 22:45In Stephanie Victoire's short story there is an encounter with something unexplained.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Clive Anderson and guests discuss the treatment of young offenders in the courts.(R)
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn and guests preview the Labour party conference in Brighton.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen asks Andi Oliver and Niki Segnit how they describe the flavours of food.(R) 23:30Michael Grade and Gia Milinovich talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books.(R)
| 23:001/4Late-night topical comedy, hosted by award-winning satirist Nish Kumar. 23:30Jake Arnott and Rebecca Root nominate their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.(R)
| 23:001/4A young charity volunteer meets the old lady she has been paired with for the first time. 23:154/6Chuck Palahniuk began by doling out questionable advice as editor of a letters page.(R) 23:30Harriett Gilbert talks about favourite books with Ian Rankin and Joe Boyd.(R) 23:55Brought up to keep the sixth commandment.
| 23:005/8Patrick Marber and Peter Curran chase the random thoughts that occur just before sleep. 23:153/4Elvis denounces the wage gap and corporate capitalism.(R) 23:30Philip Pullman and Caroline Criado-Perez talk about books they love with Harriett Gilbert.(R)
| 23:00Constance Markievicz, Irish rebel countess and the first woman elected to Parliament.(R) 23:25Journalist Fraser Nelson and critic Adam Mars-Jones talk books with Harriett Gilbert(R) 23:55Autumn poems old and new read by actors and poets to mark the turning of the year.
| 23:0012/13Paul Gambaccini chairs radio's most eclectic music quiz.(R) 23:30The poet Ross Sutherland takes a visceral look at the art of professional wrestling.(R)
| 23:00Director Bertrand Tavernier takes Francine Stock on a journey through French cinema.(R) 23:30Mark Tully examines the much-vaunted precept that preparation is the key to success.(R)
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