| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Police culture and socialisation - how has it changed?(R) 00:45Church bells from Durweston, Dorset.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Geert Mak's travels through Europe at the close of the 20th century.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Geert Mak retraces Lenin's historic journey from Zurich to Petrograd in 1917.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5It's 1999 and Geert Mak is in St Petersburg reflecting on Lenin's 1917 arrival in the city(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5It is 1999, and Geert reflects on the haunting histories of Kiev, Odessa and Istanbul.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5It is 1999, and Geert Mak meets a cosmonaut in Moscow and reflects on Yeltsin's legacy.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30A continuity announcer veers drastically off course while reading The Shipping Forecast.(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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| 03:00 | | | | | 03:00Coverage of the fourth ODI between England and Australia, from the Adelaide Oval.
| | 03:00Coverage of the fifth One Day International between Australia and England, from Perth.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with the Rev Dr Alison Jack of Edinburgh University. 05:45Should plants which have been gene-edited come under the EU rules on genetic modification? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Wildlife artist Jane Smith reveals why for her, snipe symbolise the sound of the Hebrides.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with the Rev Dr Alison Jack of Edinburgh University. 05:45The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. 05:58Wildlife artist Jane Smith reveals the challenges of trying to paint barnacle geese.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with the Rev Dr Alison Jack of Edinburgh University. 05:45We hear from the vegan 'Vegan-uary' and dairy farming 'Febru-dairy' online campaigns. 05:58Wildlife artist Jane Smith listens in the fog to a great northern diver.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with the Rev Dr Alison Jack of Edinburgh University. 05:45Are plans to boost forestry pushing some Scottish tenants off their farms? 05:58Wildlife artist Jane Smith is captivated by a party of ringed plovers on a beach.
| | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. 05:45Plus a listener's suggestion for our outside broadcast.
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs, including 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. 06:07Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough explores the legacy of the vikings on the Isle of Lewis.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith finds out about the many ways in which farmers are diversifying. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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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.
| 08:51Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster as peers debate private members bills.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Andrew Graham-Dixon, Leanda de Lisle, Kelly Chorpening and Don Thompson. 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Steve Williams.
| 09:00Jim talks to mathematician Eugenia Cheng about mathematics, music and baking. 09:30Life After Gold: what happens next? Can Helen Glover learn anything from Kriss Akabusi? 09:44Christian worship with a Bible, reading, prayer and music, led by Krish Kandiah.
| 09:00How Kraftwerk's classic album changed people's lives. 09:304/5Street philosophy with Bettany Hughes, and changing ideas about technology through time.(R) 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Anna Drew.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the political philosophy of Marcus Tullius Cicero. 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Sharon Grenham Thompson.
| 09:00Coverage of the fourth ODI between England and Australia, from the Adelaide Oval. 09:44Spiritual reflection and prayers on topical subjects, led by the Rev Dr Marjory MacLean.
| 09:00Jo Wood and the Inheritance Tracks of Tony Blackburn.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Reggae singer Susan Cadogan and an update of the Women's March 2018. 10:451/10Potent and playful drama about a world without antibiotics.
| 10:00Are some police forces ignoring Clare's Law? Having a good menopause. Shoes for big feet. 10:452/10An everyday scratch turns a family's world upside down.
| 10:00How do you teach children how to cook? Plus Lia Williams on her role in the drama Kiri. 10:413/10Potent and playful drama about a world without antibiotics. 10:55Looking after Mum and staying true to yourself, even if you are in the Premier League.(R)
| 10:00Lesley Manville on her Oscar nomination, James Bulger's mother Denise Fergus. 10:454/10An everyday scratch turns a family's world upside down.
| 10:00Coverage of the fourth ODI between England and Australia, from the Adelaide Oval.
| 10:30Jay Rayner invites his panel to New Malden in south west London.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Jackie has a 50-50 chance of developing Huntington's disease. Does she have it? 11:303/6Mr and Mrs Wrigglesworth receive some bad news about a friend.(R)
| 11:00How a discovery in boiled urine led to the trade union movement and chemical weapons. 11:30A long, slow look at great artworks, photographed in extraordinary detail.
| 11:003/3Steve Richards looks back at David Cameron's years in power and explores his legacy.(R) 11:304/6The last episode's interviewee Victoria Coren-Mitchell puts questions to Sandi Toksvig.(R)
| 11:00Waiting for elections and trying to answer awkward questions about sex in the DRC. 11:30During the Great Depression, the US government turned to the arts for national uplift.(R)
| 11:301/4Hetty tells Maggie not to lunch with a friend she doesn't like.
| 11:00Isabel Hardman of The Spectator looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Turkey's assault on Afrin, Colombian rebels still at war and a fight over French grammar.
| 11:30Garry Kasparov, chess grandmaster, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Chris Maslanka traces the history of mankind's seemingly insatiable delight in puzzles. 12:15Too smart to be scammed; try before you buy online. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Chris Maslanka traces the history of mankind's seemingly insatiable delight in puzzles. 12:15Were you caught up in the collapse of Carillion? 12:56The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Chris Maslanka traces the history of mankind's seemingly insatiable delight in puzzles. 12:15Consumer affairs programme. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Chris Maslanka traces the history of mankind's seemingly insatiable delight in puzzles. 12:15Audio description in cinemas and a cap on PPI claim handling fees. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Chris Maslanka traces the history of mankind's seemingly insatiable delight in puzzles. 12:15The powerful drug teenagers are picking up on the high street for a pound a pop.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Credit scores don't include rent - the founder of The Big Issue thinks they should. 12:30A 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. 12:043/6John Lloyd and Sally Phillips welcome Stephen K Amos, Dr Suze Kundu and Victoria Hislop.(R) 12:32Yasmin Khan discovers the unexpected British story of her favourite spice, saffron. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:451/5Bee Wilson explores the history of that most paradoxical of foods, sugar.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:452/5Food writer Bee Wilson explores Britain's love affair with sugar.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:453/5Bee Wilson tells the dark history of sugar and slavery.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:454/5Bee Wilson explores sugar's role as a cause of conflict.
| 13:00News with Jonny Dymond including steak safety, trade after Brexit and Donald Trump. 13:455/5Bee Wilson explores our current anxiety over sugar.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the University of Chester's Molloy Hall.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Featuring pieces on Down's syndrome, Bolton's shops, pioneering housing and yoga in jails.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Jennifer issues an apology.(R) 14:151/4Comedy drama series about the exploits - musical and otherwise - of a string quartet.
| 14:15Roy Hudd and Christopher Green tell the lost story of music hall idol Fred Barnes.
| 14:15By Shon Dale-Jones. Quest to replace a broken porcelain figure of the Duke of Wellington.
| 14:00Justin issues a warning.(R) 14:15Drama by Abigail Youngman based on the true story of possibly the worst wedding night ever
| 14:15Al Smith's dystopian vision of a world where antibiotics have ceased to work.(R)
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:302/2Jessica Hynes plays the woman who inspired Daniel Defoe's eponymous heroine.(R)
| 14:00Peter Gibbs and the panel are in Lambeth.(R) 14:45Redheads, football, Eastern Europe and siblings with Down's - a child's eye view.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the ever-popular contest of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. 15:30Dan Saladino looks at the ideas that could make a big impact on the future of our food.(R)
| 15:00Jay Rayner and his panel of food experts take a trip to Portsmouth.(R) 15:30Helen Castor on history's forerunners of today's concerns about housing and technology.
| 15:00Why do some companies take months to pay for work that has been properly completed? 15:30A look at microprocessor knees, the 'Glasgow Effect' and mesothelioma.(R)
| 15:00Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough explores the legacy of the vikings on the Isle of Lewis. 15:27Actor Bill Nighy makes an appeal on behalf of ChildHope.(R) 15:30Mariella Frostrup talks to French-Moroccan novelist Leila Slimani.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs and the panel are in Lambeth. 15:45A continuity announcer veers drastically off course while reading The Shipping Forecast.
| 15:30A long, slow look at great artworks, photographed in extraordinary detail.(R)
| 15:002/2Elif Shafak's tale of two Istanbulite families bound by the same horrific past.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Comedian and Russophile Viv Groskop explores a century of revolutionary comedy.(R) 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince look at the history and future of antibiotics.
| 16:00Vocal coaches Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher give Michael Rosen a thorough workout. 16:30Liza Tarbuck nominates Nikola Tesla as her great life. Matthew Parris presents.
| 16:00Countercultural seekers on the road to Kathmandu and slum tourism in Mumbai. 16:30Rupert Murdoch has made the tech giants an offer he would like them not to refuse.
| 16:00Julie Delpy, Florence Pugh. 16:30Did typhoid kill the Aztecs? DNA and Bitcoin, Glow-in-the-dark plants, Human levitation.
| 16:00Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died. 16:30Challenging the claim that one in three girls' first sexual experience is rape. 16:55Are redheads hot heads?(R)
| 16:00Oscar nominated Lesley Manville. Denise Fergus, 25 years after the murder of James Bulger.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to German writer Dirk Kurbjuweit. 16:30Roger McGough is joined by Hollie McNish, who picks her favourite poems for the programme.
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| 17:00 | 17:00PM at 5pm - Carolyn Quinn with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00PM at 5pm - Carolyn Quinn with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Carolyn Quinn with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Carolyn Quinn with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Carolyn Quinn with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news with Caroline Wyatt. 17:30Plus a listener's suggestion for our outside broadcast.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Who protects the residents of sheltered housing schemes from abuse or neglect?(R) 17:40Edward Stourton profiles the football legend who has become president of Liberia.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Turkey has intensified its assault on Kurdish forces in Northern Syria. 18:303/6John Lloyd and Sally Phillips welcome Stephen K Amos, Dr Suze Kundu and Victoria Hislop.
| 18:00Boris Johnson has been rebuked by Theresa May after lobbying for greater NHS spending. 18:302/4Simon Evans uses his 'jokenomics' lens to make money funny.
| 18:00The Presidents Club is to shut amid claims that hostesses were groped at a charity dinner 18:303/4Scandinavian yarn starring Matthew Holness as the brooding, maverick detective.
| 18:00Trump predicts 'tremendous increase' in US-UK trade 18:304/6A BBC Radio 4 programme gets a new theme tune.
| 18:00Mr Trump tells the World Economic Forum that America First doesn't mean America alone 18:30A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.
| 18:00Taliban attack crowded area using ambulance packed with explosives 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00MPs call for action to tackle voter worries 18:15Justin Moorhouse chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Downsizing with Matt Damon reviewed, the logistics of sex scenes, and a satire on ceramics 19:451/10Potent and playful drama about a world without antibiotics.(R)
| 19:15The Oscar nominations for 2018 were announced on Monday, so who's in and who's out? 19:452/10An everyday scratch turns a family's world upside down.(R)
| 19:15Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Ursula K Le Guin remembered. 19:453/10Potent and playful drama about a world without antibiotics.(R)
| 19:15Actor Paapa Essiedu on Hamlet, poet Rebecca Watts' criticism of the poetry establishment. 19:454/10An everyday scratch turns a family's world upside down.(R)
| 19:00Brian faces the consequences. 19:15Kirsty Lang explores the literary scene in Istanbul including Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk. 19:455/10An everyday scratch turns a family's world upside down.(R)
| 19:00Edward Stourton profiles the football legend who has become president of Liberia. 19:15Peter Carey, Gursky at The Hayward, Last Flag Flying, John at The Dorfman, Altered Carbon.
| 19:153/6Jeff and Andy win a meal at Flamford's poshest hotel, opening a Pandora's Box of envy.(R) 19:45Lucy Ribchester's story of a budding romance casts new light on a Thomas Hardy poem.
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| 20:00 | 20:003/3Steve Richards looks back at David Cameron's years in power and explores his legacy. 20:30An investigation into the mystery illness affecting child migrants in Sweden.(R)
| 20:00Who protects the residents of sheltered housing schemes from abuse or neglect? 20:40Cathy Yelf on changes to NICE Guidance for treatment of AMD and the Marrakesh Treaty.
| 20:00Anne McElvoy and Gabrielle Rifkind are joined by Timothy Stanley and Mark Serwotka. 20:45Young entrepreneur Bejay Mulenga tells the story of his business success.
| 20:00David Aaronovitch asks what Turkey, Russia, Iran and the US want from the war in Syria. 20:30Many investment fees and charges have been hidden for years. Is this finally changing?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the University of Chester's Molloy Hall. 20:50AL Kennedy on why Hollywood has never been a nice place.
| 20:00Julian Pettifer reflects on the Tet Offensive of 1968 as a turning point in world history.
| 20:00Challenging the claim that one in three girls' first sexual experience is rape.(R) 20:30Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Uta Frith assesses the impact of the use and abuse of lead on humanity.(R) 21:30Andrew Marr with Andrew Graham-Dixon, Leanda de Lisle, Kelly Chorpening and Don Thompson.(R)
| 21:00A look at microprocessor knees, the 'Glasgow Effect' and mesothelioma. 21:30Jim talks to mathematician Eugenia Cheng about mathematics, music and baking.(R)
| 21:00What helps innovative companies turn mistakes into successes?(R) 21:30How Kraftwerk's classic album changed people's lives.(R)
| 21:00Did typhoid kill the Aztecs? DNA and Bitcoin, Glow-in-the-dark plants, Human levitation.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the political philosophy of Marcus Tullius Cicero.(R)
| 21:00Ex-convicts tell intimate stories of how they renounced lives of crime.(R)
| 21:001/2Elif Shafak's tale of two families bound by the same horrific past.(R)
| 21:00Credit scores don't include rent - the founder of The Big Issue thinks they should.(R) 21:26Suranne Jones makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Mango Tree.(R) 21:30Many investment fees and charges have been hidden for years. Is this finally changing?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Can Nato do anything about the confrontation between two of its members? 22:451/10Recollections of an absent father and part-time jobs take Cem back to his mid-teens.
| 22:00Senior German politician Norbert Röttgen condemns Turkey's action, calls for arms embargo. 22:452/10The countryside beyond Istanbul, 1986. The well-diggers visit a nearby town.
| 22:00Judge tells former gymnastics doctor Larry Nasser she's signing his death warrant. 22:453/10Used to listening to the master's stories, Cem is surprised when he is invited to speak.
| 22:00Former US diplomat says he resigned after being 'slapped down' by Aung Sang Suu Kyi. 22:454/10A visit to the travelling theatre opens a new world for the young apprentice.
| 22:00A surprise verdict in the battle between Boeing and Bombardier aircraft of Canada. 22:455/10A night with the red-haired woman has energised a tired young well-digger.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Anne McElvoy and Gabrielle Rifkind are joined by Timothy Stanley and Mark Serwotka.(R)
| 22:00Ellie Price previews the week ahead at Westminster with politicians and pundits.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen and Laura Wright start a new series with hellos and greetings.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince look at the history and future of antibiotics.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:001/4Comedian Tez Ilyas presents a stand-up show about life as a British Muslim: can he be PM? 23:152/4Comedian Rhys James explores different aspects of himself. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:004/6In this nicely furnished affordable programme, Marcus decides to solve the housing crisis.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Lauren Laverne and guests discuss women and money. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55Whether your sibling with Down's is older or younger, they have a lot to teach you.(R)
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the ever-popular contest of lateral thinking and cryptic connections.(R) 23:30Roger McGough is joined by Alice Oswald, who picks her favourite poems for the programme.(R)
| 23:00Julie Delpy, Florence Pugh.(R) 23:30Mark Tully investigates the resurgence of interest in Mother Julian of Norwich.(R)
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