| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:156/6Josie Long hears stories of crossing over to the other side.(R) 00:45The sound of the church bells of St George, Brailes, in Warwickshire.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Hannah Fry uncovers the hidden algorithms behind almost every aspect of our modern lives.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Hannah Fry uncovers the hidden algorithms behind almost every aspect of our modern lives.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Mathematician Hannah Fry considers the algorithms opening up new frontiers in medicine.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Hannah Fry reveals the algorithms which might power the autonomous vehicles of the future.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Dr Hannah Fry charts a course to a future where humans and computers work together.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30A story about the people missing from our lives. By Wendy Erskine.(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. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rev Dr Lesley Carroll. 05:45Two farmers discuss what impact the closure of biofuel producer Vivergo will have on them. 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. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rev Dr Lesley Carroll. 05:45The Red Tractor logo is planning to add on higher standards which farmers can opt to meet. 05:58Presenter Dermot O'Leary gazes into his garden to watch busy coal tits on the bird feeders
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rev Dr Lesley Carroll. 05:45There is a sneak preview of the new Agriculture Bill with farm minister George Eustice. 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the jack snipe.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rev Dr Lesley Carroll. 05:45The impact of the government's Agriculture Bill on farmers, wildlife and consumers. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the lapwing.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rev Dr Lesley Carroll. 05:45Figures are released on the new cases of Bovine TB in the badger cull areas. 05:58Mark Cocker on the evocative song of a curlew floating over the Derbyshire moorlands.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer, with Dr Ed Kessler, director of the Woolf Institute. 05:45Should the idea of 'fault' be taken out of divorce?
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of the church bells of the Church of St Eustachius, Tavistock, in Devon. 05:45Mark Coles looks at Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Trump's nominee for the US Supreme Court.
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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.
| 06:00Including 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 Herefordshire with Dr Kate Harding who has a moving story to tell.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith analyses the biggest shift in farm policy for 50 years. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully considers the benefits and dangers of saying what you think. 06:35Ruth Sanderson meets a Northern Irish oyster farmer. 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. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, with Edward Stourton. 07:54Historian and broadcaster David Olusoga makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Unseen. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Susan Hulme with the latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
| 08:31Sean Curran with the latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
| 08:31Susan Hulme with the latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
| 08:31Sean Curran with the latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
| | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Live from Lichfield Cathedral, exploring the contribution of cathedrals to the nation. 08:48Adam Gopnik examines the issues raised by the row between Serena Williams and an umpire.(R) 08:58For Mark Whitley. autumn may be around the corner, but he is transported back to spring.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Max Hastings, Helen Parr, Richard Dannatt and Deborah Haynes. 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Dr Marika Rose.
| 09:00Singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae on Leeds, her vibrant home city. 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Revd Richard Littledale.
| 09:00Gemma Cairney takes Nadine Shah to Beirut for a musical collaboration. 09:30Alan Dein asks five families revealing questions about every aspect of their lives.(R) 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer & music led by the Revd Katherine Hedderly.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the epic poem on the wrath of Achilles in the Trojan War. 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Canon Ann Easter.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor reunites five people caught up in Sierra Leone's decade-long civil war. 09:44Spiritual reflection and prayers on a topical subject led by the Rev Mary Stallard.
| 09:00Rick Wakeman and the inheritance tracks of Ray Winstone
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Bestselling author Kate Atkinson talks about her latest novel, Transcription. 10:30Commentary on the fourth day of the fifth Test between England and India, from the Oval.
| 10:00Actor Ruth Wilson; partners and addiction; women and Brexit; Woman's Lab; young witches. 10:30Commentary on the fifth day of the fifth Test between England and India, from the Oval.
| 10:00Artist Di Mainstone, periods & stress, A-level alternatives, women MPs, cherished objects. 10:413/5John and Maggie try a new phase in their riotous relationship. 10:55With old friends you can be as rude as you like.
| 10:00US midterm elections, Sally Kohn, Dr Hayuaatun Sillem, and cuts to contraception. 10:454/5Maggie wants John to integrate into village life so he takes action.
| 10:00Skateboarders, Lise Davidsen, affording a family. 10:455/5Why doesn't Maggie tell her daughter John has moved in?
| 10:30Francine Stock examines the cultural life of Vienna in 1918.
| 10:00Tony reaches a decision and Elizabeth makes a desperate plea.
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| 11:00 | | | 11:002/2Actress and broadcaster Jameela Jamil asks how we should navigate consent.(R) 11:301/2A hilarious and frank account of Michael Fabbri's schools days coping with dyslexia.(R)
| 11:00The dark secrets of Chile's Catholic Church. 11:30True stories of life-changing encounters with art in all its forms.
| 11:00Emma Dabiri explores some of the many incarnations of Afrofuturism in art and music. 11:302/5At what point does office banter become a recordable sexual offence?
| 11:00Paul Waugh of HuffPost looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Radio Alwan has broadcast independent news and drama since 2014 but its future is in doubt
| 11:15Danielle de Niese, opera singer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the fourth day of the fifth Test between England and India, from the Oval.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the fifth day of the fifth Test between England and India, from the Oval.
| 12:00The latest national, international news and shipping forecast from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Justin Champion looks at the roots of our culture's belief in the moral power of hard work(R) 12:15How have lives been affected in the ten years since the crash? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national, international news and shipping forecast from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Naomi Appleton explores the Buddha's Four Noble Truths.(R) 12:15Are gardeners and farmers still buying the weedkiller Roundup after safety fears? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Neuropsychologist Paul Broks looks at the idea of leading a good life by being selfish.(R) 12:15Child carers, Supermarket middle aisles and car pollution tests.
| 12:00The latest national, international news and shipping forecast from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Rainy day savings scheme launched for low earners. 12:30Susan Calman is joined by Hugo Rifkind, Mark Steel, Jen Brister and Jayde Adams.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national, international news and shipping forecast from BBC Radio 4. 12:04How hard can it be to talk for 60 seconds with no hesitation, repetition or deviation?(R) 12:32Rowley Leigh, 'godfather' of modern British cooking, tells his food story to Dan Saladino. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | | | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Could artificial intelligence reinvent capitalism?
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45How Venezuela and others challenged the global economic model
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Who has the power to create money and what controls the amount circulating in our economy?
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Worthing College in West Sussex.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Illuminated snails dancing, sculpted volcanoes and music playing for 1,000 years.(R)
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| 14:00 | | | 14:00Jim digs himself a hole.(R) 14:151/2Adaptation of Alan Carter's detective novel. Disgraced DSC Kwong is back.(R)
| 14:00Phoebe expresses her concerns.(R) 14:152/2Showcasing the best crime fiction from contemporary Australia. Disgraced DSC Kwong is back(R)
| 14:00Tony reaches a decision.(R) 14:15Are Northern Ireland's civil servants doing a better job than its absentee politicians?
| 14:00The Church of England has been called into question over its investments in Amazon. 14:30A moving exploration of the years leading up to the death of poet Edward Thomas.(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson takes his panel to visit Hadrian's Wall.(R) 14:45As friends, as grandparents, or as ghosts in the mirror.
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| 15:00 | | | 15:00How will Ofgem's planned energy price cap affect your gas and electricity bills? 15:302/3Stories of the people who live along the south Wales valleys rail network.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding walks in Herefordshire with Dr Kate Harding who has a moving story to tell. 15:27Jon Snow makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Khulisa.(R) 15:30John Boyne talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new novel A Ladder to the Sky.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson takes his panel to visit Hadrian's Wall. 15:45A story about the people missing from our lives. By Wendy Erskine.
| | 15:00William Goldman's dark sequel to Marathon Man, dramatised by Stephen Keyworth.(R)
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| 16:00 | | | 16:00Laurie Taylor explores the life and times of the American train hopping hobo. 16:30Sky News have hired Mark Austin to present a new 5pm show.
| 16:00Antonia Quirke visits Redcar, where they are recreating a famous scene from Atonement. 16:30First human drawing; cycling genes; Oden Arctic expedition; Hello World.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a nurse, a warlord, an actor, a banker and a cowboy. 16:30Tim Harford on what statistics tell us about suicide, good schools and sexism in tennis.
| 16:00Skaters, how funding cuts affect access to contraception, and novelist Kate Atkinson.
| 16:00The best new fiction and non-fiction, talking to writers and unearthing lost classics. 16:30American poet Claudia Rankine explores the ubiquity of dyed blonde hair.
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| 17:00 | 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 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. 17:30Should the idea of 'fault' be taken out of divorce? 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00James Naughtie examines the crucial politics of the US Supreme Court(R) 17:40Mark Coles looks at Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Trump's nominee for the US Supreme Court. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Commentary on the fourth day of the fifth Test between England and India, from the Oval. 18:45How hard can it be to talk for 60 seconds with no hesitation, repetition or deviation?
| 18:00Labour says it would give workers in the gig economy the same rights as other employees. 18:303/6Alice joins a life drawing class but David is jealous.(R)
| 18:00Tory MPs opposed to Theresa May's Brexit plan defuse talk of a leadership challenge. 18:301/4Comedian Rob Newman sets his sights on the world of philosophy.
| 18:00Downing Street dismisses wanted Russians' "tourist" claims. 18:304/6Will Tom's special summer-event be remembered for the right reasons?(R)
| 18:00President Trump's campaign manager cooperates with investigation into Russian meddling. 18:30Susan Calman is joined by Hugo Rifkind, Mark Steel, Jen Brister and Jayde Adams.
| 18:00A former British soldier who fought for Kurdish forces against IS has been sentenced. 18:15Clive Anderson, Emma Freud and guests with a mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Michael Gove says Theresa May's Brexit strategy is the right plan "for now". 18:15Writer and broadcaster Simon Parkes picks the best of BBC Radio this week
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| 19:00 | 19:00Emma hatches a plan to help the family. 19:15Wanderlust's creator Nick Payne, and BAC's Grand Hall re-opens after the fire in 2015. 19:451/5Bill Nighy and Anna Calder-Marshall in AL Kennedy's comedy drama about love in later life.(R)
| 19:15Sally Rooney on her new novel, Normal People, which is winning ecstatic reviews. 19:452/5John moves in with Maggie but can the villagers accept him?(R)
| 19:00Phoebe expresses her concerns. 19:15Sir Michael Caine looks back on his career in Hollywood. 19:453/5John and Maggie try a new phase in their riotous relationship.(R)
| 19:15Touching the Void at the Bristol Old Vic, Crazy Rich Asians. 19:454/5Maggie wants John to integrate into village life so he takes action.(R)
| 19:00Elizabeth makes a desperate plea. 19:15Killing Eve, the new series from Phoebe Waller-Bridge, reviewed. 19:455/5Why doesn't Maggie tell her daughter John has moved in?(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles looks at Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Trump's nominee for the US Supreme Court. 19:15Christian Marclay's The Clock, Lucky, Letters of Sylvia Plath Vol 2, Trust, An Adventure.
| 19:154/4An all-star cast in the last part of Michael Frayn's brilliantly funny view of our world.(R) 19:45By Nick Walker. Annika and Mikel race against time to find a kidnapped girl.
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| 20:00 | 20:002/2Actress and broadcaster Jameela Jamil asks how we should navigate consent. 20:30Nevada's legal sex trade faces a campaign for reform.(R)
| 20:00James Naughtie examines the crucial politics of the US Supreme Court 20:40What is the secret to successful public speaking?
| 20:00Twelve of the country's brightest young minds gather to solve difficult social problems. 20:45Grammy award-winning producer Ian Brennan talks about all the music we may never hear.
| 20:00The Tories are split, Labour is split and some people think it just can’t go on. 20:30Can tech entrepreneurs revitalise southern Italy's failing economy?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Worthing College in West Sussex. 20:50Adam Gopnik examines the issues raised by the row between Serena Williams and an umpire.
| 20:00Tracing the roots of the financial crisis in reverse.
| 20:00Tim Harford on what statistics tell us about suicide, good schools and sexism in tennis.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a nurse, a warlord, an actor, a banker and a cowboy.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Dogs have changed us and we've changed them. Brett Westwood visits Battersea to meet some.(R) 21:30Andrew Marr with Max Hastings, Helen Parr, Richard Dannatt and Deborah Haynes.(R)
| 21:002/3Stories of the people who live along the south Wales valleys rail network.(R) 21:30Singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae on Leeds, her vibrant home city.(R)
| 21:00Verity Sharp wants to keep bees, but will her honeybees be a menace to other pollinators?(R) 21:30Gemma Cairney takes Nadine Shah to Beirut for a musical collaboration.(R)
| 21:00First human drawing; cycling genes; Oden Arctic expedition; Hello World. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the epic poem on the wrath of Achilles in the Trojan War.(R)
| 21:00The series which traces decisive moments in the history of the NHS.
| 21:00In the tunnels underneath Vimy Ridge, the Canadian Corps are re-writing the rules of war.(R) 21:45Jancis Robinson profiles a Chateau Pavie and tells the story of wine critic Robert Parker.
| 21:00Rainy day savings scheme launched for low earners. 21:26Historian and broadcaster David Olusoga makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Unseen.(R) 21:30Can tech entrepreneurs revitalise southern Italy's failing economy?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00National security adviser says court is unaccountable and outright dangerous. 22:456/10The endgame looms in Juliet's espionage career as her new fiance presents a last mission.
| 22:00Viktor Orban accuses the European parliament of insulting his nation. 22:457/10In 1950, Juliet uses her security service contacts to investigate the threatening note.
| 22:00Irish Foreign Minister dismisses them as "reheat of unworkable ideas" 22:458/10Convinced she is under threat, Juliet turns to a figure from her past.
| 22:00Downing Street dismisses their comments as lies and fabrications. 22:459/10It's 1940, and the secret listening post at Dolphin Square has been discovered.
| 22:00White House says the case is "totally unrelated" to President Trump. 22:4510/10Juliet has tried to make peace with the past, but there are more revelations to come.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Twelve of the country's brightest young minds gather to solve difficult social problems.(R)
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn and guests discuss Brexit, immigration and the future for the Lib Dems
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| 23:00 | 23:002/2Imagine if London's genteel literary scene had a bit more swag and a gangsta's lean.(R) 23:152/2Kayvan Novak imagines Nigel Farage's voicemail as he flies off to America. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:004/4Current affairs parody and stupidly feasible visit to the 24-hour Hall Of Opinion Mirrors. 23:30The best of Tuesday in the Commons and the Lords with Susan Hulme.
| 23:002/4Bittersweet stories from Chris Neill. Is kitchen matchmaking on the cards? 23:153/4A heady combination of maths, science and comedy with Festival Of The Spoken Nerd.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:001/3Anything can happen when this master storyteller combines comedy with magical realism. 23:30Susan Hulme reports on today's sitting at Westminster.
| 23:00Cherie Blair chooses her role mode, England's first woman judge, Rose Heilbron(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55Watching our daughter being a mother is fantastic.
| 23:00The quiz about music of all kinds, with Paul Gambaccini.(R) 23:30A contemporary poet engages with the Psalms to negotiate a response to the modern world.(R)
| 23:00Antonia Quirke visits Redcar, where they are recreating a famous scene from Atonement.(R) 23:30Mark Tully considers the benefits and dangers of saying what you think.(R)
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