| 00:00 | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15How to preserve one of the natural wonders of the world. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from St Mathew’s church in Chapel Allerton, Leeds in West Yorkshire. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Life in the shadow of Mount Etna, Sicily’s most dangerous and alluring landmark. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Life in the shadow of Mount Etna, Sicily’s most dangerous and alluring landmark. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Life in the shadow of Mount Etna, Sicily’s most dangerous and alluring landmark. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Life in the shadow of Mount Etna, Sicily’s most dangerous and alluring landmark. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Life in the shadow of Mount Etna, Sicily’s most dangerous and alluring landmark. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15On his latest novel - The End of Everything - and the three texts that helped to shape it. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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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 | 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:04Radio 4's weekly obituary programme. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection. 05:45The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. 05:57The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:04Have we fallen out of love with Pride? 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection. 05:45The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:04A weekly programme looking at the science that's changing our world. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection. 05:45The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:04The remarkable power in all of us to help complete strangers. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection. 05:45The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:04Combining original insights into major news stories with topical investigations. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection. 05:45The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
| 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer with Rev'd Dr Mariama Ifode-Blease. 05:45Lisa Abernethy shows Richard King around the RNLI station in Portrush.
| 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from the parish church of St Andrew Ryton in Shropshire. 05:45News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted.
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 06:07Martha Kearney tries her hand at ancient skills like forging a knife and flint knapping. 06:30The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast.
| 06:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 06:05Rimi Tanaka finds out about her mother's samurai ancestry. 06:35A new three-movement choral work celebrates farming in the Yorkshire Dales. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 07:10A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week. 07:54Actor Peter Egan makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of International Animal Rescue. 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 08:10Philip Blackledge looks at adopting different personas in a city filled with performers. 08:48In 1993, the Irish writer Roddy Doyle won the prestigious Booker Prize for Fiction. 08:58Author and science communicator Sophie Pavelle on why the skylark is an iconic avian muse.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Why is public perception that the crime rate is increasing when in fact it's coming down? 09:304/6The Beijing Olympics, the financial crash and the Arab Spring reshape the world.
| 09:004/7The story of the nerdy academic who led America to disaster in Vietnam. 09:30Michael Sheen explores the art of acting.
| 09:00The remarkable power in all of us to help complete strangers. 09:304/6Colin takes over directing, but the lines between gangland fact and fiction begin to blur.
| 09:00Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Five, joins Natalie to solve the murder of Regilla in Rome 09:303/4John Wilson explores the story of the guitar as a driver of social and cultural change.
| 09:00Chaka Khan, singer and songwriter, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
| 09:00Stewart Lee explores the story and ideas of counter-culture and its importance today. 09:30Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore crying.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
| 10:00Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
| 10:00Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
| 10:00Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
| 10:00Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
| 10:00Join Greg and his guests in 19th-century Wales to learn about Henry Cyril Paget. 10:30Piecing together how a song released in 1969 became a sport anthem.
| 10:00Artists and organisers of the biggest pop festival of the 20th century are reunited.
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| 11:00 | 11:00A man whose gaming almost led to 100 years in a US prison. 11:451/5Life in the shadow of Mount Etna, Sicily’s most dangerous and alluring landmark.
| 11:00Soweto Kinch, Nolay, Janet Kay and guests are live at the V&A East Museum. 11:452/5Life in the shadow of Mount Etna, Sicily’s most dangerous and alluring landmark.
| 11:00Psychiatrist Gwen Adshead visits the largest gang rehabilitation charity in the world. 11:40Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life. 11:453/5Life in the shadow of Mount Etna, Sicily’s most dangerous and alluring landmark.
| 11:00Author Sebastian Faulks on his influences and formative cultural experiences. 11:454/5Life in the shadow of Mount Etna, Sicily’s most dangerous and alluring landmark.
| 11:00Jimi Famurewa explores how history has shaped the many different ways in which we eat 11:455/5Life in the shadow of Mount Etna, Sicily’s most dangerous and alluring landmark.
| 11:00Conversations about the global forces reshaping our world and ideas defining the future. 11:30Insight and analysis from BBC correspondents around the world.
| 11:00Emotions run high for Lynda, and the Malik family have a bone to pick.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04News and discussion of consumer affairs. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04News and discussion of consumer affairs. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04News and discussion of consumer affairs. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Exposing the secret techniques criminals use to steal your money. 12:32Greg Foot investigates the so-called wonder products making bold claims. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Helen Czerski and Tom Heap investigate the environmental impact of volcanoes. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04How did Izal medicated toilet paper reach the end of the roll? Sean Farrington finds out. 12:30Ian Smith tasks Ashley Storrie, Bella Hull and an Edinburgh audience to take on the news. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:155/5Matthew Bannister on changing attitudes to dying, death and how we memorialise our dead. 12:305/6Who gets their first ever minute this week? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Inside the mind of the statesman who is credited with advancing Roman genius.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Provocative and surreal, Salvador Dalí blurred art, ego, and illusion to shock minds.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Inside the mind of the man who pioneered the discipline of psychoanalysis.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45The mind that invented modern detective work and transformed criminal investigation.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Elinor Ostrom challenged economics and reimagined shared human cooperation.
| 13:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Topical discussion posing questions to a panel of political and media personalities.
| 13:00A look at the week's big stories and preview of the week to come. 13:30Reactive feature from Radio 4, exploring what's really happening behind the headlines.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Alarm bells ring for Azra. 14:156/6Ellie tries wild swimming, much to Mitch’s initial disappointment. Stars Angus Deayton. 14:45John Yorke explores Don DeLillo’s 1988 novel Libra.
| 14:00Emotions run high for Lynda. 14:15Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher appears in a sketch with the cast of Yes, Minister.
| 14:00Susan puts her foot in it. 14:15A bold series of short dramas reflecting life across the UK.
| 14:00The Malik family have a bone to pick. 14:15Amanda Dalton's lyrical drama about friendship, loss and renewal.
| 14:00Robert is pushed to the limit. 14:15One of the CIA’s most daring operations: the hunt for Che in the Bolivian jungle. 14:45Lisa Abernethy shows Richard King around the RNLI station in Portrush.
| 14:05Listeners respond to the issues raised in the preceding edition of Any Questions? 14:45There’s a surprising development for Lily.
| 14:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 14:45John Yorke looks at Midnight Cowboy by James Leo Herlihy.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Famous people pick someone they love or admire. 15:30Join Greg and his guests to learn about the global history of tea.
| 15:0010/11Lucy Worsley, Professor Rosalind Crone and barrister Nneka Akodulu KC discuss the cases. 15:30Rimi Tanaka finds out about her mother's samurai ancestry.
| 15:00Séamas O'Reilly unravels the mystery of his father's unusual film archive. 15:30Discover the magic of ‘natural radio’ - a hidden electromagnetic soundscape.
| 15:00Martha Kearney tries her hand at ancient skills like forging a knife and flint knapping. 15:27Robyn Love makes the Radio 4 appeal on behalf of NCT, National Childbirth Trust. 15:30The poet Jack Underwood offers his services as a metaphor consultant, for a reasonable fee
| 15:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 15:45A young Cornish lad named Jago dares to dream of a life beyond the small fishing village.
| 15:00A past death resurfaces forcing a reckoning in Matthew Broughton's psychological thriller.
| 15:00Joe Buck, a naïve young Texan, leaves his dead-end job to be a hustler in 1960s New York.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Have we fallen out of love with Pride? 16:30Why a disco song about a Russian priest still brings joy today.
| 16:00Susie Dent investigates a small book that shaped history and the language we speak. 16:30Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore crying.
| 16:005/5A deeply personal story of guilt – how to live with it, and its power to transform us. 16:15This is the programme about a revolution in media.
| 16:00Combining original insights into major news stories with topical investigations. 16:30A weekly show exploring science, its mysteries, and the debates it sparks.
| 16:00Radio 4's weekly obituary programme. 16:30The remarkable power in all of us to help complete strangers.
| 16:00Highlights from the Woman's Hour week.
| 16:00James Crawford discusses an author's new book and its connections to three other works. 16:30General knowledge quiz. Spotlights on WWE wrestling, St Luke's Gospel and guinea pigs.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Full coverage of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Greg Foot investigates the so-called wonder products making bold claims. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast.
| 17:00In 1942, Norwegian resistance fighters set out to blow up a railway used by the Nazis 17:10A man whose gaming almost led to 100 years in a US prison. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Who gets their first ever minute this week?
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6In Belfast, Paul Sinha presents the best-ever episode of his Perfect Pub Quiz.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Stephen Bailey takes a swing with Fighting vs Gene Therapy for Huntington’s and Plants.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Get out your chain wallets and jump in a bath of beans. Icklewick FM are fundraising.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Ian Smith tasks Ashley Storrie, Bella Hull and an Edinburgh audience to take on the news.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Join Clive Anderson for a party at the heart of the Edinburgh Festivals.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15A selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Emotions run high for Lynda. 19:15Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
| 19:00Susan puts her foot in it. 19:15Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
| 19:00The Malik family have a bone to pick. 19:15Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
| 19:00Robert is pushed to the limit. 19:15Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
| 19:00There’s a surprising development for Lily. 19:15Nadine Shah, David Arnold and Charlotte Harding celebrate the BBC Proms.
| 19:005/5Matthew Bannister on changing attitudes to dying, death and how we memorialise our dead. 19:15Author Sebastian Faulks on his influences and formative cultural experiences.
| 19:00Lily has a confession to make 19:15Arguably best in the world, will Birmingham win the 2026 12-Bell Striking Contest? 19:45How to snack smartly, to improve your mental health, reduce cravings and help weight loss.
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| 20:00 | 20:00David Aaronovitch and guests discuss what Louise Casey's social care review might entail. 20:30A weekly programme looking at the science that's changing our world.
| 20:00Psychiatrist Gwen Adshead visits the largest gang rehabilitation charity in the world. 20:40News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted.
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze
| 20:00Lucy Easthope explores the history of risk. 20:15This is the programme about a revolution in media.
| 20:00Topical discussion posing questions to a panel of political and media personalities. 20:55Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
| 20:00A tale of crisis, legitimacy and transformation for the BBC and Britain in the 1970s.
| 20:00Susie Dent investigates a small book that shaped history and the language we speak. 20:30Radio 4's weekly obituary programme.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Why is public perception that the crime rate is increasing when in fact it's coming down? 21:304/6The Beijing Olympics, the financial crash and the Arab Spring reshape the world.
| 21:00New York's Antiquities Trafficking Unit works to track and return stolen art. 21:30What really happens when you report a scam?
| 21:004/7The story of the nerdy academic who led America to disaster in Vietnam. 21:30Michael Sheen explores the art of acting.
| 21:00Kiri Pritchard-McLean and guests from the Crossed Wires Festival in Sheffield. 21:45An organic farmer turned self-taught scientist investigates his own BSE theories.
| 21:00Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Five, joins Natalie to solve the murder of Regilla in Rome 21:304/6Colin takes over directing, but the lines between gangland fact and fiction begin to blur.
| 21:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze
| 21:00How did Izal medicated toilet paper reach the end of the roll? Sean Farrington finds out. 21:25Actor Peter Egan makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of International Animal Rescue. 21:30Insight and analysis from BBC correspondents around the world.
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| 22:00 | 22:00In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective. 22:451/10Set in 2007, this is a heartwarming tale of community and change.
| 22:00In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective 22:452/10Set in 2007, this is a heartwarming tale of community and change.
| 22:00In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective. 22:453/10Set in 2007, this is a heartwarming tale of community and change.
| 22:00In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective. 22:454/10Set in 2007, this is a heartwarming tale of community and change.
| 22:00In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective. 22:455/10Set in 2007, this is a heartwarming tale of community and change.
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Jimi Famurewa explores how history has shaped the many different ways in which we eat
| 22:00Trickery - is it what we need to keep society moving forward?
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| 23:00 | 23:004/4As tensions peak, Liza faces a reckoning that could change everything. 23:30Roger McGough talks to the award-winning Cumbrian poet Jacob Polley about favourite poems.
| 23:00Ben Garrod and Jess French unravel the secrets to the success of the alpaca. 23:30The spoken word artist Antony Szmierek selects some of his favourite poems.
| 23:00Nora Meadows - a wellness guru and therapist - helps others, and herself, find wellness. 23:15Comedy series following amateur paranormal podcaster, Chris Relish. 23:30Roger McGough talks to French British poet Pascale Petit.
| 23:00Conversations about the global forces reshaping our world and ideas defining the future. 23:30Actor Pippa Haywood chooses some of her favourite poems from listener requests.
| 23:00Join Americast for insights and analysis on what's happening inside Trump's White House. 23:30Discover the magic of ‘natural radio’ - a hidden electromagnetic soundscape.
| 23:004/4Olga considers the meaning of family. 23:30General knowledge quiz. Spotlights on the Cold War, Baz Luhrmann and gemstones.
| 23:00Five time socialist presidential candidate Eugene Victor Debs picked by Reginald D Hunter. 23:30A body is discovered and an eccentric solicitor takes a surprising chance. 23:45A young Cornish lad named Jago dares to dream of a life beyond the small fishing village.
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