| 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.
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| 05:00 | 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:04Also, Long Marcher Wang Quanying journalist Lady Hornby and horse trainer Monty Roberts. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Spiritual reflection with Prof Alison Jack of Edinburgh University's School of Divinity. 05:45Government aid for drought-hit farmers in England, solar farms. 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. 05:43Spiritual reflection with Prof Alison Jack of Edinburgh University's School of Divinity. 05:45Bluetongue vaccine, solar farm row, and the heat and vineyards.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:04Researchers have announced synthetic viruses designed by artificial intelligence. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Spiritual reflection with Prof Alison Jack of Edinburgh University's School of Divinity. 05:45Village agricultural show in the Lake District.
| 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. 05:43Spiritual reflection with Prof Alison Jack of Edinburgh University's School of Divinity. 05:45Investigating an outbreak of salmonella - believed to come from imported eggs.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:04England faces a five billion litre a day shortfall by 2055, so how does it fix it? 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Spiritual reflection with Prof Alison Jack of Edinburgh University's School of Divinity. 05:45Drought farmer, biodiversity on solar farm, sheep music.
| 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 the Rev 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. 05:45The Timms Review of Personal Independence Payments want to hear YOUR views on proposals.
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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. 06:30Solar energy - we need it to combat climate change, but how much and where should it go? 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. 07:10Bear Grylls, Rural Recharge, football's religious roots 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. 08:58Nature writer Sophie Pavelle on why the skylark is an iconic avian muse.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Crime has been falling for decades in Britain - but why is that so hard to believe? 09:304/6The Beijing Olympics, the financial crash and the Arab Spring reshape the world.
| 09:004/6The 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.
| 09:004/7The Greek mathematician and philosopher who vanished from history because she was a woman. 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.
| 09:00Andy Burnham to give mayors the power to overrule councils on some planning decisions.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Amy Hunt on winning four gold medals at the European Athletics Championships.
| 10:00We ask why it's so easy for sex offenders to change their names.
| 10:00Why has a French civil servant charged with drugging hundreds of women not faced trial?
| 10:00Amelia Dimoldenberg, creator of Chicken Shop Date, on her career and creative academy.
| 10:00Maths and English resits leave many in cycle of failure.
| 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.
| 11:00Has Great Britain underestimated its own power and influence in the world? 11:30Authorities are frustrated by the absence of victory as drone strikes bring the war home.
| 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. 12:04High moving costs are putting people off downsizing into smaller homes. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Call You & Yours: What's your experience of downsizing? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The CMA investigates Trainline, Virgin Atlantic and RED Driving School for drip pricing. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Do you know where that code is taking you? 12:32Is it OK to take experimental peptides like the Wolverine Stack? 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, Harriet Kemsley & an Edinburgh audience to solve 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 | 13:00Last week, Israel rejected President Trump's 15-point plan for peace. 13:45Inside the mind of the statesman who is credited with advancing Roman genius.
| 13:00Dame Rachel de Souza says Prevent is failing to help young people ‘fixated with violence’. 13:45Provocative and surreal, Salvador Dalí blurred art, ego, and illusion to shock minds.
| 13:00Rail investigators find track defect on approach to site of Lewes derailment. 13:45Inside the mind of the man who pioneered the discipline of psychoanalysis.
| 13:00Why is Ukraine lacking much needed anti-ballistic missile systems? 13:45The mind that invented modern detective work and transformed criminal investigation.
| 13:00Trump threatens new sanctions on countries that continue to trade with Iran. 13:45Elinor Ostrom challenged economics and reimagined shared human cooperation.
| 13:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Alex Forsyth presents political debate from The Medway Centre in Bakewell, Derbyshire.
| 13:00Is democracy under strain in Ukraine? 13:30As race riots erupt in Belfast, an underground network rescues those at risk.
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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.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston delves into the GQT archive to explore the mysteries of microclimates. 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
| 15:00Kathy Clugston delves into the GQT archive to explore the mysteries of microclimates. 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.
| 15:001/2Joe 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 made a big impact. 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. 16:15Questions over journalism, proportionality and the coverage of Jason Arday.
| 16:00England faces a five billion litre a day shortfall by 2055, so how does it fix it? 16:30Has a personalised cancer vaccine become reality?
| 16:00Also, Professor Paul Veys, actress Hayden Panettiere and conservationist Rosemary Parslow. 16:30The remarkable power in all of us to help complete strangers.
| 16:00A senior French civil servant stands accused of drugging hundreds of women.
| 16:00Presenter James Crawford speaks to the award-winning Mexican American novelist. 16:30General knowledge quiz. Spotlights on WWE wrestling, St Luke's Gospel and guinea pigs.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Jared Kushner met Israeli PM in attempt to revive peace plan that's so far been rejected.
| 17:00Jury trial of Facebook's parent company begins, brought by 29 US states over child safety.
| 17:00Investigation into Thursday's train derailment near Lewes finds track defect at the site.
| 17:00The Prime Minister promises new powers and punishments - do they go far enough?
| 17:00A judge rules the group must pay the legal costs to the Daily Mail's publisher.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Is it OK to take experimental peptides like the Wolverine Stack? 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 | 18:00President Trump threatens to bomb US ally Oman if it "gets in the way" of an Iran deal 18:305/6Who gets their first ever minute this week?
| 18:00Meta is accused of making Facebook and Instagram addictive for children in a trial 18:302/6In Belfast, Paul Sinha presents the best-ever episode of his Perfect Pub Quiz.
| 18:00Investigators share initial findings of last week's incident near Lewes 18:304/6Stephen Bailey takes a swing with Fighting vs Gene Therapy for Huntington’s and Plants.
| 18:00Questions remain after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's surprise announcement 18:304/6Get out your chain wallets and jump in a bath of beans. Icklewick FM are fundraising.
| 18:00The Food Standards Agency says supermarket bought eggs are unaffected 18:30Ian Smith tasks Ashley Storrie, Harriet Kemsley & an Edinburgh audience to solve the news.
| 18:00Seven people were killed after a car collided with a marked police vehicle on the A66 18:15Join Clive Anderson for a party at the heart of the Edinburgh Festivals.
| 18:00Police name five men who died in a crash that also killed two police officers on the A66. 18:15Rajan Datar presents a weekly selection of the best bits of audio across the BBC.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Emotions run high for Lynda. 19:15Charlotte Higgins on the role of artists in Ukraine, and the rise in poetry sales.
| 19:00Susan puts her foot in it. 19:15New contemporary art venue, The Light, in Durham and comedian Iain Stirling on sandcastles
| 19:00The Malik family have a bone to pick. 19:15Paul Ready, star of Motherland and Ann Droid, on his one-man show Little Animals.
| 19:00Robert is pushed to the limit. 19:15Plus a comedy disaster movie from RuPaul's Drag Race universe.
| 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. 20:30Researchers have announced synthetic viruses designed by artificial intelligence.
| 20:00Psychiatrist Gwen Adshead visits the largest gang rehabilitation charity in the world. 20:40The Timms Review of Personal Independence Payments want to hear YOUR views on proposals.
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
| 20:00Lucy Easthope explores the history of risk. 20:15Questions over journalism, proportionality and the coverage of Jason Arday.
| 20:00Alex Forsyth presents political debate from The Medway Centre in Bakewell, Derbyshire. 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 made a big impact. 20:30Also, Professor Paul Veys, actress Hayden Panettiere and conservationist Rosemary Parslow.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Crime has been falling for decades in Britain - but why is that so hard to believe? 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?
| 21:004/6The 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.
| 21:004/7The Greek mathematician and philosopher who vanished from history because she was a woman. 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.
| 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. 21:30Authorities are frustrated by the absence of victory as drone strikes bring the war home.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Meta denies claims it "chose to exploit" young people to hook them on its platforms 22:451/10Set in 2007, this is a heartwarming tale of community and change.
| 22:00The verdict is the first against a member of the Assad family inside Syria 22:452/10Set in 2007, this is a heartwarming tale of community and change.
| 22:00The melanoma vaccine is the first to have positive late stage trial results 22:453/10Set in 2007, this is a heartwarming tale of community and change.
| 22:00The UK, France, Germany, Italy and Canada say the project is “unacceptable” 22:454/10Set in 2007, this is a heartwarming tale of community and change.
| 22:00Former rugby union and league players claim not enough was done to prevent brain injuries 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.
| 23:00Has Great Britain underestimated its own power and influence in the world? 23:30Actor Pippa Haywood chooses some of her favourite poems from listener requests.
| 23:00And, will Trump be forever dogged by his war with Iran? 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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