| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor asks if identifying cities rather than nations can help racial integration. 00:45The sound of church bells from St Giles in the Oxfordshire village of Horspath. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5A gruesome murder takes place in a remote Georgian country house. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Whicher uncovers a web of deception and makes an arrest that shocks disbelieving locals. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Whicher's prime murder suspect faces questions about the gruesome killing. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Years after the gruesome killing there is a surprise confession. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Only in 1928, an anonymous letter from Sydney reveals the facts of the case. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5By Michael Martin. An unnerving encounter with a neighbour evokes unhappy memories.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of programmes.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of programmes.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of programmes.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of programmes.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of programmes.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of programmes.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of programmes.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection from Wales with Rev Craig Gardiner. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. 05:57The latest weather forecast.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection from Wales with Rev Craig Gardiner. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection from Wales with Rev Craig Gardiner. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection from Wales with Rev Craig Gardiner. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection from Wales with Rev Craig Gardiner. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Gopinder Kaur. 05:452/4The tyrant of the river has traditionally been the subject of controversy amongst anglers.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of church bells from St Nicholas in Durweston, Dorset. 05:45David McKittrick looks at the life and career of the DUP's deputy leader Peter Robinson.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark visits Yorkshire villages to meet a variety of horse owners of different ages. 06:35Rural magazine programme with Charlotte Smith. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully considers how we look back on the past. 06:35Alex James meets a Sussex family who sell unpasteurised milk straight to the customer. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk; Thought for the Day; Weather.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Roger Bolton and guests discuss the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Michael Palin appeals on behalf of Motivation. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From Oban Parish Church, led by the Rev Liz Gibson. 08:50Clive James turns his attention to the Royal Mail’s decision to redesign the coinage.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Guests are Lisa Jardine, Stephen Isserlis, Dan Cruickshank and Lord David Owen. 09:451/5A gruesome murder takes place in a remote Georgian country house.
| 09:00John Humphrys meets Shy Keenan, who recalls how she survived over a decade of child abuse. 09:304/5Claudia Hammond looks at the psychology of team dynamics. 09:452/5Whicher uncovers a web of deception and makes an arrest that shocks disbelieving locals.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation. 09:453/5Whicher's prime murder suspect faces questions about the gruesome killing.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ‘the Norman Yoke'. 09:454/5Years after the gruesome killing there is a surprise confession.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor reunites five Bletchley Park code-breakers from World War II. 09:455/5Only in 1928, an anonymous letter from Sydney reveals the facts of the case.
| 09:00Presenter Fi Glover is joined by Simon Armitage. Poetry is by Murray Lachlan Young.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00British jazz legend Norma Winstone on how the jazz world has changed for women.
| 10:00Historian Katie Hickman on why she writes novels rather than academic papers.
| 10:00Celia Robertson on her grandmother, the poet Joan Easdale.
| 10:00Why is fertility treatment in the UK 'the least safe in Europe'?
| 10:00How best to prevent forced marriages and honour-based violence in the UK?
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig explores the Great Wall of China with historian John Man. 10:30Supermodel Erin O'Connor explores ideas to protect fashion model welfare
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Navid Akhtar investigates new attempts to protect tenants from unscrupulous landlords. 11:305/6The theft of a football rattle provides the perfect excuse for a weekend away in Blackpool(R)
| 11:00A team of wildlife specialists are joined by zoologists and conservationists. 11:301/2Kenneth's inner circle of friends offer an insight into his passions and private world.
| 11:00In 1948, a KLM representative asked Swiss police to ease travel restrictions for Germans.(R) 11:301/6There is a death in the family and the ripples from Victoria's insecurities flow outward.(R)
| 11:00Lucy Ash follows a frequently illegal timber trade from the Siberian forests to China. 11:30Joe Queenan looks back at 40 years of Rolling Stone magazine.
| 11:00Susan Marling meets the only English mayor in France, as he campaigns for re-election. 11:302/6A day out in a singular vintage car turns out to be highly eventful.
| 11:00Political discussion series which focuses on current ideas and events. With Dennis Sewell. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Sue McGregor reunites five people behind Britain's weekly gamble.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson and John Waite. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with John Waite and Peter White. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with John Waite and Sheila McClennon. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson and Liz Barclay. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with John Waite and Liz Barclay. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Paul Lewis with the latest news and advice from the world of personal finance. 12:306/10Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:003/7James Walton takes the chair. Guests are Peter Kemp and Andrew Davies. 12:32Many of us do not know how to choose or prepare fresh fish. Sheila Dillon reports. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:303/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the third heat of the music quiz from the BBC Radio Theatre.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Beijing teenagers, hip hop music and traditional Chinese dialects and sounds
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:301/6With poet Benjamin Zephaniah, writer Lynn Barber and comedian Arthur Smith.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Caroline Saarl meets the Ceredigion Young Carers learning about having fun in the outdoors
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Jenni Murray and guests in conversation about how current media trends affect our lives.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Harrogate.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:30Roger Law explores the Chinese fake art industry.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:15By Christopher Ralling. James Cameron visited Albert Schweitzer in Gabon in 1953.
| 14:15By Tom Ray. A week after his wife leaves him, a man discovers an extraordinary secret.(R)
| 14:15By David Pownall, specially written for Paul Scofield. Michelangelo returns to Florence.(R)
| 14:15Comedy by Lavinia Murray. Tarzan attempts to save a garden centre from financial ruin.
| 14:00Taylor has his day in court. 14:152/4Warwick can't help interfering in the kitchen and is driving his son mad as a result.
| 14:00Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30A tribute to Charles Chilton's iconic 1960s series Journey into Space.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs. With John Cushnie, Bunny Guinness and Pippa Greenwood. 14:45In 1933, only a handful of pennies were minted. Phil Mussell sets about tracking one down.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Paul Lewis and guests answer calls on financial issues. 15:301/5By Iain Finlay MacLeod. An elderly tailor comes face to face with a lost love. 15:451/51950s ventriloquist Peter Brough's dummy Archie Andrews has a new owner.(R)
| 15:00Vanessa Collingridge explores the Murmansk Mutiny with Major Mark Bentinck. 15:302/5By Michele Roberts. Grieving over her mother's death, Marie walks through London streets. 15:452/5Claudia's ring belonged to a distant ancestor who was Lord Byron's manservant.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs. With John Cushnie, Bunny Guinness and Pippa Greenwood. 15:303/5By Joe Dunthorne. Grappling with her own emotions, young Anna finds much that resonates. 15:453/5Matthew Kiln bought a World War II tank and took it to Normandy in memory of his father.(R)
| 15:00Stewart Henderson answers those niggling questions from everyday life. 15:27Felicity Kendal appeals on behalf of Target TB. 15:304/5By Ruth Thomas. Anna procrastinates by playing with her daughter's doll's house. 15:454/5Humphrey Barclay inherited a remote village in Ghana and become their first white chief.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding walks along the coast near Cardiff, the site of the proposed Severn Barrage. 15:305/5By Helen Dunmore. A portrait depicts the charismatic beauty of John Donne. 15:455/5Judy Skelton inherited a book given to her grandfather by Captain Robert Falcon Scott.(R)
| 15:30Beijing teenagers, hip hop music and traditional Chinese dialects and sounds
| 15:002/6Nick's attempts to maintain the closeness of his school friendships begin to founder.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon explores the connection between two of life's pleasures - food and music. 16:30Tim Harford investigates the effectiveness of anti-depressants. 16:56Palm Sunday is declared a day of mourning for Martin Luther King as rioting continues.
| 16:00Michael investigates why we sometimes find it hard to say what we mean or mean what we say 16:30Comedian Rhona Cameron chooses the German-American writer and poet, Charles Bukowski. 16:56Hanoi and Washington enter into talks. A Boeing 707 plane crashes at Heathrow.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores the relationship between the British and their pets. 16:30Dr Mark Porter investigates health issues of the day. 16:56Martin Luther King's funeral takes place. Labour details the Race Relations Bill.
| 16:00Simon Armitage discusses his translation of the epic poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. 16:30Quentin Cooper reveals how domesticated crops spread through Europe. 16:56The TUC ignores the government pay ceilings and London Transport is accused of racism.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series. 16:30Francine Stock follows the production of Mike Leigh's new film Happy-Go-Lucky. 16:56America's Civil Rights Bill is signed by President Lyndon B Johnson.
| 16:00Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey. 16:56A human rights pilgrimage to Canterbury continues and Blackpool holidays are under threat.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup presents a beginner's guide to the works of Fyodor Dostoevsky. 16:301/4The unforgettable poetry of the First World War. 16:56The first of a series of major Mafia trials begins in Sicily.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus sports headlines. With Carolyn Quinn. 17:30Eddie Mair presents the weekly interactive current affairs magazine. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Allan Urry visits Liechtenstein, currently the subject of major tax evasion investigations 17:40David McKittrick looks at the life and career of the DUP's deputy leader Peter Robinson. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/7James Walton takes the chair. Guests are Peter Kemp and Andrew Davies.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6The grumpy writer has a surefire idea for high profit, but it's gone astray.(R)
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6With Laurence Howarth, Richie Webb, Dave Lamb, Mark Evans, Katherine Jakeways and guests.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Guests include Richard Herring and Russell Howard.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/10Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson's guests are Josephine Hart, Alaa Al Aswany and Roy SmilesPete Molinari.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Peter Day presents a selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. 19:451/5Lucia approaches her 50th birthday, determined to make her mark on history.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including an interview with George Clooney. 19:452/5Mapp and Lucia are running against each other in the council elections.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. 19:453/5As the Mapp-Flints fall on hard times, Lucia offers a solution.
| 19:00Taylor has his day in court. 19:15With Kirsty Lang, including an interview with the New Zealand writer Lloyd Jones. 19:454/5Lucia finishes her excavations and begins to see the fruits of her political endeavours.
| 19:15With Kirsty Lang, including a look at the music of Mali-born kora player Toumani Diabate. 19:455/5Floods hit Tilling and the Mapp-Flints find themselves once again at the mercy of Lucia.
| 19:00David McKittrick looks at the life and career of the DUP's deputy leader Peter Robinson. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Louise Welsh, Michelene Wandor and Cahal Dallat.
| 19:15Barney Harwood discusses pets with authors Michael Cox and Betty Birney. 19:454/5Aunt Jo is appalled by the prospect of an afternoon spent with Violet Elizabeth.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Will Hutton and guests debate the role of nationalisation in the postwar reconstruction. 20:30Natalia Antelava asks whether the Ilkhom Theatre can survive after its founder was killed.
| 20:00Allan Urry visits Liechtenstein, currently the subject of major tax evasion investigations 20:40Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
| 20:00When a teenager's behaviour is out of control is it acceptable to tell him to leave home? 20:451/2He asks how a party whose philosophy is rooted in Marxism is surviving in the 21st century
| 20:003/4Simon Cox investigates the drug problem in our prisons. 20:30Mukul Devichand explores Chinese attitudes to environmental issues.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Harrogate. 20:50Clive James turns his attention to the Royal Mail’s decision to redesign the coinage.
| 20:00Julian Worricker looks back at 60 years of BBC masterclasses featuring great musicians.(R)
| 20:00Jenni Murray and guests in conversation about how current media trends affect our lives. 20:30Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series.
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| 21:00 | 21:002/2Hugh Levinson asks what sort of research Africa's scientists should conduct. 21:30Guests are Lisa Jardine, Stephen Isserlis, Dan Cruickshank and Lord David Owen.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter investigates health issues of the day. 21:30John Humphrys meets Shy Keenan, who recalls how she survived over a decade of child abuse.
| 21:00A team of wildlife specialists are joined by zoologists and conservationists. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation.
| 21:00Geoff Watts examines a revolutionary process for converting plant sugars into hydrogen. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ‘the Norman Yoke'.
| 21:00Comedy by Charlotte Jones. A perennially shy man sets himself a challenge.(R)
| 21:001/6Nick Jenkins and his friends make life difficult for the misfit Kenneth Widmerpool.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news and advice from the world of personal finance. 21:26Michael Palin appeals on behalf of Motivation. 21:30Mukul Devichand explores Chinese attitudes to environmental issues. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:456/10Despite the tensions on the island, Mr Watts continues with his commitment to teaching.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:457/10After his wife's death, Mr Watts continues with his project to help the children.
| 22:00With reports on possible repercussions of further protests against China's Olympics. 22:458/10Mr Watts draws the rebel fighters into the wonderful world of storytelling.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Mishal Husain. 22:459/10The Rambos have left in the night, leaving the village to wonder what spooked them.
| 22:00Robin Lustig is in Milan ahead of the Italian elections. 22:4510/10Matilda has escaped from the island and is on her way home to her father in Australia.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15When a teenager's behaviour is out of control is it acceptable to tell him to leave home?
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including From Trotsky to Respect.
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| 23:00 | 23:002/2Hardeep Singh Kohli explores the relationships between the UK and Indian film industries.(R) 23:301/3A couple attempt to patch up their awful marriage on a trip to a South African safari.
| 23:005/6The National Theatre of Brent reveals mysteries behind the tragic opera.(R) 23:302/3Three lost souls and their foreman clear up at an abandoned graveyard.
| 23:002/4Paul Hamilton visits some young offenders to demonstrate poetry's rehabilitative powers. 23:152/4Dr Pfeffer is found sitting in a French cafe, singing about a woman longing for love.(R) 23:303/3James's interest in poisons is purely scientific. If only everyone else felt the same way.
| 23:002/6With Laurence Howarth, Richie Webb, Dave Lamb, Mark Evans, Katherine Jakeways and guests. 23:301/2Midge Ure returns to his native Glasgow to explore his musical roots.(R)
| 23:00Comedian Rhona Cameron chooses the German-American writer and poet, Charles Bukowski. 23:302/2Revisiting his musical roots, Midge Ure recalls the 80s and 90s with Jim Kerr.(R)
| 23:003/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the third heat of the music quiz from the BBC Radio Theatre. 23:30Judith Palmer celebrates the 40th anniversary of Voices, a series of poetry anthologies.
| 23:00Thousands line the streets at Martin Luther King's funeral. 23:30Mark Tully considers how we look back on the past.
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