| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor discusses what is being called the re-Stalinisation of Russia. 00:45The sound of bells from St Nicholas's Church, Leeds in Kent. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The true story of the two sisters who found one of the earliest known copies of the Bible. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Having returned from a trip to Jerusalem, the twins are separated for the first time ever. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5While working in the library at Mount Sinai, Agnes stumbles upon a hidden palimpsest. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The sisters return to Mount Sinai with various academics in tow. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Agnes' discovery is finally published, but this does not put an end to the twins' travels. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5By Heidi Amsinck. Mr Roper finds that Mrs Vinterberg collects rather more than antiques.(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. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with the Archbishop of Wales, Rev Dr Barry Morgan. 05:452009 sees the final Royal Show. What might the Royal's demise mean for other shows? 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with the Archbishop of Wales, Rev Dr Barry Morgan. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with the Archbishop of Wales, Rev Dr Barry Morgan. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with the Archbishop of Wales, Rev Dr Barry Morgan. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Chris Impey.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with the Archbishop of Wales, Rev Dr Barry Morgan. 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 Rev Dr Gordon Gray. 05:45Melissa Raphael considers the idea of God's absence for many Jews in the Holocaust.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from All Saints, Daresbury in Cheshire. 05:45Mary Ann Sieghart profiles the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu.
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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.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark finds out about Canon Frome, an eco-community in Ledbury. 06:30Anna Hill asks why many farmers aren't vaccinating their animals against Bluetongue virus. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully explores the meaning of Jesus' words at the Last Supper. 06:35The Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, the Very Rev Christopher Lewis, leads a meditation. 06:57The latest weather forecast. 06:59Jesus Christ is risen today.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 07:01The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Roger Bolton discusses the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Gabby Logan appeals on behalf of St John's Catholic School for the Deaf. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10The joy of Easter is celebrated in a Eucharist from Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr is joined by former Iraqi Defence Minister Ali Allawi and actor Wallace Shawn. 09:451/5The true story of the two sisters who found one of the earliest known copies of the Bible.
| 09:002/2With Nitin Sawhney, the Archbishop of Canterbury and some Welsh rugby fans. 09:307/8Stanley Baldwin led Britain between the wars and was the first premier to master radio. 09:452/5Having returned from a trip to Jerusalem, the twins are separated for the first time ever.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests. 09:453/5While working in the library at Mount Sinai, Agnes stumbles upon a hidden palimpsest.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aldous Huxley's dystopian 1932 novel Brave New World. 09:454/5The sisters return to Mount Sinai with various academics in tow.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor brings together some of the original members of the National Theatre. 09:455/5Agnes' discovery is finally published, but this does not put an end to the twins' travels.
| 09:00Fi Glover is joined by basketball player turned presenter turned psychologist John Amaechi
| 09:00Paddy O'Connell discusses public interest in the middle of a political firestorm.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Actor and comedian Maureen Lipman on her varied career. Plus, music from Juice.
| 10:00Musician Imogen Cooper on the solitary life of a solo pianist.
| 10:00Singer and songwriter Carole King on her extraordinary life and career.
| 10:00The life and achievements of aviator Sheila Scott. Professor Ursula King on spirituality.
| 10:00What are the pros and cons of formal testing for 7 and 11 year olds?
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig wanders around some of Britain's cemeteries with historian Dr Julian Litten. 10:30Midge Ure travels to Cape Town to meet a group of young township musicians.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:0044 years a milkman in Birmingham, Derrick Weaver gives a revealing insight into his job. 11:304/6Ronnie has a devious idea to get Nick's ex-girlfriend back. What could go wrong?(R)
| 11:001/2Gareth is at El Mirage dry lake bed in the Californian desert where 'hot rodding' was born(R) 11:302/2How a new generation of black writers and film-makers challenged stereotypes.
| 11:00Novelist Louise Welsh investigates the enduring fascination with the Inconnue de la Seine. 11:302/4Reluctant arms dealer Simon decides to quit when he has to sell uniforms to child soldiers
| 11:00Michael Montgomery reports on hidden alleged atrocities in Kosovo. 11:30Susan Marling pays tribute to architect Frank Lloyd Wright's influence on house design.
| 11:00Writer Hilary Finch shares her fascination with Iceland. 11:303/3By Rona Munro. A lonely lady on a holiday falls in love with two members of a family.
| 11:00The 'Green New Deal' which is promised to fight both global warming and the recession. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor brings together people who were involved in the 1989 Hillsborough disaster.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest figures on the organic market; and Simon Parkes investigates the working lunch. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Peter White. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Money Box debates the future of pensions in the current economic climate. 12:306/8Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:003/6David Mitchell chairs. With Lucy Porter, Chris Addison, Clive Anderson and Graeme Garden. 12:32Sheila Dillon joins the Larchfield Community to mark the approach of Spring and Easter. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:305/13The general knowledge music quiz with Paul Gambaccini.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Jocelyn Pook celebrates the music and meaning of the word Hallelujah through history.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Ed Stourton examines the future for investigative journalism and diversity in advertising.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Tom Heap reports on the Antarctic Treaty.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in London.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Brian Hanrahan. 13:30Sue Broom looks at the genetics and health of pedigree dogs.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:15Believing in magic, six-year-old Fern has a very big and important wish to make.(R)
| 14:153/5Five plays reimagine Jesus's story through the eyes of those who witnessed it.(R)
| 14:15By Kris Kenway. A day in the life of the enigmatic city where east meets west.
| 14:154/5Five plays reimagine Jesus's story through the eyes of those who witnessed it.(R)
| 14:15Comedy by Peter Vickers about one man's quest to get out of bed.
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30A criminal turned TV celebrity agrees to participate in a reality show. Dark comedy.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs. With John Cushnie, Matthew Biggs and Pippa Greenwood. 14:454/4Mark Stephen meets two ladies on Mull who found the ruins of an early Christian chapel.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Mark Lawson traces the career of late US novelist and poet John Updike. 15:451/15How clothes symbolised power, philosophy, taste, sexuality and personal expression.
| 15:00Could a listener's hotel in North Wales once have been the court of Llewellyn the Great? 15:301/3Joe Bloggs is dead, but who knew him best: his first love, his wife or his lawyer? 15:452/15Men's clothing at the court of Charles I betrayed all the tensions of the age.
| 15:00Paul Lewis and guests answer calls on financial issues. 15:302/3Joe Bloggs is dead but who knew him best: his first love, his wife or his lawyer? 15:453/15The restoration of Charles II seems to signal a return to the old sartorial order.
| 15:02Helen Mark explores the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. 15:27Valerie Singleton appeals on behalf of SOS Sahel. 15:303/3Joe Bloggs is dead but who knew him best: his first love, his wife or his lawyer? 15:454/15Laurence visits Bath, the setting for the 18th-century revolution in men's clothing.
| 15:00Rev Milton Williams meditates on the Passion Narrative. 15:304/5By Richard Griffiths. A mouse undertakes a perilous journey to meet a parrot.(R) 15:455/15Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen explores Beau Brummell, British fashion's most influential man.
| | 15:001/2Forced by her aunt to marry her sickly cousin, Therese and her lover Laurent plot murder.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon finds out how the 2012 Olympics is already changing food in Britain. 16:305/6Clare English finds out how new technology can help preserve the very old.
| 16:00Michael Rosen on spelling, which is again becoming synonymous with having a good education 16:30Television and radio presenter Stuart Hall discusses his lifelong hero, Napoleon Bonaparte
| 16:00Laurie Taylor sees an exhibition on how artists have represented social order through time 16:30Dr Mark Porter explores men's health in the workplace.
| 16:00Andrew Motion talks to James Naughtie about his 10 years as Poet Laureate. 16:30Forty years after the first British Concorde flight what happened to the supersonic dream?
| 16:00John Wilson presents the obituary series. 16:30Francine Stock talks to poet, publisher, painter and film actor Viggo Mortensen.
| 16:00Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Little.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup presents a celebration of nature writing. 16:304/4WH Davies' work has a simplicity that is still revered.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn Quinn.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn Quinn, plus sports headlines. 17:30The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Mike Wooldridge reports on the quiet economic inroads into Africa being made by India. 17:40Mary Ann Sieghart profiles the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu. 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. 18:303/6David Mitchell chairs. With Lucy Porter, Chris Addison, Clive Anderson and Graeme Garden.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Victoria Coren hosts the show that thinks the unthinkable. With David Baddiel and more.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Mark celebrates Walsall and why it has nothing to do with Birmingham.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Chris Addison introduces Sarah Millican, James Sherwood and Jeff Green.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/8Comedy 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 presents an eclectic mix of conversation, comedy and music.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Ernie Rae introduces his selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang. 19:451/10When Ruth visits her mother she embarks on a dark, dangerous journey into the past.
| 19:15John Wilson presents, with guest writer Margaret Drabble; plus a new Handel exhibition. 19:452/10Ruth learns more about her mother's recruitment as a British spy.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with John Wilson. 19:453/10Ruth discovers that her mother thinks that someone is trying to kill her.
| 19:15Including Philip Glenister on the second series of Ashes to Ashes. 19:454/10Ruth learns some shocking truths about her mother's activities as a British spy.
| 19:15Alan Ayckbourn reflects on a career in which he has written 72 full length plays. 19:455/10As Sally's activities in the USA become more dangerous, Ruth is visited by the police.
| 19:00Mary Ann Sieghart profiles the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Philip Hoare, Aminatta Forna and Adam Curtis.
| 19:15Kirsten O'Brien goes shopping with children to find out what's cool and what's not. 19:454/5By Anthony Horowitz. The dreaded weekenders have left and the village is quiet - or is it?(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Why black soldiers in the French army were denied the glory of liberating Paris in 1944. 20:30A report from Swaziland, where children are learning to read and write in informal schools
| 20:00Mike Wooldridge reports on the quiet economic inroads into Africa being made by India. 20:40Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
| 20:001/4Does shouting at children inflict damage or is it an inevitable part of busy family life? 20:45Melissa Raphael considers the idea of God's absence for many Jews in the Holocaust.
| 20:00Linda Pressly investigates the impact of the latest Northern Ireland violence. 20:30Peter Day hears from those who are pinning their hopes for economic recovery on innovation
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in London. 20:50Clive James makes a case for the Cane Toad.
| 20:00Brian Cox looks at the work of his science hero Carl Sagan and his epic TV series COSMOS.
| 20:00Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy. 20:30John Wilson presents the obituary series.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Tom Heap reports on the Antarctic Treaty. 21:30Andrew Marr is joined by former Iraqi Defence Minister Ali Allawi and actor Wallace Shawn.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter explores men's health in the workplace. 21:302/2With Nitin Sawhney, the Archbishop of Canterbury and some Welsh rugby fans.
| 21:002/2Rod Liddle considers the cat and the dog. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests.
| 21:00Mark Miodownik explores the prospect of a new generation of highly poweful batteries. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aldous Huxley's dystopian 1932 novel Brave New World.
| 21:00A man wakes up in a hospital in Berlin with no memory of who he is, or where he comes from(R)
| 21:002/2Ashe and Joan's battle to secure the scarab is becoming intense. Baxter is in hot pursuit.
| 21:00Money Box debates the future of pensions in the current economic climate. 21:26Gabby Logan appeals on behalf of St John's Catholic School for the Deaf. 21:30Peter Day hears from those who are pinning their hopes for economic recovery on innovation 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:451/5Christine, reduced to poverty after the First World War, receives a telegram from her aunt
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:452/5Poor, shy Christine is transformed into a beautiful, confident young woman.
| 22:00Presented by Jane Hill. Including the latest on anti-terror raids in north-west England. 22:453/5Christine's new-found happiness is ruined when a jealous rival spreads gossip.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:454/5Christine and Ferdinand grow closer but their hopes are curtailed by a lack of money.
| 22:00Can Pakistan do more to combat terror? US warships head to the scene of a pirate attack. 22:455/5As their resources finally run out, Christine and Ferdinand are faced with two choices.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:151/4Does shouting at children inflict damage or is it an inevitable part of busy family life?
| 22:00Including The Prime Ministers.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Dominic Arkwright chairs the discussion programme. 23:301/8Novelist Michael Pearce gets a lucrative offer. Starring Robert Bathurst.(R)
| 23:003/3Arthur arrives at western art's most glorious flowering - his own work. 23:302/8Michael Pearce's attempt to research the powerful Winshaw family proves challenging.(R)
| 23:002/6Russell Kane revisits his teenage diary for host Rufus Hound. 23:15Highlights from the Latitude Festival in Suffolk. Performers include Kat Francois.(R) 23:303/8Michael Pearce meets the family's politician, Henry. Stars Robert Bathurst.(R)
| 23:004/6Ex-MP Edwina Currie quizzes a comedy panel about herself.(R) 23:304/8Michael Pearce encounters Mortimer Winshaw's son, art guru Roddy.(R)
| 23:00Television and radio presenter Stuart Hall discusses his lifelong hero, Napoleon Bonaparte 23:303/4How Vashti Bunyan's album arose from a journey to the Outer Hebrides.(R)
| 23:005/13The general knowledge music quiz with Paul Gambaccini. 23:303/4Dom Moraes' poetry betrayed the melancholy of a man who never quite belonged.
| 23:02Francine Stock talks to poet, publisher, painter and film actor Viggo Mortensen. 23:30Mark Tully explores the meaning of Jesus' words at the Last Supper.
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