| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The meaning of military futurology, and anti-racist comedy in the UK and US. 00:45The sound of bells from the church of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate in London. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Chopin's prodigious talent as a pianist is recognised early on. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5The young Chopin becomes one of the most celebrated figures in Parisian society. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Chopin and the notorious writer George Sand become lovers. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Chopin is plagued by ill health and his relationship with George Sand breaks down. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5As Paris is shaken by revolution, Chopin seeks refuge in Scotland. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Sr Elizabeth Obbard explores how people's personal faith is shaped by formal religion. 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 Rev Dr Gordon Gray. 05:45Charlotte Smith hears how the UK is cashing in on farmed fish. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Gordon Gray. 05:45Including a report on the cross-bred sheep that sheds its own fleece.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Gordon Gray. 05:45Butterflies are under threat, according to a new report. Anna Hill finds out more.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Gordon Gray. 05:45Scottish farmers speak out against a campaign to put the clocks forward by two hours.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Gordon Gray. 05:45The RSPCA says animal welfare should be considered by planners debating a huge dairy.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Judy Merry. 05:45The news programme that starts with its listeners. With Jennifer Tracey and Eddie Mair.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from St Petroc, South Brent in Devon. 05:45Edward Stourton profiles Lord Saville of Newdigate.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Matt Baker visits Cumbria to see if life is returning to normal after the floods of 2009. 06:30Charlotte Smith finds out if the UK has enough forests to meet its demands. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Fergal Keane considers if serenity comes when you trade expectations for acceptance. 06:35Charlotte Smith visits the Sheffield school which is growing its own food. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton discusses the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Joanna Lumley appeals on behalf of International Alert. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service from the Church of God of Prophecy, Birmingham. Led by Lorraine Oliver. 08:50Simon Schama looks forward to spring with personal reflections on the changing seasons.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Ian McEwan, Paul Davies, Patricia Fara and James Crabtree. 09:451/5Chopin's prodigious talent as a pianist is recognised early on.
| 09:00Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of Kraft's takeover of Cadbury. 09:305/5John Waite reports on how childhood dreams and ambitions match up to the reality of life. 09:452/5The young Chopin becomes one of the most celebrated figures in Parisian society.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Frederic Raphael. 09:453/5Chopin and the notorious writer George Sand become lovers.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Edvard Munch and his most famous painting, The Scream. 09:454/5Chopin is plagued by ill health and his relationship with George Sand breaks down.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is entrepreneur Duncan Bannatyne. 09:455/5As Paris is shaken by revolution, Chopin seeks refuge in Scotland.
| 09:00Fi Glover is joined by writer Anthony Horowitz. With poetry from Salena Godden.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Gordon Brown MP interviewed. Plus the etiquette of going bra-less in public. 10:451/5A poem by WB Yeats holds the key to an unexpected love affair for a British diplomat.
| 10:00Actress Sian Phillips on playing Juliet at 76. Plus, female jockeys. 10:452/5Daniel tries again to approach Rachel, but she still refuses to acknowledge him.
| 10:00Has being a 'victim' become an aspiration? And what makes long term marriages break down? 10:453/5Rachel takes a trek up country, where she encounters self-styled entrepreneur Bob Newpin.
| 10:00Will DIY smear kits encourage more women to test for cervical cancer? Plus, Sandy Powell. 10:454/5Daniel discovers the tragic reason for Rachel's uneasy relationship with Kamal.
| 10:00A discussion on allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church. Plus songwriter Jesca Hoop. 10:455/5After a fleeting but cathartic affair Rachel returns to face her lover, Kamal.
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig investigates northern Australia and the countries on the Tropic of Cancer. 10:30Deirdre Pascall remembers the impact of Muhammad Ali on black Britons in the 1970's.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Sandi Toksvig visits the Human Library where you borrow a person instead of a book 11:304/6A CIA man spends the day with Team Beagle. But will his past come back to haunt him?(R)
| 11:002/3Misha Glenny explains how Switzerland willed itself into existence. 11:30With dungeons and ghosts, Rory McGrath explores the first gothic castle in English fiction
| 11:001/3Miles Warde tells the inside story of the closure of Cadbury's Somerdale factory. 11:306/6Ramesh takes it upon himself to reunite a local couple who have split up.
| 11:00Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines. 11:306/8How authors have reflected US foreign policy from Vietnam to 9/11.
| 11:00Writer Anna Chen tracks a novelty toy from design in Britain to manufacture in China. 11:301/2Bertie Wooster describes attempts to reunite his chum Freddie with ex-fiancee Elizabeth.(R)
| 11:00A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Benedict Brogan. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is the writer Frank Cottrell Boyce.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Lord Stern's message to sceptics; the mystery of the three-pronged light bulb. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00How confident are you about getting into the housing market? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Sir Alan Sugar's business tips; the Yellow Pages - useful or useless? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Gas and electricity at cost price; clamping down on used car sales. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Blockbuster up for sale, clampdown on extra car hire charges and surfing in Bournemouth. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:303/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical review of the week's news. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:0011/12Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Jenny Eclair, Pam Ayres and Gyles Brandreth. 12:32If beetroot juice is good for us, should the EU decide whether or not we are told? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Nigel Rees chairs. With Mary Beard, Marcel Theroux, Arthur Smith and Ariel Leve.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Exploring what an American spiritual song means to different people
| 13:00National and international news. 13:30'1000s of cockroaches on trains' - really?; C4; covering Sahil's kidnap; sport on TV.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Tom Heap witnesses the worldwide police operation against the trade in endangered species.
| 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 from Leeds.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:301/2Bettany Hughes looks at the history of the church to ask, 'where have all the women gone?'
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| 14:00 | 14:00Kate gets maternal on Mother's Day. 14:151/2As Emma and Richard's wedding approaches, the in-laws-to-be are about to meet.
| 14:00Lilian finds an unexpected source of support. 14:152/2Emma and Richard's wedding day arrives. Will the day go without the proverbial hitch?
| 14:00Jill and Usha join forces. 14:15Heartwarming comedy by Leah Chillery about a black male walking group.
| 14:00Kate catches up with an old comrade. 14:155/6An old friend invites Adam on to his radio programme to talk about his new book.
| 14:00Time is running out for Kenton. 14:156/6It's Adam's brother Derek who holds the key to how the story ends for the group of friends
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:301/2Stephen Poliakoff's drama about an engineer's relationship with his children.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs. With Bob Flowerdew, Bunny Guinness and Matthew Wilson. 14:452/3Were Caravaggio's great innovations in painting based on smoke and mirrors?
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| 15:00 | 15:00Reeta Chakrabarti unearths some memorable moments in presidential TV debates. 15:456/10Why Josiah Wedgwood began to use accounting to run his business.
| 15:00Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world. 15:301/34 Extra Debut. An elderly Zimbabwean coffin maker struts his stuff. With Lucian Msamati. 15:457/10How the 'railway mania' of the mid-19th century led to dodgy accounting and outright fraud
| 15:00Vincent Duggleby and a panel of guests answer calls on pensions. 15:302/3When Rambanai returns from Dallas, her search for a bigger world has unexpected outcomes. 15:458/10The role played by accountants in the Holocaust and the Highland Clearances.
| 15:00The Sheffield Dog Walking Group gather to join Clare Balding for a walk in the Peaks. 15:27Sir George Martin appeals on behalf of Deafness Research UK. 15:303/3A Zimbabwean embassy official in Switzerland wins big, and sets out to claim his prize. 15:459/10Jolyon Jenkins on the military's sometimes uncomfortable relationship with accountancy.
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs. With Bob Flowerdew, Bunny Guinness and Matthew Wilson. 15:4510/10Jolyon Jenkins looks at accountancy as obfuscation.
| 15:30Exploring what an American spiritual song means to different people
| 15:002/4In London, Clarissa begins to learn of the darker side of Lovelace's character.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Richard Johnson is in Miami to hear how the 2010 Superbowl had its very own food story. 16:30Ernie Rea asks if the use of apocalyptic language is helpful in the climate change debate.
| 16:00Clive Coleman looks at the International Criminal Court and the Dangerous Dogs Act. 16:30Sue MacGregor, John Oxford and Dorothy Crawford discuss their favourite books.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor discusses milk and modernity, and why burglary is going out of fashion. 16:303/4Vivienne Parry asks when a normal concern about our wellbeing turns into health anxiety.
| 16:00Novelist Maggie Gee talks to Mariella Frostrup about her memoir My Animal Life. 16:30Uncertatinty in science; artificial photosynthesis; a UK space agency?
| 16:00Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series. 16:30Gurinder Chadha discusses her new film, It's A Wonderful Afterlife.
| 16:00Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup's guests include the writer DJ Taylor. 16:30Roger McGough introduces a selection of mainly American poetry.
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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 Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn Quinn, plus sports headlines. 17:30Evan Davis and his panel disccuss rivals and regulation. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Jackie Long finds out what is being done to help young abusers stop offending. 17:40Edward Stourton profiles Lord Saville of Newdigate. 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. 18:3011/12Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Jenny Eclair, Pam Ayres and Gyles Brandreth.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Marcus Brigstocke excites Jon Culshaw with some lettuce, and then invites him to a casino.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4The second episode sees the young idealists wrangling over their party's Foreign Policy.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Milton's a go-getting travel entrepreneur who builds the world's most extreme sports hotel
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical review of the week's news.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Jim Broadbent, Sophie Dahl and Sheridan Smith.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Sheila McClennon introduces her selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Lilian finds an unexpected source of support. 19:15Mark Lawson interviews screenwriter Alan Ball, whose credits include True Blood. 19:451/5A poem by WB Yeats holds the key to an unexpected love affair for a British diplomat.
| 19:00Jill and Usha join forces. 19:15Jeremy Irons on his return to the RSC after 23 years to star in Dennis Kelly's new play. 19:452/5Daniel tries again to approach Rachel, but she still refuses to acknowledge him.
| 19:00Kate catches up with an old comrade. 19:15Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti on the follow-up to her controversial play Behzti; art of TV titles. 19:453/5Rachel takes a trek up country, where she encounters self-styled entrepreneur Bob Newpin.
| 19:00Time is running out for Kenton. 19:15John Wilson reports on the world's biggest art theft, still unsolved. 19:454/5Daniel discovers the tragic reason for Rachel's uneasy relationship with Kamal.
| 19:00Pip fights fire with fire at Brookfield. 19:15Vadim Jean on his film about two men's 37 years in solitary confinement. 19:455/5After a fleeting but cathartic affair Rachel returns to face her lover, Kamal.
| 19:00Edward Stourton profiles Lord Saville of Newdigate. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:00Pip hears some words of wisdom. 19:15Matt Frei talks to journalist Carl Bernstein and writer Jonathan Raban. 19:452/5Jim meets Long John Silver and soon discovers that there is more to him than meets the eye(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Mike Thomson investigates the story behind the German PoWs forced to work in Britain. 20:30What if science could read people's thoughts and intentions? Kenan Malik investigates.
| 20:00Jackie Long finds out what is being done to help young abusers stop offending. 20:40Feedback to previous programmes and the launch of Can't See, Will Cook with Richard Lane.
| 20:00Michael Buerk chairs. With Anne McElvoy, Michael Portillo, Kenan Malik and Matthew Taylor. 20:45Sr Elizabeth Obbard explores how people's personal faith is shaped by formal religion.
| 20:00Clive Coleman looks at the International Criminal Court and the Dangerous Dogs Act. 20:30Evan Davis and his panel disccuss rivals and regulation.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Leeds. 20:50Simon Schama looks forward to spring with personal reflections on the changing seasons.
| 20:00Allan Little examines the role of sport in the politics of South Africa.
| 20:00Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy. 20:30Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Tom Heap witnesses the worldwide police operation against the trade in endangered species. 21:30Andrew Marr with Ian McEwan, Paul Davies, Patricia Fara and James Crabtree.
| 21:003/4Vivienne Parry asks when a normal concern about our wellbeing turns into health anxiety. 21:30Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of Kraft's takeover of Cadbury.
| 21:00James Maw on the controversial 1960s and 1970s psychiatrist Dr William Sargant.(R) 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Frederic Raphael.
| 21:00Mark Whitaker investigates the tarnished image of a flawed scientific process.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Edvard Munch and his most famous painting, The Scream.
| 21:003/20Neil Macgregor retells humanity's history through the objects it has made.
| 21:001/4Heiress Clarissa Harlowe is dangerously attracted by notorious libertine Robert Lovelace.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Joanna Lumley appeals on behalf of International Alert. 21:30What if science could read people's thoughts and intentions? Kenan Malik investigates. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:451/10Physicist Michael Beard finds that his fifth marriage is floundering.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:452/10Michael Beard has been humiliated to discover that his wife, Patrice, is having an affair.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Carolyn Quinn. 22:453/10Michael Beard returns early from a climate change expedition to find an unexpected visitor
| 22:00Can the Middle East Quartet meeting in Moscow revive the peace process in the region? 22:454/10Michael has covered up the accidental death of his colleague and framed his wife's lover.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:455/10It is now five years since Professor Michael Beard framed his ex-wife's lover for murder.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Michael Buerk chairs. With Anne McElvoy, Michael Portillo, Kenan Malik and Matthew Taylor.
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including Make 'Em Laugh.
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| 23:00 | 23:002/3Rory meets Barry Murphy, the Irish topical comic and satirist. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:00The Showstopper musical improvisation group create a musical on the spot. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Susan Hulme.
| 23:004/6Johnno is so sick and tired of London that he's even lost his upward inflection. 23:152/4Job interview from hell. Nick's fast-paced comedy sketches.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:001/6Flawed wannabe Scrooby mis-spends his inheritance on the 'Fruit on a Pizza' company. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:00Sue MacGregor, John Oxford and Dorothy Crawford discuss their favourite books. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:00Nigel Rees chairs. With Mary Beard, Marcel Theroux, Arthur Smith and Ariel Leve. 23:30Roger McGough introduces listeners' requests, read by Henry Goodman and Selina Cadell.
| 23:00Gurinder Chadha discusses her new film, It's A Wonderful Afterlife. 23:30Fergal Keane considers if serenity comes when you trade expectations for acceptance.
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