| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15A special edition: Laurie talks to cultural theorist Stuart Hall. 00:45The bells of St George's, Poynton, Cheshire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The scandalous Pope Joan - the myth and reality of the only female Pope are explored. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Nicholas Breakspear was the only English pope - elected into tumultuous 12th-century Rome. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Rodrigo Borgia bribed his way to the papacy, fathering at least six children on the way. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Genial, laid-back Pius VI was not an ideal pope at the time of the French Revolution. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5John XXIII was expected to be a caretaker pope but his pontificate shook the world. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Austen Ivereigh reflects on ending the cycle of conflict by becoming the forgiving victim. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With Canon Dr Ann Holt of the Bible Society. 05:45With Caz Graham. Could high car insurance force young farmers to leave farming? 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With Canon Dr Ann Holt of the Bible Society. 05:45Anna Hill hears claims that council cuts could have a devastating impact on rural schools.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With Canon Dr Ann Holt of the Bible Society. 05:45People living in rural communities call for cheaper fuel prices in today's Budget.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With Canon Dr Ann Holt of the Bible Society. 05:45Claims that a high speed rail link through the countryside will benefit rural areas.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With Canon Dr Ann Holt of the Bible Society. 05:45Concerns from an anti-gun group over young children being issued with shotgun licences.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43With the Reverend Prebendary Edward Mason, Rector of Bath Abbey. 05:45The programme that starts with its listeners.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of Westminster Abbey. 05:45Morland Sanders profiles the Secretary General of the Arab League, Amr Moussa.
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| 06:00 | 06:00William Hague on the Libya attacks, plus Twitter turns five.
| 06:00Are politicians and the military at loggerheads over Libya?
| 06:00Stephanie Flanders, Robert Peston and Nick Robinson preview today's Budget.
| 06:00George Osborne on the Budget, plus Angela Lansbury remembers Elizabeth Taylor.
| 06:00Could Portugal derail the eurozone? And Tom Stoppard on his campaign against censorship.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Richard Uridge explores the Edgelands around Manchester. 06:30Paying the price for a rural idyll - many rural services cost more than urban ones. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05'Trains are made for meditation' - Mark Tully celebrates the beauty of rail travel. 06:35Caz Graham looks at new eco-friendly farming techniques at Aberystwyth University. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Debating today's anti-cuts march in London, plus is this 'the golden age of the placard'?
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Jane Little with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Ronnie Corbett presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity the Amber Trust. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Part of our series for Lent from Govan Old Parish Church, Glasgow. 08:50David Attenborough recalls visiting Australia to find the giant earthworm - using his ears
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with John Makepeace, Victoria Pomery, Pamela Yates and Melanie McGrath. 09:451/5The scandalous Pope Joan - the myth and reality of the only female Pope are explored.
| 09:00David Bermingham, one of the 'NatWest Three', speaks to John Humphrys. 09:303/5Nigel Cassidy drops in on the highest-rating programme on Basque television. 09:452/5Nicholas Breakspear was the only English pope - elected into tumultuous 12th-century Rome.
| 09:00Libby Purves is joined by Ben Goddard, Dame Catherine, Jeff Pearce and David Wood. 09:453/5Rodrigo Borgia bribed his way to the papacy, fathering at least six children on the way.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the dawn of the Iron Age. 09:454/5Genial, laid-back Pius VI was not an ideal pope at the time of the French Revolution.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor reunites five people caught up in the 1981 Brixton Riots. 09:455/5John XXIII was expected to be a caretaker pope but his pontificate shook the world.
| 09:00Suzy Klein with pop star Rick Astley; Inheritance Tracks from Clarence B Jones.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Is the kitchen now the most important room in the house? 10:451/5If women started to go missing amidst a media frenzy, how would fear affect your choices?
| 10:00Presented by Jane Garvey. What future careers are there for girls in science and IT? 10:452/5News of the women's disappearances puts Dot's dull existence into sharp relief.
| 10:00With Jenni Murray. Including DH Lawrence's depiction of women. 10:453/5Joe adores Kathy, but how would she react to his dark past?
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Including Anne-Marie Duff on her new play, Cause Celebre. 10:454/5A schoolgirl's white lie sparks hysteria across the city.
| 10:00With Jenni Murray. Leonora Rustamova; house swap holidays; pop crushes; poet Eavan Boland. 10:45The messages conveyed in the syllables, melodies and repeated phrases of singing birds.(R)
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig explores Morecambe Bay, India and around Sheffield. 10:302/4Paul Gambaccini tells the story behind BB King's classic 1964 album, Live at the Regal
| 10:00Jim has some exciting news and Jill wins a significant concession.
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| 11:00 | 11:002/2What has happened to Cadbury in the year since Kraft took control? 11:305/6Brian tells of his visit to a land with a very different sexual politics.
| 11:002/2Stephanie Flanders continues her search for growth in Britain's economy. 11:30Dr Susan Blackmore examines internet memes - from film parodies to kittens.
| 11:002/3With the soldiers of the Royal Welsh on the front line, the families wait for news. 11:303/4Does Humphrey Partridge harbour a dark secret?
| 11:00A portrait of life in Iraq through the story of its international gateway. 11:30Laurence Llewelyn Bowen considers the impact of the Aesthetic movement on the British home
| 11:00Alan Dein on how Northants villagers shatter the midnight peace in a din of pots and pans 11:305/6Maria's ex-boyfriend turns up looking for love.
| 11:00Peter Riddell looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Kate Adie with insight and colour from correspondents around the world.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor reunites five people from the birth of rock 'n' roll in the UK.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Sharmini Selvarajah examines universities are turning to former students to boost funding. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00What should Chancellor George Osborne include in tomorrow's Budget? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Live coverage of the Chancellor's Budget, analysis by Martha Kearney and Winifred Robinson
| 12:00The Money Box team answer your personal finance questions arising from the Budget. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Open Water Swimming and why Lego's profits are towering, with Peter White. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Paul Lewis and guests discuss a new HMRC tax calculation error and Budget 2011. 12:304/6In Budget week, Punt and Dennis count the cost of war with guest Rory Bremner. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:007/8Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Tony Hawks, Ross Noble and Liza Tarbuck. 12:32Natural wine is the latest buzz in the wine world but what is it? Sheila Dillon finds out. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Thirty minutes of news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:305/6Three students from Salford University take on their professors in a battle of wits.
| 13:00Thirty minutes of news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:30Music lovers describe the part that Schubert's Winterreise has played in their lives.
| 13:57The latest weather forecast.
| 13:00Thirty minutes of news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:30BBC cuts with Pat Younge, Maggie Brown and Richard Brooks; reviewing the TV ad market.
| 13:00Thirty minutes of news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:30A brief history of time. BBC Trust chairman talks about the BBC losing 'its moral compass'
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the live debate from Kingston Grammar School in Surrey.
| 13:00In-depth reporting of national and international events. 13:30Josie d'Arby tells the remarkable story of Charlotte White's road to musical redemption.
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| 14:00 | 14:00There's a surprise meeting for Jamie. 14:15A reluctant husband is forced to face up to the reality of his wife's terminal illness.
| 14:00David struggles to let go. 14:15Comedy drama about two very different men mourning the woman they both loved.
| 14:00Jim has some exciting news. 14:154/4Brian Cox and Siobhan Redmond star in the Victorian detective series.
| 14:15A woman takes refuge in an attic as she is almost caught having an affair.
| 14:15Ash lost her singing voice when her mum died. How can she get it back?
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Simon Passmore's fast-paced psychological thriller. Starring Claire Foy.
| 14:00Pippa Greenwood, Bob Flowerdew and Anne Swithinbank are at The Edible Garden Show. 14:455/5Tony Hill looks at the genesis of five important inventions that were ahead of their time.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Brian Cox presents an archive tribute to the genius of physicist Richard Feynman. 15:456/10Historian Sir David Cannadine explores Winston's Churchill's love affair with cinema.
| 15:00Tom Holland presents the programme that reflects listener's passion for the past. 15:301/3By Beatrice Colin. An enthusiastic suffragette takes a stand by evading the 1911 census. 15:458/10Sir David Cannadine explores Winston Churchill's vexed relationship with money.
| 15:00Experts answer queries about finding mortgages or remortgaging. 15:302/3By Kathryn Simmonds. Two isolated neighbours bond over the census form. 15:459/10Sir David Cannadine explores how painting was the hobby that meant most to Churchill.
| 15:00Is the iconic Dartmoor pony under threat? Helen Mark is on Dartmoor to find out. 15:27Graça Machel presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Canon Collins Trust. 15:303/3By Louise Welsh. A lowly job chasing census evaders leads a girl to a disturbing encounter 15:45From cavalry officer to race horse breeder, exploring Winston Churchill's love of horses.
| 15:00Pippa Greenwood, Bob Flowerdew and Anne Swithinbank are at The Edible Garden Show. 15:45Sir David Cannadine looks at Winston Churchill's faith and his driving sense of destiny.
| 15:30Music lovers describe the part that Schubert's Winterreise has played in their lives.
| 15:002/2Will Professor Challenger and his team survive the dangers of the Amazonian plateau?
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| 16:00 | 16:00Frozen food has been a recession success, but can it muscle in on the premium market? 16:30How an English Muslim convert spread a message of tolerance in Pakistan and Afghanistan.(R)
| 16:00Michael Rosen looks at the speaking of English in the UK - who does and who doesn't? 16:30Andi Osho and Toby Young talk to Sian Williams about their favourite books.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores shifts in world power. Also, the legacy of 19th-century Temperance. 16:302/3Michael Blastland goes to Chicago to explore a machine-like view of the economy.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to writer Will Self about cuts to UK libraries. 16:30Quentin Cooper investigates the news in science and science in the news.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Elizabeth Taylor, Warren Christopher, Fred Titmus and Jet Harris. 16:30Francine Stock talks to the veteran German director Werner Herzog and to Kevin MacDonald.
| 16:00Jane Garvey presents. Anne-Marie Duff on going from Shameless to posh in a new stage role.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Monica Ali about her new novel inspired by Princess Diana. 16:30Seema Anand unravels Iqbal's epic poem Shikwa, Man's heartrending complaint to God.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories.
| 17:00Eddie Mair brings you the top stories of the day.
| 17:00A fresh perspective on the day's news with sports headlines. 17:30Evan Davis asks his guests how clothing and fashion differ from other businesses. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Is the NHS doing enough to combat the crisis in organ donations? Allan Urry investigates. 17:40Morland Sanders profiles the Secretary General of the Arab League, Amr Moussa. 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. 18:307/8Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Tony Hawks, Ross Noble and Liza Tarbuck.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/7The ground-breaking phone-in show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Simon Mayo hosts a three-way battle to find out which is the funniest comedy generation.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Charlie Brooker hosts the comedy panel show that revels in glorious failure.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6In Budget week, Punt and Dennis count the cost of war with guest Rory Bremner.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Peter Curran is joined by Fern Britton, Arlene Phillips, Emma Freud and Yasmine Smart.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15John Harris makes his selection from the week's radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00David struggles to let go. 19:15A review of The Eagle, starring Channing Tatum, and Sheffield's Ruskin Collection reopens. 19:451/5If women started to go missing amidst a media frenzy, how would fear affect your choices?
| 19:00Jim has some exciting news. 19:15Mark Lawson reviews Midsomer Murders and talks to singer and fiddle player Alison Krauss. 19:452/5News of the women's disappearances puts Dot's dull existence into sharp relief.
| 19:15Memories of Elizabeth Taylor from Nicolas Roeg, Barry Norman and Paul Gambaccini. 19:453/5Joe adores Kathy, but how would she react to his dark past?
| 19:15Kirsty Lang meets theatre director Peter Brook, and reviews Room at the Top on TV. 19:454/5A schoolgirl's white lie sparks hysteria across the city.
| 19:00Jill wins a significant concession. 19:15The Aesthetic Movement at the V&A and director of Kylie's Aphrodite-Les Folies Show. 19:451/3By Beatrice Colin. An enthusiastic suffragette takes a stand by evading the 1911 census.(R)
| 19:00Morland Sanders profiles the Secretary General of the Arab League, Amr Moussa. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Adam Mars Jones, Amanda Vickery and James Runcie.
| 19:00Joe and Eddie try some covert cookery. Meanwhile, Kathy's very worried. 19:15EL Doctorow discusses his newest book, All the Time in the World. 19:454/5The crew realise they may not be the first manned spaceship to land on Mars after all.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Mike Thomson reveals the truth behind an alleged British plot to kill Lenin. 20:30David Goodhart examines a radical plan to win back Labour's working-class supporters.
| 20:00Is the NHS doing enough to combat the crisis in organ donations? Allan Urry investigates. 20:40Can the NHS cope with demand for treatment for the UK's most common cause of blindness?
| 20:00Clive Anderson and guests discuss issues raised by anti-terror legislation. 20:45Austen Ivereigh reflects on ending the cycle of conflict by becoming the forgiving victim.
| 20:00The story behind cases involving evangelical Christians and the Equalities legislation. 20:30Evan Davis asks his guests how clothing and fashion differ from other businesses.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the live debate from Kingston Grammar School in Surrey. 20:50David Attenborough recalls visiting Australia to find the giant earthworm - using his ears
| 20:00Sean Street on how our sound archive is being saved and opened up by the British Library.
| 20:00A brief history of time. BBC Trust chairman talks about the BBC losing 'its moral compass' 20:30Matthew Bannister on Elizabeth Taylor, Warren Christopher, Fred Titmus and Jet Harris.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper investigates the news in science and science in the news. 21:30Andrew Marr with John Makepeace, Victoria Pomery, Pamela Yates and Melanie McGrath.
| 21:002/2The team launch the Herschel telescope, the biggest telescope ever sent to space.(R) 21:30David Bermingham, one of the 'NatWest Three', speaks to John Humphrys.
| 21:00What next for the British nuclear industry? Tom Heap reports on the future of fission. 21:30Libby Purves is joined by Ben Goddard, Dame Catherine, Jeff Pearce and David Wood.
| 21:002/2Dr Adam Rutherford investigates the case of medical misconduct that led to the MMR scare. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the dawn of the Iron Age.
| 21:002/3Epic family saga set in Egypt under colonial rule from Naguib Mahfouz.(R)
| 21:001/2Professor Challenger sets out to find a lost race of creatures in the heart of the Amazon.
| 21:00Paul Lewis and guests discuss a new HMRC tax calculation error and Budget 2011. 21:26Ronnie Corbett presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity the Amber Trust. 21:30David Goodhart examines a radical plan to win back Labour's working-class supporters.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Daily news and current affairs programme bringing you global news and analysis. 22:451/5Emilia Fox reads the only completed novella by celebrated author Mary Shelley.
| 22:00Daily news and current affairs programme bringing you global news and analysis. 22:452/5Mathilda and her father enjoy high society together in London, until he suddenly changes.
| 22:00The latest on the Budget; anti-regime protests in Syria; the latest from Libya. 22:453/5After hearing her father's devastating confession, Mathilda finds that he has fled.
| 22:00Daily news and current affairs programme bringing you global news and analysis. 22:454/5Mathilda longs to escape her anxious relatives who are mystified by her father's suicide.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:455/5Unable to trust anyone with her secret, Mathilda decides to test Woodville's friendship.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Clive Anderson and guests discuss issues raised by anti-terror legislation.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45George Parker of the Financial Times takes a look at how the papers treat the week's news.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Psychologist Oliver James presents his favourite prose and poetry. 23:30Sean Curran reports on events in Parliament where MPs debate action in Libya.
| 23:001/6Surreal take on infuriating call centres and ex-soviet tyrants.(R) 23:30Rachel Byrne reports on events at Westminster.
| 23:003/4The Cold War, the space race and the last man on the moon. 23:153/4A terminally ill woman tries to set her husband up with a stranger.(R) 23:30Rachel Byrne reports on today's debates in Parliament.
| 23:006/6Johnny Vaughan, Alan Davies, Roisin Conaty and Arthur Smith devise the panel show's rounds 23:30Sean Curran reports on events at Westminster.
| 23:00Andi Osho and Toby Young talk to Sian Williams about their favourite books.
| 23:005/6Three students from Salford University take on their professors in a battle of wits. 23:30Iain Sinclair, Peter Finch and Alan Brownjohn discuss sound and visual poet Bob Cobbing.
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