| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15What does the idea of home mean to us in Britain today? A special edition on private life. 00:45The bells of St Leonard's Church in Hythe, Kent. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The story of Shin Dong Hyuk, who was born in a North Korean gulag and escaped to the West. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Shin's mother and brother have been planning an escape, so Shin is taken for questioning. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Shin hears about life outside the prison wire and dreams of escape. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Shin has escaped Camp 14, but he is alone outside the wire for the first time in his life. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5After months in China, Shin has a lucky encounter and makes his way to South Korea. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3Alfred Molina performs Miller's New York story on the hateful pleasure of fame.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Mark Wakelin. 05:45Can farming heritage really shape farming future? And, measuring the speed of grass. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Mark Wakelin. 05:45Thousands of billy goat kids are destroyed at birth as a by-product of the milk industry.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Mark Wakelin. 05:45Anna Hill hears about a severe outbreak of foot and mouth in Egypt.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Mark Wakelin. 05:45The GM wheat which scares off aphids by smell, being trialled by UK scientists.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Mark Wakelin. 05:45Chefs and rare breed meat - is it about more than the name and the price tag?
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer with the Rt Rev George Stack, Archbishop of Cardiff. 05:45Jennifer Tracey talks to Philip Rankin, the man who built Scotland's first chair lift.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Helen's Church, Lundy Island. 05:45Prof Tariq Ramadan sets out the philosophy of the individual and its absence in Islam.
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| 06:00 | 06:00With Evan Davis and Justin Webb. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00New planning guidelines for England, London's gangs and 'synthetic biology'.
| 06:00Debating the riots of summer 2011, university entrance and 'surgery music'.
| 06:00Why is there still no Mark Duggan inquest? Plus the politics of language, class and food.
| 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 investigates the Flat Holm nature reserve off the Cardiff coast. 06:30Charlotte Smith investigates the work to try to save the UK rarest breeds of farm animals. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Hardeep Singh Kohli reflects on the vulnerability of falling in love. 06:35Caz Graham visits a farm which produces millions of fish for restocking rivers. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton. 07:55Richard Herring presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Scope. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A Palm Sunday service live from Knutsford Methodist Church. Preacher: The Rev Paul Wilson. 08:50David Cannadine reflects on the changing images of the typical policeman's size and shape.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Anne McElvoy talks to Werner Herzog, Geoff Dyer, Liz Mermin and Paul Farley. 09:451/5The story of Shin Dong Hyuk, who was born in a North Korean gulag and escaped to the West.
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili talks to the forensic scientist Angela Gallop. 09:30Samira Ahmed meets actor Murray Melvin, best known for his role in A Taste of Honey. 09:452/5Shin's mother and brother have been planning an escape, so Shin is taken for questioning.
| 09:00Libby Purves with foreign correspondent Alex Crawford and financial expert Alvin Hall. 09:453/5Shin hears about life outside the prison wire and dreams of escape.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the measurement of time. 09:454/5Shin has escaped Camp 14, but he is alone outside the wire for the first time in his life.
| 09:00Jazz pianist Jamie Cullum is interviewed by Kirsty Young. 09:455/5After months in China, Shin has a lucky encounter and makes his way to South Korea.
| 09:00Richard Coles with Jarvis Cocker and the Inheritance Tracks of actor Roger Lloyd Pack.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Marriage and its history. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:451/10Sisters Noemi, Ester and Ruth are the last remnants of a noble family in decline.
| 10:00Karren Brady; what to eat; modern marriage; and Anneka Rice. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:452/10A telegram announcing the imminent arrival of Lia's son, Giacinto, causes turmoil.
| 10:00With Jenni Murray. The film asking tough questions about the pink ribbon cancer campaign. 10:453/10The village festival is under way, when Giacinto unexpectedly arrives.
| 10:00Jenni Murray presents a listener phone-in on marriage. 10:454/10Giacinto and Grixenda's love blossoms at the Festival of Our Lady of Rimedio.
| 10:00Abortion campaigning tactics, Cyber-bullying. Presented by Jenni Murray. 10:455/10Giacinto's behaviour is causing trouble for the Pintor sisters.
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig goes to Reykjavik to look at aspects of tourism in Iceland. 10:308/8Will Gompertz examines how the monarchy has dealt with a series of dynastic crises.
| 10:00Everyone is on edge at Bridge Farm. Meanwhile, Brian refuses to leave anything to chance.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Zaiba Malik on the Asian youth movements in the 1970s who fought for justice and equality. 11:306/6Richard Herring, Alex Horne and Jenny Eclair vie for wordy supremacy
| 11:00Are rooks and crows as intelligent as apes? Joanna Pinnock investigates. 11:302/4Prof Winston examines the curious theory that TB stimulated creativity in great artists.
| 11:002/2Is England's North/South divide shifting? 11:303/4As the Shedists settle into life under asphalt, there is an odd noise from William's shed.(R)
| 11:00Crossing Continents investigates prescription drug abuse among Canada's aboriginal people. 11:30Robin Denselow examines the growing influence of the Mexican drug ballad, or narcocorrido.
| 11:00Comedian Danny Robins explores the global Swedish cultural explosion conquering the world.(R) 11:301/2Amy is feeling the itch while boyfriend Sam is clueless. Can Agent Y solve their problems?
| 11:00Steve Richards of the Independent looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Insight, wit and colour from Togo, Manhattan, Mozambique, Tripoli and Mexico City.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor reunites five British Olympians from the 1948 Games.
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| 12:00 | 12:00A challenge to the hosepipe ban and how to reclaim care home fees. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Should political parties be state funded? Call You and Yours with Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00With Winifred Robinson. Britain's oldest butcher's shop and defibrillators in schools. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Pasties, air passenger rights, illicit cigarettes, and why the union flag is flying high. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00As water bills go up, there is a demand to know where the money is being spent. 12:52A grandfather and granddaughter whose lives are to take very different courses. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:30Last show of the current series of topical comedy with Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:008/8Nicholas Parsons with more challenges from Mumbai. 12:32Simon Parkes delves into the fast-changing world of a British favourite, the biscuit. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Martha Kearney presents the national and international news. 13:451/5Mary Colwell meets a doctor who has a passion for creepy crawlies.
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents the latest national and international news. 13:452/5Mary Colwell meets a water vole warrior determined to save them from disappearing.
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents the latest national and international news. 13:453/5Mary Colwell meets a man who has spent his life searching for corals on the Devon coast.
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents the national and international news. 13:454/5Mary Colwell meets a man whose life revolves around tiny green plants.
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents national and international news. 13:455/5Mary meets grey seal expert Sue Sayer in Cornwall to observe the animals.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Otley, West Yorkshire
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents the latest national and international news. 13:30Penelope Keith explores the radio serial Mrs Dale's Diary, 40 years after it ended.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Everyone is on edge at Bridge Farm but will the special day go as planned? 14:151/3Dr Jan Roldanus is in Bangkok to give a lecture, when a new virulent flu strain emerges.
| 14:00Brian refuses to leave anything to chance. 14:152/3Five years after the pandemic, Diane cannot get over her daughter's death.
| 14:00David and Ruth forge ahead. 14:153/3A former radical eco-warrior stumbles into a dangerous world of environmental espionage.
| 14:00Alice is desperate for all the gossip. 14:15A war-damaged man's wish to fly changes a boy's life forever.
| 14:00Brian has a battle on his hands and Robert is left with chores to do. 14:15Eileen Atkins and Jeremy Irons read TS Eliot's classic poem.
| 14:00Call Jonathan Dimbleby on 03700 100 444, email any.answers@bbc.co.uk or tweet #bbcaq. 14:30By Adrian Mitchell. The story of the Jubilee Singers' tour of Europe in the 19th century.(R)
| 14:00The Gardeners' Question Time panel are guests of Crookham Gardeners' Club. 14:45Fi Glover with the omnibus edition of a new series capturing the nation in conversation.
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| 15:00 | 15:003/6Three students from the University of Warwick take on their professors in the upbeat quiz. 15:30Tim Hayward explores one of the most humble and complex of kitchen staples, stock.
| 15:004/4The Mayor of Mogadishu on bringing order to 'the most dangerous city in the world'. 15:30Britain's sand dunes are running out of time. Tom Heap joins the battle to save them.
| 15:00Financial phone-in with Paul Lewis. 15:30Mark Porter investigates aspirin preventing disease, ADHD in adults and holiday illnesses.
| 15:00Helen Mark investigates the Flat Holm nature reserve off the Cardiff coast. 15:27Angela Rippon presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Sport Relief. 15:30Mariella Frostrup talks to Marilynne Robinson about her new collection of essays.
| 15:00The Gardeners' Question Time panel are guests of Crookham Gardeners' Club. 15:453/3Edward is fond of the little oak tree on his golf course. But some members are not so keen
| 15:302/4Prof Winston examines the curious theory that TB stimulated creativity in great artists.
| 15:001/3Young prince Hal will inherit an unstable throne.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Mariella Frostrup looks at Scandinavian children's literature. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss religion and adoption.
| 16:00Michael Rosen on the uses and abuses of textspeak. Is English being abbreviated away? 16:30Isy Suttie and Beverley Humphreys share their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00With Laurie Taylor. Including Michelin-starred restaurants and the meaning of dignity. 16:30Max Mosley looks at the outcome of a Lords and Commons report on privacy.
| 16:00Hugh Grant on his new role, and why the films of Jean-Luc Godard are pretentious nonsense. 16:30Gas eating bacteria, how to save the world and what stripes might do to your figure.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Lord Newton, Jocky Wilson, Jennifer Longford, Earl Scruggs. 16:30Fans of Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show fight back. And has R4 killed the past tense? 16:55A tender moment between a mother from Berkshire and her son.
| 16:00Karren Brady on being a 'Strong Woman,' plus who owns marriage - church or state?
| 16:00Anne Enright talks about her Man Booker prize-winning novel The Gathering. 16:301/4Satirising politicians and patriotism is at the heart of a provocative poem by ee cummings
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair presents full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Carolyn Quinn presents a fresh perspective on the day's news, with sports headlines. 17:30Evan Davis and guests discuss ruthlessness, and investing and selling in deprived areas. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Are the police doing enough to protect and look after people under witness protection? 17:40Mukul Devichand profiles union leader Len McCluskey, who leads the fuel tanker drivers. 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. 18:308/8Nicholas Parsons with more challenges from Mumbai.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6The muddled life of the showbusiness legend. Arthur applies to join the Round Table.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4Maeve Higgins, Tom Allen and Phil Nichol join Stephen to offer a guide to standing tall.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Kate Adie tries eating porridge, bingo, yoga and reading Swallows and Amazons.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Last show of the current series of topical comedy with Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Julian Clary and Robert Powell, with music from Shearwater.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Liz Barclay makes his selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Brian refuses to leave anything to chance. 19:15Aardman's Pirate film; novelist Jodi Picoult; Madonna's new CD; poetry from Ben Okri. 19:451/10Sisters Noemi, Ester and Ruth are the last remnants of a noble family in decline.
| 19:00David and Ruth forge ahead. 19:15Mark Lawson meets Brendan O'Carroll, creator and star of the TV comedy Mrs Brown's Boys. 19:452/10A telegram announcing the imminent arrival of Lia's son, Giacinto, causes turmoil.
| 19:00Alice is desperate for all the gossip. 19:15Dr John; Tim Lott; Janet Street Porter on British Design 1948-2012. 19:453/10The village festival is under way, when Giacinto unexpectedly arrives.
| 19:00Brian has a battle on his hands and Robert is left with chores to do. 19:15Mark Lawson takes the Harry Potter studio tour; the screenplays which were never made. 19:454/10Giacinto and Grixenda's love blossoms at the Festival of Our Lady of Rimedio.
| 19:00Clarrie is curious. Meanwhile, how will the family react to Tony's news? 19:15With Kirsty Lang in New York as she meets the British-born head of the Metropolitan Museum 19:455/10Giacinto's behaviour is causing trouble for the Pintor sisters.
| 19:00Mukul Devichand profiles union leader Len McCluskey, who leads the fuel tanker drivers. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:153/4Damien and Anthony go on holiday so that their builder can crack on with the kitchen.(R) 19:451/5When a girl who loves her father discovers his deception, it is time to grow up.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Peter Gurney, former head of the Met's Explosives Squad, on a lifetime of bomb disposal. 20:30Frances Stonor Saunders asks a fundamental question - what is money?
| 20:00Are the police doing enough to protect and look after people under witness protection? 20:40With Peter White. Talking televisions, banking problems and new e-mail job vacancies.
| 20:00With Michael Buerk. Are social networks cheapening and brutalising human relationships? 20:45Prof Tariq Ramadan sets out the philosophy of the individual and its absence in Islam.
| 20:00Is the government's welfare-to-work programme simply unworkable? 20:30Evan Davis and guests discuss ruthlessness, and investing and selling in deprived areas.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Otley, West Yorkshire 20:50David Cannadine reflects on the changing images of the typical policeman's size and shape.
| 20:00Writer Maria Margaronis asks if the spectre of Greece's past haunts its current nightmares
| 20:00Fans of Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show fight back. And has R4 killed the past tense? 20:30Matthew Bannister on Lord Newton, Jocky Wilson, Jennifer Longford, Earl Scruggs.
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| 21:00 | 21:00The science of auctions, life on the ocean floor, and why the clock change might kill us. 21:30Anne McElvoy talks to Werner Herzog, Geoff Dyer, Liz Mermin and Paul Farley.
| 21:00Mark Porter investigates aspirin preventing disease, ADHD in adults and holiday illnesses. 21:30Jim Al-Khalili talks to the forensic scientist Angela Gallop.
| 21:00Britain's sand dunes are running out of time. Tom Heap joins the battle to save them. 21:30Libby Purves with foreign correspondent Alex Crawford and financial expert Alvin Hall.
| 21:00Are rooks and crows as intelligent as apes? Joanna Pinnock investigates. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the measurement of time.
| 21:002/2Tom Mangold continues his epic quest to uncover the truth behind the Bermuda Triangle.(R)
| 21:003/3It's now 1956 and a crisis with her mother means Anna must go back to Berlin.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Richard Herring presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Scope. 21:30Frances Stonor Saunders asks a fundamental question - what is money?
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| 22:00 | 22:00Ritula Shah presents national and international news and analysis. 22:456/10A man's homecoming takes a lethal turn. Stewart's five-year-old secret is finally revealed
| 22:00Ritula Shah presents national and international news and analysis. 22:457/10Stewart finally comes face-to-face with Ellie Murston for the first time in five years.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Philippa Thomas. 22:458/10Stewart and Ellie spend more and more time together, despite her brothers' threats.
| 22:00Increased demand for fuel, a general strike in Spain, and protestors in Madrid. 22:459/10Stewart makes a dramatic discovery about the photos that incriminated him five years ago.
| 22:00George Galloway and the voters, Burma's elections and the world's biggest lottery rollover 22:4510/10A reunion of childhood friends on a beach turns violent.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15With Michael Buerk. Are social networks cheapening and brutalising human relationships?
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Agnes Poirier analyses how the newspapers are covering the French elections.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen and guests celebrate nonsense at Radio 4's More Than Words Festival. 23:30Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:001/4Should the golliwog be reclaimed or consigned to the dustbin of history?(R) 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:006/6Tim explores the meaning of 'work' through the medium of poetry. With Tom Basden. 23:156/6The family plan a surprise birthday party for Grandma. 23:30Peers demand a full assessment of the impact of Scottish independence. With Susan Hulme.
| 23:00Stephen K Amos presents comedy and stories from the heart of the 2010 Edinburgh Fringe. 23:30Alan connects with a snowbound single mum and hears stories of thwarted love online.(R)
| 23:00Isy Suttie and Beverley Humphreys share their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. 23:27Alan 'meets' a car-jacked man in Caracas and an Iranian evading government eavesdropping.(R) 23:55A conversation about the uncertainties of old age from Northern Ireland.
| 23:003/6Three students from the University of Warwick take on their professors in the upbeat quiz. 23:30Vivienne Parry takes her diagnoses of literary heroines into the early 20th century.
| 23:00Hugh Grant on his new role, and why the films of Jean-Luc Godard are pretentious nonsense. 23:30Hardeep Singh Kohli reflects on the vulnerability of falling in love.
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