| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Steeltown meltdown and Burberry closure - life after industry death in two Welsh towns. 00:45The bells of Exeter Cathedral. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5A team of agents is recruited to work as part of the Double Cross System. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5By 1941 the Double Cross agents are drip-feeding false military information to the Germans 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5A new recruit, Lily Sergeyev, offers her services to the British Double Cross team. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The alarm is raised when a high-profile German businessman with ties to MI5 is arrested. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5June 1944 and the Allies prepare for the Normandy landings, taking the Germans by surprise 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3Hector Elizondo reads Miller's canny tale of a man trying to rid his pond of beavers.(R) 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. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with Canon Patrick Thomas. 05:45Sarah Swadling finds out about conditions on Danish dairy farms. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with Canon Patrick Thomas. 05:45Caz Graham asks if the UK dairy industry has the bottle to compete globally.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with Canon Patrick Thomas. 05:45How a CCTV trial on fishing boats has drastically cut fish discards in the North Sea.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with Canon Patrick Thomas. 05:45The British cows which never see the outdoors - Farming Today looks at zero-grazing.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with Canon Patrick Thomas. 05:45Shoppers could see cut price pints as extra milk hits the global dairy market this year.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Monsignor Tony Rogers. 05:45The programme that starts with its listeners.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Bartholomew's Church, Smithfield, London. 05:45David Torrance profiles the new North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Debating Syrian unrest, Brazil's growing importance, and Paddington Bear's latest outing.
| 06:00Examining extradition hearings, the latest from Syria and 30 years of the Hacienda club.
| 06:00John Humphrys launches a year-long series of reports from Liberia.
| 06:00The latest on the Syrian ceasefire, plus tax relief and William Boyd on his new Bond novel
| 06:00Can PCSOs replace beat bobbies? Plus David Cameron in Burma and Cate Blanchett on theatre.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark retraces the journey of Watership Down 40 years on. 06:30Caz Graham investigates how the UK dairy industry compares internationally. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully meditates on the art of being still, and the benefits of quiet contemplation. 06:35How understanding grass can make dairy farming pay. With Caz Graham. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00With John Humphrys and Justin Webb. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10With Jane Little. Includes reflections on the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. 07:55Quentin Cooper presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Remap. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10An Eastertide celebration of peace and reconciliation from Lichfield Cathedral. 08:50David Cannadine reflects on the history of royal jubilee celebrations.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr talks to Peter Carey, Rebecca Stott and Philip Ball. 09:451/5A team of agents is recruited to work as part of the Double Cross System.
| 09:002/3Harvard political philosopher Michael Sandel questions the thinking beneath controversies. 09:452/5By 1941 the Double Cross agents are drip-feeding false military information to the Germans
| 09:00Libby Purves meets theatre director Greg Doran and broadcaster Sir Trevor McDonald. 09:453/5A new recruit, Lily Sergeyev, offers her services to the British Double Cross team.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the emergence of geology as a scientific discipline. 09:454/5The alarm is raised when a high-profile German businessman with ties to MI5 is arrested.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor reunites five people from both sides of the Greenham Common fence. 09:455/5June 1944 and the Allies prepare for the Normandy landings, taking the Germans by surprise
| 09:00Richard Coles with food writer Tamasin Day-Lewis and Nicholas Parsons's Inheritance Tracks
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Celebrating grandparents. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:451/5Fleet Street, 1968: A gossip columnist has been invading some major celebrities' privacy.
| 10:00Author Erica James on erotica, and singer Connie Fisher on her return to the stage. 10:452/5Does the Morning News know more about Alice Morney's personal life than she does?
| 10:00Historian Bettany Hughes on women in religion and Kathleen Jamie on nature's inspiration. 10:453/5Alice Morney is threatening to sack her manager over the invasion of her privacy.
| 10:00Would you let the contents of your handbag feature in an exhibition? 10:454/5The Morning News gossip magazine faces legal action over its illegal sourcing of material.
| 10:00Women leaders in Africa and 80 years of red nail varnish. Presented by Jenni Murray. 10:455/5The gossip columnist of the Morning News is about to face a little exposure of his own.
| 10:00John McCarthy discusses Lake Titicaca, Manchester in Bolivia, and the home of Kung Fu. 10:30An exploration of spring fever and the season of romance.
| 10:00Lilian is caught in a conflict zone and Mike is determined to receive his dues.
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| 11:00 | 11:002/2Andrew heads to Lille, where he finds a region bursting with a strong sense of itself. 11:301/6The Easter family are economising. Charlie accuses Robbie, but is it Harvey's lucky day?
| 11:00Brett Westwood finds out why conservationists are dropping logs in rivers and streams. 11:304/4Prof Winston sifts through the morass of information and speculation about Mozart's health
| 11:00Peter Snow looks again at the Titanic disaster via the pages of the London Evening News. 11:301/4Day one on the colony and they've lost the food, the air, the commander and the mood music
| 11:00Natalia Antelava uncovers evidence of the involuntary sterilisation of women in Uzbekistan 11:30John Harris investigates the current state of contemporary British protest music.
| 11:00Gerry Anderson considers Titanic's complex relationship with the city of her birth. 11:301/6Milton Jones is a daredevil test pilot and Top Gun who gets tangled up in a fiendish plot.(R)
| 11:00Mary Ann Sieghart asks how the UK political parties can win more British Asian voters. 11:30The BBC's foreign correspondents take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor reunites six men who survived the sinking of HMS Sheffield in the Falklands.
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| 12:00 | 12:00What are car manufacturers doing to get customers excited about 'superminis'? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer phone-in with Julian Worricker. Should five-year-olds be tested? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Mary Portas' plans for the high street, and a guide to getting on with teenagers. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Mobile home owners' victory, B&Q's peat problem, and how fully comp is fully comp abroad. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Out of town charity shops, open gardens and better insurance for older people. 12:52Mike talks to his adoptive son about how he rescued him as a baby from South Vietnam. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Paul Lewis brings you the latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:302/9A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:002/6With panellists John Finnemore, Henning Wehn, Danielle Ward and Tom Wrigglesworth. 12:32Sheila Dillon on an ancient, mysterious yet essential food-making process - fermentation. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Shaun Ley presents the national and international news. 13:451/5The arrival of passengers, her launch and the reason for the Titanic's enormous size.
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:452/5Jeanette considers the building of the ship in Belfast's Harland and Wolff shipyard.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:453/5Life aboard the ship: a world of deep-pile carpets, Turkish baths and crystal fountains.
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:454/5Focusing on the sinking of the Titanic. A tale of class division, heroism and horror.
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents the national and international news. 13:455/5Jeanette explores the events following the sinking of the ship.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Edward Stourton chairs a discussion of news and politics from Broadcasting House, London.
| 13:00The latest national and international news. 13:301/3How the events of the Thirty Years War hugely influenced later German nationalists.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Lilian is caught in a conflict zone. 14:15Drama exploring the death of a community in Liverpool via a ritual known as Judas burning.
| 14:00James and Leonie take to the air. 14:15By Matthew Broughton. A dark hymn to Dagenham in East London.
| 14:00Tom finds that there aren't enough hours in the day. 14:151/3Britain falls out with a NATO ally over a major military exercise in 2012.
| 14:00Amy is on a high, and will Ed stick his neck out? 14:15Fearing further threats following the Gunpowder Plot, King James departs to Scotland.
| 14:00Mike is determined to receive his dues. 14:15Modern life seen as a dash through an airport. A real-time comedy drama by Daniel Davies.
| 14:00Call Jonathan Dimbleby on 03700 100 444, email any.answers@bbc.co.uk or tweet #bbcaq. 14:30The world's largest diamond is at the Great Exhibition. John Rayverne is out to steal it.(R)
| 14:00Chris Beardshaw, Pippa Greenwood and Bob Flowerdew answer listeners' gardening queries. 14:45Fi Glover presents stories from Oxford, Liverpool, London and Stoke-on-Trent.
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| 15:00 | 15:005/6Three students from Queen Mary, University of London take on their professors. 15:30Sheila Dillon looks at the spiritual and therapeutic value many place on bread making.
| 15:00Presented by Tom Holland. Marking the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic. 15:30Mining is set to return to Cornwall as tin and tungsten prices continue to rise.
| 15:00Vincent Duggleby and a panel of guests answer listeners' saving and investment queries. 15:30Pain relief during heart attacks, treating appendicitis with drugs, GPs and fit notes.
| 15:00Helen Mark retraces the journey of Watership Down 40 years on. 15:27John Bishop presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Y Care International. 15:30Ronald Harwood talks through his five-of-the-best books with Mariella Frostrup.
| 15:00Chris Beardshaw, Pippa Greenwood and Bob Flowerdew answer listeners' gardening queries. 15:452/3Three short pieces of flash-fiction by Tania Hershman linked by the theme of science.
| 15:304/4Prof Winston sifts through the morass of information and speculation about Mozart's health
| 15:003/3Richard III is forced to take increasingly drastic steps to uphold Plantagenet power.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Dan Cruickshank retraces Jack London's 1902 footsteps that he made among the East End poor 16:30Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about the place of faith in today's complex world.
| 16:00Chris Ledgard meets the academics doing stand-up and asks why jokes get the brain going. 16:30Will Self nominates Oscar Wilde.
| 16:00Rubbish society: the social impact of waste. 16:30Guido Fawkes aka Paul Staines responds to criticism for publishing 'Motorman' report.
| 16:00Actor Michael Sheen takes Matthew Sweet on a tour of his home town, Port Talbot in Wales. 16:30Undersea earthquakes, Titanic telecommunications, and do people sound how they look?
| 16:00Jane Little on Fang Lizhi, Ferdinand Porsche, Miss Read, Bingu Mutharika, Derick Thomson. 16:30Radio 4 controller Gwyneth Williams takes listeners' questions. Presented by Roger Bolton. 16:55Liverpudlian Jayne talks to her mother Sally about her father who died when Jayne was two.
| 16:00Navigating a good relationship as a grandparent. Presented by Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Elif Shafak about her latest book, Honour. 16:303/4Peggy Reynolds explores the appeal of UA Fanthorpe's poem.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00The day's top news stories, with sports headlines. 17:30The programme that starts with its listeners. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Julian Jackson on the issue at the heart of the forthcoming French presidential election. 17:40David Torrance profiles the new North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. 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. 18:302/6With panellists John Finnemore, Henning Wehn, Danielle Ward and Tom Wrigglesworth.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Ed finds himself working with his son, Jake, on a piece of 'genuine' factutainment.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6King Russell de Brand pays a visit, and Sir John's dalliance gets dangerous.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4Comedian Alex Horne and his five-piece jazz band are joined by guest Nick Helm.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/9A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson with Lee Mack, Jenny Agutter, Arthur Smith and Laura Gibson.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Gerry Northam makes his selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00James and Leonie take to the air. 19:15Mark Lawson talks to leading theatre producers about the art of creating a hit show. 19:451/5Fleet Street, 1968: A gossip columnist has been invading some major celebrities' privacy.
| 19:00Tom finds that there aren't enough hours in the day. 19:15With Mark Lawson, including an interview with Clive James about his new poetry collection. 19:452/5Does the Morning News know more about Alice Morney's personal life than she does?
| 19:00Amy is on a high, and will Ed stick his neck out? 19:15Mark Lawson reports on how the life of Anne Frank has inspired a range of new writing. 19:453/5Alice Morney is threatening to sack her manager over the invasion of her privacy.
| 19:00Mike is determined to receive his dues. 19:15John Wilson talks to Dara O Briain and Whit Stillman and reviews Butch Cassidy's comeback. 19:454/5The Morning News gossip magazine faces legal action over its illegal sourcing of material.
| 19:00There's a stroke of bad luck for Tom. 19:15John Wilson with the makers of TV's Horrible Histories, dancer Tamara Rojo, Roger Ballen. 19:455/5The gossip columnist of the Morning News is about to face a little exposure of his own.
| 19:00David Torrance profiles the new North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests with sharp, critical discussion of the week's cultural events.
| 19:00Has Tony bitten off more than he can chew? 19:152/6Victoria Coren reads extracts from her teenage diaries out in public for the first time.(R) 19:453/5A young girl makes the ultimate sacrifice to save her guilt-ridden brother.
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| 20:00 | 20:001941. A British psychiatrist is sent to a safe house in Surrey to examine POW Rudolf Hess. 20:30Why have two Louisiana prison inmates been held in solitary confinement for 40 years?
| 20:00Julian Jackson on the issue at the heart of the forthcoming French presidential election. 20:40Dr Lin Berwick talks about her life as a blind wheelchair user
| 20:00Clive Anderson asks if planning laws fail to prevent unwanted and un-needed development. 20:45Bobby Cummines, chief executive of UNLOCK, says ex-offenders need jobs to reduce crime.
| 20:00The Report investigates England's worst drought in over 30 years. 20:30Peter Day finds out how French business is faring during the euro crisis.
| 20:00Edward Stourton chairs a discussion of news and politics from Broadcasting House, London. 20:50David Cannadine reflects on the history of royal jubilee celebrations.
| 20:00Historian Prof Eric Hobsbawm is interviewed by Simon Schama about his work and life.
| 20:00Radio 4 controller Gwyneth Williams takes listeners' questions. Presented by Roger Bolton. 20:30Jane Little on Fang Lizhi, Ferdinand Porsche, Miss Read, Bingu Mutharika, Derick Thomson.
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| 21:00 | 21:00The influence of mathematical models on the sculptor Henry Moore. 21:30Andrew Marr talks to Peter Carey, Rebecca Stott and Philip Ball.
| 21:00Pain relief during heart attacks, treating appendicitis with drugs, GPs and fit notes. 21:302/3Harvard political philosopher Michael Sandel questions the thinking beneath controversies.
| 21:00Mining is set to return to Cornwall as tin and tungsten prices continue to rise. 21:30Libby Purves meets theatre director Greg Doran and broadcaster Sir Trevor McDonald.
| 21:00Brett Westwood finds out why conservationists are dropping logs in rivers and streams. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the emergence of geology as a scientific discipline.
| 21:00By Ronald Harwood. The true story of Second World War traitor John Amery.(R)
| 21:002/3Henry VI takes the throne, proposing peace. But are the warlike English ready for peace?
| 21:00Paul Lewis brings you the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Quentin Cooper presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Remap. 21:30Peter Day finds out how French business is faring during the euro crisis.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Syria fires across the Turkish border, killing one person. News roundup with Ritula Shah. 22:456/10Winter returns, and Jack and Mabel are delighted to receive a visitor.
| 22:00Ritula Shah presents national and international news and analysis. 22:457/10Garrett's hunting expedition is about to change his life forever.
| 22:00Robin Lustig presents national and international news and analysis. 22:458/10Mabel senses a growing relationship between Faina and Garrett, but Jack is unconvinced.
| 22:00The day's news with Robin Lustig, including the latest on the Syrian ceasefire. 22:459/10Jack sees how much Faina loves Garrett and wants to help them start a new life together.
| 22:00Robin Lustig presents national and international news and analysis. 22:4510/10Garrett hopes motherhood will finally convince Faina to return home for good.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Clive Anderson asks if planning laws fail to prevent unwanted and un-needed development.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Kevin Maguire of the Mirror analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest.
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| 23:00 | 23:00In this Diamond Jubilee year, Michael Rosen looks at the way in which the Queen speaks. 23:302/6Elton John and George Michael both have new compositions to try out.(R)
| 23:003/4Richard Herring asks why the English rarely wave their flag with national pride.(R) 23:303/6As summer heats up, passions rise for Barbara Cartland and Edwina Currie.(R)
| 23:002/6Nigel is charged with creating relaxing music for a pregnant ladies music group. 23:152/6Restarting his stand-up comic career in Newcastle is not all that Jimmy has planned.(R) 23:304/6School's out for Barack Obama, Frank McCourt and Emma Thompson.(R)
| 23:002/4Jarvis Cocker prowls the dark in search of those who only come out at night. 23:305/6The satirist dips into private journals, as autumn brings gloom for Sylvia Plath.(R)
| 23:00Will Self nominates Oscar Wilde. 23:276/6As winter sets in, John Prescott, Germaine Greer and Nigella Lawson think of home.(R) 23:55Jamaican-born Monica talks to her son Rikki about being gay and about having a gay son.
| 23:005/6Three students from Queen Mary, University of London take on their professors. 23:302/4Peggy Reynolds explores Edgar Allan Poe's iconic gothic poem.
| 23:00Actor Michael Sheen takes Matthew Sweet on a tour of his home town, Port Talbot in Wales. 23:30Mark Tully meditates on the art of being still, and the benefits of quiet contemplation.
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