| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the culture and work of Bletchley Park. 00:45The bells of All Saints Church, East Pennard, Somerset. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Childhood in the faded grandeur of the big house, and forbidden love. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Encountering literary life, lotharios and love in Dublin. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5The 'child bride' starts work on writing The Country Girls. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Enjoying literary success in 60s London. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Writer Edna O'Brien reads her memoir, recalling New York dreams, and London memories. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3Niko Pirosmani was one of Georgia's greatest artists, but was it his art that killed him?(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 spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Simon Doogan. 05:45Charlotte Smith reveals the finalists for the BBC Farmer of the Year award 2012. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Simon Doogan. 05:45Hollow potatoes and mouldy wheat - Anna Hill on how the wet weather has hit crop quality.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Simon Doogan. 05:45Attack of the killer shrimps - they could be coming to a river near you!
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Simon Doogan. 05:45The skills shortage facing farmers and artisan food producers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Simon Doogan. 05:45A second badger cull gets the go-ahead in Somerset. With Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Tina Beattie of Roehampton University 05:45'When my home was burgled, I went to meet the offender in prison.' How did it go?
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St David's Church, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire. 05:45Chris Bowlby on South Korean pop star Psy, creator of the most popular Youtube video ever.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Liam Byrne on welfare reform, plus the Georgian election, and the British stiff upper lip.
| 06:00Ed Miliband on 'one nation Labour', the West Coast rail bid and the future of UK films.
| 06:00Gus O'Donnell on the civil service, plus a warning on 'land grabs' and National Poetry Day
| 06:00Imran Khan on US drone strikes, UK manufacturing and the Bond theme's creator.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding continues her series of wildlife walks with a visit to the Irish Coast. 06:30Flooding. Why it happens and what can be done to stop it. Presented by Charlotte Smith. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully investigates the mysterious relationship between mankind and the cat. 06:35Tom Heap visits a dairy farm in Orkney which provides milk to the island's creamery. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, 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 Trevor Barnes. 07:55Jon Snow presents an appeal on behalf of Find Your Feet. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service from St Barnabas Church, Epsom, marking Epsom Mental Health Week. 08:50Sarah Dunant reflects on the role of history in society, and how it changes over time.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr talks to Anne Applebaum, Mark Mazower, Helen Szamuely and Victor Sebestyen. 09:451/5Childhood in the faded grandeur of the big house, and forbidden love.
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili talks to the next government chief scientific advisor, Sir Mark Walport. 09:30Sarfraz Manzoor speaks to Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of 'misery memoir' Prozac Nation. 09:452/5Encountering literary life, lotharios and love in Dublin.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets golfer Sam Torrance and novelist Bernard Cornwell. 09:453/5The 'child bride' starts work on writing The Country Girls.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval scholar Gerald of Wales. 09:454/5Enjoying literary success in 60s London.
| 09:00Paralympian and broadcaster Ade Adepitan explains his castaway picks to Kirsty Young. 09:455/5Writer Edna O'Brien reads her memoir, recalling New York dreams, and London memories.
| 09:00Sian Williams and Richard Coles with Jackie Clune, plus Ralph McTell's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Chauvinism and trade unions, restrictions to IVF, and manicures. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:451/5By Chris Fallon. Caterina's husband is arrested, accused of being in the Camorra.
| 10:00Getting your child to practise, plus Philippa Gregory and Jessica Thom. With Jane Garvey. 10:452/5Caterina learns more about her husband's secret life.
| 10:00Lorraine Pascale, older women and Labour, the Fab Four, and smoking. With Jenni Murray. 10:453/5As Caterina's son Nino starts to go off the rails, she discovers a terrible truth.
| 10:00Ending violence in teen relationships, male carers, chocolate for women and cooking on TV. 10:454/5Nino goes missing with tragic consequences, and Caterina has to act decisively.
| 10:00Martha Stewart on the secret of her success. Presented by Jenni Murray. 10:455/5Caterina finally knows the truth. Can she commit murder for the honour of her family?
| 10:30Eric Clapton tells Paul Gambaccini about the 1992 recording of his ground-breaking album.
| 10:00Lilian makes a disturbing discovery and Jazzer calls in a favour.
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| 11:00 | 11:002/2Featuring despatches from the British diplomats hunting for bison with Hermann Goering. 11:305/6Justin has to cope with a chance of his big break.
| 11:005/24Brett Westwood examines some of the issues UK's freshwater resources are facing. 11:30An intimate portrait of the musician Robert Wyatt in his own words and music.
| 11:00A tale of lost and found cats in Portsmouth presented by Alan Dein. 11:302/6The new priest in Lenzie, Father Green, is under scrutiny from the bishop.
| 11:00Kate Adie presents BBC reports from France, Venezuela, Sweden, Crimea and China. 11:30Writer and comedian Stewart Lee explores the television series Children of the Stones.
| 11:00The incredible story of the international odyssey made by the embalmed body of Eva Peron.(R) 11:302/6Plagued by writer's block, novelist Ginny Fox visits Vera and Henry at their castle.
| 11:00Is revenge useful? Bridget Kendall and three global thinkers discuss. 11:30Kate Adie presents reports from BBC foreign correspondents.
| 11:15Fashion designer Celia Birtwell is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Cracking down on spam texts, best local retailers, and a website for budding young authors 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Automatic-enrolment for workplace pensions. Is it the best way to save for the future? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00What does the rail franchise fiasco mean for passengers? Consumer news. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Fake prescription drugs, a 'quiet label' for electrical goods, insurance for young drivers 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Should rail companies make profit out of delays caused by Network Rail? With Peter White. 12:52Fi Glover hears from friends in Scotland who share a diagnosis of early-onset dementia. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Council tax benefits, issues with NatWest's emergency cash app and saving rates. 12:305/9Sandi Toksvig with Jeremy Hardy, Hugo Rifkind, Susan Calman and Francesca Martinez. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:001/6John Lloyd and Jimmy Carr with Dr Erica McAlister, Dr Jan Bondeson and Al Murray. 12:32Sheila Dillon finds out why new British blue cheeses are pushing their way into the market 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world, with Martha Kearney. 13:451/5Gyles Brandreth met Harold Macmillan in Oxford in 1979. Macmillan dozed throughout.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world with Martha Kearney. 13:452/5Gyles wrote Sir John Gielgud's biography, and brought Superman to his 80th birthday party.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world with Martha Kearney. 13:453/5Gyles Brandreth was a long associate of Kenneth Williams, and Frankie Howerd made a pass.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:454/5Gyles Brandreth's diaries are full of characters, including people such as Jeffrey Archer.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:455/5Gyles Brandreth has written books about Charles and Camilla, and Elizabeth II and Philip.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the Clonter Opera Theatre, near Congleton
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:30Rowan Pelling investigates the magic of the kiss in all its delightful glory.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Mike has a moving experience. 14:15Was MacGregor's old flame murdered? Dover heads to Glasgow to find out.
| 14:00Lilian makes a disturbing discovery. 14:15In 1936, Morris met Eva at Warrington Deaf Club. An unusual transatlantic romance began.(R)
| 14:00Jazzer calls in a favour. 14:15By Penny Gold. In 1850s London Henry Mayhew befriends a homeless young man.(R)
| 14:00Vicky makes a confession. 14:151/4DCI John Stone and his team investigate a brutal murder.(R)
| 14:00Lilian is given food for thought. 14:15As Mollie falls headlong in love with Colin, he is arrested on a murder charge.
| 14:00Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Factually-based drama about Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of supplying WikiLeaks.
| 14:00Eric Robson continues the GQT tour of northern England in North Yorkshire. 14:45Fi Glover presents the Sunday edition of the nation in conversation, including a proposal.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs Wales v Northern Ireland in the game of lateral thinking. 15:30Food writer Valentine Warner reveals this year's line-up of best food and drinks producers
| 15:004/6Tales of transgression, wild children and dangerous encounters with ferocious beasts. 15:30Will the promise of energy from the oceans become reality? Tom Heap reports.
| 15:00Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on renting and letting. 15:30Dr Mark Porter finds out what's behind a new magazine called What Doctors Don't Tell You.
| 15:00Clare Balding continues her series of wildlife walks with a visit to the Irish Coast. 15:27Jonathan Dimbleby presents an appeal on behalf of Homeless International. 15:30Mariella Frostrup meets novelist Edna O'Brien and discusses her memoir, Country Girl.
| 15:00Eric Robson continues the GQT tour of northern England in North Yorkshire. 15:451/3By AL Kennedy. A young woman struggles to make plans for a future that might not exist.
| 15:30An intimate portrait of the musician Robert Wyatt in his own words and music.
| 15:003/3One man proves constant in his love for Bathsheba, as she gives up on finding happiness.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Grace Dent examines classic durations of music, film, TV and radio. 16:30Aleks looks at how different cultures combat the homogenising effects of technology.
| 16:001/4The myth and reality of Joan of Arc, and the other Frenchwoman who did more to save France(R) 16:30Harriett Gilbert, Val McDermid and Alex Horne discuss their favourite books. From 2012.
| 16:00Sickness benefit claimants, and 'New Society' 50 years on. Presented by Laurie Taylor. 16:30A new Savile documentary, plus former editor of Today Kevin Marsh on Hutton and the BBC.
| 16:00Director Walter Salles on the long-awaited screen adaptation of Jack Kerouac's On the Road 16:30Retractions - what happens when published research is wrong? With Quentin Cooper.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Eric Hobsbawm, Michael Hurll, Jerome Horwitz and Harry Chambers. 16:30Live music behind-the-scenes at Maida Vale, and are political interviews too combative? 16:55Sometimes family secrets are not secret at all, as Elizabeth and Kevin discover.
| 16:00Martha Stewart; Labour and women over 50; Lorraine Pascale Cooks chocolate mousse.
| 16:00American writer Marilynne Robinson talks to James Naughtie about her novel Gilead. 16:30Roger McGough presents Alex Jennings reading Oscar Wilde's The Ballad of Reading Gaol.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. Includes Weather.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news, presented by Ritula Shah. 17:30Stephanie Flanders and panel discuss boardroom politics and big companies versus start-ups 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00How far should undercover police be allowed to go to gather intelligence? 17:40Chris Bowlby on South Korean pop star Psy, creator of the most popular Youtube video ever. 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. 18:301/6John Lloyd and Jimmy Carr with Dr Erica McAlister, Dr Jan Bondeson and Al Murray.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4From Michael Caine to Mark Zuckerberg, Jon Culshaw imagines the lives of the famous.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/4The young idealists are on their way to research for the upcoming by-election.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Sitcom characters feel trapped, and a good point about security numbers on credit cards.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/9Sandi Toksvig with Jeremy Hardy, Hugo Rifkind, Susan Calman and Francesca Martinez.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Felix Dennis, Meera Syal, Arthur Smith and Cowbell.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Liz Barclay makes her selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Lilian makes a disturbing discovery. 19:15Emma Watson in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Turner Prize, Hunted, Northern Broadsides. 19:451/5By Chris Fallon. Caterina's husband is arrested, accused of being in the Camorra.
| 19:00Jazzer calls in a favour. 19:15John Wilson has news of the BBC International Short Story Award winner. 19:452/5Caterina learns more about her husband's secret life.
| 19:00Vicky makes a confession. 19:15Dramatist Howard Barker, how TV covers India, and attracting younger audiences to opera. 19:453/5As Caterina's son Nino starts to go off the rails, she discovers a terrible truth.
| 19:00Lilian is given food for thought. 19:15The Reader author Bernhard Schlink, US painter Alex Katz, and TV drama Homeland is back. 19:454/5Nino goes missing with tragic consequences, and Caterina has to act decisively.
| 19:00Rhys arrives in the nick of time. 19:15The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour, actress Anne-Marie Duff, and artist David Shrigley. 19:455/5Caterina finally knows the truth. Can she commit murder for the honour of her family?
| 19:00Chris Bowlby on South Korean pop star Psy, creator of the most popular Youtube video ever. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe is joined by guests Deborah Moggach, James Runcie and Deborah Bull.
| 19:00Jazzer offers an inspired solution. 19:152/6The American essayist's musing on life as an author and a satirical swipe at critics. 19:455/5By Alison MacLeod. An African girl finds herself in the heart of the Tottenham riots.
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| 20:00 | 20:00After Pussy Riot, Lucy Ash explores the power of the Orthodox Church in Putin's Russia. 20:30Mukul Devichand asks what President Obama has actually achieved on the world stage.
| 20:00How far should undercover police be allowed to go to gather intelligence? 20:40Blind winner of US MasterChef Christine Ha, and getting past website audio capcha screens.
| 20:003/3Mariella Frostrup and guests discuss the parenting challenges associated with adoption. 20:45Colin Murray Parkes illuminates the importance of secure attachments for human happiness.
| 20:00Why has it taken more than 20 years for the truth about Hillsborough to emerge? 20:30Stephanie Flanders and panel discuss boardroom politics and big companies versus start-ups
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the Clonter Opera Theatre, near Congleton 20:50Sarah Dunant reflects on the role of history in society, and how it changes over time.
| 20:00Sandra Gregory revisits her years spent in a Thai jail for attempted drug smuggling.
| 20:00Live music behind-the-scenes at Maida Vale, and are political interviews too combative? 20:30Matthew Bannister on Eric Hobsbawm, Michael Hurll, Jerome Horwitz and Harry Chambers.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Historian Prof Eric Hobsbawm is interviewed by Simon Schama about his work and life.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter finds out what's behind a new magazine called What Doctors Don't Tell You. 21:30Jim Al-Khalili talks to the next government chief scientific advisor, Sir Mark Walport.
| 21:00Will the promise of energy from the oceans become reality? Tom Heap reports. 21:30Libby Purves meets golfer Sam Torrance and novelist Bernard Cornwell.
| 21:005/24Brett Westwood examines some of the issues UK's freshwater resources are facing. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval scholar Gerald of Wales.
| 21:00Penelope Fitzgerald's novel of love, religion and physics, dramatised by Yvonne Antrobus.(R)
| 21:002/3Bathsheba discovers sending a Valentine's Day card was a bad mistake
| 21:00Council tax benefits, issues with NatWest's emergency cash app and saving rates. 21:26Jon Snow presents an appeal on behalf of Find Your Feet. 21:30Mukul Devichand asks what President Obama has actually achieved on the world stage.
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| 22:00 | 22:00The pensions revolution, rallies in Venezuela, and sailing with a former President. 22:4511/15Merivel has sought out the beguiling Louise de Flamanville. Can she offer him solace?
| 22:00Ed Miliband's big speech, the latest on the missing five-year-old, Iran's currency crisis. 22:4512/15In England, Merivel faces the music, fights a duel, and ponders on death and marriage.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:4513/15Safely returned to England, Merivel finds much has changed, for Margaret is in love.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with David Eades and Robin Lustig. 22:4514/15Merivel must find a way to honour the promise he has made the dying king.
| 22:00US-China relations - a special programme with Robin Lustig. 22:4515/15With the king dead and Margaret to be married, it is time to return to Bidnold.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:153/3Mariella Frostrup and guests discuss the parenting challenges associated with adoption.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45A look at how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories in Westminster and beyond.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Alan Dein connects with a man shot by a sniper during the Lebanese civil war.(R) 23:301/2Wildlife expert Terry Nutkins recalls a childhood spent with author Gavin Maxwell.(R)
| 23:002/4The team of scientists attempt to solve the world fuel crisis - with a hamster. 23:302/2Following the death of Terry Nutkins we revisit two programmes he made about his childhood(R)
| 23:004/4Kim calls Neil to an impromptu debate about shaving, the Krankies and Phantom of the Opera 23:154/4Two horses divided by war, united by love. Starring Stephen Fry and Daniel Rigby.(R) 23:301/3Paul Jackson assesses Pop Idol, the show that rewrote the talent show rule book.(R)
| 23:001/4Bigipedia 2.0 the infallible ever-present cyberfriend is back! Now with all errors.(R) 23:302/3Paul Jackson traces the development of the sports programme which ran for nearly 50 years.(R)
| 23:00Harriett Gilbert, Val McDermid and Alex Horne discuss their favourite books. From 2012. 23:303/3Paul Jackson recalls the quirky children's TV show mixing art, animation and stunts.(R) 23:55Gay couple Jo and Georgina reflect on what kind of parents they might have been.
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs Wales v Northern Ireland in the game of lateral thinking. 23:30Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' poetry requests.
| 23:00Director Walter Salles on the long-awaited screen adaptation of Jack Kerouac's On the Road 23:30Mark Tully investigates the mysterious relationship between mankind and the cat.
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