| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Organised crime in the UK - how has it changed? Also, the Italian Camorra. 00:45The bells of All Saints Church, Harpole, Northamptonshire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Eight-year-old Sylvia suffers the loss of her father, Otto. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Plath's charismatic high school teacher recognises her 'lyric gift'. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5The early life of Sylvia Plath, as she struggles with the sexual hypocrisy of '50s America 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The early life of Sylvia Plath as she starts work at Mademoiselle magazine in New York. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Sylvia Plath wins a Fulbright scholarship and starts at Cambridge University. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3Danko takes Polyanna on his boat at night to look for phosphorescence.(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 the Rev Paul Mathole. 05:45The racket in illegal horsemeat in Ireland is continuing. Charlotte Smith reports. 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 Paul Mathole. 05:45An industry expert says the horsemeat scandal could be good news for British farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Paul Mathole. 05:45It is feared some of England's biodiverse landscapes could be lost as a grant scheme ends.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Paul Mathole. 05:45A deal over horse movements between the UK, France and Ireland is fuelling illegal trading
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Paul Mathole. 05:45Charlotte Smith hears about the cocktail of drugs we could be eating in our horse lasagne.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day on Radio 4 with the Rev Johnston McKay. 05:45'Throwing them into work ill-equipped.' A critique of British education for the workplace.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Margaret's Church, Dunham Massey, Cheshire. 05:45What is the secret of designer Tom Ford's legendary success? James Silver charts his rise.
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| 06:00 | 06:00With Sarah Montague and Evan Davis. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Barclays' new strategy, James Bulger's father speaks out, plus Darwin and modern medicine.
| 06:00Homecare report analysed, Dresden survivor remembers, plus beatboxing and brains.
| 06:00NHS gag breaker speaks out, school sports report, and the War Horse team try Shakespeare.
| 06:00Should severely ill patients be allowed untrialled drugs? Plus new findings on fidgeting.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding attempts to walk in a silent, meditative state. It doesn't come naturally. 06:30With farm incomes falling, is diversification the only way forward for farmers? 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Irma Kurtz reflects on the different relationships between siblings. 06:35Chris Sperring is in the Swedish taiga looking for the hawk owl. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00NHS whistleblower Gary Walker on the Hunt letter to trusts. Plus cellist Alisa Weilerstein
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton. 07:55Lorna Smith, who has experienced homelessness, presents an appeal on behalf of St Mungo's. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10This Is Our Story: First in a series for Lent, live from Liverpool Hope University. 08:50David Cannadine defends Birmingham against a slur in Jane Austen's Emma.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Lisa Jardine with James Weatherall, Kenneth Cukier, Tiffany Jenkins and Marcus du Sautoy. 09:451/5Eight-year-old Sylvia suffers the loss of her father, Otto.
| 09:00Winifred Robinson returns to the Bulger family, 20 years after the murder of their son. 09:30John McCarthy talks to Rafi, an Afghan refugee who fled to Britain in 2011. 09:452/5Plath's charismatic high school teacher recognises her 'lyric gift'.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets tenor Toby Spence and journalist and academic Andrew Solomon. 09:453/5The early life of Sylvia Plath, as she struggles with the sexual hypocrisy of '50s America
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ice ages. 09:454/5The early life of Sylvia Plath as she starts work at Mademoiselle magazine in New York.
| 09:00Kirsty Young interviews columnist and author Julie Burchill. 09:455/5Sylvia Plath wins a Fulbright scholarship and starts at Cambridge University.
| 09:00Sian Williams and Richard Coles with Billy Bragg, plus Dawn O'Porter's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme, presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Mali musician Fatoumata Diawara talks about her song for peace in her country. 10:451/5Darleen wants a baby. Almost everybody is against the idea, including her partner Jamie.
| 10:00Eve Pollard reveals the Woman's Hour Power List. With an audience in the BBC Radio Theatre 10:452/5Darleen wants a baby, and Jamie is shocked when he thinks she has stolen one.
| 10:00Sex and relationships education; Theresa May on the Power List. With Jenni Murray. 10:453/5Darleen is upset by Social Services' apparent negative reaction to their wanting a baby.
| 10:00Film exec Tessa Ross, and journalist and blogger the Fleet Street Fox reveals her identity 10:454/5Alex Huntesmith's mum Jill inspires Darleen to pursue her dream.
| 10:00Children forced to grow up too quickly; Italian women and austerity. With Jenni Murray. 10:455/5Practising at being parents, Darleen and Jamie take her stepsister Stacey out for the day.
| 10:303/4Paul Gambaccini explores the making of Best Picture Oscar winner, Amadeus.
| 10:00Clarrie plays peacemaker, and there's a Valentine's Day surprise.
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| 11:00 | 11:00A composed feature that explores sleeplessness and the sounds of a sleepless night. 11:304/6Anthony is thrilled to be a best man, but Damien is not impressed.
| 11:0024/24Brett Westwood looks at a bird on the edge of extinction - the slender-billed curlew. 11:30More than just 'da da da dum', how Beethoven's famous symphony touched people's lives.
| 11:004/4Chris Ledgard explores the cinematic and zoological legacy of the Spielberg classic, Jaws. 11:30Razia Iqbal tells the story of the first western symphony orchestra in the Gulf.(R)
| 11:00Kate Adie introduces reports from Syria, France, Italy, the United States and Tunisia. 11:30Peter White hears about Damon Runyon, who captured New York's lowlife vibes in the 1920s.
| 11:002/2Grahame Dangerfield, veteran naturalist, revisits the place he thought was Eden. 11:306/6A moral tale in which Sandy and his family catch the gambling bug.
| 11:00Peter Oborne of the Daily Telegraph looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30BBC correspondents report from Romania, the US, Japan, the Philippines and Nigeria.
| 11:15Cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Container port wars, stopping dodgy food imports, and the fall in sales of probiotics. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer phone-in presented by Julian Worricker. Can we trust the food we buy? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The risks of a badly written will. Going without holiday insurance. With Winifred Robinson 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on saving fish stocks, plus insurance fraud and cut flowers. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Trading Standards on the latest horsemeat tests, and news for Mac Pro users. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Child Trust Fund charges spark a row, and Money Box saves a man from a pension mistake. 12:301/8Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:001/8Paul Merton, Graham Norton, Sue Perkins and Jason Manford join Nicholas Parsons. 12:32Sheila Dillon explores a bulb which arouses strong feelings - and aromas - garlic. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news presented by Shaun Ley. 13:451/5Carol Ann Duffy explores poems about first meetings and the headiness of early infatuation
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents national and international news. 13:452/5Carol Ann Duffy takes a look at poets' different seduction strategies.
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents national and international news. 13:453/5Carol Ann Duffy explores poems that commemorate the making of vows.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:454/5Carol Ann Duffy explores poems that explore the highs and lows of a long-term relationship
| 13:00Norman Smith presents national and international news. 13:455/5Carol Ann Duffy explores poems of parting and separation.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Guests include Margaret Hodge MP, Nick Harvey MP, John Hayes MP and Ruth Davis.
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:302/3Eddi Reader and Boo Hewerdine return to Cambridge to retrace the song 'Patience of Angels'
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| 14:00 | 14:00Clarrie plays peacemaker. 14:153/4By Jonathan Holloway. Eric Blair's relationship with the women in his life.
| 14:00Elizabeth goes on a treasure hunt. 14:15Dusty Springfield tours South Africa in 1964 but refuses to play segregated audiences.
| 14:00Exhaustion sets in for Vicky. 14:15A young Iranian student must try to prove he is gay to claim asylum in the UK.(R)
| 14:00David can't believe Pip's latest news. 14:15Emmi and Leo rekindle their internet romance, in the sequel to Love Virtually.
| 14:00There's a Valentine's Day surprise. 14:155/5By Martin Jameson. DCI Stone finds himself in mortal danger.
| 14:00Topics include the horsemeat scandal, gay parenting, and the selection of a new Pope. 14:30Kenneth Grahame's classic story with script for actors and score for BBCSO by Neil Brand.
| 14:00Eric Robson and the GQT team visit the Seedy Sunday community seed-swap event in Brighton. 14:45February 1942, Singapore fell to the Japanese. Tens of thousands of soldiers became POWs.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The nationwide general knowledge quiz reaches its final heat, with Russell Davies. 15:30Sheila Dillon reports on the latest developments in the horsemeat scandal.
| 15:00Tom Holland and guests discuss the ideas and events that are making history. 15:30The British landscape is being choked by familiar enemies. Tom Heap investigates.
| 15:00Confused by mortgage rates and costs? Call Ruth Alexander or email moneybox@bbc.co.uk. 15:30New shingles vaccine, contraception for over-35s, first aid and early clues to Parkinson's
| 15:00Clare Balding attempts to walk in a silent, meditative state. It doesn't come naturally. 15:27Margaret Sentamu presents an appeal for APT Action on Poverty. 15:30Mariella Frostrup talks to Ali Smith about Sylvia Plath's celebrated novel The Bell Jar.
| 15:00Eric Robson and the GQT team visit the Seedy Sunday community seed-swap event in Brighton. 15:451/3Powerful short story about an incident that galvanised the American civil rights movement.
| 15:45Writer Ian Sansom explores his own and others' enduring obsession with notebooks.
| 15:002/2Winston and Julia are determined to join the Brotherhood, pledged to destroy The Party.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Editor of British Vogue, Alexandra Shulman, chooses favourite pieces of writing. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the Inquisition and its legacy from different perspectives.
| 16:00Abdul-Rehman Malik explores whether it is possible to be a Muslim without believing in God 16:30Harriett Gilbert is joined by Meg Rosoff and Sara Pascoe to discuss the books they love.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor pays tribute to the work and legacy of the sociologist, Stan Cohen. 16:30FT editor Lionel Barber, TV cooks since Delia, and the Royal Charter debate.
| 16:00Francine Stock talks rites of passage with Judd Apatow, director of new comedy This Is 40. 16:30The new corona virus - has it really mutated to be able to jump between humans?
| 16:00Remembering Zhuang Zedong, David Taylor, Stuart Freeborn, Patricia Hughes and Paul Tanner. 16:30Radio 4's forum for audience comment. Presented by Roger Bolton.
| 16:00Highlights from Woman's Hour. Jane Garvey talks to the women behind the Power List.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to David Baddiel and Naomi Alderman about the Jewish novel. 16:30A year in the life of Liz Lochhead, Scotland's Makar or poet laureate.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Carolyn Quinn presents coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news presented by Eddie Mair. 17:30Evan Davis chairs a discussion providing insight into business from the people at the top. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Does the European Union spend too much on self-promotion? 17:40What is the secret of designer Tom Ford's legendary success? James Silver charts his rise. 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. 18:301/8Paul Merton, Graham Norton, Sue Perkins and Jason Manford join Nicholas Parsons.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6The Questers meet the wildly unpredictable Queen Eleanor.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Love is in the air as Douglas and Herc fight it out over the fruit tray.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Comedian Stephen K Amos and guests compile an idiot's guide to having your midlife crisis.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/8Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Ernie Rea makes his selection of the best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Elizabeth goes on a treasure hunt. 19:15Ben Affleck, Jonathan Miller on his return to the stage, and the verdict on This Is 40. 19:451/5Darleen wants a baby. Almost everybody is against the idea, including her partner Jamie.
| 19:00Exhaustion sets in for Vicky. 19:15Catholic documentary Mea Maxima Culpa reviewed; director Marianne Elliott; Ray Cooney. 19:452/5Darleen wants a baby, and Jamie is shocked when he thinks she has stolen one.
| 19:00David can't believe Pip's latest news. 19:15Marcel Duchamp, Mark Ravenhill goes running, actor David Oyelowo and dangling storylines. 19:453/5Darleen is upset by Social Services' apparent negative reaction to their wanting a baby.
| 19:00There's a Valentine's Day surprise. 19:15Creating the title sequence for Skyfall; Picasso's breakthrough year; a Nairobi detective. 19:454/5Alex Huntesmith's mum Jill inspires Darleen to pursue her dream.
| 19:15Screenwriter Simon Beaufoy, Malian musicians Rokia Traore and Salif Keita, and John Green. 19:455/5Practising at being parents, Darleen and Jamie take her stepsister Stacey out for the day.
| 19:00What is the secret of designer Tom Ford's legendary success? James Silver charts his rise. 19:15A Life of Galileo at Stratford and Maggie O'Farrell's latest novel.
| 19:00There's heartbreak for Lynda. 19:15Comedian-adventurer Tim FitzHigham recreates a bizarre bet originally wagered in 1753. 19:452/3By RA Martens. Surreal short story about Oliver Al Sobek's unusual visit to the dentist.
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| 20:00 | 20:003/3Mukul Devichand asks if Britain is a place where foreigners with a dream can make it. 20:30Should we be celebrating that some of Britain's big high street brands have gone bust?
| 20:00Does the European Union spend too much on self-promotion? 20:40How to keep your job if you lose your sight. Peter White discusses your legal rights.
| 20:00How do we balance the interests of the victim and defendant in the justice system? 20:455/5Tim Harford tells the story of Chris Ferguson, who applied game theory to poker, and won.
| 20:00Simon Cox investigates the blacklisting of thousands of construction workers. 20:30Evan Davis chairs a discussion providing insight into business from the people at the top.
| 20:00Guests include Margaret Hodge MP, Nick Harvey MP, John Hayes MP and Ruth Davis. 20:50David Cannadine defends Birmingham against a slur in Jane Austen's Emma.
| 20:00Oliver Burkeman uses the archive to explore the controversial subject of idleness.
| 20:00Radio 4's forum for audience comment. Presented by Roger Bolton. 20:30Remembering Zhuang Zedong, David Taylor, Stuart Freeborn, Patricia Hughes and Paul Tanner.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper looks at failures in science and lessons learnt in new TB vaccine trials. 21:30Lisa Jardine with James Weatherall, Kenneth Cukier, Tiffany Jenkins and Marcus du Sautoy.
| 21:00New shingles vaccine, contraception for over-35s, first aid and early clues to Parkinson's 21:30Winifred Robinson returns to the Bulger family, 20 years after the murder of their son.
| 21:00The British landscape is being choked by familiar enemies. Tom Heap investigates. 21:30Libby Purves meets tenor Toby Spence and journalist and academic Andrew Solomon.
| 21:0024/24Brett Westwood looks at a bird on the edge of extinction - the slender-billed curlew. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ice ages.
| 21:00By Andrea Gibb. Parents Laura and Mark learn the terrible truth about their golden boy.(R)
| 21:001/2Ministry of Truth employee Winston Smith finds love. But Big Brother is watching.
| 21:00Child Trust Fund charges spark a row, and Money Box saves a man from a pension mistake. 21:26Lorna Smith, who has experienced homelessness, presents an appeal on behalf of St Mungo's. 21:30Should we be celebrating that some of Britain's big high street brands have gone bust?
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| 22:00 | 22:00Round-up of the day's news, with Ritula Shah. 22:451/8The American poet's haunting and iconic only novel.
| 22:00How will China react to North Korea's nuclear test? News round-up with Ritula Shah. 22:452/8In this iconic novel, Esther remembers the first time Buddy Willard kissed her.
| 22:00Can democracy knit together Pakistan? Special report presented by Ritula Shah. 22:453/8In the haunting and iconic novel, Esther Greenwood decides to be seduced.
| 22:00The day's news with Philippa Thomas, including the Oscar Pistorius murder arrest. 22:454/8In the American poet's only novel, Esther Greenwood meets a woman hater.
| 22:00Horse meat tests results revealed - we speak to the CEO of the Co-Op. With Philippa Thomas 22:455/8In the American poet's iconic only novel, Esther faces a summer in the suburbs.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Following the resignation of Pope Benedict, Edward Stourton looks at his life and legacy.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Patrick O'Flynn of the Express analyses how the papers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:002/2Featuring despatches from the British diplomats hunting for bison with Hermann Goering.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme and the BBC parliamentary team report from Westminster.
| 23:001/4Susan Calman examines the topic of equal marriage from a personal perspective. 23:30Sean Curran and the BBC parliamentary team report from Westminster.
| 23:00Highlights from the last series of BBC Radio 4 Extra's topical sketch show. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/4Timecops visit the BBC to try and prevent Adam from making an offensive radio programme. 23:30Sean Curran reports on a bitter row about horsemeat, and doubts about press regulation.
| 23:00Harriett Gilbert is joined by Meg Rosoff and Sara Pascoe to discuss the books they love. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge quiz reaches its final heat, with Russell Davies. 23:30Listeners' poetry requests presented by Roger McGough.
| 23:00Francine Stock talks rites of passage with Judd Apatow, director of new comedy This Is 40. 23:30Irma Kurtz reflects on the different relationships between siblings.
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